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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Gerald Kiriaki (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Martijn Walvoord (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Walvoord is bouncing up and down as he enters the arena, backed by Eternity. Gerald Kiriaki is staring across the cage at his opponent, tweaking his nipples... Tweaking his own nipples that is.
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214 lbs
5 - 2 - 0 |
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218 lbs
5 - 1 - 0 |
BJJ Purple Belt
Great elbows
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Excellent MT
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 2 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
5 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Gerald Kiriaki!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
5 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Martijn Walvoord!
The judges for this bout are Yuuki Gou, Shirou Masuda and Hirohito Nitta.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Danga de danga de dang - Kiriaki scores with a four punch combination!
It looks like Martijn Walvoord has been cut.
Walvoord throws a head kick that misses.
Kiriaki throws a hook but Walvoord blocks it.
Walvoord fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Kiriaki cracks Walvoord with a good jab.
Kiriaki throws a left and a right that both miss
and Walvoord counters by moving into the clinch.
Kiriaki trying to stall but Walvoord improves his position.
Walvoord jumps guard.
Kiriaki trying to control the position from guard on top but Walvoord is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Walvoord tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Walvoord is trying to control the position but Kiriaki postures up.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Walvoord bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Kiriaki's guard.
Walvoord controlling from the guard. I say controlling but really, he's stalling.
That's one minute gone in the round.
The ref stands the fighters back up because Gerald Kiriaki just wasn't active enough.
A looping hook to the body misses from Walvoord. Kiriaki does a little dance to reset his feet.
Kiriaki takes one on the chin but seems OK.
Kiriaki tries to clinch up but Walvoord circles away and keeps his distance.
Walvoord tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
A big left from Walvoord misses.
Walvoord misses with a low kick as Kiriaki jumps back.
Kiriaki closes the distance and lands a one-two.
Kiriaki is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Kiriaki avoids a kick to the body.
A good leg kick by Walvoord.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Kiriaki pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Kiriaki throws a push kick but Walvoord slaps the foot to one side.
Kiriaki swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
A thudding body kick lands there by Walvoord!
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Walvoord has Kiriaki up against the cage in a clinch.
Kiriaki tries to work over Walvoord's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Walvoord taking a break, stalling in the clinch.
Kiriaki throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Walvoord lands a hook that snaps the head of Kiriaki backwards.
Kiriaki avoiding damage as Walvoord throws knees to the body.
Kiriaki tries to throw a body punch but Walvoord avoids it by throwing Kiriaki back against the cage.
Walvoord content to slow the pace in the clinch.
Walvoord tries to stall but Kiriaki uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Walvoord lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Kiriaki tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Walvoord avoids it.
Kiriaki tries to work over Walvoord's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Kiriaki lands a left hand that snaps the head of Walvoord backwards.
Walvoord dictating the pace here, as the fighters clinch against the cage.
Walvoord manages to pull guard.
Walvoord is controlling Kiriaki's posture.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Kiriaki trying to control the position from guard on top but Walvoord is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Kiriaki throwing strikes from guard but Walvoord blocks nicely.
Kiriaki preventing the sweep.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Walvoord manages to land a sweep and now he's in mount on top!
Kiriaki is looking to get to half guard.
Walvoord controlling the position easily from mount.
That's five minutes gone in the round.
Kiriaki tries to reverse the position but Walvoord maintains control.
Walvoord avoids the attempt from Kiriaki to control.
Kiriaki is desperately trying to get back to half guard.
Walvoord tucks in and makes sure he doesn't lose the dominant position.
That's six minutes gone in the round.
Kiriaki is writhing around trying to get back to his feet.
It looks like we're going to have a standup here. Neither fighter is doing enough on the ground.
Walvoord slips a jab and a cross from Kiriaki.
Walvoord throws a jab when Kiriaki was well out of range.
Kiriaki throws a leg kick which misses Walvoord's front leg but catches the back leg as Walvoord tries to avoid it.
Kiriaki avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
The fight moves into the clinch position.
Kiriaki is struggling to control the position.
That's seven minutes gone in the round.
Kiriaki misses with a short punch on the inside.
Walvoord manages to get underhooks and slows down the pace for a moment.
Kiriaki trying to control the position but instead, Walvoord has worked for underhooks and has pushed Kiriaki into the cage.
Walvoord blocks the elbow strike.
Walvoord lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Kiriaki swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Kiriaki swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Walvoord avoids a wild elbow strike from Kiriaki.
Walvoord pressing his opponent against the cage.
Walvoord is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
That's eight minutes gone in the round.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as Walvoord takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.
A nice left hand lands by Kiriaki.
Kiriaki landing knees to the head.
Come on Kiriaki - let's have some action - none of this stalling nonsense.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
Kiriaki putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Walvoord in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Kiriaki fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Kiriaki pushes Walvoord back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Walvoord avoiding damage as Kiriaki throws knees to the body.
Kiriaki is trying to maintain a safe position but Walvoord gets an underhook and turns Kiriaki into the cage.
Walvoord is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Come on Walvoord - let's have some action - none of this stalling nonsense.
That's nine minutes gone in the round.
Kiriaki looking to slow down the pace here.
Walvoord prevents a body shot from Kiriaki.
Kiriaki tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Kiriaki is looking to break free of the clinch but Walvoord has double underhooks.
Walvoord stalling in the clinch but Kiriaki improves position.
Kiriaki struggles to land a body shot inside as Walvoord controls his hands.
Walvoord stalling against the cage.
Kiriaki breaks from the clinch.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Walvoord has managed to clinch.
Kiriaki throws an elbow that misses.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Kiriaki.
And thats the end of the round the fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close round but I would say that Gerald Kiriaki will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Martijn Walvoord's cut.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business. This is the final round!
Walvoord misses with a hook to the body
and Kiriaki counters into the clinch. Nicely done.
Kiriaki throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Walvoord blocks it with crossed arms.
Walvoord'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.
Kiriaki manages to break the clinch.
Nice uppercut there from Kiriaki.
Walvoord takes a nasty kick to the mid section... That should keep him thinking. Does he try and block and risk a head kick landing?
Kiriaki misses with a double jab.
Kiriaki lands with a shot to the body.
Walvoord lands a nice shot that snaps Kiriaki's head back.
Walvoord avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Kiriaki misses with a body kick.
A right-left combo lands from Kiriaki.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Walvoord tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Walvoord throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Kiriaki moves out of range of the strikes.
Kiriaki on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
Walvoord lands a head shot.
Walvoord dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Gerald Kiriaki is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Kiriaki throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Walvoord looks to land a body kick but Kiriaki moved away.
Kiriaki cracks Walvoord with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
Walvoord jabs at Kiriaki's body.
Walvoord dodges the punch combination from Kiriaki.
Nice body punch from Walvoord.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Kiriaki tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
A looping hook to the body misses from Kiriaki. Walvoord does a little dance to reset his feet.
Kiriaki tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Walvoord paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Walvoord, right into the meat.
Walvoord tries to land a front kick but Kiriaki steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
Walvoord tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Kiriaki was well out of range. Poor timing from Walvoord.
Walvoord slips under a jab from Kiriaki.
Nice defenses there by Walvoord.
Walvoord fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Gerald Kiriaki seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Walvoord looks to land a body kick but Kiriaki moved away.
A combination from Kiriaki does no damage.
Walvoord lands the left hand.
Walvoord throws a quick inside leg kick.
Walvoord throws a mid kick that lands with a slap.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Kiriaki closes the distance and clinches.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as Walvoord takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.
Walvoord lands with a right to the head.
Walvoord has used his reach advantage pretty well so far tonight.
Walvoord ties up his opponent against the cage and manages to drag the fight down to the ground. Walvoord no doubt will be looking to work submissions from his guard.
Kiriaki wants to stand but Walvoord has a closed guard, so he can't escape.
Kiriaki postures up in Walvoord's guard and throws a big left but Walvoord blocks it.
Walvoord looking to hit a scissor sweep but Kiriaki is one step ahead there.
Walvoord is pulling down on Kiriaki's head. It's preventing any offense from Kiriaki, at least for the moment.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
It looks like the ref is thinking about a standup.
OK we're going to have a standup here. Martijn Walvoord hasn't been effective enough on the ground and the referee wants a restart.
A big left from Walvoord misses.
The fight stays on the outside here - Kiriaki looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Kiriaki connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
A combination from Kiriaki does no damage.
That's five minutes gone in the round.
A head kick misses from Kiriaki.
Kiriaki lands the left hand.
Walvoord lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Walvoord instigates a clinch.
Walvoord throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Kiriaki is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Kiriaki can't seem to implement his control oriented gameplan at the moment. That's no bad thing of course, for those of us who want to see a good fight.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Kiriaki.
Walvoord fails to pull guard.
Walvoord working aggressively here.
Kiriaki misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Walvoord.
That's six minutes gone in the round.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Kiriaki as Walvoord tries to tie him up.
Kiriaki gets through Walvoord's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Walvoord is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Kiriaki is keeping busy.
Kiriaki tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Walvoord avoids it.
Walvoord tries to stall but Kiriaki uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Walvoord takes a shot to the head.
Kiriaki lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Walvoord tries to stall but Kiriaki uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Kiriaki slowing the pace effectively.
Kiriaki tries a body shot but Walvoord blocks it.
Kiriaki wants to stall.
Nice elbow from Walvoord.
That's seven minutes gone in the round.
Walvoord blocks an uppercut.
Walvoord prevents a body shot from Kiriaki.
Kiriaki throws an elbow that misses.
Some stalling of biblical proportions here from Kiriaki.
Kiriaki is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Walvoord leaning against his opponent.
Kiriaki working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Walvoord is leaning against Kiriaki and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Walvoord lands an elbow inside that Kiriaki shrugs off.
Walvoord slowing the pace effectively.
Walvoord receives a warning from the referee for stalling.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Come on Walvoord - let's have some action - none of this stalling nonsense.
Kiriaki throws a knee to the head but misses.
That's eight minutes gone in the round.
Walvoord just leaning against Kiriaki, taking a breather.
The ref breaks the fighters up, due to lack of action by Martijn Walvoord.
Kiriaki moves into range and clinches up with Walvoord.
Walvoord blocks the elbow strike.
Kiriaki is struggling to control the position.
Kiriaki misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Walvoord is trying to maintain a safe position but Kiriaki gets an underhook and turns Walvoord into the cage.
Kiriaki misses with the head strike.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Walvoord.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Walvoord doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Walvoord managing to block the knees to the body from Kiriaki.
Walvoord unloads a knee to the mid-section.
That's nine minutes gone in the round.
Walvoord digs a right hand underneath Kiriaki's ribcage. Kiriaki let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Walvoord is trying to stall.
Gerald Kiriaki has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Walvoord throws a knee to the head but misses.
Kiriaki misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Walvoord takes an elbow to the forehead.
Walvoord stalling.
Walvoord wants to stall.
Kiriaki misses with a body punch.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Kiriaki taking a breather.
A short right from Walvoord on the inside.
And that's the end of the fight!
Martijn Walvoord comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I have no idea who won that fight. Let's wait and see whether the judges are as confused as me! Time for a split decision perhaps?!. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Yuuki Gou scores the fight for Gerald Kiriaki!
Judge Shirou Masuda scores the fight for Martijn Walvoord!
Judge Hirohito Nitta scores the fight for Martijn Walvoord!
Martijn Walvoord wins by split decision!
As Martijn Walvoord got his breath back, he grabbed the microphone and managed to blurt out the following: There was no way I was going to lose this fight. Hell, my team spent a good time making an special gameplan just for this. Hopefully this erases that freaking loss from your memories guys. See you next time!'.
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