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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Yohn Royce (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Frank Schuurman (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). This should be a great matchup!
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
6 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Yohn Royce!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
6 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Frank Schuurman!
The judges for this bout are Alexandre Firmino, Seu Braga and Mauricio Rocha.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Schuurman closes the distance and clinches.
Schuurman tries to land a knee to the head but Royce blocks with his arms.
Royce lands a hook to the side of the head.
Schuurman with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Schuurman blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Schuurman lands a good knee to the midsection. Royce won't want to take too many of those.
Schuurman misses with a knee strike.
Schuurman looking to throw knees to the head but Royce is blocking nicely.
Royce takes a knee right on the jaw!
It looks like Yohn Royce has been cut.
Royce lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Schuurman backwards.
Schuurman scores with a knee to the head.
Royce stalling in the clinch.
Schuurman's coach down at Animal House was telling us pre-fight that they have been working on Schuurman's balance. Obviously they view that as a key factor in the outcome of this fight.
Knees in the clinch landing for Schuurman.
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!
Schuurman with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Schuurman tries a knee to the head but Royce blocks it.
Royce misses with a punch on the inside.
Royce working aggressively here.
Schuurman lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Schuurman tries a knee to the head but Royce blocks it.
Schuurman misses with a knee strike.
Schuurman using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Royce has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Royce lands a body shot.
That's one minute gone in the round.
A short right from Royce.
Schuurman with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Schuurman misses with a knee strike.
Schuurman scores with a knee to the head.
Royce has Schuurman pushed against the cage.
Schuurman using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Royce has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Royce lands on the inside with an uppercut.
A nice left hand lands by Royce.
Schuurman with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Royce tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Schuurman lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Schuurman missing with knees to the body.
Royce swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Schuurman looking to throw knees to the head but Royce is blocking nicely.
Schuurman tries to land a knee to the head but Royce blocks with his arms.
Schuurman with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Schuurman misses with a knee strike.
Schuurman missing with knees to the body.
Schuurman throws a knee to the head but misses.
Schuurman looks winded!
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Royce is trying to force a seperation but Schuurman has the dominant position.
Schuurman tries to land knees in the clinch but Royce avoids the damage to the body.
Royce on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Schuurman using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Royce has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Royce tries to throw a body punch but Schuurman avoids it by throwing Royce back against the cage.
Schuurman misses with a knee strike.
Schuurman tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Schuurman as Royce tries to tie him up.
Royce misses with a hook to the ribs.
Schuurman throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Royce blocks it with crossed arms.
A short left from Royce.
Schuurman with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Some stalling of biblical proportions here from Royce.
Royce tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Schuurman connects with a knee to the head.
Schuurman tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Schuurman misses with a knee to the head.
Royce tries to work over Schuurman's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Still in the clinch, Royce scores with a nice short uppercut.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Schuurman throws a knee to the head but misses.
Schuurman blocking some punches.
Schuurman trying to land knees to the body.
Schuurman tries to land a knee to the head but Royce blocks with his arms.
Royce doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Schuurman tries to land a knee to the head but Royce blocks with his arms.
Good body shot from Royce.
Royce lands a body shot in the clinch.
Royce throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Royce is trying to break the clinch but Schuurman is controlling him.
Royce lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Schuurman or not.
Royce goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Royce working aggressively here.
Schuurman with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Royce misses with a punch on the inside.
Royce tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Schuurman's elbow.
Schuurman tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Schuurman missing with knees to the body.
Schuurman using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Royce has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Royce misses with a punch to the body.
Schuurman misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Royce.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Schuurman.
Royce scores with a nice hook to the head.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Royce.
A knee to the head by Schuurman.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Royce lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Schuurman with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Schuurman tries to land a knee to the head but Royce blocks with his arms.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
Schuurman tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Schuurman tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Schuurman with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Schuurman tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Royce misses with a body punch.
Schuurman tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Royce's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Schuurman fails with an attempt to clinch.
Royce keeps the fight on the outside.
Schuurman tries to clinch but Royce moves out of range.
Sloppy strikes from Royce. Those never looked like landing.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Frank Schuurman dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Yohn Royce's cut.
That's time! Back to the action!
Schuurman is looking to clinch.
Royce clinches with his opponent.
Schuurman tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Schuurman throws a knee to the head but misses.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Royce creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Schuurman with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Schuurman tries to land a knee to the head but Royce blocks with his arms.
Royce manages to break the clinch.
Schuurman tries to close the distance and clinch up but Royce swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Royce appears to be looking for a counter punch to the body.
Royce lands a two punch combo.
It looks like Frank Schuurman has been cut.
Schuurman tries to keep at a distance but Royce has taken the fight into the clinch.
Royce slows down the pace here.
Royce lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Schuurman with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Schuurman using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Royce has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Schuurman missing with knees to the body.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Royce.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Schuurman lands a knee to the head.
Schuurman is breathing heavily.
Royce tries a body shot but Schuurman blocks it.
Royce tries to throw a body punch but Schuurman avoids it by throwing Royce back against the cage.
Royce is trying to stall.
Royce working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Royce takes a knee right on the jaw!
Schuurman tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Schuurman using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Royce has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Royce throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Schuurmans head.
A head punch on the inside from Royce fails to land.
A short uppercut from Royce.
Schuurman missing with knees to the body.
Royce takes a knee right on the jaw!
Royce is looking to break free of the clinch but Schuurman has double underhooks.
Royce presses Schuurman against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Schuurman blocking some punches.
Royce scores with an uppercut up the middle.
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!
Schuurman throws a knee to the head but misses.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Royce stalling in the clinch.
Schuurman with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Schuurman tries a knee to the head but Royce blocks it.
Royce lands an uppercut.
Royce lands a body punch.
Royce blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Royce working aggressively here.
Schuurman misses with a knee to the head.
A frustrated look appears on Royce's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Royce controlling the action here for a moment.
Royce working aggressively here.
Schuurman misses with a knee to the head.
Royce lands with a short shot to the head.
Schuurman throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Royce blocks it with crossed arms.
Royce works on Schuurman's body with a couple of short punches.
Schuurman throws a knee to the head but misses.
Schuurman with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Royce tries to break the clinch but Schuurman is controlling the position.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Royce tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Royce pushes Schuurman back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Schuurman blocks an uppercut.
Schuurman misses with a knee strike.
Schuurman with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Royce can't find room to land a body shot as Schuurman controls the action.
Royce lands a hook to the side of the head.
Royce lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Royce stalling against the cage.
Royce manages to break the clinch.
Schuurman tries to clinch up.
Schuurman wants to clinch.
The fight moves into the clinch position.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Schuurman tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Royce throws a punch but it's blocked by Schuurman.
Royce misses with a hook to the ribs.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Royce.
Royce working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Royce fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Royce's corner are urging him to control the action in the clinch for a moment, rather than mount any serious offense. I'm sure the crowd appreciate those instructions... not.
Royce misses with some punches.
Schuurman connects with a nasty looking knee right to Royce's face.
A knee to the head by Schuurman.
Schuurman keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Royce's efforts to push away.
Schuurman using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Royce has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Royce.
Schuurman throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Royce blocks it with crossed arms.
Schuurman misses with a knee to the head.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Yohn Royce dominated that second round.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action. This is the final round!
Royce lands a two punch combo.
Schuurman has closed the distance and engaged Royce in a clinch.
Royce doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Schuurman with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Schuurman throws a knee to the head but misses.
A knee to the head by Schuurman.
Schuurman misses with a knee to the head.
Schuurman blocks an uppercut.
Schuurman tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Royce misses with a hook to the ribs.
Still in the clinch, Royce scores with a nice short uppercut.
Royce pushes Schuurman back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Royce lands with a left to the head.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Schuurman throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Royce blocks it with crossed arms.
Schuurman throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Royce blocks it with crossed arms.
Schuurman tries to land a knee to the head but Royce blocks with his arms.
Royce is working Schuurman over against the cage.
Royce misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Schuurman takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Royce lands a hook that snaps the head of Schuurman backwards.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Royce breaks from the clinch.
Royce looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Royce throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Schuurman fails with an attempt to clinch.
Royce throws a right hand that Schuurman ducks under and follows up with a left that Schuurman also avoids with ease.
Schuurman tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Royce looks to land a combination but Schuurman avoids it well.
Royce misses with the combination.
Royce keeps the fight on the outside.
Schuurman tries to close the distance and clinch up but Royce swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Royce fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Schuurman, pushing him back against the cage.
Schuurman landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Royce lands with a short shot to the head.
Schuurman using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Royce has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Royce is trying to break the clinch but Schuurman has him pressed against the cage.
Schuurman misses with a knee to the head.
Royce holding his opponent close, against the cage.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Royce tries a body shot but Schuurman blocks it.
Royce lands with a left 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!
Schuurman tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Royce.
Schuurman using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Royce has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Knees to the body from Schuurman.
Schuurman tries to land a knee to the head but Royce blocks with his arms.
Schuurman tries to land knees in the clinch but Royce avoids the damage to the body.
Schuurman looking to throw knees to the head but Royce is blocking nicely.
Royce effectively controlling the action here.
Schuurman throws a knee to the head but misses.
Royce just leaning against Schuurman, taking a breather.
Royce goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Schuurman with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Schuurman misses with a knee strike.
Schuurman blocking some punches.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Royce is looking to break free of the clinch but Schuurman has double underhooks.
Schuurman tries to land a knee to the head but Royce blocks with his arms.
Schuurman throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Royce blocks it with crossed arms.
Royce lands a nice shot to the body.
Royce managing to block the knees to the body from Schuurman.
A nice left hand lands by Royce.
Schuurman misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Royce.
Schuurman blocking some punches.
Schuurman with a knee to the head.
Schuurman blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Schuurman with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Schuurman with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Schuurman blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Royce throws a head punch that misses.
Royce tries to break the clinch but Schuurman is controlling the position.
Schuurman tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Royce tries to work over Schuurman's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Stalling in the clinch from Royce.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Schuurman throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Royce blocks it with crossed arms.
Royce lands with a light punch inside.
Royce swings wildly with an uppercut but Schuurman uses good head movement to avoid it.
Royce tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Schuurman misses with a knee to the head.
Royce doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Royce is trying to push Schuurman away but Schuurman has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Schuurman putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Royce in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Royce misses with a hook from the clinch.
Royce has a couple of punches blocked by Schuurman.
Schuurman letting Royce take a breather here.
Schuurman tries a knee to the head but Royce blocks it.
Schuurman throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Royce blocks it with crossed arms.
Schuurman working Royce over with knees to the body.
Schuurman with a knee to the head.
Schuurman throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Royce blocks it with crossed arms.
Schuurman looking to throw knees to the head but Royce is blocking nicely.
And that's the end of the fight!
That was a close round. You could make an argument for either fighter but I would give it to Yohn Royce.
I think Royce has won this one but let's see what the judges have to say. 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 Alexandre Firmino scores the fight 29:28
Judge Seu Braga scores the fight 29:29
Judge Mauricio Rocha scores the fight 28:29
The fight is ruled a draw!
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