 |
EFFA 41 - At The Gallow PBP Commentary |
Undercard bout
|
Coming up we have a heavyweight kickboxing rules bout between Jose Eurburn (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Luca Fietsora (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Fietsora has chosen PRONG - Whose Fist Is This Anyway? as his entrance music, which hasn't gone down very well with the crowd. Luca Fietsora has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?
 |
|
 |
| 193 cm
25
255 lbs
0 - 1 - 0 |
|
194 cm
18
239 lbs
1 - 0 - 0 |
Decent elbows
Self confident
|
|
Excellent MT
Granite chin
|
|
| |
|
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
0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Jose Eurburn!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Luca Fietsora!
The judges for this bout are Radbod Blank, Daniel Blasius and Paul Aken.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Fietsora wants to land a leg kick but Eurburn is out of range.
Fietsora lands a body shot.
Eurburn misses with a body kick.
Eurburn misses with a lunging right hand
and Fietsora makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Eurburn throws a hook to the side of Fietsora's head but Fietsora sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Fietsora moves into the clinch successfully.
Fietsora makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Fietsora is clearly stalling here... Pick up the pace son.
A shot in the inside from Fietsora.
Eurburn misses with a hook from the clinch.
The referee is keeping an eye on Fietsora - much more stalling and he will separate the fighters.
Fietsora receives a warning from the referee for stalling.
Fietsora pushes Eurburn back against the ropes and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Eurburn looks to throw an elbow but misses.
I was talking to Eurburn's coach per-fight and he was telling me that they'd been working on the clinch in the runup to this fight.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Fietsora throws an elbow but it misses.
Eurburn working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Fietsora lands an elbow inside.
Eurburn misses with some punches.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Fietsora.
It looks like Jose Eurburn has been cut.
Eurburn blocks an elbow strike from Fietsora.
Fietsora blocking some punches.
Fietsora lands an elbow that stopped Eurburn in his tracks for a moment.
Fietsora makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
The referee is keeping an eye on Fietsora - much more stalling and he will separate the fighters.
Eurburn using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Fietsora has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Fietsora is pushing Eurburn up against the ropes, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Fietsora obliges.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
A shot in the inside from Fietsora.
Eurburn tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Fietsora avoids it.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Fietsora lands a nice elbow.
Eurburn is breathing heavily.
Fietsora is stalling here.
Eurburn misses with a knee to the head.
Fietsora lands a right hand that snaps the head of Eurburn backwards.
Eurburn tries to land a knee to the head but Fietsora blocks with his arms.
Fietsora lands a left hand that snaps the head of Eurburn backwards.
A body shot lands from Fietsora.
Fietsora stalls.
Fietsora blocks an elbow strike from Eurburn.
A short right from Fietsora.
Fietsora creates a bit of space and cracks Eurburn with an uppercut that drops him to the canvas! Eurburn is wobbled and seems to be struggling to get back to his feet. 3,4,5. He's up! Phew, his manager will be relieved but they're no doubt wondering whether he'll be able to recover properly and get back in the fight!
Eurburn is rocked!
Eurburn walks into a picture perfect straight right hand from Fietsora! He's gone down face first to the canvas, unconscious before he even hit the floor! Ohhhh. My. Goodness! That boys and girls was a beautiful knockout! Give that man a biscuit!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:53 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Luca Fietsora!
During a confident post fight interview, Luca Fietsora thanked all his fans. He seemed very genuine when describing how motivated his fans keep him.
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| S |
C
A |
G |
S |
C
B |
G |
|
S |
C |
G |
|
energy
A | B |
|
hype
A | B |
|
pop
A | B |
|
mgr
A | B |
|
FIGHT
RATING
93% |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Undercard bout
|
Coming up we have a heavyweight kickboxing rules bout between Benny Diesel (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Yoshihiro Takayama (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Diesel comes to the ring accompanied by Manner - Stereo MC's. 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.
 |
|
 |
| 195 cm
24
275 lbs
1 - 3 - 0 |
|
195 cm
21
243 lbs
0 - 0 - 0 |
Excellent boxer
Cardio machine
|
|
Dangerous knees
Good gas tank
|
|
| |
|
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 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Benny Diesel!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Yoshihiro Takayama!
The judges for this bout are Wagner Zegers, Paulsen Ambrosius and Aafke Stam.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Takayama takes the fight into the clinch.
Takayama tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Takayama tries to land knees in the clinch but Diesel avoids the damage to the body.
Diesel is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the ropes.
Takayama tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Takayama misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Diesel.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Takayama taking a breather.
Diesel wants to break free but Takayama has control.
Diesel is trying to break the clinch but Takayama has him pressed against the ropes.
Takayama using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Diesel has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Takayama is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Diesel is defending well for now.
Knees to the body from Takayama.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Diesel is trying to force a seperation but Takayama has the dominant position.
Takayama manages to get underhooks and slows down the pace for a moment.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Diesel breaks from the clinch.
Diesel looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Takayama blocks a head kick by Diesel.
Diesel misses with an attempted mid kick.
Diesel goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Takayama avoids the head kick by Diesel.
Takayama wants to clinch up but Diesel keeps it at a distance.
A combination from Diesel does no damage.
Diesel tries to work over Takayama's front leg with a kick but Takayama checks it.
Diesel throws a head kick but Takayama moves out of range.
Diesel swats away the attempt to clinch by Takayama.
Takayama fails in his attempt to clinch.
Takayama 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.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Diesel looks to land a body kick but Takayama moved away.
Takayama blocks a head kick by Diesel.
Diesel lands with a nice body punch.
Diesel tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Diesel throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Takayama.
A head kick misses from Diesel.
Diesel throws a head kick that looked like it stung.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
A head kick misses from Diesel.
Takayama blocks a head kick by Diesel.
Diesel throws a sloppy head kick and Takayama moves out of range easily.
Diesel swats away the attempt to clinch by Takayama.
Diesel pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Diesel tries to bum rush Takayama with a series of wild strikes but Takayama uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Diesel throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Takayama tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Diesel tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Diesel throws a nice looking combination but Takayama bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Diesel is breathing heavily.
Takayama blocks a head kick by Diesel.
Diesel swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Diesel misses with a body kick.
Diesel tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Takayama blocks a head kick by Diesel.
No joy there for Diesel, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Diesel throws a lazy head kick
and Takayama moves into the clinch.
Takayama misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Diesel.
Diesel avoiding damage as Takayama throws knees to the body.
Diesel looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Takayama throws a knee to the head but misses.
Takayama with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
It looks like Benny Diesel has been cut.
Come on Takayama - let's have some action - none of this stalling nonsense.
Takayama tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Takayama missing with knees to the body.
Takayama putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Diesel in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
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!
Takayama using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Diesel has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Knees in the clinch landing for Takayama.
Knees to the body from Takayama.
A knee to the head by Takayama.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Takayama connects with a nasty looking knee right to Diesel's face.
Diesel on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Takayama leaning against his opponent.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Yoshihiro Takayama dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Benny Diesel's cut.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!
A head kick misses from Diesel.
Diesel misses with a head kick.
Takayama takes the fight into the clinch.
Takayama tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Diesel avoids it.
Takayama with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Takayama using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Diesel's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Diesel misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Diesel tries a head kick but it misses.
Takayama wants to clinch up but Diesel keeps it at a distance.
Takayama moves in looking to clinch but Diesel pushes him off.
Benny Diesel is winning the standup battle so far.
Diesel throws a head kick that half lands.
The step up in weight doesn't seem to be a problem for Takayama. He's performing admirably here against the bigger man.
Diesel throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Diesel scores with a head kick.
Diesel looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Diesel swinging wildly here.
A head kick misses from Diesel.
Diesel circles away from the clinch attempt.
Takayama wants to clinch up but Diesel keeps it at a distance.
Diesel throws a big shot that misses.
Diesel misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Takayama blocks a head kick by Diesel.
A head kick by Diesel misses
and Takayama counters by moving into the clinch.
Takayama is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Diesel is defending well for now.
Diesel takes a knee right on the jaw!
Diesel pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
A head kick misses from Diesel.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Diesel throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Diesel misses with a head kick.
Benny Diesel seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Takayama tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Diesel throws a leg kick
and Takayama moves into the clinch.
Takayama using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Diesel has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Takayama tries to land knees in the clinch but Diesel avoids the damage to the body.
Takayama with an attempt at a knee that misses.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Takayama tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Diesel blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Takayama misses with a knee to the head.
Diesel avoiding damage as Takayama throws knees to the body.
Takayama throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Diesel blocks it with crossed arms.
Takayama with an attempt at a knee that misses.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Diesel manages to break the clinch.
Diesel moves into the clinch successfully.
Takayama tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Diesel avoids it.
Diesel pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Diesel misses with a hook
and Takayama holds on and brings the fighters into a clinch.
Takayama using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Diesel has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Takayama trying to land knees to the body.
Takayama with a knee to the head.
Takayama throws a knee to the head but misses.
Takayama misses with a knee to the head.
Diesel wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Diesel's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Takayama checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Takayama tries to close the distance and clinch up but Diesel swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Diesel throws a right hand that Takayama ducks under and follows up with a left that Takayama also avoids with ease.
Diesel misses with a jab, cross combination.
Diesel throws a sloppy head kick and Takayama moves out of range easily.
Takayama avoids the body shot from Diesel.
Diesel pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Takayama fails in his attempt to clinch.
The fight stays on the outside here - Takayama looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
A head kick misses from Diesel.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Diesel throws a lazy head kick
and Takayama counters by moving into the clinch.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Takayama using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Diesel has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Takayama with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close second round but I would say that Benny Diesel will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Benny Diesel's cut.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action! And we move into the final round!
Diesel throws a head kick that misses
and Takayama counters by moving into the clinch. Good anticipation by Takayama.
Takayama tries a knee to the head but Diesel blocks it.
Takayama scores with a knee to the head.
Diesel tries to break the clinch but Takayama is controlling the position.
Takayama throws a knee to the head but misses.
Diesel looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Diesel blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Takayama lands a knee to the head.
Diesel blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Diesel has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Takayama tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Knees in the clinch landing for Takayama.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Takayama tries to land knees in the clinch but Diesel avoids the damage to the body.
Takayama unloads a knee to the mid-section. Diesel lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Diesel is trying to push Takayama away but Takayama has him pressed against the ropes, so he's going nowhere.
Takayama misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Diesel.
Takayama tries to land a knee to the head but Diesel blocks with his arms.
Takayama tries to land knees in the clinch but Diesel avoids the damage to the body.
Takayama has Diesel pressed against the ropes.
Diesel takes a knee right on the jaw!
Takayama tries a knee to the head but Diesel blocks it.
Takayama lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Benny Diesel's cut is getting worse.
Diesel breaks the clinch.
Diesel swats away the attempt to clinch by Takayama.
Takayama slips a jab and a cross from Diesel.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Diesel pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Diesel misses with a double jab.
Takayama closes the distance and pushes Diesel back into the ropes.
Takayama missing with knees to the body.
Takayama using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Diesel can't break the clinch.
Takayama tries a knee to the head but Diesel blocks it.
Takayama with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Takayama tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Diesel tries to circle away but Takayama has him pinned against the ropes.
Takayama with a knee to the head.
Takayama with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Takayama utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Takayama landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Takayama tries a knee to the head but Diesel blocks it.
Diesel is trying to break the clinch but Takayama has him pressed against the ropes.
Takayama lands a nice knee to the body.
Takayama tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Takayama tries a knee to the head but Diesel blocks it.
Takayama tries a knee to the head but Diesel blocks it.
Takayama tries to land knees in the clinch but Diesel avoids the damage to the body.
Takayama is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Diesel is defending well for now.
Takayama tries a knee to the head but Diesel blocks it.
Takayama connects with a knee to the head.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Takayama tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Takayama using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Diesel has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Diesel is trying to break the clinch but Takayama is controlling him.
Diesel is trying to break free.
Takayama using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Takayama with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Yoshihiro Takayama seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Takayama connects with a nasty looking knee right to Diesel's face.
Diesel is trying to break the clinch but Takayama is controlling him.
Takayama crunches a lovely knee into Diesel's ribcage.
Diesel has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Takayama with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Takayama has Diesel pushed against the ropes.
Takayama crunches a lovely knee into Diesel's ribcage.
And that's the end of the fight!
Yoshihiro Takayama comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think Takayama 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 27:30
Judge Paulsen Ambrosius scores the fight 28:29
Judge Aafke Stam scores the fight 28:29
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Yoshihiro Takayama!
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| S |
C
A |
G |
S |
C
B |
G |
|
S |
C |
G |
|
energy
A | B |
|
hype
A | B |
|
pop
A | B |
|
mgr
A | B |
|
FIGHT
RATING
99% |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Undercard bout
|
Coming up we have a lightweight kickboxing rules bout between Choi Zhanshuch (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Harry Dane (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Dane has chosen Superstar as his entrance music. Both these guys have solid standup skills and neither is particularly fantastic on the ground, so let's hope for a nice standup war!
 |
|
 |
| 168 cm
22
168 lbs
2 - 3 - 0 |
|
170 cm
17
140 lbs
3 - 3 - 0 |
Decent elbows
Cuts easily
|
|
Good kicks
Determined
|
|
| |
|
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
2 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Choi Zhanshuch!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
3 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Harry Dane!
The judges for this bout are Saam Ante, Patrick Alders and Paul Aken.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Zhanshuch looks to land a left hand but Dane moved out of range nicely.
Dane throws a front kick that sends Zhanshuch stumbling back into the ropes.
Choi Zhanshuch seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Dane throws a leg kick
and Zhanshuch counters with a three punch combination, finished off with a leg kick. Nice work.
Dane doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Dane misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Zhanshuch throws a quick inside leg kick.
Zhanshuch throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Dane on the wrong end of a nice jab.
Zhanshuch walks into a jab.
Zhanshuch checks a leg kick.
Dane dodges the punch combination from Zhanshuch.
Dane fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Zhanshuch is out of range.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Dane throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Zhanshuch counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
Dane looks for the body kick but Zhanshuch saw that one coming.
Zhanshuch throws a looping overhand right but Dane ducks down to avoid it.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Dane shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.
Zhanshuch doesn't manage to clinch there - Dane circles away.
Dane motions for Zhanshuch to come forward. Dane throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Dane throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Dane looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Zhanshuch throws a series of strikes that have Dane backpedaling.
Dane throws a lazy right hand but Zhanshuch sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Dane takes a punch to the jaw and another one to the bread basket.
Zhanshuch lands an overhand right.
Zhanshuch slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
Zhanshuch lands with a right hand.
Zhanshuch throws a head kick that half lands.
Dane is rocked!
This has been an exciting period of action!
Zhanshuch connects with a jab.
Dane is still on wobbly legs! Can Zhanshuch finish him?
Zhanshuch checks a leg kick.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Dane misses with the body kick
letting Zhanshuch counter with a right hand.
Dane walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
Dane misses with a body kick.
Dane seems to have recovered his senses.
Dane walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
Dane fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Zhanshuch manages to avoid it.
Zhanshuch connects with a crisp jab.
Zhanshuch rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Dane moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Dane goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Zhanshuch's corner calls for a 1, 2 combination and Zhanshuch duly obliges.
Dane takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Dane with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Dane looks to score with a jab to the body but Zhanshuch is just out of range.
Dane misses with an uppercut. Zhanshuch saw that one coming.
Dane scoring well with a low kick there.
It looks like Zhanshuch has been trying to sharpen up his punching technique, as it looks crisper than last time we saw him.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Zhanshuch ducks under a wild hook from Dane.
Zhanshuch lands with a shot to the body.
Dane misses with an attempted mid kick.
Dane swats away the attempt to clinch by Zhanshuch.
Dane takes a kick to the side of the head.
Dane throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Zhanshuch throws a right hand that Dane ducks under and follows up with a left that Dane also avoids with ease.
Dane moves into range and throws a lovely three punch combination.
Zhanshuch catches Dane with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
Zhanshuch closes the distance and lands a one-two.
Zhanshuch misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Dane thows a body shot but no joy.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Dane thows a body shot but no joy.
Zhanshuch misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Zhanshuch scores with the left hand. Dane knows he should have avoided that one.
Zhanshuch checks the leg kick.
Zhanshuch misses with a looping right.
Zhanshuch lands with an uppercut that bounces Dane off the ropes and back into range.
Zhanshuch tries to bum rush Dane with a series of wild strikes but Dane uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Dane throws a lazy right hand but Zhanshuch sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Dane sizes up Zhanshuch with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
Some wild striking there from Zhanshuch.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Zhanshuch throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Zhanshuch is really peppering his opponent's head with punches.
Zhanshuch misses with a hook.
Ooooh, nice body kick lands from Dane. Zhanshuch shrugs it off though.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Choi Zhanshuch dominated that round.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!
Dane throws a sloppy head kick and Zhanshuch moves out of range easily.
Dane throws a body punch but Zhanshuch moves out of range.
Zhanshuch connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Dane's hands.
Dane takes a head kick and keeps coming.
Dane throws a body kick that digs right into the meat.
Zhanshuch tries to clinch there but Dane circles away.
Dane pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Dane throws a body kick that misses.
Dane avoids the body shot from Zhanshuch.
Zhanshuch checks a low kick from Dane.
Dane showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Zhanshuch.
Zhanshuch throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
A right-left combo lands from Zhanshuch.
Choi Zhanshuch is winning the standup battle so far.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Dane swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Dane throws the left hand but Zhanshuch avoids the punch easily.
Zhanshuch moves in looking to clinch but Dane pushes him off.
Dane throws a head kick that misses.
Zhanshuch tries a head kick but it misses.
Zhanshuch fails with an attempt to clinch.
Dane missing with a left hand there. Zhanshuch was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Zhanshuch blocks the body kick.
Dane misses with the body kick
and Zhanshuch counters with a left to the body.
Some wild striking there from Zhanshuch.
Zhanshuch keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Zhanshuch checks a leg kick.
Zhanshuch throws a head kick that misses.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Dane scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.
Dane walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
Zhanshuch throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Zhanshuch looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Zhanshuch blocks a low kick nicely.
A looping hook to the body misses from Dane. Zhanshuch does a little dance to reset his feet.
Zhanshuch slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
Dane goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Zhanshuch swinging wildly here.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Dane lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Zhanshuch lands with a shot to the body.
Dane throws a head kick but Zhanshuch moves out of range.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Zhanshuch thuds his right hand into Dane's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.
Zhanshuch misses the shot to the body.
Dane attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
Dane fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Dane tries a head kick but it misses.
Zhanshuch punishes Dane's body with a nice straight punch.
Dane takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Dane is throwing a lot of body shots here, looking to wear down Zhanshuch rather than just go for the knockout.
Dane misses with a low kick as Zhanshuch jumps back.
Dane steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Zhanshuch.
Dane throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Zhanshuch lands with a thumping leg kick.
Dane throws a head kick but Zhanshuch moves out of range.
Zhanshuch throws a right and a left that Dane avoids nicely.
Dane ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Zhanshuch moves away.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Zhanshuch misses with a head kick.
Dane throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Dane throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Zhanshuch scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
Zhanshuch misses the shot to the body.
Zhanshuch misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Dane misses with an uppercut
and Zhanshuch counters with a stiff right hand.
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!
Dane pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Dane attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Dane swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Dane misses with a low kick.
Dane misses the shot to the body.
Dane avoids a punch combination nicely.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close second round but I would say that Choi Zhanshuch will probably get the nod.
That's time! Zhanshuch's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight. This is the final round!
Dane moves out of range of the body kick from Zhanshuch.
Zhanshuch sizes up Dane with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
Dane has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
Dane misses with a body kick.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Dane misses with an uppercut.
Zhanshuch works Dane's body with a nice hook.
Dane misses with a body shot
and Zhanshuch counters into the clinch. Nicely done.
Dane misses with a punch to the body.
Zhanshuch blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Dane misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Zhanshuch.
Dane tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Zhanshuch avoids it.
Zhanshuch takes an elbow to the temple.
Zhanshuch managing to block the knees to the body from Dane.
Dane is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Zhanshuch is defending well for now.
Dane lands a nice knee to the body.
Nice elbow from Dane.
It looks like Choi Zhanshuch has been cut.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Dane lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Dane blocks a body shot from Zhanshuch.
Zhanshuch blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Dane putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Zhanshuch in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Zhanshuch blocks the elbow strike.
Dane misses with a hook to the ribs.
Dane missing with knees to the body.
Zhanshuch escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
A good leg kick by Dane.
Zhanshuch moves out of range of the body kick from Dane.
Zhanshuch displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Dane throws out the jab.
Zhanshuch swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Dane misses with a body kick.
Zhanshuch looks to land a body kick but Dane moved away.
Zhanshuch scores with a crisp jab that stopped Dane in his tracks.
Dane throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Harry Dane has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Dane misses with a leg kick.
Dane blocks the body kick.
Dane throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
Dane misses with a head kick.
Dane misses with a body shot.
A swing and a miss from Zhanshuch.
Dane just misses with a punch to the body.
Zhanshuch throws a head kick that half lands.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Dane tries to land a leg kick but Zhanshuch saw it coming and moves away.
Zhanshuch fakes the leg kick and cracks Dane in the body.
Zhanshuch ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Dane takes a jab right on the kisser.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Zhanshuch lands a high kick!
Dane is looking to land body kicks.
Dane misses the shot to the body.
A jab lands there for Zhanshuch.
Zhanshuch throws a two punch combo that lands nicely.
Nice body punch from Zhanshuch.
Dane throws a body kick that digs right into the meat.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Zhanshuch thuds a left hand into Dane's body.
Dane lands a nice leg kick that just misses Zhanshuch's sensitive parts.
Dane jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Dane throws a jab but it's blocked by Zhanshuch.
Dane tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Zhanshuch was well out of range. Poor timing from Dane.
Zhanshuch avoids a kick to the body.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Dane uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Zhanshuch.
Dane is looking to chop away at Zhanshuch's legs.
Zhanshuch tries to clinch but Dane is having none of it.
Zhanshuch staying out of range there.
Dane throws a head kick that misses.
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!
Dane misses with an uppercut. Zhanshuch saw that one coming.
Dane looks to throw a body kick
and Zhanshuch counters with a nice body shot.
Zhanshuch misses with an attempted mid kick.
Dane sees a low kick coming and goes to check it, but it's actually a body kick and it thuds into his unprotected ribs.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Dane throws a good cross that connects.
Dane ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Zhanshuch moves away.
Choi Zhanshuch is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Dane misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Zhanshuch.
And that's the end of the fight!
I would just about give that final round to Harry Dane.
I think Zhanshuch has won this one but let's see what the judges have to say. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Saam Ante scores the fight 30:28
Judge Patrick Alders scores the fight 29:28
Judge Paul Aken scores the fight 29:28
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Choi Zhanshuch!
Choi Zhanshuch decided to thank the fans in attendance for making a great atmosphere. It seemed to go down pretty well.
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| S |
C
A |
G |
S |
C
B |
G |
|
S |
C |
G |
|
energy
A | B |
|
hype
A | B |
|
pop
A | B |
|
mgr
A | B |
|
FIGHT
RATING
88% |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Undercard bout
|
Coming up we have a welterweight kickboxing rules bout between Dan Rogers (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jens Halle (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Jens Halle acknowledges the crowd's support as he enters the ring.
 |
|
 |
| 185 cm
23
180 lbs
2 - 1 - 0 |
|
180 cm
25
180 lbs
0 - 0 - 0 |
Good knees
Self confident
|
|
Decent boxing
Solid chin
|
|
| |
|
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
2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Dan Rogers!
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, Jens Halle!
The judges for this bout are Albert Achterberg, Saam Ante and Aafke Stam.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Halle tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Halle tries to clinch but Rogers is having none of it.
Halle fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Rogers swinging wildly here.
Rogers tries to keep at a distance but Halle has taken the fight into the clinch.
Halle using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Rogers has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Rogers tries to break the clinch but Halle is controlling the position.
Rogers wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Halle has him pressed against the ropes.
Rogers is trying to break the clinch but Halle is controlling him.
Halle stalling the fight.
Rogers scores a nice knee to the body.
Halle creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Rogers wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Rogers lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Halle's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Rogers lands with a nice body punch.
Halle scores with a jab to the body.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Rogers's jab looks to have found its range, popping Halle under the eye.
Halle is looking to clinch.
Halle throws a nice looking combination but Rogers bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Halle on the wrong end of a nice jab.
Halle moves to clinch but Rogers breaks away
and Rogers counters with a left to the body.
Halle looks winded!
Rogers scores with a head kick.
Halle sees a low kick coming and goes to check it, but it's actually a body kick and it thuds into his unprotected ribs.
Rogers moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Rogers tries to bum rush Halle with a series of wild strikes but Halle uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Halle on the wrong end of a nice jab.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Halle is looking to clinch.
Halle misses with the combination.
Rogers is looking to slow Halle down with leg kicks.
Rogers throws a head kick that connects with a bit of head and a bit of hand.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Rogers uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Halle.
Halle closes the distance but Rogers moves to the side
and Rogers counters with a one-two to the body.
Rogers misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Jab from Rogers.
Rogers looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Rogers connects with a good right hand that stumbles Halle. Halle circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
Rogers lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Thud! ouch! good body kick from Rogers - that will leave a mark!
Halle tries a head kick but it misses.
Halle throws a combination that misses
and Rogers counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Halle is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Halle tries to close the distance and clinch but Rogers swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Halle has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Halle there as he acknowledges the shot.
Halle tries to check the leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Halle tries a head kick but it misses.
Rogers scores with a kick to the midsection.
Jab, cross, leg kick. Nice combination by Rogers!
It looks like Jens Halle has been cut.
Rogers lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Halle is rocked!
A punch lands to the side of Halle 's head but he takes it in his stride.
Halle is still on wobbly legs! Can Rogers finish him?
Rogers is throwing punches like he's double parked. Oh my word! Huge right hand from Rogers shuts the power down on Halle. Lights out, game over! Rogers is your winner.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:28 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Punches). Dan Rogers!
A relieved looking Dan Rogers thanked the fans for their support and gave the usual line about them being amazing. They seemed to believe that he actually meant it.
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| S |
C
A |
G |
S |
C
B |
G |
|
S |
C |
G |
|
energy
A | B |
|
hype
A | B |
|
pop
A | B |
|
mgr
A | B |
|
FIGHT
RATING
73% |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Undercard bout
|
Coming up we have a light heavyweight kickboxing rules bout between Tommy Oosthuizen (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Bruno Sparrow (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Bruno Sparrow has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?
 |
|
 |
| 186 cm
19
195 lbs
1 - 0 - 0 |
|
184 cm
20
190 lbs
1 - 2 - 0 |
Excellent boxer
Cardio machine
|
|
Excellent boxer
Good gas tank
|
|
| |
|
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
1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of New York, Tommy Oosthuizen!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
1 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Bruno Sparrow!
The judges for this bout are Nard Betker, Paul Aken and Radbod Blank.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Oosthuizen ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Sparrow moves away.
Oosthuizen fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Sparrow on the side of the head.
Oosthuizen wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Nice body punch from Oosthuizen.
Oosthuizen lands a right hook to the body.
Sparrow takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Oosthuizen slips a straight right by Sparrow.
Sparrow misses with a body shot.
Oosthuizen is looking to wear down Sparrow with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
Oosthuizen throws a body punch but Sparrow moves out of range.
Sparrow takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Oosthuizen missing with a left hand there. Sparrow was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Sparrow throws a series of punches but Oosthuizen moves out of range.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
A shot to the body from Oosthuizen misses
and Sparrow counters with a nice uppercut.
Sparrow slips under a jab.
Sparrow takes one on the button.
Oosthuizen swings for the body but Sparrow moves out of range.
Sparrow misses with a hook. Oosthuizen ducked under it nicely.
Tommy Oosthuizen seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Sparrow misses with a series of wild punches.
Sparrow uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Oosthuizen.
Oosthuizen looks to score with a jab to the body but Sparrow is just out of range.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Oosthuizen connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Sparrow's coach down at Pahuyuth Muay Thai 12 elite coaches was telling us pre-fight that they have been working on Sparrow's balance. Obviously they view that as a key factor in the outcome of this fight.
Oosthuizen just misses with a punch to the body.
Oosthuizen lands a body shot.
Oosthuizen throws a hook but Sparrow avoids it easily.
Oosthuizen swings and misses with a shot to the body
letting Sparrow counter with a right hand.
Sparrow takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
Sparrow throws a hook but Oosthuizen blocks it.
Oosthuizen throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Oosthuizen thows a body shot but no joy.
Sparrow avoids a punch combination nicely.
Sparrow takes one to the side of the head.
Oosthuizen with a jab.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Oosthuizen throws a jab but it's blocked by Sparrow.
Sparrow avoids the body shot from Oosthuizen.
Sparrow avoids the body shot from Oosthuizen.
Oosthuizen avoids the body shot from Sparrow.
A jab from Sparrow misses.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Oosthuizen displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Sparrow throws out the jab.
Oosthuizen uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Sparrow.
Oosthuizen seems to be moving with more speed, compared to his last bout. He must have been working on that in the gym.
Oosthuizen throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
A big right from Oosthuizen misses.
Some wild striking there from Sparrow.
Oosthuizen looks to throw the jab but Sparrow is out of range.
Sparrow swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Sparrow takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
Oosthuizen throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Sparrow sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Oosthuizen misses the shot to the body.
Oosthuizen looks to score with a jab to the body but Sparrow is just out of range.
Oosthuizen misses with a looping right.
Sparrow looks to score with a jab to the body but Oosthuizen is just out of range.
Oosthuizen misses with a double jab
and Sparrow connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Oosthuizen punishes Sparrow's body with a nice straight punch.
Oosthuizen keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sparrow has his head slapped from side to side by a 3 punch combination. That must have hurt him.
A left lands for Sparrow.
Sparrow misses the shot to the body.
Oosthuizen throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Sparrow walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
Sparrow swings for the body but Oosthuizen moves out of range.
Oosthuizen throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Good exchange - Oosthuizen coming out on top.
Oosthuizen is really peppering his opponent's head with punches.
Sparrow fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Oosthuizen manages to avoid it.
Sparrow throws a big shot that misses.
Oosthuizen throws a nice looking combination but Sparrow bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Sparrow ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Oosthuizen moves away.
Oosthuizen swings for the body but Sparrow moves out of range.
Oosthuizen ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Sparrow moves away.
Sparrow tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Oosthuizen was well out of range. Poor timing from Sparrow.
Sparrow throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Sparrow tries to bum rush Oosthuizen with a series of wild strikes but Oosthuizen uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Oosthuizen thows a body shot but no joy.
Oosthuizen ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Sparrow moves away.
Oosthuizen misses with a wild combination.
No joy there for Oosthuizen, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Oosthuizen misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Sparrow uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
Oosthuizen steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Sparrow.
Sparrow swings for the body but Oosthuizen moves out of range.
Oosthuizen with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Sparrow to score with a decent uppercut.
Oosthuizen misses with a lunging right hand
and Oosthuizen takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Oosthuizen blocks a jab.
Sparrow takes a shot right to the bread basket.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Oosthuizen connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
Oosthuizen slips under a jab from Sparrow.
Oosthuizen scores with a hook to the body. Sparrow takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Oosthuizen throws a looping overhand right but Sparrow ducks down to avoid it.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Tommy Oosthuizen 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.
Sparrow throws an overhand right that lands on Oosthuizen's shoulder, as Oosthuizen tries to avoid the shot.
Sparrow misses with a hook. Oosthuizen ducked under it nicely.
Sparrow doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Sparrow takes one on the chin but seems OK.
Oosthuizen moves out of range of the body kick from Sparrow.
Tommy Oosthuizen is winning the standup battle so far.
Oosthuizen rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Sparrow moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Sparrow gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Oosthuizen.
Oosthuizen misses with a hook to the body
and Sparrow counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Oosthuizen lands a head shot.
Oosthuizen misses with a straight right.
Oosthuizen scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Sparrow dodges the punch combination from Oosthuizen.
Sparrow throws a shot to the body.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Sparrow dips to his left and cracks Oosthuizen with an uppercut!
Oosthuizen throws a series of punches but Sparrow moves out of range.
Sparrow throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Sparrow jabbing away but nothing is landing.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Oosthuizen misses with a shot to the body
and Sparrow cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Sparrow changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Oosthuizen showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Sparrow.
Oosthuizen lands with a nice body punch.
Oosthuizen misses with a wild combination.
Sparrow thows a body shot but no joy.
Sparrow misses with a two punch combination.
Oosthuizen looks to land a combination but Sparrow avoids it well.
Sloppy strikes from Sparrow. Those never looked like landing.
Sparrow misses with a straight right.
Oosthuizen connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Sparrow's hands.
A looping hook to the body misses from Oosthuizen. Sparrow does a little dance to reset his feet.
Oosthuizen throws a body punch but Sparrow moves out of range.
Sparrow throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Oosthuizen throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Sparrow misses with a hook.
Sparrow throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Sparrow digs a good body shot into Oosthuizen's ribs.
Sparrow scores with a nice head shot.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Oosthuizen avoids the body shot from Sparrow.
Oosthuizen scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Sparrow keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Oosthuizen lands three nice shots there - that looked like it hurt!
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Nice jab there from Oosthuizen.
Oosthuizen slips under a jab.
A swing and a miss from Sparrow.
A looping hook to the body misses from Oosthuizen. Sparrow does a little dance to reset his feet.
A looping hook to the body misses from Sparrow. Oosthuizen does a little dance to reset his feet.
Oosthuizen takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Oosthuizen slips under a jab from Sparrow.
Sparrow throws a lazy right hand but Oosthuizen sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Oosthuizen throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sparrow looks to score with a jab to the body but Oosthuizen is just out of range.
Oosthuizen fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Sparrow looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
A right-left combo lands from Oosthuizen.
Oosthuizen lands a jab.
Sparrow throws a right and a left that Oosthuizen avoids nicely.
Sparrow tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Oosthuizen was well out of range. Poor timing from Sparrow.
Oosthuizen digs a good body shot into Sparrow's ribs.
Oosthuizen fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Sparrow manages to avoid it.
Oosthuizen misses with a wild combination.
Sparrow dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Sparrow throws a shot from downtown. Oosthuizen moves away and avoids it.
Oosthuizen lands a jab to the nose.
Oosthuizen throws a body punch but Sparrow moves out of range.
Oosthuizen throws a body punch but Sparrow moves out of range.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Oosthuizen lands with a nice body punch.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Sparrow thows a left - swing and a miss!
Oosthuizen misses with a straight left.
Oosthuizen swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Oosthuizen fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Sparrow manages to avoid it.
Sparrow takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Oosthuizen swings for the body but Sparrow moves out of range.
Oosthuizen throws a jab but it's blocked by Sparrow.
Oosthuizen takes a swing at Sparrow's ribcage but misses.
Sparrow lands a jab, followed by a cross and another cross, as Oosthuizen backs up against the ropes.
Jab by Oosthuizen.
Sparrow stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
Sparrow has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
Nice body punch from Sparrow.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Sparrow waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Oosthuizen.
Oosthuizen blocks a jab.
Sparrow showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Oosthuizen.
Oosthuizen lunges at Sparrow with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Sparrow's hand.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Tommy Oosthuizen dominated that second round.
That's time! Oosthuizen's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight. This is the final round!
Sparrow misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Oosthuizen.
Sparrow ducks under a wild hook from Oosthuizen.
Sparrow uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Oosthuizen.
Sparrow throws a shot from downtown. Oosthuizen moves away and avoids it.
Oosthuizen throws a right and a left that Sparrow avoids nicely.
Oosthuizen looks to land a combination but Sparrow avoids it well.
Oosthuizen ducks under a wild hook from Sparrow.
Oosthuizen drops his hands momentarily and Sparrow takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
Sparrow throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Oosthuizen stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Sparrow misses with a right hand
and Oosthuizen counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Oosthuizen keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Oosthuizen throws a looping overhand right but Sparrow ducks down to avoid it.
Oosthuizen lands with an overhand left.
A decent looking cross lands there for Sparrow.
Decent striking displayed by Sparrow there.
Sparrow takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Sparrow takes a swing at Oosthuizen's ribcage but misses.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Sparrow misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Oosthuizen.
Oosthuizen uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Sparrow.
Sparrow takes a jab right on the kisser.
Oosthuizen fails to land with a series of punches.
Sparrow misses with a right hand
and Oosthuizen connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Oosthuizen lets the fists fly and connects with a left straight followed by a right hook.
A swing and a miss from Sparrow.
Sparrow throws a big shot that misses.
Oosthuizen staying out of range there.
Oosthuizen takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
Oosthuizen throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Sparrow stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Sparrow takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Sparrow takes a swing at Oosthuizen's ribcage but misses.
Sparrow looks to land a combination. Oosthuizen sees it coming but can only parry a couple of the shots.
Sparrow ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Oosthuizen moves away.
Oosthuizen throws a combination that misses
and Sparrow counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Oosthuizen lands a jab to Sparrow's midsection.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Sparrow takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
Sparrow takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Sparrow throws a lazy right hand but Oosthuizen sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Oosthuizen bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Sparrow jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Oosthuizen's jab looks to have found its range, popping Sparrow under the eye.
Sparrow just misses with a punch to the body.
Oosthuizen tests Sparrow's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Sparrow digs a good hook to Oosthuizen's body.
Sparrow throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Oosthuizen jabs at Sparrow's body.
Oosthuizen swings for the body but Sparrow moves out of range.
Sparrow looks to land a right hand but Oosthuizen moved out of range.
Oosthuizen looks to score with a jab to the body but Sparrow is just out of range.
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Oosthuizen, as that shot connected.
Oosthuizen displaying good standup as he scores with a three punch combination.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sparrow misses with a looping right.
Oosthuizen closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
An inside leg kick from Sparrow misses.
Oosthuizen throws a body punch but Sparrow moves out of range.
Sparrow connects with a body shot.
Sparrow misses the body punch
and Oosthuizen counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
A looping hook to the body misses from Oosthuizen. Sparrow does a little dance to reset his feet.
Oosthuizen misses with a wild body shot.
Oosthuizen throws out a powerful jab.
Bruno Sparrow has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Oosthuizen thows a body shot but no joy.
A jab from Sparrow does it's job there.
Oosthuizen tests Sparrow's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Sparrow takes a swing at Oosthuizen's ribcage but misses.
Nice uppercut lands for Oosthuizen. That snapped Sparrow's head back.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Sparrow showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Oosthuizen.
Sparrow swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Sparrow swings for the body but Oosthuizen moves out of range.
Oosthuizen misses with a body shot.
Good standup being displayed there by Oosthuizen as he connects with a hook.
Sparrow ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Oosthuizen cracks a nice hook into Sparrow's ribs.
Sparrow swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Sparrow scores with a body shot.
Oosthuizen blocks a jab.
Oosthuizen throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
The fighters circling - Sparrow throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Oosthuizen lunges at Sparrow with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Sparrow's hand.
Oosthuizen takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Tommy Oosthuizen is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Sparrow throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
And that's the end of the fight!
That was a close round. You could make an argument for either fighter but I would give it to Tommy Oosthuizen.
Well Oosthuizen 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 Nard Betker scores the fight 30:27
Judge Paul Aken scores the fight 30:27
Judge Radbod Blank scores the fight 30:27
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Tommy Oosthuizen!
Tommy Oosthuizen 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.
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| S |
C
A |
G |
S |
C
B |
G |
|
S |
C |
G |
|
energy
A | B |
|
hype
A | B |
|
pop
A | B |
|
mgr
A | B |
|
FIGHT
RATING
100% |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Undercard bout
|
Coming up we have a light heavyweight kickboxing rules bout between Milovan Cirkovic (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Cray Stout (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Cirkovic comes to the ring accompanied by Five Finger Death Punch - "Lift Me Up". Stout has chosen ¨LONG HARD TIMES TO COME as his entrance music. Both these guys have solid standup skills and neither is particularly fantastic on the ground, so let's hope for a nice standup war!
 |
|
 |
| 193 cm
24
213 lbs
3 - 1 - 0 |
|
184 cm
22
215 lbs
3 - 2 - 0 |
World class MT
Granite chin
|
|
World class boxer
Solid chin
|
|
| |
|
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
3 - 1 - 0, fighting out of New York, Milovan Cirkovic!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
3 - 2 - 0, fighting out of New York, Cray Stout!
The judges for this bout are Aafke Stam, Paul Aken and Daniel Blasius.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Cirkovic buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Good leg kick by Cirkovic there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Stout tries to grapple but his opponent circles
and Cirkovic counters with a thumping low kick.
Stout misses with a double jab
and Cirkovic makes him pay by landing a thudding low kick.
Cirkovic feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Stouts jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!
This has been an exciting period of action!
Stout takes a nasty kick to the mid section... That should keep him thinking. Does he try and block and risk a head kick landing?
Stout walks forward, straight into a front kick from Cirkovic.
Stout throws a body kick that misses
and Cirkovic counters by moving into the clinch.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
Stout has a couple of punches blocked by Cirkovic.
Still in the clinch, Cirkovic scores with a nice short uppercut.
Cirkovic crunches a lovely knee into Stout's ribcage.
Cirkovic connects with a knee to the head.
Knees to the body from Cirkovic.
Stout looks winded!
Cirkovic utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
A nice left hand lands by Cirkovic.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Stout misses with a short punch on the inside.
Cirkovic lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Cirkovic lands a hook to the side of the head.
A right handed body shot lands from Cirkovic.
Cirkovic breaks the clinch.
Cirkovic throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Stout stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Cirkovic feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Stouts jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!
Stout throws a lazy head kick
and Cirkovic counters by clinching up.
A hook to the body from Cirkovic.
Nice body punch from Cirkovic.
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!
Cirkovic with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Cirkovic leaning against his opponent.
Cirkovic lands a body shot.
Cirkovic utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Cirkovic lands a nice shot to the body.
A knee to the head by Cirkovic.
Cirkovic lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Stout or not.
A nice left hand lands by Cirkovic.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
A right hand to the body from Cirkovic.
Cirkovic putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Stout in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Cirkovic breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Stout on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Stout tries to check the leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Cirkovic connects with a solid leg kick.
Cirkovic moves into range and lands a nice body kick.
Stout tries to check the leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
A nice inside leg kick there by Cirkovic. That's going to slow Stout down.
Cirkovic delivers a nice body kick.
Cirkovic closes the distance and clinches.
A short left from Cirkovic.
Cirkovic breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Cirkovic fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Stout on the side of the head.
Cirkovic cracks Stout with a perfect right hand that drops him to the mat! Stout is sitting up but I can't see if he's OK from my position. The referee's count has reached 5,6,7 and Stout is still not up. Can he make it? 8,9, he's up! Wow, he cut that one a bit fine!
Stout is rocked!
Cirkovic showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Stout.
Stout is still on wobbly legs! Can Cirkovic finish him?
The crowd cheers as Cirkovic lands an impressive looking overhand right. Stout doesn't seem phased though.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Stout tries to check the leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Stout takes a push kick to the midsection and stumbles backwards.
A head kick by Stout misses
and Cirkovic counters into the clinch. Nicely done.
A shot in the inside from Cirkovic.
Cirkovic lands a body shot.
Cirkovic is leaning against Stout and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Stout tries to throw a body punch but Cirkovic avoids it by throwing Stout back against the ropes.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Cirkovic.
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!
Cirkovic lands a right hand that snaps the head of Stout backwards.
Cirkovic putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Stout in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Cirkovic creates a bit of space and fires a knee right up the middle, almost lifting Stout off his feet and sending him crashing to the canvas! Stout is trying to get back to his feet but his equilibrium is completely gone! The referee has called it off! This fight is over! Cirkovic is jumping up and down like a mad man, celebrating with his cornermen.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:37 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Knee). Milovan Cirkovic!
A relieved looking Milovan Cirkovic thanked the fans for their support and gave the usual line about them being amazing. They seemed to believe that he actually meant it.
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| S |
C
A |
G |
S |
C
B |
G |
|
S |
C |
G |
|
energy
A | B |
|
hype
A | B |
|
pop
A | B |
|
mgr
A | B |
|
FIGHT
RATING
100% |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Undercard bout
|
Coming up we have a lightweight kickboxing rules bout between Eka Tahuna (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Luis Fernando Jiménez (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Eka Tahuna has the edge in experience - let's see if he can make that count tonight.
 |
|
 |
| 176 cm
21
165 lbs
5 - 2 - 0 |
|
160 cm
22
157 lbs
2 - 2 - 0 |
World class boxer
Cardio machine
|
|
World class MT
Good gas tank
|
|
| |
|
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
5 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Eka Tahuna!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
2 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Luis Fernando Jiménez!
The judges for this bout are Radbod Blank, Nard Betker and Patrick Alders.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Good leg kick by Jiménez there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Tahuna lands a jab to Jiménez's midsection.
Jiménez throws a big shot that misses.
Jiménez ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Tahuna moves away.
Tahuna tests Jiménez's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Jiménez moves away from the strike by Tahuna.
Tahuna throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.
Jiménez 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.
Tahuna throws a jab but it's blocked by Jiménez.
Both fighters circling a little - Jiménez finishes the exchange with a kick to the body.
Tahuna misses with a body shot.
Jiménez scores with a nice body kick.
Jiménez moves out of range of the body kick.
The fighters circle momentarily. Tahuna darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.
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!
Tahuna finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
Jiménez throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Tahuna lands a jab to the head.
Tahuna slips a jab from Jiménez.
Tahuna fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Jiménez swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Jiménez dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Tahuna lands with a thumping leg kick.
Jiménez throws a combination. Tahuna tries to block but a couple of punches get through.
A jab lands there for Tahuna.
Tahuna lands a leg kick that knocks Jiménez off balance momentarily.
Jiménez pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Jiménez falls off balance throwing a combination
and Tahuna cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Tahuna throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
A low kick from Tahuna misses
and Jiménez counters by moving into the clinch.
Tahuna lands a nice shot to the body.
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!
A short left from Jiménez.
Tahuna tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Tahuna can't find room to land a body shot as Jiménez controls the action.
A short uppercut from Jiménez.
Tahuna lands a body shot.
Jiménez manages to break the clinch.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Tahuna throws a series of strikes that have Jiménez backpedaling.
Tahuna clobbers Jiménez with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
Jiménez misses with a body shot.
Jiménez throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Tahuna looks to land a combination but Jiménez avoids it well.
Tahuna throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Jiménez counters by moving into the clinch.
Jiménez works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Jiménez as Tahuna tries to tie him up.
Jiménez tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Tahuna wants to stall.
Tahuna tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
A battle for position here, against the ropes.
Jiménez tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Tahuna escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Jiménez throws a head kick that half lands.
Tahuna is looking light on his feet compared to last time was saw him fight.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Jiménez looks to land a left hand but Tahuna moved out of range nicely.
Tahuna thumps Jiménez with a low kick.
Jiménez tries a head kick but it misses.
Tahuna throws a lazy right hand but Jiménez sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Tahuna thuds his right hand into Jiménez's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
A combination from Jiménez does no damage.
Jiménez pushes Tahuna away with a front kick.
Tahuna lands with a kick to the ribs.
Jiménez has done a lot of speed work in the buildup to this fight.
Jiménez has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Tahuna.
Tahuna throws a hook to the side of Jiménez's head but Jiménez sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Jiménez throws an overhand right that lands on Tahuna's shoulder, as Tahuna tries to avoid the shot.
Jiménez lands with an uppercut that bounces Tahuna off the ropes and back into range.
Tahuna is using his height advantage well here, landing a good percentage of his punches.
Tahuna throws a front kick aimed at Jiménez's knee but Jiménez avoids it well.
Jiménez pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Tahuna dodges the punch combination from Jiménez.
Tahuna throws out a loose jab but Jiménez uses good head movement to avoid it.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Tahuna blocks a head kick by Jiménez.
Tahuna defending well as Jiménez loads up on a big left hand.
Jiménez tries to clinch there but Tahuna circles away.
Tahuna slips under a jab from Jiménez.
Jiménez takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
A clash of legs there as Jiménez blocks the low kick.
Jiménez lands a leg kick that knocks Tahuna off balance momentarily.
Tahuna lands a jab to the nose.
Tahuna scores with a push kick.
Jiménez doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Tahuna throws a leg kick that misses.
Jiménez steps to his left, right into the path of a big body kick from Tahuna. That one must have hurt.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Tahuna buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Tahuna chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Jiménez takes a head kick and shrugs it off.
Jiménez takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Eka Tahuna 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.
Tahuna connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
Tahuna just misses with a punch to the body.
Tahuna looks to land a right hand but Jiménez moved out of range.
Tahuna takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Tahuna delivers a nice body kick.
Jiménez feints a jab promting Tahuna to slip. Jiménez then demonstrates his capabilities by jabbing again. Tahuna slips again and ducks right into an uppercut.
Jiménez throws a nice outside leg kick.
Tahuna throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Tahuna lands with a straight right. Jiménez didn't see that one coming.
Jiménez looks to land a left hand but Tahuna moved out of range nicely.
Tahuna is using his reach advantage well here, landing the more effective single shots from range.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
That kick from Tahuna tenderised Jiménez's leg. Jiménez is trying to keep his angry face on.
Jiménez misses with a body kick.
Tahuna throws a jab but it's blocked by Jiménez.
Tahuna throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Tahuna moves out of range as Jiménez throws a body kick.
Tahuna throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Tahuna finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
Tahuna tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Jiménez was well out of range. Poor timing from Tahuna.
Jiménez throws a head kick that misses.
Jiménez gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Tahuna.
Jiménez tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Tahuna lands a nice hook to Jiménez's body. Jiménez takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Eka Tahuna is winning the standup battle so far.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Tahuna.
Tahuna feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Jiménezs jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!
Jiménez has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Tahuna.
Tahuna throws a leg kick but Jiménez sees it coming and moves out of range.
Jiménez lands with a shot to the body.
Tahuna chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Jiménez can pounce on him.
Jiménez scores with a spinning back kick!
Tahuna takes one on the chin but seems OK.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Tahuna stuns Jiménez with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Jiménez's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Tahuna fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Jiménez is out of range.
Jiménez misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Tahuna.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Jiménez throws a low kick, looking for Tahuna's leg but Tahuna calmly moves out of range.
Jiménez misses with a jab, cross combination.
Jiménez feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Tahuna's calf.
Tahuna connects with a leg kick. Jiménez looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
Luis Fernando Jiménez is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Tahuna looks to land a right hand but Jiménez moved out of range.
Jiménez is looking to score with low kicks.
Jiménez misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Jiménez throws a head kick that misses.
A decent looking cross lands there for Tahuna.
Jiménez fails to land with a series of punches.
Tahuna cracks Jiménez with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
Tahuna lands a nice shot that snaps Jiménez's head back.
Jiménez misses with a low kick.
A head kick misses from Tahuna.
Good shot there by Tahuna.
Tahuna scores with a nice body kick.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Jiménez takes a head kick and shrugs it off.
Tahuna scores with a three punch combo!
Jiménez shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.
A head kick misses from Jiménez.
A swing and a miss from Jiménez.
Tahuna looks to land a left hand but Jiménez moved out of range nicely.
Jiménez scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Jiménez misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Tahuna.
A big left from Jiménez misses.
Tahuna loads up on a big right hand but Jiménez slips the punch.
Jiménez takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Jiménez drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
Tahuna delivers a nice body kick.
Tahuna throws a sloppy head kick and Jiménez moves out of range easily.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Tahuna looks to land a body kick but Jiménez moved away.
Jiménez looks for the body kick but Tahuna saw that one coming.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Tahuna lands a jab to Jiménez's midsection.
Jiménez scores with a shot to the body.
Jiménez moves out of range of the body kick.
Jiménez gets off balance looking for a body kick
and Tahuna cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Jiménez thows a body shot but no joy.
Tahuna moves into range and connects with a jab.
Jiménez has developed a nice purple lump on his ribcage, as a result of some heavy body kicks from Tahuna.
Jiménez takes a swing at Tahuna's ribcage but misses.
Jiménez waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Tahuna.
Tahuna moves out of range as Jiménez throws a body kick.
Tahuna lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Jiménez checks a leg kick.
Tahuna throws a head kick but Jiménez moves out of range.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Tahuna scores with a jab to the jaw.
Jiménez misses with a two punch combination.
Jiménez ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Tahuna moves away.
Jiménez throws a body kick that misses.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Eka Tahuna dominated that second round.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the ring so we can get back down to business. So, we enter the final round. Let's see if either fighter can bring us a finish, or whether we're going to the judges scorecards.
Jiménez tries a head kick but it misses.
Jiménez has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
Jiménez ducks under a wild hook from Tahuna.
Jiménez misses with a low kick.
Tahuna punishes Jiménez's body with a nice straight punch.
Tahuna scores with a jab to the jaw.
Tahuna thows a body shot but no joy.
Jiménez throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Tahuna avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Jiménez thows a body shot but no joy.
Jiménez is looking to slow Tahuna down with leg kicks.
Tahuna misses with a body shot.
Tahuna connects with a solid leg kick.
Tahuna feints and then cracks Jiménez's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Jiménez down.
Jiménez blocks a low kick nicely.
The crowd cheers as Tahuna lands an impressive looking overhand right. Jiménez doesn't seem phased though.
Jiménez walks into a stiff left hand from Tahuna.
Tahuna lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Jiménez walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
Tahuna misses the jab.
Jiménez stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Tahuna.
Tahuna throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Jiménez getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
Tahuna lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
Jiménez takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
Jiménez throws a head kick but Tahuna moves out of range.
Jiménez pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Tahuna throws a quick inside leg kick.
Tahuna scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Jiménez misses the shot to the body.
Jiménez lands a nice hook to Tahuna's body. Tahuna takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Jiménez checks a leg kick.
Jiménez misses with a head kick.
Jiménez takes one to the side of the head.
Luis Fernando Jiménez has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Jiménez blocks the body kick.
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!
Jiménez pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Tahuna waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Jiménez.
Tahuna cracks a nice hook into Jiménez's ribs.
Tahuna scores with the left hand. Jiménez knows he should have avoided that one.
Tahuna throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Tahuna lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Tahuna fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Jiménez has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Tahuna is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
Jiménez misses the shot to the body.
Tahuna takes a nasty kick to the mid section... That should keep him thinking. Does he try and block and risk a head kick landing?
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Tahuna throws a jab but it's blocked by Jiménez.
A thudding body kick lands there by Jiménez!
Jiménez tries a low kick but Tahuna avoids it.
Jiménez checks the leg kick.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Tahuna ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Tahuna fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
Jiménez throws a push kick but Tahuna slaps the foot to one side.
Tahuna throws a hook but Jiménez blocks it.
Jiménez moves out of range of the strikes.
Tahuna has a nice red mark on his side after a thudding body kick by Jiménez.
Jiménez pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Tahuna connects with a nice looking jab.
A big left from Tahuna misses.
Jiménez avoids a kick to the body.
Jiménez throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
No joy there for Jiménez, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Some bone on bone action there as Jiménez checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
Ooooh, nice body kick lands from Jiménez. Tahuna shrugs it off though.
Tahuna fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Jiménez has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Eka Tahuna is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Jiménez fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Tahuna manages to avoid it.
Tahuna connects with a single shot there.
Jiménez misses the shot to the body.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Tahuna clobbers Jiménez with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
Tahuna blocks a leg kick.
Jiménez is throwing a lot of body shots here, looking to wear down Tahuna rather than just go for the knockout.
Tahuna shuffles to his left behind two crisp jabs. Jiménez eats them both and turns towards Tahuna to reposition himself and eats a stinging right hand-left hook combo.
Some wild striking there from Jiménez.
Jiménez lands a jab to the head.
Tahuna keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
Jiménez misses with a body shot.
Tahuna jabs away that one connects to the head of his opponent.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Jiménez throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Tahuna.
A looping hook to the body misses from Jiménez. Tahuna does a little dance to reset his feet.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Tahuna.
And that's the end of the fight!
Eka Tahuna showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Tahuna, winning every round. Will the judges agree? They are the ones who matter, even if they are often depressingly incompetent. 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 30:27
Judge Nard Betker scores the fight 30:27
Judge Patrick Alders scores the fight 30:27
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Eka Tahuna!
Eka Tahuna bigged himself up after the win. The crowd seemed to love it.
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| S |
C
A |
G |
S |
C
B |
G |
|
S |
C |
G |
|
energy
A | B |
|
hype
A | B |
|
pop
A | B |
|
mgr
A | B |
|
FIGHT
RATING
100% |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Undercard bout
|
Coming up we have a heavyweight kickboxing rules bout between Temppa Turkulainen (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Fred Flapjacks (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Turkulainen's ring entrance music is that housewives' favourite, Xilent - Clear your mind. Both fighters look pumped up here. Let's hope this is a good fight!
 |
|
 |
| 190 cm
29
225 lbs
6 - 6 - 0 |
|
188 cm
25
219 lbs
7 - 3 - 0 |
Excellent boxer
Big right hand
|
|
Good elbows
Powerful
|
|
| |
|
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
6 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Temppa Turkulainen!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
7 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Fred Flapjacks!
The judges for this bout are Daniel Blasius, Patrick Alders and Wagner Zegers.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Flapjacks wants to clinch.
Turkulainen tries to close the distance and clinch up against the ropes but Flapjacks paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Turkulainen forces Flapjacks back against the ropes and clinches.
Turkulainen's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Turkulainen is looking to clinch.
Turkulainen has taken the fight to the clinch.
Turkulainen is trying to break the clinch but Flapjacks is controlling him.
Flapjacks working aggressively here.
Flapjacks has Turkulainen pressed against the ropes, preventing Turkulainen from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Turkulainen can't break the clinch.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Flapjacks.
Turkulainen breaks from the clinch.
Turkulainen's corner calls for a 1, 2 combination and Turkulainen duly obliges.
Turkulainen tries to close the distance and clinch but Flapjacks swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Turkulainen tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Flapjacks swats away the attempt to clinch by Turkulainen.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Turkulainen looks for the body kick but Flapjacks saw that one coming.
Flapjacks throws a mid kick that lands with a slap.
Turkulainen gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Turkulainen prevents a body shot from Flapjacks.
A body shot lands from Flapjacks.
Flapjacks told us before the fight that he's been working on his elbows. An under utilised technique these days - let's see if it can sway the outcome of the fight.
Flapjacks tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Flapjacks misses with a punch on the inside.
Flapjacks keeps control of Turkulainen as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Flapjacks taking a breather.
Flapjacks misses with a body punch.
Turkulainen is trying to break the clinch but Flapjacks is controlling him.
Turkulainen with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Flapjacks misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Turkulainen.
Flapjacks fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Turkulainen blocking some punches.
Flapjacks misses with a punch on the inside.
Flapjacks throws a head punch that misses.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Turkulainen looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Turkulainen wants to get back to striking at distance but Flapjacks won't allow it.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Flapjacks lands with a light punch inside.
I was talking to Turkulainen's coach per-fight and he was telling me that they'd been working on the clinch in the runup to this fight.
Turkulainen looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Turkulainen blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Turkulainen blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Turkulainen is trying to break the clinch but Flapjacks is controlling him.
Flapjacks goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Turkulainen is looking to break free of the clinch but Flapjacks has double underhooks.
Turkulainen wants to get back to striking at distance but Flapjacks won't allow it.
Flapjacks fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Flapjacks stalling in the clinch but Turkulainen improves position.
Flapjacks working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Turkulainen wants to get back to striking at distance but Flapjacks won't allow it.
Turkulainen misses with a hook to the ribs.
Flapjacks lands a left hand that snaps the head of Turkulainen backwards.
Turkulainen pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Flapjacks circles away from the clinch attempt.
Turkulainen has Flapjacks up against the ropes in a clinch.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Flapjacks working aggressively here.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Flapjacks has Turkulainen pressed against the ropes, preventing Turkulainen from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Flapjacks throws an elbow that misses.
Flapjacks lands a body shot.
Flapjacks lands with a light punch inside.
Flapjacks fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Turkulainen fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Turkulainen is trying to break the clinch but Flapjacks has him pressed against the ropes.
A head punch on the inside from Flapjacks fails to land.
A shot in the inside from Flapjacks.
Turkulainen misses with a short punch on the inside.
Flapjacks misses with a hook to the ribs.
Turkulainen is trying to push Flapjacks away but Flapjacks has him pressed against the ropes, so he's going nowhere.
Flapjacks swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Flapjacks is looking to control Turkulainen's arms but Turkulainen gets an underhook and turns him. Now Flapjacks has his back to the ropes.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Turkulainen wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Flapjacks working aggressively here.
Flapjacks misses with the head strike.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Flapjacks has a couple of punches blocked by Turkulainen.
A shot in the inside from Flapjacks.
Turkulainen's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Temppa Turkulainen seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Turkulainen tries to clinch there but Flapjacks circles away.
Turkulainen tries to clinch up.
Turkulainen goes to the watering hole and comes back with a big thumbs up from the judges as he scores a three punch combo.
Turkulainen will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Flapjacks throws a shot from downtown. Turkulainen moves away and avoids it.
A looping hook to the body misses from Turkulainen. Flapjacks does a little dance to reset his feet.
Turkulainen looks to land a combination. Flapjacks sees it coming but can only parry a couple of the shots.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Flapjacks swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Flapjacks lets the fists fly and connects with a left straight followed by a right hook.
Turkulainen needs to keep his hands up - Flapjacks had a free shot at his head there.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close round but Fred Flapjacks will probably get the nod.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!
Turkulainen throws a right hand that Flapjacks ducks under and follows up with a left that Flapjacks also avoids with ease.
Flapjacks scores with a nice head shot.
Turkulainen tries to close the distance and clinch up but Flapjacks swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Turkulainen tries to clinch but fails miserably
and Flapjacks moves into the clinch.
Flapjacks has Turkulainen pressed against the ropes, preventing Turkulainen from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Turkulainen tries to circle away but Flapjacks has him pinned against the ropes.
Turkulainen pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Turkulainen tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Temppa Turkulainen is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Turkulainen gets a clinch.
Flapjacks misses with some punches.
Flapjacks swings wildly with an uppercut but Turkulainen uses good head movement to avoid it.
Flapjacks misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Flapjacks taking a breather.
Turkulainen breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Turkulainen closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the ropes.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Turkulainen.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Flapjacks prevents Turkulainen from breaking the clinch.
Turkulainen is looking to break free of the clinch but Flapjacks has double underhooks.
Flapjacks working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Flapjacks doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Flapjacks will no doubt start fighting again in a minute but for now he's just having a little rest, leaning Turkulainen up against the ropes.
Turkulainen breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Temppa Turkulainen is winning the standup battle so far.
A slow jab from Flapjacks misses its intended target.
Turkulainen gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Flapjacks doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Turkulainen working hard to break the clinch.
Flapjacks swings wildly with an uppercut but Turkulainen uses good head movement to avoid it.
Flapjacks lands a hook that snaps the head of Turkulainen backwards.
Flapjacks is trying to stall.
Turkulainen's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Turkulainen swinging wildly here.
Turkulainen tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Turkulainen wants to clinch.
A jab lands there for Flapjacks.
Turkulainen wants to clinch up but Flapjacks keeps it at a distance.
Flapjacks scores with a jab to the head.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Turkulainen tries to clinch but Flapjacks moves out of range.
Turkulainen tries to grapple but his opponent circles
and Flapjacks counters into the clinch. Nicely done.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Flapjacks pushes Turkulainen back against the ropes and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Turkulainen is rocked!
Flapjacks tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Turkulainen avoids it.
Oh Turkulainen is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
With the fighters clinched against the ropes, Flapjacks creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Flapjacks misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Flapjacks's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Flapjacks fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
A frustrated look appears on Turkulainen's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Flapjacks has a couple of punches blocked by Turkulainen.
Turkulainen is trying to break the clinch but Flapjacks has him pressed against the ropes.
Turkulainen manages to break the clinch.
Turkulainen tries to clinch but Flapjacks is having none of it.
Turkulainen moves in looking to clinch but Flapjacks pushes him off.
Turkulainen 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.
A head kick by Turkulainen misses
and Flapjacks counters with a right hand to the body.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Flapjacks moves in looking to clinch but Turkulainen pushes him off.
Turkulainen throws a series of punches but Flapjacks moves out of range.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Flapjacks avoids the body shot from Turkulainen.
Turkulainen throws a predictable looking body shot
and Flapjacks counters by moving into the clinch. Good anticipation by Flapjacks.
Flapjacks misses with a body punch.
Flapjacks creates a bit of distance and cracks Turkulainen with a big uppercut! Turkulainen goes down! The referee pushes Flapjacks away into a neutral corner and starts the count. 4,5,6,7. Will Turkulainen make it up in time? He's still flopping around all over the place! The referee has called off the fight! Flapjacks takes it!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:44 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Punch). Fred Flapjacks!
An out of breath and clearly excited Fred Flapjacks thanked FinnFighter Nutrition (Five 160Q supps!) for their help and support (and free stuff they sent him).
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| S |
C
A |
G |
S |
C
B |
G |
|
S |
C |
G |
|
energy
A | B |
|
hype
A | B |
|
pop
A | B |
|
mgr
A | B |
|
FIGHT
RATING
77% |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Co-main event
|
Coming up we have a light heavyweight kickboxing rules bout between Jon Jones (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Cedric Murphy (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Murphy comes into a darkened arena with his song building. Fight To Survive by Stan Bush kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! 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.
 |
|
 |
| 193 cm
21
220 lbs
8 - 1 - 0 |
|
190 cm
20
215 lbs
5 - 1 - 1 |
Great elbows
Granite chin
|
|
Excellent boxer
Heavy handed
|
|
| |
|
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
8 - 1 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Jon Jones!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
5 - 1 - 1, fighting out of New York, Cedric Murphy!
The judges for this bout are Patrick Alders, Paul Aken and Wagner Zegers.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Jones moves into the clinch.
Murphy throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Joness head.
Murphy tries to break free but Jones pushes him back against the ropes.
Murphy blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Murphy has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Jones has a couple of punches blocked by Murphy.
Jones keeps control of Murphy as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Jones misses with an elbow strike.
Jones tries to land knees in the clinch but Murphy avoids the damage to the body.
Murphy has had enough of the clinch but Jones keeps him there for the moment.
A shot in the inside from Murphy.
Jones tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Jones stalling in the clinch but Murphy improves position.
Murphy lands a left hand.
Jones with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Murphy gets through Jones's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Murphy wants to break free but Jones has control.
A hook to the body from Murphy.
Murphy looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights.
Murphy escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Murphy lands with an overhand left.
Murphy lands with a right hand.
Jones drops his hands momentarily and Murphy takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
Murphy throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Murphy misses with a body shot
and Jones moves into the clinch.
A body shot lands from Jones.
Murphy is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the ropes.
Jones lands an elbow inside.
It looks like Cedric Murphy has been cut.
Jones tries to stall but Murphy uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Murphy managing to block the knees to the body from Jones.
Murphy gets through Jones's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Murphy tries to break free but Jones pushes him back against the ropes.
Jones missing with knees to the body.
A short right from Murphy on the inside.
Jones is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Murphy is defending well for now.
Murphy manages to break the clinch.
Murphy throws a head kick but Jones moves out of range.
Murphy ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Murphy jabs Jones right on the nose. Jones blinks but takes it well.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Murphy takes a swing at Jones's ribcage but misses.
Murphy misses with a looping right.
Murphy jabs Jones right on the nose. Jones blinks but takes it well.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Jones cracks Murphy with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
Murphy misses the jab.
Jones tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Nice shot lands for Murphy.
Murphy circles away from the clinch attempt.
Murphy works over Jones's head and body with a nice combination.
Murphy misses with a two punch combination.
Jones moves in looking to clinch but Murphy pushes him off.
Jones tries to clinch up but Murphy circles away and keeps his distance.
Jones is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Some wild striking there from Murphy.
A punch combination from Murphy misses.
Jones tries to clinch up.
Murphy lands a jab-cross combination.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Murphy avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Murphy avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Jones is looking to clinch.
Jones keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Murphy.
Jones tries to clinch but fails miserably
and Murphy counters with a three punch combo that has Jones backing up. Jones nods at Murphy to acknowledge the strikes.
Jones uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Murphy.
Murphy lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Jones circles away quickly and effectively.
Murphy swats away the attempt to clinch by Jones.
Jones is looking to clinch but Murphy is avoiding it.
Murphy lands a jab to Jones's midsection.
Murphy swings for the body but Jones moves out of range.
Jones moves to clinch but Murphy breaks away
and Murphy counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Murphy lands a jab, followed by a cross and another cross, as Jones backs up against the ropes.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Jones tries to close the distance and clinch up but Murphy swats him away and circles back towards the center.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Murphy scores with a one two! Jones had his feet all tangled up there and couldn't avoid the strikes.
Jones takes a punch to the jaw and another one to the bread basket.
Murphy misses with a body shot.
Murphy pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Jones walks into a straight right hand from Murphy.
Murphy circles away from the clinch attempt.
Jones swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Jones tries to clinch up
and Murphy counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Jones thinking.
Jones on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Murphy is working the combinations to good effect here.
Murphy misses with a body shot.
Jones takes one to the side of the head.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Murphy throws a quick head kick that skims the top of Jones's head.
Jones closes the distance looking to clinch
and Murphy counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Cedric Murphy dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Cedric Murphy's cut.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.
Murphy dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Jones throws a shot to the body.
Murphy throws a head kick but Jones moves out of range.
Jones tries to close the distance and clinch but Murphy swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Murphy fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Murphy misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Jones dips to his left and cracks Murphy with an uppercut!
Jones closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the ropes.
Murphy pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Murphy throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Jones.
Jones doesn't manage to clinch there - Murphy circles away.
Murphy throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Jones wants to clinch up but Murphy keeps it at a distance.
Murphy misses with a wild body shot.
Murphy will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Jones keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Jones avoids the head kick by Murphy.
Jones wants to clinch.
Jones shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Jones is looking to clinch but Murphy is avoiding it.
Jones digs a good body shot into Murphy's ribs.
A looping hook to the body misses from Murphy. Jones does a little dance to reset his feet.
Jones tries to grapple but his opponent circles
and Murphy counters with a nice body shot.
A looping hook to the body misses from Jones. Murphy does a little dance to reset his feet.
Murphy connects with a jab.
Murphy uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
Jones tries to clinch but Murphy moves out of range.
The fight stays on the outside here - Jones looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Good standup being displayed there by Murphy as he connects with a hook.
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!
Murphy swats away the attempt to clinch by Jones.
Murphy throws a nice looking combination but Jones bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Cedric Murphy seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Jones tries to clinch
and Murphy connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Murphy ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Murphy takes a swing at Jones's ribcage but misses.
Jon Jones seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Jones tries to clinch up.
Cedric Murphy is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Murphy ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Jones moves away.
Murphy avoids the body shot from Jones.
Murphy lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
Murphy has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Jones throws a right hand that misses
and Murphy counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Jones keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Jones has closed the distance and engaged Murphy in a clinch.
Murphy has a couple of punches blocked by Jones.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Murphy has a couple of punches blocked by Jones.
Murphy blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Murphy managing to block the knees to the body from Jones.
Murphy is trying to break free.
Jones prevents Murphy from breaking the clinch.
Still in the clinch, Murphy scores with a nice short uppercut.
Murphy looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Murphy is trying to push Jones away but Jones has him pressed against the ropes, so he's going nowhere.
Jones throws a knee to the head but misses.
Jones lands an elbow that stopped Murphy in his tracks for a moment.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Jones throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Jones looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
Jones fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Jones throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Murphy blocks it with crossed arms.
A short body shot lands from Murphy as the two fighters clinch.
Murphy misses with a punch to the body.
Jones blocks a body shot from Murphy.
Jones tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Jones prevents Murphy from breaking the clinch.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Jones trying to control the position but instead, Murphy has worked for underhooks and has pushed Jones into the ropes.
Jones blocks a body shot from Murphy.
A short right from Murphy.
Jones misses with a knee to the head.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Murphy makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Murphy wants to get back to striking at distance but Jones won't allow it.
Jones is trying to stall.
Murphy breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Jones defending well as Murphy loads up on a big left hand.
A punch combination from Murphy misses.
Jones tries to close the distance and clinch up but Murphy swats him away and circles back towards the center.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Murphy lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
Jones lands a slapping body shot.
Jones moves out of range of the strikes.
A big right from Murphy misses.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Cedric Murphy showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Cedric Murphy's cut.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! This is the final round!
Jones tries to clinch but Murphy is having none of it.
Jones closes the distance and clinches.
Jones tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Murphy scores with a hook to the body.
Jones keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Murphy's efforts to push away.
A knee to the head by Jones.
Murphy tries a body shot but Jones blocks it.
Murphy breaks from the clinch.
Jones is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Jones takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
The fight stays on the outside here - Jones looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Murphy avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Murphy lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Murphy lands a slapping body shot.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Murphy closes the distance and lands a one-two.
Jones pushes Murphy up against the ropes in a clinch.
Murphy wants to break free but Jones has control.
Jones using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Murphy has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Murphy working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Murphy misses with a body punch.
Murphy swings wildly with an uppercut but Jones uses good head movement to avoid it.
Jones lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Jones tries to land a knee to the head but Murphy blocks with his arms.
Murphy is trying to break the clinch but Jones is controlling him.
Jones looking to throw knees to the head but Murphy is blocking nicely.
Murphy avoiding damage as Jones throws knees to the body.
Murphy lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Jones.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Jones tries to stall but Murphy uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Murphy lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Cedric Murphy seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Murphy breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Murphy uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Jones has time to react.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Murphy thows a body shot but no joy.
Jones closes the distance but Murphy moves to the side
and Murphy cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Murphy slips a jab from Jones.
Murphy lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Jones circles away quickly and effectively.
Murphy lands a nice shot to the body.
Jones tries to clinch up but Murphy circles away and keeps his distance.
Jones tries to clinch up.
Jones scores with the left hand. Murphy knows he should have avoided that one.
Jones is looking to clinch.
Jones defending well as Murphy loads up on a big left hand.
Jones closes the distance looking to clinch
and Murphy cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Murphy loads up on a big right hand but Jones slips the punch.
Cedric Murphy is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Murphy lands a jab. Then a cross. Then finally a nice hook to the body. Good work there by Murphy.
Jones is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Murphy connects with a right hand. Jones shakes it off.
Murphy misses with a left hand
and Jones counters by clinching up.
Jones misses with an elbow over the top.
Murphy avoids a wild elbow strike from Jones.
A battle for position here, against the ropes.
Jones tries to stall but Murphy uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Jones gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Murphy avoiding damage as Jones throws knees to the body.
Jones throws a knee to the head but misses.
Jones misses with an elbow strike.
Murphy is looking to break free of the clinch but Jones has double underhooks.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Murphy looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Murphy wants to get back to striking at distance but Jones won't allow it.
Jones tries to land knees in the clinch but Murphy avoids the damage to the body.
Murphy trying to stall but Jones improves his position.
Murphy lands a body shot.
Murphy misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Jones lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
That has opened up Cedric Murphy's cut even more.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Murphy wants to break free but Jones has control.
With the fighters clinched against the ropes, Murphy creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Jones tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Murphy avoids it.
Jones tries a knee to the head but Murphy blocks it.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Jones connects with a knee to the head.
Murphy tries to throw a body punch but Jones avoids it by throwing Murphy back against the ropes.
Murphy breaks from the clinch.
Jon Jones has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Jones fails in his attempt to clinch.
And that's the end of the fight!
Cedric Murphy comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Murphy 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 Patrick Alders scores the fight 27:30
Judge Paul Aken scores the fight 27:30
Judge Wagner Zegers scores the fight 27:30
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Cedric Murphy!
Cedric Murphy took some time post fight to say the following; 'You gotta excuse me, man... I'm out of breath. I want to thank my manager Bobby Fossil, my brother, Dorsey, my family and my hometown! This win is for my team here in NY and across the globe. '.
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| S |
C
A |
G |
S |
C
B |
G |
|
S |
C |
G |
|
energy
A | B |
|
hype
A | B |
|
pop
A | B |
|
mgr
A | B |
|
FIGHT
RATING
100% |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Main event
|
Coming up we have a super heavyweight kickboxing rules bout between Miguel Alvarez (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Danny Miller (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Alvarez comes to the ring accompanied by Look at me now. Miller is bouncing up and down as he enters the arena, backed by Frightened Rabbit - Modern Leper. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
 |
|
 |
| 193 cm
34
229 lbs
23 - 17 - 0 |
|
196 cm
30
289 lbs
9 - 5 - 0 |
World class boxer
Insanely flexible
|
|
World class MT
Good gas tank
|
|
| |
|
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
23 - 17 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Miguel Alvarez!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
9 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Danny Miller!
The judges for this bout are Albert Achterberg, Daniel Blasius and Saam Ante.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Miller blocks a head kick by Alvarez.
Miller has been spending a lot of time sparring his boxing in the run up to the fight, trying to sharpen up those hands and look for a knockout.
A jab lands there for Miller.
It looks like Miguel Alvarez has been cut.
Miller connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Alvarez looks for the body kick but Miller saw that one coming.
Miller takes one on the button.
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!
Alvarez ducks under a wild hook from Miller.
Alvarez misses with a two punch combination.
Alvarez looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Alvarez tries a head kick but it misses.
Alvarez tries to bum rush Miller with a series of wild strikes but Miller uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Alvarez moves to clinch but Miller breaks away
and Miller counters with a right, followed by a huge uppercut that sends Alvarez crashing to the mat! Alvarez is trying to use the ropes to get back to his feet but he's all over the place - the referee has seen enough and has stopped the fight! Miller screams with a mixture of joy and relief, whilst celebrating with his cornermen.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:32 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Punches). Danny Miller!
As Danny Miller got his breath back, he grabbed the microphone and managed to blurt out the following: I would fight again right now if they would let me!'.
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| S |
C
A |
G |
S |
C
B |
G |
|
S |
C |
G |
|
energy
A | B |
|
hype
A | B |
|
pop
A | B |
|
mgr
A | B |
|
FIGHT
RATING
100% |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
