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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Ragnar Lothbrok (ranked 1571 p4p, 1320 weight class) and Thufir Hawat (ranked 206 p4p, 167 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 9 - 3 - 0, fighting out of London, Ragnar Lothbrok!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 29 - 32 - 1, fighting out of Los Angeles, Thufir Hawat!
The judges for this bout are William Gold, Sam Margolis and Richard Clark.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Lothbrok takes a swing at Hawat's ribcage but misses.
Lothbrok just misses with a punch to the body.
Hawat lands a glancing blow to the side of Lothbrok's head.
Lothbrok throws a good cross that connects.
Hawat takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
Lothbrok takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
Hawat slips under a jab.
Lothbrok connects with a jab.
Lothbrok looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
We've been told by Lothbrok's head coaches at Mentor Gym that he's been working on his takedown defense in preparation for this fight.
Lothbrok walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Hawat checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
Lothbrok throws a hook but Hawat avoids it easily.
Hawat swings away with a leg kick that misses.
Lothbrok works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Hawat fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Hawat takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Lothbrok lands a slapping body shot.
A nice leg kick from Hawat, right into the meat of the thigh.
Lothbrok misses with a wild body shot.
Lothbrok misses with a looping left.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Lothbrok throws a hook but Hawat avoids it easily.
Hawat looks to land a body kick but Lothbrok moved away.
Hawat tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Lothbrok was well out of range. Poor timing from Hawat.
Lothbrok tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Hawat has been spending a lot of time sparring his boxing in the run up to the fight, trying to sharpen up those hands and look for a knockout.
Lothbrok pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
A nice leg kick from Hawat, right into the meat of the thigh.
Hawat jabs at Lothbrok's body.
Hawat lands with a cross.
Hawat throws a predictable looking body shot
and Lothbrok counters with a thumping low kick.
Lothbrok throws a head kick but Hawat moves out of range.
Lothbrok uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Hawat.
Lothbrok throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Hawat bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Lothbrok with a hook.
It looks like Thufir Hawat has been cut.
Hawat throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Lothbrok.
Hawat connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Lothbrok lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Lothbrok ducks under a wild hook from Hawat.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Lothbrok scores with a nice right hand.
Lothbrok keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Hawat.
Lothbrok thumps Hawat with a low kick.
Hawat looks to throw the jab but Lothbrok is out of range.
Hawat looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Hawat lands with a kick to the temple. Lothbrok shrugs as if to say "is that all you've got?"
Hawat ducks under a wild hook from Lothbrok.
Hawat throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Lothbrok thinks about countering with a head kick.
Lothbrok looks to land a body kick but Hawat moved away.
Hawat dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Lothbrok misses with a body kick.
Lothbrok throws a head kick but Hawat moves out of range.
Hawat looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Hawat connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
Lothbrok misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Hawat.
Hawat misses with a low kick.
Hawat uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Lothbrok.
Lothbrok misses with a wild body shot.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Lothbrok throws a jab when Hawat was well out of range.
Hawat throws a counter combo.
Hawat walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Lothbrok checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
Lothbrok swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
Lothbrok with a nice calf kick.
Lothbrok slips a jab from Hawat.
Lothbrok punishes Hawat's body with a nice straight punch.
Hawat misses with a wild body shot.
Hawat tries to land a leg kick but Lothbrok saw it coming and moves away.
Hawat is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
Lothbrok smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
Lothbrok ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Hawat moves away.
Lothbrok takes a head kick and shrugs it off.
Hawat lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Hawat takes a swing at Lothbrok's ribcage but misses.
Hawat throws a hook to the side of Lothbrok's head but Lothbrok sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Lothbrok listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Lothbrok misses with a looping left.
Hawat steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Lothbrok.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Hawat is looking to score with low kicks.
It looked like Lothbrok wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
Hawat keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Hawat is clearly trying to counter these attacks from Lothbrok with a body shot.
Lothbrok misses with a straight right.
A little jabbing left from Hawat on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Hawat lands a body shot.
Hawat missing with a left hand there. Lothbrok was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Lothbrok blocks a leg kick.
Hawat moves forwards but Lothbrok connects with a nice, crisp jab.
A slow jab from Lothbrok misses its intended target.
Lothbrok lands a lovely overhand right.
Hawat lands a nice shot to the body.
Hawat throws a leg kick that misses.
Lothbrok connects with a right hand. Hawat shakes it off.
Lothbrok thows a left - swing and a miss!
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Hawat is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
Hawat motions for Lothbrok to come forward. Hawat throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Hawat throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
A jab lands there for Lothbrok.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close round but I would say that Ragnar Lothbrok will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Thufir Hawat's cut.
That's time! Lothbrok's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.
Hawat throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Lothbrok on the side of the head.
Lothbrok scores with a shot to the body.
Hawat moves into range and throws a lovely three punch combination.
Lothbrok thows a left - swing and a miss!
Hawat thows a left - swing and a miss!
Hawat looks to land a right hand but Lothbrok moved out of range.
Lothbrok takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
Hawat attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
A little feinted left hand from Lothbrok on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
Lothbrok dips to his left and cracks Hawat with an uppercut!
Lothbrok thows a left - swing and a miss!
Hawat throws a looping overhand right but Lothbrok ducks down to avoid it.
Lothbrok lands with a hook. Hawat tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Hawat throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Hawat lands a lovely overhand right.
Lothbrok throws a hook but Hawat avoids it easily.
The fighters circling - Lothbrok throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Lothbrok throws a sloppy body shot
and Hawat counters with a low kick, right behind Lothbrok 's knee.
Good exchange - Lothbrok coming out on top.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Hawat attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
Hawat with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Lothbrok to score with a decent uppercut.
Hawat slips a straight right by Lothbrok.
Hawat looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Good work by Lothbrok as he checks the leg kick.
Hawat throws a lazy uppercut
and Lothbrok counters with a slapping leg kick.
Lothbrok tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Lothbrok throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
The crowd cheers as Lothbrok lands an impressive looking overhand right. Hawat doesn't seem phased though.
Hawat bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Lothbrok's head backwards.
Lothbrok looks to land a right hand but Hawat moved out of range.
Hawat tries a quick counter leg kick but Lothbrok is wise to it.
Lothbrok uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Hawat.
Hawat slips under a jab from Lothbrok.
Hawat tries a quick counter leg kick but Lothbrok is wise to it.
Hawat checks a low kick from Lothbrok.
Lothbrok jabs. That one connects to the head of his opponent.
Lothbrok scores with a leg kick.
Lothbrok ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Lothbrok moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hawat misses with the body kick
enabling Lothbrok to counter with a crisp jab.
Lothbrok cracks Hawat with a right hand to the side of the head.
A shot to the liver by Hawat. Beautiful body shot.
Hawat throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Lothbrok counters with a lovely straight right hand!
A slow jab from Hawat misses its intended target.
Lothbrok does a little shimmy and throws a leg kick. The leg kick missed by a considerable margin though, making him look a little bit silly for doing the shimmy.
Lothbrok misses with a hook.
Hawat misses with a lunging right hand
letting Lothbrok counter with a right hand.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Lothbrok checks a leg kick.
A telegraphed right hand from Hawat misses the target.
Lothbrok cracks Hawat with a right hand to the side of the head.
Lothbrok pivots, looking for a leg kick but Hawat is out of range and Lothbrok settles back down.
Hawat on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
Hawat looks to land a left hand but Lothbrok moved out of range nicely.
Lothbrok throws out a loose jab but Hawat uses good head movement to avoid it.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Lothbrok lands where it shouldn't have, right in the... well, you know what he did? He kicked him in the penis. He's injured, injured bad. The referee sends both fighters to their corners and Hawat has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Hawat and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Ragnar Lothbrok is winning the standup battle so far.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hawat misses with an uppercut. Lothbrok saw that one coming.
Lothbrok connects with a single shot there.
That has opened up Thufir Hawat's cut even more.
Lothbrok tries to work over Hawat's front leg with a kick but Hawat checks it.
Hawat throws out a loose jab but Lothbrok uses good head movement to avoid it.
Lothbrok looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
Hawat misses with a low kick.
Lothbrok throwing a counter right hand but Hawat manages to avoid it.
Hawat slips under a jab from Lothbrok.
Hawat was about to counter that last move with a leg kick but changes his mind.
Lothbrok jabs Hawat to the body, keeping him at a distance.
Hawat swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Hawat throws a hook to the side of Lothbrok's head but Lothbrok sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Lothbrok throws out a powerful jab.
Lothbrok scores with a decent looking hook.
Lothbrok chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Hawat uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Lothbrok.
Hawat has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
Hawat checks the leg kick nicely there.
Hawat keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
A bone on bone clash there as Lothbrok blocks the leg kick.
Both these guys seem content to just stand up and trade with each other but Hawat might want to think about changing up his gameplan a bit because over the course of the fight, Lothbrok has got the better of the exchanges.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
A swing and a miss from Hawat.
Hawat avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Lothbrok uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Hawat.
Hawat walks into a stiff left hand from Lothbrok.
Lothbrok scores with a crisp jab that stopped Hawat in his tracks.
Hawat does a little shimmy and throws a leg kick. The leg kick missed by a considerable margin though, making him look a little bit silly for doing the shimmy.
Hawat has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Lothbrok.
Hawat uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Lothbrok.
That kick from Lothbrok tenderised Hawat's leg. Hawat is trying to keep his angry face on.
Hawat misses the jab.
Hawat misses with an uppercut.
Lothbrok tries to check a leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Hawat misses with a wild body shot.
Hawat moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
Hawat misses with a straight right.
Hawat fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Lothbrok has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Ragnar Lothbrok dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Thufir Hawat's cut.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action! This is the final round!
Lothbrok lands a nice leg kick that just misses Hawat's sensitive parts.
Ragnar Lothbrok is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Hawat ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Lothbrok moves away.
Lothbrok is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Hawat can do to turn this around?
Lothbrok throws a lazy right hand but Hawat sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Lothbrok misses with an uppercut. Hawat saw that one coming.
Hawat throws a body shot but no joy.
Lothbrok lunges at Hawat with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Hawat's hand.
Lothbrok moves out of range as Hawat throws a body kick.
Hawat throws an off balance right hand
and Lothbrok counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Lothbrok lands the left hand.
Hawat throws a jab when Lothbrok was well out of range.
Hawat misses the jab.
Lothbrok takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Lothbrok moves into range and connects with a jab.
Hawat drops his hands momentarily and Lothbrok takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
Hawat misses with a jab to the body
and Hawat takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Lothbrok misses with an uppercut
and Hawat counters with an outside leg kick.
Hawat throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
That's one minute gone in the round.
A nice leg kick from Hawat, right into the meat of the thigh.
Hawat avoids the body shot from Lothbrok.
Hawat throws a leg kick that is checked
and Lothbrok counters with a nice uppercut.
Hawat takes a swing at Lothbrok's ribcage but misses.
Lothbrok misses with a hook. Hawat ducked under it nicely.
Lothbrok swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Lothbrok moves out of range of the body kick from Hawat.
Lothbrok dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Hawat avoids the body shot from Lothbrok.
Hawat ducks under a wild hook from Lothbrok.
Lothbrok looks to land a left hand but Hawat moved out of range nicely.
Hawat takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Lothbrok moves out of range of the leg kick from Hawat.
Lothbrok moves away from the strike by Hawat.
Lothbrok lands a nice looking body shot.
Hawat takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
Lothbrok ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Thufir Hawat has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Lothbrok loads up on a big right hand but Hawat slips the punch.
Hawat throws a sloppy body shot
and Lothbrok connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Hawat bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Lothbrok's head backwards.
Lothbrok looks to land a left hand but Hawat moved out of range nicely.
Hawat throws a leg kick but Lothbrok moved away.
Hawat lands a lovely overhand right.
Lothbrok lands with a good body shot.
Lothbrok checks the leg kick nicely there.
It looked like Lothbrok wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
Lothbrok tests Hawat's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Lothbrok blocks a low kick nicely.
Lothbrok turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Lothbrok lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Lothbrok fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Hawat manages to avoid it.
Some bone on bone action there as Lothbrok checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
Lothbrok's jab looks to have found its range, popping Hawat under the eye.
Hawat jabbing away but nothing is landing.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Lothbrok throws a right hand that misses
and Hawat counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Hawat lands with a shot to the body.
Lothbrok throws a shot to the body.
Hawat thows a left - swing and a miss!
Lothbrok misses with a hook. Hawat ducked under it nicely.
It seemed like Hawat was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Hawat throws a leg kick
and Lothbrok makes him pay by landing a thudding low kick.
A right-left combo lands from Lothbrok.
A head kick misses from Lothbrok.
Lothbrok on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
Hawat's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Lothbrok's corner calls for a 1-2. Lothbrok obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
Lothbrok slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Lothbrok darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
Hawat misses with a straight right.
Hawat uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Lothbrok.
Hawat tries to bum rush Lothbrok with a series of wild strikes but Lothbrok uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Hawat takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Hawat fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Lothbrok manages to avoid it.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Hawat throws a front kick aimed at Lothbrok's knee but Lothbrok avoids it well.
Lothbrok avoids a kick to the body.
A counter left hand to the body from Lothbrok misses its target.
Lothbrok dips to his left and cracks Hawat with an uppercut!
Lothbrok listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Lothbrok thuds a left hand into Hawat's body.
Lothbrok throws a big shot that misses.
Lothbrok looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Hawat takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
Hawat tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
A slapping leg kick lands for Hawat.
A cross from Lothbrok lands.
Lothbrok scores with a nice right hand.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Lothbrok scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Hawat doesn't seem bothered though.
Hawat misses with a lunging right hand
and Lothbrok counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Lothbrok, as that shot connected.
Lothbrok throws a body punch but Hawat moves out of range.
And that's the end of the fight!
Ragnar Lothbrok showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Lothbrok has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge William Gold scores the fight 30:27
Judge Sam Margolis scores the fight 30:27
Judge Richard Clark scores the fight 30:27
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Ragnar Lothbrok!
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