QFC Tournament 191 Round 2 PBP Commentary

Undercard bout

Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Asili Muuaji (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Hatari Kisu (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Muuaji comes to the cage accompanied by Ona Tańczy Dla Mnie - Weekend. Kisu has chosen Ona Tańczy Dla Mnie - Weekend as his entrance music. Well, the cameraman is lingering on a pretty young lady for a bit too long there. Keep your eyes on the prize buddy or you'll miss the fighter intros!

Muuaji
vs
Kisu

225 cm
18
300 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
KO power

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Inexperienced

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the super 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, Asili Muuaji!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Hatari Kisu!
The judges for this bout are Radbod Blank, Aafke Stam and Saam Ante.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Kisu ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Kisu with a nice cross.
A looping hook to the body misses from Kisu. Muuaji does a little dance to reset his feet.
Muuaji looks to land a combination but Kisu avoids it well.
Muuaji lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
Muuaji swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Muuaji throws out a loose jab but Kisu uses good head movement to avoid it.
Muuaji throws a jab when Kisu was well out of range.
Muuaji on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
Muuaji throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Muuaji pushes forward with a 1-2 combination that forces Kisu back to the cage. Muuaji follows up with a solid lead hook to the liver.
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!
No joy there for Muuaji, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Muuaji throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Kisu cracks Muuaji with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
A jab lands there for Kisu.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Kisu slips under a jab from Muuaji.
Kisu staying out of range there.
Kisu fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Nice jab there from Kisu.
Kisu misses with a straight right.
Kisu tries to clinch up.
Kisu will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Kisu staying out of range there.
Muuaji slips a jab and a cross from Kisu.
Kisu avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Muuaji misses with an uppercut.
Kisu takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Kisu misses with a double jab.
A shot to the liver by Kisu. Beautiful body shot.
Kisu throws out a powerful jab.
Muuaji misses with a double jab.
A nice combination there by Kisu.
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!
Muuaji throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Muuaji throws the left hand but Kisu avoids the punch easily.
Kisu looks to land a left hand but Muuaji moved out of range nicely.
Muuaji swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
A punch combination from Muuaji misses.
Kisu uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Muuaji.
Kisu scores with a nice right hand.
Muuaji will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Kisu lands a jab.
Muuaji throws a hook but Kisu avoids it easily.
Kisu moves out of range of the strikes.
Muuaji missing with a left hand there. Kisu was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Muuaji takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
Muuaji takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.

Muuaji closes the distance and clinches.
Muuaji misses with some punches.
Muuaji has Kisu pressed against the cage.
A short uppercut from Kisu.
Kisu lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Muuaji misses with a punch on the inside.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
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!
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Muuaji as Kisu tries to tie him up.
A bit of stalling here from Kisu.

Muuaji breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Kisu is landing a lot of head punches in this opening round! Muuaji had better start moving his head a bit unless he wants his face to turn into pâté.
Kisu lands a head shot.
Muuaji looks to score with a jab to the body but Kisu is just out of range.
Muuaji cracks Kisu with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
Kisu drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
A punch combination from Muuaji misses.
Kisu connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Muuaji's hands.
Kisu pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Muuaji walks into a stiff left hand from Kisu.
Kisu takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
Muuaji is really head hunting here, hardly looking to strike to the body at all.
Kisu tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. Muuaji manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close round but Hatari Kisu will probably get the nod.
That's time! Muuaji's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.

Kisu drives through and clinches with Muuaji against the cage.
Muuaji tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Kisu working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Muuaji misses with a punch on the inside.
A shot in the inside from Muuaji.
Kisu stalls.
Kisu gets through Muuaji's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.

Kisu escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Kisu is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
Muuaji throws a hook but Kisu blocks it.
Kisu throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Muuaji.
A telegraphed right hand from Kisu misses the target.
Kisu throws a lazy right hand but Muuaji sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Muuaji is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Kisu.
Muuaji throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Sloppy strikes from Muuaji. Those never looked like landing.
Muuaji takes a swing at Kisu's ribcage but misses.
Kisu looks to score with a jab to the body but Muuaji is just out of range.
Muuaji staying out of range there.
Kisu moves away from the strike by Muuaji.
Muuaji tries to clinch up but Kisu circles away and keeps his distance.
Kisu swinging wildly here.
Kisu tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Muuaji avoids a lazy jab quite easily.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Kisu throws a jab but it's blocked by Muuaji.
Muuaji paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
Kisu throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Kisu staying out of range there.
Muuaji scores with a hook.
Kisu throws the left hand but Muuaji avoids the punch easily.
Kisu moves in looking to clinch but Muuaji pushes him off.
Kisu will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Kisu is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Muuaji.
Muuaji misses with a hook.
A shot to the liver by Muuaji. Beautiful body shot.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Muuaji steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Kisu.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Muuaji showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Kisu.
Muuaji misses with an uppercut. Kisu saw that one coming.
Muuaji throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Muuaji throws a shot from downtown. Kisu moves away and avoids it.
Kisu looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Kisu blocks a jab.
Muuaji connects with a jab.
Muuaji tries to clinch up but Kisu circles away and keeps his distance.
Kisu works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
A jab from Muuaji misses.
Kisu scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Muuaji looks to score with a jab to the body but Kisu is just out of range.
Muuaji misses with a looping left.
Kisu walks into a stiff left hand from Muuaji.
Kisu lands with a cross.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Muuaji swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Muuaji tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Muuaji throws a shot from downtown. Kisu moves away and avoids it.
A left and a right from Kisu both land. Nice combination.
Nice defenses there by Muuaji.
Kisu showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Muuaji.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Muuaji misses with a hook. Kisu ducked under it nicely.
Kisu throws out a loose jab but Muuaji uses good head movement to avoid it.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close second round but Hatari Kisu will probably get the nod - 10:9.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action! Let's get this one finished - here comes the final round!

Jab, jab by Kisu - just one landing.
Muuaji throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Kisu sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Muuaji throws out a loose jab but Kisu uses good head movement to avoid it.
Muuaji cracks Kisu with a right hand to the side of the head.
Muuaji keeps the fight on the outside.
Kisu misses with a series of wild punches.
Kisu lands a jab.
Kisu keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Muuaji.
Kisu tries to close the distance and clinch but Muuaji swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Muuaji tries to close the distance and clinch up but Kisu swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Muuaji uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Kisu.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Kisu staying out of range there.
Muuaji looks to throw the jab but Kisu is out of range.
Muuaji tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Kisu was well out of range. Poor timing from Muuaji.
Muuaji looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
A slow jab from Kisu misses its intended target.
Hatari Kisu seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Muuaji throws a lazy uppercut
and Kisu counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Kisu looks to throw the jab but Muuaji is out of range.
Muuaji ducks under a wild hook from Kisu.
Muuaji throws a left and a right that both miss
and Kisu connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Kisu lands a jab-cross combination.
Kisu thows a left - swing and a miss!
Kisu moves out of range as Muuaji strikes.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Muuaji rushes Kisu and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Muuaji is trying to break free.
Kisu lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
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!
Muuaji stalling.
Kisu taking a breather.
Muuaji trying to control the position but instead, Kisu has worked for underhooks and has pushed Muuaji into the cage.
Kisu leaning his opponent against the cage.
Kisu blocking some punches.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Muuaji.
Muuaji has had enough of the clinch but Kisu keeps him there for the moment.

Muuaji breaks the clinch.
Kisu fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Muuaji manages to avoid it.
Kisu cracks Muuaji with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Muuaji throws a series of strikes that have Kisu backpedaling.
Muuaji blocks a jab.
Kisu blocks a jab.
Muuaji thows a left - swing and a miss!
Kisu throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Muuaji counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Kisu throws a shot from downtown. Muuaji moves away and avoids it.
Kisu jabs Muuaji right on the nose. Muuaji blinks but takes it well.
Muuaji scores with a nice head shot.
Muuaji scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
A left lands for Kisu.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Kisu throws a shot from downtown. Muuaji moves away and avoids it.
Muuaji slips a straight right by Kisu.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Kisu with a hook.

Muuaji takes the fight into the clinch.
Kisu taking a breather.

Kisu breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Muuaji misses with a wild combination.
Kisu uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Muuaji.
Kisu connects with a right hand. Muuaji shakes it off.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Kisu moves out of range of the strikes.
Muuaji looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.

Muuaji takes the fight into the clinch.

And that's the end of the fight!
I would just about give that final round to Hatari Kisu.
Well Kisu 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 Radbod Blank scores the fight for Hatari Kisu!
Judge Aafke Stam scores the fight for Hatari Kisu!
Judge Saam Ante scores the fight for Hatari Kisu!

Hatari Kisu wins by unanimous decision!
Hatari Kisu decided to go for the less than humble approach in his post fight interview, telling everyone how he is going to conquer the world. The crowd seemed to like it when really that sort of approach could have gone either way.

C
A

C
B

energy
A | B

hype
A | B

pop
A | B

mgr
A | B

FIGHT
RATING
80%

Undercard bout

Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Haraka Upanga (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Kubwa Scythes (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Upanga's entrance music is Ona Tańczy Dla Mnie - Weekend. A fine choice. Scythes has chosen Ona Tańczy Dla Mnie - Weekend as his entrance music. 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.

Upanga
vs
Scythes

225 cm
18
300 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Self confident

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Prefers standup

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the super 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, Haraka Upanga!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Kubwa Scythes!
The judges for this bout are Saam Ante, Paulsen Ambrosius and Aafke Stam.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Upanga lands with a hook. Scythes tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
Upanga misses with a hook. Scythes ducked under it nicely.
Upanga misses with a body shot.
Scythes throws a lazy right hand but Upanga sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Upanga scores with a jab. Scythes acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
Upanga slips a straight right by Scythes.
Upanga takes a punch to the jaw and another one to the bread basket.
Upanga connects with a single shot there.
Scythes jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Scythes takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
Upanga misses with a looping left.
Upanga fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Scythes looks to throw the jab but Upanga is out of range.
A big left from Scythes misses.
Upanga steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Scythes.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Scythes misses with a right hand
and Upanga counters with a stiff right hand.
Scythes throws out a loose jab but Upanga uses good head movement to avoid it.
Upanga bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Upanga misses with a few strikes there.
Upanga looks to land a right hand but Scythes moved out of range.
A telegraphed right hand from Upanga misses the target.
A telegraphed right hand from Scythes misses the target.
Upanga throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Scythes sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Upanga fails in his attempt to clinch.
Scythes throws a shot from downtown. Upanga moves away and avoids it.
Scythes moves out of range of the strikes.
Scythes thows a left - swing and a miss!
Scythes lands a jab followed by a nice looking cross.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A punch lands to the side of Scythes 's head but he takes it in his stride.
Scythes loads up on a big right hand but Upanga slips the punch.
Scythes fails with an attempt to clinch.
Decent striking displayed by Upanga there.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Scythes misses with a body shot.
A punch combination from Scythes misses.
The fighters circling - Upanga throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Scythes fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Scythes misses the jab.
Scythes steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Upanga.
Jab, jab by Upanga - just one landing.
Upanga connects with a jab.
Upanga swings and misses with a hook to the body.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Upanga misses with a hook. Scythes ducked under it nicely.
Scythes bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Upanga uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Scythes.
A slow jab from Scythes misses its intended target.
Scythes bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Scythes swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Scythes swats away the attempt to clinch by Upanga.
Upanga goes to the watering hole and comes back with a big thumbs up from the judges as he scores a three punch combo.
Upanga swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
A shot to the liver by Scythes. Beautiful body shot.
Upanga lands a nice shot that snaps Scythes's head back.
Scythes bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Upanga's head backwards.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Scythes lands a vicious shot with the stealth of a sniper and the strength of a viper. Are vipers that strong? I can think of lots of things that are stronger than a viper - not many rhyme with sniper though.
Scythes's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Upanga connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Scythes scrambles back to his feet.
Decent striking displayed by Scythes there.
Scythes steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Upanga.
Upanga is really head hunting here, hardly looking to strike to the body at all.
Scythes misses with a wild combination.
Upanga wants to clinch up but Scythes keeps it at a distance.
Scythes looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
The fighters circling - Scythes throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Upanga is really peppering his opponent's head with punches.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Upanga showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Scythes.
Scythes moves away from the strike by Upanga.
Scythes throws a right hand that Upanga ducks under and follows up with a left that Upanga also avoids with ease.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Haraka Upanga dominated that round.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.

A combination from Upanga does no damage.
Scythes missing with a left hand there. Upanga was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Danga de danga de dang - Scythes scores with a four punch combination!
Upanga throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Scythes sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Upanga lands a vicious shot with the stealth of a sniper and the strength of a viper. Are vipers that strong? I can think of lots of things that are stronger than a viper - not many rhyme with sniper though.
Upanga connects with a nice looking jab.
Upanga rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Scythes counters with a stiff right hand.
Upanga throws a hook but Scythes avoids it easily.
Upanga scores with a decent looking hook.
Upanga's corner calls for a 1, 2 combination and Upanga duly obliges.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Upanga throws a body punch but Scythes moves out of range.
Haraka Upanga is winning the standup battle so far.
Upanga works over Scythes's head and body with a nice combination.

Upanga instigates a clinch.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Scythes.
Upanga wants to break the clinch but can't.
Scythes wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Scythes blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Upanga being controlled against the cage.
Scythes keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Upanga's efforts to push away.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Upanga dictating the pace here, as the fighters clinch against the cage.
Scythes has Upanga pressed against the cage, preventing Upanga from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Upanga tries to break the clinch but Scythes is controlling the position.
Upanga is trying to break free.
Upanga has Scythes pushed against the cage.
Scythes swings wildly with an uppercut but Upanga uses good head movement to avoid it.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
Scythes lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Scythes misses with a body punch.
Upanga lands with a right to the head.
Scythes taking a breather.
Upanga is trying to break the clinch but Scythes is controlling him.
Upanga taking a break, stalling in the clinch.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Scythes manages to get underhooks and slows down the pace for a moment.
Scythes blocking some punches.
Scythes scores with a shoulder strike.
Upanga is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Scythes letting Upanga take a breather here.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Upanga misses with a body punch.
Upanga is pushing Scythes up against the cage, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.
The ref breaks the fighters up, due to lack of action by Haraka Upanga.
Upanga uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Scythes.
Upanga throws an overhand right that lands on Scythes's shoulder, as Scythes tries to avoid the shot.
Scythes lands an overhand right.
No joy there for Upanga, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Upanga throws a right and a left that both miss.

Scythes instigates a clinch.
Upanga is stalling here.
Scythes is trying to break the clinch but Upanga is controlling him.

Upanga breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Scythes moves out of range of the strikes.
Scythes moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Scythes throws a jab when Upanga was well out of range.
Scythes throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Upanga.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Scythes.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Upanga lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Scythes circles away quickly and effectively.
Upanga dodges the punch combination from Scythes.
Scythes misses with a looping right.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Scythes displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Upanga throws out the jab.
Scythes throws a big shot that misses.
Scythes moves away from the strike by Upanga.
Nice defenses there by Scythes.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Haraka Upanga dominated that second round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action. This is the final round!

Scythes scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Scythes swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Upanga.
Scythes scores with a decent looking hook.
Upanga slips a jab and a cross from Scythes.
Upanga scores with a crisp jab that stopped Scythes in his tracks.
Scythes tries to close the distance and clinch up but Upanga swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Scythes changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Upanga ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Scythes moves away.
Scythes looks to score with a jab to the body but Upanga is just out of range.
Upanga misses with a looping left.
Upanga with a nice cross.
Scythes slips under a jab from Upanga.
Sloppy strikes from Upanga. Those never looked like landing.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Upanga misses with a looping left.
Scythes slips a jab and a cross from Upanga.
Upanga steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Scythes.
Nice uppercut there from Scythes.
Upanga lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Upanga throws a looping overhand right but Scythes ducks down to avoid it.
Upanga throws a body punch but Scythes moves out of range.
A jab from Upanga finds it's way through Scythes's defenses.

Scythes clinches up against the cage.
Upanga is looking to control Scythes's arms but Scythes gets an underhook and turns him. Now Upanga has his back to the cage.
Upanga 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.
Upanga working aggressively here.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Upanga lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Scythes backwards.
Scythes blocks an uppercut.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Scythes wants to stall.
Scythes working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Scythes stalling in the clinch but Upanga improves position.
Upanga has a couple of punches blocked by Scythes.
Scythes tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Upanga prevents Scythes from breaking the clinch.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Upanga is trying to break free.
Upanga misses with a body punch.
Upanga throws a punch but it's blocked by Scythes.

Upanga breaks from the clinch.
Scythes slips a straight right by Upanga.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Upanga moves out of range as Scythes strikes.
Upanga throws a jab but it's blocked by Scythes.
Scythes throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Decent striking displayed by Upanga there.
Scythes ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Scythes jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Scythes throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Upanga.
Upanga misses with a few strikes there.
Upanga misses with a hook
and Scythes counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Scythes avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Scythes throws a big shot that misses.
Scythes staying out of range there.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Scythes misses with a few strikes there.
Scythes throws a series of strikes that have Upanga backpedaling.
Upanga lands a lovely overhand right.
Upanga waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Scythes.
Scythes looks to land a right hand but Upanga moved out of range.
Scythes lands a two punch combo.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Upanga walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
Upanga throws a hook to the side of Scythes's head but Scythes sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Upanga pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!

Scythes gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Scythes is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Scythes seems frustrated at his inability to get double underhooks.

And that's the end of the fight!
I would just about give that final round to Kubwa Scythes.
Well Upanga has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... 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 Saam Ante scores the fight for Haraka Upanga!
Judge Paulsen Ambrosius scores the fight for Haraka Upanga!
Judge Aafke Stam scores the fight for Haraka Upanga!

Haraka Upanga wins by unanimous decision!
In his post fight interview, Haraka Upanga started talking himself up. Luckily his charisma kept the crowd on side and gave him a good reception.

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energy
A | B

hype
A | B

pop
A | B

mgr
A | B

FIGHT
RATING
76%

Co-main event

Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Gaius Vega (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Ponulis Bu (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Gaius Vega has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Vega
vs
Bu

225 cm
18
301 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

190 cm
18
190 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Counter fighter
Big right hand

BJJ White Belt
Brawler
Tends to cut

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the super 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, Gaius Vega!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Ponulis Bu!
The judges for this bout are Nard Betker, Patrick Alders and Albert Achterberg.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Bu throws a predictable looking body shot
and Vega connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Bu digs a good hook to Vega's body.
Bu throws a sloppy body shot
and Vega counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Bu throws a sloppy body shot
and Vega counters with a stiff right hand.
Vega cracks Bu with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.

It looks like Ponulis Bu has been cut.
Bu swings and misses with a shot to the body
and Vega counters with a lovely straight right hand!

Bu is rocked!
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!
Bu misses with a telegraphed body shot
and Vega cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Bu is still on wobbly legs! Can Vega finish him?
Bu throws a predictable looking body shot
and Vega counters with a big right hand! Oh Bu is in trouble here! Vega follows up with more strikes and that's it! The ref has stopped it!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:34 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Gaius Vega!

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hype
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pop
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mgr
A | B

FIGHT
RATING
100%

Main event

Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Dupny Dupekthree (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Frajer Frajerone (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Dupekthree
vs
Frajerone

200 cm
18
267 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

BJJ Brown Belt
Brawler
Big heart

BJJ Brown Belt
Brawler
Determined

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the super 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, Dupny Dupekthree!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Frajer Frajerone!
The judges for this bout are Wagner Zegers, Radbod Blank and Paulsen Ambrosius.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Frajerone gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Dupekthree slowing the pace effectively.
The crowd are getting pretty annoyed with Dupekthree for his constant stalling in the clinch and are voicing their displeasure.
Dupekthree has Frajerone pressed against the cage, preventing Frajerone from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Dupekthree is pushing Frajerone up against the cage, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.
Frajerone wants to break the clinch but can't.

That's one minute gone in the round.
The two fighters are working to gain dominance in the clinch.
Dupekthree seems to have come into the fight with the intention of avoiding any damage in the clinch, rather than actually showing any aggression.
The ref breaks the fighters up, due to lack of action by Dupny Dupekthree.

Frajerone closes the distance and pushes Dupekthree back into the cage.
Frajerone being controlled against the cage.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Frajerone wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Dupekthree has him pressed against the cage.
Dupekthree'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.
Dupekthree prevents Frajerone from breaking the clinch.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Frajerone has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Frajerone is trying to force a seperation but Dupekthree has the dominant position.
Frajerone wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Dupekthree has him pressed against the cage.
Dupekthree stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.
Frajerone tries to break free but Dupekthree pushes him back against the cage.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are showing their displeasure at the lack of action as loud boos ring out around the arena.
Dupekthree avoiding damage.
Dupekthree prevents Frajerone from breaking the clinch.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Frajerone wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Dupekthree has him pressed against the cage.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close round but Frajer Frajerone will probably get the nod.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.

Frajerone has Dupekthree up against the cage in a clinch.
Frajerone is trying to break the clinch but Dupekthree has him pressed against the cage.

Frajerone breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.

Frajerone drives through and clinches with Dupekthree against the cage.
Frajerone is trying to break free.
Frajerone wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Dupekthree has him pressed against the cage.
Frajerone tries to circle away but Dupekthree has him pinned against the cage.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Dupekthree leaning his opponent against the cage.
Frajerone is trying to break the clinch but Dupekthree has him pressed against the cage.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A few boos can be heard. I'm sure they will multiply if the fighters don't pick up the pace.
Frajerone looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Frajerone tries to circle away but Dupekthree has him pinned against the cage.
Frajerone tries to break the clinch but Dupekthree is controlling the position.
Frajerone wants to break the clinch but can't.
Dupekthree has Frajerone pressed against the cage.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Frajerone wants to break free but Dupekthree has control.
Dupekthree is pushing Frajerone up against the cage, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
The ref breaks the fighters up, due to lack of action by Dupny Dupekthree.

Frajerone gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Some stalling of biblical proportions here from Dupekthree.
Frajerone looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Frajer Frajerone showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
That's time! Back to the action! This is the final round!

Dupekthree closes the distance and pushes Frajerone back into the cage.

Frajerone escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.

Dupekthree moves into range and clinches up with Frajerone.
The referee calls for Dupekthree to work.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Frajerone as Dupekthree tries to tie him up.
Frajerone is trying to force a seperation but Dupekthree has the dominant position.
A bit of stalling here from Dupekthree.
The ref breaks the fighters up, due to lack of action by Dupny Dupekthree.

Frajerone closes the distance and clinches.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Dupekthree controlling the action here for a moment.
Frajerone is trying to push Dupekthree away but Dupekthree has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Dupekthree keeps control of Frajerone as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Dupekthree just leaning against Frajerone, taking a breather.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.

Frajerone's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.

Dupekthree clinches.
Dupekthree stalling.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The ref breaks the fighters up, due to lack of action by Dupny Dupekthree.

Frajerone closes the distance and clinches.
Frajerone letting Dupekthree take a breather here.
Frajerone wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Dupekthree is clearly stalling here... Pick up the pace son.

And that's the end of the fight!
Dupny Dupekthree showed his dominance in that final round.
I think Frajerone has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.

Judge Wagner Zegers scores the fight for Frajer Frajerone!
Judge Radbod Blank scores the fight for Dupny Dupekthree!
Judge Paulsen Ambrosius scores the fight for Dupny Dupekthree!

Dupny Dupekthree wins by split decision!

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energy
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hype
A | B

pop
A | B

mgr
A | B

FIGHT
RATING
12%

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