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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Van Damme (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Berting Labra (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Labra has chosen krolithika as his entrance music. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.
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29 - 14 - 0 |
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200 lbs
13 - 7 - 0 |
Good wrestling
World class boxer
Insanely flexible |
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World class 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
29 - 14 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Van Damme!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
13 - 7 - 0, fighting out of London, Berting Labra!
The judges for this bout are Donald Grub, Daniel Bishop and Steven Brown.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Damme with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Labra to score with a decent uppercut.
Damme misses with a body shot.
Damme's corner calls for a 1-2. Damme obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
It looks like Berting Labra has been cut.
Labra blocks a head kick by Damme.
A jab lands there for Labra.
Labra has been spending a lot of time sparring his boxing in the run up to the fight, trying to sharpen up those hands and look for a knockout.
Damme scores to the head and body with a nice combination!
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!
Labra throws a front kick that sends Damme stumbling back into the cage.
Labra stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Damme.
Labra attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
A head kick misses from Damme.
Damme lands a jab-cross combination.
Labra is rocked!
Labra avoids a punch combination nicely.
Labra walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Damme checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
Damme throws a lazy uppercut
and Labra moves into the clinch.
A head punch on the inside from Labra fails to land.
I was talking to Damme's coach per-fight and he was telling me that they'd been working on the clinch in the runup to this fight.
Damme blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Damme lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Damme pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Damme misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Labra thows a body kick. Damme tries to catch it but that hurt him.
Labra fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
Labra scoring well with a low kick there.
Labra moves into the clinch successfully.
Damme trying to stall but Labra improves his position.
Damme blocking some punches.
Damme manages to break the clinch.
Labra blocks the body kick.
This has been an exciting period of action!
A slapping leg kick lands for Labra.
Labra throws a good cross that connects.
Damme stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
Labra explodes with a nice body kick and back out of range. Nice work.
Labra scores with a kick to the midsection.
Damme scores with a nice head shot.
Labra tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and Damme is able to avoid easily.
Damme throws out a powerful jab.
Labra is still on wobbly legs! Can Damme finish him?
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Damme moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Ohhhhhhhhhh, brutal head kick from Damme! This one is all over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:10 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Head Kick). Van Damme!
Van Damme managed to slip a mention for his sponsors, Milwaukee's Best 160 (85% laundry), into his post fight interview.
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energy
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hype
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pop
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mgr
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