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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Bart Van Gool (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Mike Madman (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). I can't wait for this one - let's get the fighter introductions out of the way and get this one started!
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Good wrestling
Decent elbows
Big heart |
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BJJ White Belt
Excellent MT
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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
1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Bart Van Gool!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Mike Madman!
The judges for this bout are Johanna Lukiainen, Marco Blurström and Tarja Halkonen.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Madman tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Madman moves into range and throws a combination. A nice jab followed by a hook to the body.
Van Gool avoids the head kick by Madman.
Van Gool rushes Madman and presses him up against the cage.
Van Gool throws an elbow but it misses.
Madman blocks an elbow strike.
Madman is trying to break the clinch but Van Gool has him pressed against the cage.
Madman tries to jump guard but he falls flat on his backside. Van Gool smiles and moves away.
Van Gool moves into the clinch successfully.
Madman fails to pull guard.
Van Gool creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Madman dodges an elbow strike from Van Gool.
Madman is trying to break free.
Madman on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Van Gool leaning against his opponent.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Van Gool throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Van Gool misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Madman.
Madman dodges an elbow strike from Van Gool.
Van Gool throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Madman jumps guard but his hands slip and he falls flat on his back. Well, he's made himself look a right mug there, as Van Gool walks away with a smile on his face. Madman gets slowly back to his feet and shakes his head.
Bart Van Gool has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Mike Madman.
Madman closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Madman working hard to break the clinch.
Madman blocks an elbow strike.
Van Gool throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Madman jumps guard but Van Gool turns him against the cage and keeps the fight standing.
Van Gool effectively controlling the action here.
Van Gool looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Madman wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Van Gool avoids a wild elbow strike from Madman.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Madman fails to pull the fight into his guard.
A bit of stalling here from Van Gool.
Madman avoiding damage as Van Gool throws knees to the body.
Madman lands a body shot.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Van Gool just misses with a elbow thrown towards Madman's brow.
Madman breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Van Gool chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Madman can pounce on him.
Van Gool gets in close and instigates a clinch.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Madman is trying to break the clinch but Van Gool has him pressed against the cage.
Van Gool gets double underhooks to prevent a takedown attempt from Madman.
Van Gool has Madman pressed against the cage, preventing Madman from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Van Gool tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Madman's elbow.
Van Gool is stalling here.
Madman breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Madman finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
Van Gool avoids the head kick by Madman.
Madman pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Madman throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
The fight moves into the clinch position.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Van Gool just misses with a elbow thrown towards Madman's brow.
The pace really dropping off here, momentarily.
Madman wants to break the clinch but can't.
Madman tries to jump guard but he falls flat on his backside. Van Gool smiles and moves away.
Madman takes the fight into the clinch.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Van Gool blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Madman has hold of a leg and is looking for a trip takedown. Van Gool avoids it nicely though and we remain in the clinch.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Van Gool.
Madman throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Van Gool is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Madman is defending well for now.
Madman is trying to pull guard but Van Gool turns him against the cage and we stay in the clinch.
Van Gool throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Van Gool throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Madman trying to stall but Van Gool improves his position.
Van Gool has Madman pressed against the cage, preventing Madman from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Van Gool trying to land knees to the body.
Van Gool tries to work over Madman's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Van Gool throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close round but Mike Madman will probably get the nod.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!
Madman clinches.
Van Gool looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Bart Van Gool has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Madman wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Van Gool has not gone for a single takedown so far in this fight, which seems like a very strange tactic when you consider that he has the superior wrestling and BJJ.
The referee is keeping an eye on Van Gool - much more stalling and he will separate the fighters.
Madman tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Van Gool misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Madman jumps guard and drags Van Gool to the mat. He's obviously going to be looking for submissions off his back.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Van Gool forces his way into half guard.
Van Gool slows the pace down in half guard.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Van Gool tries to stand but his arm is trapped.
Van Gool not doing much here.
The referee decides to stand the fighters back up, due to lack of activity on the part of Bart Van Gool.
Madman closes the distance and lands a one-two.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Madman lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Van Gool at a distance.
Madman moves into the clinch.
Madman on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Van Gool swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Madman wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Madman working hard to break the clinch.
Madman is trying to pull guard but Van Gool has him pressed against the cage.
Van Gool misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Madman trying to control the position but instead, Van Gool has worked for underhooks and has pushed Madman into the cage.
Madman missing with knees to the body.
A left hand lands to the body for Van Gool.
Madman is trying to break free.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Van Gool throws an elbow that misses.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Madman jumps guard but Van Gool stands there with Madman around his waist. Madman gives up and drops back to his feet. We remain in the clinch.
Madman is trying to push Van Gool away but Van Gool has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Van Gool pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Van Gool throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Van Gool creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Madman jumps guard but Van Gool stands there with Madman around his waist. Madman gives up and drops back to his feet. We remain in the clinch.
Bart Van Gool has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Mike Madman.
Madman tries to pull guard but can't drag his opponent to the mat. Van Gool just stands there and leans against the cage.
Van Gool pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Madman throws an elbow but it misses.
Van Gool pushes off an throws an elbow but Madman leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Madman is trying to pull guard but Van Gool turns him against the cage and we stay in the clinch.
Madman misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Van Gool.
Van Gool lands with a short punch from the clinch.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Madman dodges an elbow strike from Van Gool.
Madman tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Van Gool avoids it.
Van Gool lands a shoulder strike.
Madman tries to circle away but Van Gool has him pinned against the cage.
Van Gool creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Madman looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Van Gool creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Madman pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Madman misses with a head kick.
Madman misses with a wild body shot.
Madman clinches up with Van Gool and pushes him back against the cage.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Madman wants to take the fight to the mat but Van Gool manages to get underhooks and keep the fight in the clinch.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Madman blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Madman tries to circle away but Van Gool has him pinned against the cage.
Madman wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Madman blocks the elbow strike.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close second round but Mike Madman will probably get the nod - 10:9.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action. And we move into the final round!
Madman lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Van Gool circles away quickly and effectively.
Van Gool has taken the fight to the clinch.
Come on Madman - let's have some action - none of this stalling nonsense.
Van Gool is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Madman is defending well for now.
Madman drags the fight down to the ground.
Van Gool not doing a lot at the moment. He'll have to show some more aggression or the fight will get stood up.
Bart Van Gool has forced the referee to step in and bring the fight back to the feet.
Van Gool lands a right hook to the body.
Van Gool clinches up against the cage.
Van Gool effectively controlling the action here.
Van Gool blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Madman is trying to force a seperation but Van Gool has the dominant position.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Van Gool throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Madman's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Madman lands with a kick to the temple. Van Gool shrugs as if to say "is that all you've got?"
Madman connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
A nice inside leg kick there by Madman. That's going to slow Van Gool down.
Bart Van Gool is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Madman throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Mike Madman seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Van Gool gets a clinch.
Van Gool trying to land knees to the body.
Van Gool throws an elbow that misses.
Madman is trying to force a seperation but Van Gool has the dominant position.
Van Gool lands a body shot.
Madman takes an elbow to the temple.
Van Gool swings wildly with an uppercut but Madman uses good head movement to avoid it.
Madman is trying to maintain a safe position but Van Gool gets an underhook and turns Madman into the cage.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Madman fails to pull guard.
Madman avoids the elbow strike from Van Gool, against the cage.
Van Gool misses with an elbow strike.
Van Gool lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Nice elbow from Van Gool.
It looks like Mike Madman has been cut.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Madman avoids a wild elbow strike from Van Gool.
Madman on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Madman managing to block the knees to the body from Van Gool.
Madman on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Madman is trying to break free.
Van Gool leaning against his opponent.
Madman is looking to break free of the clinch but Van Gool has double underhooks.
With the fighters up against the cage, Van Gool throws an elbow but misses.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Van Gool just misses with a elbow thrown towards Madman's brow.
Madman wants a takedown but no success here.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Madman has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Madman tries to pull guard but Van Gool forces him back to his feet, against the cage.
Bart Van Gool has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Mike Madman.
Madman working hard to break the clinch.
Madman misses with a knee strike.
Madman misses with a body punch.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Van Gool throws an elbow that misses.
Van Gool throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Van Gool has Madman pressed against the cage, preventing Madman from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Van Gool managing to block the knees to the body from Madman.
Madman trying to stall but Van Gool improves his position.
Madman drops to a knee looking for a takedown but Van Gool gets the underhooks and prevents it.
Madman wants to get back to striking at distance but Van Gool won't allow it.
Bart Van Gool has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Mike Madman is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Van Gool misses with a short punch on the inside.
The referee calls for Van Gool to work.
Van Gool throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Madman tries to jump guard but he falls flat on his backside. Van Gool smiles and moves away.
Van Gool drives through and clinches with Madman against the cage.
Van Gool pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Van Gool lands with a light punch inside.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Van Gool managing to block the knees to the body from Madman.
Madman avoiding damage as Van Gool throws knees to the body.
Van Gool looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Van Gool pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
And that's the end of the fight!
Bart Van Gool showed his dominance in that final round.
I think Madman has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. 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 Johanna Lukiainen scores the fight 28:29
Judge Marco Blurström scores the fight 29:29
Judge Tarja Halkonen scores the fight 29:28
The fight is ruled a draw!
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hype
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pop
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mgr
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