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Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Josh Wentworth (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Lars Olofsson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Wentworth comes to the cage accompanied by Spitfire by The Prodigy. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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157 lbs
6 - 2 - 0 |
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176 cm
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168 lbs
8 - 1 - 0 |
Good takedowns
Counter striker
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BJJ Purple Belt
Counter striker
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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
6 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Josh Wentworth!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
8 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Lars Olofsson!
The judges for this bout are , and .
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Wentworth misses with a head kick.
Wentworth uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Olofsson.
Wentworth tries to clinch but Olofsson moves out of range.
Olofsson circles away from the clinch attempt.
Nice sprawl there from Olofsson as Wentworth shoots in.
Wentworth fails with a takedown attempt.
Wentworth shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says Olofsson as he avoids it easily.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Josh Wentworth. That's going to take a lot out of him.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Wentworth shoots in for a takedown from distance. He catches Olofsson napping and manages to drive through into side control!
Wentworth tries for an arm triangle. That looks pretty tight to me. Is this one over!?! Possibly, maybe, no Wentworth has let go of the choke. Obviously it wasn't as tight as we thought!
That's one minute gone in the round.
Olofsson can't do much from the bottom here.
Wentworth creates some space and throws a big elbow, but Olofsson sees it coming and moves his head just enough to avoid the strike.
Wentworth is trying to land an Americana. He has the arm isolated but Olofsson is keeping cool and he's avoided the danger for now.
Wentworth wants to control but Olofsson is keeping him busy.
Olofsson gets one leg under and gets the fight to half guard.
Olofsson wants to control but Wentworth is keeping busy and won't allow it.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are hurling abuse towards the fighters... You can hardly blame them though because there isn't a lot going on in the fight.
Wentworth is looking to advance position but Olofsson won't allow it.
The referee has ruled that neither fighter is active enough on the ground and has stood them back up.
Wentworth shoots for a takedown but Olofsson saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.
Olofsson fails to land with a series of punches.
Olofsson is looking to land body kicks.
Wentworth fails in his attempt to clinch.
Olofsson lands a jab followed by a vicious hook that sends Wentworth sprawling to the canvas. Olofsson follows him down, looking for the kill. Can Wentworth hang on?
Wentworth is rocked!
It looks like Josh Wentworth has been cut.
Wentworth tries to get to full guard but Olofsson has control of the leg.
Oh Wentworth is still in real trouble! Will he be able to recover?!!
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Wentworth is working for an escape here. He's hooked one of Olofsson's legs and he's managed to sneak out and take Olofsson's back!
Wentworth seems to have got his legs back now.
Olofsson finds himself mounted whilst avoiding strikes.
Olofsson blocking the ground and pound.
Wentworth throwing strikes here but Olofsson is writhing around nicely and avoiding any serious damage.
Wentworth is thinking about an arm triangle here, looking to tighten it up before moving to side control. Olofsson can see it coming though and defends well with a couple of strikes to the head and some good arm positioning.
Olofsson tries to hold on but Wentworth postures up.
Wentworth trying to control but he's not successful this time.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
Wentworth throws an elbow from mount that misses. Lucky escape for Olofsson because Wentworth loaded up on that one.
Olofsson wriggling around on the bottom manages to avoid the strikes thrown by Wentworth.
Olofsson is writhing around trying to get back to his feet.
Olofsson is squirming around, avoiding Wentworth's attempts to control the action.
Wentworth dominating with strikes here.
Olofsson is trying to escape the mount.
Wentworth unloading with bombs!
Wentworth lands a heavy elbow.
Wentworth avoids the attempt from Olofsson to control.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Lars Olofsson dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Josh Wentworth's cut.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.
Oh, that's a big right hand from Olofsson and Wentworth goes tumbling to the canvas! Olofsson follows him to the ground and looks to finish from half guard.
Wentworth throws a strike from the bottom that misses.
Wentworth won't allow Olofsson to pass to mount.
Wentworth is refusing to be controlled, as Olofsson sits in half guard.
Wentworth wants to control but Olofsson is keeping busy and won't allow it.
Olofsson seems very keen to just sit and control from half guard but Wentworth does not like that idea so much and is remaining active off his back.
Wentworth has no desire to be mounted, so is trying to control. Olofsson is working away from the top position though.
Wentworth actively working from the bottom here.
Wentworth wants to control but Olofsson is keeping busy and won't allow it.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Neither fighter is doing enough for the referee's liking and he's decided to stand them back up.
Wentworth tries to close the distance and clinch but Olofsson swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Wentworth dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Olofsson. That did some damage!
The fight stays on the outside here - Wentworth looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Wentworth avoids the body shot from Olofsson.
Olofsson throws the left hand but Wentworth avoids the punch easily.
Olofsson lands with an overhand left.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Olofsson defends well against a solid takedown attempt from Wentworth.
Olofsson shoots in from a long way out. He's driving through with the takedown attempt and he eventually gets it, landing in Wentworth's guard.
Olofsson trying to control but Wentworth is working from the bottom.
Wentworth wants to control here, rather than go for any submissions from the bottom. At least for now.
Olofsson's corner is telling him to maintain position.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Let's hope that Olofsson has the urge to step up the pace any second now because for the last 15 or 20 seconds he's just been holding on tight.
Olofsson is sitting in close to Wentworth's body. Wentworth has gone for a guillotine from the bottom. Oh damn, that looks pretty tight! Olofsson is panicking - it looks like this one could be all over! Yes, Olofsson is tapping! That was a very nice submission by Wentworth.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:03 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Guillotine). Josh Wentworth!
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energy
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hype
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pop
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mgr
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FIGHT
RATING
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