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MMA8: It's a Fight PBP Commentary |
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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Mork Hemsko (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and James Rolston (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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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 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Mork Hemsko!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, James Rolston!
The judges for this bout are Paul Aken, Wagner Zegers and Albert Achterberg.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Hemsko throws a series of punches but Rolston avoids them all with ease.
Rolston lands a head kick. Hemsko smiles back at him and beckons him forward.
Jab from Hemsko.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Rolston throws a quick inside leg kick.
Hemsko connects with a nice looking jab.
Hemsko scores with a nice strike.
A good leg kick by Rolston.
Hemsko shoots in looking for a takedown. Rolston tries to sprawl out of it but Hemsko keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. Rolston manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.
Hemsko scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
Hemsko misses with a hook.
Rolston staying out of range there.
Hemsko connects with a crisp jab.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Hemsko tries to check the leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
No luck with that takedown attempt from Hemsko.
Rolston scoring well with a low kick there.
Rolston plants his feet and lands a nice head kick!
Rolston leaves Hemsko with his face pressed against the mat as he sprawls beautifully, defending against a solid takedown attempt.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Mork Hemsko. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Rolston plants his feet and lands a nice head kick!
Hemsko takes one on the chin but seems OK.
No luck with that takedown attempt from Hemsko.
Hemsko misses with a looping left.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Rolston connects with a good right hand that stumbles Hemsko. Hemsko circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
James Rolston is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
A good leg kick by Rolston.
Hemsko misses with a double jab.
Rolston feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Hemsko's calf.
Rolston ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Good leg kick by Rolston there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Hemsko misses with an uppercut. Rolston saw that one coming.
Hemsko scores with a nice takedown into half guard. Let's see what he's got on the ground.
Rolston desperately trying to maintain half guard.
Rolston is trying to stand.
Hemsko is looking for the mount but instead finds himself back in full guard.
Hemsko controls from within his opponent's guard.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Rolston wriggles free and stands up.
Hemsko on the wrong end of a kick to the body.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Rolston with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Rolston lands a nice leg kick that just misses Hemsko's sensitive parts.
Rolston turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Hemsko is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
Rolston lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
Rolston lands a high kick!
A chopping leg kick lands by Rolston.
Rolston scores with a hook to the body. Hemsko takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Hemsko is breathing heavily.
Rolston is looking to slow Hemsko down with leg kicks.
Rolston lands with a thumping leg kick.
Hemsko chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Rolston can pounce on him.
Rolston throws a head kick that connects with a bit of head and a bit of hand.
Nice sprawl there from Rolston as Hemsko shoots in.
Rolston lands with a hook. Hemsko tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
Rolston scores with a leg kick.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Nice body punch from Rolston.
Rolston lands with a hook. Hemsko tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
Hemsko on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Rolston. Rolston obviously looking to wear him down.
A thudding body kick lands there by Rolston!
Hemsko takes a head kick and keeps coming.
Hemsko is rocked!
Rolston drops Hemsko with a straight left! Oh this is bad for Hemsko! Rolston dives in and starts dropping bombs - the referee has no choice but to step in and save him!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:19 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). James Rolston!
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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Jossip Broz (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Randy Couture (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Jossip Broz could well score a knockout today. He has the power to get to Randy Couture's chin.
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BJJ Blue Belt
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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
2 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Jossip Broz!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
3 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Randy Couture!
The judges for this bout are Aafke Stam, Paulsen Ambrosius and Wagner Zegers.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Broz dives in and grabs Couture's left leg, looking for a takedown. Couture pushes down on Broz's head and hops out.
Couture closes the distance and gets a double leg, slamming Broz to the mat! Broz manages to get full guard.
Broz looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Broz wants to control the position but Couture says "no thanks buddy" and passes to half guard.
Couture is looking for a kimura but he's never going to get it from there.
Couture trying to control the pace.
Broz looks like he's trying to stand up.
Couture works his way into side control.
Couture wants to control but Broz is keeping him busy.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Broz is trying to escape and get back to his feet.
The referee asks Couture politely if he wouldn't mind getting on with it and actually doing something. Couture prefers to stall for the moment though.
Couture is looking to finish here, going for an Americana. Broz knows the correct defense though, so he's OK.
Broz managing to avoid any damage from the strikes thrown by Couture.
Broz parries the strikes from Couture easily there. Couture is wary of posturing up too much because it might enable Broz to escape.
Broz struggling a bit here.
Couture taking a breather here.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
A few boos can be heard. I'm sure they will multiply if the fighters don't pick up the pace.
Couture wants to control but Broz is keeping him busy.
Couture staying calm.
Broz is pushing Couture's head away, looking to escape. Couture manages to hold on to the position though.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Couture throwing shots but missing, from side control.
Couture cracks Broz with a big elbow.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Broz is trying to stand back up. He's worked his way up against the cage but Couture has just dragged him back down to the mat.
Couture has worked his way into a potential kimura here. Broz is trying to get out of the position but his squirming has just got him deeper into trouble. Couture yanks on the arm and Broz is forced to tap due to a very painful looking submission! Nice work by Couture.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:25 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Kimura). Randy Couture!
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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Luras Vart (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Hannes Steffensen (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.
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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 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Luras Vart!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Hannes Steffensen!
The judges for this bout are Paulsen Ambrosius, Aafke Stam and Patrick Alders.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Vart shoots in and drives through. Steffensen sprawls well.
Vart tries to clinch there but Steffensen circles away.
Steffensen misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Vart takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
Vart misses with a takedown attempt - Steffensen sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
Vart closes the distance and scores a nice trip takedown into half guard. Steffensen did well to prevent Vart getting side control.
Steffensen is looking to improve his position.
Vart seems to be working for a kimura but Steffensen defends the submission attempt.
Steffensen is working for an escape here. He's hooked one of Vart's legs and he's managed to sneak out and take Vart's back!
Vart fending off the submission attempt from Steffensen.
Vart tries to escape the position.
Steffensen avoiding Vart 's attempts to control his hands.
Vart staying busy and making it hard for Steffensen to control.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Steffensen throwing sloppy strikes.
Vart tries to escape the position.
Vart breaks Steffensen's hooks off and manages to turn into his guard.
Steffensen looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Steffensen is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.
Vart looking to work for a kimura from the bottom.
Steffensen throwing shots but Vart is blocking nicely.
Steffensen 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! Vart is tapping out! Ouch, that looked like it hurt!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:55 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Kimura). Hannes Steffensen!
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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Mosoltov OGrady (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and radu sorin (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). 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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255 lbs
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BJJ White Belt
Basic striking
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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 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Mosoltov OGrady!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
1 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, radu sorin!
The judges for this bout are Daniel Blasius, Saam Ante and Wagner Zegers.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
OGrady pushes sorin up against the cage in a clinch.
sorin looks really tired already! That doesn't bode well for a good, competitive fight!
OGrady's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
OGrady moves into range and clinches up with sorin.
OGrady jumps guard.
sorin won't allow OGrady to sweep him here.
sorin being controlled here momentarily.
OGrady pushes sorin off for just long enough to get back to his feet. Very athletic spring there.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
sorin wants to clinch but OGrady slips to the side
and OGrady counters with a nice single leg takedown and he's in sorin's guard now.
OGrady controls from within his opponent's guard.
OGrady loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
OGrady has to be careful here, sitting in the guard of a superior BJJ player.
That's one minute gone in the round.
OGrady is taking a break and basically stalling. The referee will not allow him to do that for long.
OGrady throws a big right hand that misses.
OGrady postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
OGrady advances to half guard.
sorin is looking to sinch up a guillotine here but OGrady pulls his head out easily.
sorin on the receiving end of some nice ground and pound.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
sorin on the receiving end of some nice ground and pound.
OGrady keeping composed on the top, looking to control the action.
OGrady is trying to work for a kimura. This could be trouble! No, sorin has managed to free his arm - good work.
sorin is defending against the submission attempts here by OGrady.
OGrady seems content to maintain position for now, rather than mounting any offense.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
OGrady seems to have a rather negative gameplan on the ground. He seems keen to just score the takedown and hold down sorin for as long as he can get away with.
OGrady's ground tactics aren't going to win him many fans. Let's hope he's got fireworks for us if he gets back to his feet because he's not doing much on the ground.
The referee stands the fighters back up. Mosoltov OGrady just wasn't active enough from the dominant position.
OGrady drives through with a really nice takedown into side control.
sorin takes a nasty elbow to the side of the head.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
OGrady decides to stand back up. OGrady steps back and let's sorin get back to his feet.
OGrady gets a clinch.
sorin takes a knee to the side of the body.
OGrady wants a takedown.
OGrady has sorin pressed up against the cage. He's trying to work for a single leg takedown. OGrady pulls back from the cage and twists to the side, sending sorin tumbling to the mat - OGrady dives into sorin's guard.
OGrady is intent on slowing down the pace of the fight, simply looking to control.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
sorin not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Mosoltov OGrady dominated that round.
That's time! Back to the action!
OGrady takes the fight into the clinch.
OGrady stalling the fight.
OGrady pulls guard.
sorin trying to control but OGrady is working from the bottom.
OGrady controlling sorin's posture.
OGrady is edging up against the cage. He's using the cage to get back to his feet. Nice work there - the fighters are clinched.
sorin is breathing heavily.
That's one minute gone in the round.
sorin stops a takedown attempt from OGrady.
OGrady gets a nice trip takedown into half guard.
OGrady stands, ready to strike. The ref makes him back up and allows sorin to get to his feet.
radu sorin seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
OGrady shoots in with a lovely double leg takedown. sorin manages to land in full guard to minimise the damage.
sorin can't keep his opponent in guard - OGrady advances to half guard, no doubt looking to mount.
sorin is trying to defend against the ground and pound but OGrady scores with a couple of nice shots.
OGrady controlling the pace.
OGrady postures up and decides to stand up, from the half guard. The ref calls for sorin to stand up.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
OGrady scores with a nice takedown into half guard. Let's see what he's got on the ground.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
OGrady controlling the action here.
OGrady works his way into full mount!
OGrady tucks in and makes sure he doesn't lose the dominant position.
BOOM! OGrady connects with a massive shot to the dome!
That's three minutes gone in the round.
OGrady sitting in mount, just looking to control for the moment.
OGrady is landing with some decent strikes but sorin is trying to advance his position so the referee is letting the fight continue.
OGrady looking to control and managing it successfully.
The crowd growing excited in anticipation of a finish here! Right on cue, OGrady cracks his opponent with a massive right hand that draws loud cheers!
sorin defends a decent attempt at a guillotine from OGrady.
OGrady is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that sorin can do to turn this around?
OGrady cracks sorin with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
OGrady content just to control the position here.
OGrady with shots to the head and body - sorin looks very uncomfortable down there.
OGrady working for a guillotine from mount but sorin is in no mood to give up.
sorin in a bad spot here, taking shots to the head.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
sorin tries to lock up and control but OGrady gives him a forearm to the face and pushes him away.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Mosoltov OGrady dominated that second round.
That's time! OGrady's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight. Ladies and gentlemen, this is the final round!
OGrady blocks the body kick.
OGrady gets a clinch.
OGrady has moved round to his opponent's back and is looking for a suplex! Oh snap! He's tossed sorin clear over his head and slammed him to the mat!
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
OGrady scores with strikes from the back.
A bit of a pause in the action here. OGrady controlling the positon.
OGrady softening up his opponent with strikes here.
OGrady has the rear naked choke here! This is very bad for sorin! Can he survive? No! He's out! OGrady gets to his feet and celebrates with his cornermen. He looks absolutely delighted. In the post fight interviews he takes time to thank his parents and everyone who has believed in him from the start. How sweet.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:01 of round 3, we have a winner by way of Submission (RNC). Mosoltov OGrady!
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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Tayfun Turan (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Marcio Capas (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). I'm sure you'll be fascinated to know that I was talking to some pointless Z list celebrity before the fight and he thought that Marcio Capas was going to win. Let's see if he was right.
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176 lbs
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BJJ Brown Belt
Counter striker
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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
2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Tayfun Turan!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
3 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Marcio Capas!
The judges for this bout are Patrick Alders, Daniel Blasius and Saam Ante.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Capas avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Capas throws a head kick but Turan moves out of range.
Turan wants to clinch.
Turan wants to clinch.
Capas tries to clinch but Turan moves out of range.
Capas avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Capas misses with a head kick.
Turan doesn't manage to clinch there - Capas circles away.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Turan lands where it shouldn't have, right in the... well, you know what he did? He kicked him in the penis. He's injured, injured bad. The referee sends both fighters to their corners and Capas has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Capas and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
Turan looks to land a body kick but Capas moved away.
Marcio Capas seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Capas tries to close the distance and clinch up but Turan swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Capas misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Excellent takedown into side control there by Turan.
Turan controls the position.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Turan stands up and beckons Capas to his feet.
Turan tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Capas plants his feet and lands a nice head kick!
Capas tries to clinch up.
The fight stays on the outside here - Capas looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Capas drives through and clinches with Turan against the cage.
Capas scores with a knee to the head.
Turan is trying to break the clinch but Capas is controlling him.
Capas scores a nice knee to the body.
Turan takes an elbow to the temple.
Capas lands an elbow inside that Turan shrugs off.
Capas connects with a knee to the head.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Capas lands an elbow inside.
A knee to the head by Capas.
Capas using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Turan tries to circle away but Capas has him pinned against the cage.
Capas's corner are urging him to control the action in the clinch for a moment, rather than mount any serious offense. I'm sure the crowd appreciate those instructions... not.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Capas tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Turan trying to control the position but instead, Capas has worked for underhooks and has pushed Turan into the cage.
Capas keeps control of Turan as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Capas tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Turan tries for a takedown but Capas manages to get underhooks.
Knees to the body from Capas.
Capas lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Capas with a knee to the head.
Turan is looking for a takedown up against the cage. Capas gets underhooks though and prevents the takedown attempt.
Capas misses with a knee to the head.
Capas using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Turan is breathing heavily.
Turan is trying to drag Capas to the mat but Capas just about manages to keep his footing. He used the cage to his advantage there.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Tayfun Turan. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Capas is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Capas with a knee to the head.
Turan is trying to maintain a safe position but Capas gets an underhook and turns Turan into the cage.
Turan takes a knee right on the jaw!
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Turan is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
Capas unloads a knee to the mid-section. Turan lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Capas looking to throw knees to the head but Turan is blocking nicely.
Capas leaning against his opponent.
Turan takes an elbow to the forehead.
Capas lands an elbow inside.
Capas gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Turan wants a takedown but no success here.
Capas lands a knee to the head.
Capas with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Capas lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Capas content to slow the pace in the clinch.
Turan looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Capas is trying to maintain a safe position but Turan gets an underhook and turns Capas into the cage.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Capas as Turan tries to tie him up.
Come on Capas - let's have some action - none of this stalling nonsense.
Capas using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Turan has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Turan wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Turan takes an elbow to the temple.
Capas tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Turan dodges an elbow strike from Capas.
Capas just leaning against Turan, taking a breather.
Capas tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Turan is trying to break free.
Capas misses with an elbow strike.
Turan avoiding damage as Capas throws knees to the body.
Turan tries to break free but Capas pushes him back against the cage.
Capas landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Capas is trying to maintain a safe position but Turan gets an underhook and turns Capas into the cage.
Turan drops down for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Capas stops a takedown attempt from Turan.
Turan wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Turan tries to break free but Capas pushes him back against the cage.
Capas comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Capas utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Capas lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Turan tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Capas's elbow.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Marcio Capas dominated that round.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.
Capas misses with a head kick.
Capas swats away the attempt to clinch by Turan.
Capas blocks a leg kick.
Capas throws a lazy body kick
and Turan counters with a nice double leg into guard.
Capas wants to stand but Turan is controlling the position.
Turan not doing a lot at the moment. He'll have to show some more aggression or the fight will get stood up.
Capas is working an open guard so Turan takes the opportunity to get back to his feet.
Turan tries to clinch up.
Capas fails in his attempt to clinch.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Turan keeps the fight on the outside.
Capas tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Turan paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Capas fails in his attempt to clinch.
Capas tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Turan paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Tayfun Turan is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Capas misses with a low kick as Turan jumps back.
Turan avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Capas tries to clinch up but Turan circles away and keeps his distance.
Turan tries to keep at a distance but Capas has taken the fight into the clinch.
Turan takes a knee to the side of the body.
Capas prevents Turan from breaking the clinch.
Capas has Turan pressed against the cage.
Turan tries to circle away but Capas has him pinned against the cage.
Capas prevents Turan from breaking the clinch.
Capas lands an elbow inside that Turan shrugs off.
Capas with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Capas lands an elbow that stopped Turan in his tracks for a moment.
Turan wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Capas has him pressed against the cage.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Turan working hard to break the clinch.
Capas comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Capas pressing his opponent against the cage.
Turan takes a knee right on the jaw!
Turan tries to score a body lock takedown but Capas shows good agility there to stay on his feet.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Capas lands an elbow inside.
Capas stalling the fight.
Capas creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Turan's defenses.
Capas using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Capas crunches a lovely knee into Turan's ribcage.
Capas unloads a knee to the mid-section. Turan lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Turan takes an elbow to the temple.
Capas stalling.
Capas lands a knee to the head.
Capas landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Marcio Capas seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Turan looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Capas lands an elbow just above Turan 's eye.
Capas with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Turan is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Capas is stalling here.
Capas connects with a nasty looking knee right to Turan's face.
Capas tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Capas lands an elbow inside that Turan shrugs off.
Turan is working for a takedown up against the cage. He can't get it on this occasion though.
Turan takes a knee right on the jaw!
Capas lands a nice elbow.
Capas misses with a knee to the head.
Turan can't get the takedown.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Tayfun Turan. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Capas unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Turan wants a takedown but no success here.
Turan being controlled against the cage.
Turan is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Capas manages to get underhooks and slows down the pace for a moment.
Capas unloads a knee to the mid-section.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
Capas landing knees to the head.
Turan blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
A frustrated look appears on Turan's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Capas with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Turan wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Capas has him pressed against the cage.
Turan tries to stall but Capas uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Turan is trying to work for a single leg takedown but Capas pulls him back up using the underhooks.
Capas prevents Turan from breaking the clinch.
Turan looking for a takedown.
Turan takes a knee to the side of the body.
Capas with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Capas lands a damaging elbow.
Capas landing knees to the head.
Capas pushes off an throws an elbow but Turan leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Turan fails to pull the fight into his guard.
Turan managing to block the knees to the body from Capas.
Turan can't get the takedown.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Capas dictating the pace here, as the fighters clinch against the cage.
Capas tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Marcio Capas 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! So, we enter the final round. Let's see if either fighter can bring us a finish, or whether we're going to the judges scorecards.
Turan is looking to clinch but Capas is avoiding it.
Turan throws an overhand right that lands on Capas's shoulder, as Capas tries to avoid the shot.
Capas tries to close the distance and clinch up but Turan swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Capas tries a head kick but it misses.
Capas is looking to clinch.
Capas tries to clinch but Turan moves out of range.
Capas fails in his attempt to clinch.
Capas moves into the clinch successfully.
Turan wants a takedown.
Capas keeps control of Turan as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Turan is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Capas putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Turan in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Capas lands a nice elbow.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Capas scores with a knee to the head.
Turan takes an elbow to the temple.
Capas lands a nice elbow.
Capas using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Capas with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Capas stalling in the clinch but Turan improves position.
Capas throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Turan blocks it with crossed arms.
Turan wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Capas has him pressed against the cage.
Turan tries to break the clinch but Capas is controlling the position.
Capas pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Capas lands an elbow inside that Turan shrugs off.
Capas keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Turan's efforts to push away.
Capas lands a knee to the head.
Turan is trying to break the clinch but Capas has him pressed against the cage.
Turan fails to pull guard.
Capas scores with a knee to the head.
Capas with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Turan misses with a body punch.
Capas misses with a knee to the head.
Turan changes levels and goes for a takedown here. Capas fights it off and pushes away nicely.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Tayfun Turan. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Turan tries to clinch up but Capas circles away and keeps his distance.
Tayfun Turan has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
That's two minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
Capas moves in looking to clinch but Turan pushes him off.
Capas rushes Turan and presses him up against the cage.
Turan managing to block the knees to the body from Capas.
Capas comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Turan tries to take the fight to the ground by pulling guard but can't manage it.
A bit of stalling here from Capas.
Turan has managed to pull guard. Let's see whether he can work an aggressive guard. It will also be interesting to see what tactics Capas uses from the top position.
Turan seems keen to control Capas's posture.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Capas got a little sloppy there for a moment and Turan has worked his way into a loose triangle - can he finish it?! No, Capas has managed to get both his arms back between Turan's legs - danger averted.
Turan wants to sweep but no luck.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Capas is looking to stand up but Turan won't let him.
A real slowdown in the pace of the fight for a moment, as Turan holds on and takes a little breather.
Turan is looking to get back to his feet but can't, whilst Capas is controlling him.
Capas gets to his feet. Turan looking to butt scoot but the ref puts an end to that. On your feet son!
Capas takes the fight into the clinch.
Capas connects with a nasty looking knee right to Turan's face.
Capas lands a nice elbow.
Capas using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Turan has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Capas throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Turan blocks it with crossed arms.
Capas blocking some punches.
Turan is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Capas misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Turan.
Turan drops down for a takedown but doesn't get it.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Capas throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Turan blocks it with crossed arms.
Capas blocking some punches.
Capas lands an elbow inside that Turan shrugs off.
Turan changes levels and goes for a takedown here. Capas fights it off and pushes away nicely.
Turan tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Capas tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Capas tries a head kick but it misses.
Capas wants to clinch.
Capas tries to close the distance and clinch up but Turan swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Marcio Capas is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Capas instigates a clinch.
And that's the end of the fight!
Marcio Capas comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I've got Capas winning every round here. Surely the decision will go his way and he'll pick up a well deserved decision victory. 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 Patrick Alders scores the fight 27:30
Judge Daniel Blasius scores the fight 27:30
Judge Saam Ante scores the fight 27:30
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Marcio Capas!
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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Josh Spitler (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Gigantor Tremendous (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Tremendous has chosen Segertåget - Maskinen as his entrance music, which hasn't gone down very well with the crowd. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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265 lbs
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260 lbs
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BJJ Blue 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
6 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Josh Spitler!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
6 - 3 - 1, fighting out of Amsterdam, Gigantor Tremendous!
The judges for this bout are Nard Betker, Albert Achterberg and Paulsen Ambrosius.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Tremendous takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Tremendous slips under a jab.
Tremendous shoots in looking for a double leg takedown. Spitler defends it nicely.
Spitler lands a nice hook to Tremendous's body. Tremendous takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Spitler throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Tremendous doesn't manage to clinch there - Spitler circles away.
Tremendous looks for a takedown but Spitler sprawls well.
Josh Spitler seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Spitler works Tremendous's body with a nice hook.
Spitler scores with a nice strike.
Spitler lands a jab, followed by a cross and another cross, as Tremendous backs up against the cage.
Spitler looks to score with a jab to the body but Tremendous is just out of range.
Spitler scores with a shot to the body.
Spitler stuffs the takedown attempt from Tremendous. Tremendous gets slowly back to his feet.
Josh Spitler has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Gigantor Tremendous.
Tremendous slips under a jab.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Tremendous uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Spitler.
Tremendous looking to shoot here. He's gone for it and he's landed a takedown into mount! Oh, that's bad for Spitler!
Spitler is bucking up trying to escape but Tremendous cracks him with another couple of good strikes.
Spitler blocking the ground and pound.
Tremendous scoring with strikes but Spitler is staying in there.
Tremendous wants to finish this one by submission but Spitler is holding onto his waist, trying to prevent any attacks from Tremendous.
Tremendous is landing with some decent strikes but Spitler is trying to advance his position so the referee is letting the fight continue.
Spitler really trying hard to get back to half guard here.
Tremendous has hold of Spitler's left arm, perhaps looking for a submission. The two fighters tussle over control of the isolated limb and Spitler manages to get his arm back to his side and away from danger.
Spitler wants to control but Tremendous is having none of it.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Spitler manages to regain half guard. Good work.
Spitler trying to control from the bottom.
Spitler works his way to full guard. Good work.
Tremendous preventing the sweep.
Tremendous with a flurry of punches that miss.
Spitler on his back here. We all know that wrestlers don't like being on their back so let's see if Spitler tries to get out of the position.
Spitler manages to land a sweep and now he's in mount on top!
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Tremendous regains half guard.
Spitler knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Tremendous on the ground.
Spitler wants to take a breather but Tremendous is having none of it.
Tremendous blocking the ground and pound attempt from Spitler.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Spitler wants to lay and pray for a moment but Tremendous keeps working.
Tremendous is working for an escape here. He's hooked one of Spitler's legs and he's managed to sneak out and take Spitler's back!
Tremendous has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Tremendous has his opponent trapped and is landing shots. Not a good position for Spitler.
Spitler wants to escape the position.
Tremendous is landing with strikes from the back.
Spitler trying to control but not successfully.
Tremendous throwing wild punches that miss their target.
Tremendous is throwing strikes by Spitler counters by rolling into a better position. After a scramble, Spitler regains half guard.
Tremendous seems to be looking for submissions.
Tremendous looks to score some points with some ground and pound.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Tremendous missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
Spitler is trying to control but can't.
Tremendous is trying to control the action in half guard but Spitler is working away on the bottom, looking perhaps to get back to full guard.
Tremendous content to sit in half guard and control for a moment.
Tremendous is looking for an arm triangle, whilst trying to pass to side control. Spitler doesn't seem that keen to cooperate though. No luck this time Tremendous.
Spitler tries to get to full guard but Tremendous has control of the leg.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Spitler gets back to full guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close round but Gigantor Tremendous will probably get the nod.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!
Spitler looks to land a left hand but Tremendous moved out of range nicely.
Tremendous shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has Spitler pinned against the cage. Spitler gets the underhooks and manages to circle away.
Spitler throws a right and a left that Tremendous avoids nicely.
Tremendous tries to clinch up but Spitler circles away and keeps his distance.
Tremendous bobs and weaves into range and then changes levels and scores with a nice takedown into side control.
Spitler struggling a bit here.
Spitler taking punishment in the form of punches.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Spitler tries to work a leg under to get back to half guard but Tremendous wriggles his own leg back out and remains in side control.
Tremendous working the head with strikes.
Tremendous in side control lands a decent elbow.
Sloppy strikes there by Tremendous.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Tremendous tries to advance to mount but Spitler denies him.
Tremendous working away.
Tremendous wants to control but Spitler is keeping him busy.
Tremendous is working to tighten is grip on Spitler's neck. He's isolated an arm and is working for an arm triangle. Spitler has recognised the danger and is trying to turn with the submission but Tremendous is really squeezing tight and eventually Spitler passes out! Tremendous breaks the hold and jumps onto the cage to celebrate! Submission of the night, I'd say!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:35 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Arm Triangle). Gigantor Tremendous!
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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Marco Vlay (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and John Wein (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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212 lbs
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212 lbs
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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
4 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Marco Vlay!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
5 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, John Wein!
The judges for this bout are Nard Betker, Paulsen Ambrosius and Albert Achterberg.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Wein throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Marco Vlay seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Vlay moves out of range of the body kick from Wein.
Wein avoids a kick to the body.
Vlay takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Wein thows a left - swing and a miss!
Wein moves in looking to clinch but Vlay pushes him off.
Vlay looks for a takedown but Wein sprawls well.
Vlay uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Wein.
Oooh a lovely combination from Wein sends Vlay down but not out. Wein dives into side control looking to finish.
It looks like Marco Vlay has been cut.
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!
Check out the look on Wein's face as he threw that strike - that's one determined fighter!
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Wein lands some shots froms side control.
Vlay avoids any damage from the ground and pound of Wein.
Vlay wants to get back to his feet.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Wein working the strikes but Vlay uses the opportunity to regain half guard.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Vlay avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Wein.
Ground and pound from Wein.
Wein missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
Wein throwing shots but Vlay is blocking nicely.
Vlay is trying to stand back up but Wein is controlling him
Vlay might be looking to lock onto one of his opponent's long limbs for a submission, whilst we're on the ground.
Wein scores with a couple of good hammerfists.
Vlay keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
The two fighters exchange a few words. I couldn't hear what they were saying but maybe it's more fun if you make it up yourself. Wein connects with a nice short shot to Vlay's temple.
Vlay actively working from the bottom here.
Wein thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Vlay's head.
Wein missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
Wein not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
Vlay works his way to full guard. Good work.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Wein throwing strikes but missing.
Wein won't allow Vlay to get back to his feet.
Wein works over Vlay with some ground and pound from guard.
Wein in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Vlay utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Vlay controls Wein momentarily but Wein frees himself.
Wein chips away with some ground and pound.
Vlay looking for a sweep. Not yet Vlay, not yet.
Wein postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Vlay is trying to stand up but he's not managed so far.
Wein content to strike from guard, landing some decent shots.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Wein is looking to work some ground and pound but Vlay has wrist control.
Vlay is looking to stand up but Wein isn't so interested in that idea.
Wein throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Wein cracks Vlay with a solid left hand.
Vlay utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Vlay is trying to keep Wein in close.
Wein scoring with punches to the head and body.
Wein with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.
Vlay preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Wein lands a couple of elbows.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
Wein is looking to work some ground and pound but Vlay has wrist control.
Vlay wants to get back to his feet but Wein is in a dominant position and won't allow it.
Wein throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Wein won't allow Vlay to get back to his feet.
Wein postures up in Vlay's guard and throws a big left but Vlay blocks it.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Wein accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Neither fighter is doing enough for the referee's liking and he's decided to stand them back up.
Vlay takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Vlay feints and then dives in with a takedown. That was a long way out but the feint bought him enough time to close the distance and complete the takedown. Now we'll play guard for a bit and see who can get the better of that position.
Wein looks gassed!
Vlayis looking to pass into half guard but Wein pushes him away with his feet and jumps on top - now Wein is in guard.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Vlay wants to stand and escape but Wein is having none of it.
Wein lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.
Vlay working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Wein.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
John Wein dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Marco Vlay's cut.
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.
Wein tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Vlay fails with a takedown attempt from distance.
Wein lands a nice looking body shot.
No luck with that takedown attempt from Vlay.
Wein throws a series of punches but Vlay avoids them all with ease.
Wein misses with a two punch combination.
Wein is looking to clinch.
Wein dips to his left and cracks Vlay with an uppercut!
Wein is looking to slow Vlay down with leg kicks.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Wein fails to land with a series of punches.
Vlay shoots in looking for a takedown. Wein tries to sprawl out of it but Vlay keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. Wein manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Marco Vlay. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Wein misses with a series of wild punches.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Wein uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
John Wein is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Wein tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Vlay was well out of range. Poor timing from Wein.
Wein defends well against a solid takedown attempt from Vlay.
Wein rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Vlay moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
A head kick misses from Wein.
Vlay cracks the inside of Wein's front leg.
Vlay shoots in for a takedown but Wein shows good takedown defense.
John Wein seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Wein stuffs a takedown. It's all about dictating where the fight takes place and Wein wants it to stay on the feet.
Wein throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Vlay keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Wein.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Vlay keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Vlay shoots in looking for a double leg takedown. Wein defends it nicely.
Donk. Wein catches Vlay right on the button with a cross.
Wein is using his reach advantage to land shots from outside his opponent's range.
Vlay walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Wein checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
Marco Vlay is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Horrible takedown by Vlay or perhaps it was just good defense by Wein which made him look bad.
Wein looks to score with a jab to the body but Vlay is just out of range.
Wein has Vlay up against the cage in a clinch.
Wein creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Wein will no doubt start fighting again in a minute but for now he's just having a little rest, leaning Vlay up against the cage.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Wein lands a right hand.
Vlay is trying to work for a single leg takedown but Wein pulls him back up using the underhooks.
Vlay is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Vlay changes levels and goes for a takedown here. Wein fights it off and pushes away nicely.
Wein pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Vlay throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around Wein's waist but Wein gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing Vlay off to one side.
Wein misses with a looping left.
Vlay shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Wein tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Vlay was well out of range. Poor timing from Wein.
Vlay will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
Vlay fails miserably with a takedown attempt.
A combination from Wein does no damage.
Wein throws a series of punches but Vlay avoids them all with ease.
Wein thumps Vlay with a low kick.
Wein scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Wein throws a right hand that Vlay ducks under and follows up with a left that Vlay also avoids with ease.
Wein throws a leg kick but Vlay sees it coming and checks it nicely.
Wein misses with a hook.
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from Vlay.
Wein scores with a body shot.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Wein listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
John Wein showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Marco Vlay's cut.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business. This is the final round!
An inside leg kick from Wein misses.
Wein rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Vlay moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Vlay throws a nice outside leg kick.
Wein leaves Vlay with his face pressed against the mat as he sprawls beautifully, defending against a solid takedown attempt.
Wein misses with a kick to the body
and Vlay counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.
Vlay looks for a takedown but Wein sprawls well.
Wein paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
Wein just misses with a punch to the body.
Vlay fails to land the takedown.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Marco Vlay. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
A lazy body kick from Vlay
and Wein counters with a straight right hand.
Vlay throws a body kick despite being completely out of range
and Wein counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Nice body kick there by Wein.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Wein throws a left that rocks Vlay and follows with a right that sends him tumbling to the canvas! Wein dives into side control, looking to finish! Can Vlay regain composure!
Vlay is rocked!
Wein has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Vlay pushes Wein away and creates a bit of space to escape. He's almost out here... but no, Wein gets a good hold of his legs and remains firmly in side control.
Wein lands a knee to the body and a forearm to the face.
Wein scores with a couple of nice shots to the head there. The referee takes a look at Vlay to see if he's OK.
Wein lands some shots froms side control.
Wein landing a few strikes.
Wein in side control, trying to ground and pound but not landing this time.
You can see the frustration on Vlay's face, being in this tough position on the bottom.
Wein scores with a couple of short elbows.
Vlay takes a couple of big shots there - the referee warns him that he has to defend himself better.
Wein tries to move into full mount but can't pass Vlay's legs.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Wein throwing shots but missing, from side control.
The ground and pound from Wein seems to be hitting the mat more than his opponent.
Wein tries to score with some ground and pound. Vlay controls his posture well this time though and the shots don't do any damage.
The referee has ruled that neither fighter is active enough on the ground and has stood them back up.
Wein misses with a body shot.
Vlay misses with a takedown
and Wein cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Vlay pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Vlay shoots in for a takedown. He's persisting with it as Wein sprawls well. Wein wins this battle and keeps the fight standing. Vlay gets slowly back to his feet.
Wein throws a nice looking combination but Vlay bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Wein checks a leg kick.
Vlay attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
Wein throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Vlay.
Wein tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Vlay paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Vlay shoots in for a double leg but Wein sprawls well. That's going to sap some energy.
Vlay uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Wein.
Wein falls off balance throwing a combination
and he gets countered with a snapping leg kick.
Vlay gets his takedown attempt stuffed easily
and Wein counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Vlay fails miserably with a takedown attempt.
Vlay takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Vlay has his takedown stuffed
and he gets countered with a snapping leg kick.
Wein closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Marco Vlay has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Wein lands with a short punch from the clinch.
John Wein is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
A nice left hand lands by Wein.
Wein prevents Vlay from breaking the clinch.
Wein lands a left hand.
The two fighters are working to gain dominance in the clinch.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Wein.
Wein lands a knee to the head.
Marco Vlay's cut is getting worse.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Wein lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Vlay wants a takedown.
Wein managing to block the knees to the body from Vlay.
Wein lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Vlay or not.
Vlay being controlled against the cage.
And that's the end of the fight!
John Wein comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Wein 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 Nard Betker scores the fight 27:30
Judge Paulsen Ambrosius scores the fight 27:30
Judge Albert Achterberg scores the fight 27:30
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... John Wein!
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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Johnny Blaze (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Randy Williams (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Blaze comes to the cage accompanied by Judith by a Perfect Circle. Williams comes into a darkened arena with his song building. Alice In Chains - Rooster kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! Randy Williams has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?
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216 lbs
5 - 0 - 0 |
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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
3 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Johnny Blaze!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
5 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Randy Williams!
The judges for this bout are Saam Ante, Paulsen Ambrosius and Albert Achterberg.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Williams swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Blaze.
Blaze fakes an overhand right and shoots for a takedown. Williams sprawls well initially but Blaze persists and gets the takedown into half guard.
Blaze is looking to stall here but Williams recovers full guard.
Williams lands a beautiful switch and he's in full mount! That could spell trouble for Blaze!
Williams is landing with some decent strikes but Blaze is trying to advance his position so the referee is letting the fight continue.
Williams tucks in and makes sure he doesn't lose the dominant position.
Williams in mount throwing good strikes here, bouncing his opponent's head off the canvas.
Both fighters really going for it on the ground here!
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Blaze keeping his composure momentarily, calmly looking to get back to half guard.
Williams takes a little breather and maintains the position. The referee will be looking for him to stay active from such a dominant position though.
Williams wants to control the pace but Blaze is squirming around nicely.
Williams landing shots from mount.
Williams with some aggressive grappling here. He's looking for submissions here, rather than waiting for the opportunity to counter.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Williams content just to control the position here.
Williams lands a couple of nice shots there from mount.
Blaze tries to hold on but Williams pushes him away.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Blaze is wriggling around trying to escape.
Williams controlling the position easily from mount.
Williams prevents Blaze from getting the reversal.
Williams wants to control the pace but Blaze is squirming around nicely.
The referee warns Blaze that he has to improve his position here as he takes two more clean shots to the head.
Williams takes a little breather and maintains the position. The referee will be looking for him to stay active from such a dominant position though.
Williams moves into side control, trying to work for a kimura. That looks painful! Will he finish!!?? No, Blaze has worked his arm free - good work by Blaze!
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Williams lands a knee to the body and follows it up with some ground and pound to the head. That will wear Blaze down.
Williams is moving around in side control but his primary objective seems to be to maintain the position.
Blaze tries to work a leg under to get back to half guard but Williams wriggles his own leg back out and remains in side control.
Williams content to control the pace. The referee will try and keep them active though.
Williams lands a knee to the body and follows it up with some ground and pound to the head. That will wear Blaze down.
Blaze takes a nasty elbow to the side of the head.
A bit of a lull in the action. I'm sure it will pick up again soon... even if the ref has to physically pick them up and put them back on their feet.
Williams cracks Blaze with an elbow. That is naaassty.
Williams moving around in side mount but really he's just happy to control for now.
Williams has knee on belly and moves into mount.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Williams landing shots from mount.
Williams fakes a shot to the body and cracks his opponent in the head. Nice ground and pound there!
Williams is working close to his opponent, looking to work a submission by the looks of things. Oh, he's managed to get a guillotine from mount as his opponent reached up! That looks tiiiiight! Will he tap? YES, he's tapped! Impressive submission by Williams!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:40 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Guillotine). Randy Williams!
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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Zachary Krantz (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Stoneface McGillicutty (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). McGillicutty comes into a darkened arena with his song building. Let me clear my throat! kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.
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255 lbs
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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
5 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Zachary Krantz!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
9 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Stoneface McGillicutty!
The judges for this bout are Aafke Stam, Saam Ante and Daniel Blasius.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Krantz shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Let's see what he's got on the mat.
McGillicutty is trying to control the position from the bottom.
McGillicutty looking to sweep using the butterfly guard but Krantz puts pay to that idea as he passes nicely into half guard.
McGillicutty trying to control but Krantz postures up.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Krantz is looking for a kimura but he's never going to get it from there.
McGillicutty wants to get back to full guard.
Neither fighter is being very active at the moment, with Krantz in particular looking to stall.
Krantz wants to pass to mount but McGillicutty is defending the position.
McGillicutty has no desire to be mounted, so is trying to control. Krantz is working away from the top position though.
McGillicutty won't allow Krantz to pass to mount.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Neither fighter is doing enough for the referee's liking and he's decided to stand them back up.
Krantz feints and as McGillicutty raises his hands in defense, Krantz changes levels and drives through with a takedown into guard.
Krantz throws a big right hand that misses.
McGillicutty wants to get back to his feet but Krantz passes into half guard.
McGillicutty won't allow Krantz to pass to mount.
McGillicutty gets full guard.
McGillicutty controls Krantz momentarily but Krantz frees himself.
Krantz trying to control but McGillicutty is working from the bottom.
Krantz prevents McGillicutty from getting back to his feet.
McGillicutty wants to get back to his feet but Krantz passes into half guard.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
McGillicutty wants to control but Krantz is keeping busy and won't allow it.
Krantz trying to mount his opponent but McGillicutty defends it.
McGillicutty avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Krantz.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Krantz is trying to control the action in half guard but McGillicutty is working away on the bottom, looking perhaps to get back to full guard.
The referee has ruled that neither fighter is active enough on the ground and has stood them back up.
Krantz is on the wrong end of a nice combination from McGillicutty.
Krantz closes the distance and clinches.
McGillicutty wants to get back to striking at distance but Krantz won't allow it.
Krantz wants the takedown. McGillicutty is fighting it off but Krantz persists and manages to bring the fight to the ground, ending up in McGillicutty's guard against the cage.
This has been an exciting period of action!
McGillicutty looking to control.
Krantz distracts McGillicutty with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.
Krantz is looking to work some ground and pound but McGillicutty has wrist control.
Krantz wants to control from the top but McGillicutty keeps moving.
Krantz drops back looking for a heel hook - he quickly realises he's not going to get it but McGillicutty manages to dive on top of him before he can escape and now Krantz has McGillicutty in his guard.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
McGillicutty is looking to stand up but Krantz won't let him.
Krantz is looking for a triangle but McGillicutty pushes his legs off easily.
McGillicutty is looking to work some ground and pound but Krantz has wrist control.
Krantz throwing his legs up looking for a triangle.
Krantz utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
McGillicutty throws a strike but Krantz rolls with it and manages to sweep. Now he's in guard on top.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Krantz thinks about going for a leg but decides against it, in order to maintain the position.
McGillicutty is trying to keep Krantz in close.
Krantz won't allow McGillicutty to sweep him here.
McGillicutty is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.
Krantz looking for submissions off his back.
Krantz blocking the ground and pound attempt from McGillicutty.
Krantz makes his way to full guard. A much better position for Krantz.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Zachary Krantz dominated that round.
That's time! Krantz's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.
McGillicutty misses with a double jab.
McGillicutty throws a right and a left that both miss.
Krantz closes the distance and clinches up, looking for a takedown. He shifts his weight and gets a nice trip into half guard.
McGillicutty trying to control but Krantz postures up.
McGillicutty looking to work for a kimura from the bottom.
Krantz seems to be working for a kimura but McGillicutty defends the submission attempt.
Krantz seems to be working for a kimura but McGillicutty defends the submission attempt.
Krantz stops McGillicutty from getting back to his feet.
McGillicutty is breathing heavily.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Krantz controlling the pace.
Krantz passes the guard and advances to mount!
McGillicutty is trying desperately to improve position.
Krantz looking to control but McGillicutty is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.
McGillicutty is writhing around trying to get back to his feet.
Krantz mounts McGillicutty! Really nice guard pass there!
Krantz thuds his fist into the canvas! Oooouch!
Krantz moves into side control, trying to work for a kimura. That looks painful! Will he finish!!?? No, McGillicutty has worked his arm free - good work by McGillicutty!
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Krantz has knee on belly and now moves to full mount! Trouble for McGillicutty!
McGillicutty tries to hold on but Krantz pushes him away.
McGillicutty is working to get back to half guard.
Krantz lands an elbow that was bordering on illegal but the referee lets it go with a warning.
McGillicutty wants to use the cage to get back to his feet here.
Krantz is thinking about an arm triangle here, looking to tighten it up before moving to side control. McGillicutty can see it coming though and defends well with a couple of strikes to the head and some good arm positioning.
Krantz wants to control the pace but McGillicutty is squirming around nicely.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Krantz with good strikes from the mount here!
Krantz putting on the heat here with some good ground and pound!
Krantz with the ground and pound from mount.
Krantz trying to control but he's not successful this time.
McGillicutty is wriggling around here but as he tries to escape, Krantz has taken his back.
Krantz is working really hard to secure the rear naked choke. McGillicutty defends successfully for a significant amount of time. Both fighters are looking very determined.
Krantz is looking to finish the fight by rear naked choke. McGillicutty knows exactly what he's got planned though, so he's defending well. Maybe a few strikes would soften McGillicutty for a finish.
Zachary Krantz overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Krantz looking for the choke from the back.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
McGillicutty looking to stop the rear naked choke attempt by controlling the hands.
The referee is taking a good look at McGillicutty as he is on the wrong end of some big shots from Krantz!
McGillicutty looks to control his opponent's hands but he's not mananging it at the moment.
Krantz missing with strikes.
Krantz throwing wild punches that miss their target.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Krantz has his hand under the chin of his opponent looking for the choke. He's nearly got it! This one could be all over! But no, McGillicutty has freed his hand and lives to survive another… well, another couple of seconds at least!
Krantz lands with a big left hand that may well have hurt his opponent. Can McGillicutty hold on?!
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Zachary Krantz dominated that second round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin! This is the final round!
Krantz shoots in and scores a nice double leg takedown into half guard.
Krantz looks to score some points with some ground and pound.
Krantz missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
Krantz moves nicely into side control.
McGillicutty manages to work his way to half guard, despite Krantz's best efforts.
McGillicutty is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
Krantz is trying to work for a kimura but McGillicutty is defending well.
Krantz passes into side control, despite McGillicutty's attempt to control the position.
McGillicutty is trying to control Krantz's posture but Krantz avoids it.
McGillicutty takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Krantz thinks about going for a far side armbar but bails out and retains the dominant position instead.
McGillicutty manages to get back to half guard.
Krantz with the ground and pound but McGillicutty uses the opportunity to regain guard.
McGillicutty is looking to stand up but Krantz isn't so interested in that idea.
Krantz drops back for a leg! It's a sloppy attempt though and Krantz jumps back into guard quickly, to retain the dominant position.
McGillicutty trying to control the position.
Krantz drops back for a leg but he's not going to get it - he lets go and McGillicutty dives on top into guard.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
McGillicutty postures up and lands a big shot to Krantz's brow.
Krantz 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.
McGillicutty working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
McGillicutty is looking to stand up but Krantz won't let him.
McGillicutty missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
McGillicutty trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
McGillicutty with a flurry of punches that miss.
McGillicutty must be cautious of submissions here, given that his opponent has the superior Jiu Jitsu.
Krantz has his foot on McGillicutty's thigh. He's trying to push off and get in position for a triangle, I think. McGillicutty works his way back into a safe position though.
Krantz is throwing his legs up, looking for submissions. McGillicutty is aware though and is defending well.
Krantz throwing his legs up looking for a triangle.
McGillicutty is in close to Krantz's body, working some short punches and elbows.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
McGillicutty working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of Krantz's head.
Krantz throwing his legs up looking for a triangle.
Krantz is looking for a guillotine. You can't force these things though and McGillicutty defends well.
McGillicutty trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Krantz is active off his back here, looking for submissions.
Zachary Krantz is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Krantz utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
McGillicutty thows a big elbow that misses.
McGillicutty is looking to advance position but Krantz has hit a scissor sweep - now he's on top in mount!
Krantz controlling from mount.
Stoneface McGillicutty has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Krantz thuds his fist into the canvas! Oooouch!
Krantz content just to control the position here.
And that's the end of the fight!
Zachary Krantz showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Krantz, 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 Aafke Stam scores the fight 30:27
Judge Saam Ante scores the fight 30:26
Judge Daniel Blasius scores the fight 30:26
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Zachary Krantz!
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Main event
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Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between John Wiggs (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Glenn Swiftwater (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Swiftwater has chosen NEON as his entrance music, which hasn't gone down very well with the crowd. There are an array of beautiful celebrities at ringside tonight! I wonder if any of them paid for their tickets.
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168 lbs
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165 lbs
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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
12 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, John Wiggs!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
10 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Glenn Swiftwater!
The judges for this bout are Albert Achterberg, Saam Ante and Patrick Alders.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Swiftwater avoids the body shot from Wiggs.
Wiggs stuffs the takedown.
Wiggs scores with a nice right hand.
Wiggs digs a good hook to Swiftwater's body.
Nice cross by Wiggs.
Wiggs works Swiftwater's body with a nice hook.
Swiftwater shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says Wiggs as he avoids it easily.
Swiftwater takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
Swiftwater checks a leg kick.
Wiggs throws a leg kick but Swiftwater checks it.
Wiggs looks to land a right hand but Swiftwater moved out of range.
Wiggs swings and misses with a hook to the body.
John Wiggs seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Wiggs throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Swiftwater.
Wiggs throws a hook but Swiftwater avoids it easily.
Wiggs stuffs a takedown. It's all about dictating where the fight takes place and Wiggs wants it to stay on the feet.
John Wiggs has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Glenn Swiftwater.
Wiggs misses with a looping right.
Swiftwater is trying hard to land a takedown here. Wiggs sprawls well and keeps this one on the feet.
Swiftwater fails miserably with a takedown attempt.
Swiftwater looks gassed!
Excellent takedown into side control there by Swiftwater.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Who's going to make the next move?
Wiggs is trying to control Swiftwater's posture but Swiftwater avoids it.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Wiggs holds on to Swiftwater's head and controls the position momentarily.
Wiggs is trying to control Swiftwater's posture but Swiftwater avoids it.
Wiggs tries to get back to half guard but can't.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Swiftwater working away.
Swiftwater creates some space and throws a big elbow, but Wiggs sees it coming and moves his head just enough to avoid the strike.
Swiftwater working the body and head with strikes.
Wiggs is positioning himself to get back to half guard.
Wiggs struggling a bit here.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Well. There's a bit of a lull in the action here and the crowd are starting to get restless.
Well, the referee has seen enough. Neither fighter is active enough on the ground so he's stood them back up.
Swiftwater tries to close the distance and clinch up but Wiggs swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Wiggs throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Swiftwater with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Wiggs to score with a decent uppercut.
Wiggs throws a shot to the body.
Wiggs throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Wiggs fails to land with a series of punches.
Wiggs lands with a hook. Swiftwater tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
A looping hook to the body misses from Wiggs. Swiftwater does a little dance to reset his feet.
Wiggs stuffs a takedown. It's all about dictating where the fight takes place and Wiggs wants it to stay on the feet.
Swiftwater tries for a takedown but Wiggs sees it coming a mile off and avoids it easily.
Wiggs looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Wiggs throws a nice looking combination but Swiftwater bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Swiftwater gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Wiggs connects with a jab.
Wiggs lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Wiggs throws a series of punches but Swiftwater moves out of range.
Swiftwater tries to move into range but Wiggs moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
Swiftwater throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around Wiggs's waist but Wiggs gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing Swiftwater off to one side.
Swiftwater will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Wiggs takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
Wiggs scores with a decent looking hook.
Swiftwater takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Wiggs cracks a nice hook into Swiftwater's ribs.
Swiftwater fails with an attempt to clinch.
Wiggs displaying good standup as he scores with a three punch combination.
Wiggs lands a jab to Swiftwater's midsection.
Wiggs works the jab nicely.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Wiggs throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Swiftwater stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Wiggs lands a vicious shot with the stealth of a sniper and the strength of a viper. Are vipers that strong? I can think of lots of things that are stronger than a viper - not many rhyme with sniper though.
Wiggs lands with a thumping leg kick.
Wiggs stuns Swiftwater with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Wiggs lands three nice shots there - that looked like it hurt!
Wiggs wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Wiggs sizes up Swiftwater with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Wiggs lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Swiftwater at a distance.
Wiggs misses with a wild combination.
Wiggs buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Wiggs throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Wiggs lands with a nice combination. Swiftwater backs away looking to recover.
Wiggs cracks Swiftwater with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
Wiggs uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Swiftwater has time to react.
Wiggs misses with a wild body shot.
Swiftwater takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Wiggs connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Wiggs ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Swiftwater moves away.
Wiggs throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Wiggs throws a solid leg kick but Swiftwater takes the impact on his shin and smiles at Wiggs.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Nice uppercut there from Wiggs.
Swiftwater clinches.
Wiggs pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
John Wiggs is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Swiftwater avoids a punch combination nicely.
Wiggs throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
John Wiggs dominated that round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!
Wiggs throws a chopping leg kick but Swiftwater manages to avoid taking any serious damage.
Swiftwater misses with an uppercut.
Wiggs walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Swiftwater checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
Wiggs will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Wiggs misses with a low kick.
Wiggs thuds his right hand into Swiftwater's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.
Swiftwater has a takedown stuffed.
A telegraphed takedown attempt from Swiftwater is defended easily by Wiggs.
Swiftwater shoots in with a lovely double leg takedown. Wiggs manages to land in full guard to minimise the damage.
Swiftwater wants to pass the guard but Wiggs is keeping the position.
Wiggs bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Swiftwater's guard.
Swiftwater looking for a sweep. Not yet Swiftwater, not yet.
Wiggs stands up from Swiftwater's guard - Wiggs perhaps looking for a knockout.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Wiggs lands with a nice body punch.
Swiftwater has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
Jab, cross, leg kick. Nice combination by Wiggs!
Wiggs jabs away that one connects to the head of his opponent.
Swiftwater shoots in but Wiggs avoids the takedown attempt easily.
John Wiggs has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Glenn Swiftwater.
Wiggs ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Wiggs lands a glancing blow to the side of Swiftwater's head.
A jab lands there for Wiggs.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Wiggs, right into the meat.
Wiggs bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
Wiggs cracks Swiftwater with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
Wiggs ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Wiggs fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Swiftwater on the side of the head.
John Wiggs is winning the standup battle so far.
Swiftwater misses with a jab to the body
and Wiggs counters with a straight right hand.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Wiggs scores with the left hand. Swiftwater knows he should have avoided that one.
Wiggs scores with a jab to the body.
Swiftwater dodges the punch combination from Wiggs.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Wiggs lands a nice shot that snaps Swiftwater's head back.
Wiggs moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Wiggs throws a series of punches but Swiftwater moves out of range.
Swiftwater takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Swiftwater misses with a takedown attempt
and Wiggs counters with a slapping leg kick.
Some wild striking there from Wiggs.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Swiftwater shoots in looking for a takedown. Wiggs tries to sprawl out of it but Swiftwater keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. Wiggs manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.
Swiftwater on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Swiftwater has a takedown stuffed.
Wiggs scores with the left hand. Swiftwater knows he should have avoided that one.
A solid leg kick lands there for Wiggs.
Wiggs thuds a left hand into Swiftwater's body.
Wiggs throws a right and a left that both miss.
John Wiggs is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Wiggs looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Wiggs listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Wiggs scores with a body shot.
Swiftwater checks the leg kick nicely there.
Wiggs displaying good standup as he scores with a three punch combination.
Wiggs displays good takedown defense there as he swats away a double leg from Swiftwater.
Wiggs lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
Swiftwater shoots for a double leg takedown but Wiggs sprawls well. He's pushed Swiftwater's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.
A nice inside leg kick there by Wiggs. That's going to slow Swiftwater down.
Swiftwater shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Wiggs lands a body shot.
Wiggs with a jab.
Wiggs throws a good cross that connects.
Swiftwater takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Swiftwater uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Wiggs.
Swiftwater drops his hands momentarily and Wiggs takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
Wiggs throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Wiggs lets the fists fly and connects with a left straight followed by a right hook.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Swiftwater slips under a jab.
Swiftwater avoids the body shot from Wiggs.
Swiftwater closes the distance and clinches.
Wiggs tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Swiftwater's elbow.
Wiggs is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Swiftwater has clasped his hands together around Wiggs's back... aaand, he's got a takedown into side control. Nicely done.
Both fighters really going for it on the ground here!
Wiggs tries to buck Swiftwater off but Swiftwater is having none of it.
Wiggs is working hard here to advance position.
Wiggs struggling a bit here.
Swiftwater looking for an arm triangle but it's way too loose to do anything.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Wiggs is trying to control Swiftwater's posture but Swiftwater avoids it.
Wiggs wants to get back to his feet but Swiftwater drags him back down.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
John Wiggs dominated that second round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action. This is the final round!
Swiftwater checks a leg kick.
Swiftwater looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
Wiggs thows a body shot but no joy.
Wiggs throws a series of punches but Swiftwater moves out of range.
Wiggs misses with a low kick.
Wiggs throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Swiftwater sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Wiggs feints and then cracks Swiftwater's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Swiftwater down.
Wiggs throws a body punch but Swiftwater moves out of range.
Swiftwater misses with a takedown
and Wiggs counters with a one-two to the body.
Swiftwater scores a trip takedown into side control. Nice.
Wiggs dodges the ground and pound from Swiftwater.
Wiggs wants to control but Swiftwater postures up.
Swiftwater works a knee to the body and follows up with a nice elbow to the head.
Swiftwater connects with a decent looking elbow from side control that caused Wiggs some visible discomfort.
Swiftwater working hard here to secure a kimura but he's not really in the right position for it.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Wiggs is trying to get back to half guard.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Wiggs sneaks back into half guard.
Swiftwater throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Swiftwater is looking to pass Wiggs's guard but actually Wiggs recovers to full guard.
Swiftwater stops Wiggs from standing up.
Wiggs looking to control.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
My god... these two guys really need to pick up the pace or everyone will leave to go get a beer.
Swiftwater trying to control but Wiggs is working from the bottom.
Swiftwater throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
It looks like we're going to have a standup here. Neither fighter is doing enough on the ground.
Swiftwater shoots in and drives through. Wiggs sprawls well.
Wiggs throws a one two combo.
Wiggs bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
Wiggs lands with a thumping leg kick.
Wiggs throws a series of punches but Swiftwater moves out of range.
Wiggs lands a jab, followed by a cross and another cross, as Swiftwater backs up against the cage.
Swiftwater scores a takedown into full mount!
Swiftwater avoids the attempt from Wiggs to control.
Wiggs is desperately trying to improve his position but Swiftwater has a good base and remains in mount.
Wiggs tries to lock up and control but Swiftwater gives him a forearm to the face and pushes him away.
Swiftwater postures up and cracks his opponent a couple of times before moving back into close ground control. Wiggs looks a forlorn figure.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Wiggs is desperately trying to improve his position but Swiftwater has a good base and remains in mount.
Swiftwater pausing momentarily but resumes with a couple of decent strikes that do a bit of damage.
Wiggs wants to control but Swiftwater is having none of it.
Swiftwater is thinking about an arm triangle here, looking to tighten it up before moving to side control. Wiggs can see it coming though and defends well with a couple of strikes to the head and some good arm positioning.
Wiggs sneaks a leg under to get to half guard.
Wiggs looks like he's trying to stand up.
Swiftwater is working hard to pass the guard. He's done it - he's now in full mount! Trouble for Wiggs!
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Swiftwater is going oldschool here, as he tries to force Wiggs to tap using a forearm choke. This isn't 1993 though, so Wiggs shrugs it off.
Swiftwater looking for an armbar but decides to keep the dominant position instead.
Swiftwater avoids the attempt from Wiggs to control.
Swiftwater with some aggressive grappling here. He's looking for submissions here, rather than waiting for the opportunity to counter.
Swiftwater with some aggressive grappling here. He's looking for submissions here, rather than waiting for the opportunity to counter.
John Wiggs is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Wiggs is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Swiftwater can do to turn this around?
Wiggs tries to lock up and control but Swiftwater gives him a forearm to the face and pushes him away.
Glenn Swiftwater has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Wiggs keeping his composure momentarily, calmly looking to get back to half guard.
And that's the end of the fight!
Glenn Swiftwater comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think Wiggs 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 Albert Achterberg scores the fight 29:28
Judge Saam Ante scores the fight 29:28
Judge Patrick Alders scores the fight 29:28
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... John Wiggs!
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