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Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Matheo Rojas (ranked 1083 p4p, 138 weight class) and Mike Van Rijn (ranked 1580 p4p, 196 weight class). Both fighters look pumped up here. Let's hope this is a good fight!
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170 lbs
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163 lbs
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Good wrestling
Lethal high kicks
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Excellent MT
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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
10 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Matheo Rojas!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
17 - 14 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Mike Van Rijn!
The judges for this bout are Jonathan Paton, Alyssa Summers and Russell Pearce.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Van Rijn rushes Rojas and presses him up against the cage.
Van Rijn misses with a punch to the body.
Van Rijn can't find room to land a body shot as Rojas controls the action.
Van Rijn works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Van Rijn scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Van Rijn misses with a hook from the clinch.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Rojas.
Van Rijn misses with a hook to the ribs.
Van Rijn misses with a body punch.
Van Rijn misses with a punch on the inside.
Rojas stalling in the clinch but Van Rijn improves position.
Rojas working aggressively here.
Van Rijn misses with a hook from the clinch.
Rojas lands a left hand that snaps the head of Van Rijn backwards.
A head punch on the inside from Rojas fails to land.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Rojas.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Rojas doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Van Rijn doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Rojas fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Van Rijn has been looking to improve his clinch game in recent weeks. Rojas seems to have the measure of him in the clinch so far, so let's see if Van Rijn can turn it around.
Rojas blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Rojas lands a right hand.
Van Rijn struggles to land a body shot inside as Rojas controls his hands.
Van Rijn can't find room to land a body shot as Rojas controls the action.
That's one minute gone in the round.
A short left from Rojas.
Van Rijn doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Rojas misses with the head strike.
A shot in the inside from Rojas.
Van Rijn can't find room to land a body shot as Rojas controls the action.
Rojas misses with a short punch on the inside.
Van Rijn tries a body shot but Rojas blocks it.
Van Rijn misses with a punch to the body.
Van Rijn lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Rojas lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Van Rijn.
Rojas blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Van Rijn lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Rojas backwards.
Rojas swings wildly with an uppercut but Van Rijn uses good head movement to avoid it.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Van Rijn.
Van Rijn misses with some punches.
A head punch on the inside from Rojas fails to land.
Van Rijn throws a punch but it's blocked by Rojas.
A nice left hand lands by Van Rijn.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Van Rijn blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Van Rijn misses with a body punch.
Van Rijn tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Rojas's elbow.
Van Rijn misses with a body punch.
Van Rijn fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Van Rijn lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Van Rijn tries to throw a body punch but Rojas avoids it by throwing Van Rijn back against the cage.
Rojas's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Van Rijn slips a jab from Rojas.
Rojas throws a jab when Van Rijn was well out of range.
Rojas lands a vicious shot with the stealth of a sniper and the strength of a viper. Are vipers that strong? I can think of lots of things that are stronger than a viper - not many rhyme with sniper though.
Van Rijn connects with an inside leg kick.
Van Rijn throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Van Rijn gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Rojas.
A swing and a miss from Rojas.
Rojas fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Rojas uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Van Rijn.
Van Rijn connects with a crisp jab.
Rojas lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ooooh, nice body kick lands from Van Rijn. Rojas shrugs it off though.
Rojas swings away with a leg kick that misses.
Van Rijn misses with a straight left.
Van Rijn throws out a loose jab but Rojas uses good head movement to avoid it.
Rojas throws a nice outside leg kick.
Van Rijn checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time.
Rojas walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Van Rijn checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
Rojas has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Van Rijn.
A solid leg kick lands there for Van Rijn.
Van Rijn wants to clinch.
Van Rijn is looking to clinch.
Rojas just misses with a punch to the body.
Van Rijn tries to counter with a clinch but Rojas shakes him off and moves away.
Rojas smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
Rojas thows a body kick. Van Rijn tries to catch it but that hurt him.
Rojas swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Rojas avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Rojas scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Rojas throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Rojas cracks the inside of Van Rijn's front leg.
Van Rijn connects with a solid leg kick.
Rojas looks to score with a jab to the body but Van Rijn is just out of range.
Van Rijn misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Rojas.
Rojas missing with a left hand there. Van Rijn was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Van Rijn tries to counter with a clinch but Rojas shakes him off and moves away.
Rojas lands with a right hand.
Rojas darts in and clinches Van Rijn up against the cage.
Van Rijn blocking some punches.
Rojas misses with a short punch on the inside.
Van Rijn stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Van Rijn lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Rojas or not.
Rojas working aggressively here.
Van Rijn lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
I was talking to Rojas's coach per-fight and he was telling me that they'd been working on the clinch in the runup to this fight.
Rojas lands a body shot.
Van Rijn stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
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 Matheo Rojas will probably get the nod.
That's time! Rojas's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.
A bone on bone clash there as Van Rijn blocks the leg kick.
Van Rijn swings away with a body shot that misses
and Rojas counters with a good low kick that Van Rijn was not able to check.
Rojas misses with a wild combination.
Rojas throws a wild body kick that Van Rijn sees coming a mile off.
The fighters circling - Rojas throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Rojas connects with a crisp jab.
Rojas explodes with a nice body kick and back out of range. Nice work.
We are yet to see a takedown attempt from Van Rijn in the fight. On paper you would think he is the more dominant ground fighter so let's see if these unusual tactics pay off.
Nice defenses there by Rojas.
Rojas throws a leg kick but Van Rijn moved away.
Van Rijn instigates a clinch.
Van Rijn lands a hook to the side of the head.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Van Rijn lands with a left to the head.
Van Rijn swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Van Rijn lands a left hand that snaps the head of Rojas backwards.
Rojas escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Van Rijn clinches with his opponent.
Van Rijn can't find room to land a body shot as Rojas controls the action.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Van Rijn lands a nice uppercut.
Rojas prevents a body shot from Van Rijn.
Rojas manages to break the clinch.
Van Rijn tries to clinch but Rojas is having none of it.
Van Rijn has Rojas up against the cage in a clinch.
Van Rijn tries to work over Rojas's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Van Rijn working aggressively here.
Van Rijn has a couple of punches blocked by Rojas.
Van Rijn misses with a hook from the clinch.
Van Rijn scores with a shoulder strike.
Rojas scores with a hook to the body.
Van Rijn lands a hook to the side of the head.
Van Rijn working aggressively here.
Van Rijn misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Van Rijn misses with a short punch on the inside.
Rojas stalling in the clinch but Van Rijn improves position.
Mike Van Rijn seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Van Rijn misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Van Rijn doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Van Rijn goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Rojas misses with a hook from the clinch.
Rojas throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Van Rijns head.
Van Rijn tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Van Rijn struggles to land a body shot inside as Rojas controls his hands.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Van Rijn tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Rojas breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Both fighters circling a little - Rojas finishes the exchange with a kick to the body.
Rojas shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.
Van Rijn throws a body punch but Rojas moves out of range.
A telegraphed right hand from Van Rijn misses the target.
Van Rijn dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
An inside leg kick lands from Van Rijn.
Van Rijn misses with a few strikes there.
Van Rijn checks the leg kick.
Rojas connects with a leg kick. Van Rijn looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
Rojas scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Rojas takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Rojas misses with a head kick.
Rojas ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Van Rijn moves away.
Van Rijn connects with a right hand. Rojas shakes it off.
Rojas tries to clinch but Van Rijn moves out of range.
The crowd cheers as Rojas lands an impressive looking overhand right. Van Rijn doesn't seem phased though.
Nice jab there from Rojas.
Rojas misses with a looping left.
Van Rijn wants to clinch but Rojas slips to the side
and Rojas counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Van Rijn lands a slapping body shot.
Van Rijn misses with a two punch combination.
Van Rijn darts in and clinches Rojas up against the cage.
Van Rijn misses with a short punch on the inside.
Van Rijn blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Van Rijn misses with a punch to the body.
Rojas lands a shoulder strike.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Rojas blocks an uppercut.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Rojas blocks a body shot from Van Rijn.
Van Rijn lands a body shot in the clinch.
Rojas swings away with an uppercut that misses.
A left hand lands to the body for Van Rijn.
Van Rijn lands a body punch.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Van Rijn swings wildly with an uppercut but Rojas uses good head movement to avoid it.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Van Rijn.
Van Rijn has Rojas pressed against the cage, preventing Rojas from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Van Rijn throws a punch but it's blocked by Rojas.
Van Rijn blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Rojas lands a nice uppercut.
Van Rijn misses with a hook from the clinch.
A short right from Rojas on the inside.
Van Rijn lands a right hand that snaps the head of Rojas backwards.
Rojas misses with a punch to the body.
Still in the clinch, Van Rijn scores with a nice short uppercut.
Rojas gets through Van Rijn's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Van Rijn working some nice short punches in the clinch.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Mike Van Rijn showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
That's time! Back to the action! This is the final round!
Van Rijn moves out of range of the body kick from Rojas.
Van Rijn is trying to avoid his opponent's strikes and get into the clinch.
Van Rijn clinches.
Van Rijn tries to throw a body punch but Rojas avoids it by throwing Van Rijn back against the cage.
Rojas dictating the pace here, as the fighters clinch against the cage.
A head punch on the inside from Van Rijn fails to land.
A head punch on the inside from Van Rijn fails to land.
Rojas lands a body shot.
Van Rijn lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Van Rijn misses with a hook from the clinch.
Van Rijn misses with a body punch.
Rojas misses with some punches.
Van Rijn tries to work over Rojas's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
A right hand to the body from Van Rijn.
A nice left hand lands by Rojas.
Rojas's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Van Rijn tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Rojas throws a nice outside leg kick.
Matheo Rojas is winning the standup battle so far.
Van Rijn connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Van Rijn tries to clinch but Rojas moves out of range.
Van Rijn's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Rojas slips a straight right by Van Rijn.
Rojas fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Van Rijn checks it well.
Van Rijn throws a head kick but Rojas moves out of range.
Van Rijn avoids a punch combination nicely.
Rojas throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Van Rijn misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Rojas.
As Van Rijn backs away, Rojas returns fire with a leg kick that just misses.
Van Rijn throws a front kick aimed at Rojas's knee but Rojas avoids it well.
Van Rijn throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
Rojas stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Van Rijn.
Van Rijn has closed the distance and engaged Rojas in a clinch.
A head punch on the inside from Rojas fails to land.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Van Rijn creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Van Rijn lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Van Rijn is working Rojas over against the cage.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Rojas lands a hook to the side of the head.
Van Rijn struggles to land a body shot inside as Rojas controls his hands.
Rojas taking a breather.
Van Rijn goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Van Rijn lands a left hand that snaps the head of Rojas backwards.
Rojas blocks a punch to the side of the head.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Rojas lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Van Rijn misses with a short punch on the inside.
Rojas throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Van Rijn throws a punch but it's blocked by Rojas.
Van Rijn lands a hook to the side of the head.
Rojas manages to break the clinch.
Rojas scores with a decent looking hook.
Van Rijn moves out of range of the leg kick from Rojas.
Van Rijn throws a jab but it's blocked by Rojas.
Rojas looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
Van Rijn moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Van Rijn pushes Rojas up against the cage in a clinch.
Van Rijn misses with a body punch.
Van Rijn working aggressively here.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Rojas.
A head punch on the inside from Rojas fails to land.
Rojas working aggressively here.
Rojas lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Van Rijn backwards.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Van Rijn as Rojas tries to tie him up.
Van Rijn prevents a body shot from Rojas.
Rojas throws a head punch that misses.
Van Rijn tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Rojas's elbow.
A right hook to the body lands for Van Rijn.
Rojas scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Van Rijn blocks an uppercut.
A nice left hand lands by Rojas.
Van Rijn tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Rojas's elbow.
Still in the clinch, Van Rijn scores with a nice short uppercut.
Rojas lands with a left to the head.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Rojas is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Van Rijn is keeping busy.
Rojas fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Rojas swings wildly with an uppercut but Van Rijn uses good head movement to avoid it.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Van Rijn lands a right hand that snaps the head of Rojas backwards.
Rojas tries to work over Van Rijn's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Rojas blocks a body shot from Van Rijn.
Van Rijn struggles to land a body shot inside as Rojas controls his hands.
Van Rijn digs a right hand into Rojas's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Rojas's gas tank.
Rojas's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Rojas lands a left hand.
Rojas misses with a body punch.
Van Rijn struggles to land a body shot inside as Rojas controls his hands.
Rojas breaks the clinch.
Rojas tries to clinch up.
Van Rijn steps in looking to clinch after the strikes miss from Rojas.
Van Rijn turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Van Rijn closes the distance looking to clinch
and Rojas counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
And that's the end of the fight!
I would just about give that final round to Mike Van Rijn.
I think Van Rijn has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. 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 Jonathan Paton scores the fight 28:29
Judge Alyssa Summers scores the fight 28:29
Judge Russell Pearce scores the fight 28:29
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Mike Van Rijn!
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energy
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hype
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