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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Tong Van damm (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Craig Rave (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Van damm comes to the cage accompanied by Life Goes On. The crowd giving both fighters a great reception on their way into the arena. That's good to see.
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200 lbs
25 - 17 - 0 |
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185 cm
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193 lbs
21 - 15 - 0 |
Abu Dhabi Champ
World class MT
Cardio machine |
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TWGC Champion
World class boxer
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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
25 - 17 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Tong Van damm!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
21 - 15 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Craig Rave!
The judges for this bout are , Timothy Bukovac and Don Winkell.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Rave pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Rave misses the shot to the body.
Rave gets his takedown attempt stuffed easily
and Van damm counters with a takedown into side control.
If this pace continues, the referee will definitely step in and force a standup.
Rave is trying to work for a sweep but Van damm has mounted him!
Rave is trying to stand.
Van damm avoids the attempt from Rave to control.
Rave is trying to get back to his feet but can't.
Rave tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Rave gets back to half guard.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Neither fighter is being very active at the moment, with Van damm in particular looking to stall.
Rave is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
Van damm takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.
Rave is looking to sinch up a guillotine here but Van damm pulls his head out easily.
Van damm uses his free foot to push down on Rave's thigh. Eventually he works his other foot free and he's advanced to mount - this is trouble for Rave.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Van damm trying to control but he's not successful this time.
Van damm seems to be looking to move to his opponent's back but Rave is holding on tight.
Rave is working to get back to half guard.
Rave is still trying to improve position.
Van damm landing strikes from the mount and Rave is in trouble!
Van damm controlling his opponent.
Rave trying desperately to get to his feet.
Van damm with shots to the head and body - Rave looks very uncomfortable down there.
Van damm looking to control but Rave is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Rave wants to hold on but Van damm pushes him away.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Van damm wants to control the pace but Rave is squirming around nicely.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Van damm cracks Rave with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.
Rave is rocked!
Rave is working to get back to half guard.
Van damm can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Rave is looking to escape.
Van damm connects with a bit shot that sees Rave covering up! More strikes from Van damm and the referee jumps in to stop the fight! Van damm is our winner by TKO!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:55 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Tong Van damm!
Tong Van damm retains his middleweight title!
A very excited looking Tong Van damm made sure he remembered to thank all the fans both in the arena and on the internet. He said all the coolest people spend all day on MMA websites, which got a big reaction.
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energy
A | B |
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hype
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pop
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mgr
A | B |
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FIGHT
RATING
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