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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Toni Hernandez (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Mark van Bommel (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). van Bommel has chosen Metallica-Battery as his entrance music. The crowd giving both fighters a great reception on their way into the arena. That's good to see.
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168 lbs
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188 cm
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172 lbs
13 - 1 - 1 |
BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent boxer
Very strong |
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Good wrestler
World class boxer
Granite chin |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the welterweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
10 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Toni Hernandez!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
13 - 1 - 1, fighting out of St Petersburg, Mark van Bommel!
The judges for this bout are Roosa Järviläinen, Anni Minnemäki and Tarja Halkonen.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Hernandez looks to land a right hand but van Bommel moved out of range.
Hernandez ducks down and throws a hook to the body but van Bommel moves away.
Hernandez looks to land a left hand but van Bommel moved out of range nicely.
van Bommel throws a hook but Hernandez avoids it easily.
van Bommel waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Hernandez.
Hernandez scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. van Bommel doesn't seem bothered though.
Hernandez throws a hook but van Bommel blocks it.
Hernandez ducks down and throws a hook to the body but van Bommel moves away.
A big left from Hernandez misses.
van Bommel avoids a punch combination nicely.
van Bommel wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
van Bommel swings for the body but Hernandez moves out of range.
Hernandez on the wrong end of a nice jab.
Hernandez misses with an attempted mid kick.
That's one minute gone in the round.
van Bommel thows a body shot but no joy.
van Bommel just misses with a punch to the body.
van Bommel lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
The fighters circling - van Bommel throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
van Bommel throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
van Bommel thows a left - swing and a miss!
van Bommel checks a leg kick.
van Bommel throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Hernandez throws a head kick that misses
enabling van Bommel to counter with a crisp jab.
Hernandez takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
van Bommel looks to land a left hand but Hernandez moved out of range nicely.
Hernandez throws a right hand that misses
and van Bommel decides to take the opportunity to score a takedown. He's landed in Hernandez's guard.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
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!
Hernandez is trying to control the position from the bottom.
Hernandez working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from van Bommel.
van Bommel lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.
Hernandez on his back here. We all know that wrestlers don't like being on their back so let's see if Hernandez tries to get out of the position.
Hernandez utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Hernandez has van Bommel pulled in close to control his posture.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
The ref stands the fighters back up. Toni Hernandez wasn't doing enough on the ground.
Hernandez walks into a straight right hand from van Bommel.
van Bommel throws a body punch but Hernandez moves out of range.
van Bommel looking to shoot here. He's gone for it and he's landed a takedown into mount! Oh, that's bad for Hernandez!
Hernandez can't escape the position.
van Bommel throws an elbow from mount that misses. Lucky escape for Hernandez because van Bommel loaded up on that one.
van Bommel sends his fist crashing into the mat - the crowd let out a collective ooooooh. Let's hope he's not broken it!
Hernandez wriggling around on the bottom manages to avoid the strikes thrown by van Bommel.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
van Bommel raining down hammerfists from mount.
Hernandez tries to lock up and control but van Bommel gives him a forearm to the face and pushes him away.
van Bommel lands a big elbow.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
van Bommel looking to finish with strikes here!
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
van Bommel sends his fist crashing into the mat - the crowd let out a collective ooooooh. Let's hope he's not broken it!
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Mark van Bommel dominated that round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.
Hernandez takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
van Bommel uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Hernandez.
Hernandez throws a big shot that misses.
A combination from Hernandez does no damage.
Hernandez will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Toni Hernandez is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
van Bommel swings and misses with a hook to the body.
van Bommel throws a good cross that connects.
van Bommel cracks Hernandez with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
Hernandez ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Hernandez tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but van Bommel was well out of range. Poor timing from Hernandez.
van Bommel drops his hands momentarily and Hernandez takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
Hernandez misses with a wild body shot.
Mark van Bommel seems to be getting the better of the standup.
That's one minute gone in the round.
van Bommel uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Hernandez has time to react.
van Bommel slips a straight right by Hernandez.
The crowd cheers as van Bommel lands an impressive looking overhand right. Hernandez doesn't seem phased though.
Hernandez shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Hernandez takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
van Bommel throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Hernandez on the side of the head.
van Bommel connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Hernandez connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Hernandez throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
van Bommel scores with a jab.
A head kick misses from Hernandez.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
van Bommel fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Hernandez manages to avoid it.
Toni Hernandez seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
van Bommel blocks a head kick by Hernandez.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hernandez throws a series of punches but van Bommel avoids them all with ease.
van Bommel connects with a nice looking jab.
van Bommel fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
Hernandez looks to throw the jab but van Bommel is out of range.
Hernandez is looking to land body kicks.
Hernandez slips a straight right by van Bommel.
van Bommel looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Toni Hernandez is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
van Bommel scores with a decent looking hook.
van Bommel bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
van Bommel looks to score with a jab to the body but Hernandez is just out of range.
van Bommel lands with a good body shot.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
van Bommel throws a nice inside leg kick.
A slow jab from Hernandez misses its intended target.
Jab by van Bommel.
van Bommel bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Hernandez is really struggling to find his range with his punches. van Bommel's reach advantage is clearly causing him problems.
van Bommel connects with a right hand. Hernandez shakes it off.
van Bommel blocks the body kick.
van Bommel blocks a jab.
Hernandez falls off balance throwing a combination
and van Bommel counters with a nice uppercut.
van Bommel jabs Hernandez to the body, keeping him at a distance.
van Bommel connects with a body shot that sends Hernandez's belly button to the back.
Hernandez throws the left hand but van Bommel avoids the punch easily.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
van Bommel connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Hernandez's hands.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
van Bommel swings and misses with a hook to the body.
van Bommel wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Hernandez misses with a looping left.
van Bommel scores with a nice strike.
van Bommel feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Hernandezs jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!
van Bommel lands a big head kick that sends Hernandez tumbling to the mat! van Bommel takes a step backwards and waves Hernandez back to his feet - he wants the finish!
Hernandez is rocked!
van Bommel lands a jab to Hernandez's midsection.
Oh Hernandez is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Hernandez drops his hands momentarily and van Bommel needs no second invitation. He sets himself and throws a perfect high kick, that clips Hernandez just on the top of the head. Hernandez drops like a sack of potatoes to the canvas, out cold! Oooooooh yeah! Stick a fork in Hernandez - he's done!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:49 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Head Kick). Mark van Bommel!
Mark van Bommel is the new welterweight champion!
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hype
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