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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Thug Life (ranked 776 p4p, 111 weight class) and Ludo Van Veen (ranked 549 p4p, 80 weight class). Life comes to the cage accompanied by For Heavy Metal we will die!. Van Veen comes into a darkened arena with his song building. Give it ALL kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.
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World class boxer
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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
19 - 8 - 1, fighting out of Los Angeles, Thug Life!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
23 - 11 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Ludo Van Veen!
The judges for this bout are Yasuomi Hirokawa, Shigeki Sano and Ren Mimura.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Life throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Nice jab there from Life.
Life fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Van Veen throws the kick towards the body but Life avoids it.
An inside leg kick lands from Van Veen.
Van Veen moves out of range as Life strikes.
Nice uppercut lands for Van Veen. That snapped Life's head back.
Life works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
Van Veen throws a shot from downtown. Life moves away and avoids it.
Van Veen throws out a loose jab but Life uses good head movement to avoid it.
Van Veen keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Life.
Life fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Van Veen on the side of the head.
Life 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.
Life blocks a low kick nicely.
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!
Life ducks under a wild hook from Van Veen.
Van Veen keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Life.
Life throws a mid kick that lands with a slap.
Van Veen lands an overhand right.
Life defending well as Van Veen loads up on a big left hand.
Van Veen lands a nice shot to the body.
Van Veen throws a hook to the side of Life's head but Life sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Van Veen moves out of range as Life strikes.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Life throws a leg kick but Van Veen sees it coming and moves out of range.
Van Veen bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
Van Veen has done a lot of speed work in the buildup to this fight.
Life swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Van Veen is on the wrong end of a nice combination from Life.
Sloppy strikes from Life. Those never looked like landing.
Van Veen has his head slapped from side to side by a 3 punch combination. That must have hurt him.
Life misses with a body kick.
A big left from Life misses.
Ludo Van Veen seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Life avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Van Veen throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
A little feinted left hand from Life on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
Van Veen lands a nice hook to Life's body. Life takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Van Veen thuds a left hand into Life's body.
Van Veen lands with a hook. Life tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Van Veen lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Van Veen tries to land a leg kick but Life saw it coming and moves away.
Life lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Nice defenses there by Life.
Some bone on bone action there as Life checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
Life loads up on a big right hand but Van Veen slips the punch.
Van Veen misses with a looping right.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Life misses with a body shot.
A head kick misses from Life.
It seemed like Van Veen was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Van Veen tries to clinch up.
Van Veen moves out of range of the body kick from Life.
Life takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Van Veen stuns Life with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Van Veen ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Life misses with a body shot
and Van Veen counters with a low kick, right behind Life 's knee.
Van Veen darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
Life misses with a low kick.
A nice leg kick lands there from Life.
Life swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Life connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
Van Veen lands an overhand right.
Life misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Van Veen throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Life sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Van Veen lands with a right hand.
Life swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Van Veen lands a nice hook to Life's body. Life takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Life uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Van Veen.
Life swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Life throws the left hand but Van Veen avoids the punch easily.
Van Veen throws a leg kick which misses Life's front leg but catches the back leg as Life tries to avoid it.
Van Veen avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
Van Veen throws a shot to the body.
Van Veen connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Life momentarily.
Van Veen cracks a nice hook into Life's ribs.
Van Veen throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Life on the side of the head.
Van Veen with a jab.
Life throws a hook but Van Veen avoids it easily.
Van Veen jabs. That one connects to the head of his opponent.
Life uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Van Veen.
Van Veen tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Life was well out of range. Poor timing from Van Veen.
Life takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
A good leg kick by Van Veen.
Van Veen misses with an uppercut. Life saw that one coming.
A bone on bone clash there as Van Veen blocks the leg kick.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Van Veen! But no joy.
Van Veen moves out of range as Life strikes.
Life takes one on the button.
Van Veen misses with a two punch combination.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Life tries to bum rush Van Veen with a series of wild strikes but Van Veen uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Jab from Van Veen.
Van Veen thuds his right hand into Life's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.
Van Veen tests Life's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Van Veen thuds a mid kick into his opponent's body. That will wear on Life if he has to take too many more of those.
Van Veen moves out of range as Life strikes.
Life misses with a kick to the body.
Van Veen doesn't fully commit to the body shot counter.
Life looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Van Veen cracks Life with a good jab.
Van Veen comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
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 sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Van Veen checks a leg kick.
Life throws a lazy right hand but Van Veen sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Van Veen ducks under a wild hook from Life.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Van Veen walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
Van Veen tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Life misses with a straight right.
Van Veen looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Van Veen ducks under a wild hook from Life.
It seemed like Van Veen was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Van Veen tests Life's chin there with a solid looking shot.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Ludo Van Veen dominated that round.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!
Van Veen throws a hook to the side of Life's head but Life sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Van Veen moves out of range of the strikes.
Life throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Van Veen pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Van Veen lands with a hook. Life tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
Life moves out of range as Van Veen throws a body kick.
Van Veen checks the leg kick nicely there.
It seemed like Van Veen was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Van Veen connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Life throws a lazy right hand but Van Veen sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Van Veen only half commits to the counter leg kick.
Van Veen throws a hook but Life blocks it.
Van Veen throws a mid kick that lands with a slap.
Van Veen ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Life moves away.
Life looked to counter with a high kick but didn't commit.
Ludo Van Veen seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Van Veen smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
Van Veen has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Van Veen misses the shot to the body.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Van Veen walks into a jab.
Van Veen throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
Van Veen throws a body shot but no joy.
Life throws a leg kick but Van Veen checks it.
Van Veen fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Life looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Life throws a head kick that looked like it stung.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Some wild striking there from Life.
Van Veen is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
Van Veen tries to land a front kick but Life steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
Van Veen thuds a left hand into Life's body.
Van Veen needs to keep his hands up - Life had a free shot at his head there.
Nice cross by Van Veen.
Van Veen ducks under a wild hook from Life.
Van Veen throws a hook but Life blocks it.
Life throws a jab when Van Veen was well out of range.
Life connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Van Veen's hands.
Life avoids the body shot from Van Veen.
Van Veen throws a shot from downtown. Life moves away and avoids it.
Van Veen scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
The fighters are starting to get sweaty, which will make takedowns a bit more tricky.
Van Veen stuns Life with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
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!
Van Veen just misses with a punch to the body.
Life takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Life swings for the body but Van Veen moves out of range.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Van Veen jabs at Life's body.
Van Veen throws a low kick, looking for Life's leg but Life calmly moves out of range.
Van Veen throws a shot from downtown. Life moves away and avoids it.
A big left from Life misses.
Life slips under a jab from Van Veen.
Life uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Van Veen.
Van Veen turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
A nice inside leg kick there by Life. That's going to slow Van Veen down.
Van Veen looks for the body kick but Life saw that one coming.
Van Veen works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
Van Veen fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Life has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Van Veen lands an overhand right.
Life lands a glancing blow to the side of Van Veen's head.
Life lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Van Veen is rocked!
Van Veen motions for Life to come forward. Van Veen throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Life misses with a looping left.
Van Veen ducks under a wild hook from Life.
A big left from Van Veen misses.
Life throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Life's corner calls for a 1-2. Life obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
The fighters circling - Life throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Van Veen cracks Life with a right hand to the side of the head.
Life drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
Nice jab there from Van Veen.
Van Veen dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Life moves out of range as Van Veen strikes.
Life blocks the body kick.
Van Veen connects with an inside leg kick.
Life shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.
A nice leg kick lands there from Van Veen.
Life is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
Van Veen throws a shot to the body.
Life pivots, looking for a leg kick but Van Veen is out of range and Life settles back down.
Life pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
A jab from Van Veen misses.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Van Veen ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Life moves away.
Life throws a body kick that sends a sickening thudding noise reverberating around the arena.
Van Veen throws a head kick that half lands.
Nice jab there from Life.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Van Veen lands with a hook. Life tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
A chopping leg kick lands by Van Veen.
Van Veen just misses with a punch to the body.
Life staying out of range there.
Van Veen fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Life on the side of the head.
Van Veen misses with a head kick.
Life connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Van Veen thows a body kick. Life tries to catch it but that hurt him.
Life walks into a jab.
Van Veen slips a jab from Life.
This entire fight has taken place on the feet so far and you wonder whether Life might be better served trying to take this one to the ground because he's losing the standup battle so far.
Some bone on bone action there as Van Veen checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
Life fails to land with a series of punches.
Life moves out of range of the body kick from Van Veen.
Life ducks under a wild hook from Van Veen.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Van Veen lands a nice shot to the body.
Van Veen looks to throw the jab but Life is out of range.
Van Veen misses with a straight right.
Van Veen thuds a left hand into Life's body.
Van Veen getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
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 fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! This is the final round!
Life throws an overhand right that lands on Van Veen's shoulder, as Van Veen tries to avoid the shot.
A combination from Life does no damage.
A slow jab from Van Veen misses its intended target.
Van Veen tries to land a front kick but Life steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
Life looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Life misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Life throws a right and a left that both miss.
Life goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Life throws a hook but Van Veen avoids it easily.
Van Veen catches Life with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
Van Veen avoids the body shot from Life.
A little jabbing left from Van Veen on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Life looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
Van Veen uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
Van Veen misses the shot to the body.
Life is looking to counter with a shot to the body.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Life missing with a left hand there. Van Veen was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Van Veen misses with an uppercut.
Van Veen keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Life.
Van Veen jabs Life to the body, keeping him at a distance.
Van Veen with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Life misses with an uppercut.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Life misses with an uppercut. Van Veen saw that one coming.
Van Veen connects with a body shot that sends Life's belly button to the back.
Life throws a body shot but no joy.
Van Veen connects with a jab.
Van Veen lands a nice shot to the body.
A cross from Van Veen lands.
Van Veen lands a kick to the ribs of his opponent. Nice work there - in and out in a flash.
Van Veen throws a front kick that sends Life stumbling back into the cage.
Life takes one on the button.
Life looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
Van Veen loads up on a big right hand but Life slips the punch.
Life quickly followed up with a counter body kick but doesn't connect.
Life looks to land a left hand but Van Veen moved out of range nicely.
Van Veen misses with a hook.
Van Veen uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Life has time to react.
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!
The crowd cheers as Life lands an impressive looking overhand right. Van Veen doesn't seem phased though.
Van Veen ducks under a wild hook from Life.
Van Veen scores with a push kick.
Life will be looking to protect his midsection after taking some solid kicks to the body.
Van Veen staying out of range there.
Van Veen jabs Life to the body, keeping him at a distance.
Thug Life has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Good exchange - Life coming out on top.
Van Veen looks to land a combination but Life avoids it well.
Life connects with a leg kick. Van Veen looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
Donk. Van Veen catches Life right on the button with a cross.
Van Veen with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Van Veen throws an off balance right hand
and Life counters with an outside leg kick.
Life is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Van Veen.
Life needs to keep his hands up - Van Veen had a free shot at his head there.
Life misses with a body kick.
Van Veen is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Life.
Van Veen tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Life was well out of range. Poor timing from Van Veen.
Van Veen cracks a nice hook into Life's ribs.
Life throws a right high kick that is partially blocked by Van Veen.
No joy there for Life, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Life looks to land a combination but Van Veen avoids it well.
Van Veen thinks about the counter body kick.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Van Veen connects with a body shot that sends Life's belly button to the back.
Van Veen throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Life misses with a looping right.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Van Veen scores with the left hand. Life knows he should have avoided that one.
Life tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Life misses with a low kick.
Nice shot by Van Veen.
A solid body kick from Life.
Life tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and Van Veen is able to avoid easily.
Van Veen bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
Van Veen checks a leg kick nicely.
Life thows a left - swing and a miss!
Van Veen walks into a left hand.
Nice body kick there by Van Veen.
Life takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Van Veen uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Life.
Life cracks Van Veen with a right hand to the side of the head.
Van Veen is still on wobbly legs! Can Life finish him?
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!
Van Veen scores with a leg kick.
Van Veen lunges at Life with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Life's hand.
Life tries to check a leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Van Veen seems to have recovered his senses.
Van Veen just misses with a punch to the body.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Van Veen blocks a jab.
A looping hook to the body misses from Van Veen. Life does a little dance to reset his feet.
Life chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Van Veen can pounce on him.
Van Veen scores with a jab to the body.
Life takes one on the button.
Life scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Life waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Van Veen.
Van Veen blocks a head kick by Life.
Life uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Van Veen.
Life throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Van Veen misses with a hook.
Van Veen missing with a left hand there. Life was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Van Veen tests Life's chin there with a solid looking shot.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Life's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Van Veen connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Life scrambles back to his feet.
Life stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Van Veen.
Van Veen throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Life on the side of the head.
And that's the end of the fight!
Ludo Van Veen comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
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 Yasuomi Hirokawa scores the fight 27:30
Judge Shigeki Sano scores the fight 27:30
Judge Ren Mimura scores the fight 27:30
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Ludo Van Veen!
Ludo Van Veen managed to slip a mention for his sponsors, Reaper Combatwear, into his post fight interview.
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