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Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Tomas Lindberg (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Shannon Larratt (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Lindberg comes to the cage accompanied by At The Gates - The Book of Sand. Larratt is bobbing his head along to his entrance song: Cannibal Corpse - Stripped, Raped and Strangled. This should be a great matchup!
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150 lbs
8 - 2 - 0 |
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178 cm
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159 lbs
7 - 4 - 0 |
Decent wrestler
Excellent boxer
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Counter fighter
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
8 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Tomas Lindberg!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
7 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Shannon Larratt!
The judges for this bout are Winston Howard, Summer Carpenter and Ben Hemmingworth.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Lindberg misses with a body shot.
And Larratt tries to counter it with a takedown but Lindberg pushes his down on his head and steps out.
Lindberg looks to land a right hand but Larratt moved out of range.
Larratt with the counter takedown but Lindberg avoids it easily.
Lindberg scores with a jab. Larratt acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
Lindberg misses with a body shot.
Larratt feints the counter takedown.
Lindberg lands a jab. Then a cross. Then finally a nice hook to the body. Good work there by Lindberg.
Lindberg punishes Larratt's body with a nice straight punch.
Lindberg lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Larratt circles away quickly and effectively.
And Larratt tries to counter it with a takedown but Lindberg pushes his down on his head and steps out.
Lindberg throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Lindberg misses with a wild combination.
A big right from Lindberg misses.
Nice straight punches there by Lindberg. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Lindberg.
A big left from Lindberg misses.
And Larratt tries to counter it with a takedown but Lindberg pushes his down on his head and steps out.
Lindberg throws a shot from downtown. Larratt moves away and avoids it.
And Larratt tries to counter it with a takedown but Lindberg pushes his down on his head and steps out.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Larratt dodges the punch combination from Lindberg.
Larratt changes levels for a counter takedown but doesn't follow through with his attempt.
Lindberg swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
A jab from Lindberg does it's job there.
Larratt ducks under a wild hook from Lindberg.
Lindberg misses with a body shot.
Larratt keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Larratt is definitely looking for the counter takedowns here.
A combination from Lindberg does no damage.
Lindberg falls off balance throwing a combination
and Larratt counters with a nice double leg into half guard.
Larratt prevents Lindberg from standing back up.
Lindberg taking some punishment here, with Larratt in his half guard.
Lindberg avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Larratt.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Larratt thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Lindberg's head.
Lindberg is trying to stand back up but Larratt is controlling him
Ground and pound from Larratt.
Larratt stops Lindberg from getting back to his feet.
In the pre-fight buildup videos we saw Larratt working his ground and pound in the gym.
Lindberg knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Larratt on the ground.
Larratt working Lindberg over with strikes.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Larratt throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
The two fighters exchange a few words. I couldn't hear what they were saying but maybe it's more fun if you make it up yourself. Larratt connects with a nice short shot to Lindberg's temple.
Larratt scoring with strikes to the body and head.
Larratt working Lindberg over with strikes.
Larratt takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.
Larratt stops Lindberg from getting back to his feet.
Larratt winds up and cracks Lindberg with a swinging punch to the side of the head.
Lindberg tries to kick Larratt off but Larratt keeps his base steady and stays in half guard.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Larratt throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Larratt uses his free foot to push down on Lindberg's thigh. Eventually he works his other foot free and he's advanced to mount - this is trouble for Lindberg.
Larratt controlling his opponent.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Larratt working Lindberg over with strikes here.
Larratt with good strikes from the mount here!
Lindberg squirming around on the bottom, looking to escape.
Larratt with good strikes from the mount here!
Larratt lands a couple of good shots and Lindberg has given up his back, trying to escape the position!
Lindberg is trying to get back to his feet but Larratt has full control of the position and if anything, Lindberg has just worked his way into a worse spot.
Larratt tries to get the hooks in deep but Lindberg pushed the leg off.
Larratt lands a shot to the head.
Larratt softening up his opponent with strikes here.
Lindberg is rocked!
Lindberg takes a big shot to the side of the head.
Oh Lindberg is still in real trouble! Will he be able to recover?!!
Even with his hooks in, Larratt manages to miss with strikes from the back.
Lindberg seems to have got his legs back now.
Lindberg is trying to stand back up.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Oooh a big shot gets through from Larratt. Many more shots like that and the referee will have to think about stepping in!
Larratt lands shots from the back.
Larratt loading up with punches from the back mount - how long can Lindberg hold on?
Larratt struggling to keep hold of the position.
Larratt lands with a couple of good shots - one to the side of the head and one questionable shot that could be viewed as to the back of the head but the referee lets it go.
Lindberg gets cracked with a huge elbow and he's out cold! Possibly KO of the night from the back? Unusual but possible!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:55 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Strikes). Shannon Larratt!
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energy
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hype
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pop
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mgr
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RATING
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