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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Soloman van der Vaart (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Lars Hellstrom (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both these guys have really solid chins. Will we see a standup war or will they both decide that a knockout is unlikely and try to win the fight elsewhere?
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178 lbs
10 - 2 - 0 |
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182 cm
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174 lbs
7 - 2 - 0 |
BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent boxer
KO power |
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BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent boxer
Granite chin |
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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
10 - 2 - 0, fighting out of London, Soloman van der Vaart!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
7 - 2 - 0, fighting out of London, Lars Hellstrom!
The judges for this bout are James Atkins, James Glass and Chris Edwards.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
van der Vaart tries to bum rush Hellstrom with a series of wild strikes but Hellstrom uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Hellstrom throws a chopping leg kick but van der Vaart manages to avoid taking any serious damage.
Hellstrom throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and van der Vaart counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
van der Vaart checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time.
Hellstrom scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. van der Vaart doesn't seem bothered though.
van der Vaart throws a looping overhand right but Hellstrom ducks down to avoid it.
Hellstrom misses with an uppercut. van der Vaart saw that one coming.
Lars Hellstrom seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
van der Vaart jabbing away but nothing is landing.
van der Vaart cracks a nice hook into Hellstrom's ribs.
van der Vaart digs a good hook to Hellstrom's body.
van der Vaart gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Hellstrom.
van der Vaart uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Hellstrom.
van der Vaart slips a straight right by Hellstrom.
van der Vaart looks to throw the jab but Hellstrom is out of range.
Hellstrom lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
van der Vaart throws a hook but Hellstrom avoids it easily.
van der Vaart throws a series of punches but Hellstrom moves out of range.
That's one minute gone in the round.
van der Vaart dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
van der Vaart throws a big shot that misses.
A nice combination there by van der Vaart.
van der Vaart uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Hellstrom.
Hellstrom misses with a wild body shot.
van der Vaart moves out of range of the strikes.
Hellstrom looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
van der Vaart looks to land a right hand but Hellstrom moved out of range.
van der Vaart takes one on the button.
It looks like Soloman van der Vaart has been cut.
Hellstrom misses with a hook.
Hellstrom dodges the punch combination from van der Vaart.
Hellstrom misses the shot to the body.
Hellstrom on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hellstrom walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
Hellstrom misses with a combination
and van der Vaart counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Hellstrom throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
van der Vaart ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
van der Vaart swings and misses with a hook to the body.
van der Vaart moves out of range of the strikes.
Hellstrom walks into a straight right hand from van der Vaart.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Hellstrom misses with a jab to the body
and van der Vaart counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
Hellstrom looks gassed!
Hellstrom throws the left hand but van der Vaart avoids the punch easily.
Hellstrom throws a hook but van der Vaart blocks it.
van der Vaart on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
van der Vaart connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
A big left from Hellstrom misses.
Hellstrom throws a jab when van der Vaart was well out of range.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hellstrom throws a predictable looking body shot
and van der Vaart counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
van der Vaart fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Hellstrom looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Hellstrom slips under a jab.
van der Vaart throws a shot to the body.
van der Vaart throws a lazy right hand but Hellstrom sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
van der Vaart lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Hellstrom circles away quickly and effectively.
Hellstrom throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
van der Vaart lands a jab. Then a cross. Then finally a nice hook to the body. Good work there by van der Vaart.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Hellstrom shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Hellstrom misses with a hook. van der Vaart ducked under it nicely.
Hellstrom steps to the side to avoid the strikes from van der Vaart.
van der Vaart scores with a jab. Hellstrom acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
A slow jab from van der Vaart misses its intended target.
van der Vaart blocks a leg kick.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
van der Vaart connects with a nice looking jab.
Hellstrom is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
Hellstrom needs to keep his hands up - van der Vaart had a free shot at his head there.
van der Vaart is really peppering his opponent's head with punches.
van der Vaart lands a nice shot that snaps Hellstrom's head back.
Hellstrom avoids the body shot from van der Vaart.
van der Vaart scores with a body shot.
Hellstrom on the wrong end of a nice jab.
Hellstrom misses with a looping right.
van der Vaart throws a shot to the body.
van der Vaart lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
van der Vaart looks to land a combination but Hellstrom avoids it well.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
van der Vaart thuds his right hand into Hellstrom's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.
Hellstrom dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on van der Vaart. That did some damage!
van der Vaart misses with a two punch combination.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Soloman van der Vaart dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Soloman van der Vaart's cut.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.
Hellstrom waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract van der Vaart.
Hellstrom paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
Hellstrom scores with a jab to the jaw.
Hellstrom ducks under a wild hook from van der Vaart.
Hellstrom misses with a straight right.
Hellstrom throws a combination that misses
and van der Vaart cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
van der Vaart throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Hellstrom on the side of the head.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as van der Vaart checks a leg kick.
van der Vaart thuds his right hand into Hellstrom's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.
van der Vaart steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Hellstrom.
Hellstrom looks to land a left hand but van der Vaart moved out of range nicely.
A swing and a miss from van der Vaart.
A big left from van der Vaart misses.
Hellstrom misses with a straight left.
Hellstrom scores with a jab to the head.
That's one minute gone in the round.
van der Vaart lands with a straight right. Hellstrom didn't see that one coming.
Hellstrom lands a jab followed by a nice looking cross.
Hellstrom misses with a low kick.
Hellstrom attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
Hellstrom misses with a low kick.
van der Vaart scores to the head and body with a nice combination!
Hellstrom is breathing heavily.
Hellstrom misses the jab.
van der Vaart moves into range and connects with a jab.
van der Vaart just misses with a punch to the body.
Hellstrom misses with a straight left.
Both these guys seem content to just stand up and trade with eachother but Hellstrom might want to think about changing up his gameplan a bit because over the course of the fight, van der Vaart has got the better of the exchanges.
Hellstrom throws a left and a right that both miss
and van der Vaart counters with a straight right hand.
A slow jab from Hellstrom misses its intended target.
Hellstrom showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from van der Vaart.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hellstrom misses with a double jab
and van der Vaart counters with a nice uppercut.
Hellstrom lands a nice looking kick to the body. van der Vaart takes a step back to recover.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
van der Vaart takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
van der Vaart keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Hellstrom.
van der Vaart cracks Hellstrom with a good jab.
A jab from Hellstrom misses.
Hellstrom misses with a hook.
Hellstrom throws an overhand right that lands on van der Vaart's shoulder, as van der Vaart tries to avoid the shot.
van der Vaart works the jab nicely.
van der Vaart jabs at Hellstrom's body.
van der Vaart displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Hellstrom throws out the jab.
van der Vaart lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hellstrom clobbers van der Vaart with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
van der Vaart slips under a jab from Hellstrom.
Soloman van der Vaart is winning the standup battle so far.
van der Vaart scores with a jab.
van der Vaart uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Hellstrom has time to react.
Hellstrom smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
Hellstrom misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
van der Vaart throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Hellstrom misses the jab.
van der Vaart lands a lovely overhand right.
van der Vaart slips a jab from Hellstrom.
Hellstrom thows a left - swing and a miss!
Hellstrom misses with a straight right.
van der Vaart moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
van der Vaart misses with an uppercut.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Jab, jab by van der Vaart - just one landing.
Hellstrom misses with a jab, cross combination.
van der Vaart throws out a loose jab but Hellstrom uses good head movement to avoid it.
Nice defenses there by van der Vaart.
Some wild striking there from Hellstrom.
van der Vaart moves out of range as Hellstrom throws a body kick.
Hellstrom throws a big shot that misses.
Hellstrom ducks down and throws a hook to the body but van der Vaart moves away.
Hellstrom throws a hook to the side of van der Vaart's head but van der Vaart sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
van der Vaart dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
A big right from van der Vaart misses.
van der Vaart looks to land a right hand but Hellstrom moved out of range.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Soloman van der Vaart dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Soloman van der Vaart's cut.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action! The crowd applaud as we get ready to start the final round!
van der Vaart steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Hellstrom.
Hellstrom swings and misses with a shot to the body
and van der Vaart counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Nice straight punches there by Hellstrom. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Hellstrom.
Hellstrom throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Hellstrom misses with a body shot
and van der Vaart counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Hellstrom looks to throw the jab but van der Vaart is out of range.
Hellstrom misses the body punch
and van der Vaart counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
A swing and a miss from Hellstrom.
van der Vaart lands with a straight right. Hellstrom didn't see that one coming.
van der Vaart scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
van der Vaart tries to bum rush Hellstrom with a series of wild strikes but Hellstrom uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
van der Vaart lands with an overhand left.
Hellstrom throws a predictable looking body shot
and van der Vaart counters with a series of strikes. Hellstrom will be more careful next time no doubt.
Hellstrom takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
van der Vaart connects with a jab.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Hellstrom takes a body punch but keeps moving.
van der Vaart tests Hellstrom's chin there with a solid looking shot.
van der Vaart scores to the head and body with a nice combination!
Hellstrom is rocked!
van der Vaart connects with a right hand. Hellstrom shakes it off.
Hellstrom is still on wobbly legs! Can van der Vaart finish him?
Hellstrom takes a jab right on the kisser.
van der Vaart rushes Hellstrom with punches - Hellstrom moves straight backwards instead of circling and gets clipped by the second strike... and the third... and the fourth! Oh, Hellstrom goes down! van der Vaart follows up with more strikes and the ref steps in to end the bout!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:34 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Soloman van der Vaart!
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