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Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Hans De Vries (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Radar Salter (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). De Vries comes to the cage accompanied by Duke Lion. Hans De Vries has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?
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151 lbs
36 - 19 - 1 |
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30
147 lbs
19 - 15 - 0 |
Good wrestling
Great elbows
Very quick |
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Good wrestler
World class boxer
Good gas tank |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the featherweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
36 - 19 - 1, fighting out of St Petersburg, Hans De Vries!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
19 - 15 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Radar Salter!
The judges for this bout are Aafke Stam, Nard Betker and Patrick Alders.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
De Vries doesn't manage to clinch there - Salter circles away.
Salter lands with a nice body punch.
Salter paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
De Vries scoring well with a low kick there.
Salter walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
De Vries feints and then cracks Salter's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Salter down.
De Vries throws a hook but Salter blocks it.
De Vries just misses with a punch to the body.
Radar Salter seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Salter on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by De Vries. De Vries obviously looking to wear him down.
Salter throws a right and a left that De Vries avoids nicely.
Salter scores with a jab to the head.
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!
De Vries throws a head kick but Salter moves out of range.
De Vries tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Salter digs a good body shot into De Vries's ribs.
Nice shot lands for Salter.
De Vries tries a low kick but Salter avoids it.
De Vries takes a swing at Salter's ribcage but misses.
De Vries pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Salter pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Salter jabs De Vries right on the nose. De Vries blinks but takes it well.
Salter tries to bum rush De Vries with a series of wild strikes but De Vries uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
De Vries takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
De Vries lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Salter avoids the body shot from De Vries.
That's one minute gone in the round.
De Vries needs to keep his hands up - Salter had a free shot at his head there.
Salter swinging wildly here.
Salter has used his reach advantage pretty well so far tonight.
Salter connects with the punch.
Salter throws a combination. De Vries tries to block but a couple of punches get through.
A big left from Salter misses.
Salter misses with a wild combination.
De Vries is looking to chop away at Salter's legs.
De Vries drives through and clinches with Salter against the cage.
Salter has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Salter manages to break the clinch.
De Vries tries to clinch but Salter moves out of range.
Salter rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but De Vries moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Salter scores with a crisp jab that stopped De Vries in his tracks.
A combination from Salter does no damage.
Salter takes one on the chin but seems OK.
A big right from Salter misses.
De Vries has managed to clinch.
Salter is trying to break free.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Salter avoids a wild elbow strike from De Vries.
De Vries trying to land knees to the body.
De Vries lands a left hand.
Salter working hard to break the clinch.
Salter avoids the elbow strike from De Vries, against the cage.
Salter breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
De Vries ducks under a wild hook from Salter.
De Vries lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
De Vries scores with a hook.
Salter fails to land with a series of punches.
Salter misses the jab.
Salter misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Salter lands a nice looking body shot.
Salter takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
De Vries rushes Salter and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
De Vries landing knees to the head.
Salter wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
De Vries throws a punch but it's blocked by Salter.
Salter wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Salter can't break the clinch.
Salter wants to break the clinch but can't.
De Vries lands a body punch.
De Vries looking to throw knees to the head but Salter is blocking nicely.
De Vries pushes off an throws an elbow but Salter leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
De Vries misses with an elbow strike.
De Vries misses with an elbow strike.
De Vries throws a knee to the head but misses.
De Vries lands a knee to the body.
De Vries missing with knees to the body.
De Vries pushes off an throws an elbow but Salter leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Salter blocks an elbow strike.
De Vries creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Salter's defenses.
With the fighters up against the cage, De Vries throws an elbow but misses.
Salter takes a shot to the head.
De Vries tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Salter avoids it.
Salter working hard to break the clinch.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
De Vries working aggressively here.
Salter has been looking to improve his clinch game in recent weeks. De Vries seems to have the measure of him in the clinch so far, so let's see if Salter can turn it around.
De Vries misses with a knee strike.
De Vries creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
De Vries lands a knee to the body.
Salter has had enough of the clinch but De Vries keeps him there for the moment.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, De Vries just misses with a elbow thrown towards Salter's brow.
De Vries pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Salter wants to get back to striking at distance but De Vries won't allow it.
Salter wants to break free but De Vries has control.
De Vries gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Salter is trying to break the clinch but De Vries is controlling him.
De Vries keeps control of Salter as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Salter working hard to break the clinch.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Salter can't break the clinch.
Salter is trying to break the clinch but De Vries has him pressed against the cage.
De Vries misses with an elbow strike.
De Vries keeps control of Salter as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
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 Hans De Vries will probably get the nod.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.
Salter steps to the side to avoid the strikes from De Vries.
Good exchange - Salter coming out on top.
De Vries staying out of range there.
Salter misses with a wild combination.
De Vries slips a jab from Salter.
Salter cracks De Vries with an open hand slap.
Radar Salter seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Salter connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
Salter moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Salter lands with an overhand left.
De Vries lands with an overhand left.
De Vries avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
This has been an exciting period of action!
De Vries takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
Salter misses with a wild combination.
Salter ducks down and throws a hook to the body but De Vries moves away.
Salter misses with the combination.
Salter takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
De Vries is looking to clinch but Salter is avoiding it.
De Vries slips a jab from Salter.
Salter misses with a series of wild punches.
That's one minute gone in the round.
De Vries moves out of range of the strikes.
De Vries bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
De Vries swings for the body but Salter moves out of range.
Salter swats away the attempt to clinch by De Vries.
Salter checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time.
De Vries moves away from the strike by Salter.
Salter misses with a body kick.
De Vries throws a nice inside leg kick.
Salter tries to land a front kick but De Vries steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
Nice body punch from De Vries.
Salter connects with a good right hand that stumbles De Vries. De Vries circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
Salter loads up on a big right hand but De Vries slips the punch.
A slapping body kick lands there for De Vries.
De Vries throws a head kick but Salter moves out of range.
De Vries fails with an attempt to clinch.
Salter lands a slapping body shot.
De Vries throws out a loose jab but Salter uses good head movement to avoid it.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Salter defending well as De Vries loads up on a big left hand.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
De Vries throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Salter sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Salter swings widly with a right hand
and De Vries counters with a single leg into guard. Salter didn't expect that.
Salter manages to wriggle out and sneak his way back up to his feet, so the fighters are now clinched up against the cage.
De Vries lands a right hand that snaps the head of Salter backwards.
Salter blocking some punches.
De Vries throws an elbow but it misses.
De Vries looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Salter wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Salter breaks from the clinch.
Salter scores with a decent looking hook.
De Vries gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Salter.
Sloppy strikes from Salter. Those never looked like landing.
De Vries explodes with a nice body kick and back out of range. Nice work.
Radar Salter is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Salter slips a jab from De Vries.
Donk. Salter catches De Vries right on the button with a cross.
De Vries missing with a left hand there. Salter was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
De Vries wants to clinch up but Salter keeps it at a distance.
De Vries is looking to score with low kicks.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Salter on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
Salter looks for the body kick but De Vries saw that one coming.
De Vries takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
De Vries ducks right into an uppercut from Salter.
De Vries throws a sloppy head kick and Salter moves out of range easily.
De Vries closes the distance and clinches up with Salter, looking for a takedown. De Vries pushes Salter against the cage but Salter circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.
Left hook, right uppercut from Salter.
Salter misses with a looping left.
Salter lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
De Vries is rocked!
Salter throws an overhand right that drops De Vries like a sack of potatoes! Salter dives in to finish the fight with more strikes and this one is all over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:35 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Radar Salter!
Radar Salter is the new featherweight champion!
An out of breath Radar Salter thanked his loyal fans in his post fight interview, giving them credit for his success over the course of his career.
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energy
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hype
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