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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Jean Van Damme (ranked 6581 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jesus Joseph (ranked 6051 p4p, 0 weight class). Jean Van Damme has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Jean Van Damme!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Jesus Joseph!
The judges for this bout are Alan Glass, Wesley Smith and Cecil Peabody.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
We've got one fighter who appears to only be looking to counter and the other not looking particularly aggressive either, so we could be in for a dull fight.
Van Damme moves into the clinch.
Joseph misses with a body punch.
Van Damme tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Joseph lands a shot to the body.
Joseph tries to throw a body punch but Van Damme avoids it by throwing Joseph back against the cage.
Van Damme slows down the pace here.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Joseph is pressed up against the cage. Van Damme has hold of a leg and is looking to drag Joseph down to the mat. Joseph avoids the attempt though and has circled away. We're back to striking at a distance.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Joseph tries for a takedown but Van Damme circles away easily
and Van Damme counters with a left to the body.
Van Damme tries to clinch but fails miserably
and Joseph counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Van Damme thinking.
Joseph takes the fight into the clinch.
Van Damme slows down the pace here.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Joseph stalling in the clinch.
Van Damme misses with a body punch.
Joseph tries to throw a body punch but Van Damme avoids it by throwing Joseph back against the cage.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Van Damme misses with a hook to the ribs.
Joseph tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Van Damme's elbow.
Joseph has hold of a leg and is looking for a trip takedown. Van Damme avoids it nicely though and we remain in the clinch.
Van Damme misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Joseph tries a body shot but Van Damme blocks it.
Joseph tries for a takedown. No joy.
Jean Van Damme has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Jesus Joseph.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
My god... these two guys really need to pick up the pace or everyone will leave to go get a beer.
Joseph on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Van Damme struggles to land a body shot inside as Joseph controls his hands.
Joseph tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Van Damme tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Joseph misses with a body punch.
Joseph managing to block the knees to the body from Van Damme.
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 Jean Van Damme will probably get the nod.
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 Damme misses with a hook to the body
and Joseph counters with a nice uppercut.
Van Damme gets his takedown attempt stuffed easily
and Joseph counters with a nice body shot.
Van Damme wants to clinch.
Joseph now looks to counter with a shot at the body.
That's one minute gone in the round.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Van Damme rushes Joseph and presses him up against the cage.
Van Damme's corner are urging him to control the action in the clinch for a moment, rather than mount any serious offense. I'm sure the crowd appreciate those instructions... not.
Van Damme prevents a body shot from Joseph.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
My god... these two guys really need to pick up the pace or everyone will leave to go get a beer.
A right handed body shot lands from Joseph.
Joseph misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Joseph blocks a body shot from Van Damme.
Van Damme tries to work over Joseph's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Joseph goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Joseph misses with a hook to the ribs.
Van Damme tries to break the clinch but Joseph is controlling the position.
Joseph manages to break the clinch.
Van Damme tries to keep at a distance but Joseph has taken the fight into the clinch.
Van Damme is defending well against a takedown attempt.
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.
Van Damme lands a left hand.
Joseph softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Van Damme working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Joseph is trying to break the clinch but Van Damme is controlling him.
Joseph lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Van Damme or not.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Joseph struggles to land a body shot inside as Van Damme controls his hands.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Jesus Joseph 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!
The fight stays on the outside here - Van Damme looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Van Damme instigates a clinch.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Joseph presses Van Damme against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Van Damme prevents a body shot from Joseph.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Joseph misses with a hook to the ribs.
Van Damme missing with knees to the body.
Van Damme misses with a punch to the body.
Van Damme breaks the clinch.
Joseph pushes Van Damme up against the cage in a clinch.
Joseph's corner are urging him to control the action in the clinch for a moment, rather than mount any serious offense. I'm sure the crowd appreciate those instructions... not.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
Van Damme lands a takedown into guard.
Van Damme looking to sit in guard and control but Joseph gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.
Van Damme being controlled here, momentarily.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Joseph trying to control but Van Damme is working from the bottom.
Van Damme is adopting a defensive guard.
Van Damme manages to escape and get back to his feet.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Van Damme fails with an attempt to clinch.
Joseph moves in looking to clinch but Van Damme pushes him off.
Van Damme fails with an attempt to clinch.
Van Damme tries to clinch up but Joseph circles away and keeps his distance.
Joseph let fly with a counter punch to the body but it didn't land.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Joseph tries to close the distance and clinch but Van Damme swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
And that's the end of the fight!
That was a close round. You could make an argument for either fighter but I would give it to Jean Van Damme.
I think Van Damme has won this one but let's see what the judges have to say. 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 Alan Glass scores the fight 29:28
Judge Wesley Smith scores the fight 29:28
Judge Cecil Peabody scores the fight 28:29
In favor of your winner, by split decision... Jean Van Damme!
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energy
A | B |
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hype
A | B |
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pop
A | B |
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mgr
A | B |
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FIGHT
RATING
16% |
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