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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Hail Satan (ranked 1218 p4p, 29 weight class) and Erik Bjornsson (ranked 161 p4p, 7 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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188 cm 29 220 9 - 3 - 0 |
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189 cm 29 211 19 - 1 - 0 |
Good wrestling Excellent boxer KO power |
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Good wrestler Excellent boxer Good gas tank |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division. Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner. With a record of 9 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Hail Satan! And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner. With a record of 19 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Erik Bjornsson! The judges for this bout are Shigeki Fujiwara, Yuuki Gou and Ren Mimura.
 The bell rings for round one and we are underway! Satan just misses with a punch to the body.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Bjornsson! But no joy. Bjornsson looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights. Satan misses with a looping right. Satan rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Bjornsson moves out of range and avoids them all easily. Bjornsson looks like he wants to counter punch here. Satan throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Bjornsson tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Satan was well out of range. Poor timing from Bjornsson. Hail Satan seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout. Satan goes to the watering hole and comes back with a big thumbs up from the judges as he scores a three punch combo. Bjornsson slips a jab from Satan. Bjornsson doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body. We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up. Satan loads up on a big right hand but Bjornsson slips the punch. Bjornsson uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Satan.
Bjornsson scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one. Satan throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Bjornsson stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly. We've been told by Satan's head coaches at BANZAI COMBAT ACADEMY TOKYO that he's been working on his takedown defense in preparation for this fight.
 That's one minute gone in the round. Satan connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe. Satan digs a good hook to Bjornsson's body.
Bjornsson keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Bjornsson throws out a counter right but Satan avoids it with no problem. Satan takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
Satan ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Bjornsson moves away. Bjornsson throws out a counter right but Satan avoids it with no problem. Satan rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Bjornsson counters with a crisp right that sends Satan to the canvas! Bjornsson follows up with punches from the mount and this one is all over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:38 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Erik Bjornsson! Our winner, Erik Bjornsson, made sure he spent some time buttering up the crowd during his post fight interview, which will no doubt bring him a few more fans.
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energy
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hype
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pop
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mgr
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