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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between James Rolston (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Sam Royal (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). The fight MMA fans around the world have waited their entire lives for!
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215 lbs
5 - 1 - 0 |
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216 lbs
5 - 3 - 1 |
BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent MT
Very strong |
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BJJ Blue Belt
Good kicks
Powerful |
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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
5 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, James Rolston!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
5 - 3 - 1, fighting out of Amsterdam, Sam Royal!
The judges for this bout are Saam Ante, Radbod Blank and Wagner Zegers.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Rolston stuffs the takedown attempt from Royal. Royal gets slowly back to his feet.
Royal takes one on the chin but seems OK.
Royal throws a head kick that misses.
A chopping leg kick lands by Rolston.
Rolston stuffs a takedown. It's all about dictating where the fight takes place and Rolston wants it to stay on the feet.
Royal cracks the inside of Rolston's front leg.
Rolston lets loose with a powerful body kick. Royal will feel that in the morning.
Royal shoots in looking for a double leg takedown. Rolston defends it nicely.
James Rolston has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Sam Royal.
Rolston misses with a head kick.
Royal throws a head kick that misses.
A head kick by Royal misses
and Rolston connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Rolston jabs at Royal's body.
Royal looks gassed!
Royal closes the distance and clinches up with Rolston, looking for a takedown. Royal pushes Rolston against the cage but Rolston circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.
That kick from Rolston tenderised Royal's leg. Royal is trying to keep his angry face on.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Rolston scores with a nice head shot.
It looks like Sam Royal has been cut.
Sam Royal seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Donk. Rolston catches Royal right on the button with a cross.
A kick lands to the mid section there for Rolston.
Rolston scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Rolston lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Royal chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Rolston can pounce on him.
Rolston throws a leg kick which misses Royal's front leg but catches the back leg as Royal tries to avoid it.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Rolston thuds a left hand into Royal's body.
Royal tries to check the leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Rolston throws a quick inside leg kick.
Rolston scores with a nice head shot.
A cross from Rolston lands.
Rolston throws a combination. Royal tries to block but a couple of punches get through.
Royal takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Rolston connects with an inside leg kick.
Rolston with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Rolston jabs away that one connects to the head of his opponent.
James Rolston is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Rolston gets a clinch.
Rolston gets through Royal's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Rolston holding his opponent close, against the cage.
Royal takes an elbow to the temple.
Rolston stalling against the cage.
Rolston using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as Rolston takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.
The ref breaks the fighters up, due to lack of action by James Rolston.
Royal takes a body kick right on the floating rib. Ouchie.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
A head kick misses from Rolston.
Rolston moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Rolston dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Royal. That did some damage!
Rolston clinches.
Rolston lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
That has opened up Sam Royal's cut even more.
Rolston is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Rolston landing knees to the body.
Rolston lands an elbow just above Royal 's eye.
Rolston gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Rolston cracks Royal with a nice body shot.
Rolston working Royal over with knees to the body.
Rolston lands a shot to the body.
Rolston is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Rolston lands with a short head shot on the inside.
The cut above Sam Royal's eye is starting to cause him problems now.
Royal's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
A short uppercut from Rolston.
The referee calls for Rolston to work.
Rolston with a knee to the head.
Rolston stalling.
Royal can't get the takedown.
Rolston digs a right hand into Royal's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Royal's gas tank.
Royal letting Rolston take a breather here.
Rolston seems to have come into the fight with the intention of avoiding any damage in the clinch, rather than actually showing any aggression.
Rolston lands an elbow inside that Royal shrugs off.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Rolston utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Royal takes a knee right on the jaw!
Sam Royal's cut is absolute horrible now. This looks like something out of a horror film with blood covering both fighters.
Rolston lands a nice elbow.
Rolston'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.
Knees to the body from Rolston.
Rolston lands an elbow inside that Royal shrugs off.
The referee calls the doctor in to look at Sam Royal's cut. Oh no, the doctor has called an end to the bout!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:32 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Cut). James Rolston!
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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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