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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Gabriel Van (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Adam West (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Gabriel Van has a significant reach advantage - let's see if he can make it count.
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275 lbs
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245 lbs
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BJJ Blue Belt
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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
3 - 2 - 0, fighting out of London, Gabriel Van!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
5 - 4 - 1, fighting out of London, Adam West!
The judges for this bout are Donald Grub, Richard Clark and Andrew Berry.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
West wants to clinch.
West tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Van paws at him with a jab and circles away.
West pulls out of a head kick attempt.
West gets in close and instigates a clinch.
West tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Van is working for a takedown up against the cage. He can't get it on this occasion though.
A nice glancing elbow lands by West.
West lands an elbow that stopped Van in his tracks for a moment.
West lands an elbow that stopped Van in his tracks for a moment.
It looks like Gabriel Van has been cut.
West misses with a knee to the head.
Van takes a knee right on the jaw!
West with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
West tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
West looking to throw knees to the head but Van is blocking nicely.
Van avoiding damage as West throws knees to the body.
West lands a knee to the body.
West lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
West tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
West lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
West looking to throw knees to the head but Van is blocking nicely.
That's one minute gone in the round.
West landing knees to the head.
West looks gassed!
West misses with a knee strike.
Van fails to pull guard.
West landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Van trying to control the position but instead, West has worked for underhooks and has pushed Van into the cage.
West comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
West tries to land a knee to the head but Van blocks with his arms.
West lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
West lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Van on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Van takes an elbow to the temple.
West misses with a knee strike.
Van is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
West with an attempt at a knee that misses.
West misses with a knee strike.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are showing their displeasure at the lack of action as loud boos ring out around the arena.
West tries to land knees in the clinch but Van avoids the damage to the body.
Van has West pressed up against the cage and is working for takedown. West manages to improve position though and keeps the fight standing.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Gabriel Van. That's going to take a lot out of him.
West gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Knees in the clinch landing for West.
West lands a nice knee to the body.
West with an attempt at a knee that misses.
West lands a nice elbow.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, West just misses with a elbow thrown towards Van's brow.
West with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Van can't get the takedown.
West lands a knee to the head.
West landing knees to the body.
West misses with an elbow over the top.
West tries to land knees in the clinch but Van avoids the damage to the body.
West with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
West tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
West misses with a knee strike.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, West just misses with a elbow thrown towards Van's brow.
West lands a knee to the body.
West is fighting off a takedown attempt but Van is just too persistent for him and manages to trip West to the mat. West regains guard as soon as the fighters hit the mat.
Van is looking to stand up but West won't let him.
Van wants to pass the guard but West is keeping the position.
West keeping moving, preventing Van from controlling successfully.
West is trying to stand up but he's not managed so far.
West manages to escape and get back to his feet.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
West pulls out of a head kick attempt.
West fails with an attempt to clinch.
Van looks for a takedown but West sprawls well.
West jabs at Van's body.
West tries to clinch there but Van circles away.
Adam West seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
West tries to clinch there but Van circles away.
West has managed to clinch.
West creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Van's defenses.
West lands a nice knee to the body.
West tries to land a knee to the head but Van blocks with his arms.
West landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Knees to the body from West.
A knee to the head by West.
West misses with a knee strike.
Van avoiding damage as West throws knees to the body.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Adam West dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Gabriel Van's cut.
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.
Van wants to clinch.
West rushes Van and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
West tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
The fighters are starting to get sweaty, which will make takedowns a bit more tricky.
West looking to throw knees to the head but Van is blocking nicely.
West lands a nice elbow.
West misses with a knee strike.
West creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Van's defenses.
Knees in the clinch landing for West.
West lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
West with an attempt at a knee that misses.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
West throws a knee to the head but misses.
West pushes off an fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
West looking to throw knees to the head but Van is blocking nicely.
A head punch blocked on the inside by West.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Van gets a nice trip takedown into half guard.
The step up in weight doesn't seem to be a problem for West. He's performing admirably here against the bigger man.
Van prevents West from improving his position.
That's one minute gone in the round.
West wants to control but Van is keeping busy.
Van is just sitting in half guard, waiting for something to happen.
West has no desire to be mounted, so is trying to control. Van is working away from the top position though.
Van wants to take a breather but West is having none of it.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
There's not a lot going on here and the crowd are letting the fighters know they're not willing to tolerate a lack of action.
West is trying to stand back up but Van is controlling him
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
West is trying to control but can't.
Van is looking to advance position but West won't allow it.
Neither fighter is doing enough for the referee's liking and he's decided to stand them back up.
West closes the distance and clinches.
West unloads a knee to the mid-section. Van lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
West looking to throw knees to the head but Van is blocking nicely.
Van managing to block the knees to the body from West.
West with an attempt at a knee that misses.
West lands a knee to the head.
West with an attempt at a knee that misses.
West using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Van has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
West throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Van blocks it with crossed arms.
West with an attempt at a knee that misses.
West lands a damaging elbow.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Van is working for takedown but West is calmly controlling the position for now.
Van blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
West throws a knee to the head but misses.
West lands an elbow inside that Van shrugs off.
West tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Van is working for a takedown up against the cage. He can't get it on this occasion though.
West creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Van's defenses.
West gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
West landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Van on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
West connects with a nasty looking knee right to Van's face.
West missing with knees to the body.
West with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Van blocks the elbow strike.
Van avoiding damage as West throws knees to the body.
Van avoiding damage as West throws knees to the body.
West using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Well. There's a bit of a lull in the action here and the crowd are starting to get restless.
Van working some nice short punches in the clinch.
West looks to throw an elbow but misses.
West tries a knee to the head but Van blocks it.
Van is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
West throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Van blocks it with crossed arms.
Van dodges an elbow strike from West.
West tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
West looking to throw knees to the head but Van is blocking nicely.
West with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Van is trying to work for a single leg takedown but West pulls him back up using the underhooks.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Gabriel Van. That's going to take a lot out of him.
West lands an elbow that stopped Van in his tracks for a moment.
West misses with a knee strike.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
With the two fighters working up against the cage, West just misses with a elbow thrown towards Van's brow.
Van avoiding damage as West throws knees to the body.
Van breaks from the clinch.
West fails with an attempt to clinch.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close second round but Adam West will probably get the nod - 10:9.
The cut man is working on Gabriel Van's cut.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action! Ladies and gentlemen, this is the final round!
West clinches but Van breaks the clinch
and Van counters by moving into the clinch. Good anticipation by Van.
West tries to land a knee to the head but Van blocks with his arms.
Van takes an elbow to the temple.
Van managing to block the knees to the body from West.
Van on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
West tries to land knees in the clinch but Van avoids the damage to the body.
Van is trying to trip West. He has hold of a leg but West is hopping around, keeping his balance for the moment. Van persists though and gets the takedown into guard.
West pulls Van in close to his closed guard and prevents Van from doing any damage or advancing position.
Van stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. West swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Van is fighting to break West's control of his arms but West is doing a good job of controlling the position at the moment.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Van pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. West is keeping the position for now.
Van looking to sit in guard and control but West gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.
West must be cautious of submissions here, given that his opponent has the superior Jiu Jitsu.
Van trying to control the position.
West is just sitting in guard, looking to avoid any submissions.
West pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Van is keeping the position for now.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Well. There's a bit of a lull in the action here and the crowd are starting to get restless.
Van looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Van really does look like a pencil wearing a pair of gloves. Let's hope he has a gameplan to suit that ridiculous body shape.
West trying to control the position from guard on top but Van is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
West rushes Van and presses him up against the cage.
West throws a knee to the head but misses.
Van on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Van tried to land a shot to the body but connects with West's elbow.
West misses with a knee to the head.
Van managing to block the knees to the body from West.
West trying to land knees to the body.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
West connects with a knee to the head.
Van trying to stall but West improves his position.
West stops a takedown attempt from Van.
West lands a knee to the body.
West landing knees to the head.
West lands a knee to the head.
West throws an elbow but it's blocked.
West missing with knees to the body.
West misses with an elbow over the top.
Van on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
West throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Van takes an elbow to the temple.
West using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Van has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
West tries to land a knee to the head but Van blocks with his arms.
Van drops to a knee looking for a takedown but West gets the underhooks and prevents it.
West tries to land knees in the clinch but Van avoids the damage to the body.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are showing their displeasure at the lack of action as loud boos ring out around the arena.
West lands a nice knee to the body.
West misses with a knee to the head.
West misses with a knee to the head.
Van blocks an elbow strike from West.
Van changes levels and goes for a takedown here. West fights it off and pushes away nicely.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Gabriel Van. That's going to take a lot out of him.
West connects with a high kick.
Adam West is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
West pushes Van up against the cage in a clinch.
West landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
West looking to throw knees to the head but Van is blocking nicely.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
West throws a knee to the head but misses.
West tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Van drops down looking for an ankle pick but West pulls his leg out and moves away.
West gets in close and instigates a clinch.
And that's the end of the fight!
Adam West comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I've got West winning every round here. Surely the decision will go his way and he'll pick up a well deserved decision victory. 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 Donald Grub scores the fight for Adam West!
Judge Richard Clark scores the fight for Adam West!
Judge Andrew Berry scores the fight for Adam West!
Adam West wins by unanimous decision!
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energy
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FIGHT
RATING
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