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Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Stephen Keyes (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jean Claude Van Damme (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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162 lbs
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162 lbs
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Decent wrestler
Excellent MT
Granite chin |
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BJJ Brown Belt
World class MT
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the lightweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
12 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Stephen Keyes!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
9 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Jean Claude Van Damme!
The judges for this bout are Saam Ante, Nard Betker and Albert Achterberg.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Van Damme misses with a body kick.
Jean Claude Van Damme seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Van Damme is looking to clinch but Keyes is avoiding it.
Keyes throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Keyes circles away from the clinch attempt
and Keyes counters with a left and a right that stings Van Damme.
Van Damme is looking to clinch.
Van Damme on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Keyes throws an overhand right that lands on Van Damme's shoulder, as Van Damme tries to avoid the shot.
Keyes throws a body punch but Van Damme moves out of range.
Keyes circles away from the clinch attempt
and Keyes counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Van Damme thinking.
Keyes misses with a wild body shot.
Keyes throws a head kick that Van Damme semi-blocks.
It looks like Jean Claude Van Damme has been cut.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Van Damme tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Van Damme tries to clinch up.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Van Damme moves to clinch but Keyes breaks away
letting Keyes counter with a right hand.
Van Damme tries a head kick but it misses.
Van Damme tries to clinch but Keyes moves away
and he gets countered with a snapping leg kick.
Keyes pivots, looking for a leg kick but Van Damme is out of range and Keyes settles back down.
Van Damme scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Van Damme is looking to clinch.
Van Damme is looking to clinch but Keyes is avoiding it.
Van Damme moves into range and clinches up with Keyes.
Van Damme tries a knee to the head but Keyes blocks it.
Van Damme takes a shot to the head.
Van Damme with a knee to the head.
A short left from Keyes.
Keyes tries to land knees in the clinch but Van Damme avoids the damage to the body.
Keyes takes an elbow to the temple.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Keyes lands a body punch in the clinch.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Keyes throws a punch but it's blocked by Van Damme.
Van Damme with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Keyes lands an uppercut.
Van Damme misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Keyes.
Van Damme takes a shot to the head.
Keyes lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Van Damme landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Van Damme pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the ropes.
Van Damme trying to land knees to the body.
Van Damme creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Keyes's defenses.
Keyes lands a body shot in the clinch.
Keyes looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Keyes.
Van Damme with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Keyes managing to block the knees to the body from Van Damme.
Van Damme on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Van Damme using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Keyes is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Van Damme is keeping busy.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Van Damme avoids the elbow strike from Keyes, against the ropes.
Van Damme with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Van Damme throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Keyes blocks it with crossed arms.
Van Damme taking a breather.
Keyes tries a knee to the head but Van Damme blocks it.
Keyes lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Keyes working aggressively here.
Keyes looking to throw knees to the head but Van Damme is blocking nicely.
Van Damme tries to land knees in the clinch but Keyes avoids the damage to the body.
Keyes tries to throw a body punch but Van Damme avoids it by throwing Keyes back against the ropes.
Keyes stalling.
Keyes lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Van Damme tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Keyes avoids it.
Keyes lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Keyes is pushing Van Damme up against the ropes, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.
Keyes lands with a short head shot on the inside.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Van Damme lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Keyes backwards.
Van Damme lands a good knee to the midsection. Keyes won't want to take too many of those.
Van Damme throws a knee to the head but misses.
Keyes avoids the elbow strike from Van Damme, against the ropes.
Van Damme using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Keyes has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Keyes looking to stall.
Van Damme using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Keyes has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Keyes avoiding damage as Van Damme throws knees to the body.
Van Damme utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Keyes as Van Damme tries to tie him up.
Van Damme misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Keyes.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Van Damme being controlled against the ropes.
Keyes landing knees to the head.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Stephen Keyes dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Jean Claude Van Damme's cut.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!
Van Damme doesn't manage to clinch there - Keyes circles away.
Keyes clinches up against the ropes.
Keyes fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Van Damme with a knee to the head.
The referee is keeping an eye on Keyes - much more stalling and he will separate the fighters.
Van Damme is stalling here.
Keyes blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Keyes tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Van Damme avoids it.
Keyes on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Van Damme with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Van Damme taking a breather.
Van Damme trying to land knees to the body.
Keyes managing to block the knees to the body from Van Damme.
Van Damme tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Keyes avoids it.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Keyes has Van Damme pressed against the ropes.
Van Damme looking to throw knees to the head but Keyes is blocking nicely.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Van Damme misses with a knee strike.
A short uppercut from Keyes.
Keyes lands with a right to the head.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
Van Damme tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Keyes avoids it.
Keyes lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Keyes trying to land knees to the body.
Keyes stalling in the clinch.
Keyes tries to stall but Van Damme uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Van Damme trying to land knees to the body.
Keyes tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Van Damme misses with a knee strike.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Keyes.
Keyes throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Van Damme blocks it with crossed arms.
Van Damme lands a knee to the head.
Keyes tries a knee to the head but Van Damme blocks it.
Keyes tries to land a knee to the head but Van Damme blocks with his arms.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Keyes is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the ropes.
Van Damme misses with a knee strike.
Keyes lands an elbow inside that Van Damme shrugs off.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Van Damme misses with a knee to the head.
Van Damme lands an elbow that stopped Keyes in his tracks for a moment.
Stephen Keyes has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Keyes working Van Damme over with knees to the body.
Van Damme with an attempt at a knee that misses.
A knee to the head by Van Damme.
Keyes is looking to control Van Damme's arms but Van Damme gets an underhook and turns him. Now Keyes has his back to the ropes.
Keyes lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Van Damme scores with a knee to the head.
Van Damme lands a damaging elbow.
Keyes throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Van Damme blocks it with crossed arms.
A bit of stalling here from Keyes.
Van Damme throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Keyes blocks it with crossed arms.
Still in the clinch, Keyes scores with a nice short uppercut.
Van Damme holding his opponent close, against the ropes.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Keyes trying to stall but Van Damme improves his position.
Van Damme is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the ropes.
Keyes trying to stall but Van Damme improves his position.
Keyes lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Van Damme tries a knee to the head but Keyes blocks it.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Van Damme looking to throw knees to the head but Keyes is blocking nicely.
Keyes lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Keyes scores with a knee to the head.
Van Damme tries a knee to the head but Keyes blocks it.
Keyes looking to slow down the pace here.
Van Damme with a knee to the head.
Keyes blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Keyes blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Keyes with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Keyes avoiding damage as Van Damme throws knees to the body.
Keyes struggles to land a body shot inside as Van Damme controls his hands.
Keyes digs a right hand underneath Van Damme's ribcage. Van Damme let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Van Damme is breathing heavily.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
A short right hand to the side of the head by Keyes.
Keyes misses with a knee to the head.
Keyes lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Keyes lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Van Damme or not.
Keyes working Van Damme over with knees to the body.
Keyes escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Van Damme moves to clinch but Keyes breaks away
and Keyes counters with an inside leg kick.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Keyes stalks Van Damme and leaps in with a furious combination of punches. Uppercuts and crosses smash into Van Damme's face. Van Damme staggers backwards, shaken.
Keyes lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
Keyes scores with a jab to the body.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Stephen Keyes dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Jean Claude Van Damme's cut.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!
A nice combination there by Keyes.
Van Damme slips under a jab.
Van Damme tries to clinch up against the ropes, rushing in the close the distance. Keyes manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Stephen Keyes is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Van Damme tries to grapple but his opponent circles
and Keyes counters with a nice low kick that buckles Van Damme's knee momentarily.
Keyes with a nice cross.
Van Damme tries to land a front kick but Keyes steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
Van Damme tries to clinch but fails miserably
and Keyes counters with a nice body kick.
Keyes lands a jab to Van Damme's midsection.
Van Damme takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Sloppy strikes from Keyes. Those never looked like landing.
Keyes throws a body kick that sends a sickening thudding noise reverberating around the arena.
Stephen Keyes is winning the standup battle so far.
Van Damme misses with a low kick.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Keyes throws a head kick that misses.
Van Damme doesn't manage to clinch there - Keyes circles away.
Van Damme moves in looking to clinch but Keyes pushes him off.
Keyes throws out a leg kick but Van Damme moves out of range and Keyes only half commits.
Van Damme fails in his attempt to clinch.
Keyes lands a high kick!
Keyes lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Keyes, right into the meat.
Van Damme wants to clinch up but Keyes keeps it at a distance.
Keyes throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Van Damme.
Van Damme misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Keyes connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Van Damme momentarily.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Van Damme is pinned up against the ropes taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Keyes dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Van Damme blocks a head kick by Keyes.
Van Damme tries to clinch up.
Keyes feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Van Damme's calf.
Keyes avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Van Damme misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Van Damme doesn't manage to clinch there - Keyes circles away.
Van Damme throws a front kick aimed at Keyes's knee but Keyes avoids it well.
The fight stays on the outside here - Van Damme looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Van Damme throws a head kick that connects with a bit of head and a bit of hand.
Van Damme is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Van Damme tries to clinch up against the ropes, rushing in the close the distance. Keyes manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Keyes circles away from the clinch attempt.
Van Damme needs to keep his hands up - Keyes had a free shot at his head there.
Keyes with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Keyes throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Van Damme looks to clinch
and Keyes counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
A decent looking body kick lands there for Van Damme.
Van Damme scores with a push kick.
Van Damme closes the distance but Keyes moves to the side
and Keyes counters with a nice body kick.
A nice leg kick lands there from Keyes.
A head kick misses from Keyes.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Van Damme tries to clinch but Keyes is having none of it.
Keyes has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Van Damme.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Van Damme tries to clinch up.
Nice shot by Keyes.
Van Damme tries to clinch but Keyes is having none of it.
Van Damme pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Keyes gets tackled into the ropes by Van Damme. Van Damme maintains the clinch.
Keyes with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Keyes managing to block the knees to the body from Van Damme.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Van Damme is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Keyes is defending well for now.
Keyes taking a breather.
Keyes takes a knee to the side of the body.
Van Damme throws a knee to the head but misses.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Stephen Keyes clearly takes that round.
The cut man is working on Jean Claude Van Damme's cut.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.
Van Damme tries to clinch up but Keyes circles away and keeps his distance.
Keyes fails to land with a series of punches.
Van Damme moves in looking to clinch but Keyes pushes him off.
Van Damme doesn't manage to clinch there - Keyes circles away.
Van Damme tries to close the distance and clinch up but Keyes swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Van Damme tries to clinch but Keyes is having none of it.
Van Damme tries to clinch up against the ropes, rushing in the close the distance. Keyes manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Van Damme looks to clinch
and Keyes counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Keyes blocks a head kick by Van Damme.
Van Damme tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Van Damme tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Keyes throws a sloppy head kick and Van Damme moves out of range easily.
Van Damme tries to close the distance and clinch up but Keyes swats him away and circles back towards the center.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Van Damme tries a low kick but Keyes avoids it.
Van Damme buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Van Damme tries to close the distance and clinch up but Keyes swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Van Damme darts in trying to clinch
and Keyes counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Van Damme thinking.
Van Damme lands a nice leg kick that just misses Keyes's sensitive parts.
Van Damme tries to clinch but Keyes is having none of it.
Keyes lands a jab-cross combination.
Van Damme tries to clinch up.
Van Damme wants to clinch.
Van Damme throws a sloppy head kick and Keyes moves out of range easily.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Van Damme moves out of range of the body kick.
Van Damme tries to clinch up against the ropes, rushing in the close the distance. Keyes manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Keyes scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Van Damme doesn't seem bothered though.
Keyes misses with a head kick.
Van Damme plants his feet and lands a nice head kick!
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Van Damme tries to clinch but Keyes moves away
and Van Damme takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Keyes thows a body shot but no joy.
Keyes throws a one two combo.
It's got to the stage where if one of these guys blows hard enough, the other might fall over.
Van Damme wants to clinch but Keyes slips to the side
and Keyes counters with a left and a right that stings Van Damme.
Van Damme is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Van Damme tries to close the distance and clinch but Keyes swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Keyes cracks Van Damme with an open hand slap.
Keyes swats away the attempt to clinch by Van Damme.
Van Damme closes the distance looking to clinch
and Keyes counters with a lovely straight right hand!
A head kick misses from Van Damme.
Van Damme tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Van Damme moves to clinch but Keyes breaks away
and Keyes counters with an outside leg kick.
Keyes gets a clinch.
Keyes wants to stall.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Keyes pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Keyes ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Van Damme is looking to slow Keyes down with leg kicks.
An inside leg kick lands from Van Damme.
Van Damme throws a head kick but Keyes moves out of range.
Van Damme wants to clinch
and Keyes counters with a two punch combo.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Van Damme tries to clinch up.
Van Damme tries to clinch but Keyes is having none of it.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Keyes circles away from the clinch attempt.
Van Damme throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Van Damme is looking to clinch.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close fourth round but Jean Claude Van Damme will probably get the nod - 10:9.
The cut man is working on Jean Claude Van Damme's cut.
That's time! Keyes's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight. This is the final round!
Van Damme is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Van Damme takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Nice shot by Keyes.
Van Damme tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Keyes throws a head kick that misses.
Nice body kick from Keyes.
Van Damme tries to clinch but Keyes moves out of range.
Van Damme moves away from the strike by Keyes.
Van Damme tries to clinch up but Keyes circles away and keeps his distance.
Van Damme wants to clinch.
Van Damme has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
Van Damme fails with an attempt to clinch.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Keyes closes the distance and clinches.
Keyes effectively controlling the action here.
Van Damme crunches a lovely knee into Keyes's ribcage.
Van Damme throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Van Damme avoiding damage as Keyes throws knees to the body.
Van Damme trying to land knees to the body.
Van Damme with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Van Damme trying to land knees to the body.
Van Damme trying to land knees to the body.
Keyes working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Van Damme lands a nice knee to the body.
Both of our modern day gladiators look out of it here - an gruelling 5 rounds of action taking it's toll on them, no doubt.
Van Damme tries to land knees in the clinch but Keyes avoids the damage to the body.
Nice elbow from Van Damme.
Keyes is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Van Damme is defending well for now.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Keyes misses with some punches.
Van Damme lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
The two fighters are working to gain dominance in the clinch.
Keyes with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Nice elbow from Van Damme.
Keyes tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Keyes dodges an elbow strike from Van Damme.
Van Damme tries a knee to the head but Keyes blocks it.
Van Damme unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Keyes looking to slow down the pace here.
Keyes scores with a knee to the head.
Van Damme throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Keyes blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Van Damme connects with a knee to the head.
Van Damme tries to land knees in the clinch but Keyes avoids the damage to the body.
Keyes breaks from the clinch.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Van Damme tries to clinch there but Keyes circles away.
Keyes keeps the fight on the outside.
Keyes rushes Van Damme and pushes him back against the ropes in a clinch.
Van Damme prevents a body shot from Keyes.
A shot in the inside from Keyes.
Van Damme tries a knee to the head but Keyes blocks it.
Van Damme misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Keyes.
Keyes looking to throw knees to the head but Van Damme is blocking nicely.
Van Damme lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Keyes looking to slow down the pace here.
Van Damme tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
Keyes lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Van Damme is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Keyes is defending well for now.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Keyes pushes Van Damme back against the ropes and unloads with a body punch.
Van Damme misses with a knee strike.
Keyes misses with a knee strike.
A knee to the head by Keyes.
Van Damme working Keyes over with knees to the body.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Van Damme with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Keyes throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Van Damme blocks it with crossed arms.
Keyes is trying to stall.
Keyes takes an elbow to the forehead.
Keyes looking to throw knees to the head but Van Damme is blocking nicely.
Jean Claude Van Damme has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Keyes with a knee to the head.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Van Damme lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Keyes working aggressively here.
Keyes trying to land knees to the body.
Stephen Keyes is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Keyes tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Van Damme landing knees to the head.
And that's the end of the fight!
I would just about give that final round to Jean Claude Van Damme.
Well Keyes has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 5 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Saam Ante scores the fight 48:47
Judge Nard Betker scores the fight 48:47
Judge Albert Achterberg scores the fight 50:45
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Stephen Keyes!
Stephen Keyes retains his lightweight title!
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