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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Arvo Laar (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Akira Hendrix (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Laar comes to the cage accompanied by some random 90's estonia dance song i found on youtube. I don't know about you partner, but I'm pumped for this one!
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213 lbs
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205 lbs
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Abu Dhabi Champ
World class MT
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Good wrestler
Lethal high kicks
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
26 - 21 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Arvo Laar!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
12 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Akira Hendrix!
The judges for this bout are Chris Saunders, Ryoma Takatsuka and Josh West.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Laar lands where it shouldn't have, right in the... well, you know what he did? He kicked him in the penis. He's injured, injured bad. The referee sends both fighters to their corners and Hendrix has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Hendrix and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
Laar lands with a thumping leg kick.
Laar avoids the body shot from Hendrix.
Laar cracks the inside of Hendrix's front leg.
Hendrix misses with a body shot.
Hendrix swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Hendrix throws out a loose jab but Laar uses good head movement to avoid it.
Laar half committed to a counter leg kick.
Hendrix misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Hendrix stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
Laar lands with a thumping leg kick.
Hendrix lands a nice shot to the body.
Laar looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Hendrix falls off balance throwing a combination
and Laar counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.
Laar buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
That kick from Laar tenderised Hendrix's leg. Hendrix is trying to keep his angry face on.
Laar ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Laar throws a nice inside leg kick.
Laar throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Arvo Laar seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Hendrix keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
Hendrix takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Hendrix throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Laar on the side of the head.
Hendrix on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Hendrix looks winded!
Hendrix has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Laar.
Laar throws a head kick that misses.
Laar throws a leg kick that misses.
Laar lands with a thumping leg kick.
Laar is looking to chop away at Hendrix's legs.
Hendrix looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights.
A chopping leg kick lands by Laar.
No joy there for Hendrix, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Laar feints and then cracks Hendrix's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Hendrix down.
Laar walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Hendrix checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
Some bone on bone action there as Laar checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
A clash of legs there as Hendrix blocks the low kick.
Laar pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Laar throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Laar throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Laar stuns Hendrix with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Laar throws a leg kick that misses.
Hendrix keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hendrix keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
Laar throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Hendrix tries to land a leg kick but Laar saw it coming and moves away.
Hendrix connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Laar lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Laar throws a leg kick that misses.
Laar wants to slow Hendrix down by chopping away at his legs.
Hendrix avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
Laar is looking to wear down Hendrix with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
Hendrix throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.
Laar looked to counter that last move with a leg kick but didn't pull the trigger.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Hendrix takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Laar scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Hendrix doesn't seem bothered though.
A nice inside leg kick there by Laar. That's going to slow Hendrix down.
Hendrix swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Laar will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.
Laar motions for Hendrix to come forward. Laar throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Laar uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Hendrix.
You can see that Hendrix has visibly slowed down as a result of the leg kicks
Hendrix keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Laar connects with a solid leg kick.
Laar throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
A nice side step and Hendrix releases a counter shot to the body, but it doesn't find it's home.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hendrix lands a jab to the head.
Hendrix tries to check a leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
A nice inside leg kick there by Laar. That's going to slow Hendrix down.
Hendrix has used his reach advantage pretty well so far tonight.
Laar throws a low kick but it's checked well by Hendrix.
Laar feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Hendrix's calf.
Laar finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
Laar checks a low kick from Hendrix.
Hendrix checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Laar lands where it shouldn't have, right in the... well, you know what he did? He kicked him in the penis. He's injured, injured bad. The referee sends both fighters to their corners and Hendrix has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Hendrix and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
Laar lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Laar defending well as Hendrix loads up on a big left hand.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Laar, right into the meat.
Laar checks a low kick from Hendrix.
Laar looked to counter that last move with a leg kick but didn't pull the trigger.
Laar takes a swing at Hendrix's ribcage but misses.
Laar lands a nice hook to Hendrix's body. Hendrix takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Laar lands a nice leg kick that just misses Hendrix's sensitive parts.
Laar misses with a leg kick.
Laar fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Laar connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Laar wants to land a leg kick but Hendrix is out of range.
Hendrix swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Hendrix scores with a body shot.
Laar tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and Hendrix is able to avoid easily.
Laar misses with a wild body shot.
Laar misses with a low kick as Hendrix jumps back.
Laar throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Laar tries to score with a low kick but Hendrix moves his leg out of the way.
Hendrix takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Hendrix throws an overhand right that lands on Laar's shoulder, as Laar tries to avoid the shot.
Laar throws a leg kick which misses Hendrix's front leg but catches the back leg as Hendrix tries to avoid it.
Hendrix takes a swing at Laar's ribcage but misses.
Hendrix uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Laar.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Hendrix takes a kick to the side of the head.
Hendrix dodges the punch combination from Laar.
Hendrix is clearly trying to counter these attacks from Laar with a body shot.
Laar misses with a low kick.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Arvo Laar dominated that round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!
Laar on the wrong end of a kick to the body.
Laar is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Hendrix can do to turn this around?
Good leg kick by Laar there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Hendrix misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Laar.
Hendrix throws a jab when Laar was well out of range.
Laar misses the shot to the body.
Laar throws a solid leg kick but Hendrix takes the impact on his shin and smiles at Laar.
Hendrix blocks a head kick by Laar.
Laar tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Hendrix was well out of range. Poor timing from Laar.
A looping hook to the body misses from Laar. Hendrix does a little dance to reset his feet.
A good leg kick by Laar.
Laar buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Arvo Laar is winning the standup battle so far.
Laar lands a right hook to the body.
Laar dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Laar ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Laar lands with a slapping head kick.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Laar throws a head kick that misses.
Hendrix now looks to counter with a shot at the body.
A looping hook to the body misses from Laar. Hendrix does a little dance to reset his feet.
Hendrix scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
A solid leg kick lands there for Laar.
That's one minute gone in the round.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Hendrix.
Hendrix stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Laar.
Hendrix throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
A chopping leg kick lands by Laar.
Hendrix's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Laar chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Hendrix takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Hendrix with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Hendrix waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Laar.
That kick from Laar tenderised Hendrix's leg. Hendrix is trying to keep his angry face on.
Hendrix chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Laar can pounce on him.
Laar checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time.
Laar seem to be loading up, looking for a big counter.
Both these guys seem content to just stand up and trade with eachother but Hendrix might want to think about changing up his gameplan a bit because over the course of the fight, Laar has got the better of the exchanges.
Laar lands with a head kick! That's gotta hurt.
Hendrix works the jab nicely.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Laar tried to score with a low kick but Hendrix checks it.
Laar changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Laar with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Hendrix scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Laar wants to land a leg kick but Hendrix is out of range.
Laar ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Hendrix is breathing heavily.
Laar scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Hendrix doesn't seem bothered though.
Laar throws a leg kick which misses Hendrix's front leg but catches the back leg as Hendrix tries to avoid it.
Laar tries a low kick but Hendrix avoids it.
Laar throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
Hendrix chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Laar can pounce on him.
Laar slips a jab and a cross from Hendrix.
Hendrix stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
Laar scores with a body shot.
Laar lands a big head kick that sends Hendrix tumbling to the mat! Laar takes a step backwards and waves Hendrix back to his feet - he wants the finish!
Hendrix is rocked!
Laar looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Hendrix is still on wobbly legs! Can Laar finish him?
Hendrix misses with a hook to the body
and Laar makes him pay by landing a thudding low kick.
Laar ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Hendrix on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Laar lands a nice shot to the body.
Hendrix seems to have recovered his senses.
Hendrix takes a kick to the side of the head.
Hendrix takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Laar lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hendrix takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Laar bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Laar pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Hendrix checks a low kick from Laar.
Laar connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Laar swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Laar moves out of range as Hendrix strikes.
Laar lands a leg kick that knocks Hendrix off balance momentarily.
Hendrix takes a kick to the side of the head.
Laar slips under a jab.
Hendrix blocks a head kick by Laar.
Hendrix feints a counter leg kick.
Hendrix misses with a double jab.
Laar digs a good body shot into Hendrix's ribs.
Laar tries to work over Hendrix's front leg with a kick but Hendrix checks it.
Hendrix checks a low kick from Laar.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Laar lands where it shouldn't have, right in the... well, you know what he did? He kicked him in the penis. He's injured, injured bad. The referee sends both fighters to their corners and Hendrix has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Hendrix and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
Laar blocks a low kick nicely.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Laar misses with a low kick.
Laar throws a body shot but no joy.
Hendrix takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Laar ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Hendrix 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.
Laar misses with a body shot.
Laar throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Hendrix throws a body kick that misses.
Hendrix takes a head kick and keeps coming.
Laar chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Laar scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Laar fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Hendrix is out of range.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Hendrix looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Hendrix swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Laar lands a left and a right that send Hendrix crashing to the mat, dazed. Laar thinks about following him to the mat but decides to wave him back up to his feet!
Hendrix doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Arvo Laar dominated that second round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin! This is the final round!
A chopping leg kick lands by Laar.
Laar misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Hendrix takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Laar comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Laar connects with a solid leg kick.
Laar cracks the inside of Hendrix's front leg.
Laar dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Laar connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
A shot to the liver by Laar. Beautiful body shot.
Hendrix throws an overhand right that lands on Laar's shoulder, as Laar tries to avoid the shot.
Laar connects with a body shot that sends Hendrix's belly button to the back.
Laar scores with a leg kick.
A chopping leg kick lands by Laar.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Laar lands a nice hook to Hendrix's body. Hendrix takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Laar throws a quick inside leg kick.
Hendrix tries to work over Laar's front leg with a kick but Laar checks it.
Hendrix takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
A chopping leg kick lands by Laar.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Hendrix checks a leg kick.
An inside leg kick lands from Laar.
Laar scoring well with a low kick there.
Nice defenses there by Laar.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Laar scores with a leg kick.
A nice leg kick lands there from Laar.
Laar dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Hendrix. That did some damage!
Laar scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Hendrix checks a leg kick nicely.
Hendrix blocks a head kick by Laar.
Hendrix is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Laar.
Laar lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Hendrix checks the leg kick nicely there.
A solid leg kick lands there for Laar.
Hendrix blocks a head kick by Laar.
Hendrix chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Laar can pounce on him.
Some bone on bone action there as Laar checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
Hendrix swinging wildly here.
A shot to the liver by Laar. Beautiful body shot.
Akira Hendrix has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hendrix on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Laar checks a leg kick.
Hendrix just misses with a punch to the body.
Laar throws a low kick but Hendrix avoids it.
Laar throws a leg kick but Hendrix sees it coming and moves out of range.
A slapping leg kick lands for Laar.
Hendrix looks to score with a jab to the body but Laar is just out of range.
Laar thumps Hendrix with a low kick.
Hendrix doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Hendrix looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Laar thuds a left hand into Hendrix's body.
A solid leg kick lands there for Laar.
Laar goes for a high kick. It partially lands.
Laar lands with a nice body punch.
Hendrix misses with a wild combination.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Laar feints and then cracks Hendrix's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Hendrix down.
Laar scores with a three punch combo!
Laar throws a nice outside leg kick.
A good leg kick by Laar.
Laar bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Hendrix throws the left hand but Laar avoids the punch easily.
Laar throws a leg kick which misses Hendrix's front leg but catches the back leg as Hendrix tries to avoid it.
Laar throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Hendrix on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Laar. Laar obviously looking to wear him down.
Laar scores with a leg kick.
Hendrix throws a body kick that misses.
Laar does a little shimmy and throws a leg kick. The leg kick missed by a considerable margin though, making him look a little bit silly for doing the shimmy.
Hendrix on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Laar. Laar obviously looking to wear him down.
Laar throws a body shot but no joy.
Hendrix flicks out a counter leg kick but Laar steps away.
Hendrix takes a head kick and shrugs it off.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Laar fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Hendrix has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Laar attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
Hendrix throws a big shot that misses.
Laar throws a quick inside leg kick.
Hendrix takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Laar is looking to slow Hendrix down with leg kicks.
Laar cracks the inside of Hendrix's front leg.
Hendrix 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.
Hendrix cracks Laar with an open hand slap.
Hendrix swings for the body but Laar moves out of range.
A quick step to the side and Laar tries to counter with a shot to the body but it doesn't connect.
Laar throws a chopping leg kick but Hendrix manages to avoid taking any serious damage.
Laar feints and then cracks Hendrix's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Hendrix down.
Laar slips under a jab.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Laar bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Laar appeared to be looking to counter that last move with a leg kick.
Hendrix takes a swing at Laar's ribcage but misses.
Hendrix fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
Hendrix throws a jab when Laar was well out of range.
Laar scores with a body shot.
And that's the end of the fight!
Arvo Laar showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Laar 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 Chris Saunders scores the fight 30:27
Judge Ryoma Takatsuka scores the fight 30:27
Judge Josh West scores the fight 30:27
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Arvo Laar!
Arvo Laar spent the whole post fight interview bigging himself up. It didn't go down that well with the fans after a while as they thought it was a bit arrogant.
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