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Coming up we have a super heavyweight kickboxing rules bout between Bartholomew Roberts (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Stefan Van Der Sar (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.
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291 lbs
15 - 10 - 0 |
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294 lbs
14 - 8 - 0 |
World class boxer
Insanely flexible
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Good gas tank
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, in the super heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
15 - 10 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Bartholomew Roberts!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
14 - 8 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Stefan Van Der Sar !
The judges for this bout are Saam Ante, Patrick Alders and Daniel Blasius.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Roberts throws a lazy head kick
and Van Der Sar counters with a straight right hand.
Bartholomew Roberts seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Roberts just misses with a punch to the body.
A little jabbing left from Van Der Sar on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Van Der Sar uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Roberts.
Roberts scores with a head kick. Van Der Sar tried to block it but didn't get his arm up in time.
It looks like Stefan Van Der Sar has been cut.
Roberts swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Van Der Sar raises up his leg as if looking to counter with a high kick.
Roberts throws the kick towards the body but Van Der Sar avoids it.
Van Der Sar throws a fast counter high kick but Roberts manages to duck under it in time.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Roberts fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Van Der Sar thinks about the counter body kick.
Roberts misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Roberts tries to bum rush Van Der Sar with a series of wild strikes but Van Der Sar uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Van Der Sar throws a fast counter high kick but Roberts manages to duck under it in time.
Roberts gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Van Der Sar blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Van Der Sar blocks an uppercut.
Van Der Sar is trying to break free.
Van Der Sar dodges an elbow strike from Roberts.
Roberts prevents Van Der Sar from breaking the clinch.
Roberts keeps control of Van Der Sar as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Roberts lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Our sources have told us that Roberts has been working on his elbows in the gym.
Van Der Sar has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
A battle for position here, against the ropes.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Roberts.
Van Der Sar wants to break free but Roberts has control.
Roberts looking to throw knees to the head but Van Der Sar is blocking nicely.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
A short right from Roberts.
Roberts lands a body shot in the clinch.
Roberts swings wildly with an uppercut but Van Der Sar uses good head movement to avoid it.
Roberts scores a nice knee to the body.
Roberts tries to work over Van Der Sar 's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Roberts lands with a light punch inside.
Van Der Sar is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Roberts misses with a knee strike.
Roberts doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Van Der Sar avoids a wild elbow strike from Roberts.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Van Der Sar escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Roberts misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Van Der Sar is clearly looking to counter with head kicks.
Van Der Sar takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Bartholomew Roberts dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Stefan Van Der Sar 's cut.
That's time! Roberts's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.
Roberts lets the fists fly and connects with a left straight followed by a right hook.
Van Der Sar takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
Roberts fails to land with a series of punches.
Van Der Sar raises up his leg as if looking to counter with a high kick.
Roberts clinches up against the ropes.
Van Der Sar looking to slow down the pace here.
Roberts goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Van Der Sar is looking to break free of the clinch but Roberts has double underhooks.
Roberts keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Van Der Sar 's efforts to push away.
Roberts tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Roberts looking to throw knees to the head but Van Der Sar is blocking nicely.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Roberts scores with an uppercut up the middle.
A battle for position here, against the ropes.
Van Der Sar on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Roberts misses with a knee strike.
Roberts throws an elbow but it misses.
Roberts doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Roberts missing with knees to the body.
Van Der Sar looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Van Der Sar slows down the pace here.
Van Der Sar wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Knees in the clinch landing for Roberts.
Van Der Sar is trying to maintain a safe position but Roberts gets an underhook and turns Van Der Sar into the ropes.
A frustrated look appears on Van Der Sar 's face as he tries to break the clinch.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Van Der Sar wants to get back to striking at distance but Roberts won't allow it.
Roberts lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Roberts lands an elbow just above Van Der Sar 's eye.
That has opened up Stefan Van Der Sar 's cut even more.
Roberts scores with a shoulder strike.
Van Der Sar blocks a body shot from Roberts.
Roberts content to slow the pace in the clinch.
A left hand lands to the body for Roberts.
A short right from Roberts.
Bartholomew Roberts has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Van Der Sar is trying to push Roberts away but Roberts has him pressed against the ropes, so he's going nowhere.
Roberts lands a body shot in the clinch.
Van Der Sar is breathing heavily.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Roberts scores with a shot to the side of Van Der Sar 's head.
Roberts utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Roberts tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Van Der Sar avoids it.
Roberts missing with knees to the body.
Roberts is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Van Der Sar can do to turn this around?
A frustrated look appears on Van Der Sar 's face as he tries to break the clinch.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Bartholomew Roberts dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Stefan Van Der Sar 's cut.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!
Roberts fails to land with a series of punches.
Roberts misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Van Der Sar .
Roberts connects with a looping right hand.
Van Der Sar avoids the body shot from Roberts.
Roberts swinging wildly here.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Roberts misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
It seemed like Van Der Sar was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Roberts misses with a left hand
letting Van Der Sar counter with a right hand.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Roberts pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Van Der Sar slips a jab from Roberts.
Van Der Sar follows through with a counter body kick but it doesn't land.
Roberts thumps Van Der Sar with a low kick.
Van Der Sar dodges the punch combination from Roberts.
Van Der Sar follows through with a counter body kick but it doesn't land.
Roberts tests Van Der Sar 's chin there with a solid looking shot.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Roberts throws a combination that misses
and Van Der Sar counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Roberts thows a leg kick but Van Der Sar checks it
letting Van Der Sar counter with a right hand.
Roberts looks to clinch
and Van Der Sar counters with a nice uppercut.
Roberts scores with a head kick.
Roberts lands a kick to the ribs of his opponent. Nice work there - in and out in a flash.
This has been an exciting period of action!
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Sloppy strikes from Roberts. Those never looked like landing.
Roberts misses with a combination
and Van Der Sar counters with a good, hard body kick but Roberts shrugs it off.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Bartholomew Roberts clearly takes that round.
The cut man is working on Stefan Van Der Sar 's cut.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the ring so we can get back down to business.
Roberts tries a head kick but it misses.
Van Der Sar looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Roberts throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Van Der Sar .
Van Der Sar avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Van Der Sar is clearly looking to counter with head kicks.
Roberts tries a head kick but it misses.
Van Der Sar is clearly looking to counter with head kicks.
Roberts closes the distance and lands a one-two.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
A head kick misses from Roberts.
It seemed like Van Der Sar was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Roberts throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Van Der Sar throws a big counter head kick but Roberts avoids it with no problem.
Roberts misses with a body kick.
Van Der Sar swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Roberts throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
It seemed like Van Der Sar was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Roberts wants to clinch up but Van Der Sar keeps it at a distance.
Roberts swings for the body but Van Der Sar moves out of range.
Van Der Sar looks like he wanted to counter with a high kick but didn't throw it.
Roberts swinging wildly here.
Roberts throws a head kick that Van Der Sar semi-blocks.
Van Der Sar has used his reach advantage pretty well so far tonight.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Roberts fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Van Der Sar keeps the fight on the outside.
Van Der Sar looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Roberts gets a clinch.
Van Der Sar looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Van Der Sar blocks an elbow strike.
Roberts trying to land knees to the body.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Roberts tries to land knees in the clinch but Van Der Sar avoids the damage to the body.
Roberts struggles to land a body shot inside as Van Der Sar controls his hands.
Roberts manages to break the clinch.
Van Der Sar uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Roberts.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Bartholomew Roberts had his way with Stefan Van Der Sar in that round.
The cut man is working on Stefan Van Der Sar 's cut.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action. Let's get this one finished - here comes the final round!
Roberts scores with a spinning back kick!
Roberts throws the left hand but Van Der Sar avoids the punch easily.
Roberts throws a shot to the body.
Roberts throws an ugly left hook that misses
enabling Van Der Sar to counter with a crisp jab.
Roberts tries to close the distance and clinch up against the ropes but Van Der Sar paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Van Der Sar looks like he wanted to counter with a high kick but didn't throw it.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Roberts throws a left and a right that both miss
and Van Der Sar counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Roberts tries to close the distance and clinch up against the ropes but Van Der Sar paws at him with a jab and circles away.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Roberts scores with a head kick. Van Der Sar tried to block it but didn't get his arm up in time.
Roberts lands with a shot to the body.
Roberts misses with a jab, cross combination.
Van Der Sar follows through with a counter body kick but it doesn't land.
Roberts wants to clinch but Van Der Sar slips to the side
and Van Der Sar counters with a body kick that stops Roberts in his tracks momentarily.
Van Der Sar defending well as Roberts loads up on a big left hand.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Van Der Sar ! But no joy.
Roberts works Van Der Sar 's body with a nice hook.
Roberts misses with a series of wild punches.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Roberts throws a series of punches but Van Der Sar avoids them all with ease.
A little jabbing left from Van Der Sar on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Roberts tries to grapple but his opponent circles
enabling Van Der Sar to counter with a crisp jab.
Bartholomew Roberts is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Roberts tries to clinch but Van Der Sar is having none of it.
A little jabbing left from Van Der Sar on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Van Der Sar closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
And that's the end of the fight!
Bartholomew Roberts showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Roberts 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 5 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Saam Ante scores the fight 50:43
Judge Patrick Alders scores the fight 50:43
Judge Daniel Blasius scores the fight 50:43
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Bartholomew Roberts!
Bartholomew Roberts decided to thank the fans in attendance for making a great atmosphere. It seemed to go down pretty well.
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energy
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hype
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