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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Arran Balthazar (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Ryuu Wakahisa (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both these guys have solid standup skills and neither is particularly fantastic on the ground, so let's hope for a nice standup war!
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191 lbs
6 - 1 - 0 |
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187 cm
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185 lbs
6 - 2 - 0 |
BJJ White Belt
Excellent MT
Granite chin |
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BJJ White Belt
Excellent MT
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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
6 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Arran Balthazar!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
6 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Ryuu Wakahisa!
The judges for this bout are Daniel Blasius, Albert Achterberg and Paul Aken.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Balthazar gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Knees in the clinch landing for Wakahisa.
Wakahisa blocks an uppercut.
Wakahisa tries a knee to the head but Balthazar blocks it.
Balthazar avoiding damage as Wakahisa throws knees to the body.
Wakahisa tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Balthazar avoids it.
Wakahisa tries a knee to the head but Balthazar blocks it.
Wakahisa throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Wakahisa misses with an elbow over the top.
Wakahisa pushes off an throws an elbow but Balthazar leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Balthazar tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Wakahisa creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Wakahisa tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Wakahisa tries to land knees in the clinch but Balthazar avoids the damage to the body.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Balthazar just misses with a elbow thrown towards Wakahisa's brow.
Wakahisa misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Balthazar.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Wakahisa just misses with a elbow thrown towards Balthazar's brow.
Balthazar misses with a body punch.
Wakahisa is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Balthazar is defending well for now.
Balthazar lands a nice elbow.
Balthazar misses with a short punch on the inside.
Wakahisa has been looking to improve his clinch game in recent weeks. Balthazar seems to have the measure of him in the clinch so far, so let's see if Wakahisa can turn it around.
Balthazar lands with a short head shot on the inside.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Balthazar tries to throw a body punch but Wakahisa avoids it by throwing Balthazar back against the cage.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Wakahisa prevents a body shot from Balthazar.
Balthazar misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Balthazar tries to work over Wakahisa's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Wakahisa misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Balthazar.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Balthazar.
Wakahisa misses with an elbow over the top.
Wakahisa misses with an elbow strike.
Balthazar misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Balthazar lands with a short shot to the head.
A right hook to the body lands for Balthazar.
Balthazar lands a body punch in the clinch.
Wakahisa looks winded!
A right handed body shot lands from Balthazar.
A short right from Balthazar on the inside.
Balthazar lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Wakahisa backwards.
Balthazar misses with a punch to the body.
Balthazar doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Balthazar lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Wakahisa backwards.
Wakahisa takes a shot to the head.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Balthazar working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Wakahisa is rocked!
Balthazar lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Wakahisa.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Balthazar goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Balthazar tries to work over Wakahisa's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Balthazar lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Wakahisa is still on wobbly legs! Can Balthazar finish him?
Balthazar scores with a nice hook to the head.
A right hook to the body lands for Balthazar.
Balthazar works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Balthazar lands a body punch.
Balthazar cracks Wakahisa with a nice body shot.
Balthazar lands with a left to the head.
Balthazar works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Balthazar cracks Wakahisa with a nice body shot.
Balthazar lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
A short right from Balthazar on the inside.
Nice body punch from Balthazar.
Balthazar pushes Wakahisa against the cage. Balthazar is working some dirty boxing. Balthazar pushes off with a quick right hook! Wakahisa goes down! Wakahisa tries to stand but stumbles back to his kness! Balthazar moves in to finish and the ref steps in to prevent any more damage!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:40 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Arran Balthazar!
Arran Balthazar is the new middleweight champion!
After winning the bout, Arran Balthazar thanked all his fans and promised he'd do even better in his next fight. The crowd seemed to love his humility.
Ryuu Wakahisa spoke after the fight, saying 'Cortez you had me tonight with those punches!! Looking for a rematch soon!!'.
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