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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Ronald Reagan (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Ludo Van Veen (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Ronald Reagan has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?
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BJJ Purple Belt
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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
14 - 5 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Ronald Reagan!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
4 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Ludo Van Veen!
The judges for this bout are Aleksei Zolotukhin, Illya Tyunina and Ivan Kurochkin.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Van Veen takes a jab right on the kisser.
Reagan looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Reagan lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Van Veen at a distance.
Van Veen throws a body punch but Reagan moves out of range.
Reagan misses with a looping right.
Van Veen flicks out a counter leg kick but Reagan steps away.
Van Veen throws a body shot but no joy.
Van Veen lands a glancing blow to the side of Reagan's head.
It looks like Ronald Reagan has been cut.
Van Veen swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
It looked like Reagan wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
Van Veen swings for the body but Reagan moves out of range.
Van Veen takes a swing at Reagan's ribcage but misses.
Van Veen throws a half hearted mid kick.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Reagan scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Van Veen gets cracked there but stands up to it.
Reagan cracks Van Veen with a right hand to the side of the head.
Reagan tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Van Veen was well out of range. Poor timing from Reagan.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Reagan lands a nice hook to Van Veen's body. Van Veen takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Reagan tests Van Veen's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Van Veen throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Van Veen throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Reagan scores with a nice strike.
Reagan waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Van Veen.
Reagan throws an off balance right hand
and Van Veen counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Van Veen lands an overhand right.
Van Veen ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
It seemed like Van Veen was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Reagan throws a right and a left that both miss.
Van Veen scores with a push kick.
Reagan throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Reagan throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Ludo Van Veen is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Reagan fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Reagan takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
A telegraphed right hand from Reagan misses the target.
Van Veen looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights.
Van Veen thuds a left hand into Reagan's body.
Nice defenses there by Van Veen.
Van Veen looks to throw the jab but Reagan is out of range.
Ronald Reagan seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Reagan jabs at Van Veen's body.
Reagan looks to score with a jab to the body but Van Veen is just out of range.
Van Veen appears to be waiting to throw a counter punch to the body.
Van Veen ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Reagan just misses with a punch to the body.
Van Veen looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Van Veen scores with a kick to the midsection.
Reagan misses with a looping right.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Van Veen pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Reagan swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Reagan misses with an uppercut
and Van Veen counters with a good, hard body kick but Reagan shrugs it off.
Van Veen tries to land a front kick but Reagan steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
Van Veen misses the shot to the body.
Reagan scores to the head and body with a nice combination!
Reagan uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Van Veen.
Van Veen throws a body shot but no joy.
Van Veen gets cracked there but stands up to it.
Reagan throws a shot to the body.
Reagan throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Van Veen stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Van Veen throws a push kick but Reagan slaps the foot to one side.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Van Veen is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Van Veen misses with an uppercut. Reagan saw that one coming.
Reagan went nuts there looking for a big combo counter but none of the flurry connected.
Reagan misses with a shot to the body
and Van Veen counters with a nice kick to the body.
Van Veen misses the body punch
and Reagan connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
No joy there for Reagan, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
A little jabbing left from Van Veen on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Van Veen.
Reagan throws a series of punches but Van Veen avoids them all with ease.
Van Veen misses with an uppercut.
Reagan scores with a jab to the jaw.
Reagan 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.
A looping hook to the body misses from Reagan. Van Veen does a little dance to reset his feet.
Van Veen looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Van Veen fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Reagan manages to avoid it.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Ronald Reagan dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Ronald Reagan'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 Veen misses with a body kick.
A little feinted left hand from Reagan on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
Reagan's corner calls for a 1, 2 combination and Reagan duly obliges.
Van Veen jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Reagan misses the shot to the body.
Van Veen only half commits to the counter leg kick.
Van Veen ducks under a wild hook from Reagan.
Reagan looks to score with a jab to the body but Van Veen is just out of range.
Van Veen turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
A lazy left from Van Veen finds it's target.
A looping hook to the body misses from Van Veen. Reagan does a little dance to reset his feet.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Van Veen uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Reagan.
A countering left hand to the body from Van Veen misses.
Reagan lands a nice looking body shot.
Van Veen avoids the body shot from Reagan.
Reagan moves into range and connects with a jab.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Reagan throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Van Veen sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Reagan lands with a shot to the body.
Ronald Reagan is winning the standup battle so far.
Van Veen throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Reagan connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
Reagan misses with a combination
and Van Veen counters with a lovely shot to the body.
Van Veen throws a body kick that misses.
Van Veen slips under a jab from Reagan.
Reagan throws a body punch but Van Veen moves out of range.
Van Veen now looks to counter with a shot at the body.
Ooooh, nice body kick lands from Van Veen. Reagan shrugs it off though.
Van Veen explodes with a nice body kick and back out of range. Nice work.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Reagan takes a push kick to the midsection and stumbles backwards.
Both these guys seem content to just stand up and trade with eachother but Van Veen might want to think about changing up his gameplan a bit because over the course of the fight, Reagan has got the better of the exchanges.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Van Veen lands with a thumping leg kick.
Van Veen throws a half hearted mid kick.
A big left from Van Veen misses.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Reagan looks to throw the jab but Van Veen is out of range.
Van Veen looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Reagan moves out of range of the strikes.
A looping hook to the body misses from Reagan. Van Veen does a little dance to reset his feet.
Van Veen flicks out a counter leg kick but Reagan steps away.
Van Veen throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Reagan is looking to counter with a shot to the body.
Van Veen throws a half hearted mid kick.
Reagan misses with a body shot.
Nice straight punches there by Reagan. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Reagan.
Reagan misses with a body shot.
Van Veen appears to be waiting to throw a counter punch to the body.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Van Veen on the wrong end of a nice jab.
Van Veen looks to land a left hand but Reagan moved out of range nicely.
Reagan scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Reagan throws a predictable looking body shot
and Van Veen counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Van Veen tries to land a front kick but Reagan steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
Reagan throws a poor cross that misses
and Van Veen counters with a nice low kick that buckles Reagan's knee momentarily.
Reagan connects with a jab.
Reagan takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Van Veen throws a body punch but Reagan moves out of range.
Van Veen misses with an uppercut.
A solid leg kick lands there for Van Veen.
Van Veen lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Reagan throws a poor cross that misses
and Van Veen counters with a left to the body.
Reagan lands with a good body shot.
Van Veen throws the kick towards the body but Reagan avoids it.
Van Veen lands a right hook to the body.
Reagan moves out of range as Van Veen throws a body kick.
Reagan uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Van Veen.
Reagan misses with a straight left.
A countering left hand to the body from Van Veen misses.
A shot to the liver by Van Veen. Beautiful body shot.
Reagan takes one on the chin but seems OK.
Reagan swings and misses with a shot to the body
and Van Veen counters with a lovely straight right hand!
A shot to the liver by Van Veen. Beautiful body shot.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Ludo Van Veen showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Ronald Reagan's cut.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action! Let's hear some noise people - this is the final round!
Reagan changes levels and looks for a double leg takedown. Van Veen tries to avoid it but Reagan manages to keep hold of a leg and drag Van Veen to the ground. Van Veen escapes though and pops straight back up to his feet.
Van Veen doesn't fully commit to the body shot counter.
Van Veen throws a lazy uppercut
and Reagan counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Van Veen looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
The fighters circling - Reagan throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Despite the aggression on Van Veen's face he doesn't fully commit to the counter.
Reagan uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Van Veen.
Reagan jabs Van Veen to the body, keeping him at a distance.
Van Veen waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Reagan.
Reagan misses with a hook to the body
and Van Veen connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Van Veen thows a left - swing and a miss!
Reagan throws an off balance right hand
and Van Veen makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Van Veen moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Reagan drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Reagan goes to the watering hole and comes back with a big thumbs up from the judges as he scores a three punch combo.
Van Veen misses with a hook. Reagan ducked under it nicely.
Van Veen swings widly with a right hand
and Reagan counters with a nice body shot.
Reagan misses with a jab to the body
and he gets countered with a snapping leg kick.
Van Veen gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Reagan.
Van Veen slips under a jab.
Reagan thows a left - swing and a miss!
Van Veen has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Van Veen there as he acknowledges the shot.
Reagan throws a body punch but Van Veen moves out of range.
Reagan takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Van Veen scores with a shot to the body.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
A looping hook to the body misses from Reagan. Van Veen does a little dance to reset his feet.
Van Veen is trying to counter with his kicks.
Reagan swings for the body but Van Veen moves out of range.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Reagan ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Reagan misses with a series of wild punches.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Van Veen swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Reagan misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Van Veen.
Reagan steps to his left, right into the path of a big body kick from Van Veen. That one must have hurt.
Reagan throws a body shot but no joy.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Van Veen! But no joy.
Reagan on the wrong end of a kick to the body.
Van Veen lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Reagan blocks a jab.
Reagan will be looking to protect his midsection after taking some solid kicks to the body.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Reagan throws a shot to the body.
Reagan looks to throw the jab but Van Veen is out of range.
Good standup being displayed there by Van Veen as he connects with a hook.
Van Veen misses the jab.
Reagan throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Van Veen sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Van Veen uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Reagan.
Reagan misses with a hook. Van Veen ducked under it nicely.
A head kick misses from Van Veen.
Reagan misses with a hook to the body
and Van Veen counters with an outside leg kick.
A nice leg kick lands there from Van Veen.
Reagan lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Reagan throws a right and a left that both miss.
It seemed like Van Veen was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Van Veen scores with a shot to the body.
Reagan swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Van Veen steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Reagan.
Van Veen throws out a counter right but Reagan avoids it with no problem.
Good leg kick by Van Veen there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Van Veen.
Van Veen uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Reagan.
Van Veen is clearly trying to counter these attacks from Reagan with a body shot.
Van Veen misses with a leg kick.
Reagan misses the shot to the body.
Van Veen now looks to counter with a shot at the body.
Jab by Van Veen.
Reagan scores with a jab to the jaw.
And that's the end of the fight!
I would just about give that final round to Ludo Van Veen.
Well Van Veen 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 Aleksei Zolotukhin scores the fight for Ludo Van Veen!
Judge Illya Tyunina scores the fight for Ludo Van Veen!
Judge Ivan Kurochkin scores the fight for Ronald Reagan!
Ludo Van Veen wins by split decision!
Ludo Van Veen very nearly forgot to thank Vandal & Laundry amongst all the excitement of his win but just as the interview came to a close, he screamed their name. Hopefully he'll get a few nice freebies in the mail as a thank you.
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energy
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