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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Miet Cleever (ranked 507 p4p, 1020 weight class) and Baki Hanma (ranked 81 p4p, 156 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the light heavyweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 9 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Miet Cleever!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 6 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Baki Hanma!
The judges for this bout are Colin Fray, Jeff Smith and Josh West.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Hanma lands a slapping body shot.
Hanma uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Cleever.
Hanma looks to score with a jab to the body but Cleever is just out of range.
Cleever misses with a wild body shot.
Hanma swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Cleever delivers a nice body kick.
Hanma shoots in and bounces Cleever off the cage to secure the takedown into guard.
We could do with one of the fighters taking the initiative a bit more on the ground - they're both waiting to capitalize on a mistake.
Hanma throwing strikes from guard but Cleever blocks nicely.
Cleever is pulling down on Hanma's head. It's preventing any offense from Hanma, at least for the moment.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Cleever is looking to get back to his feet but can't, whilst Hanma is controlling him.
Cleever looking for a sweep. Not yet Cleever, not yet.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Hanma wants to control from the top but Cleever keeps moving.
Hanma has been taking part in the yoga sessions down at Roosters Coop. Presumably he's going to look for a slick submission... Or maybe he's looking to avoid one.
Hanma is fighting to break Cleever's control of his arms but Cleever is doing a good job of controlling the position at the moment.
Cleever wants to sweep but no luck.
Hanma scoring with punches to the head and body.
Cleever knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Hanma on the ground.
Hanma missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Cleever wants to stand up but Hanma is controlling him.
Hanma is trying to work a guillotine from the top, or something like that? Don't know how he thinks he's going to get a finish from there.
Cleever is trying to stand up but he's not managed so far.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Hanma wants to control from the top but Cleever keeps moving.
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.
Cleever pushes Hanma off for just long enough to get back to his feet. Very athletic spring there.
Cleever slips a jab from Hanma.
Baki Hanma seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Hanma lands a nice hook to Cleever's body. Cleever takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Hanma tries to clinch up but Cleever circles away and keeps his distance.
It looked like Cleever was trying to counter with a body shot coming off that last attack from Hanma.
Hanma fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
Nice uppercut lands for Cleever. That snapped Hanma's head back.
It looks like Baki Hanma has been cut.
Hanma cracks a nice hook into Cleever's ribs.
Cleever defending well as Hanma loads up on a big left hand.
Hanma lands a jab to Cleever's midsection.
Hanma is looking to clinch but Cleever is avoiding it.
Hanma lands with a shot to the body.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Cleever lands a nice shot to the body.
Hanma slips a straight right by Cleever.
Cleever avoids a punch combination nicely.
Hanma avoids the body shot from Cleever.
Hanma rushes Cleever and presses him up against the cage.
Hanma fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Hanma misses with the head strike.
Cleever lands a body punch.
Cleever lands a body punch in the clinch.
Cleever lands a shoulder strike.
Hanma trying to control the position but instead, Cleever has worked for underhooks and has pushed Hanma into the cage.
Cleever pushes Hanma back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Hanma goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Cleever creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Cleever scores with a hook to the body.
Hanma looks winded!
Hanma letting Cleever take a breather here.
Cleever pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Cleever throws the left hand but Hanma avoids the punch easily.
A jab from Hanma misses.
Cleever throws a counter high kick but Hanma was just alert enough to avoid it.
Cleever keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Hanma.
Hanma looks to score with a jab to the body but Cleever is just out of range.
Hanma throws a sloppy body shot
and Cleever counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Cleever ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Hanma moves away.
Hanma throws a right hand that misses
and Cleever counters with a nice body kick.
Cleever jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Hanma misses with a double jab.
Cleever appears to be looking for a counter punch to the body.
Cleever thows a left - swing and a miss!
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close round but I would say that Miet Cleever will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Baki Hanma's cut.
That's time! Back to the action!
Cleever connects with a single shot there.
Cleever keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Hanma misses with the combination.
Cleever throws the left hand but Hanma avoids the punch easily.
A slow jab from Hanma misses its intended target.
Hanma throws a body punch but Cleever moves out of range.
Hanma throws out a leg kick but Cleever moves out of range and Hanma only half commits.
We've been told by Cleever's head coaches at Hare of the Dog Gym that he's been working on his takedown defense in preparation for this fight.
Hanma is throwing a lot of body shots here, looking to wear down Cleever rather than just go for the knockout.
Hanma just misses with a punch to the body.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Hanma swings for the body but Cleever moves out of range.
Hanma throws a jab but it's blocked by Cleever.
Hanma wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Hanma tries to close the distance and clinch but Cleever swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Cleever throws a sloppy head kick and Hanma moves out of range easily.
Hanma throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Cleever was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
Hanma ducks under a wild hook from Cleever.
Cleever takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
A looping hook to the body misses from Hanma. Cleever does a little dance to reset his feet.
Cleever throws a right and a left that Hanma avoids nicely.
Cleever takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Hanma tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and Cleever is able to avoid easily.
Hanma misses with a double jab
and Cleever counters with a left to the body.
Cleever lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Hanma fails with a takedown attempt.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Cleever comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
A looping hook to the body misses from Hanma. Cleever does a little dance to reset his feet.
Cleever appears to be looking for a big counter.
Hanma lands a jab. Then a cross. Then finally a nice hook to the body. Good work there by Hanma.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Hanma takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Hanma is breathing heavily.
Hanma throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Cleever.
Cleever lands a jab to the nose.
Miet Cleever is winning the standup battle so far.
Hanma wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Cleever shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.
Cleever throws a nice inside leg kick.
Hanma misses with the combination.
A little feinted left hand from Cleever on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
The fight stays on the outside here - Hanma looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Nice body punch from Hanma.
Cleever throws a jab but it's blocked by Hanma.
Hanma looks to score with a jab to the body but Cleever is just out of range.
Cleever dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Hanma. That did some damage!
Horrible takedown attempt by Hanma or perhaps it was just good defense by Cleever, which made it look bad.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Cleever uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Hanma has time to react.
Hanma throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Cleever counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Cleever cracks Hanma with a right hand to the side of the head.
Cleever misses with a body shot.
Cleever lands with a nice body punch.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Cleever misses with a head kick.
Hanma works Cleever's body with a nice hook.
Hanma misses with a double jab.
Cleever misses with an uppercut.
Hanma avoids the body shot from Cleever.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Miet Cleever dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Baki Hanma's cut.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!
Cleever avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
Cleever throws a body punch but Hanma moves out of range.
Cleever scores with a sloppy right hand. Hanma should have avoided that one.
A good leg kick by Cleever.
Hanma fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Hanma misses the shot to the body.
A counter left hand to the body from Cleever misses its target.
Cleever scores with a body shot.
Cleever is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Hanma can do to turn this around?
Cleever throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Hanma falls off balance throwing a combination
and Cleever counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Cleever cracks Hanma with a brutal left hook that knocks him out cold! This one is over in a flash! Game over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:57 of round 3, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Miet Cleever!
Miet Cleever retains his light heavyweight title!
A victorious Miet Cleever thanked his army of followers in his post fight interview, telling people to make sure they follow him on Twitter.
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