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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Danny Clark (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Baal Zebub (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Clark comes to the cage accompanied by Nas Ft. Puffy - Hate Me Now. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.
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223 lbs
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215 lbs
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BJJ Purple Belt
Great elbows
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Lethal high kicks
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
7 - 9 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Danny Clark!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Baal Zebub!
The judges for this bout are Albert Achterberg, Radbod Blank and Wagner Zegers.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Clark throws a head kick but Zebub moves out of range.
Clark scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Clark scores with a hook to the body. Zebub takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Zebub bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
A punch combination from Clark misses.
Zebub needs to keep his hands up - Clark had a free shot at his head there.
Zebub throws a leg kick
and Clark counters with a one-two to the body.
Clark throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Zebub counters with a crisp one two that drops Clark! Zebub thinks about following him to the mat for a moment but instead steps back and waves Clark to his feet! Clark is in big trouble!
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!
Zebub lands with a straight right. Clark didn't see that one coming.
Clark gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Zebub looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Clark keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Zebub's efforts to push away.
Clark misses with an elbow strike.
Zebub lands with a left to the head.
A hook to the body from Zebub.
Clark gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Zebub escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Clark on the wrong end of a nice jab.
It looks like Danny Clark has been cut.
Clark tries a head kick but it misses.
Zebub forces Clark back against the cage and clinches.
Zebub lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Clark or not.
Zebub managing to block the knees to the body from Clark.
Clark swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Clark misses with some punches.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Zebub creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Zebub blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Zebub connects with a nasty looking knee right to Clark's face.
Zebub throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Clarks head.
Clark working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Clark lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Zebub backwards.
Zebub swings wildly with an uppercut but Clark uses good head movement to avoid it.
Zebub avoids the elbow strike from Clark, against the cage.
Zebub manages to break the clinch.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Clark misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Clark tries a head kick but it misses.
Clark fails with an attempt to clinch.
Zebub avoids the head kick by Clark.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Zebub.
Clark avoids the head kick by Zebub.
Zebub scores with a punch to the head.
A leg kick checked by Clark.
Zebub staying out of range there.
Zebub lands a jab to the head.
A big right from Clark misses.
Zebub connects with an inside leg kick.
Clark clinches up with Zebub and pushes him back against the cage.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Clark breaks from the clinch.
Clark throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Clark fails with an attempt to clinch.
Clark pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Clark tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Zebub paws at him with a jab and circles away.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Zebub.
Zebub keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Clark.
Danny Clark seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Zebub misses with a series of wild punches.
Clark throws a sloppy head kick and Zebub moves out of range easily.
Zebub lands a big head kick that sends Clark tumbling to the mat! Zebub takes a step backwards and waves Clark back to his feet - he wants the finish!
Clark is rocked!
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Zebub feints a jab and as Clark dips his head, Zebub unleashes a brutal head kick that catches Clark right on the jaw! Timbeeer! Clark falls backwards in slow motion, only propped up by the cage! Zebub smiles a psychotic smile as he stares down his unconscious opponent. That is a scary man.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:58 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Head Kick). Baal Zebub!
After winning the bout, Baal Zebub thanked all his fans and promised he'd do even better in his next fight. The crowd seemed to love his humility.
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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between David Marcos (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Slurms Mckenzie (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Slurms Mckenzie has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?
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185 lbs
8 - 5 - 0 |
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196 lbs
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Counter striker
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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
8 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, David Marcos!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Slurms Mckenzie!
The judges for this bout are Patrick Alders, Wagner Zegers and Albert Achterberg.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
An inside leg kick lands from Mckenzie.
Marcos shoots in looking for a double leg takedown. Mckenzie defends it nicely.
Mckenzie pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Marcos shoots in but doesn't get the takedown
and Mckenzie counters with an inside leg kick.
Mckenzie misses with a kick to the body.
Mckenzie lands a head kick!
Mckenzie throws a head kick but Marcos moves out of range.
A combination from Mckenzie does no damage.
Mckenzie displays good takedown defense there as he swats away a double leg from Marcos.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for David Marcos. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Mckenzie looks to land a body kick but Marcos moved away.
Mckenzie throws a feint and then finishes with a kick to the body.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Mckenzie lands a leg kick that knocks Marcos off balance momentarily.
A kick lands to the mid section there for Mckenzie.
Mckenzie feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Marcos's calf.
Marcos tries for a takedown but Mckenzie sees it coming a mile off and avoids it easily.
Mckenzie looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Marcos is breathing heavily.
Marcos changes levels and looks for a double leg takedown. Mckenzie tries to avoid it but Marcos manages to keep hold of a leg and drag Mckenzie to the ground. Mckenzie escapes though and pops straight back up to his feet.
Good leg kick by Mckenzie there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Mckenzie throws a nice head kick!
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Mckenzie throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Marcos takes a nasty kick to the mid section... That should keep him thinking. Does he try and block and risk a head kick landing?
Mckenzie fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Marcos.
Mckenzie connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
Marcos takes a head kick and shrugs it off.
Mckenzie moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Mckenzie scores with a leg kick.
Mckenzie thows a body kick. Marcos tries to catch it but that hurt him.
Mckenzie closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Marcos has Mckenzie pressed up against the cage and is working for takedown. Mckenzie manages to improve position though and keeps the fight standing.
Marcos takes an elbow to the temple.
It looks like David Marcos has been cut.
Marcos blocks the elbow strike.
Mckenzie throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Marcos managing to block the knees to the body from Mckenzie.
Mckenzie lands an elbow inside that Marcos shrugs off.
With the fighters up against the cage, Mckenzie throws an elbow but misses.
Mckenzie throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Mckenzie escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Mckenzie lands a nice looking kick to the body. Marcos takes a step back to recover.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Marcos on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
Mckenzie delivers a nice body kick.
Mckenzie lands a big head kick that sends Marcos tumbling to the mat! Mckenzie takes a step backwards and waves Marcos back to his feet - he wants the finish!
Marcos is rocked!
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Mckenzie lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Mckenzie lands a kick to the ribs of his opponent. Nice work there - in and out in a flash.
A solid leg kick lands there for Mckenzie.
Mckenzie turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Mckenzie lands a nice looking kick to the body. Marcos takes a step back to recover.
A telegraphed takedown attempt from Marcos is defended easily by Mckenzie.
Mckenzie lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
A nice inside leg kick there by Mckenzie. That's going to slow Marcos down.
A decent looking body kick lands there for Mckenzie.
Mckenzie connects with an inside leg kick.
Marcos is on the wrong end of a nice combination from Mckenzie.
Mckenzie lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Mckenzie feints and then cracks Marcos's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Marcos down.
Mckenzie is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
Mckenzie throws a feint and then finishes with a kick to the body.
Mckenzie scores with a head kick. Marcos tried to block it but didn't get his arm up in time.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
A solid leg kick lands there for Mckenzie.
Mckenzie cracks the inside of Marcos's front leg.
This is turning into a torrid day at the office for Marcos. He's trying desperately to land a takedown but he's failing miserably and getting slapped silly on the feet to compound his misery.
Mckenzie explodes with a nice body kick and back out of range. Nice work.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Slurms Mckenzie dominated that round.
The cut man is working on David Marcos's cut.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!
A nice leg kick lands there from Mckenzie.
A thudding body kick lands there by Mckenzie!
Mckenzie scoring well with a low kick there.
A good leg kick by Mckenzie.
Mckenzie lands a big head kick that sends Marcos tumbling to the mat! Mckenzie takes a step backwards and waves Marcos back to his feet - he wants the finish!
Oh Marcos is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Mckenzie thumps Marcos with a low kick.
Mckenzie lets loose with a powerful body kick. Marcos will feel that in the morning.
Mckenzie connects with a leg kick. Marcos looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
Marcos seems to have got his legs back now.
Mckenzie lands with a nice body kick.
Mckenzie lands a big head kick that sends Marcos tumbling to the mat! Mckenzie takes a step backwards and waves Marcos back to his feet - he wants the finish!
Slurms Mckenzie seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Mckenzie throws a quick inside leg kick.
Marcos will be looking to protect his midsection after taking some solid kicks to the body.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Mckenzie.
Marcos has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Mckenzie.
Marcos showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Mckenzie.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Marcos takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
Mckenzie fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Marcos.
Mckenzie with a jab.
Ohhhhh! A huge head kick from Mckenzie! Marcos is out on his feet! Mckenzie rushes in and throws more strikes. The ref is looking closely - Marcos is covering up but the punishment is just too much and the ref steps in to stop the fight! Marcos is staring into space, just thankful that the beatdown has ended. Brutal finish.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:27 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Slurms Mckenzie!
A very excited looking Slurms Mckenzie made sure he remembered to thank all the fans both in the arena and on the internet. He said all the coolest people spend all day on MMA websites, which got a big reaction.
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Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between ty yy (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Indrid Cold (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). yy comes to the cage accompanied by fast lane. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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157 lbs
4 - 3 - 0 |
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165 lbs
3 - 2 - 0 |
BJJ Purple Belt
Brawler
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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
4 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, ty yy!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
3 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Indrid Cold!
The judges for this bout are Patrick Alders, Daniel Blasius and Paul Aken.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
A head kick from Cold lands but yy takes it in his stride.
No joy there for Cold, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
yy loads up on a big right hand but Cold slips the punch.
Cold clinches.
yy on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Cold stalling in the clinch.
Cold tries to land knees in the clinch but yy avoids the damage to the body.
Cold pushes off an throws an elbow but yy leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Cold using the Thai plumb to throw knees but yy has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Cold breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Cold tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
yy throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Cold needs to keep his hands up - yy had a free shot at his head there.
yy throws a right and a left that Cold avoids nicely.
Cold scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Cold staying out of range there.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Cold takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
yy has his takedown stuffed
and Cold counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Cold lands a brutal head kick. yy looks out on his feet and Cold throws more strikes until the ref is forced to stop the fight!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:56 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Kick and Punches). Indrid Cold!
Indrid Cold really struggled to get his t-shirt on before his hand was raised. Making sure that Torment Fightwear logo gets some air time is pretty tricky when you're all sweaty.
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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Thane Krios (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jose Barboza (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Thane Krios could well score a knockout today. He has the power to get to Jose Barboza's chin.
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176 lbs
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177 lbs
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World class boxer
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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
5 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Thane Krios!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
5 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Jose Barboza!
The judges for this bout are Paulsen Ambrosius, Aafke Stam and Albert Achterberg.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Barboza darts in and clinches Krios up against the cage.
Barboza swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Krios throws a punch but it's blocked by Barboza.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Barboza.
A short left from Barboza.
Barboza scores a nice knee to the body.
Barboza missing with knees to the body.
Barboza works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Barboza lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
A head punch on the inside from Krios fails to land.
Krios takes a shot to the head.
Barboza scores with a nice hook to the head.
Krios can't find room to land a body shot as Barboza controls the action.
Krios wants to break the clinch but can't.
With the fighters up against the cage, Barboza throws an elbow but misses.
Barboza lands a nice elbow.
Barboza lands a left hand that snaps the head of Krios backwards.
Krios misses with a short punch on the inside.
Krios goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Barboza as Krios tries to tie him up.
Krios misses with a short punch on the inside.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Krios tries to break free but Barboza pushes him back against the cage.
Barboza misses with a punch on the inside.
Krios blocks the elbow strike.
Barboza crunches a lovely knee into Krios's ribcage.
Barboza creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Krios's defenses.
Krios prevents a body shot from Barboza.
Krios prevents a body shot from Barboza.
Barboza lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Barboza lands with a left to the head.
A body shot lands from Barboza.
Krios swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Krios misses with a hook from the clinch.
Barboza can't find room to land a body shot as Krios controls the action.
Barboza prevents a body shot from Krios.
Krios is trying to force a seperation but Barboza has the dominant position.
Barboza misses with a hook to the ribs.
Krios working aggressively here.
Barboza prevents a body shot from Krios.
Krios working some nice short punches in the clinch.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Barboza lands a body punch.
Barboza misses with a hook to the ribs.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Barboza misses with an elbow over the top.
Barboza tries to land knees in the clinch but Krios avoids the damage to the body.
Barboza lands an elbow that stopped Krios in his tracks for a moment.
Krios is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Barboza is keeping busy.
Krios misses with the head strike.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Barboza.
Barboza misses with a hook from the clinch.
Barboza lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Krios blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Nice body punch from Barboza - that landed with a thud.
Knees to the body from Barboza.
Krios is breathing heavily.
Krios makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Krios misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Barboza lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Barboza lands an elbow inside that Krios shrugs off.
Barboza lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Krios avoiding damage as Barboza throws knees to the body.
Barboza lands an elbow inside.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Krios.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Krios is trying to break the clinch but Barboza has him pressed against the cage.
Krios takes a shot to the head.
Barboza can't find room to land a body shot as Krios controls the action.
Barboza misses with a punch to the body.
A nice left hand lands by Barboza.
Barboza misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Krios.
Barboza has a couple of punches blocked by Krios.
Barboza throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Krios is trying to break the clinch but Barboza has him pressed against the cage.
Krios swings wildly with an uppercut but Barboza uses good head movement to avoid it.
Still in the clinch, Barboza scores with a nice short uppercut.
Barboza misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Krios.
Barboza prevents Krios from breaking the clinch.
A right hand to the body from Barboza.
Krios wants to break the clinch but can't.
Barboza creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Krios's defenses.
Barboza misses with a punch on the inside.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Barboza pushes Krios back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Barboza lands a nice elbow.
Krios working aggressively here.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Barboza.
Barboza lands a nice uppercut.
Krios blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Krios blocks the elbow strike.
Barboza lands an elbow inside.
Barboza lands a damaging elbow.
Krios struggles to land a body shot inside as Barboza controls his hands.
Barboza working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Barboza.
Barboza lands a knee to the body.
A short uppercut from Barboza.
A right handed body shot lands from Barboza.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Barboza lands with a light punch inside.
Barboza scores with a shot to the side of Krios's head.
Krios takes an elbow to the temple.
Krios blocks the elbow strike.
Krios prevents a body shot from Barboza.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Jose Barboza dominated that round.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.
Barboza wants to clinch.
Barboza tries to clinch but Krios moves out of range.
Barboza getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
Barboza fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Krios manages to avoid it.
Krios with a jab.
Barboza lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
Barboza misses with a kick to the body.
Jose Barboza seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Krios looks to land a left hand but Barboza moved out of range nicely.
Krios drops his hands momentarily and Barboza takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
A jab from Krios misses.
Barboza connects with a body shot.
Barboza forces Krios back against the cage and clinches.
A nice left hand lands by Barboza.
Barboza works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Krios is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Barboza lands a nice uppercut.
Krios blocks an elbow strike from Barboza.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Barboza misses with an elbow strike.
Barboza lands an elbow inside.
Krios is working Barboza over against the cage.
Krios managing to block the knees to the body from Barboza.
Krios breaks the clinch.
Barboza slips under a jab from Krios.
A looping hook to the body misses from Krios. Barboza does a little dance to reset his feet.
Krios connects with a looping right hand.
Krios closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Barboza comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Krios prevents a body shot from Barboza.
Barboza lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Barboza tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Krios's elbow.
Barboza lands an elbow inside that Krios shrugs off.
Krios throws a punch but it's blocked by Barboza.
Krios looking to stall.
Barboza struggles to land a body shot inside as Krios controls his hands.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
A shot in the inside from Barboza.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Barboza.
Krios throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Barbozas head.
A short right from Barboza on the inside.
Barboza has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
A head punch on the inside from Krios fails to land.
Krios managing to block the knees to the body from Barboza.
Barboza lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Barboza lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Barboza lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Barboza keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Krios's efforts to push away.
Barboza doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Barboza tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Krios will no doubt start fighting again in a minute but for now he's just having a little rest, leaning Barboza up against the cage.
Barboza scores with a shoulder strike.
Krios doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Krios escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Krios tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Krios tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. Barboza manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Krios throws a shot from downtown. Barboza moves away and avoids it.
Barboza fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Krios manages to avoid it.
Barboza tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. Krios manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Krios avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Krios sees a low kick coming and goes to check it, but it's actually a body kick and it thuds into his unprotected ribs.
Barboza fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Krios thows a left - swing and a miss!
Krios on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
Barboza drives through and clinches with Krios against the cage.
Barboza misses with some punches.
A shot in the inside from Barboza.
Barboza is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Krios is defending well for now.
A short body shot lands from Krios as the two fighters clinch.
Krios avoids the elbow strike from Barboza, against the cage.
Krios managing to block the knees to the body from Barboza.
Barboza misses with an elbow strike.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Barboza digs a right hand into Krios's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Krios's gas tank.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Barboza misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Barboza looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Krios looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Krios blocks a body shot from Barboza.
Krios on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Barboza tries to land knees in the clinch but Krios avoids the damage to the body.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Barboza just misses with a elbow thrown towards Krios's brow.
A shot in the inside from Krios.
Barboza lands an elbow inside.
Barboza tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Barboza lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Krios backwards.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Krios.
Barboza tries to land knees in the clinch but Krios avoids the damage to the body.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Krios misses with a hook from the clinch.
Barboza pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Krios is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Krios pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Jose Barboza showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action. This is the final round!
Barboza misses with a body kick.
Jose Barboza is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Krios rushes Barboza and presses him up against the cage.
Barboza misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Krios.
Krios manages to break the clinch.
Barboza clinches with his opponent.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Barboza.
Barboza lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Barboza lands a nice elbow.
Barboza misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Krios.
Barboza scores with a hook to the body.
A right handed body shot lands from Barboza.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Krios.
Nice elbow from Barboza.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Barboza creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Barboza blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Barboza lands a right hand.
Krios swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Krios doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Barboza misses with a short punch on the inside.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Barboza utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Barboza pushes Krios back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Barboza tries a body shot but Krios blocks it.
Krios avoiding damage as Barboza throws knees to the body.
Krios takes an elbow to the forehead.
A short uppercut from Barboza.
Krios misses with a punch to the body.
Krios tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Krios can't find room to land a body shot as Barboza controls the action.
Krios blocks an uppercut.
Krios swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Barboza lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Krios backwards.
Barboza lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Barboza tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Krios's elbow.
Jose Barboza seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Krios blocks an elbow strike from Barboza.
Krios working aggressively here.
Krios on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Krios misses with a shot to the kidneys.
A short right from Barboza on the inside.
Krios takes an elbow to the forehead.
Barboza throws an elbow but it misses.
Barboza comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Krios misses with a hook to the ribs.
Krios misses with a hook from the clinch.
Krios tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Krios has a couple of punches blocked by Barboza.
Barboza is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Krios is defending well for now.
Krios misses with a short punch on the inside.
Barboza unloads a knee to the mid-section. Krios lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Barboza digs a right hand underneath Krios's ribcage. Krios let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Barboza lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Barboza creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
A right hand to the body from Barboza.
Krios blocks the elbow strike.
Barboza comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Krios takes an elbow to the forehead.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Barboza.
Barboza gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Krios blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Krios throws a head punch that misses.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
Nice elbow from Barboza.
Barboza lands with a right to the head.
Barboza tries to land knees in the clinch but Krios avoids the damage to the body.
Barboza digs a right hand into Krios's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Krios's gas tank.
Barboza lands an elbow inside that Krios shrugs off.
Krios takes an elbow to the forehead.
Barboza digs a right hand into Krios's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Krios's gas tank.
Barboza tries to throw a body punch but Krios avoids it by throwing Barboza back against the cage.
Barboza working some nice short punches in the clinch.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Barboza stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Barboza can't find room to land a body shot as Krios controls the action.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Good body shot from Barboza.
A short right from Barboza on the inside.
Nice body punch from Barboza - that landed with a thud.
Barboza lands a shoulder strike.
Krios on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Barboza lands a body shot.
Barboza lands with a left to the head.
Barboza gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Barboza comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Krios takes an elbow to the temple.
Krios takes a shot to the head.
A short right from Barboza on the inside.
Krios takes an elbow to the temple.
Barboza gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Barboza blocking some punches.
Barboza is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Krios is defending well for now.
Krios lands a hook to the side of the head.
Thane Krios has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Krios.
And that's the end of the fight!
Jose Barboza comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Barboza has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. 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 Paulsen Ambrosius scores the fight 27:30
Judge Aafke Stam scores the fight 27:30
Judge Albert Achterberg scores the fight 27:30
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Jose Barboza!
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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Sanex Lewis (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and James Mitchell (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Lewis kept the crowd waiting but all that was forgotten when his ring entrance music started. The incomparable musical genius that is Snoop DoGG. Sanex Lewis could well score a knockout today. He has the power to get to James Mitchell's chin.
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220 lbs
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210 lbs
2 - 0 - 0 |
Abu Dhabi Champ
Brawler
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Excellent boxer
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
7 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Sanex Lewis!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, James Mitchell!
The judges for this bout are Patrick Alders, Paulsen Ambrosius and Saam Ante.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Lewis gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Mitchell breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Lewis tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Mitchell throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Lewis sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Mitchell cracks Lewis with a good jab.
Lewis throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around Mitchell's waist but Mitchell gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing Lewis off to one side.
Mitchell thows a left - swing and a miss!
Lewis swats away the attempt to clinch by Mitchell.
Lewis scores with a takedown into Mitchell's guard.
If this pace continues, the referee will definitely step in and force a standup.
Lewis thinks about going for a leg but decides against it, in order to maintain the position.
Mitchell wants to sweep here but Lewis controlling him for the moment.
Mitchell wants to stand up but Lewis is controlling him.
Lewis drops back looking for a leg! Mitchell is in trouble here! The fighters roll with the hold and Mitchell manages to kick Lewis off! Lewis jumps back into Mitchell's guard.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Lewis keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Mitchell's head.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Mitchell is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.
Mitchell trying to control the action but Lewis is working from the bottom.
Mitchell decides to return to a standing position.
Mitchell wants to clinch up but Lewis keeps it at a distance.
No luck for Lewis with that takedown attempt.
Mitchell throws a two punch combo that lands nicely.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
A head kick from Mitchell lands but Lewis takes it in his stride.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Mitchell will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Mitchell misses with a head kick.
Lewis blocks a head kick by Mitchell.
No joy there for Mitchell, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Lewis gets the takedown into side control.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Lewis working away.
Lewis has an Americana. Mitchell didn't react quickly enough there and he's in big trouble now! He tries to squirm out but is forced to tap! Lewis is delighted and gyrates in front of the ring girls. They seem to like the attention - it'll be interesting to see if Lewis hooks up with any of them at the after show party.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:49 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Americana). Sanex Lewis!
After the fight, Sanex Lewis was humble in paying tribute to his opponent but made it clear he wants to go on to bigger and better things. It seemed to go down well with the crowd who cheered him loudly.
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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Kaito Saruwatari (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and John McClane (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Saruwatari comes to the cage accompanied by Andrea Bocelli - Time To Say Goodbye. The crowd seem to be enjoying McClane's choice of entrance music: Refuse/Resist. These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.
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214 lbs
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BJJ Blue Belt
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
13 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Kaito Saruwatari!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
7 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, John McClane!
The judges for this bout are Wagner Zegers, Albert Achterberg and Patrick Alders.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Saruwatari uses good head movement to avoid the hook from McClane.
McClane stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
It looks like Kaito Saruwatari has been cut.
McClane fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Saruwatari has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
McClane avoids the head kick by Saruwatari.
McClane throws a body kick that misses.
McClane sizes up Saruwatari with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
McClane scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
McClane takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Saruwatari.
Saruwatari lands with a nice body punch.
Saruwatari tries to clinch there but McClane circles away.
McClane moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
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!
Saruwatari takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
McClane avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Saruwatari pushes McClane up against the cage in a clinch.
Saruwatari slowing the pace effectively.
McClane misses with the head strike.
Saruwatari misses with a punch to the body.
Saruwatari on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Saruwatari blocks an elbow strike.
Saruwatari pushes McClane back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Saruwatari blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
McClane lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Saruwatari lands a left hand.
It looks like John McClane has been cut.
Saruwatari pushes McClane back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Saruwatari prevents a body shot from McClane.
A right handed body shot lands from Saruwatari.
This has been an exciting period of action!
McClane misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Saruwatari lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
McClane goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Saruwatari lands a body shot in the clinch.
McClane looks winded!
Saruwatari struggles to land a body shot inside as McClane controls his hands.
Saruwatari lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Saruwatari lands a shot to the body.
Saruwatari lands a body shot.
Saruwatari lands a hook to the side of the head.
Saruwatari lands a takedown into guard.
Saruwatari working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Saruwatari slows down the pace of the fight, as he sits in guard.
McClane utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Saruwatari throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Saruwatari 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.
Saruwatari advances position into side control!
McClane is trying to control Saruwatari's posture but Saruwatari avoids it.
Saruwatari controls the position from side control.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
The strikes coming from Saruwatari are missing the target in this wave of attacks.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Saruwatari misses with the ground and pound.
McClane prevents Saruwatari from improving position.
McClane is being controlled here.
McClane tries to get back to half guard but can't.
McClane throws an elbow to the body but it doesn't land.
McClane is trying to get back to half guard.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Saruwatari tries to land with some ground and pound but misses.
Saruwatari tries to cartwheel into mount but he doesn't manage it.
McClane really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Saruwatari. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Saruwatari lands an elbow.
McClane takes a nasty elbow to the side of the head.
McClane is looking for a sweep.
Saruwatari wants to control but McClane is keeping him busy.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Saruwatari staying calm.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Kaito Saruwatari dominated that round.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action.
A telegraphed right hand from McClane misses the target.
A slow jab from McClane misses its intended target.
McClane tries a head kick but it misses.
Saruwatari feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to McClane's calf.
McClane throws a chopping leg kick but Saruwatari manages to avoid taking any serious damage.
Saruwatari moves into the clinch.
McClane tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Saruwatari's elbow.
McClane pushes off an throws an elbow but Saruwatari leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Saruwatari avoiding damage as McClane throws knees to the body.
Saruwatari lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt McClane or not.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Saruwatari lands a right hand.
Saruwatari gets through McClane's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Saruwatari taking a break, stalling in the clinch.
McClane doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Saruwatari cracks McClane with a nice body shot.
McClane is breathing heavily.
Good body shot from Saruwatari.
McClane doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Saruwatari lands with a right to the head.
Saruwatari scores with a shot to the side of McClane's head.
A short right from Saruwatari.
Saruwatari lands a body punch.
Saruwatari throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Good body shot from Saruwatari.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Saruwatari lands a nice shot to the body.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Saruwatari.
A hook to the body from Saruwatari.
Saruwatari lands an uppercut.
Saruwatari lands a nice uppercut.
Saruwatari lands a body punch.
A short right from Saruwatari.
Saruwatari throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Saruwatari is leaning against McClane and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Saruwatari tried to land a shot to the body but connects with McClane's elbow.
Saruwatari tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Saruwatari presses McClane against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Saruwatari lands a body shot.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Saruwatari tries to throw a body punch but McClane avoids it by throwing Saruwatari back against the cage.
A nice right hand lands inside from Saruwatari.
Saruwatari struggles to land a body shot inside as McClane controls his hands.
Saruwatari lands a body shot in the clinch.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Saruwatari.
Saruwatari digs a right hand into McClane's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on McClane's gas tank.
Nice body punch from Saruwatari.
Saruwatari lands with a short shot to the head.
A hook to the body from Saruwatari.
Saruwatari digs a right hand into McClane's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on McClane's gas tank.
Saruwatari is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that McClane can do to turn this around?
Saruwatari is working McClane over against the cage.
A short left from Saruwatari.
Saruwatari pushes McClane back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
McClane is rocked!
Saruwatari lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
McClane is still on wobbly legs! Can Saruwatari finish him?
Saruwatari lands an uppercut in the clinch that drops McClane to his knees! Saruwatari keeps firing more shots against his stricken opponent and the referee jumps in to save him!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:56 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Kaito Saruwatari!
Kaito Saruwatari seemed lost for words in his post fight interview but he remembered to thank his fans and directed everyone to his website.
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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Tayron Naar (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Kisuke Urahara (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Naar comes to the cage accompanied by TRIBAL SEEDS- MAD MAN. Both these guys have really solid chins. Will we see a standup war or will they both decide that a knockout is unlikely and try to win the fight elsewhere?
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178 lbs
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21
180 lbs
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Excellent boxer
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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
11 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Tayron Naar!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
4 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Kisuke Urahara!
The judges for this bout are Daniel Blasius, Nard Betker and Radbod Blank.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Urahara doesn't manage to clinch there - Naar circles away.
Naar displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Urahara throws out the jab.
A shot to the liver by Urahara. Beautiful body shot.
Naar just misses with a punch to the body.
Naar lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Naar throws a head kick that misses.
Urahara takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Naar stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Urahara.
Urahara waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Naar.
Urahara swings for the body but Naar moves out of range.
Some wild striking there from Naar.
Urahara steps to his left, right into the path of a big body kick from Naar. That one must have hurt.
A thudding body kick lands there by Urahara!
That's one minute gone in the round.
A jab from Urahara misses.
Naar pushes Urahara away with a front kick.
Naar misses with a leg kick
and Urahara counters with a three punch combo that has Naar backing up. Naar nods at Urahara to acknowledge the strikes.
Good leg kick by Urahara there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Naar pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
A nice combination there by Urahara.
Naar throws a sloppy head kick and Urahara moves out of range easily.
Naar thuds a mid kick into his opponent's body. That will wear on Urahara if he has to take too many more of those.
Urahara lands a jab.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Naar, right into the meat.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Urahara showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Naar.
Urahara takes a head kick and keeps coming.
Naar lands with a nice body kick.
Naar throws a head kick but Urahara moves out of range.
Urahara moves into the clinch.
Urahara looking to stall.
A frustrated look appears on Naar's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Naar tries to break free but Urahara pushes him back against the cage.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Urahara misses with the head strike.
Naar wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Urahara has him pressed against the cage.
Urahara leaning his opponent against the cage.
Urahara misses with a punch to the body.
Urahara misses with some punches.
Naar tries to circle away but Urahara has him pinned against the cage.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Urahara escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Naar throws out a loose jab but Urahara uses good head movement to avoid it.
Naar tries to work over Urahara's front leg with a kick but Urahara checks it.
Tayron Naar seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Urahara doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Naar bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Naar lands with a nice body punch.
Urahara takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
Naar throws a head kick that misses.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Urahara throws a nice inside leg kick.
Urahara's jab looks to have found its range, popping Naar under the eye.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Naar lands a nice hook to Urahara's body. Urahara takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
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 Tayron Naar will probably get the nod.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!
A slapping body kick lands there for Naar.
Naar throws a sloppy head kick and Urahara moves out of range easily.
Urahara on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Urahara blocks a leg kick.
Urahara throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Urahara fakes the leg kick and cracks Naar in the body.
Naar fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Urahara checks it well.
Naar throws a shot to the body.
Naar looks to land a body kick but Urahara moved away.
Urahara is on the wrong end of a nice combination from Naar.
Urahara throws a chopping leg kick but Naar manages to avoid taking any serious damage.
Urahara shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Urahara misses with the combination.
Tayron Naar is winning the standup battle so far.
Urahara gets a clinch.
Urahara is pushing Naar up against the cage, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.
Naar leaning his opponent against the cage.
A head punch on the inside from Urahara fails to land.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Naar can't break the clinch.
Naar's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Naar misses with a body kick.
Naar is looking to wear down Urahara with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
Naar wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Urahara tests Naar's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Naar lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Urahara misses with a two punch combination.
Naar throws a head kick that misses.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Naar ducks under a wild hook from Urahara.
Naar throws a right and a left that both miss.
Naar throws a head kick that half lands.
Kisuke Urahara is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Urahara keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
Naar uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Urahara.
Urahara misses the shot to the body.
Urahara walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
Naar pulls out of a head kick attempt.
A nice inside leg kick there by Naar. That's going to slow Urahara down.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Urahara wants to clinch up but Naar keeps it at a distance.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Naar throws a quick head kick that skims the top of Urahara's head.
Urahara uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
The fighters circling - Urahara throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Naar moves out of range of the leg kick from Urahara.
Naar thows a body shot but no joy.
Urahara throws a leg kick which misses Naar's front leg but catches the back leg as Naar tries to avoid it.
Naar keeps Urahara at a distance using the push kick.
Naar lands a leg kick that knocks Urahara off balance momentarily.
Naar tries a head kick but it misses.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
The fighters circling - Urahara throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Urahara throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Naar sees it coming and avoids it easily.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Tayron Naar dominated that second round.
That's time! Naar's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight. This is the final round!
Urahara walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Naar checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
Urahara throws a head kick that misses.
Urahara misses the shot to the body.
Urahara moves in looking to clinch but Naar pushes him off.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Naar.
Urahara has developed a nice purple lump on his ribcage, as a result of some heavy body kicks from Naar.
That's a knee to de groin and it's over and out! Urahara crumples to the ground after an illegal strike from Naar - the referee stops the clock and Urahara gets 5 minutes to recover from that one. "I'm sorry" says Naar. Urahara manages to get back to his feet and the fight resumes.
Urahara moves out of range of the body kick.
Urahara misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Naar.
Naar lands a nice leg kick that just misses Urahara's sensitive parts.
A jab lands there for Naar.
That's one minute gone in the round.
A looping hook to the body misses from Naar. Urahara does a little dance to reset his feet.
Urahara lands a jab to the nose.
Urahara paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
A chopping leg kick lands by Naar.
Naar throws a head kick but Urahara moves out of range.
Naar misses with a two punch combination.
Naar walks into a left hand.
Urahara throws a head kick that half lands.
Urahara fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Naar misses with a body kick.
Naar looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Kisuke Urahara has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Naar with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
A solid leg kick lands there for Urahara.
Naar throws a head kick that looked like it stung.
Naar jabs Urahara to the body, keeping him at a distance.
Naar tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Urahara blocks a jab.
Urahara blocks the body kick.
Naar throws a lazy head kick
and Urahara counters with a series of strikes. Naar will be more careful next time no doubt.
Naar takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Urahara misses with a wild combination.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Urahara fails with an attempt to clinch.
Urahara sees a low kick coming and goes to check it, but it's actually a body kick and it thuds into his unprotected ribs.
Urahara moves out of range of the body kick.
Urahara connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Naar momentarily.
Naar scores with a kick to the midsection.
Naar misses with a kick to the body.
Urahara avoids the body shot from Naar.
Naar stuns Urahara with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Naar lands a head shot.
Naar works Urahara's body with a nice hook.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Naar lands a high kick!
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!
Naar fakes the leg kick and cracks Urahara in the body.
A slapping leg kick lands for Urahara.
Naar lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Naar jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Naar lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
Urahara scores with a nice head shot.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
A combination from Urahara does no damage.
Naar looks to score with a jab to the body but Urahara is just out of range.
Naar goes for a high kick. It partially lands.
And that's the end of the fight!
Tayron Naar showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Naar, winning every round. Will the judges agree? They are the ones who matter, even if they are often depressingly incompetent. 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 Daniel Blasius scores the fight 30:27
Judge Nard Betker scores the fight 30:27
Judge Radbod Blank scores the fight 30:27
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Tayron Naar!
Tayron Naar very nearly forgot to thank Ganja's Warehouse (Laundering) amongst all the excitement of his win but just as the interview came to a close, he screamed their name. Hopefully he'll get a few nice freebies in the mail as a thank you.
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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Kendo Yanar (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Dexter Morgan (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both these fighters are unbeaten, so somebody's 0 has got to go!Dexter Morgan will no doubt be looking to use his reach advantage to good effect.
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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
7 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Kendo Yanar!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
5 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Dexter Morgan!
The judges for this bout are Paul Aken, Daniel Blasius and Paulsen Ambrosius.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Yanar lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
Yanar lands an overhand right.
Morgan lands a lovely overhand right.
Morgan displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Yanar throws out the jab.
Yanar stuffs the takedown attempt from Morgan. Morgan gets slowly back to his feet.
Yanar shoots in but no luck this time.
Nice defenses there by Morgan.
Yanar thows a body shot but no joy.
Morgan throws the overhand right but ducks down into a quick takedown attempt. Yanar was covering up waiting for the punch and Morgan finishes the takedown easily into guard.
We may be looking at a referee standup if the pace doesn't pick up soon.
Yanar looking for submissions off his back, moving his hips, looking for an opening.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Yanar looking to control.
Yanar wants to sweep but no luck.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Morgan slips effortlessly into side control - very nice.
Morgan working hard here to secure a kimura but he's not really in the right position for it.
Yanar tries to improve position but can't.
Morgan lands a decent elbow from side control.
Yanar is looking for a sweep.
Yanar manages to land a sweep and he's now on top! Lovely Jiu Jitsu!
Yanar thows a huge punch but Morgan dodges it nicely.
Morgan is trying to stand.
Yanar wants to pass the guard but Morgan is defending well.
Morgan gets back to full guard.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Morgan wants to stand up but Yanar is controlling him.
Morgan is using up a lot of energy trying to get back to his feet. Perhaps he should improve his position first.
Morgan is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Yanar scores with a decent looking elbow strike.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Yanar with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.
Yanar trying to control the position from guard on top but Morgan is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Yanar prevents Morgan from getting back to his feet.
Yanar throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Morgan working for submissions but it's allowed Yanar to get to half guard.
Morgan wants to get back to full guard.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Morgan slips a foot under and gets full guard. Nice work.
Morgan working for a triangle but Yanar defends it easily.
Yanar scoring with punches to the head and body.
Morgan manages to sweep nicely, so he's now on top. Yanar manages to get himself to full guard.
Morgan won't allow Yanar to sweep him here.
Morgan trying to pass the guard. He's being very persistent here but Yanar manages to land a sweep and now he's on top!
Morgan looking for submissions off his back, moving his hips, looking for an opening.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Yanar is standing up over Morgan. Morgan looks to escape but Yanar dives into side control.
Morgan tries to work a leg under to get back to half guard but Yanar wriggles his own leg back out and remains in side control.
You can see the frustration on Morgan's face, being in this tough position on the bottom.
Morgan is positioning himself to get back to half guard.
Morgan struggling a bit here.
Yanar working away diligently from side control. Landing strikes effectively there - that will score him some points on the judges scorecards.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Yanar gets to mount! Morgan was on the offensive and wasn't defending properly.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Morgan is looking to improve his position but Yanar isn't that keen on the idea.
Yanar lands a heavy elbow.
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 Kendo Yanar will probably get the nod.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.
Morgan defends well against a solid takedown attempt from Yanar.
Yanar throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around Morgan's waist but Morgan gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing Yanar off to one side.
Morgan misses with a low kick.
Yanar swings for the body but Morgan moves out of range.
Morgan throws a poor cross that misses
and Yanar cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Morgan throws the overhand right but ducks down into a quick takedown attempt. Yanar was covering up waiting for the punch and Morgan finishes the takedown easily into guard.
Yanar 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.
Morgan pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Yanar is keeping the position for now.
Morgan stopping the sweep attempt from Yanar.
Dexter Morgan has got the better of the ground game so far.
Morgan trying to control the position from guard on top but Yanar is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Yanar trying to control the position.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Morgan stopping the sweep attempt from Yanar.
Morgan throws a big elbow that misses.
Morgan wants to pass the guard but Yanar is keeping the position.
Morgan pushing down on Yanar's thigh, trying to pass to half guard. He's managed it... Nice work.
Yanar trying to hold on to Morgan's head to control him but Morgan postures up.
Morgan uses his free foot to push down on Yanar's thigh. Eventually he works his other foot free and he's advanced to mount - this is trouble for Yanar.
Yanar tries to get back to half guard but can't.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Morgan looking to control but Yanar is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.
Morgan is still in mount, landing shots to his trapped opponent. Yanar can't stay in a position like this for much longer.
Morgan landing strikes, looking to finish!
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Morgan controlling the position easily from mount.
Yanar is in all sorts of trouble here.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Morgan scoring with some good ground and pound from mount here. Will he manage to finish Yanar?
Yanar is looking to get to half guard.
Morgan is trying to control here but Yanar has managed to regain half guard.
Morgan working Yanar over with strikes.
Morgan is keen to just control but Yanar is a slippery customer.
Morgan might have to switch it up a bit here because his efforts to control Yanar kaven't been going to plan, at least at the current moment in time.
Morgan not landing any meaningful shots this time.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Morgan trying to control the action but Yanar is working from the bottom.
Yanar is trying to get back to full guard.
Morgan works his way into side control.
Yanar sneaks back into half guard.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Morgan working Yanar over with strikes.
Yanar is looking to control Morgan's leg but it's slowly edging free. Can Yanar avoid being mounted?
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Morgan wants to pass to mount but Yanar is defending the position.
Yanar gets full guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Dexter Morgan showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action! This is the final round!
Morgan throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Yanar on the side of the head.
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from Morgan.
Yanar jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Dexter Morgan seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Morgan shoots in for a takedown. He's persisting with it as Yanar sprawls well. Yanar wins this battle and keeps the fight standing. Morgan gets slowly back to his feet.
Yanar tries to clinch up
and Morgan counters with a nice shoot takedown that brings the fighters to the ground.
Morgan trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Yanar lands a beautiful switch and he's in full mount! That could spell trouble for Morgan!
Morgan is trying to get to the cage to help him get back to his feet.
BOOM! Yanar connects with a massive shot to the dome!
That's one minute gone in the round.
Morgan gets back to half guard.
Yanar prevents Morgan from improving his position.
The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. Yanar lands a nice short elbow.
Yanar working Morgan over with strikes.
Morgan is looking to improve his position.
Yanar lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.
Yanar seems very keen to just sit and control from half guard but Morgan does not like that idea so much and is remaining active off his back.
Morgan is working for an escape here. He's hooked one of Yanar's legs and he's managed to sneak out and take Yanar's back!
Yanar fending off the submission attempt from Morgan.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Yanar breaks Morgan's hooks off and manages to turn into his guard.
Morgan wants to sweep but no luck.
Morgan is persisting with the attempt to improve his position.
Morgan wants to get back to his feet but Yanar is in a dominant position and won't allow it.
Yanar wants to control from the top but Morgan keeps moving.
Yanar throws a strike but Morgan rolls with it and manages to sweep. Now he's in guard on top.
Morgan must be cautious of submissions here, given that his opponent has the superior Jiu Jitsu.
Yanar looking for a sweep. Not yet Yanar, not yet.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Morgan trying to control the position from guard on top but Yanar is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Morgan landing with the ground and pound.
Yanar is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.
Morgan loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
There's a bit of a scramble here and now Yanar is on top in guard.
Yanar stands and throws Morgan's legs to the side, diving into side control.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Yanar misses with the ground and pound.
Yanar has control of an arm but Morgan manages to advance to Yanar's back!
Yanar is really stuck here.
Yanar might be looking to lock onto one of his opponent's long limbs for a submission, whilst we're on the ground.
Morgan lands a shot to the body.
Yanar looking very determined here, making life difficult for Morgan.
Yanar rolls and manages to get back to half guard. Nicely done.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Yanar is working for an escape here. He's hooked one of Morgan's legs and he's managed to sneak out and take Morgan's back!
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Yanar is punishing Morgan with some ground and pound.
Morgan breaks Yanar's hooks off and manages to turn into his guard.
Yanar is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.
And that's the end of the fight!
That was a close round. You could make an argument for either fighter but I would give it to Kendo Yanar.
I think Yanar has won this one but let's see what the judges have to say. 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 Paul Aken scores the fight 29:28
Judge Daniel Blasius scores the fight 29:28
Judge Paulsen Ambrosius scores the fight 29:28
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Kendo Yanar!
Kendo Yanar decided to go for the less than humble approach in his post fight interview, telling everyone how he is going to conquer the world. The crowd seemed to like it when really that sort of approach could have gone either way.
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Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Rayce Gracie (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Sozu Arghei (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Rumors backstage are that the fighters have been paid to keep it standing but we know that would never happen in MMA!
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the lightweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
10 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Rayce Gracie!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
4 - 0 - 1, fighting out of Amsterdam, Sozu Arghei!
The judges for this bout are Aafke Stam, Daniel Blasius and Paulsen Ambrosius.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Gracie shoots in with a lovely double leg takedown. Arghei manages to land in full guard to minimise the damage.
Gracie slips effortlessly into side control - very nice.
Gracie tries for an arm triangle. That looks pretty tight to me. Is this one over!?! Possibly, maybe, no Gracie has let go of the choke. Obviously it wasn't as tight as we thought!
Gracie laying and praying for a moment but Arghei takes advantage and regains half guard.
Arghei is doing well to control the position and prevent Gracie from advancing to side control.
Gracie is working for a kimura but Arghei is defending it quite comfortably.
Arghei blocking the ground and pound attempt from Gracie.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Gracie is looking for a kimura here.
Gracie is trying a forearm choke… I don't think that's going to do much at this level of the game.
Arghei is defending against the submission attempts here by Gracie.
Arghei is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.
Gracie seems to be working for a kimura but Arghei defends the submission attempt.
Arghei really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Gracie. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Arghei tries to kick Gracie off but Gracie keeps his base steady and stays in half guard.
Gracie is trying to work for a kimura. This could be trouble! No, Arghei has managed to free his arm - good work.
Gracie wants to work for an arm triangle but Arghei is really keeping half guard well and defending the submission attempt.
Gracie wants to work for an arm triangle but Arghei is really keeping half guard well and defending the submission attempt.
Arghei desperately trying to maintain half guard.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Gracie is working for a submission here. He's got hold of the far side arm and he's looking for a kimura. He's cranking on the arm and he's got it! Arghei is tapping out! Ouch, that looked like it hurt!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:27 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Kimura). Rayce Gracie!
Rayce Gracie retains his lightweight title!
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