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Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Juan Maxwell (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Romano Schoots (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Maxwell comes to the cage accompanied by Basket Case. 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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BJJ Blue Belt
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
3 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Juan Maxwell!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Romano Schoots!
The judges for this bout are Saam Ante, Daniel Blasius and Patrick Alders.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Maxwell avoids a punch combination nicely.
A punch combination from Schoots misses.
Maxwell defending well as Schoots loads up on a big left hand.
Schoots misses with an uppercut. Maxwell saw that one coming.
Schoots goes to the watering hole and comes back with a big thumbs up from the judges as he scores a three punch combo.
Maxwell dives in and grabs Schoots's left leg, looking for a takedown. Schoots pushes down on Maxwell's head and hops out.
Schoots misses with a jab, cross combination.
Schoots's corner calls for a 1,2 combination and Schoots duly obliges.
Maxwell shoots in with a lovely double leg takedown. Schoots manages to land in full guard to minimise the damage.
Schoots trying to keep a closed guard but Maxwell is proving a slippery customer.
Schoots wants to sweep here but Maxwell controlling him for the moment.
Schoots trying to strike from the bottom but really, it's not the best position to be doing that from!
Maxwell decides to stand up and beckons his opponent to follow.
Maxwell shoots in for a takedown but Schoots shows good takedown defense.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Schoots misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Maxwell moves away from the strike by Schoots.
Horrible takedown by Maxwell or perhaps it was just good defense by Schoots which made him look bad.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Juan Maxwell. That's going to take a lot out of him.
No joy there for Schoots, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Schoots stuffs the takedown attempt from Maxwell. Maxwell gets slowly back to his feet.
Maxwell is breathing heavily.
Maxwell takes one on the button.
No joy there for Schoots, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Schoots throws a right hand that Maxwell ducks under and follows up with a left that Maxwell also avoids with ease.
Schoots lands a jab to the head.
Maxwell dives in and grabs Schoots's left leg, looking for a takedown. Schoots pushes down on Maxwell's head and hops out.
Schoots misses with a jab, cross combination.
Schoots loads up on a big right hand but Maxwell slips the punch.
Maxwell moves in looking to clinch but Schoots pushes him off.
Schoots looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
Maxwell gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Schoots swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Maxwell takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Schoots scores with a three punch combo!
Maxwell shoots for a takedown but Schoots saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.
Schoots misses with a double jab.
Maxwell looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Schoots is fending him off so far but Maxwell persists. Nope, Schoots circles away and we're back to standing.
Schoots throws a series of punches but Maxwell avoids them all with ease.
Maxwell closes this distance looking for a takedown but Schoots circles away.
Schoots throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Schoots swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Schoots throws a big shot that misses.
Maxwell tries to clinch up.
Schoots tries to bum rush Maxwell with a series of wild strikes but Maxwell uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Maxwell avoids a punch combination nicely.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Maxwell dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Maxwell instigates a clinch.
Maxwell pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Schoots missing with a left hand there. Maxwell was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Maxwell fails with an attempt to clinch.
Schoots fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Maxwell has Schoots up against the cage in a clinch.
Schoots throws a punch but it's blocked by Maxwell.
Schoots is trying to break the clinch but Maxwell has him pressed against the cage.
Schoots tries to break the clinch but Maxwell is controlling the position.
Schoots tries to break the clinch but Maxwell is controlling the position.
Schoots prevents the takedown attempt.
Schoots scores with a nice hook to the head.
Schoots wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Maxwell has Schoots pressed up against the cage. He's trying to work for a single leg takedown. Maxwell pulls back from the cage and twists to the side, sending Schoots tumbling to the mat - Maxwell dives into Schoots's guard.
Schoots has a closed guard, preventing Maxwell from standing up.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Schoots is looking to stand up but Maxwell isn't so interested in that idea.
Maxwell trying to control the position from guard on top but Schoots is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Schoots looking to control.
Schoots is looking to get back to his feet but can't, whilst Maxwell is controlling him.
Schoots wants to sweep but no luck.
Schoots keeping moving, preventing Maxwell from controlling successfully.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close round but I would say that Juan Maxwell will probably get the nod.
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.
Maxwell misses with a takedown attempt - Schoots sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
Schoots throws a nice looking combination but Maxwell bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Maxwell gets cracked there but stands up to it.
Maxwell shoots in for a takedown from distance. He catches Schoots napping and manages to drive through into side control!
Schoots throws Maxwell to one side and escapes!
Maxwell lands with a kick to the ribs.
Schoots looks to throw the jab but Maxwell is out of range.
No joy there for Schoots, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Maxwell changes levels and looks for a double leg takedown. Schoots tries to avoid it but Maxwell manages to keep hold of a leg and drag Schoots to the ground. Schoots escapes though and pops straight back up to his feet.
Schoots misses with the combination.
Maxwell lands with a kick to the temple. Schoots shrugs as if to say "is that all you've got?"
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Schoots cracks Maxwell with a right hand to the side of the head.
Schoots misses with a wild body shot.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Schoots loads up on a big right hand but Maxwell slips the punch.
Maxwell has closed the distance and engaged Schoots in a clinch.
Maxwell drops to a knee looking for a takedown but Schoots gets the underhooks and prevents it.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Juan Maxwell. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Schoots tries to break the clinch but Maxwell is controlling the position.
Schoots managing to block the knees to the body from Maxwell.
A short uppercut from Schoots.
Maxwell really does look like a pencil wearing a pair of gloves. Let's hope he has a gameplan to suit that ridiculous body shape.
Maxwell has Schoots pressed against the cage, preventing Schoots from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Schoots lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Maxwell keeps control of Schoots as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Maxwell escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Schoots throws a right and a left that both miss.
Maxwell shoots in with a lovely double leg takedown. Schoots manages to land in full guard to minimise the damage.
Schoots wants to stand and escape but Maxwell is having none of it.
Maxwell content to stall in guard here.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Schoots thows some rabbit punches from the bottom but they don't do any damage.
Schoots has his feet on Maxwell's hips. He pushes off and gets to his feet. Nice work.
Maxwell shoots in for a takedown from distance. He catches Schoots napping and manages to drive through into side control!
Schoots is trying to get back to his feet.
Maxwell is looking to finish here, going for an Americana. Schoots knows the correct defense though, so he's OK.
Schoots manages to land a sweep and he's now on top! Lovely Jiu Jitsu!
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Maxwell works his way to full guard. Good work.
Schoots gets to his feet. Maxwell looking to butt scoot but the ref puts an end to that. On your feet son!
A slapping leg kick lands for Maxwell.
Schoots scores with a three punch combo!
Schoots throws a right and a left that both miss.
Schoots misses with the combination.
Maxwell will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
Schoots throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Maxwell.
Schoots might want to mix his strikes up a bit more. He's just going for head shots at the moment and that can become a bit predictable.
Schoots slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
Schoots keeps the fight on the outside.
Maxwell dodges the punch combination from Schoots.
Maxwell darts in and lands a nice takedown into half guard.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Maxwell is looking to take a break and control but Schoots is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Schoots kicks Maxwell off and gets back to his feet.
Romano Schoots seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Schoots lands a jab-cross combination.
Schoots tries to check the leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Maxwell lands a jab to Schoots's midsection.
Maxwell is on the wrong end of a nice combination from Schoots.
Maxwell shoots in and drives through. Schoots sprawls well.
Maxwell takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Juan Maxwell dominated that second round.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action! Let's get this one finished - here comes the final round!
Maxwell slips a straight right by Schoots.
A left and a right from Schoots both land. Nice combination.
Maxwell throws a nice head kick!
Schoots lands a jab, followed by a cross and another cross, as Maxwell backs up against the cage.
Maxwell shoots in for a takedown from distance. He catches Schoots napping and manages to drive through into side control!
Schoots is looking to work his way out of this bad position but Maxwell is controlling him well.
Schoots throws his opponent off and manages to get back to his feet! Nicely done!
Schoots's corner calls for a 1,2 combination and Schoots duly obliges.
No joy there for Schoots, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Maxwell shoots in for a takedown! He's got it and he's managed to land in full mount! That's better than Maxwell was expecting from the takedown attempt, I'm sure!
Juan Maxwell overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Schoots squirming around on the bottom, looking to escape.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Schoots is looking to get to half guard.
Schoots is squirming around, avoiding Maxwell's attempts to control the action.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Schoots bucks up and manages to get a nice reversal! He's in guard on the top - nicely done!
Schoots trying to stand up but can't free himself from Maxwell's guard.
Schoots must be cautious of submissions here, given that his opponent has the superior Jiu Jitsu.
Maxwell has his feet on Schoots's hips. He pushes off and gets to his feet. Nice work.
Schoots misses the shot to the body.
Maxwell throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Schoots stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Maxwell gets a clinch.
Schoots has had enough of the clinch but Maxwell keeps him there for the moment.
A short left from Schoots.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Maxwell turns his back and goes for a hip toss. It's a bit messy but it gets the job done and Maxwell manages to end up in side control.
Schoots is looking for a sweep.
Schoots is trying to stand back up. He's worked his way up against the cage but Maxwell has just dragged him back down to the mat.
Schoots tries to control but Maxwell manages to take his back.
Schoots looking to stop the rear naked choke attempt by controlling the hands.
Maxwell wants to control but Schoots is keeping busy.
Maxwell is looking cool and calm here, just waiting for a good opportunity to attack and finish the fight from this dominant position.
Schoots is defending well here and trying to improve his position.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Maxwell missing with strikes.
Schoots controlling the position well but he knows he's in a bad position.
Schoots trying to control the action but Maxwell just sinks the hooks in.
Maxwell has the hooks in. Schoots is trying to push off one leg but he has to do so cautiously to avoid being submitted.
Schoots trying to get back to his feet but Maxwell is in full control for now.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
There's not a lot going on here and the crowd are letting the fighters know they're not willing to tolerate a lack of action.
The crowd hopeful of a finish here - Maxwell's supporters are on their feet, screaming for him to go for the rear naked choke.
Maxwell has the hooks sunk in and you can see the will to fight slowly draining out of Schoots's body.
Schoots staying busy and making it hard for Maxwell to control.
Maxwell doesn't have the hooks in and Schoots manages to turn into his guard.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Schoots's corner. There ya go! There ya go!
Romano Schoots has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Juan Maxwell is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Maxwell avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
And that's the end of the fight!
Juan Maxwell showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Maxwell, 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 Saam Ante scores the fight 30:27
Judge Daniel Blasius scores the fight 30:27
Judge Patrick Alders scores the fight 30:27
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Juan Maxwell!
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hype
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RATING
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