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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Louie DeBrusk (ranked 779 p4p, 107 weight class) and Melek Taus (ranked 2068 p4p, 261 weight class). Taus comes into a darkened arena with his song building. A Cry For Vengeance kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! Melek Taus is the more experienced fighter, so let's see if that makes a difference tonight.
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World class MT
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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
5 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Louie DeBrusk!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
18 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Melek Taus!
The judges for this bout are Paulsen Ambrosius, Albert Achterberg and Radbod Blank.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
DeBrusk throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Taus counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
DeBrusk thumps Taus with a low kick.
DeBrusk tries to land a front kick but Taus steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
Taus needs to keep his hands up - DeBrusk had a free shot at his head there.
We've been informed that Taus has been sparring a lot of Muay Thai in the buildup to this fight so let's see if that has an impact on the result.
DeBrusk throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Taus doesn't fully commit to the body shot counter.
DeBrusk seems to be moving with more speed, compared to his last bout. He must have been working on that in the gym.
Taus does a little shimmy and throws a leg kick. The leg kick missed by a considerable margin though, making him look a little bit silly for doing the shimmy.
Taus throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
DeBrusk misses the body punch
and Taus counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Melek Taus seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Taus, right into the meat.
DeBrusk darts in and clinches Taus up against the cage.
Taus prevents a body shot from DeBrusk.
DeBrusk misses with some punches.
Taus lands with a right to the head.
A shot in the inside from Taus.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
A right handed body shot lands from Taus.
DeBrusk pushes Taus back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
DeBrusk blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Taus blocks a body shot from DeBrusk.
DeBrusk prevents a body shot from Taus.
That's one minute gone in the round.
DeBrusk lands an uppercut.
Taus blocks an uppercut.
Taus blocks an uppercut.
Nice body punch from Taus.
DeBrusk tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Taus's elbow.
DeBrusk digs a right hand underneath Taus's ribcage. Taus let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Taus misses with a shot to the kidneys.
DeBrusk misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Taus blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Taus avoiding damage.
DeBrusk has a couple of punches blocked by Taus.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Taus.
A head punch blocked on the inside by DeBrusk.
DeBrusk misses with the head strike.
DeBrusk doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Taus breaks the clinch.
Taus looks to land a left hand but DeBrusk moved out of range nicely.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
A slapping leg kick lands for Taus.
Taus throws a good cross that connects.
Taus lands a really nice looking cross but DeBrusk seems unphased.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
DeBrusk missing with a left hand there. Taus was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
DeBrusk throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Taus lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Taus buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
DeBrusk pivots, looking for a leg kick but Taus is out of range and DeBrusk settles back down.
Taus throws a body punch but DeBrusk moves out of range.
Taus lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
DeBrusk takes a kick to the body and keeps moving.
DeBrusk scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
Taus misses with a low kick.
DeBrusk misses with a straight right.
Taus looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
DeBrusk tries to close the distance and clinch but Taus swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
DeBrusk catches Taus with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
That's three minutes gone in the round.
DeBrusk paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
DeBrusk is looking to clinch but Taus is avoiding it.
Taus gets cracked there but stands up to it.
Taus ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
DeBrusk misses with a looping right.
DeBrusk throws a lazy right hand but Taus sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Taus has used his reach advantage pretty well so far tonight.
DeBrusk has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Taus finds it's way round the side to connect with DeBrusk's head.
Taus cracks the inside of DeBrusk's front leg.
Taus misses the jab.
DeBrusk thuds his shin into the meat of Taus's side.
A telegraphed right hand from DeBrusk misses the target.
DeBrusk throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
DeBrusk tried to score with a low kick but Taus checks it.
DeBrusk tries to work over Taus's front leg with a kick but Taus checks it.
A low kick from DeBrusk is predictable there
and Taus counters with a nice body kick.
Taus fakes the leg kick and cracks DeBrusk in the body.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Taus uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from DeBrusk.
DeBrusk takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Taus with a body punch. A glancing blow.
DeBrusk keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
DeBrusk lands a head shot.
Taus throws a wild body kick that DeBrusk sees coming a mile off.
DeBrusk misses with a combination
and DeBrusk takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Taus takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
Taus avoids the head kick by DeBrusk.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Taus! But no joy.
Taus scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Taus keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from DeBrusk.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
A telegraphed right hand from DeBrusk misses the target.
Nice shot by Taus.
Taus tries to check a leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Melek Taus dominated that round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!
DeBrusk just misses with a punch to the body.
Taus throws a hook but DeBrusk avoids it easily.
Taus misses with a hook.
DeBrusk is looking to counter punch.
DeBrusk blocks a low kick nicely.
DeBrusk was looking to counter that last move with a shot to the body but he didn't commit.
DeBrusk with a hook.
Taus misses with a body kick.
DeBrusk throws a solid leg kick but Taus takes the impact on his shin and smiles at DeBrusk.
DeBrusk misses with a straight left.
Taus throws out a counter right but DeBrusk avoids it with no problem.
Taus throws a leg kick which misses DeBrusk's front leg but catches the back leg as DeBrusk tries to avoid it.
DeBrusk ducks under a wild hook from Taus.
DeBrusk checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
DeBrusk throws a leg kick but Taus moved away.
Taus on the wrong end of a kick to the body.
Taus cracks DeBrusk with a right hand to the side of the head.
Taus throws a big shot that misses.
Taus just misses with a punch to the body.
That's one minute gone in the round.
DeBrusk instigates a clinch.
Taus struggles to land a body shot inside as DeBrusk controls his hands.
DeBrusk can't find room to land a body shot as Taus controls the action.
DeBrusk blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Taus misses with some punches.
DeBrusk doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
DeBrusk lands with a short head shot on the inside.
DeBrusk working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Taus is working DeBrusk over against the cage.
DeBrusk tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
A short right from Taus on the inside.
DeBrusk goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
DeBrusk doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Taus misses with a hook from the clinch.
DeBrusk misses with a body punch.
DeBrusk pushes Taus back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
DeBrusk blocks an uppercut.
DeBrusk working some nice short punches in the clinch.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Taus digs a right hand underneath DeBrusk's ribcage. DeBrusk let out a lung full of air as it connected.
DeBrusk prevents a body shot from Taus.
DeBrusk throws a head punch that misses.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Still in the clinch, DeBrusk scores with a nice short uppercut.
Still in the clinch, Taus scores with a nice short uppercut.
DeBrusk blocking some punches.
Taus prevents a body shot from DeBrusk.
Taus misses with a hook to the ribs.
A shot in the inside from DeBrusk.
DeBrusk struggles to land a body shot inside as Taus controls his hands.
DeBrusk tries a body shot but Taus blocks it.
A nice right hand lands inside from DeBrusk.
Taus digs a right hand into DeBrusk's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on DeBrusk's gas tank.
Taus makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Taus.
Taus blocks an uppercut.
Taus breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Taus scores with a jab to the jaw.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
DeBrusk chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Taus can pounce on him.
Taus scores with a decent looking hook.
Taus misses with an uppercut. DeBrusk saw that one coming.
It appears DeBrusk was looking to counter with a kick there.
Taus throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Taus tries a head kick but it misses.
Taus throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck DeBrusk on the side of the head.
Taus staying out of range there.
DeBrusk scores with a leg kick.
DeBrusk uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Taus.
Melek Taus seems to be getting the better of the standup.
A lazy left from Taus finds it's target.
A nice leg kick lands there from DeBrusk.
Taus is looking to score with low kicks.
Taus misses with a low kick.
DeBrusk turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
DeBrusk throws an overhand right that lands on Taus's shoulder, as Taus tries to avoid the shot.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Taus misses the shot to the body.
The fighters circling - Taus throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
DeBrusk is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
DeBrusk needs to keep his hands up - Taus had a free shot at his head there.
DeBrusk instigates a clinch.
DeBrusk tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Taus's elbow.
Taus misses with a punch to the body.
Taus slows down the pace here.
DeBrusk struggles to land a body shot inside as Taus controls his hands.
Taus stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
DeBrusk misses with a short punch on the inside.
Taus digs a right hand underneath DeBrusk's ribcage. DeBrusk let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Taus throws a head punch that misses.
Taus misses with a shot to the kidneys.
DeBrusk tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close second round but Melek Taus will probably get the nod - 10:9.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action. This is the final round!
Taus lands with a nice body punch.
Taus avoids the body shot from DeBrusk.
DeBrusk staying out of range there.
Taus slips a jab and a cross from DeBrusk.
DeBrusk misses with a leg kick
and Taus counters with a good low kick that DeBrusk was not able to check.
DeBrusk moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Taus throws a nice inside leg kick.
Taus connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between DeBrusk's hands.
DeBrusk throws a lazy right hand but Taus sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
DeBrusk takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
DeBrusk has a nice red mark on his side after a thudding body kick by Taus.
DeBrusk tries to score with a low kick but Taus moves his leg out of the way.
Taus misses the shot to the body.
DeBrusk fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Taus, pushing him back against the cage.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Taus swings away with an uppercut that misses.
A shot in the inside from Taus.
That's one minute gone in the round.
DeBrusk struggles to land a body shot inside as Taus controls his hands.
A head punch on the inside from DeBrusk fails to land.
DeBrusk misses with a hook to the ribs.
Taus working some nice short punches in the clinch.
DeBrusk lands a body punch.
Taus lands a shot to the body.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Taus.
Taus swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Taus softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Taus.
Taus tries to throw a body punch but DeBrusk avoids it by throwing Taus back against the cage.
A shot in the inside from Taus.
Taus swings wildly with an uppercut but DeBrusk uses good head movement to avoid it.
DeBrusk takes a shot to the head.
Taus misses with a short punch on the inside.
DeBrusk tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Taus's elbow.
Louie DeBrusk has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Taus misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Taus tries a body shot but DeBrusk blocks it.
DeBrusk throws a head punch that misses.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Taus.
Taus tried to land a shot to the body but connects with DeBrusk's elbow.
DeBrusk fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Taus tried to land a shot to the body but connects with DeBrusk's elbow.
DeBrusk has a couple of punches blocked by Taus.
DeBrusk blocks a punch to the side of the head.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
DeBrusk pushes Taus back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
DeBrusk fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Melek Taus seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Taus misses with a hook from the clinch.
DeBrusk blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
DeBrusk misses with a punch to the body.
A nice left hand lands by DeBrusk.
DeBrusk tries to throw a body punch but Taus avoids it by throwing DeBrusk back against the cage.
DeBrusk tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Taus trying to control the position but instead, DeBrusk has worked for underhooks and has pushed Taus into the cage.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
DeBrusk misses with the head strike.
Taus tried to land a shot to the body but connects with DeBrusk's elbow.
DeBrusk swings wildly with an uppercut but Taus uses good head movement to avoid it.
Taus blocks an uppercut.
Taus blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Taus prevents a body shot from DeBrusk.
DeBrusk scores with a shoulder strike.
DeBrusk misses with a hook to the ribs.
Taus lands a body shot.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Taus can't find room to land a body shot as DeBrusk controls the action.
Taus working aggressively here.
DeBrusk prevents a body shot from Taus.
Taus lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
DeBrusk tries to work over Taus's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Taus tries a body shot but DeBrusk blocks it.
Taus prevents a body shot from DeBrusk.
DeBrusk doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
DeBrusk tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Taus doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Taus has a couple of punches blocked by DeBrusk.
DeBrusk lands a body shot.
DeBrusk misses with the head strike.
DeBrusk misses with a punch on the inside.
Taus scores with an uppercut up the middle.
A nice left hand lands by Taus.
Taus throws a punch but it's blocked by DeBrusk.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
A head punch on the inside from DeBrusk fails to land.
DeBrusk misses with a body punch.
A short left from DeBrusk.
A right hand to the body from Taus.
Nice body punch from Taus.
Melek Taus is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.
Taus working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Taus lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
And that's the end of the fight!
Melek Taus comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Taus 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 Paulsen Ambrosius scores the fight 27:30
Judge Albert Achterberg scores the fight 28:29
Judge Radbod Blank scores the fight 27:30
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Melek Taus!
A less than humble Melek Taus misjudged his post fight interview somewhat and came across a little too arrogant whilst trying to hype up his own abilities.
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energy
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hype
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pop
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RATING
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