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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Francisco dAnconia (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Vaan Tseng (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). dAnconia's entrance music is Revolution. A fine choice. Vaan Tseng has the eye of the tiger tonight.
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284 lbs
9 - 10 - 1 |
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255 lbs
15 - 10 - 0 |
Abu Dhabi Champ
World class boxer
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Olympic wrestler
World class MT
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
9 - 10 - 1, fighting out of New York, Francisco dAnconia!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
15 - 10 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Vaan Tseng!
The judges for this bout are Jack Bonds, Don Winkell and Frank Antenori.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
dAnconia on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
Tseng bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of dAnconia's head.
dAnconia scores with a nice takedown into half guard. Let's see what he's got on the ground.
dAnconia working Tseng over with strikes.
Tseng regains full guard. Nicely done.
dAnconia landing some decent shots from guard.
dAnconia won't allow Tseng to sweep him here.
dAnconia postures up and lands a big shot to Tseng's brow.
dAnconia trying to control but Tseng is working from the bottom.
dAnconia with a nice head shot there.
dAnconia with a nice head shot there.
dAnconia looking to control the position here, rather than advance.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
dAnconia throws an elbow that misses. Tseng uses the momentum to reverse the position. He's now in dAnconia's guard. Nice move by Tseng!
That's one minute gone in the round.
dAnconia trying to keep a closed guard but Tseng is proving a slippery customer.
Tseng in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Tseng with a flurry of punches that miss.
dAnconia wants to sweep but no luck.
dAnconia is looking to sweep but instead, Tseng has passed into half guard.
Tseng with a momentary lay and pray from half guard.
dAnconia gets back to full guard.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
Tseng looking to pass the guard.
Tseng postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
dAnconia keeping moving, preventing Tseng from controlling successfully.
dAnconia trying to keep a closed guard but Tseng is proving a slippery customer.
Tseng throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as dAnconia works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Tseng lands a couple of digs.
dAnconia lands a beautiful sweep and he's now moved into his opponent's guard.
dAnconia trying to control but Tseng is working from the bottom.
Tseng looking to hit a scissor sweep but dAnconia is one step ahead there.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
dAnconia wants to control from the top but Tseng keeps moving.
dAnconia distracts Tseng with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.
dAnconia is frustrating his opponent with some stalling tactics from top position.
dAnconia lands a couple of elbows.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Tseng keeping moving, preventing dAnconia from controlling successfully.
Tseng has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
dAnconia is going to have to think about doing something other than just controlling because Tseng is managing to avoid having the position dictated to him.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are hurling abuse towards the fighters... You can hardly blame them though because there isn't a lot going on in the fight.
dAnconia is just sitting in guard, looking to avoid any submissions.
dAnconia might be looking to lock onto one of his opponent's long limbs for a submission, whilst we're on the ground.
Tseng wants to stand but dAnconia is controlling the position.
dAnconia chips away with some ground and pound.
dAnconia pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Tseng is keeping the position for now.
dAnconia keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Tseng's head.
dAnconia wants to control from the top but Tseng keeps moving.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Tseng trying to control the position.
We may be looking at a referee standup if the pace doesn't pick up soon.
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 Francisco dAnconia will probably get the nod.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.
Tseng looks to score with a jab to the body but dAnconia is just out of range.
dAnconia seem to be loading up, looking for a big counter.
Tseng throws a sloppy body shot
and dAnconia counters with a straight right hand.
Tseng lands a high kick!
A big left from dAnconia misses.
Tseng dives in and scores a takedown into dAnconia's guard.
Tseng is fighting to break dAnconia's control of his arms but dAnconia is doing a good job of controlling the position at the moment.
Tseng lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.
dAnconia looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Tseng trying to control but dAnconia is working from the bottom.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Tseng missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
dAnconia bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Tseng's guard.
dAnconia trying to control the position from guard on top but Tseng is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Tseng lands a beautiful sweep and he's now moved into his opponent's guard.
That's one minute gone in the round.
dAnconia looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Tseng scoring with punches to the head and body.
dAnconia looking for a sweep. Not yet dAnconia, not yet.
Tseng works over dAnconia with some ground and pound from guard.
dAnconia is trying to control the position from the bottom.
dAnconia throwing some rather feeble looking strikes off his back.
Tseng throws a big right hand that misses.
My spies in Netherlands Top Team & KT inform me that Tseng has been getting involved in the gym's BJJ sparring sessions. Let's see whether that pays dividends!
Tseng lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.
Tseng throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as dAnconia works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
There's a bit of a scramble here and now dAnconia is on top in guard.
Tseng wants to stand up but dAnconia is controlling him.
Vaan Tseng has got the better of the ground game so far.
dAnconia wants to control from the top but Tseng keeps moving.
Tseng wants to stand but dAnconia is controlling the position.
dAnconia won't allow Tseng to sweep him here.
Tseng keeping full guard, as dAnconia tries to pass.
dAnconia looking to sit in guard and control but Tseng gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Tseng lands a couple of digs.
dAnconia wants to sweep but no luck.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Tseng's corner. There ya go! There ya go!
dAnconia looking to hit a scissor sweep but Tseng is one step ahead there.
Tseng postures up in dAnconia's guard and throws a big left but dAnconia blocks it.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Tseng accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
dAnconia is trying to keep Tseng in close.
dAnconia tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Tseng cracks dAnconia with a solid left hand.
Tseng won't allow dAnconia to sweep him here.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
dAnconia tries to strike from the bottom.
Tseng wants to control from the top but dAnconia keeps moving.
dAnconia wants to sweep but no luck.
The step up in weight doesn't seem to be a problem for Tseng. He's performing admirably here against the bigger man.
Tseng scoring with some ground and pound.
Tseng makes a bit of distance and scores with some ground and pound, still in guard.
Tseng chips away with some ground and pound.
Tseng stands up over dAnconia, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head.
Tseng loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Tseng works over dAnconia with some ground and pound from guard.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
dAnconia is pulling down on Tseng's head. It's preventing any offense from Tseng, at least for the moment.
dAnconia looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Vaan Tseng showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
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!
Tseng decides to change it up a bit and drives through with a nice takedown into half guard.
Tseng working over dAnconia with some ground and pound. dAnconia looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable.
dAnconia trying to hold on to Tseng's head to control him but Tseng postures up.
dAnconia is looking to improve his position.
dAnconia has no desire to be mounted, so is trying to control. Tseng is working away from the top position though.
Tseng not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
dAnconia actively working from the bottom here.
dAnconia is looking for a sweep. Tseng is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
That's one minute gone in the round.
dAnconia is working hard here to advance position.
Tseng has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
dAnconia is trying to defend against the ground and pound but Tseng scores with a couple of nice shots.
Tseng lands strikes from half guard.
dAnconia is not content to let Tseng control the position.
Tseng is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.
Tseng drops an elbow to the side of dAnconia's head.
dAnconia wants to control but Tseng is keeping busy.
Tseng landing with strikes to the body and head, softening up his opponent.
dAnconia tries to get to full guard but Tseng has control of the leg.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
dAnconia has no desire to be mounted, so is trying to control. Tseng is working away from the top position though.
dAnconia moves his hips nicely and gets into full guard.
dAnconia managing to control the position.
Tseng throwing strikes from guard but dAnconia blocks nicely.
Tseng throwing strikes but missing.
dAnconia has momentary wrist control but Tseng slips an elbow through the middle.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Tseng stands up over dAnconia, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head.
Tseng wants to control from the top but dAnconia keeps moving.
dAnconia looking to hit a scissor sweep but Tseng is one step ahead there.
Tseng trying to control but dAnconia is working from the bottom.
Tseng throws a big right hand that misses.
dAnconia is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.
Tseng tries to get to full guard but dAnconia has control of the leg.
Tseng is refusing to be controlled, as dAnconia sits in half guard.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
dAnconia sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Tseng defending well though.
dAnconia looking to pass the half guard. Not this time.
dAnconia prevents Tseng from standing back up.
Tseng misses with some strikes from the bottom.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
dAnconia looks to score some points with some ground and pound.
Tseng is trying to stand.
dAnconia passes the guard and advances to mount!
And that's the end of the fight!
Vaan Tseng comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Tseng has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. 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 Jack Bonds scores the fight 28:29
Judge Don Winkell scores the fight 28:29
Judge Frank Antenori scores the fight 28:29
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Vaan Tseng!
Vaan Tseng decided to go for the less than humble approach in his post fight interview, telling everyone how he is going to conquer the world. The crowd seemed to like it when really that sort of approach could have gone either way.
In defeat, Francisco dAnconia stepped up to the mic, saying 'Who is John Galt?'.
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