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Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Sven Eklund (ranked 4529 p4p, 120 weight class) and Thom Tharrier (ranked 6511 p4p, 173 weight class). Eklund comes to the cage accompanied by Home Grown. Thom Tharrier will no doubt be trying to keep this one on the feet, where he has a distinct advantage.
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280 lbs
3 - 0 - 0 |
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270 lbs
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Good wrestling
Basic striking
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BJJ White Belt
Excellent MT
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the super heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
3 - 0 - 0, fighting out of London, Sven Eklund!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Thom Tharrier!
The judges for this bout are Yves DeLean, Dillan Fox and Steve Smith.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Tharrier lands a big right hand that sends Eklund crashing to the mat! Tharrier stays standing though and waves Eklund back to his feet!
It looks like Sven Eklund has been cut.
Tharrier waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Eklund.
Tharrier gets caught on his heels momentarily as he allows Eklund to score an easy takedown into full guard.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Eklund working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.
Eklund is taking a break and basically stalling. The referee will not allow him to do that for long.
Eklund stops Tharrier from standing up.
Eklund lands a couple of decent looking shots.
Tharrier is looking to get back to his feet but can't, whilst Eklund is controlling him.
Eklund not doing a lot at the moment. He'll have to show some more aggression or the fight will get stood up.
Tharrier wants to get back to his feet but Eklund is in a dominant position and won't allow it.
Eklund could do with losing a few pounds - he looks very soft around the mid section, to put it politely.
Eklund connects with a couple of short punches.
Eklund won't allow Tharrier to get back to his feet.
Both fighters have adopted an aggressive gameplan on the ground!
Eklund working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of Tharrier's head.
Eklund scoring with some ground and pound.
Eklund lands a couple of digs.
Eklund prevents Tharrier from getting back to his feet.
Eklund will need to keep those long limbs tucked in whilst he's on the ground, to prevent any submissions.
Eklund cracks Tharrier with a solid left hand.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Eklund landing some decent shots from guard.
Eklund won't allow Tharrier to get back to his feet.
Tharrier told us pre-fight that he has been working on his escapes in training. Let's see if he can call on some of his new skills to get back to his feet.
Eklund has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
Eklund works over Tharrier with some ground and pound from guard.
Eklund stands up over Tharrier, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head.
Eklund working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.
Eklund stops Tharrier from standing up.
Eklund with a nice head shot there.
Eklund chips away with some ground and pound.
We've been hearing that Eklund has been drilling a lot of ground and pound in training, so let's see if he get the finish.
Eklund works a leg free and moves into half guard.
Eklund looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Tharrier with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
Eklund is nestled in close to Tharrier, controlling him well. He's worked in a nice elbow to the side of the head as well, for good measure.
The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. Eklund lands a nice short elbow.
Eklund winds up and cracks Tharrier with a swinging punch to the side of the head.
Tharrier is looking to escape.
Tharrier is using up a lot of energy trying to get back to his feet. Perhaps he should improve his position first.
Eklund drops an elbow to the side of Tharrier's head.
Eklund working Tharrier over with strikes.
Eklund is just sitting in half guard, waiting for something to happen.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Eklund looks to score some points with some ground and pound.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Tharrier is trying to stand.
Eklund lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.
Eklund keeping composed on the top, looking to control the action.
Tharrier is looking to escape.
Eklund controlling the pace.
Tharrier taking some punishment here, with Eklund in his half guard.
Tharrier is trying to stand up here but Eklund is controlling him well.
Eklund takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.
Nice strikes from Eklund there.
Tharrier really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Eklund. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Tharrier is looking to escape.
Eklund slips a nice elbow through Tharrier's hands, connecting with Tharrier's forehead.
Tharrier has hold of Eklund's hands but Eklund slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.
Eklund seems to be taking a bit of a break to think of his next move. He lands a short punch in the meantime.
Eklund scores with a couple of good hammerfists.
Tharrier is in trouble now - Eklund has advanced to mount!
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Tharrier is looking to get back to his feet - it's going to be hard from this position.
Eklund is landing with some decent strikes but Tharrier is trying to advance his position so the referee is letting the fight continue.
BOOM! Eklund connects with a massive shot to the dome!
Eklund punishing his opponent with strikes.
Eklund connects with a couple of good shots from mount.
Tharrier takes a big shot to the head but keeps on trying to improve his position.
Eklund working away from the top, dropping strikes.
BOOM! Eklund connects with a massive shot to the dome!
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Eklund lands a shot to the body, followed up by a shot to the exposed head of his trapped opponent.
You get the feeling that Tharrier really doesn't like being in this position too much.
Eklund lands a heavy elbow.
The crowd growing excited in anticipation of a finish here! Right on cue, Eklund cracks his opponent with a massive right hand that draws loud cheers!
Tharrier in a bad spot here, taking shots to the head.
Eklund landing strikes from the mount and Tharrier is in trouble!
Tharrier trying desperately to get to his feet.
Eklund lands a big elbow.
Eklund working the ground and pound effectively.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Tharrier is trying to get back to his feet but can't.
Eklund dominating with strikes here.
A nice elbow there by Eklund.
Eklund lands a couple of nice shots there from mount.
Eklund connects with a couple of good shots from mount.
Eklund unloading with bombs!
Tharrier is rocked!
Tharrier taking shots to the head.
Eklund pausing momentarily but resumes with a couple of decent strikes that do a bit of damage.
Tharrier is still in real trouble! Can Eklund finish him?
Eklund with the ground and pound from mount.
Eklund lands a big elbow - Tharrier is in trouble! More strikes from the mount and Tharrier is forced to tap out!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:48 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Strikes). Sven Eklund!
A relieved looking Sven Eklund thanked the fans for their support and gave the usual line about them being amazing. They seemed to believe that he actually meant it.
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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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