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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Bas Rutten (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Mickey O Neil (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Rutten comes to the cage accompanied by El Guapo Likes to Dance. O Neil has chosen Golden Brown as his entrance music. Mickey O Neil is staring across the cage at his opponent, tweaking his nipples.
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220 lbs
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217 lbs
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Abu Dhabi Champ
World class MT
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Good wrestler
World class boxer
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
15 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Bas Rutten!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
21 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Mickey O Neil!
The judges for this bout are Dmitry Maklakov, Illya Tyunina and Aleksei Zolotukhin.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Rutten throws a push kick but O Neil slaps the foot to one side.
Rutten fails with an attempt to clinch.
Rutten on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
O Neil takes a swing at Rutten's ribcage but misses.
O Neil connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
O Neil scores with a punch to the head.
O Neil connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
O Neil ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
O Neil lands with a kick to the ribs.
Rutten is breathing heavily.
O Neil swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
O Neil is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Rutten tries to land a leg kick but O Neil saw it coming and moves away.
O Neil throws a good cross that connects.
O Neil moves into the clinch.
O Neil digs a right hand into Rutten's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Rutten's gas tank.
O Neil misses with a punch to the body.
O Neil misses with a body punch.
O Neil lands a hook to the side of the head.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Rutten tries to throw a body punch but O Neil avoids it by throwing Rutten back against the cage.
O Neil working aggressively here.
Rutten tries a knee to the head but O Neil blocks it.
O Neil blocks an elbow strike from Rutten.
Rutten trying to land knees to the body.
Rutten blocking some punches.
Rutten missing with knees to the body.
Rutten trying to land knees to the body.
Rutten struggles to land a body shot inside as O Neil controls his hands.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, O Neil creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
O Neil blocks an elbow strike.
Rutten's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
O Neil misses with a body punch.
O Neil tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Rutten lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt O Neil or not.
Rutten takes a shot to the head.
Rutten crunches a lovely knee into O Neil's ribcage.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
O Neil throws a head punch that misses.
Rutten lands a nice elbow.
Rutten lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
O Neil lands a body shot.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Rutten scores with a hook to the body.
O Neil can't find room to land a body shot as Rutten controls the action.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Rutten just misses with a elbow thrown towards O Neil's brow.
O Neil doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
O Neil misses with a short punch on the inside.
Rutten lands a knee to the body.
O Neil throws a head punch that misses.
O Neil lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Rutten pushes O Neil back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Rutten on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
O Neil tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
O Neil has a couple of punches blocked by Rutten.
O Neil lands a shoulder strike.
Knees to the body from Rutten.
Rutten gets control of O Neil's arms and successfully pulls guard. Rutten will no doubt be looking for submissions off his back.
O Neil got a little sloppy there for a moment and Rutten has worked his way into a loose triangle - can he finish it?! No, O Neil has managed to get both his arms back between Rutten's legs - danger averted.
O Neil pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Rutten is keeping the position for now.
Rutten had isolated an arm as going for a kimura. O Neil defends it easily.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Rutten is trying to keep O Neil in close.
Rutten looking for submissions from the bottom but instead O Neil passes into side control.
O Neil decides to stand up, so the ref orders Rutten to his feet.
Rutten fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with O Neil, pushing him back against the cage.
O Neil swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Rutten'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.
O Neil struggles to land a body shot inside as Rutten controls his hands.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Rutten throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Rutten blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
O Neil struggles to land a body shot inside as Rutten controls his hands.
Rutten misses with an elbow strike.
O Neil dodges an elbow strike from Rutten.
Rutten tries to pull guard but O Neil forces him back to his feet, against the cage.
O Neil lands a left hand.
O Neil misses with the head strike.
O Neil fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Rutten blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Rutten throws an elbow but it's blocked.
O Neil lands a right hand.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Rutten lands a knee to the body.
O Neil stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
O Neil misses with a hook to the ribs.
O Neil managing to block the knees to the body from Rutten.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
A nice right hand lands inside from O Neil.
Rutten tries to throw a body punch but O Neil avoids it by throwing Rutten back against the cage.
Rutten trying to land knees to the body.
Rutten with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Nice elbow from Rutten.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Mickey O Neil dominated that round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.
Rutten tries to score with a low kick but O Neil moves his leg out of the way.
It looks like Mickey O Neil has been cut.
Rutten stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
O Neil lands a jab to Rutten's midsection.
Rutten keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from O Neil.
Rutten with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
O Neil misses with a hook. Rutten ducked under it nicely.
Rutten moves out of range of the body kick from O Neil.
O Neil ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Rutten moves away.
Rutten lands a leg kick that knocks O Neil off balance momentarily.
O Neil wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
O Neil clinches with his opponent.
Rutten blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Rutten trying to land knees to the body.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Rutten's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Rutten pushes off an throws an elbow but O Neil leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Rutten.
A short right from O Neil.
That's one minute gone in the round.
O Neil swings wildly with an uppercut but Rutten uses good head movement to avoid it.
Rutten blocks a body shot from O Neil.
O Neil avoiding damage as Rutten throws knees to the body.
Rutten tries to land knees in the clinch but O Neil avoids the damage to the body.
O Neil blocks an elbow strike.
Rutten lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Rutten working O Neil over with knees to the body.
Bas Rutten has scored more points in the clinch so far.
O Neil avoids a wild elbow strike from Rutten.
Rutten missing with knees to the body.
Rutten lands an elbow that stopped O Neil in his tracks for a moment.
Rutten misses with a knee strike.
O Neil has a couple of punches blocked by Rutten.
O Neil misses with a body punch.
A nice right hand lands inside from O Neil.
O Neil goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Rutten with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Rutten trying to land knees to the body.
A short right from O Neil.
O Neil working some nice short punches in the clinch.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Rutten misses with an elbow over the top.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Rutten.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Rutten with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
O Neil tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Rutten's elbow.
Rutten tries to land knees in the clinch but O Neil avoids the damage to the body.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, O Neil creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
O Neil misses with a punch on the inside.
O Neil misses with a hook to the ribs.
O Neil swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Rutten creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Rutten stalling against the cage.
Rutten fails to pull guard.
O Neil trying to land knees to the body.
O Neil tries to work over Rutten's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Rutten.
Rutten misses with a knee to the head.
O Neil lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Rutten blocks a body shot from O Neil.
O Neil lands a right hand that snaps the head of Rutten backwards.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
O Neil scores with a nice hook to the head.
Rutten prevents a body shot from O Neil.
O Neil misses with a short punch on the inside.
A short left from O Neil.
Rutten tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and O Neil avoids it.
Rutten is trying to pull guard but O Neil turns him against the cage and we stay in the clinch.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Rutten tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and O Neil avoids it.
O Neil blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Rutten throws an elbow but it's blocked.
O Neil softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Rutten lands an elbow inside.
O Neil misses with a short punch on the inside.
O Neil swings away with an uppercut that misses.
O Neil misses with a hook to the ribs.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for O Neil.
Rutten stalling in the clinch but O Neil improves position.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Rutten.
A short left from Rutten.
Rutten lands an elbow inside that O Neil shrugs off.
Rutten tries to land a knee to the head but O Neil blocks with his arms.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
O Neil makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
O Neil working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Rutten goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Rutten misses with an elbow strike.
O Neil goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
O Neil lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Rutten lands a body punch.
Rutten creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
O Neil lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
O Neil misses with a hook from the clinch.
O Neil lands a right hand.
O Neil lands a right hand.
O Neil avoiding damage as Rutten throws knees to the body.
O Neil lands a right hand.
Rutten is rocked!
O Neil presses Rutten against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Oh Rutten is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
O Neil goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
O Neil lands with a short head shot on the inside.
O Neil tries a body shot but Rutten blocks it.
O Neil is working Rutten over against the cage.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Mickey O Neil showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Mickey O Neil's cut.
That's time! Back to the action!
O Neil drops Rutten with a big left hand and mounts him. Rutten is in big trouble!
O Neil content just to control the position here.
O Neil trying to control but he's not successful this time.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Rutten is writhing around trying to get back to his feet.
Rutten seems to have got his legs back now.
O Neil tries to control but Rutten wriggling away.
Rutten is wriggling around trying to escape.
O Neil tries to control but Rutten wriggling away.
The referee is asking the fighters to pick up the pace.
O Neil might have to switch it up a bit here because his efforts to control Rutten kaven't been going to plan, at least at the current moment in time.
O Neil prevents Rutten from getting the reversal.
That's one minute gone in the round.
O Neil can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Rutten is looking to escape.
Rutten bucks up and manages to get a nice reversal! He's in guard on the top - nicely done!
Rutten drops back looking for a leg! O Neil is in trouble here! The fighters roll with the hold and O Neil manages to kick Rutten off! Rutten jumps back into O Neil's guard.
O Neil keeping full guard, as Rutten tries to pass.
Rutten trying to control but O Neil is working from the bottom.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Rutten pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. O Neil is keeping the position for now.
O Neil has a closed guard, preventing anything of note from happening. Perhaps he's looking to stall.
Bas Rutten overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Rutten stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. O Neil swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Rutten is holding a leg here, probably looking for an ankle lock - he drops back and goes for it! O Neil is in trouble! Is it all over??? No! O Neil has escaped and now he's on top!
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Rutten looking for submissions off his back, moving his hips, looking for an opening.
O Neil stops Rutten from standing up.
Rutten had isolated an arm as going for a kimura. O Neil defends it easily.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
O Neil being controlled here momentarily.
O Neil wants to pass the guard but Rutten is keeping the position.
O Neil would like to get this fight back to the feet but can't get free from the closed guard.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
O Neil wants to control from the top but Rutten keeps moving.
O Neil is looking to stand up but Rutten won't let him.
Rutten looking for a triangle here. O Neil is fighting it but it looks tight! Rutten pulls the arm across and this one won't last much longer! Nope, O Neil is tapping out - this one is all over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:46 of round 3, we have a winner by way of Submission (Triangle Choke). Bas Rutten!
Our winner, Bas Rutten, made sure he spent some time buttering up the crowd during his post fight interview, which will no doubt bring him a few more fans.
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energy
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hype
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pop
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