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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Dick van Greeven (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Biff Hemlock (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). van Greeven kept the crowd waiting but all that was forgotten when his ring entrance music started. The incomparable musical genius that is Tom Waits - Telephone call from Istanbul. Hemlock is bobbing his head along to his entrance song: Champagneros. The fight MMA fans around the world have waited their entire lives for!
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284 lbs
13 - 11 - 1 |
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220 lbs
11 - 5 - 0 |
Good wrestling
Solid boxing
Very strong |
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BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent boxer
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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
13 - 11 - 1, fighting out of Las Vegas, Dick van Greeven!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
11 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Biff Hemlock!
The judges for this bout are Robert Twigg, George Francis and Tiny Johnson.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Hemlock slips under a jab.
van Greeven avoids the body shot from Hemlock.
van Greeven shoots in from a long way out. He's driving through with the takedown attempt and he eventually gets it, landing in Hemlock's guard.
van Greeven will need to keep those long limbs tucked in whilst he's on the ground, to prevent any submissions.
van Greeven won't allow Hemlock to sweep him here.
van Greeven pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Hemlock is keeping the position for now.
van Greeven is intent on slowing down the pace of the fight, simply looking to control.
Hemlock tries to land a sweep but no joy.
van Greeven postures up.
van Greeven stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Hemlock swivels though and keeps the full guard.
The referee claps his hands together and tells the fighters to work.
Hemlock wants to stand and escape but van Greeven is having none of it.
van Greeven drops back for a leg! It's a sloppy attempt though and van Greeven jumps back into guard quickly, to retain the dominant position.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Hemlock is looking for a triangle but van Greeven pushes his legs off easily.
Hemlock working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from van Greeven.
That's one minute gone in the round.
van Greeven not doing a lot at the moment. He'll have to show some more aggression or the fight will get stood up.
Hemlock working a defensive guard here.
van Greeven missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Hemlock has a loose triangle. He'll be looking to tighten that up but van Greeven can see exactly what he's planning and manages to posture up and free himself.
van Greeven is frustrating his opponent with some stalling tactics from top position.
Hemlock is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
van Greeven lands a couple of elbows.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
A few boos can be heard. I'm sure they will multiply if the fighters don't pick up the pace.
van Greeven wants to control from the top but Hemlock keeps moving.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Hemlock is trying to control the position but van Greeven postures up.
van Greeven connects with a couple of short punches.
van Greeven chips away with some ground and pound.
Hemlock keeping moving, preventing van Greeven from controlling successfully.
van Greeven slows down the pace of the fight for a moment. He'll need to remain active if he doesn't want to see the fight stood back up.
Hemlock trying to control the position.
van Greeven trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
van Greeven has to be careful here, sitting in the guard of a superior BJJ player.
van Greeven slows down the pace of the fight for a moment. He'll need to remain active if he doesn't want to see the fight stood back up.
Hemlock controls van Greeven momentarily but van Greeven frees himself.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
The ref stands the fighters back up. Dick van Greeven wasn't doing enough on the ground.
van Greeven avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Hemlock tries to close the distance and clinch up but van Greeven swats him away and circles back towards the center.
van Greeven avoids the head kick by Hemlock.
van Greeven scores with a nice takedown into half guard. Let's see what he's got on the ground.
van Greeven sitting and controlling from the half guard.
Hemlock is trying to maintain the position but van Greeven is very close to passing his half guard.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Hemlock moves his hips nicely and gets into full guard.
van Greeven trying to control the position from guard on top but Hemlock is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Hemlock being controlled here, momentarily.
Dick van Greeven has forced the referee to step in and bring the fight back to the feet.
van Greeven shoots in for a takedown! He's got it and he's managed to land in full mount! That's better than van Greeven was expecting from the takedown attempt, I'm sure!
Hemlock is desperately trying to get back to half guard.
van Greeven can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Hemlock is looking to escape.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Dick van Greeven dominated that round.
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.
van Greeven stuffs a takedown. It's all about dictating where the fight takes place and van Greeven wants it to stay on the feet.
Hemlock tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. van Greeven manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Hemlock keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.
Hemlock misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from van Greeven.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
van Greeven steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Hemlock.
Biff Hemlock is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
A combination from Hemlock does no damage.
Hemlock uses good head movement to avoid the hook from van Greeven.
A shot to the liver by Hemlock. Beautiful body shot.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Hemlock takes a swing at van Greeven's ribcage but misses.
Hemlock throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and van Greeven makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Biff Hemlock seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
van Greeven doesn't succeed with the takedown
and Hemlock counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Hemlock throws a half hearted mid kick.
van Greeven misses with a takedown
and Hemlock connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Dick van Greeven. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Hemlock throws a head kick that misses.
The fight stays on the outside here - Hemlock looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
van Greeven walks forward, straight into a front kick from Hemlock.
Hemlock throws a left and a right that both miss
and van Greeven counters with a nice double leg into half guard.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Hemlock is trying to get back to full guard.
Still in half guard, van Greeven seems content to control.
van Greeven seems very keen to just sit and control from half guard but Hemlock does not like that idea so much and is remaining active off his back.
Hemlock trying to hold on to van Greeven's head to control him but van Greeven postures up.
Hemlock tries to get to full guard but van Greeven has control of the leg.
The referee is asking the fighters to pick up the pace.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
van Greeven trying to control from half guard but Hemlock is working away.
The referee decides to stand the fighters back up, due to lack of activity on the part of Dick van Greeven.
Hemlock's corner calls for a 1-2. Hemlock obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
Hemlock throws a head kick that misses.
van Greeven looks for a takedown but Hemlock sprawls well.
Hemlock displaying good standup as he scores with a three punch combination.
van Greeven misses with a takedown attempt
letting Hemlock counter with a right hand.
Hemlock throws a head kick but van Greeven moves out of range.
Hemlock swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and van Greeven counters with a three punch combination, finished off with a leg kick. Nice work.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Hemlock closes the distance looking to clinch
and van Greeven counters with a single leg into guard. Hemlock didn't expect that.
van Greeven trying to control but Hemlock is working from the bottom.
Hemlock not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
van Greeven wants to control from the top but Hemlock keeps moving.
The referee must be thinking about standing these guys back up.
There's a bit of a scramble here and now Hemlock is on top in guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Biff Hemlock showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business. Ladies and gentlemen, this is the final round!
van Greeven tries to shoot in for a takedown. He's got hold of a leg but Hemlock swivels and escapes.
van Greeven scores a trip takedown into side control. Nice.
van Greeven lands a nice forearm strike.
van Greeven tries to advance to mount but can't.
Hemlock struggling a bit here.
van Greeven creates a bit of distance and throws down some hard shots.
van Greeven trying to control the action but Hemlock is working from the bottom.
Hemlock struggling a bit here.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
That's one minute gone in the round.
van Greeven happy to just control the position for now.
van Greeven wants to lay and pray for a moment but Hemlock keeps working.
Hemlock looking for a sweep but van Greeven has passed into full mount! Oh no!
van Greeven wants to control the pace but Hemlock is squirming around nicely.
van Greeven is going to have to think about doing something other than just controlling because Hemlock is managing to avoid having the position dictated to him.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are getting on the fighters' backs, as the pace has dropped off in the last minute or so.
Hemlock throwing punches from his back but nothing is landing.
van Greeven trying to control but he's not successful this time.
Hemlock is in all sorts of trouble here.
A nice elbow there by van Greeven.
Hemlock is writhing around trying to get back to his feet.
van Greeven scoring with some good ground and pound from mount here. Will he manage to finish Hemlock?
Hemlock is looking to improve his position but van Greeven isn't that keen on the idea.
van Greeven has control of Hemlock's right arm, working for a kimura. It's a bit of a token attempt though and Hemlock regains control of the situation pretty easily.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
van Greeven controlling his opponent.
Dick van Greeven overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Hemlock is in all sorts of trouble here.
van Greeven working away from the top, dropping strikes.
van Greeven controlling from mount.
van Greeven seems to have a rather negative gameplan on the ground. He seems keen to just score the takedown and hold down Hemlock for as long as he can get away with.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Hemlock wants to control but van Greeven is having none of it.
van Greeven landing shots from mount.
van Greeven is in the full mount, landing strikes.
Hemlock slips a leg in and gets back to half guard.
Hemlock is working for an escape here. He's hooked one of van Greeven's legs and he's managed to sneak out and take van Greeven's back!
van Greeven defends a rear naked choke attempt by controlling one of Hemlock's arms.
Hemlock doesn't have the hooks in and van Greeven manages to turn into his guard.
And that's the end of the fight!
Dick van Greeven showed his dominance in that final round.
I think van Greeven has won this one but let's see what the judges have to say. 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 Robert Twigg scores the fight 29:28
Judge George Francis scores the fight 29:28
Judge Tiny Johnson scores the fight 29:28
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Dick van Greeven!
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energy
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hype
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