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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Ivan Drakkar (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Willy Yarbourgh (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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202 lbs
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195 lbs
5 - 3 - 0 |
BJJ Purple Belt
Great elbows
Cardio machine |
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Decent boxing
Good gas tank |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
8 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Ivan Drakkar!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
5 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Willy Yarbourgh!
The judges for this bout are Johanna Lukiainen, Tarja Halkonen and Marco Blurström.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
The fight stays on the outside here - Drakkar looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Drakkar gets caught on his heels momentarily as he allows Yarbourgh to score an easy takedown into full guard.
Drakkar utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Yarbourgh wants to pass the guard but Drakkar is keeping the position.
Yarbourgh loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Yarbourgh trying to control the position from guard on top but Drakkar is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
The fighters are tangled up in the ropes here. We might need a restart if the fighters can't break free themselves.
Yarbourgh trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Drakkar is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.
Yarbourgh looking to pass the guard.
Drakkar is adopting a defensive guard.
Neither fighter is doing enough for the referee's liking and he's decided to stand them back up.
Yarbourgh throws a head kick that half lands.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Drakkar tries to clinch up.
Drakkar is looking to clinch but Yarbourgh is avoiding it.
Drakkar tries to clinch up but Yarbourgh circles away and keeps his distance.
Drakkar tries to clinch but Yarbourgh is having none of it.
Drakkar drives through and clinches with Yarbourgh against the ropes.
Drakkar is defending well against a takedown attempt.
Drakkar lands a nice elbow.
Yarbourgh breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Drakkar is looking to clinch but Yarbourgh is avoiding it.
Drakkar wants to clinch.
Some wild striking there from Yarbourgh.
Drakkar stuffs the takedown attempt from Yarbourgh. Yarbourgh gets slowly back to his feet.
Yarbourgh circles away from the clinch attempt.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Yarbourgh misses with a two punch combination.
Yarbourgh tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Drakkar slips under a jab.
A telegraphed takedown attempt from Yarbourgh is defended easily by Drakkar.
Ivan Drakkar has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Willy Yarbourgh.
Yarbourgh misses with a jab, cross combination.
Drakkar throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Yarbourgh sees it coming and avoids it easily.
A solid leg kick lands there for Drakkar.
Drakkar circles away from the clinch attempt.
Yarbourgh throws a left and a right that both miss
and Drakkar counters with a low kick, right behind Yarbourgh 's knee.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Drakkar closes the distance and clinches.
A short right from Drakkar on the inside.
Yarbourgh turns his hips and lands a very nice judo throw into side control!
Drakkar wants to control but Yarbourgh postures up.
Drakkar is looking to reverse the position.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Yarbourgh working the body and head with strikes.
Yarbourgh tries to score with some ground and pound. Drakkar controls his posture well this time though and the shots don't do any damage.
Drakkar prevents Yarbourgh from moving into mount.
An elbow from Yarbourgh crashes against the mat.
Yarbourgh throwing shots but missing, from side control.
Yarbourgh misses with the ground and pound.
Drakkar manages to land a sweep and he's now on top! Lovely Jiu Jitsu!
Yarbourgh trying to control from the bottom.
Yarbourgh is trying to avoid being dragged into an even worse position than he's already in but Drakkar is staying active.
Yarbourgh has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Yarbourgh keeping control of the position.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The referee claps his hands together and tells the fighters to work.
OK we're going to have a standup here. Willy Yarbourgh hasn't been effective enough on the ground and the referee wants a restart.
Drakkar wants to clinch.
Yarbourgh tries to bum rush Drakkar with a series of wild strikes but Drakkar uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Yarbourgh avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Drakkar fails in his attempt to clinch.
Yarbourgh throws a right hand that Drakkar ducks under and follows up with a left that Drakkar also avoids with ease.
Yarbourgh misses with the combination.
Yarbourgh throws a right hand that Drakkar ducks under and follows up with a left that Drakkar also avoids with ease.
Yarbourgh has managed to clinch.
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!
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Yarbourgh breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Yarbourgh avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Ivan Drakkar is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Yarbourgh instigates a clinch.
Drakkar using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Willy Yarbourgh dominated that round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.
Yarbourgh takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Yarbourgh closes the distance and lands a one-two.
Drakkar tries to clinch but Yarbourgh moves away
and Yarbourgh counters with a lovely shot to the body.
Drakkar misses with a looping right.
The fight moves into the clinch position.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Drakkar.
Drakkar gets double underhooks to prevent a takedown attempt from Yarbourgh.
Drakkar lands a knee to the head.
It looks like Willy Yarbourgh has been cut.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Drakkar.
Yarbourgh drops to a knee looking for a takedown but Drakkar gets the underhooks and prevents it.
Drakkar with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
That's one minute gone in the round.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Drakkar.
Drakkar misses with a knee strike.
Yarbourgh dodges an elbow strike from Drakkar.
Drakkar gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
With the two fighters working up against the ropes, Drakkar just misses with a elbow thrown towards Yarbourgh's brow.
With the two fighters working up against the ropes, Drakkar just misses with a elbow thrown towards Yarbourgh's brow.
Yarbourgh changes levels and goes for a takedown here. Drakkar fights it off and pushes away nicely.
Ivan Drakkar has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Willy Yarbourgh.
Yarbourgh throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around Drakkar's waist but Drakkar gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing Yarbourgh off to one side.
Drakkar tries to clinch there but Yarbourgh circles away.
Yarbourgh fakes high and shoots in for a takedown but Drakkar avoids it really well and circles away.
Yarbourgh misses with a combination
and Drakkar counters with a straight right hand.
Yarbourgh walks into a straight right hand from Drakkar.
Yarbourgh works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Drakkar clinches up against the ropes.
Drakkar pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the ropes.
Drakkar throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Yarbourgh takes an elbow to the forehead.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Yarbourgh successfully pulls guard.
Yarbourgh has a closed guard, preventing Drakkar from standing up.
Yarbourgh tries to land a sweep but no joy.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
The ref stands the fighters back up because Ivan Drakkar just wasn't active enough.
Yarbourgh keeps the fight on the outside.
Yarbourgh on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
A looping hook to the body misses from Yarbourgh. Drakkar does a little dance to reset his feet.
Yarbourgh falls off balance throwing a combination
and Drakkar counters with a straight right hand.
Yarbourgh misses with a two punch combination.
Drakkar scores with a body shot.
Yarbourgh throws a head kick that misses.
Yarbourgh's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Drakkar connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Yarbourgh scrambles back to his feet.
Yarbourgh is rocked!
Yarbourgh walks straight into a right hand from Drakkar - that's dropped him! Drakkar jumps into mount and starts pounding away - can he finish?! More strikes go undefended and the referee has to dive in to save Yarbourgh from any more punishment! Yarbourgh complains about the stoppage but falls over as he tries to stand back up, so it was clearly a good stoppage.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:54 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Punches). Ivan Drakkar!
During a confident post fight interview, Ivan Drakkar thanked all his fans. He seemed very genuine when describing how motivated his fans keep him.
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