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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Thvi Ekki (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Ingemar Johansson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Ingemar Johansson will no doubt be trying to keep this one on the feet, where he has a distinct advantage.
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BJJ Blue Belt
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
6 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Thvi Ekki!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Ingemar Johansson!
The judges for this bout are Albert Achterberg, Paul Aken and Paulsen Ambrosius.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Ekki throws a head kick that misses.
Johansson keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Ekki avoids a punch combination nicely.
Ekki tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Johansson paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Ekki feints and then cracks Johansson's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Johansson down.
Ingemar Johansson seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Good shot there by Johansson.
Ekki misses with a body shot.
Johansson throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Johansson keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Johansson throws a right and a left that both miss.
Johansson throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Johansson wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
A clash of legs there as Johansson blocks the low kick.
Ekki on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
Johansson misses with a wild combination.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Good leg kick by Ekki there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Johansson chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Ekki can pounce on him.
Ekki takes the fight into the clinch.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Ekki's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
No joy there for Johansson, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Johansson uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Ekki.
Johansson wants to clinch up but Ekki keeps it at a distance.
Ekki slips under a jab.
Ekki misses with a body shot.
Johansson throws a right and a left that both miss.
Johansson connects with a body shot.
Ekki bobs and weaves and then throws a good body kick.
A jab from Johansson misses.
Some wild striking there from Johansson.
Ekki throws a leg kick but Johansson checks it.
Ekki displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Johansson throws out the jab.
Ekki ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Johansson misses with a two punch combination.
Johansson staying out of range there.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Johansson swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Ekki avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Johansson moves into the clinch successfully.
Johansson tries to break free but Ekki pushes him back against the cage.
Johansson wants to get back to striking at distance but Ekki won't allow it.
Johansson has dropped down and is looking to force the takedown but it's defended by Ekki after a bit of a struggle.
Ekki lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
I was talking to Ekki's coach per-fight and he was telling me that they'd been working on the clinch in the runup to this fight.
Johansson escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Johansson checks a leg kick.
Some wild striking there from Johansson.
Ekki closes the distance and clinches.
Ekki connects with a knee to the head.
It looks like Ingemar Johansson has been cut.
Knees in the clinch landing for Ekki.
Johansson is trying to push Ekki away but Ekki has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Johansson pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Ekki plants his feet and lands a nice head kick!
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ekki connects with a nice looking jab.
Ekki dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Johansson. That did some damage!
Johansson clinches up against the cage.
Ekki looking to throw knees to the head but Johansson is blocking nicely.
Ekki lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Johansson wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Ekki fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Ekki escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Ooooh, nice body kick lands from Ekki. Johansson shrugs it off though.
Ekki lands with a head kick! That's gotta hurt.
Ekki keeps the fight on the outside.
Johansson uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Ekki.
Ekki throws a low kick, looking for Johansson's leg but Johansson calmly moves out of range.
Ekki throws a chopping leg kick but Johansson manages to avoid taking any serious damage.
A combination from Johansson does no damage.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Good work by Johansson as he checks the leg kick.
Johansson throws a looping overhand right but Ekki ducks down to avoid it.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Johansson lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Ekki circles away quickly and effectively.
Johansson has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Ekki finds it's way round the side to connect with Johansson's head.
Johansson looks to land a combination. Ekki sees it coming but can only parry a couple of the shots.
Ekki doesn't manage to clinch there - Johansson circles away.
Ekki swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Ekki throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
A head kick misses from Ekki.
Nice defenses there by Johansson.
Ekki takes one to the side of the head.
Ekki ducks under a wild hook from Johansson.
Johansson throws a right hand that Ekki ducks under and follows up with a left that Ekki also avoids with ease.
Johansson pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Ekki tries to clinch but Johansson moves out of range.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Johansson tries to clinch there but Ekki circles away.
Ekki lands a jab to Johansson's midsection.
Ekki will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.
Johansson misses with a series of wild punches.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close round but I would say that Thvi Ekki will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Ingemar Johansson's cut.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.
Ekki throws a big shot that misses.
Ekki with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Ekki just misses with a punch to the body.
Ingemar Johansson is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Johansson lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Ekki circles away quickly and effectively.
Ekki throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.
Ekki avoids a punch combination nicely.
Ekki throws a chopping leg kick but Johansson manages to avoid taking any serious damage.
Johansson throws a shot from downtown. Ekki moves away and avoids it.
Ekki is looking to clinch.
Ekki misses with a looping right.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Johansson throws a lazy right hand but Ekki sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Ekki ducks under a wild hook from Johansson.
Johansson misses with a left hand
and Ekki counters with a nice low kick that buckles Johansson's knee momentarily.
Johansson checks a leg kick.
Ekki takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
Ekki keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Johansson.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Ekki dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Johansson. That did some damage!
Johansson might want to mix his strikes up a bit more. He's just going for head shots at the moment and that can become a bit predictable.
Ekki tries to clinch but Johansson is having none of it.
Johansson throws a series of punches but Ekki moves out of range.
Ekki throws a low kick but Johansson moves out of range easily.
Ekki misses with a low kick.
Ekki tries to keep at a distance but Johansson has taken the fight into the clinch.
Ekki wants to stall.
Johansson is trying to break free.
Johansson has had enough of the clinch but Ekki keeps him there for the moment.
Ekki's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Johansson misses with the combination.
A head kick misses from Ekki.
A left and a right from Johansson both land. Nice combination.
A jab from Johansson does it's job there.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Johansson connects with a single shot there.
Johansson swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Ekki throws a head kick that misses.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
A cross from Johansson lands.
Ekki swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Ekki misses with a shot to the body
and Johansson counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Some wild striking there from Johansson.
Ekki fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Johansson manages to avoid it.
Johansson misses with a two punch combination.
Ekki throws a leg kick but Johansson sees it coming and checks it nicely.
Ekki throws a hook but Johansson blocks it.
Ekki connects with a leg kick. Johansson looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
Johansson moves into the clinch.
A short uppercut from Ekki.
Ekki tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ekki lands with a short shot to the head.
Ekki is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Johansson is defending well for now.
Ekki's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Nice body punch from Ekki.
No joy there for Johansson, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Johansson misses with a series of wild punches.
Johansson takes a swing at Ekki's ribcage but misses.
Johansson's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Nice defenses there by Ekki.
Ekki lands a front kick.
Johansson is breathing heavily.
Ekki misses with a hook. Johansson ducked under it nicely.
Ekki pushes Johansson away with a front kick.
A punch combination from Johansson misses.
Ekki pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Ekki scoring well with a low kick there.
Ekki thumps Johansson with a low kick.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Ekki tries to clinch up but Johansson circles away and keeps his distance.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Ekki throws a head kick that looked like it stung.
Johansson throws a left and a right that both miss
and Ekki counters with a head kick.
Ekki throws a sloppy head kick and Johansson moves out of range easily.
Johansson throws a left and a right that both miss
and Ekki counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.
A punch combination from Johansson misses.
Ekki connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Ekki throws a leg kick but Johansson moved away.
Ekki misses with a body kick.
Ekki dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Johansson avoids the body shot from Ekki.
Johansson misses with a wild combination.
Johansson misses with a combination
and Ekki counters with a flying knee. Nice.
Ekki takes a body punch but keeps moving.
The fight stays on the outside here - Ekki looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close second round but I would say that Thvi Ekki will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Ingemar Johansson's cut.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! Ladies and gentlemen, this is the final round!
Johansson swinging wildly here.
Ekki lands with a slapping head kick.
Ekki ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Johansson moves away.
Ekki defending well as Johansson loads up on a big left hand.
Thvi Ekki is winning the standup battle so far.
Johansson tries to bum rush Ekki with a series of wild strikes but Ekki uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Ekki fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Johansson manages to avoid it.
Johansson swinging wildly here.
Johansson misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Ekki throws a head kick but Johansson moves out of range.
No joy there for Johansson, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Johansson tries to clinch but Ekki moves away
and Ekki counters with a big head kick but Johansson shrugs it off.
Johansson misses with an uppercut
and Ekki counters with a straight right hand.
Ekki is looking to land body kicks.
Ekki connects with an inside leg kick.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Johansson tries to clinch up but Ekki circles away and keeps his distance.
Johansson throws a lazy uppercut
and Ekki counters with an inside leg kick.
Johansson takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Ekki avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Johansson tries to close the distance and clinch up but Ekki swats him away and circles back towards the center.
A chopping leg kick lands by Ekki.
Johansson tries to clinch but fails miserably
and Ekki counters with an outside leg kick.
Ekki tries to clinch up but Johansson circles away and keeps his distance.
Johansson avoids the body shot from Ekki.
Ekki is looking to land body kicks.
Ekki connects with an inside leg kick.
Ekki avoids a punch combination nicely.
Johansson swings widly with a right hand
and Ekki counters with a nice body shot.
Ekki fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Ekki connects with a solid leg kick.
Johansson avoids the head kick by Ekki.
Ekki throws a quick inside leg kick.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Ekki shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.
Johansson takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Ekki circles away from the clinch attempt.
Johansson avoids the head kick by Ekki.
Ekki scores with a shot to the body.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Ekki, right into the meat.
Johansson works the jab nicely.
Sloppy strikes from Johansson. Those never looked like landing.
Ekki lands with a head kick! That's gotta hurt.
Ekki tries to land a front kick but Johansson steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
Ekki will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.
Ekki throws a right high kick that is partially blocked by Johansson.
That has opened up Ingemar Johansson's cut even more.
Johansson tries to clinch there but Ekki circles away.
Ekki throws a leg kick but Johansson moved away.
Ekki is looking to wear down Johansson with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
Johansson throws a right and a left that both miss.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Johansson takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Ekki is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Johansson can do to turn this around?
Johansson avoids the head kick by Ekki.
Johansson blocks a head kick by Ekki.
Johansson looks to land a combination but Ekki avoids it well.
Johansson avoids the head kick by Ekki.
Ekki feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Johansson's calf.
Johansson scores with a nice right hand.
Johansson uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Ekki.
Ekki misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Johansson.
Johansson looks to land a combination but Ekki avoids it well.
Ekki throws a quick inside leg kick.
Ekki misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Ekki throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Ekki pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Ekki avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Johansson jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Sloppy strikes from Johansson. Those never looked like landing.
Johansson is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Ekki.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Ekki 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 Johansson has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Johansson and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
Ekki misses with a body kick.
Johansson looks to score with a jab to the body but Ekki is just out of range.
Ekki lands a head kick!
Ekki fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Johansson, pushing him back against the cage.
Johansson is trying to pull guard but Ekki has him pressed against the cage.
Ekki manages to break the clinch.
Johansson checks the leg kick nicely there.
Johansson swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Ekki fails with an attempt to clinch.
Ingemar Johansson has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Thvi Ekki is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
A looping hook to the body misses from Ekki. Johansson does a little dance to reset his feet.
And that's the end of the fight!
Thvi Ekki showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Ekki 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 Albert Achterberg scores the fight 28:29
Judge Paul Aken scores the fight 30:27
Judge Paulsen Ambrosius scores the fight 30:27
In favor of your winner, by split decision... Thvi Ekki!
Thvi Ekki decided to thank the fans in attendance for making a great atmosphere. It seemed to go down pretty well.
The defeated Ingemar Johansson had this to say: 'Fuck them all - just fuck it!!'.
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