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Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Mike Van Rijn (ranked 1652 p4p, 203 weight class) and Miki Viki (ranked 1688 p4p, 206 weight class). Both these guys have solid standup skills and neither is particularly fantastic on the ground, so let's hope for a nice standup war!
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163 lbs
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160 lbs
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Good wrestling
Excellent MT
Granite chin |
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BJJ Purple Belt
Lethal high kicks
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
16 - 13 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Mike Van Rijn!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
15 - 8 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Miki Viki!
The judges for this bout are Jack Bonds, Don Winkell and .
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Van Rijn fails in his attempt to clinch.
Van Rijn cracks Viki with a good jab.
Van Rijn moves away from the strike by Viki.
Van Rijn forces Viki back against the cage and clinches.
Viki wants to get back to striking at distance but Van Rijn won't allow it.
Van Rijn lands with a right to the head.
Viki wants to break the clinch but can't.
Van Rijn misses with some punches.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Viki.
Good body shot from Van Rijn.
Viki is trying to break the clinch but Van Rijn has him pressed against the cage.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Van Rijn fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Van Rijn swings wildly with an uppercut but Viki uses good head movement to avoid it.
Van Rijn lands a left hand.
Van Rijn lands a left hand that snaps the head of Viki backwards.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Van Rijn lands a hook to the side of the head.
Van Rijn throws a punch but it's blocked by Viki.
Van Rijn working aggressively here.
Van Rijn fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Viki blocking some punches.
Van Rijn has a couple of punches blocked by Viki.
Van Rijn fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Van Rijn misses with a punch on the inside.
Viki escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Van Rijn misses with a head kick.
Van Rijn ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Van Rijn moves into the clinch successfully.
Van Rijn scores with a shot to the side of Viki's head.
Van Rijn lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Van Rijn tries to work over Viki's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Van Rijn misses with some punches.
Van Rijn misses with a hook from the clinch.
Viki blocks an uppercut.
Van Rijn tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Viki blocks a punch to the side of the head.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Viki is trying to push Van Rijn away but Van Rijn has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Van Rijn working aggressively here.
Viki blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Van Rijn swings wildly with an uppercut but Viki uses good head movement to avoid it.
Viki is trying to break free.
Van Rijn working aggressively here.
Viki wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Van Rijn misses with a punch on the inside.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Van Rijn misses with some punches.
Van Rijn fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Viki breaks from the clinch.
Viki throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Van Rijn scores with a nice body kick.
Van Rijn has closed the distance and engaged Viki in a clinch.
Van Rijn working some nice short punches in the clinch.
A head punch on the inside from Van Rijn fails to land.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Van Rijn.
Van Rijn makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Viki blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Nice body punch from Van Rijn - that landed with a thud.
Van Rijn misses with a hook from the clinch.
Van Rijn lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Van Rijn working aggressively here.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Van Rijn pushes Viki back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Viki wants to get back to striking at distance but Van Rijn won't allow it.
Van Rijn working aggressively here.
Viki is trying to push Van Rijn away but Van Rijn has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Van Rijn struggles to land a body shot inside as Viki controls his hands.
Van Rijn misses with a punch on the inside.
Van Rijn misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Viki blocks a punch to the side of the head.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Van Rijn.
Viki blocks an uppercut.
Van Rijn lands an uppercut.
Van Rijn lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Viki backwards.
Viki blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Van Rijn tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Viki is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Mike Van Rijn dominated that round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!
Van Rijn has closed the distance and engaged Viki in a clinch.
Van Rijn misses with a hook from the clinch.
Van Rijn misses with the head strike.
Van Rijn throws a punch but it's blocked by Viki.
Viki blocking some punches.
Viki blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Van Rijn working aggressively here.
Van Rijn misses with a punch on the inside.
Van Rijn throws a punch but it's blocked by Viki.
Viki is trying to force a seperation but Van Rijn has the dominant position.
I was talking to Van Rijn's coach per-fight and he was telling me that they'd been working on the clinch in the runup to this fight.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Van Rijn misses with a hook from the clinch.
Viki wants to get back to striking at distance but Van Rijn won't allow it.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Van Rijn.
Viki wants to get back to striking at distance but Van Rijn won't allow it.
Viki prevents a body shot from Van Rijn.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Van Rijn lands a left hand that snaps the head of Viki backwards.
Viki blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Van Rijn throws a punch but it's blocked by Viki.
Van Rijn misses with a hook from the clinch.
Van Rijn misses with a short punch on the inside.
Viki looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Viki is trying to force a seperation but Van Rijn has the dominant position.
A head punch on the inside from Van Rijn fails to land.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Van Rijn.
Van Rijn misses with a hook from the clinch.
Van Rijn throws a punch but it's blocked by Viki.
Van Rijn misses with a hook from the clinch.
Van Rijn swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Viki blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Van Rijn misses with the head strike.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Van Rijn.
Viki blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Van Rijn lands a right hand.
Van Rijn working aggressively here.
Van Rijn lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Van Rijn throws a head punch that misses.
Van Rijn misses with a short punch on the inside.
Van Rijn lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Van Rijn is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Viki can do to turn this around?
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Van Rijn.
Viki wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Viki blocks an uppercut.
Viki blocks an uppercut.
Van Rijn misses with a hook from the clinch.
Van Rijn misses with the head strike.
Van Rijn struggles to land a body shot inside as Viki controls his hands.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Viki can't break the clinch.
Viki blocking some punches.
Van Rijn goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Van Rijn lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Van Rijn has a couple of punches blocked by Viki.
Van Rijn misses with some punches.
Van Rijn misses with a short punch on the inside.
Viki is trying to break free.
Van Rijn working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Viki blocking some punches.
Van Rijn fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Van Rijn misses with a hook from the clinch.
Van Rijn misses with some punches.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Van Rijn.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Van Rijn swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Van Rijn swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Van Rijn lands a nice uppercut.
Viki's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Van Rijn misses with the head strike.
Van Rijn gets through Viki's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Viki is trying to push Van Rijn away but Van Rijn has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Viki.
Viki blocks a punch to the side of the head.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Viki blocks an uppercut.
Van Rijn lands with a short shot to the head.
A head punch on the inside from Van Rijn fails to land.
Van Rijn has a couple of punches blocked by Viki.
Van Rijn misses with some punches.
Van Rijn misses with a punch on the inside.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Mike Van Rijn dominated that second round.
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!
Thud! ouch! good body kick from Van Rijn - that will leave a mark!
Van Rijn scores with a head kick.
Viki scores with a body shot.
Viki circles away from the clinch attempt
and Viki counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
It looks like Mike Van Rijn has been cut.
Viki scores with a sloppy right hand. Van Rijn should have avoided that one.
Van Rijn swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Viki takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Viki misses with a straight left.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Viki loads up on a big right hand but Van Rijn slips the punch.
Van Rijn tries to close the distance and clinch but Viki swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Van Rijn throws a shot to the body.
The fight stays on the outside here - Van Rijn looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Van Rijn is looking to clinch but Viki is avoiding it.
Viki throws out a counter right but Van Rijn avoids it with no problem.
Viki lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
Nice defenses there by Viki.
Viki blocks a head kick by Van Rijn.
Van Rijn misses with a hook
and Viki cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Viki misses with a hook.
As Viki tries to get set, Van Rijn tries to push him back and clinch up but Viki manages to avoid the attempt.
Viki takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
A big left from Viki misses.
Jab from Van Rijn.
Van Rijn throws a body kick that sends a sickening thudding noise reverberating around the arena.
Van Rijn defending well as Viki loads up on a big left hand.
Van Rijn tries to clinch but Viki is having none of it.
Van Rijn lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Viki connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Van Rijn momentarily.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Van Rijn closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Van Rijn creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Viki can't break the clinch.
Van Rijn misses with some punches.
Viki is trying to break the clinch but Van Rijn is controlling him.
Viki blocking some punches.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Van Rijn.
Mike Van Rijn has scored more points in the clinch so far.
A head punch on the inside from Van Rijn fails to land.
Van Rijn misses with a hook from the clinch.
Van Rijn has a couple of punches blocked by Viki.
Van Rijn throws a punch but it's blocked by Viki.
Viki blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Viki tries to circle away but Van Rijn has him pinned against the cage.
Viki looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Viki blocking some punches.
Viki blocking some punches.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Viki.
Viki wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Van Rijn has him pressed against the cage.
Viki blocking some punches.
Viki blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Van Rijn lands an uppercut.
Viki prevents a body shot from Van Rijn.
Viki blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Viki's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Van Rijn has Viki pressed against the cage, preventing Viki from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Van Rijn swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Van Rijn throws a head punch that misses.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Van Rijn misses with a punch on the inside.
Van Rijn is working Viki over against the cage.
Van Rijn misses with some punches.
Van Rijn lands a shoulder strike.
Van Rijn working aggressively here.
Viki has had enough of the clinch but Van Rijn keeps him there for the moment.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Van Rijn creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Viki is trying to force a seperation but Van Rijn has the dominant position.
Van Rijn throws a punch but it's blocked by Viki.
Van Rijn throws a head punch that misses.
Van Rijn misses with a hook to the ribs.
Van Rijn misses with the head strike.
Miki Viki has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Viki tries to break the clinch but Van Rijn is controlling the position.
And that's the end of the fight!
Mike Van Rijn showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Van Rijn, winning every round. Will the judges agree? They are the ones who matter, even if they are often depressingly incompetent. 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 30:25
Judge Don Winkell scores the fight 30:25
Judge Percy O'Donnell scores the fight 30:26
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Mike Van Rijn!
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hype
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FIGHT
RATING
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