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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Atlister The Demon (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Dave Semenko (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). The Demon comes to the cage accompanied by Demon. Buckle up people - heeeeeeeeeere we go!
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195 lbs
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213 lbs
21 - 11 - 0 |
Abu Dhabi Champ
World class MT
Insanely flexible |
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Good wrestler
World class MT
Good gas tank |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
19 - 7 - 1, fighting out of Amsterdam, Atlister The Demon!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
21 - 11 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Dave Semenko!
The judges for this bout are Dean Styles, Anthony Taglia and Eddie Farnsworth.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
The Demon throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
The Demon throws a head kick but Semenko moves out of range.
Semenko checks a leg kick.
Semenko cracks the inside of The Demon's front leg.
The Demon feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Semenko's calf.
A nice leg kick lands there from Semenko.
The Demon moves out of range as Semenko throws a body kick.
The Demon keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Semenko.
The Demon misses with a leg kick
and Semenko finishes the little exchange by landing a big kick to the body.
The fight moves into the clinch position.
Semenko scores a nice knee to the body.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
The Demon lands a left hand.
Semenko misses with a knee strike.
Semenko lands an elbow inside.
The Demon can't find room to land a body shot as Semenko controls the action.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Semenko tries to land knees in the clinch but The Demon avoids the damage to the body.
The Demon avoids a wild elbow strike from Semenko.
Semenko lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
It looks like Atlister The Demon has been cut.
The Demon blocks an elbow strike.
Semenko throws an elbow but it misses.
Semenko unloads a knee to the mid-section. The Demon lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Semenko prevents a body shot from The Demon.
The Demon tries to throw a body punch but Semenko avoids it by throwing The Demon back against the cage.
Knees in the clinch landing for Semenko.
The Demon is breathing heavily.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Semenko lands a knee to the body.
Semenko creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through The Demon's defenses.
Semenko using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Semenko.
Semenko with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Semenko lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
The Demon misses with a hook from the clinch.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The Demon misses with a punch on the inside.
Nice elbow from Semenko.
Semenko landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Semenko with a knee to the head.
Semenko lands an elbow just above The Demon 's eye.
Semenko pushes off an throws an elbow but The Demon leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Semenko crunches a lovely knee into The Demon's ribcage.
Semenko unloads a knee to the mid-section. The Demon lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Semenko pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
With the fighters up against the cage, Semenko throws an elbow but misses.
Semenko lands an elbow inside.
Semenko takes a shot to the head.
Semenko throws an elbow that misses.
The Demon stalling.
Semenko working The Demon over with knees to the body.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Semenko lands an elbow inside that The Demon shrugs off.
The Demon tries a body shot but Semenko blocks it.
Semenko missing with knees to the body.
The Demon avoids the elbow strike from Semenko, against the cage.
Semenko trying to land knees to the body.
Semenko throws an elbow but it misses.
Semenko missing with knees to the body.
The Demon using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Semenko has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
The Demon misses with the head strike.
The Demon swings away with an uppercut that misses.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Semenko.
The Demon tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Semenko misses with a knee to the head.
Semenko throws an elbow but it's blocked.
The Demon with an attempt at a knee that misses.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The Demon gets through Semenko's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Semenko is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. The Demon is defending well for now.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Semenko obliges.
The Demon avoiding damage as Semenko throws knees to the body.
The Demon tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Semenko's elbow.
The Demon avoids a wild elbow strike from Semenko.
The Demon trying to control the position but instead, Semenko has worked for underhooks and has pushed The Demon into the cage.
Semenko takes a shot to the head.
The Demon fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
The Demon blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
The Demon digs a right hand underneath Semenko's ribcage. Semenko let out a lung full of air as it connected.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
The Demon lands a body punch in the clinch.
The Demon misses with a body punch.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Dave Semenko dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Atlister The Demon's cut.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!
The Demon just misses with a punch to the body.
Semenko scores with a leg kick.
Semenko avoids a kick to the body.
Semenko misses with an attempted mid kick.
The Demon avoids a punch combination nicely.
The Demon throws a lazy right hand but Semenko sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
The Demon takes a swing at Semenko's ribcage but misses.
Semenko checks the leg kick.
The Demon 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.
The Demon dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
The Demon throws a leg kick that is checked
and Semenko counters into the clinch. Nicely done.
Nice elbow from Semenko.
With the fighters up against the cage, Semenko throws an elbow but misses.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Semenko is trying to maintain a safe position but The Demon gets an underhook and turns Semenko into the cage.
The Demon tries a body shot but Semenko blocks it.
Knees in the clinch landing for Semenko.
The Demon goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Semenko stalling in the clinch but The Demon improves position.
The Demon throws an elbow that misses.
Semenko throws an elbow that misses.
The Demon misses with a punch to the body.
The Demon blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
The Demon scores with a nice hook to the head.
The Demon avoiding damage as Semenko throws knees to the body.
Semenko missing with knees to the body.
Semenko misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from The Demon.
Semenko misses with an elbow over the top.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Semenko.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Semenko utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
The Demon on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Semenko tries to land knees in the clinch but The Demon avoids the damage to the body.
Semenko throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Semenko trying to land knees to the body.
The Demon trying to stall but Semenko improves his position.
With the fighters up against the cage, Semenko throws an elbow but misses.
The Demon tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Semenko avoids it.
Semenko with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Semenko takes a shot to the head.
The Demon tries to work over Semenko's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Semenko creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Semenko just misses with a elbow thrown towards The Demon's brow.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, The Demon creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
The Demon gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
It looks like Dave Semenko has been cut.
The Demon misses with a body punch.
Semenko avoiding damage as The Demon throws knees to the body.
Semenko is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. The Demon is defending well for now.
Semenko working The Demon over with knees to the body.
Semenko lands a nice elbow.
The Demon misses with some punches.
Dave Semenko seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
The Demon misses with the head strike.
Semenko blocks a body shot from The Demon.
Semenko blocking some punches.
Semenko throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Semenko lands a good knee to the midsection. The Demon won't want to take too many of those.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Semenko'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.
The Demon gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The Demon avoids a wild elbow strike from Semenko.
The Demon throws a head punch that misses.
Semenko pushes off an throws an elbow but The Demon leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
The Demon takes an elbow to the forehead.
Semenko blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
The Demon is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Semenko is defending well for now.
The Demon throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Semenko digs a right hand underneath The Demon's ribcage. The Demon let out a lung full of air as it connected.
The Demon misses with a body punch.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
The Demon tries a body shot but Semenko blocks it.
Semenko avoiding damage as The Demon throws knees to the body.
Semenko slowing the pace effectively.
The Demon lands a hook that snaps the head of Semenko backwards.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Dave Semenko showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business. Ladies and gentlemen, this is the final round!
The Demon swings and misses with a hook to the body.
The Demon takes a body kick right on the floating rib. Ouchie.
The Demon has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Semenko.
Dave Semenko seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Semenko lands a kick to the ribs of his opponent. Nice work there - in and out in a flash.
Semenko pushes The Demon away with a front kick.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Semenko instigates a clinch.
Semenko trying to land knees to the body.
Semenko trying to land knees to the body.
Semenko lands a good knee to the midsection. The Demon won't want to take too many of those.
Semenko has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
The Demon drops to a knee looking for a takedown but Semenko gets the underhooks and prevents it.
Semenko tries to land knees in the clinch but The Demon avoids the damage to the body.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Semenko.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
That's one minute gone in the round.
The Demon throws a punch but it's blocked by Semenko.
Semenko tries to land knees in the clinch but The Demon avoids the damage to the body.
The Demon avoids a wild elbow strike from Semenko.
Semenko trying to land knees to the body.
The Demon is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Semenko looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Semenko connects with a knee to the head.
Atlister The Demon's cut is getting worse.
The Demon managing to block the knees to the body from Semenko.
The Demon tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
The Demon throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
The Demon blocks an elbow strike from Semenko.
Semenko creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through The Demon's defenses.
The Demon throws a punch but it's blocked by Semenko.
Semenko tries to land a knee to the head but The Demon blocks with his arms.
The Demon throws an elbow that misses.
Atlister The Demon has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
That's two minutes gone in the round.
A knee to the head by Semenko.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Semenko.
Semenko trying to stall but The Demon improves his position.
The Demon drags the fight down to the ground.
The Demon has his foot on Semenko's thigh. He's trying to push off and get in position for a triangle, I think. Semenko works his way back into a safe position though.
The Demon can't do much from the bottom at the moment, as Semenko controls the pace.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
The Demon keeping moving, preventing Semenko from controlling successfully.
Semenko tries to free his leg and advance position but The Demon is retaining full guard.
Semenko sitting in guard here, content to control.
Semenko looking to sit in guard and control but The Demon gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.
The Demon trying to control the position from guard on top but Semenko is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
The Demon is really struggling to control Semenko but he's trying to hold on to the position.
The Demon stands and throws Semenko's legs to the side, diving into side control.
Dave Semenko is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.
The Demon is looking to finish here, going for an Americana. Semenko knows the correct defense though, so he's OK.
Semenko is looking to reverse the position.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The Demon in side control, trying to ground and pound but not landing this time.
Semenko is trying to get back to half guard. He's pushing on The Demon's leg. He's managed it. Nice work.
Semenko wants to get back to full guard.
The Demon is looking for a kimura here.
The Demon not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
And that's the end of the fight!
Dave Semenko comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I've got Semenko winning every round here. Surely the decision will go his way and he'll pick up a well deserved decision victory. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Dean Styles scores the fight 27:30
Judge Anthony Taglia scores the fight 27:30
Judge Eddie Farnsworth scores the fight 27:30
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Dave Semenko!
Dave Semenko tried to hype himself up post fight but didn't word it too well and it ended up with him sounding like a bit of a tool.
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energy
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hype
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pop
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