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Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Gabriel Batistuta (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and David Hodo (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Batistuta comes to the cage accompanied by Guns N' Roses: Knocking On Heavens Door. Hodo has chosen It's Ok... as his entrance music. I can't wait for this one - let's get the fighter introductions out of the way and get this one started!
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148 lbs
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130 lbs
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Good wrestling
World class MT
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BJJ Blue Belt
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the bantamweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
7 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Gabriel Batistuta!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
6 - 1 - 0, fighting out of London, David Hodo!
The judges for this bout are Aafke Stam, Radbod Blank and Paulsen Ambrosius.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Hodo tries to clinch
and Batistuta counters with a lovely shot to the body.
The fight stays on the outside here - Hodo looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Hodo tries to clinch but Batistuta is having none of it.
Batistuta avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
A decent looking cross lands there for Hodo.
Batistuta takes one on the button.
Hodo ducks right into an uppercut from Batistuta.
Hodo is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
David Hodo seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Batistuta wants to clinch.
Hodo is looking to clinch.
Hodo moves into the clinch.
Hodo is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.
Batistuta lands a right hand that snaps the head of Hodo backwards.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Hodo throws an elbow but it misses.
A knee to the head by Batistuta.
Hodo is rocked!
Batistuta lands an elbow inside.
Hodo is still on wobbly legs! Can Batistuta finish him?
It looks like David Hodo has been cut.
A right hand to the body from Batistuta.
Hodo tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Batistuta avoids it.
Batistuta working Hodo over with knees to the body.
Batistuta tries a knee to the head but Hodo blocks it.
Hodo misses with a body punch.
Hodo tries a knee to the head but Batistuta blocks it.
Batistuta misses with a knee strike.
Batistuta dodges an elbow strike from Hodo.
Batistuta lands a left hand.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Hodo struggles to land a body shot inside as Batistuta controls his hands.
Batistuta lands an elbow inside.
Batistuta creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Hodo's defenses.
Nice elbow from Batistuta.
Batistuta lands an elbow just above Hodo 's eye.
Batistuta pushes Hodo back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Batistuta lands a shot to the body.
Batistuta tries to land a knee to the head but Hodo blocks with his arms.
Hodo misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Batistuta.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Batistuta throws an elbow that misses.
Batistuta softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Batistuta with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Batistuta tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Hodo tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Hodo lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Hodo tries to break free but Batistuta pushes him back against the cage.
The two fighters are working to gain dominance in the clinch.
Batistuta landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Batistuta lands a nice knee to the body.
Hodo is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Hodo tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Batistuta avoids it.
Hodo missing with knees to the body.
A bit of stalling here from Batistuta.
Batistuta with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Hodo working hard to break the clinch.
Hodo breaks from the clinch.
Hodo is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
Batistuta tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Hodo was well out of range. Poor timing from Batistuta.
Hodo fails with an attempt to clinch.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Batistuta takes a kick to the side of the head.
Hodo seems to have recovered his senses.
Hodo moves out of range as Batistuta throws a body kick.
Batistuta slips under a jab.
Hodo misses with a double jab.
Batistuta pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Hodo moves in looking to clinch but Batistuta pushes him off.
Hodo throws out a powerful jab.
Batistuta misses with a kick to the body.
Hodo misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Hodo waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Batistuta.
Hodo cracks the inside of Batistuta's front leg.
Hodo scores with a punch to the head.
Hodo looks to clinch
and Batistuta counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Batistuta misses with a series of wild punches.
Batistuta throws a head kick that Hodo semi-blocks.
Hodo misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Hodo takes a swing at Batistuta's ribcage but misses.
Hodo moves in looking to clinch but Batistuta pushes him off.
A big right from Hodo misses.
The fight stays on the outside here - Hodo looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Batistuta fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Hodo, pushing him back against the cage.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Batistuta utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Batistuta throws an elbow that misses.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Gabriel Batistuta dominated that round.
The cut man is working on David Hodo's cut.
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.
Batistuta is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Batistuta tries to work over Hodo's front leg with a kick but Hodo checks it.
Hodo avoids a kick to the body.
Batistuta throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Hodo takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Batistuta wants to clinch up but Hodo keeps it at a distance.
Hodo misses with a hook. Batistuta ducked under it nicely.
Hodo throws a quick head kick that skims the top of Batistuta's head.
Hodo is looking to clinch.
David Hodo seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Hodo throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Hodo uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Batistuta.
Batistuta misses with a body kick.
A combination from Batistuta does no damage.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Batistuta showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Hodo.
Batistuta tries to close the distance and clinch but Hodo swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Hodo tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Batistuta works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
Hodo throws a head kick but Batistuta moves out of range.
David Hodo is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Batistuta lands a jab. Then a cross. Then finally a nice hook to the body. Good work there by Batistuta.
Nice jab there from Hodo.
A head kick misses from Batistuta.
Hodo lunges at Batistuta with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Batistuta's hand.
A head kick misses from Batistuta.
Hodo circles away from the clinch attempt.
Batistuta avoids the body shot from Hodo.
A slow jab from Batistuta misses its intended target.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Batistuta wants to land a leg kick but Hodo is out of range.
Hodo scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Batistuta doesn't seem bothered though.
Hodo is using his reach advantage to land shots from outside his opponent's range.
Hodo wants to clinch up but Batistuta keeps it at a distance.
Batistuta takes a head kick and keeps coming.
Hodo misses with a jab, cross combination.
Batistuta misses with a body shot.
Hodo throws a lazy head kick
and he gets countered with a snapping leg kick.
Hodo throws a series of punches but Batistuta avoids them all with ease.
Hodo looks to land a left hand but Batistuta moved out of range nicely.
Hodo throws a hook but Batistuta blocks it.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Batistuta throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Hodo throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Batistuta.
Batistuta tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Hodo paws at him with a jab and circles away.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hodo moves to clinch but Batistuta breaks away
and Batistuta counters with a nice leg kick.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Hodo takes a head kick and shrugs it off.
Hodo tries a head kick but it misses.
Hodo moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Batistuta misses with a wild body shot.
Hodo throws a right hand that Batistuta ducks under and follows up with a left that Batistuta also avoids with ease.
Hodo throws a hook to the side of Batistuta's head but Batistuta sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Batistuta misses with a lunging right hand
letting Hodo counter with a right hand.
Batistuta is looking to land body kicks.
Hodo throws an overhand right that lands on Batistuta's shoulder, as Batistuta tries to avoid the shot.
A head kick misses from Hodo.
Batistuta on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Hodo throws a sloppy head kick and Batistuta moves out of range easily.
Batistuta throws a leg kick but Hodo moved away.
Batistuta takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Batistuta walks into a straight right hand from Hodo.
Hodo uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Batistuta.
Hodo loads up on a big right hand but Batistuta slips the punch.
Hodo wants to clinch.
Nice defenses there by Batistuta.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Batistuta feints and then cracks Hodo's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Hodo down.
Batistuta takes a shot to the body in his stride.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close second round but David Hodo will probably get the nod - 10:9.
The cut man is working on David Hodo's cut.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business. This is the final round!
A combination from Hodo does no damage.
Batistuta uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Hodo.
Hodo lands a jab to the head.
A bone on bone clash there as Hodo blocks the leg kick.
Batistuta scores with a leg kick.
Batistuta moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Hodo has used his reach advantage pretty well so far tonight.
Hodo throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Batistuta on the side of the head.
Hodo throws a leg kick but Batistuta checks it.
Batistuta throws a head kick but Hodo moves out of range.
Hodo throws a front kick aimed at Batistuta's knee but Batistuta avoids it well.
Hodo misses with a head kick.
Batistuta wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Hodo tries to clinch but Batistuta is having none of it.
Hodo tries a head kick but it misses.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Hodo checks a low kick from Batistuta.
Batistuta avoids the head kick by Hodo.
Hodo missing with a left hand there. Batistuta was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Hodo tries a head kick but it misses.
Hodo lands with a good body shot.
Hodo closes the distance and clinches.
Hodo working hard to break the clinch.
Batistuta tries to land a knee to the head but Hodo blocks with his arms.
Batistuta missing with knees to the body.
Gabriel Batistuta has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Batistuta pushes off an throws an elbow but Hodo leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Hodo is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Batistuta creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Hodo's defenses.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
Hodo stalling.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Batistuta is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Hodo is defending well for now.
Batistuta using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Hodo has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Batistuta lands with a right to the head.
Batistuta lands a right hand that snaps the head of Hodo backwards.
Batistuta tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Hodo's elbow.
Batistuta blocks a punch to the side of the head.
A nice left hand lands by Batistuta.
Hodo tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Hodo works on Batistuta's body with a couple of short punches.
Hodo prevents a body shot from Batistuta.
Batistuta takes a knee to the side of the body.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Batistuta breaks the clinch.
Hodo tries a head kick but it misses.
Batistuta misses with a kick to the body.
Batistuta clinches with his opponent.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hodo lands a knee to the head.
Hodo doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Batistuta using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Hodo has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Hodo lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Hodo'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 in the clinch landing for Hodo.
Batistuta utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Batistuta just misses with a elbow thrown towards Hodo's brow.
Batistuta misses with an elbow strike.
A nice right hand lands inside from Hodo.
Hodo on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Hodo looking to throw knees to the head but Batistuta is blocking nicely.
Hodo blocks a body shot from Batistuta.
Batistuta looking to throw knees to the head but Hodo is blocking nicely.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Hodo throws a knee to the head but misses.
Hodo looking to stall.
Hodo wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Batistuta has him pressed against the cage.
Hodo misses with a punch to the body.
Batistuta lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Hodo throws a punch but it's blocked by Batistuta.
Batistuta is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Hodo is trying to force a seperation but Batistuta has the dominant position.
Batistuta landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Batistuta tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Batistuta comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
That has opened up David Hodo's cut even more.
Hodo misses with a knee to the head.
Batistuta working Hodo over with knees to the body.
Hodo with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
And that's the end of the fight!
I would just about give that final round to David Hodo.
I think Hodo has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. 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 Aafke Stam scores the fight 28:29
Judge Radbod Blank scores the fight 28:29
Judge Paulsen Ambrosius scores the fight 29:28
In favor of your winner, by split decision... David Hodo!
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hype
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