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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Bertel Haardt (ranked 6691 p4p, 6694 weight class) and Frank Rucco (ranked 521 p4p, 522 weight class). Well, I have no idea who's going to take this one!
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BJJ Blue Belt
Solid Muay Thai
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BJJ Brown Belt
Counter fighter
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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 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Bertel Haardt!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 8 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Frank Rucco!
The judges for this bout are Daniel Blasius, Wagner Zegers and Paulsen Ambrosius.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Haardt tries a head kick but it misses.
Rucco looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Haardt lands a nice shot to the body.
Haardt clinches.
Haardt softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Haardt is leaning against Rucco and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Haardt leaning against his opponent.
Haardt breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Haardt misses with a head kick.
Rucco is clearly trying to counter these attacks from Haardt with a body shot.
Haardt connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Rucco momentarily.
Haardt really is a fat lump.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Haardt lands a nice hook to Rucco's body. Rucco takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Haardt throws a head kick but Rucco moves out of range.
Haardt scores with a three punch combo!
It looks like Frank Rucco has been cut.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Haardt throws a sloppy head kick and Rucco moves out of range easily.
Bertel Haardt seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Haardt has Rucco up against the cage in a clinch.
Haardt lands an elbow inside.
Rucco looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights.
Haardt throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Haardt lands a right hand.
Haardt crunches a lovely knee into Rucco's ribcage.
Rucco looks winded!
Haardt lands a right hand.
Haardt lands with a light punch inside.
Haardt connects with a nasty looking knee right to Rucco's face.
Haardt landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Haardt looks to be in better condition than last time we saw him fight. Obviously he's been working hard on his cardio.
Haardt creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Rucco's defenses.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Rucco takes a knee right on the jaw!
Haardt using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Haardt crunches a lovely knee into Rucco's ribcage.
Haardt just leaning against Rucco, taking a breather.
Haardt lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
A bit of stalling here from Haardt.
Haardt lands a hook that snaps the head of Rucco backwards.
Rucco jumps guard but Haardt stands there with Rucco around his waist. Rucco gives up and drops back to his feet. We remain in the clinch.
Haardt lands a nice uppercut.
Rucco fails to pull the fight into his guard.
Haardt creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Rucco's defenses.
Haardt lands with a right to the head.
Haardt lands a hook that snaps the head of Rucco backwards.
Haardt breaks from the clinch.
Haardt fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Rucco looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Haardt drops Rucco with a beautiful combination! Rucco stares up at his opponent, who ushers him back to his feet - Haardt is looking for the KO!
Haardt lands a hook that stumbles Rucco back into the cage. Haardt follows up with a straight and another hook that land right on the button, dropping Rucco to the canvas! Haardt pounces and lands several unanswered shots - Rucco has had enough and taps out! This one is all over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:52 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Strikes). Bertel Haardt!
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energy
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hype
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pop
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mgr
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FIGHT
RATING
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