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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Francois Van Steyne (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Ha Young (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Van Steyne comes into the arena with When Angels Cry blaring out of the sound system. Francois Van Steyne has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the middleweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
5 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Francois Van Steyne!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
3 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Ha Young!
The judges for this bout are Taro Takaoka, Sosuke Kotani and Kenichi Hosakawa.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Young throws the left hand but Van Steyne avoids the punch easily.
Young misses with a body shot.
Young misses with a wild combination.
Young drives through with a takedown into guard.
Young working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of Van Steyne's head.
Van Steyne is looking to stand up but Young isn't so interested in that idea.
Van Steyne not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
Young with a flurry of punches that miss.
Young trying to control but Van Steyne is working from the bottom.
Young advances position into side control!
The strikes coming from Young are missing the target in this wave of attacks.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Young working the ground and pound.
Van Steyne taking punishment in the form of punches.
Van Steyne is trying to get back to his feet.
Young cracks Van Steyne with a big elbow.
Young looking to control but instead Van Steyne has slipped a leg in, to regain half guard.
Van Steyne pushes Young off looking to stand but Young dives back in and keeps control.
Young takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.
Van Steyne is not content to let Young control the position.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Young looks over to his corner - he wants some instructions but his corner are not responding.
Young stops Van Steyne from getting back to his feet.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Young not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
Young looks to score some points with some ground and pound.
Young lands a big shot. The thud that echoes around the arena is like music to the fans' ears.
Young thows a huge punch but Van Steyne dodges it nicely.
Young lands with a punch from half guard.
Young throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
Young is trying to control the action in half guard but Van Steyne is working away on the bottom, looking perhaps to get back to full guard.
Young seems to be taking a bit of a break to think of his next move. He lands a short punch in the meantime.
Young wants to take a breather but Van Steyne is having none of it.
Young is stalling here. Van Steyne is in no mood to hang around though. He's locked up a kimura from the bottom! Young seems to be keeping calm but he's forced to roll out of the hold and Van Steyne has ended up in side control on the top. Nice work.
Van Steyne tries to get to his feet but he's trapped momentarily.
Van Steyne trying to control the position but Young is working away.
We get told so often about how wrestlers don't like to be on their backs. Let's see if Young can do anything to dispel that myth.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Van Steyne decides to stand up, so the ref orders Young to his feet.
Young throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.
Van Steyne tries to clinch up but Young circles away and keeps his distance.
Van Steyne moves into the clinch successfully.
Young blocks an elbow strike from Van Steyne.
Van Steyne trying to stall but Young improves his position.
Van Steyne tries to land knees in the clinch but Young avoids the damage to the body.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Van Steyne is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Van Steyne blocks an uppercut.
Young tries to break free but Van Steyne pushes him back against the cage.
Young has a couple of punches blocked by Van Steyne.
Young tries to break the clinch but Van Steyne is controlling the position.
Young tries a body shot but Van Steyne blocks it.
Van Steyne creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Young's defenses.
Van Steyne blocks an uppercut.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Young tries to score a body lock takedown but Van Steyne shows good agility there to stay on his feet.
Van Steyne trying to land knees to the body.
Young blocks an elbow strike.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Young looking for a takedown.
Van Steyne taking a breather.
Young swings wildly with an uppercut but Van Steyne uses good head movement to avoid it.
Young has a couple of punches blocked by Van Steyne.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Ha Young dominated that round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!
Van Steyne tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Young throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
Young throws a body punch but Van Steyne moves out of range.
Young lands a glancing blow to the side of Van Steyne's head.
Van Steyne tries to clinch up
and Young makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Van Steyne wants to clinch but Young slips to the side
letting Young counter with a right hand.
Young fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
Francois Van Steyne is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Young misses with a wild body shot.
Van Steyne fails in his attempt to clinch.
Van Steyne slips a jab from Young.
Young wants to slow Van Steyne down by chopping away at his legs.
The fight stays on the outside here - Van Steyne looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Young circles away from the clinch attempt
and Young counters with a straight right hand.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Van Steyne keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Young.
Francois Van Steyne seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Van Steyne throws a sloppy head kick and Young moves out of range easily.
Young looks to score with a jab to the body but Van Steyne is just out of range.
Excellent takedown into side control there by Young.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Young scoring with punches from side control.
Young working away.
Young misses with an attempted head punch from side control.
Young works a knee to the body and follows up with a nice elbow to the head.
Van Steyne pushes Young away and creates a bit of space to escape. He's almost out here... but no, Young gets a good hold of his legs and remains firmly in side control.
Young working away.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Van Steyne taking a bit of punishment here - Young scoring with strikes.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Van Steyne wants to escape from the position here - easier said than done!
Young lands a knee to the body and a forearm to the face.
Young cracks Van Steyne with a big right hand but Van Steyne just smiles back at him and invites him to have another go.
Van Steyne is trying to buck Young off.
Van Steyne regains half guard.
Van Steyne pushes Young off looking to stand but Young dives back in and keeps control.
Ground and pound from Young.
Young winds up and cracks Van Steyne with a swinging punch to the side of the head.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Van Steyne has no desire to be mounted, so is trying to control. Young is working away from the top position though.
Young missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
Young missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
Young trying to mount his opponent but Van Steyne defends it.
Van Steyne is not content to let Young control the position.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Young moves nicely into side control.
Van Steyne can't do much from the bottom here.
Young cracks Van Steyne with a big elbow.
Van Steyne takes an elbow right on the bridge of the nose and winces in pain.
Van Steyne bucks up and manages to escape back to his feet!
Van Steyne slips under a jab.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Van Steyne tries to clinch but Young moves out of range.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Ha Young showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.
Van Steyne tries to grapple but his opponent circles
and Young counters with a straight right hand.
Young throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Young stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
Van Steyne avoids the body shot from Young.
Van Steyne tries to clinch but Young is having none of it.
Young gets tackled into the cage by Van Steyne. Van Steyne maintains the clinch.
Van Steyne misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Young.
Young wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Young blocks an elbow strike from Van Steyne.
Van Steyne tries a knee to the head but Young blocks it.
Young taking a breather.
Young is trying to force a seperation but Van Steyne has the dominant position.
Van Steyne stalling in the clinch.
Van Steyne is trying to maintain a safe position but Young gets an underhook and turns Van Steyne into the cage.
Van Steyne misses with an elbow strike.
Young tries to stall but Van Steyne uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Young dodges an elbow strike from Van Steyne.
Van Steyne trying to land knees to the body.
Young has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Young dodges an elbow strike from Van Steyne.
Van Steyne creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Young drops to a knee looking for a takedown but Van Steyne gets the underhooks and prevents it.
Van Steyne misses with an elbow strike.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Van Steyne misses with an elbow over the top.
Nice elbow from Van Steyne.
Van Steyne creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Young's defenses.
Young misses with a punch on the inside.
Van Steyne misses with an elbow over the top.
Young misses with a short punch on the inside.
Van Steyne looking to throw knees to the head but Young is blocking nicely.
Van Steyne throws an elbow but it misses.
Young dodges an elbow strike from Van Steyne.
Van Steyne throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Young blocks it with crossed arms.
Young wants to take the fight to the mat but Van Steyne manages to get underhooks and keep the fight in the clinch.
Van Steyne crunches a lovely knee into Young's ribcage.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Young can't find room to land a body shot as Van Steyne controls the action.
Young avoiding damage as Van Steyne throws knees to the body.
Van Steyne throws a knee to the head but misses.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Young.
Van Steyne looks to throw an elbow but misses.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Van Steyne lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Young breaks the clinch.
Van Steyne fails in his attempt to clinch.
Van Steyne tries to clinch but Young moves away
and Young counters with a straight right hand.
Van Steyne closes the distance looking to clinch
and Young counters with a series of strikes. Van Steyne will be more careful next time no doubt.
Van Steyne tries to clinch but Young moves away
and Young counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Young avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Van Steyne wants to clinch
and Young counters with a nice single leg takedown and he's in Van Steyne's guard now.
Van Steyne has his hands on Young's head, controlling the position.
Young throws a big right hand that misses.
Young with a flurry of punches that miss.
Young throws a big elbow that misses.
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!
Young postures up in Van Steyne's guard and throws a big left but Van Steyne blocks it.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Van Steyne is throwing his legs up, looking for submissions. Young is aware though and is defending well.
Van Steyne throwing his legs up looking for a triangle.
Van Steyne wants to sweep here but Young controlling him for the moment.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Francois Van Steyne clearly takes that round.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.
Van Steyne darts in trying to clinch
and Young counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Van Steyne tries a head kick but it misses.
Young throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Young avoids the head kick by Van Steyne.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Van Steyne tries a head kick but it misses.
Van Steyne wants to clinch but Young slips to the side
and Young counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Van Steyne moves in looking to clinch but Young pushes him off.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Van Steyne fails with an attempt to clinch.
Van Steyne tries to clinch up but Young circles away and keeps his distance.
Young avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Young scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Good work by Young as he checks the leg kick.
Van Steyne tries to clinch
and Young counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Van Steyne tries to clinch but Young moves away
and Young counters with a straight right hand.
Young with a body punch. A glancing blow.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Young tries to bum rush Van Steyne with a series of wild strikes but Van Steyne uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Van Steyne tries to clinch there but Young circles away.
Van Steyne closes the distance looking to clinch
and Young counters with a nice uppercut.
Van Steyne avoids the body shot from Young.
Van Steyne is looking to clinch.
Young avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Young rushes Van Steyne and presses him up against the cage.
Van Steyne is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Van Steyne crunches a lovely knee into Young's ribcage.
Van Steyne wants to stall.
Van Steyne looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Van Steyne throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Van Steyne looking to stall.
Van Steyne throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
Young tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Van Steyne pushes off an throws an elbow but Young leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Van Steyne stalling.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Van Steyne throws an elbow but it misses.
Young managing to block the knees to the body from Van Steyne.
Young blocks an elbow strike from Van Steyne.
Van Steyne gets underhooks to prevent Young's takedown attempt.
Young softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Van Steyne blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Van Steyne with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Young blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Van Steyne misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Young.
Young is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Van Steyne tries to land knees in the clinch but Young avoids the damage to the body.
Young fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Young is looking for a takedown.
Young manages to get underhooks and slows down the pace for a moment.
Young has hold of a leg and is looking for a trip takedown. Van Steyne avoids it nicely though and we remain in the clinch.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Francois Van Steyne had his way with Ha Young in that round.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action. This is the final round!
Van Steyne takes the fight into the clinch.
Van Steyne tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Van Steyne creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Van Steyne blocks an uppercut.
Van Steyne tries to stall but Young uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Young's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Van Steyne uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Young.
Van Steyne misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Young blocks a head kick by Van Steyne.
Young darts in and clinches Van Steyne up against the cage.
Van Steyne wants to stall.
That's one minute gone in the round.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Van Steyne.
Van Steyne lands a good knee to the midsection. Young won't want to take too many of those.
Van Steyne working Young over with knees to the body.
Young goes for a takedown attempt but Van Steyne pushes him away and we're back to fighting at a distance.
Young is wobbling all over the place through exhaustion. Will he make it to the final bell?
Van Steyne wants to clinch but Young slips to the side
and Young counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Van Steyne tries to close the distance and clinch but Young swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Van Steyne wants to clinch
and Young counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Young throws a leg kick but Van Steyne moved away.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Van Steyne closes the distance looking to clinch
and Young counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Van Steyne wants to clinch
and Young counters with a nice kick to the body.
Van Steyne doesn't manage to clinch there - Young circles away.
Van Steyne tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. Young manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Van Steyne blocks a jab.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Young bobs and weaves into range and then changes levels and scores with a nice takedown into side control.
Young throwing strikes but missing, from side control.
Young cracks Van Steyne with an elbow. That is naaassty.
Young prevents Van Steyne from escaping the position.
Young looks up at the clock and then as Van Steyne takes his cue and looks up at the clock too, Young smacks him right in the chops with a big elbow! How rude!
Young connects with a decent looking elbow from side control that caused Van Steyne some visible discomfort.
Young working the head with strikes.
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!
Young in side control lands a decent elbow.
Van Steyne is rocked!
Young grinds an elbow into Van Steyne's temple.
Oh Van Steyne is still in real trouble! Will he be able to recover?!!
Van Steyne gets one leg under and gets the fight to half guard.
Young working Van Steyne over with strikes.
Ground and pound from Young.
Van Steyne looking for submissions off his back.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Young working Van Steyne over with strikes.
Van Steyne is trying to stand.
Van Steyne is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
Van Steyne is trying to stand.
Nice strikes from Young there.
Young trying to control the action but Van Steyne is working from the bottom.
Young scores with a couple of good hammerfists.
Young is sitting in half guard. He's postured up and lands a nice elbow. Oh, Van Steyne is hurt! He's hurt bad - Young fires away with more strikes and the referee jumps in to save Van Steyne from any more punishment! Congratulations to Young! Great finish!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:55 of round 5, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Ha Young!
Ha Young is the new middleweight champion!
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