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Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Teófilo Stevenson (ranked 3724 p4p, 4265 weight class) and Sigurd Ragnarsson (ranked 423 p4p, 456 weight class). Stevenson comes to the cage accompanied by TEÓFILO STEVENSON - NOCKOUTS. Ragnarsson has chosen Twilight of the Thunder God as his entrance music. The key to victory for Teófilo Stevenson has got to be keeping the fight on the feet.
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BJJ Blue Belt
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Good wrestler
Counter fighter
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 11 - 5 - 0, fighting out of New York, Teófilo Stevenson!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Sigurd Ragnarsson!
The judges for this bout are Robert Douchet, William Peck and Yves DeLean.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Stevenson tries to sprawl but Ragnarsson drives through with a takedown into half guard.
Ragnarsson missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
Ragnarsson stalling.
Stevenson avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Ragnarsson.
Stevenson keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Ragnarsson thows a huge punch but Stevenson dodges it nicely.
Ragnarsson content to sit in half guard and control for a moment.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Ragnarsson not landing any meaningful shots this time.
Ragnarsson working some ground and pound from close in. He's looking to maintain this position and strike for a while by the looks of things... although he'll probably advance to full mount in a minute now I've said that.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Ragnarsson performing his best blanket impression for a moment.
Ragnarsson thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Stevenson's head.
Ragnarsson throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Stevenson keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Ragnarsson winds up and cracks Stevenson with a swinging punch to the side of the head.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Ragnarsson throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Ragnarsson moves into full mount! Stevenson won't be happy about that!
Ragnarsson controlling his opponent.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
A nice elbow there by Ragnarsson.
Ragnarsson lands with some vicious ground and pound - can Stevenson hang on?
Ragnarsson in mount throwing good strikes here, bouncing his opponent's head off the canvas.
Stevenson knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Ragnarsson on the ground.
Stevenson holding onto his opponent's waist for dear life, as Ragnarsson tries to land some strikes to get him to release his grip.
Ragnarsson controlling the position easily from mount.
Ragnarsson is landing with some decent strikes but Stevenson is trying to advance his position so the referee is letting the fight continue.
Ragnarsson dominating with strikes here.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ragnarsson unloads with some shots from mount but Stevenson bucks and avoids them well.
Ragnarsson has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Ragnarsson scoring with some good ground and pound from mount here. Will he manage to finish Stevenson?
Ragnarsson controlling the pace for now.
Stevenson is trying to get to the cage to help him get back to his feet.
Ragnarsson landing punches.
Stevenson is rocked!
Ragnarsson landing punches.
Oh Stevenson is still in real trouble! Will he be able to recover?!!
Ragnarsson throws some wild stikes that Stevenson manages to avoid easily.
Ragnarsson in mount throwing good strikes here, bouncing his opponent's head off the canvas.
Stevenson is in a horrible position here, under a barrage of strikes, he's managing to avoid any damage.
Stevenson seems to have got his legs back now.
Ragnarsson landing shots from mount.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Stevenson takes a big shot to the head but keeps on trying to improve his position.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Ragnarsson with the ground and pound from mount.
Ragnarsson lands a couple of good shots and Stevenson has given up his back, trying to escape the position!
Ragnarsson missing with strikes.
Stevenson is taking damage to the body and head.
Ragnarsson gets his hooks in and is throwing strikes.
Ragnarsson is loading up with his shots from the back and Stevenson is in big trouble! Stevenson taps out to strikes and the fight is over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:56 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Strikes). Sigurd Ragnarsson!
An out of breath Sigurd Ragnarsson thanked his loyal fans in his post fight interview, giving them credit for his success over the course of his career.
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energy
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hype
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pop
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mgr
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