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TGC 39 PBP Commentary |
Undercard bout
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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Wayne Kerr (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Bartosz Solomon (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Wayne Kerr has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?
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210 lbs
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210 cm
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212 lbs
0 - 4 - 0 |
BJJ Purple Belt
Solid Muay Thai
Experienced |
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Counter fighter
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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
2 - 4 - 0, fighting out of London, Wayne Kerr!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
0 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Bartosz Solomon!
The judges for this bout are Paulsen Ambrosius, Daniel Blasius and Albert Achterberg.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Kerr looks for a takedown but Solomon sprawls well.
Kerr scores with a crisp jab that stopped Solomon in his tracks.
Kerr moves into the clinch.
The referee calls for Kerr to work.
Solomon fails to pull guard.
Kerr's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
The fight moves into the clinch position.
Solomon is trying to break the clinch but Kerr is controlling him.
Kerr is trying to pull guard but Solomon has him pressed against the cage.
Kerr manages to break the clinch.
Solomon looks for the body kick but Kerr saw that one coming.
Kerr throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Kerr lands a high kick!
Solomon fakes an overhand right and shoots for a takedown. Kerr sprawls well initially but Solomon persists and gets the takedown into half guard.
Kerr really does look like a pencil wearing a pair of gloves. Let's hope he has a gameplan to suit that ridiculous body shape.
That's one minute gone in the round.
The referee is pacing around the two fighters - he looks like he's thinking about a standup.
Solomon trying to control from Kerr's half guard. Kerr has other ideas though and has regained full guard.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Solomon is looking to stand up but Kerr won't let him.
Kerr seems keen to control rather than go for a submission, at least for now.
Solomon must be cautious of submissions here, given that his opponent has the superior Jiu Jitsu.
Solomon stands over his opponent and dives in with a flying punch! Kerr throws up his legs and catches Solomon in a triangle! Oh this looks tight! Solomon tries to escape but he's forced to tap! Wow, fantastic work there by Kerr! That came out of nowhere!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:40 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Triangle Choke). Wayne Kerr!
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Undercard bout
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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Nelson Country (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Michal Silva (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Well, the cameraman is lingering on a pretty young lady for a bit too long there. Keep your eyes on the prize buddy or you'll miss the fighter intros!
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270 lbs
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250 lbs
3 - 3 - 0 |
BJJ Brown Belt
Solid boxing
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of London, Nelson Country!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
3 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Michal Silva!
The judges for this bout are Wagner Zegers, Aafke Stam and Saam Ante.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Silva throws a right and a left that Country avoids nicely.
Silva misses with an uppercut.
No luck for Country with that takedown attempt.
Silva misses with a wild body shot.
Nelson Country seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Silva swats away the attempt to clinch by Country.
Country looks for a takedown. He's got it. We're now in half guard.
The referee must be thinking about standing these guys back up.
Silva is trying to stand up here but Country is controlling him well.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Nice strikes from Country there.
Country is working for a submission of some sort.
Silva is trying to stand.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Country takes a deep breath and rests his weight momentarily on top of his opponent, to control the position.
Country is working for submissions here but there's nothing on.
Silva has hold of Country's hands but Country slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.
Silva looks winded!
Country winds up and cracks Silva with a swinging punch to the side of the head.
Country working Silva over with strikes.
Country maintaining the dominant position here and is working for a kimura. He's locked it up! Silva could be in real trouble here! He's trying to wriggle out but Country has cracked it and Silva is screaming in pain - he's tapped out! Great finish by Country!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:49 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Kimura). Nelson Country!
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Undercard bout
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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Marco Assassin (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jai Brick (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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192 lbs
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179 cm
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213 lbs
7 - 2 - 0 |
BJJ Brown Belt
Counter fighter
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Good wrestler
Decent boxing
Powerful |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the light heavyweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
5 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Marco Assassin!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
7 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Jai Brick!
The judges for this bout are Radbod Blank, Paul Aken and Nard Betker.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Brick instigates a clinch.
Brick breaks from the clinch.
Good leg kick by Brick there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Good leg kick by Brick there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
A lazy left from Brick finds it's target.
Brick scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Brick stuns Assassin with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Assassin is breathing heavily.
Brick plants his feet and throws a 3 punch combo. Miss, miss, boom! The third punch, a big right hook, connects right on the temple and drops Assassin to the mat, unconscious! This fight is all over! Assassin just couldn't keep out of the way of the whole flurry of punches!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:32 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Punches). Jai Brick!
Jai Brick is the new light heavyweight champion!
Jai Brick decided to thank the fans in attendance for making a great atmosphere. It seemed to go down pretty well.
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Co-main event
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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Borgen Stein (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and mr Benn (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Stein comes into the arena with 'Art of Sucking Dick' by NWA. blaring out of the sound system. I can't wait for this one - let's get the fighter introductions out of the way and get this one started!
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223 lbs
7 - 3 - 1 |
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210 lbs
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Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
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BJJ Purple Belt
Decent boxing
Powerful |
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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 - 3 - 1, fighting out of London, Borgen Stein!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
7 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, mr Benn!
The judges for this bout are Paulsen Ambrosius, Wagner Zegers and Albert Achterberg.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Stein scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
Stein scores with a hook.
Benn lands with a head kick! That's gotta hurt.
Benn doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Stein throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
A swing and a miss from Stein.
Stein connects with a body shot.
Benn is looking to land body kicks.
Benn gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Stein swings and misses with a hook to the body.
A looping hook to the body misses from Benn. Stein does a little dance to reset his feet.
Benn with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Stein to score with a decent uppercut.
Stein digs a good hook to Benn's body.
Benn gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Stein misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Benn swings away with an uppercut that misses.
We've been informed that Benn has been sparring a lot of Muay Thai in the buildup to this fight so let's see if that has an impact on the result.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Benn misses with a body punch.
Stein working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Stein lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Benn.
Benn misses with a punch to the body.
Stein lands a shoulder strike.
Stein can't find room to land a body shot as Benn controls the action.
Stein lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Stein lands a hook to the side of the head.
Benn goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Stein can't break the clinch.
Stein lands a hook to the side of the head.
Stein wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Stein lands a shoulder strike.
Stein lands a right hand that snaps the head of Benn backwards.
Stein lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Benn has a body lock and is looking for a takedown. Stein is bouncing around trying to prevent the takedown and somehow he has indeed managed to stay on his feet.
Stein being controlled against the cage.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Benn letting Stein take a breather here.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Stein lands a body shot.
Stein goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Stein tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
Benn has a couple of punches blocked by Stein.
Stein is trying to break the clinch but Benn has him pressed against the cage.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Benn.
Stein avoiding damage as Benn throws knees to the body.
Benn softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as Stein takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.
A right hook to the body lands for Stein.
Benn lands with a short shot to the head.
Benn's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Benn pushes off an throws an elbow but Stein leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Stein lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Benn or not.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Stein as Benn tries to tie him up.
Still in the clinch, Stein scores with a nice short uppercut.
Stein is pressed up against the cage. Benn has hold of a leg and is looking to drag Stein down to the mat. Stein avoids the attempt though and has circled away. We're back to striking at a distance.
Benn looks winded!
Stein throws a right and a left that Benn avoids nicely.
Stein slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
Benn shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has Stein pinned against the cage. Stein gets the underhooks and manages to circle away.
Borgen Stein has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of mr Benn.
Stein scores with a jab. Benn acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
Stein scores with a nice right hand.
Benn is rocked!
Stein wobbles Benn with a right hand and the left hook that follows puts him on his rear! Stein dives in with a huge flying punch that connects right on the button and puts Benn to sleep! - What a violent and spectacular finish!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:47 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Punches). Borgen Stein!
Borgen Stein took to the mic in his post fight interview and said '"I thought he was gonna try to knock me out. LOL".'.
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Main event
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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Sotiris Kakoullis (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Peet Grape (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both fighter's entrance songs getting the crowd jumping here.
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193 lbs
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the middleweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
5 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Sotiris Kakoullis!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
8 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Peet Grape!
The judges for this bout are Daniel Blasius, Radbod Blank and Wagner Zegers.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Kakoullis scores with a punch to the head.
No luck for Grape with that takedown attempt.
Grape fails to land the takedown.
Nice shot by Kakoullis.
Grape closes the distance and clinches up with Kakoullis, looking for a takedown. Grape pushes Kakoullis against the cage but Kakoullis circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.
Sotiris Kakoullis has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Peet Grape.
Grape shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Grape misses with a jab, cross combination.
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!
Kakoullis cracks Grape with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
Kakoullis misses with a kick to the body.
Grape shoots in for a takedown but Kakoullis shows good takedown defense.
Kakoullis scoring well with a low kick there.
Grape gets a double leg takedown into Kakoullis's guard.
That's one minute gone in the round.
We've had a lack of effective grappling in the last minute or so, which could well see a referee standup.
Grape looking to pass the guard.
Grape wants to control from the top but Kakoullis keeps moving.
Grape is just sitting in guard, looking to avoid any submissions.
Grape trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Grape wants to control from the top but Kakoullis keeps moving.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Kakoullis bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Grape's guard.
Grape looking to control.
Kakoullis slows down the pace of the fight, as he sits in guard.
Grape is throwing his legs up, looking for submissions. Kakoullis is aware though and is defending well.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Kakoullis avoids a guillotine attempt easily.
Kakoullis knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Grape on the ground.
Kakoullis's corner is telling him to maintain position.
Grape has a butterfly guard looking to sweep but Kakoullis has passed into side control.
Grape is looking to regain half guard here but Kakoullis keeps moving and retains side control.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Grape sneaks a leg under to get back to half guard.
Grape moves his hips nicely and gets into full guard.
Grape throws his legs up looking for a submission but Kakoullis uses it to pass to side control.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Kakoullis slows the pace down.
Grape is trying to get back to half guard.
Grape felt the need to train up his defensive grappling in the buildup to the fight. Presumably he was expecting to be in a difficult position like this, so let's see if he can get out of it.
Grape is trying to control Kakoullis's posture but Kakoullis avoids it.
Kakoullis wants to stand but Grape has his arm trapped.
Grape tries to improve position but can't.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Grape is persisting with the attempt to improve his position.
Kakoullis working away.
Grape is positioning himself to get back to half guard.
Grape keeps trying to improve his position.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Kakoullis remains in side control and seems content to stay there. It's a versatile position from which he can work both strikes and submissions, whilst maintaining that control, so maybe he'll sit here for a while.
Grape is trying to get back to half guard.
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 Sotiris Kakoullis will probably get the nod.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.
A good leg kick by Kakoullis.
Kakoullis throws a body kick that digs right into the meat.
Kakoullis leaves Grape with his face pressed against the mat as he sprawls beautifully, defending against a solid takedown attempt.
Kakoullis lunges at Grape with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Grape's hand.
Grape is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Kakoullis looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Grape shoots in for a double leg but Kakoullis sprawls well. That's going to sap some energy.
Kakoullis pivots, looking for a leg kick but Grape is out of range and Kakoullis settles back down.
Grape shoots in but Kakoullis avoids the takedown attempt easily.
Sotiris Kakoullis has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Peet Grape.
Grape gets his takedown attempt stuffed easily
and Kakoullis counters with a nice body kick.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Kakoullis clobbers Grape with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
We've been told by Kakoullis's head coaches at Gym Beam that he's been working on his takedown defense in preparation for this fight.
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from Grape.
Grape gets his takedown attempt stuffed easily
and Kakoullis connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Grape is breathing heavily.
Grape walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
Kakoullis bobs and weaves and then throws a good body 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!
Kakoullis fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
A nice leg kick lands there from Kakoullis.
Kakoullis lets his hands go wild with a nice combination. Left! Right! Uppercut! Spinning backfist! Grape goes down and covers up as Kakoullis starts wailing on him! The ref watches the action closely before stepping in and putting a stop to the fight!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:54 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Sotiris Kakoullis!
Sotiris Kakoullis retains his middleweight title!
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