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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Ruben Bubba (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Mario Suco (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Bubba's entrance music is Stage Dolls - Soldiers Gun. A fine choice. The crowd seem to be enjoying Suco's choice of entrance music: Modà - Se si potesse non morire. The fight MMA fans around the world have waited their entire lives for!
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188 lbs
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Ruben Bubba!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
0 - 1 - 1, fighting out of Amsterdam, Mario Suco!
The judges for this bout are Nard Betker, Aafke Stam and Radbod Blank.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Bubba tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Suco lands a slapping body shot.
Donk. Suco catches Bubba right on the button with a cross.
Suco lands with a straight right. Bubba didn't see that one coming.
No luck for Bubba with that takedown attempt.
Suco throws a leg kick but Bubba sees it coming and checks it nicely.
Suco is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
Bubba throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around Suco's waist but Suco gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing Bubba off to one side.
Suco lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Bubba at a distance.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Bubba takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Ruben Bubba seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Bubba is breathing heavily.
Suco throws a good cross that connects.
Bubba shoots in and drives through. Suco sprawls well.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Ruben Bubba. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Nice jab there from Suco.
Bubba misses with a takedown attempt - Suco sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
Suco scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Bubba doesn't seem bothered though.
Suco jabs at Bubba's body.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Suco moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Suco closes the distance and lands a one-two.
Suco scores with a hook to the body. Bubba takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Suco connects with a nice looking jab.
Suco throws out a powerful jab.
Bubba is rocked!
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Suco drops Bubba with a straight left! Oh this is bad for Bubba! Suco dives in and starts dropping bombs - the referee has no choice but to step in and save him!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:25 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Mario Suco!
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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Joe Renald (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Chris Burris (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Chris Burris is the more experienced fighter, so let's see if that makes a difference tonight.
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Joe Renald!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
0 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Chris Burris!
The judges for this bout are Paulsen Ambrosius, Saam Ante and Patrick Alders.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Renald fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
Burris pushes Renald up against the ropes in a clinch.
Renald tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Burris tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Burris letting Renald take a breather here.
Renald misses with a knee strike.
Renald tries a knee to the head but Burris blocks it.
Burris looking to slow down the pace here.
Renald tries to land a knee to the head but Burris blocks with his arms.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Renald as Burris tries to tie him up.
Renald connects with a nasty looking knee right to Burris's face.
Burris takes a knee to the side of the body.
Burris breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Burris clinches up with Renald and pushes him back against the ropes.
Renald slows down the pace here.
Renald pushes Burris back against the ropes and lands a hook to the side of the head.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Renald trying to land knees to the body.
Burris's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Renald has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Renald there as he acknowledges the shot.
Renald is trying hard to land a takedown here. Burris sprawls well and keeps this one on the feet.
Burris lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
Burris pushes Renald up against the ropes in a clinch.
Burris has Renald pressed up against the ropes. He's trying to work for a single leg takedown. Burris pulls back from the ropes and twists to the side, sending Renald tumbling to the mat - Burris dives into Renald's guard.
Renald has control of Burris's left arm, preventing Burris from doing any damage.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Burris trying to control the position from guard on top but Renald is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Renald throwing some rather feeble looking strikes off his back.
Burris throwing strikes from guard but Renald blocks nicely.
Burris postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
The fighters are trapped in the ropes so we're going to have a reposition here. The ref calls for a break and repositions the fighters in the center of the ring.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Renald avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Renald manages to land a sweep and now he's in mount on top!
Burris can't escape the position.
Burris really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Renald. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Renald lands a shot to the body, followed up by a shot to the exposed head of his trapped opponent.
Renald avoids the attempt from Burris to control.
Burris might have to switch it up a bit here because his efforts to control Renald kaven't been going to plan, at least at the current moment in time.
Renald lands with some vicious ground and pound - can Burris hang on?
Renald raining down shots from the mount!
Renald connects with a couple of good shots from mount.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Renald putting on the heat here with some good ground and pound!
Renald landing strikes from the mount.
Burris looks winded!
Renald scoring with strikes but Burris is staying in there.
Renald with shots to the head and body - Burris looks very uncomfortable down there.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Renald working Burris over with strikes here.
Burris is rocked!
Whack. That's a big, big shot from Renald! Burris is out cold! This one is all over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:45 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Strikes). Joe Renald!
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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Dan Daniels (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Bill Brodie (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Brodie has chosen Fight to live - Blitz as his entrance music. Dan Daniels has the edge in experience - let's see if he can make that count tonight.
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280 lbs
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BJJ White Belt
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
3 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Dan Daniels!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Bill Brodie!
The judges for this bout are Saam Ante, Radbod Blank and Aafke Stam.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Brodie drops down and drives through with a powerful takedown into guard.
The referee is pacing around the two fighters - he looks like he's thinking about a standup.
Brodie postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Brodie content to strike from guard, landing some decent shots.
Brodie scoring with some ground and pound.
Brodie content to strike from guard, landing some decent shots.
Brodie trying to control the position from guard on top but Daniels is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
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!
Brodie passes easily into side control. Nice work.
The fighters are tangled up in the ropes here. We might need a restart if the fighters can't break free themselves.
Brodie thinks about going for a far side armbar but bails out and retains the dominant position instead.
Brodie misses with the ground and pound.
Daniels avoids any damage from the ground and pound of Brodie.
Brodie working the head and body with strikes.
Brodie has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
The strikes coming from Brodie are missing the target in this wave of attacks.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Brodie has knee on belly and moves into mount.
Daniels taking shots to the head.
Brodie putting on the heat here with some good ground and pound!
Daniels is in a horrible position here. Brodie smacks him with another shot as he tries to escape the position.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Brodie lands a heavy elbow.
Brodie scoring with strikes but Daniels is staying in there.
Brodie working to secure an arm triangle but it's not happening for him just yet.
Brodie lands with some strikes.
Brodie lands a big shot there that rocks Daniels but he's holding on and managing to survive for now.
The fighters are trapped in the ropes so we're going to have a reposition here. The ref calls for a break and repositions the fighters in the center of the ring.
BOOM! Brodie connects with a massive shot to the dome!
Daniels is rocked!
Brodie working Daniels over with strikes here.
Oh Daniels is still in real trouble! Will he be able to recover?!!
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Brodie cracks Daniels with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.
Brodie is in full mount looking to finish with strikes. He lands a big shot, followed by another and Daniels goes limp! The ref jumps in to end the fight - a big win for Brodie!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:25 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Strikes). Bill Brodie!
During a confident post fight interview, Bill Brodie thanked all his fans. He seemed very genuine when describing how motivated his fans keep him.
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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Cloud Strife (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Ray Lewis (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Lewis has chosen Hit em up 2pac as his entrance music, which hasn't gone down very well with the crowd. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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245 lbs
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Cloud Strife!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
4 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Ray Lewis!
The judges for this bout are Paul Aken, Patrick Alders and Nard Betker.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Lewis's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Strife connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Lewis scrambles back to his feet.
Strife moves into the clinch.
Lewis is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Strife is defending well for now.
Strife pushes Lewis back against the ropes and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Lewis goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Strife is trying to break the clinch but Lewis is controlling him.
Strife misses with a hook to the ribs.
Strife lands a body punch.
Lewis with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
It looks like Cloud Strife has been cut.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Lewis lands an elbow inside that Strife shrugs off.
Strife misses with a hook from the clinch.
Strife manages to break the clinch.
Strife lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
The fight stays on the outside here - Lewis looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Strife scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Strife tries to close the distance and clinch up but Lewis swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Ray Lewis seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Lewis swats away the attempt to clinch by Strife.
Strife closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the ropes.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Nice body punch from Strife - that landed with a thud.
Lewis throws an elbow that misses.
Strife managing to block the knees to the body from Lewis.
Lewis missing with knees to the body.
Lewis misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Strife.
Lewis is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Strife is keeping busy.
Strife lands with a right to the head.
Strife lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Lewis scores with a knee to the head.
Lewis looking to stall.
Strife stalling.
Lewis throws an elbow that misses.
Still in the clinch, Strife scores with a nice short uppercut.
Lewis is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Strife is keeping busy.
A short right from Strife.
Lewis with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as Strife takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.
A short uppercut from Strife.
Lewis landing knees to the head.
Lewis looks winded!
Lewis lands a hook that snaps the head of Strife backwards.
Strife breaks from the clinch.
I'm just looking down at my notes here and I see that.... oh! Strife has cracked Lewis with a big right, followed by a left! He's out on his feet! Strife lands another huge swinging hook and Lewis tumbles to the canvas! The ref dives in to save Lewis, before Strife can land any more shots!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:25 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Punches). Cloud Strife!
After the fight, Cloud Strife was humble in paying tribute to his opponent but made it clear he wants to go on to bigger and better things. It seemed to go down well with the crowd who cheered him loudly.
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Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Ed Gruberman (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and George Kelly (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Gruberman comes to the ring accompanied by Boot to the Head. The crowd seem to be enjoying Kelly's choice of entrance music: Jedi Mind Tricks / Retaliation . These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.
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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
3 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Ed Gruberman!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, George Kelly!
The judges for this bout are Albert Achterberg, Paul Aken and Wagner Zegers.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Gruberman checks the leg kick nicely there.
Ed Gruberman seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Kelly throws a right high kick that is partially blocked by Gruberman.
Kelly throws a low kick but Gruberman moves out of range easily.
Kelly throws a nice outside leg kick.
Gruberman digs a good hook to Kelly's body.
Gruberman throws out a powerful jab.
Gruberman misses with an attempted mid kick.
Gruberman pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Gruberman throws a sloppy head kick and Kelly moves out of range easily.
Kelly misses with a head kick.
Kelly throws a push kick but Gruberman slaps the foot to one side.
That's a knee to de groin and it's over and out! Kelly crumples to the ground after an illegal strike from Gruberman - the referee stops the clock and Kelly gets 5 minutes to recover from that one. "I'm sorry" says Gruberman. Kelly manages to get back to his feet and the fight resumes.
Gruberman tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Kelly was well out of range. Poor timing from Gruberman.
Gruberman scores with a kick to the midsection.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Kelly attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
A head kick misses from Gruberman.
Gruberman looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Kelly takes one on the chin but seems OK.
Kelly pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Gruberman avoids the body shot from Kelly.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Kelly pivots, looking for a leg kick but Gruberman is out of range and Kelly settles back down.
Gruberman tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Kelly lands a leg kick that knocks Gruberman off balance momentarily.
Kelly walks forward, straight into a front kick from Gruberman.
Gruberman scores with a jab.
Gruberman tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and Kelly is able to avoid easily.
Gruberman throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Kelly feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Gruberman's calf.
A head kick misses from Gruberman.
Kelly throws a solid leg kick but Gruberman takes the impact on his shin and smiles at Kelly.
Gruberman looks to land a body kick but Kelly moved away.
Kelly blocks the body kick.
Gruberman misses with a hook. Kelly ducked under it nicely.
Gruberman is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Kelly.
A clash of legs there as Gruberman blocks the low kick.
Gruberman waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Kelly.
Gruberman throws a sloppy head kick and Kelly moves out of range easily.
Kelly blocks a head kick by Gruberman.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Kelly lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Gruberman throws a big shot that misses.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Gruberman checks a leg kick nicely.
Gruberman tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Gruberman throws a quick inside leg kick.
Kelly tries a low kick but Gruberman avoids it.
Kelly lands a head kick. Gruberman smiles back at him and beckons him forward.
Kelly throws a low kick but Gruberman avoids it.
A slapping leg kick lands for Kelly.
Thud! ouch! good body kick from Kelly - that will leave a mark!
Gruberman pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Kelly scores with a kick to the midsection.
Kelly lands a brutal head kick. Gruberman looks out on his feet and Kelly throws more strikes until the ref is forced to stop the fight!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:46 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Kick and Punches). George Kelly!
A very excited looking George Kelly made sure he remembered to thank all the fans both in the arena and on the internet. He said all the coolest people spend all day on MMA websites, which got a big reaction.
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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Ryo Narushima (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Josip Peric (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Ryo Narushima has the edge in experience - let's see if he can make that count tonight.
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220 lbs
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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 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Ryo Narushima!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
4 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Josip Peric!
The judges for this bout are Wagner Zegers, Nard Betker and Radbod Blank.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Narushima takes a kick to the side of the head.
Peric moves out of range as Narushima throws a body kick.
Narushima throws a sloppy head kick and Peric moves out of range easily.
Narushima misses with a low kick.
Narushima feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Peric's calf.
Narushima tries a head kick but it misses.
Narushima misses with a leg kick
and Peric counters with a head kick that drops Narushima to the mat! Narushima scrambles across the canvas and gets back to his feet, still wobbly!
Narushima is rocked!
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Narushima chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Peric can pounce on him.
Oh Narushima is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Narushima throws a lazy head kick
and Peric counters with a head kick from the bowels of hell that crumples Narushima! This one is all over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:29 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Head Kick). Josip Peric!
A relieved looking Josip Peric thanked the fans for their support and gave the usual line about them being amazing. They seemed to believe that he actually meant it.
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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Khalid Al Mahyani (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Tyler Murphy (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Al Mahyani's entrance music is 808 State and James Dean Bradfield - Lopez. A fine choice. Murphy has chosen The Warrior's Code as his entrance music. Tyler Murphy has the power to score a knockout today if he connects clean with Khalid Al Mahyani's chin.
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the light heavyweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
4 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Khalid Al Mahyani!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
4 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Tyler Murphy!
The judges for this bout are Paul Aken, Wagner Zegers and Patrick Alders.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Murphy swings away with a leg kick that misses.
Al Mahyani scoring well with a low kick there.
Tyler Murphy seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Murphy throws a big shot that misses.
Nice cross by Murphy.
An inside leg kick lands from Al Mahyani.
Al Mahyani throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Murphy fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Al Mahyani doesn't manage to clinch there - Murphy circles away.
Al Mahyani explodes with a nice body kick and back out of range. Nice work.
Al Mahyani throws a front kick that sends Murphy stumbling back into the ropes.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Al Mahyani buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Murphy looks winded!
Al Mahyani connects with an inside leg kick.
Al Mahyani tries to close the distance and clinch up but Murphy swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Murphy throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Al Mahyani sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Murphy shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says Al Mahyani as he avoids it easily.
Murphy throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Nice body kick there by Al Mahyani.
Al Mahyani gets in close and instigates a clinch.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Knees in the clinch landing for Al Mahyani.
Al Mahyani unloads a knee to the mid-section. Murphy lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Al Mahyani throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Murphy blocks it with crossed arms.
Al Mahyani throws a knee to the head but misses.
Al Mahyani with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
It looks like Tyler Murphy has been cut.
Knees in the clinch landing for Al Mahyani.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Murphy tries to score a body lock takedown but Al Mahyani shows good agility there to stay on his feet.
Al Mahyani connects with a knee to the head.
Al Mahyani is looking to control Murphy's arms but Murphy gets an underhook and turns him. Now Al Mahyani has his back to the ropes.
The fighters are pressed against the ropes, as the pace of the fight slows.
Al Mahyani lands a knee to the head.
Al Mahyani connects with a nasty looking knee right to Murphy's face.
A knee to the head by Al Mahyani.
Al Mahyani putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Murphy in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Al Mahyani fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Al Mahyani landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Al Mahyani tries a knee to the head but Murphy blocks it.
Al Mahyani is stalling here. The referee will be looking to step in if he doesn't pick up the pace.
Murphy is working for takedown but Al Mahyani is calmly controlling the position for now.
Khalid Al Mahyani has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Tyler Murphy.
Al Mahyani with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Murphy has hold of a leg and is looking for a trip takedown. Al Mahyani avoids it nicely though and we remain in the clinch.
Al Mahyani trying to stall but Murphy improves his position.
Murphy is trying to work for a single leg takedown but Al Mahyani pulls him back up using the underhooks.
Al Mahyani lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
A knee to the head by Al Mahyani.
Al Mahyani misses with a knee to the head.
Murphy can't get the takedown.
Al Mahyani tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Murphy tries for a takedown but Al Mahyani manages to get underhooks.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Al Mahyani tries to land a knee to the head but Murphy blocks with his arms.
Al Mahyani trying to control the position but instead, Murphy has worked for underhooks and has pushed Al Mahyani into the ropes.
Al Mahyani can't seem to implement his control oriented gameplan at the moment. That's no bad thing of course, for those of us who want to see a good fight.
Al Mahyani with a knee to the head.
Al Mahyani lands a knee to the body.
Al Mahyani putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Murphy in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
Al Mahyani with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Murphy takes a knee right on the jaw!
Al Mahyani is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Murphy is keeping busy.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Al Mahyani lands a nice knee to the body.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Al Mahyani avoiding damage.
Al Mahyani unloads a knee to the mid-section. Murphy lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Al Mahyani is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Al Mahyani using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Al Mahyani lands a knee to the head.
Al Mahyani connects with a nasty looking knee right to Murphy's face.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Al Mahyani as Murphy tries to tie him up.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Al Mahyani obliges.
Al Mahyani scores a nice knee to the body.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Al Mahyani scores with a knee to the head.
Al Mahyani gets double underhooks to prevent a takedown attempt from Murphy.
Al Mahyani with a knee to the head.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Khalid Al Mahyani dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Tyler Murphy's cut.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!
Good leg kick by Al Mahyani there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Murphy throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Murphy throws a series of punches but Al Mahyani avoids them all with ease.
Al Mahyani tries to close the distance and clinch up but Murphy swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Al Mahyani staying out of range there.
Al Mahyani scores with a spinning back kick!
Murphy chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Al Mahyani can pounce on him.
Al Mahyani tries to close the distance and clinch but Murphy swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Al Mahyani explodes with a nice body kick and back out of range. Nice work.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Al Mahyani throws a head kick that half lands.
Al Mahyani connects with a solid leg kick.
Murphy avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Al Mahyani moves into range and lands a nice body kick.
Murphy is breathing heavily.
Al Mahyani fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Al Mahyani moves into range and lands a nice body kick.
A nice leg kick lands there from Al Mahyani.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Al Mahyani fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Al Mahyani, right into the meat.
Al Mahyani feints and then cracks Murphy's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Murphy down.
Khalid Al Mahyani is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Al Mahyani fails in his attempt to clinch.
Al Mahyani feints and then cracks Murphy's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Murphy down.
Al Mahyani moves in looking to clinch but Murphy pushes him off.
Al Mahyani thumps Murphy with a low kick.
Al Mahyani is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Murphy can do to turn this around?
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Al Mahyani drives through and clinches with Murphy against the ropes.
Murphy looking to stall.
Al Mahyani looking to slow down the pace here.
Murphy has developed a nice purple lump on his ribcage, as a result of some heavy body kicks from Al Mahyani.
Al Mahyani crunches a lovely knee into Murphy's ribcage.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
Al Mahyani is pushing Murphy up against the ropes, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Murphy is working on a leg, looking for a takedown but Al Mahyani is defending well.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Al Mahyani unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Al Mahyani lands a nice knee to the body.
Al Mahyani scores with a knee to the head.
Al Mahyani connects with a knee to the head.
Al Mahyani lands a knee to the body.
Al Mahyani with a knee to the head.
Al Mahyani taking a breather.
Al Mahyani misses with a knee strike.
Al Mahyani crunches a lovely knee into Murphy's ribcage.
Al Mahyani tries a knee to the head but Murphy blocks it.
Al Mahyani using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Murphy has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Murphy drags the fight down to the ground.
The referee claps his hands together and tells the fighters to work.
Murphy keeping moving, preventing Al Mahyani from controlling successfully.
Murphy working for a triangle but Al Mahyani defends it easily.
Murphy looking for submissions off his back, moving his hips, looking for an opening.
Al Mahyani knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Murphy on the ground.
Murphy looking to control.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Murphy tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Al Mahyani trying to control the position from guard on top but Murphy is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Murphy looking to hit a scissor sweep but Al Mahyani is one step ahead there.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Al Mahyani has a momentary lapse of concentration, allowing Murphy to throw up a leg and lock on what appears to be a pretty tight triangle! Al Mahyani is fighting it off but it's all too little too late - Murphy pulls down on the head and he's put Al Mahyani to sleep! This one is all over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:58 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Triangle). Tyler Murphy!
Tyler Murphy is the new light heavyweight champion!
Tyler Murphy decided to thank the fans in attendance for making a great atmosphere. It seemed to go down pretty well.
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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Tanner Holiday (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Samuri Sikura (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
7 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Tanner Holiday!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
5 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Samuri Sikura!
The judges for this bout are Paul Aken, Radbod Blank and Aafke Stam.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Sikura comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Holiday takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
Good leg kick by Sikura there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
A swing and a miss from Sikura.
Holiday shoots in for a takedown but Sikura shows good takedown defense there and keeps this one on the feet.
Holiday uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Sikura.
Holiday scores a trip takedown into side control. Nice.
The referee is asking the fighters to pick up the pace.
Sikura tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Sikura is not content to let Holiday control the position.
Holiday is looking to finish here, going for an Americana. Sikura knows the correct defense though, so he's OK.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Sikura can't do much from the bottom here.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Holiday is trying to land an Americana. He has the arm isolated but Sikura is keeping cool and he's avoided the danger for now.
Holiday thinks about going for a far side armbar but bails out and retains the dominant position instead.
Holiday is trying to land an Americana. He has the arm isolated but Sikura is keeping cool and he's avoided the danger for now.
Sikura sneaks back into half guard.
Sikura is looking for a sweep. Holiday is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
Sikura is trying to maintain the position but Holiday is very close to passing his half guard.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Holiday is thinking about going for an arm triangle but he can't free his leg.
Holiday is trying for a guillotine from the top but the pressure isn't in the right place so Sikura is just riding it out for now. Holiday eventually gives up the hold.
Sikura slips a foot under and gets full guard. Nice work.
Holiday sitting in guard, not really doing much.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Holiday is fighting to break Sikura's control of his arms but Sikura is doing a good job of controlling the position at the moment.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Holiday advances position into side control!
Sikura keeping his opponent close.
Sikura manages to get back to half guard.
Holiday is looking for a kimura but Sikura is holding onto that half guard position, so it's hard for Holiday to get the leverage.
Holiday is trying a forearm choke… I don't think that's going to do much at this level of the game.
The fighters are tangled up in the ropes here. We might need a restart if the fighters can't break free themselves.
Holiday is thwarting Sikura's attempts to control the position.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Sikura tries to kick Holiday off but Holiday keeps his base steady and stays in half guard.
The fighters are battling for position here. Sikura manages to regain full guard. Nice work.
The fighters are trapped in the ropes so we're going to have a reposition here. The ref calls for a break and repositions the fighters in the center of the ring.
Sikura lands a beautiful switch and he's in full mount! That could spell trouble for Holiday!
Holiday regains half guard.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Holiday looking for submissions off his back.
Holiday might be looking to lock onto one of his opponent's long limbs for a submission, whilst we're on the ground.
Sikura takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Sikura wants to control but Holiday is keeping him busy.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Samuri Sikura dominated that 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.
Holiday shoots in but doesn't get the takedown
and Sikura cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Holiday looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
It looks like Tanner Holiday has been cut.
Holiday slips a straight right by Sikura.
Holiday with a lazy takedown attempt
and Sikura counters with a right hand to the body.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Sikura.
Holiday with a poor takedown
and Sikura counters with a single leg into guard. Holiday didn't expect that.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Tanner Holiday. That's going to take a lot out of him.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Sikura slows down the pace of the fight for a moment. He'll need to remain active if he doesn't want to see the fight stood back up.
Holiday escapes his hips to the side and looks to be working for an armbar. Sikura gives him a little smile and shakes his head. No chance.
Sikura with a nice head shot there.
Sikura wants to pass the guard but Holiday is keeping the position.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Sikura wants to control from the top but Holiday keeps moving.
Sikura is intent on slowing down the pace of the fight, simply looking to control.
Holiday has a loose triangle. He'll be looking to tighten that up but Sikura can see exactly what he's planning and manages to posture up and free himself.
Sikura scoring with punches to the head and body.
Holiday can't keep his opponent in guard - Sikura advances to half guard, no doubt looking to mount.
Sikura controlling the action here.
Sikura is trying to control the action in half guard but Holiday is working away on the bottom, looking perhaps to get back to full guard.
Holiday looking for submissions from an awkward position here.
Holiday is not content to let Sikura control the position.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Holiday looking to work for a kimura from the bottom.
Holiday is looking to sinch up a guillotine here but Sikura pulls his head out easily.
Sikura seems very keen to just sit and control from half guard but Holiday does not like that idea so much and is remaining active off his back.
Sikura working some ground and pound from close in. He's looking to maintain this position and strike for a while by the looks of things... although he'll probably advance to full mount in a minute now I've said that.
Sikura perhaps working for something from half guard, or maybe not. It looks like he's just sitting there.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Sikura landing with strikes to the body and head, softening up his opponent.
Sikura not landing any meaningful shots this time.
Sikura working the head and body with strikes.
Well, if Sikura is going to just lie there, perhaps we should talk about what we're having for dinner tonight… I'm having a ham and pineapple pizza… Yum. Can't wait.
Sikura is looking for a kimura but Holiday is holding onto that half guard position, so it's hard for Sikura to get the leverage.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Holiday actively working from the bottom here.
Holiday looking for submissions off his back.
Sikura keeping composed on the top, looking to control the action.
Sikura wants to pass to mount but Holiday is defending the position.
Holiday is trying to get back to full guard.
Sikura lands strikes from half guard.
Holiday is refusing to be controlled, as Sikura sits in half guard.
Holiday looking for submissions off his back.
Sikura is looking to take a break and control but Holiday is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Samuri Sikura has got the better of the ground game so far.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Nice strikes from Sikura there.
The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. Sikura lands a nice short elbow.
The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. Sikura lands a nice short elbow.
Sikura frees up his trapped foot and advances to mount.
Holiday tries to hold on but Sikura postures up.
Holiday tries to get back to half guard but can't.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Holiday wants to hold on but Sikura pushes him away.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Holiday is in all sorts of trouble here.
The crowd growing excited in anticipation of a finish here! Right on cue, Sikura cracks his opponent with a massive right hand that draws loud cheers!
Holiday sneaks a leg back under and regains half guard and is working straight away to try and get back to guard. He hasn't managed just yet though.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Samuri Sikura showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Tanner Holiday's cut.
That's time! Back to the action! Let's hear some noise people - this is the final round!
Sikura cracks Holiday with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the ropes.
Sikura connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
Sikura is using his reach advantage to land shots from outside his opponent's range.
Holiday takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Sikura throws a nice inside leg kick.
Holiday bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
An inside leg kick lands from Sikura.
Sikura pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Sikura moves into range and connects with a jab.
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Sikura, as that shot connected.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Sikura lands with a good body shot.
Samuri Sikura seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Sikura works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
Holiday ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Holiday 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.
Sikura scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Holiday takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Holiday shoots and misses
and Sikura cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
A jab from Sikura misses.
Holiday takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Holiday slips a straight right by Sikura.
Sikura displays good takedown defense there as he swats away a double leg from Holiday.
Sikura with a jab.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Holiday takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
Sikura has used his reach advantage pretty well so far tonight.
Sikura throws a hook to the side of Holiday's head but Holiday sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Sikura throws a hook but Holiday blocks it.
Samuri Sikura is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Sikura connects with a looping right hand.
Sikura stuffs the takedown.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Tanner Holiday. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Sikura tests Holiday's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Nice shot lands for Sikura.
Sikura lands a nice hook to Holiday's body. Holiday takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Holiday takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
Holiday shoots in for a takedown but Sikura shows good takedown defense there and keeps this one on the feet.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sikura throws a jab when Holiday was well out of range.
Holiday moves forwards but Sikura connects with a nice, crisp jab.
Jab by Sikura.
Holiday misses with a takedown attempt
and Sikura counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Sikura with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Jab from Sikura.
Sikura lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
Holiday tries for a takedown but Sikura circles away easily
and Sikura counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Sikura pushes forward with a 1-2 combination that forces Holiday back to the ropes. Sikura follows up with a solid lead hook to the liver.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Holiday gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Sikura scores with the left hand. Holiday knows he should have avoided that one.
Tanner Holiday has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Sikura throws an overhand right that lands on Holiday's shoulder, as Holiday tries to avoid the shot.
Sikura scores with a punch to the head.
Good exchange - Sikura coming out on top.
Nice uppercut there from Sikura.
Sikura has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Sikura lands with a shot to the body.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Sikura takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
Sikura lands a jab to Holiday's midsection.
Holiday takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
And that's the end of the fight!
Samuri Sikura comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Sikura 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 Paul Aken scores the fight for Samuri Sikura!
Judge Radbod Blank scores the fight for Samuri Sikura!
Judge Aafke Stam scores the fight for Samuri Sikura!
Samuri Sikura wins by unanimous decision!
A victorious Samuri Sikura thanked his army of followers in his post fight interview, telling people to make sure they follow him on Twitter.
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