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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Vic Bauer (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Johannes van Bruggen (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.
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206 lbs
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210 lbs
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Great wrestler
World class boxer
Insanely flexible |
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Olympic wrestler
Excellent 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 - 20 - 1, fighting out of Montreal, Vic Bauer!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
20 - 15 - 1, fighting out of Montreal, Johannes van Bruggen!
The judges for this bout are Trevor Gratis, Alec Ball and Robert Douchet.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Bauer scores with a jab to the head.
Bauer tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Bauer fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
That kick from van Bruggen tenderised Bauer's leg. Bauer is trying to keep his angry face on.
van Bruggen throws a shot from downtown. Bauer moves away and avoids it.
Bauer lands a right hook to the body.
van Bruggen takes a shot right to the bread basket.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Bauer lands a nice leg kick that just misses van Bruggen's sensitive parts.
Bauer lands with a good body shot.
Bauer tests van Bruggen's chin there with a solid looking shot.
A big left from Bauer misses.
Bauer misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
van Bruggen throws a leg kick but Bauer moved away.
Bauer slips a jab from van Bruggen.
van Bruggen swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Bauer misses with a looping left.
van Bruggen lands a leg kick that knocks Bauer off balance momentarily.
Bauer misses with a few strikes there.
van Bruggen displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Bauer throws out the jab.
van Bruggen uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Bauer.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Bauer smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
van Bruggen moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
van Bruggen throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.
van Bruggen checks a low kick from Bauer.
Bauer dives in and grabs van Bruggen's left leg, looking for a takedown. van Bruggen pushes down on Bauer's head and hops out.
Bauer walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
van Bruggen takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
Bauer scores with a hook to the body. van Bruggen takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Bauer thows a left - swing and a miss!
van Bruggen misses with a shot to the body
and Bauer counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps van Bruggen thinking.
Bauer lands a jab, followed by a cross and another cross, as van Bruggen backs up against the cage.
Nice body kick there by van Bruggen.
Bauer walks into a jab.
Bauer connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
Bauer looks to land a right hand but van Bruggen moved out of range.
A looping hook to the body misses from van Bruggen. Bauer does a little dance to reset his feet.
Bauer shoots for a takedown but van Bruggen saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Bauer moves out of range of the body kick.
van Bruggen scores with a hook.
Bauer needs to keep his hands up - van Bruggen had a free shot at his head there.
Nice cross by Bauer.
van Bruggen fails with a takedown attempt from distance.
van Bruggen is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Bauer.
Bauer dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
van Bruggen lands a right hook to the body.
Nice defenses there by Bauer.
van Bruggen throws a loose over hand right and dives in with a double leg takedown. Bauer tries to sprawl but it's too late and the fighters hit the mat. van Bruggen is in Bauer's guard.
van Bruggen looks winded!
van Bruggen trying to control the position from guard on top but Bauer is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Bauer manages to sweep nicely, so he's now on top. van Bruggen manages to get himself to full guard.
Bauer lands a couple of decent looking shots.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
van Bruggen 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.
Bauer wants to control from the top but van Bruggen keeps moving.
van Bruggen looking for a guillotine here but Bauer defends easily.
Bauer is working van Bruggen over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes.
Bauer trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
van Bruggen wants to sweep but no luck.
van Bruggen manages to land a sweep and now he's in mount on top!
van Bruggen trying to control but he's not successful this time.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
van Bruggen avoids the attempt from Bauer to control.
Bauer is squirming around, avoiding van Bruggen's attempts to control the action.
van Bruggen looking to finish Bauer with some ground and pound. This is bad for Bauer!
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
van Bruggen lands a nice shot to the head.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
van Bruggen content just to control the position here.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Vic Bauer dominated that round.
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 Bruggen throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
van Bruggen misses with a straight right.
Bauer connects with a jab.
Vic Bauer is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Bauer misses with a hook. van Bruggen ducked under it nicely.
Bauer uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from van Bruggen.
Bauer throws a chopping leg kick but van Bruggen manages to avoid taking any serious damage.
Bauer just misses with a punch to the body.
van Bruggen connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Vic Bauer is winning the standup battle so far.
Bauer tries to score with a low kick but van Bruggen moves his leg out of the way.
Bauer lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but van Bruggen circles away quickly and effectively.
Bauer fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
van Bruggen misses with the combination.
No joy there for Bauer, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Bauer goes to the watering hole and comes back with a big thumbs up from the judges as he scores a three punch combo.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Bauer throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
van Bruggen thows a left - swing and a miss!
That's one minute gone in the round.
Bauer throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent van Bruggen stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
A good leg kick by Bauer.
Bauer misses with a right hand
enabling van Bruggen to counter with a crisp jab.
Bauer fakes high and swings low for a body shot but van Bruggen manages to avoid it.
Bauer takes a head kick and keeps coming.
Bauer scores with a punch to the head.
Bauer scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Bauer keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from van Bruggen.
Sloppy strikes from Bauer. Those never looked like landing.
van Bruggen throws a hook to the side of Bauer's head but Bauer sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
A solid leg kick lands there for van Bruggen.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Bauer fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
van Bruggen misses with a kick to the body.
van Bruggen looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Bauer is fending him off so far but van Bruggen persists. Nope, Bauer circles away and we're back to standing.
Bauer staying out of range there.
van Bruggen missing with a left hand there. Bauer was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Bauer blocks a leg kick.
van Bruggen shoots in looking for a double leg takedown. Bauer defends it nicely.
van Bruggen is breathing heavily.
Bauer lands a vicious shot with the stealth of a sniper and the strength of a viper. Are vipers that strong? I can think of lots of things that are stronger than a viper - not many rhyme with sniper though.
van Bruggen throws a low kick but Bauer avoids it.
Bauer is looking for a takedown here. He's shot in and has managed to get it, finishing up in van Bruggen's half guard.
van Bruggen is trying to get back to full guard.
Bauer thows a huge punch but van Bruggen dodges it nicely.
van Bruggen wants to get back to full guard.
The two fighters exchange a few words. I couldn't hear what they were saying but maybe it's more fun if you make it up yourself. Bauer connects with a nice short shot to van Bruggen's temple.
Bauer drops an elbow to the side of van Bruggen's head.
van Bruggen keeping control of the position.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bauer seems to be taking a bit of a break to think of his next move. He lands a short punch in the meantime.
Bauer seems to be taking a bit of a break to think of his next move. He lands a short punch in the meantime.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Bauer throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
van Bruggen is trying to defend against the ground and pound but Bauer scores with a couple of nice shots.
van Bruggen trying to control from the bottom.
Bauer working van Bruggen over with strikes.
van Bruggen taking some punishment here, with Bauer in his half guard.
Bauer is looking to advance position but van Bruggen won't allow it.
Bauer is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.
van Bruggen is rocked!
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
van Bruggen trying to control here.
van Bruggen makes his way to full guard. A much better position for van Bruggen.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
van Bruggen keeping moving, preventing Bauer from controlling successfully.
Bauer is looking to work some ground and pound but van Bruggen has wrist control.
Bauer is looking to work some ground and pound but van Bruggen has wrist control.
Bauer tries to free his leg and advance position but van Bruggen is retaining full guard.
van Bruggen trying to keep a closed guard but Bauer is proving a slippery customer.
Bauer trying to control but van Bruggen is working from the bottom.
Bauer throws a big right hand that misses.
Vic Bauer overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Bauer works a leg free and moves into half guard.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
van Bruggen regains full guard. Nicely done.
Bauer postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.
Bauer with a nice head shot there.
Bauer works over van Bruggen with some ground and pound from guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Vic Bauer dominated that second round.
That's time! Back to the action! Let's get this one finished - here comes the final round!
Bauer moves into range and throws a lovely three punch combination.
Bauer loads up on a big right hand but van Bruggen slips the punch.
van Bruggen throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
van Bruggen buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Bauer fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but van Bruggen is out of range.
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from van Bruggen.
van Bruggen is looking to slow Bauer down with leg kicks.
Jab, cross, leg kick. Nice combination by Bauer!
Bauer swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by van Bruggen.
van Bruggen is still on wobbly legs! Can Bauer finish him?
Vic Bauer seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Bauer misses with a two punch combination.
van Bruggen seems to have recovered his senses.
An inside leg kick lands from Bauer.
Bauer swings and misses with a hook to the body.
van Bruggen keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Bauer closes the distance and gets a double leg, slamming van Bruggen to the mat! van Bruggen manages to get full guard.
van Bruggen working a defensive guard here.
That's one minute gone in the round.
van Bruggen is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.
van Bruggen takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Bauer regains full guard, whilst avoiding punches from van Bruggen.
van Bruggen postures up in Bauer's guard and throws a big left but Bauer blocks it.
Bauer has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
Bauer can't do much from the bottom at the moment, as van Bruggen controls the pace.
van Bruggen postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Johannes van Bruggen has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
That's two minutes gone in the round.
van Bruggen wants to pass the guard but Bauer is keeping the position.
van Bruggen is looking to pass into half guard but Bauer pushes him away with his feet and jumps on top - now Bauer is in guard.
van Bruggen looking to control.
Bauer postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
van Bruggen tries to land a sweep but no joy.
van Bruggen striking off his back but it's not causing Bauer any problems.
van Bruggen wants to sweep here but Bauer controlling him for the moment.
Bauer trying to pass the guard. He's being very persistent here but van Bruggen manages to land a sweep and now he's on top!
van Bruggen in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
van Bruggen passes easily into side control. Nice work.
van Bruggen is trying to ground and pound but Bauer uses the momentary lack of control by van Bruggen to regain half guard.
Bauer controlling the position for now.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
van Bruggen controlling the action here.
Bauer regains full guard, whilst avoiding punches from van Bruggen.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
van Bruggen trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
And that's the end of the fight!
That was a close round. You could make an argument for either fighter but I would give it to Vic Bauer.
Well Bauer has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... 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 Trevor Gratis scores the fight 29:28
Judge Alec Ball scores the fight 30:28
Judge Robert Douchet scores the fight 30:27
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Vic Bauer!
A relieved looking Vic Bauer thanked the fans for their support and gave the usual line about them being amazing. They seemed to believe that he actually meant it.
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hype
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