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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Jacques La Haine (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Vincente Saldivar (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). La Haine's entrance music is Cut Killer - Nique La Police. A fine choice. Fingers crossed for an exciting fight - I'm sure both fighters are looking for a nice under the table bonus!
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203 lbs
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197 lbs
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Abu Dhabi Champ
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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
8 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Jacques La Haine!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
11 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Vincente Saldivar!
The judges for this bout are Radbod Blank, Nard Betker and Saam Ante.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
La Haine pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Saldivar works La Haine's body with a nice hook.
La Haine misses with a body shot.
La Haine swings for the body but Saldivar moves out of range.
Saldivar takes a swing at La Haine's ribcage but misses.
La Haine misses with a looping right.
Saldivar tries to land a leg kick but La Haine saw it coming and moves away.
Saldivar fakes high and swings low for a body shot but La Haine manages to avoid it.
La Haine throws a jab when Saldivar was well out of range.
Saldivar swings widly with a right hand
and La Haine counters with a straight right hand.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
La Haine moves in looking to clinch but Saldivar pushes him off.
La Haine lands with a hook. Saldivar tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
La Haine uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Saldivar.
La Haine connects with a single shot there.
Saldivar avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Saldivar loads up on a big right hand but La Haine slips the punch.
Saldivar jabs at La Haine's body.
La Haine tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Saldivar throws a hook but La Haine avoids it easily.
Saldivar looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights.
La Haine throws a hook to the side of Saldivar's head but Saldivar sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Saldivar steps to the side to avoid the strikes from La Haine.
Saldivar feints and then cracks La Haine's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow La Haine down.
Saldivar fakes a jab and throws a low kick but La Haine checks it well.
Saldivar slips under a jab from La Haine.
Saldivar throws a leg kick that misses.
Saldivar misses with a straight left.
Saldivar misses with a low kick.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Saldivar misses the shot to the body.
Saldivar takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
La Haine throws a right hand that Saldivar ducks under and follows up with a left that Saldivar also avoids with ease.
Saldivar looks to score with a jab to the body but La Haine is just out of range.
La Haine walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
The fighters circling - Saldivar throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
This has been an exciting period of action!
La Haine throws a hook to the side of Saldivar's head but Saldivar sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Saldivar swings for the body but La Haine moves out of range.
Saldivar tries to keep at a distance but La Haine has taken the fight into the clinch.
La Haine blocks a body shot from Saldivar.
La Haine doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Saldivar lands with a short shot to the head.
La Haine throws an elbow that misses.
Saldivar tried to land a shot to the body but connects with La Haine's elbow.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Saldivar tries to break free but La Haine pushes him back against the cage.
La Haine blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Saldivar scores with a shot to the side of La Haine's head.
La Haine managing to block the knees to the body from Saldivar.
Good body shot from La Haine.
Saldivar lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down La Haine.
Saldivar working aggressively here.
Saldivar lands an uppercut.
La Haine misses with a shot to the kidneys.
La Haine looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Saldivar blocks an elbow strike from La Haine.
La Haine working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
La Haine prevents a body shot from Saldivar.
Nice body punch from La Haine - that landed with a thud.
La Haine misses with a hook to the ribs.
Saldivar lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down La Haine.
La Haine tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
A nice left hand lands by La Haine.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
La Haine tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Saldivar lands a right hand.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
A short left from Saldivar.
Saldivar prevents a body shot from La Haine.
La Haine lands an elbow that stopped Saldivar in his tracks for a moment.
A short uppercut from La Haine.
La Haine scores with a nice hook to the head.
Saldivar blocks an uppercut.
La Haine lands a shot to the body.
La Haine can't find room to land a body shot as Saldivar controls the action.
La Haine misses with a punch to the body.
La Haine misses with a body punch.
La Haine tries to throw a body punch but Saldivar avoids it by throwing La Haine back against the cage.
La Haine lands an elbow inside.
La Haine lands a nice elbow.
La Haine misses with a punch to the body.
La Haine misses with a shot to the kidneys.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Saldivar.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close round but I would say that Jacques La Haine will probably get the nod.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!
Saldivar ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Saldivar throws a big shot that misses.
La Haine is looking to clinch.
La Haine misses with a few strikes there.
La Haine takes the fight into the clinch.
La Haine lands an elbow that stopped Saldivar in his tracks for a moment.
Saldivar lands on the inside with an uppercut.
La Haine swings away with an uppercut that misses.
La Haine misses with an elbow strike.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Saldivar misses with the head strike.
A nice right hand lands inside from La Haine.
Nice body punch from Saldivar.
A head punch on the inside from La Haine fails to land.
La Haine goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Saldivar misses with a body punch.
Saldivar doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Saldivar blocks a body shot from La Haine.
La Haine misses with a hook to the ribs.
Saldivar makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
A short uppercut from Saldivar.
La Haine scores with a hook to the body.
Saldivar wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
La Haine looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Saldivar misses with a punch to the body.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Saldivar.
La Haine tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Saldivar's elbow.
Saldivar tries a body shot but La Haine blocks it.
Saldivar works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Saldivar is trying to maintain a safe position but La Haine gets an underhook and turns Saldivar into the cage.
Saldivar wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but La Haine has him pressed against the cage.
Saldivar working aggressively here.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Saldivar.
Saldivar tries a body shot but La Haine blocks it.
Saldivar doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Jacques La Haine has scored more points in the clinch so far.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Saldivar blocking some punches.
A short right from Saldivar on the inside.
Saldivar goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Saldivar tries to throw a body punch but La Haine avoids it by throwing Saldivar back against the cage.
La Haine is working Saldivar over against the cage.
La Haine lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Saldivar lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of La Haine backwards.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Saldivar tried to land a shot to the body but connects with La Haine's elbow.
Saldivar working some nice short punches in the clinch.
La Haine misses with a body punch.
Saldivar is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
Saldivar swings wildly with an uppercut but La Haine uses good head movement to avoid it.
Saldivar avoids a wild elbow strike from La Haine.
La Haine pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Saldivar fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
La Haine lands a damaging elbow.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
La Haine can't find room to land a body shot as Saldivar controls the action.
A nice left hand lands by La Haine.
Saldivar pushes La Haine back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Saldivar goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
La Haine throws an elbow but it misses.
La Haine lands a shot to the body.
Saldivar goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
La Haine lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Saldivar takes an elbow to the forehead.
Nice elbow from La Haine.
La Haine lands a nice shot to the body.
La Haine pushes Saldivar back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Saldivar tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Saldivar misses with a shot to the kidneys.
La Haine fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
La Haine pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
La Haine misses with a hook to the ribs.
A short left from La Haine.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Saldivar tries to land knees in the clinch but La Haine avoids the damage to the body.
Saldivar swings wildly with an uppercut but La Haine uses good head movement to avoid it.
La Haine misses with a punch to the body.
La Haine softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Saldivar misses with a hook to the ribs.
Saldivar doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
A left hand lands to the body for Saldivar.
La Haine pushes off an throws an elbow but Saldivar leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
La Haine lands an elbow inside that Saldivar shrugs off.
La Haine doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
La Haine blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
A nice glancing elbow lands by La Haine.
Saldivar misses with a punch on the inside.
La Haine lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Saldivar tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Saldivar pushes La Haine back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Saldivar scores with a hook to the body.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Jacques La Haine dominated that second round.
That's time! Back to the action! This is the final round!
Saldivar misses with a body shot
and La Haine counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
La Haine has taken the fight to the clinch.
La Haine tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Saldivar's elbow.
Saldivar lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of La Haine backwards.
Saldivar misses with a hook to the ribs.
Saldivar takes an elbow to the temple.
Saldivar goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
La Haine blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Saldivar fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Saldivar lands a nice shot to the body.
Saldivar throws a head punch that misses.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
La Haine throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Saldivar tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Saldivar lands with a short head shot on the inside.
A right hand to the body from La Haine.
La Haine goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Saldivar creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Saldivar tried to land a shot to the body but connects with La Haine's elbow.
La Haine gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Saldivar swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Saldivar swings wildly with an uppercut but La Haine uses good head movement to avoid it.
Saldivar working aggressively here.
Nice elbow from La Haine.
La Haine throws an elbow but it misses.
Saldivar lands a body shot.
A frustrated look appears on Saldivar's face as he tries to break the clinch.
La Haine tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Saldivar misses with a hook to the ribs.
Saldivar blocks an elbow strike.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Saldivar.
Saldivar goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Saldivar misses with the head strike.
Saldivar tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Jacques La Haine is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
La Haine blocking some punches.
Saldivar with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Saldivar is leaning against La Haine and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Saldivar goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
La Haine blocks a body shot from Saldivar.
La Haine doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Vincente Saldivar has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Saldivar stalls.
La Haine tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Saldivar's elbow.
Saldivar lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
La Haine on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
La Haine blocks a body shot from Saldivar.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
La Haine tries to work over Saldivar's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
La Haine is leaning against Saldivar and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Saldivar has had enough of the clinch but La Haine keeps him there for the moment.
La Haine swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Saldivar lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Saldivar misses with a hook to the ribs.
Saldivar lands a nice uppercut.
Saldivar misses with a short punch on the inside.
Saldivar misses with a body punch.
La Haine tries a body shot but Saldivar blocks it.
Nice body punch from Saldivar - that landed with a thud.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Saldivar misses with an elbow over the top.
Saldivar misses with a hook from the clinch.
Saldivar misses with a hook from the clinch.
La Haine on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Saldivar.
Saldivar misses with a short punch on the inside.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Saldivar.
Saldivar stalling in the clinch but La Haine improves position.
La Haine blocks a body shot from Saldivar.
Saldivar misses with a punch on the inside.
Saldivar takes an elbow to the forehead.
Saldivar tries a body shot but La Haine blocks it.
And that's the end of the fight!
Vincente Saldivar comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well La Haine 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 Radbod Blank scores the fight 28:29
Judge Nard Betker scores the fight 29:28
Judge Saam Ante scores the fight 29:28
In favor of your winner, by split decision... Jacques La Haine!
Jacques La Haine tried to hype himself up post fight but didn't word it too well and it ended up with him sounding like a bit of a tool.
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energy
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hype
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pop
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