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Undercard bout
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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between John Wyatt (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Lyndon Russell (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Wyatt comes to the cage accompanied by ''Broken Out In Love''. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
6 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, John Wyatt!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
1 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Lyndon Russell!
The judges for this bout are Albert Achterberg, Aafke Stam and Saam Ante.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Nice cross by Russell.
No luck with that takedown attempt from Wyatt.
Wyatt dives in and grabs Russell's left leg, looking for a takedown. Russell pushes down on Wyatt's head and hops out.
Russell 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.
Wyatt tries for a takedown but Russell sees it coming a mile off and avoids it easily.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for John Wyatt. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Wyatt shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says Russell as he avoids it easily.
Wyatt shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with Russell but Russell pushes him off and we're back to square one.
Wyatt looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Russell cracks a nice hook into Wyatt's ribs.
Wyatt shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Russell as he jumps to the side.
Russell lands a head shot.
Wyatt tries to score a power double leg takedown but Russell sees that one coming and sprawls well. That will dishearten Wyatt somewhat.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Russell connects with a body shot that sends Wyatt's belly button to the back.
Oooooh!!! Russell has knocked Wyatt down with a huge combo! Russell steps away and waves a wobbly Wyatt back to his feet! This one might not go much longer!
It looks like John Wyatt has been cut.
Russell pounces like a tiger and cracks Wyatt with a vicious hook! Wyatt is down but not out! Russell follows up with more strikes forcing the ref to jump in and stop it!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:52 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Punches). Lyndon Russell!
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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Kurt McConor (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Patrick Givens (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Givens has chosen 12 Stones-Psycho as his entrance music. Kurt McConor has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?
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205 lbs
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
4 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Kurt McConor!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
2 - 3 - 0, fighting out of London, Patrick Givens!
The judges for this bout are Aafke Stam, Paul Aken and Radbod Blank.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
A looping hook to the body misses from McConor. Givens does a little dance to reset his feet.
Givens tries to close the distance and clinch but McConor swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
McConor manages to get an easy takedown there - catching Givens on his heels. He'll look to pass Givens's guard now, I'm sure.
McConor stands up from Givens's guard - McConor perhaps looking for a knockout.
Givens throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around McConor's waist but McConor gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing Givens off to one side.
McConor tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and Givens is able to avoid easily.
McConor fails to land with a series of punches.
McConor dives in and grabs Givens's left leg, looking for a takedown. Givens pushes down on McConor's head and hops out.
McConor misses with a low kick.
Givens misses with a takedown attempt - McConor sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
Givens is looking to clinch.
McConor misses with a low kick.
McConor has a takedown stuffed.
McConor closes the distance and gets a trip takedown into side control. Givens quickly recovers to half guard.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
McConor gets to his feet - back to striking we go!
Givens gets taken down but at least he's managed to land in guard.
That's one minute gone in the round.
McConor has decided he wants to stand but the closed guard of Givens is proving hard to escape from.
McConor decides he's had enough of playing guard and decides to stand. Come on Givens, up you get!
McConor swings for the body but Givens moves out of range.
McConor fakes a strike and closes the distance, dragging Givens to the ground. McConor is now in Givens's guard.
McConor stands and steps away. Givens gets to his feet too and we're back to the striking game.
Nice sprawl there from Givens as McConor shoots in.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Kurt McConor. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Givens.
McConor is breathing heavily.
Givens throws a head kick that misses.
Givens tries to close the distance and clinch up but McConor swats him away and circles back towards the center.
McConor shoots in looking for a takedown but Givens manages to keep the fight standing, pushing McConor's face into the canvas for good measure before circling away.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
McConor changes levels and drives through with a really nice takedown into side control. Givens looks really pissed at himself for not defending that better.
Givens is looking for a sweep.
Givens wants to get back to his feet.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
McConor decides to stand up, so the ref orders Givens to his feet.
McConor feints and then dives in with a takedown. That was a long way out but the feint bought him enough time to close the distance and complete the takedown. Now we'll play guard for a bit and see who can get the better of that position.
McConor stands up from Givens's guard - McConor perhaps looking for a knockout.
McConor shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Givens misses with a takedown attempt - McConor sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
McConor will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
McConor keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.
Givens is looking to clinch.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
McConor will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
McConor looking to shoot here. He's gone for it and he's landed a takedown into side control! Oh, that's bad for Givens!
McConor decides to stand back up. McConor steps back and let's Givens get back to his feet.
McConor with a body punch. A glancing blow.
McConor misses with a jab, cross combination.
Givens moves in looking to clinch but McConor pushes him off.
McConor misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.
McConor throws the overhand right but ducks down into a quick takedown attempt. Givens was covering up waiting for the punch and McConor finishes the takedown easily into guard.
McConor decides he's had enough of playing guard and decides to stand. Come on Givens, up you get!
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
McConor misses with a head kick.
Givens moves into the clinch successfully.
Givens escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Givens tries to sprawl but McConor drives through with a takedown into half guard.
McConor postures up and decides to stand up, from the half guard. The ref calls for Givens to stand up.
McConor drives through with a takedown into guard.
We get told so often about how wrestlers don't like to be on their backs. Let's see if Givens can do anything to dispel that myth.
McConor won't allow Givens to get back to his feet.
McConor gets to his feet. Givens looking to butt scoot but the ref puts an end to that. On your feet son!
McConor closes the distance and looks for a trip takedown... aaaand he's got it - McConor lands in his opponent's guard.
McConor gets to his feet and steps away from his opponent.
McConor changes levels and looks for a double leg takedown. Givens tries to avoid it but McConor manages to keep hold of a leg and drag Givens to the ground. Givens escapes though and pops straight back up to his feet.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
McConor fails with the takedown
letting Givens counter with a right hand.
McConor throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
McConor changes levels and drives through with a really nice takedown into side control. Givens looks really pissed at himself for not defending that better.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Kurt McConor dominated that round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!
McConor blocks a head kick by Givens.
McConor fails with the takedown.
McConor goes for a double leg but Givens avoids the attempt and the two fighters end up clinched against the cage as Givens continues to drive forward.
McConor drops to a knee looking for a takedown but Givens gets the underhooks and prevents it.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Kurt McConor. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Givens is pressed up against the cage. McConor has hold of a leg and is looking to drag Givens down to the mat. Givens avoids the attempt though and has circled away. We're back to striking at a distance.
Givens moves in looking to clinch but McConor pushes him off.
Givens will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
McConor throws a head kick but Givens moves out of range.
McConor shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.
McConor shoots in but Givens avoids the takedown attempt easily.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
McConor misses with a kick to the body.
Givens has closed the distance and engaged McConor in a clinch.
That's one minute gone in the round.
McConor has dropped down and is looking to force the takedown but it's defended by Givens after a bit of a struggle.
Givens breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
McConor fakes high and shoots in for a takedown but Givens avoids it really well and circles away.
Givens clinches with his opponent.
Givens has dropped down and is looking to force the takedown but it's defended by McConor after a bit of a struggle.
Givens has a body lock and is looking for a takedown. McConor is bouncing around trying to prevent the takedown and somehow he has indeed managed to stay on his feet.
Givens turns his back and goes for a hip toss. It's a bit messy but it gets the job done and Givens manages to end up in side control.
Givens throws a strike aimed at the side of McConor's head but McConor avoids it well.
McConor is trying to get back to his feet.
McConor throws Givens to one side and escapes!
Givens tries to score a power double leg takedown but McConor sees that one coming and sprawls well. That will dishearten Givens somewhat.
McConor looking for a takedown here - he's got it.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
McConor stands up from Givens's guard - McConor perhaps looking for a knockout.
McConor tries a head kick but it misses.
McConor throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around Givens's waist but Givens gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing McConor off to one side.
McConor closes this distance looking for a takedown but Givens circles away.
McConor blocks a leg kick.
McConor misses with a takedown attempt
and Givens makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Givens goes for a double leg but McConor avoids the attempt and the two fighters end up clinched against the cage as McConor continues to drive forward.
Givens lands a good knee to the midsection. McConor won't want to take too many of those.
Givens breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
McConor drives through with a takedown into guard.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
McConor would like to get this fight back to the feet but can't get free from the closed guard.
Givens working a defensive guard here.
McConor prevents Givens from getting back to his feet.
McConor stands and steps away. Givens gets to his feet too and we're back to the striking game.
McConor closes the distance, clinches up and gets a nice trip takedown into side control. Very smooth.
McConor decides to take the fight back to the feet.
Some wild striking there from McConor.
McConor misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.
McConor keeps the fight on the outside.
McConor moves into range and throws a combination. A nice jab followed by a hook to the body.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Givens defends well against a solid takedown attempt from McConor.
McConor moves out of range as Givens throws a body kick.
Kurt McConor is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Givens tries to shoot in for a takedown. He's got hold of a leg but McConor swivels and escapes.
McConor wants to land a leg kick but Givens is out of range.
Givens gets taken down but at least he's managed to land in guard.
Givens is working an open guard so McConor takes the opportunity to get back to his feet.
Sloppy strikes from McConor. Those never looked like landing.
Kurt McConor seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
No luck with that takedown attempt from McConor.
McConor closes the distance and gets a double leg, slamming Givens to the mat! Givens manages to get full guard.
Kurt McConor overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
McConor decides to stand up and beckons his opponent to follow.
McConor is trying hard to land a takedown here. Givens sprawls well and keeps this one on the feet.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Kurt McConor dominated that second round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action! 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.
Givens shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has McConor pinned against the cage. McConor gets the underhooks and manages to circle away.
McConor shoots in looking for a double leg takedown. Givens defends it nicely.
Givens avoids the head kick by McConor.
Givens changes levels and looks for a double leg takedown. McConor tries to avoid it but Givens manages to keep hold of a leg and drag McConor to the ground. McConor escapes though and pops straight back up to his feet.
McConor feints and then dives in with a takedown. That was a long way out but the feint bought him enough time to close the distance and complete the takedown. Now we'll play guard for a bit and see who can get the better of that position.
McConor stands up from guard. Let's bang!
Givens is trying hard to land a takedown here. McConor sprawls well and keeps this one on the feet.
Kurt McConor has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Patrick Givens.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
No luck for McConor with that takedown attempt.
Crunch! McConor slams his shin into Givens's torso.
Sloppy strikes from Givens. Those never looked like landing.
McConor shoots for a takedown but Givens saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Givens misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
McConor throws a head kick that Givens semi-blocks.
McConor shoots in for a takedown! He's got it and he's managed to land in side control! That's better than McConor was expecting from the takedown attempt, I'm sure!
McConor decides to stand back up.
Givens slips a straight right by McConor.
McConor shoots and misses
and Givens counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Nice sprawl there from Givens as McConor shoots in.
A telegraphed takedown attempt from Givens is defended easily by McConor.
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from McConor.
McConor shoots for a double leg takedown but Givens sprawls well. He's pushed McConor's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.
Givens feints and then dives in with a takedown. That was a long way out but the feint bought him enough time to close the distance and complete the takedown. Now we'll play guard for a bit and see who can get the better of that position.
Givens must be cautious of submissions here, given that his opponent has the superior Jiu Jitsu.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Givens trying to control but McConor is working from the bottom.
The fighters are working up against the cage. McConor manages to wriggle his way back to his feet, so the fighters are now clinched against the cage.
McConor looking for a takedown.
Givens has moved round to his opponent's back and is looking for a suplex! Oh snap! He's tossed McConor clear over his head and slammed him to the mat!
McConor has the hand control, trying to stop the rear naked choke.
McConor is looking to stand back up. He's having to work hard to escape but eventually he manages it.
McConor throws a feint and then finishes with a kick to the body.
McConor avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Givens fails miserably with a takedown attempt.
Givens moves out of range of the body kick from McConor.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
A combination from McConor does no damage.
McConor shoots in and gets a takedown into Givens's guard.
McConor decides he's had enough of playing guard and decides to stand. Come on Givens, up you get!
McConor scores with a takedown into Givens's guard.
McConor stands up and waves to Givens to follow him.
Givens avoids the head kick by McConor.
McConor is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Givens can do to turn this around?
Givens tries to clinch up.
Givens throws a head kick but McConor moves out of range.
McConor changes levels and drives through with a really nice takedown into side control. Givens looks really pissed at himself for not defending that better.
This has been an exciting period of action!
McConor decides to stand back up. McConor steps back and let's Givens get back to his feet.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
McConor decides to change it up a bit and drives through with a nice takedown into half guard.
McConor decides to stand up.
McConor closes the distance and gets a trip takedown into side control. Givens quickly recovers to half guard.
Givens is looking to improve his position.
McConor postures up and decides to stand up, from the half guard. The ref calls for Givens to stand up.
McConor misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
McConor shoots in but no luck this time.
A telegraphed takedown attempt from McConor is defended easily by Givens.
McConor moves out of range as Givens strikes.
Patrick Givens has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Excellent takedown into side control there by McConor.
McConor stands up.
And that's the end of the fight!
Kurt McConor showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for McConor, 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 Aafke Stam 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... Kurt McConor!
A relieved looking Kurt McConor thanked the fans for their support and gave the usual line about them being amazing. They seemed to believe that he actually meant it.
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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Frank McCay (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Dark Humors (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Humors has chosen Hurt - Johnny Cash as his entrance music. Frank McCay has the edge in experience - let's see if he can make that count tonight.
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
2 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Frank McCay!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
1 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Dark Humors!
The judges for this bout are Daniel Blasius, Paulsen Ambrosius and Radbod Blank.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
McCay tries to close the distance and clinch but Humors swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
McCay avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
McCay tries to close the distance and clinch up but Humors swats him away and circles back towards the center.
McCay throws a hook but Humors blocks it.
A swing and a miss from McCay.
Humors moves into the clinch successfully.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Humors.
McCay working aggressively here.
Humors lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of McCay backwards.
A short right from Humors.
Humors pressing his opponent against the cage.
Some stalling of biblical proportions here from McCay.
Humors just leaning against McCay, taking a breather.
Humors scores with a shot to the side of McCay's head.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
McCay is stalling here. The referee will be looking to step in if he doesn't pick up the pace.
McCay with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Humors lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
A short uppercut from Humors.
Good body shot from McCay.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Humors stalling.
McCay wants to stall.
Our sources have told us that McCay has been working on his knees in the buildup to the fight.
Humors scores with a shoulder strike.
McCay lands a hook that snaps the head of Humors backwards.
McCay using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Humors has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
The referee is keeping an eye on Humors - much more stalling and he will separate the fighters.
McCay scores with a knee to the head.
Humors blocks a body shot from McCay.
A bit of stalling here from Humors.
McCay tries a knee to the head but Humors blocks it.
Humors working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Humors lands a right hand.
McCay is rocked!
Humors unloads with a big right hand that wobbles McCay! He's leaning against the cage trying to keep his feet but Humors is unloading with more strikes now! McCay drops to his knees and the referee stops the fight for a TKO!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:53 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Dark Humors!
As Dark Humors got his breath back, he grabbed the microphone and managed to blurt out the following: Merry fuckin' Christmas, you dead beat!'.
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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Luis Barbosa Costa (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Cearul Chulainn (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Cearul Chulainn is the more experienced fighter, so let's see if that makes a difference tonight.
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Luis Barbosa Costa!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of London, Cearul Chulainn!
The judges for this bout are Albert Achterberg, Radbod Blank and Saam Ante.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Barbosa Costa lands a high kick!
It looks like Cearul Chulainn has been cut.
Chulainn fakes a strike and closes the distance, dragging Barbosa Costa to the ground. Chulainn is now in Barbosa Costa's guard.
The referee wants the fighters to be more active or he's going to reset them on the feet.
Chulainn scores with a decent looking elbow strike.
Chulainn has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Chulainn throwing strikes from guard but Barbosa Costa blocks nicely.
Chulainn postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.
Chulainn stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Barbosa Costa swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Chulainn keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Barbosa Costa's head.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Chulainn controlling from the top position.
Chulainn content to strike from guard, landing some decent shots.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Chulainn working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Chulainn with a flurry of punches that miss.
Chulainn makes a bit of distance and scores with some ground and pound, still in guard.
Chulainn postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
Barbosa Costa knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Chulainn on the ground.
Chulainn throwing strikes from guard but Barbosa Costa blocks nicely.
Chulainn engaging in some classic timewasting tactics.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Chulainn is in close to Barbosa Costa's body, working some short punches and elbows.
Barbosa Costa definitely looks more muscular than last time we saw him fight.
Chulainn working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Chulainn controlling from the top position.
Barbosa Costa is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.
Chulainn keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Barbosa Costa's head.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Chulainn throws a big elbow that misses.
Chulainn missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Chulainn is working Barbosa Costa over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes.
Chulainn is in close to Barbosa Costa's body, working some short punches and elbows.
Chulainn throwing strikes but missing.
Chulainn is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
Chulainn postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Chulainn throws an elbow that misses. Barbosa Costa uses the momentum to reverse the position. He's now in Chulainn's guard. Nice move by Barbosa Costa!
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Chulainn kicks Barbosa Costa off and gets to his feet.
Chulainn throws a loose over hand right and dives in with a double leg takedown. Barbosa Costa tries to sprawl but it's too late and the fighters hit the mat. Chulainn is in Barbosa Costa's guard.
Chulainn connects with a couple of short punches.
My spies in EvolutioN MMA Acadamy & Gym ( 12 ELITE Coaches ) inform me that Chulainn has been getting involved in the gym's BJJ sparring sessions. Let's see whether that pays dividends!
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Chulainn accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Chulainn throws an elbow that misses. Barbosa Costa uses the momentum to reverse the position. He's now in Chulainn's guard. Nice move by Barbosa Costa!
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Chulainn tries to land a sweep but no joy.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Cearul Chulainn dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Cearul Chulainn's cut.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!
Barbosa Costa closes the distance looking to clinch
so Chulainn counters with a double leg into guard. Good agility.
Chulainn slows down the pace of the fight, as he sits in guard.
Chulainn trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Barbosa Costa avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Chulainn postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Chulainn in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Chulainn chips away with some ground and pound.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Chulainn chips away with some ground and pound.
Chulainn pushes down on Barbosa Costa's leg and manages to get into half guard.
Chulainn is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.
Chulainn performing his best blanket impression for a moment.
The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. Chulainn lands a nice short elbow.
Chulainn takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.
Cearul Chulainn has got the better of the ground game so far.
Barbosa Costa taking some punishment here, with Chulainn in his half guard.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Chulainn drops an elbow to the side of Barbosa Costa's head.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Chulainn not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
Chulainn scores with a couple of good hammerfists.
Chulainn working the head and body with strikes.
Chulainn landing with strikes to the body and head, softening up his opponent.
Chulainn missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Chulainn lands a big shot. The thud that echoes around the arena is like music to the fans' ears.
Chulainn takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.
Chulainn takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.
Chulainn lands a big shot. The thud that echoes around the arena is like music to the fans' ears.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Chulainn takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.
Chulainn works his way into full mount!
Chulainn working Barbosa Costa over with strikes here.
Chulainn lands a nice shot to the head.
Chulainn in mount throwing good strikes here, bouncing his opponent's head off the canvas.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Chulainn postures up and lands a whopping elbow - oh that's hurt Barbosa Costa bigstyle! Two more strikes land for Chulainn and the fight is over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:57 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Cearul Chulainn!
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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Ce Chulainn (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Lou Sanus (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). The crowd seem to be enjoying Sanus's choice of entrance music: Shame on the Night. Lou Sanus has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of London, Ce Chulainn!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Lou Sanus!
The judges for this bout are Saam Ante, Wagner Zegers and Patrick Alders.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
A looping hook to the body misses from Sanus. Chulainn does a little dance to reset his feet.
Sanus looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights.
Sanus shoots for a takedown but Chulainn saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.
Chulainn decides to change it up a bit and drives through with a nice takedown into half guard.
The referee wants the fighters to be more active or he's going to reset them on the feet.
Sanus trying to control from the bottom.
Sanus looking for submissions from an awkward position here.
Sanus wants to control but Chulainn is keeping busy.
Chulainn lands with a punch from half guard.
Chulainn is looking to take a break and control but Sanus is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Chulainn looks to score some points with some ground and pound.
Chulainn seems to be taking a bit of a break to think of his next move. He lands a short punch in the meantime.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Chulainn seems to be taking a bit of a break to think of his next move. He lands a short punch in the meantime.
Sanus is looking to improve his position.
Chulainn drops an elbow to the side of Sanus's head.
Sanus is trying to control but Chulainn passes into side control!
Chulainn blocks the strikes from Sanus.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Sanus throws an elbow to the body but it doesn't land.
Sanus tries to buck Chulainn off but Chulainn is having none of it.
Sanus striking from the bottom but nothing landed.
Chulainn in side control lands a nice looking series of punches and elbows.
Sanus prevents Chulainn from improving position.
Chulainn lands a knee to the body and a forearm to the face.
Chulainn grinds an elbow into Sanus's temple.
Sanus takes a nasty elbow to the side of the head.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
A control attempt from Sanus but he's now mounted!
Sanus has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Chulainn content just to control the position here.
Chulainn landing shots from mount.
Sanus tries to hold on but Chulainn postures up.
Chulainn with shots to the head and body - Sanus looks very uncomfortable down there.
Chulainn lands with some vicious ground and pound - can Sanus hang on?
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Chulainn lands a big shot there that rocks Sanus but he's holding on and managing to survive for now.
Chulainn fakes a shot to the body and cracks his opponent in the head. Nice ground and pound there!
Chulainn lands an elbow that was bordering on illegal but the referee lets it go with a warning.
Sanus is desperately trying to get back to half guard.
Chulainn landing punches.
Chulainn cracks Sanus with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.
Chulainn avoids the attempt from Sanus to control.
Chulainn fakes a shot to the body and cracks his opponent in the head. Nice ground and pound there!
Sanus is rocked!
Chulainn working the ground and pound effectively.
Sanus is still in real trouble! Can Chulainn finish him?
Chulainn landing strikes from the mount and Sanus is in trouble!
Sanus is working to get back to half guard.
Sanus seems to have recovered his senses.
Chulainn is still in mount, landing shots to his trapped opponent. Sanus can't stay in a position like this for much longer.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Chulainn loads up on a couple of big shots to the head that have Sanus scrambling to escape. He can't get free though and several more unanswered shots from Chulainn land to the head. The referee has no choice but to stop the fight. Chulainn stands and salutes the crowd.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:20 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Ce Chulainn!
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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Lawrance Gerltz (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Alexander Heineken (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
4 - 3 - 1, fighting out of Amsterdam, Lawrance Gerltz!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
3 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Alexander Heineken!
The judges for this bout are Wagner Zegers, Paul Aken and Nard Betker.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Gerltz fails in his attempt to clinch.
Gerltz tries to score with a low kick but Heineken moves his leg out of the way.
Heineken has taken the fight to the clinch.
Heineken lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Heineken.
Heineken escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Gerltz scores with a leg kick.
Gerltz tries to clinch but Heineken is having none of it.
Heineken darts in trying to clinch
and Gerltz connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Heineken throws a one two combo.
It looks like Lawrance Gerltz has been cut.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Gerltz fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Heineken has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Heineken defending well as Gerltz loads up on a big left hand.
Gerltz lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Gerltz uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Heineken has time to react.
It looks like Alexander Heineken has been cut.
Heineken doesn't manage to clinch there - Gerltz circles away.
Gerltz fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Heineken, pushing him back against the cage.
Gerltz working hard to break the clinch.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Heineken tries to break the clinch but Gerltz is controlling the position.
Heineken wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Gerltz wants to stall.
Gerltz misses with a hook to the ribs.
Gerltz breaks from the clinch.
Gerltz lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Heineken wants to clinch up but Gerltz keeps it at a distance.
Heineken 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.
Gerltz misses with a straight right.
Gerltz connects with an inside leg kick.
Gerltz looks for the body kick but Heineken saw that one coming.
Heineken wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
The fight stays on the outside here - Heineken looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Heineken doesn't manage to clinch there - Gerltz circles away.
Gerltz keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Heineken.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Left hook, right uppercut from Heineken.
Gerltz moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Heineken rushes Gerltz and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Gerltz missing with knees to the body.
Heineken wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Gerltz has him pressed against the cage.
Heineken wants to break the clinch but can't.
Gerltz breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Heineken keeps the fight on the outside.
Gerltz tries to clinch but Heineken moves out of range.
Gerltz tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Heineken darts in and clinches Gerltz up against the cage.
Heineken blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Heineken tries to break free but Gerltz pushes him back against the cage.
Gerltz's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Gerltz moves into the clinch.
Gerltz breaks the clinch.
Gerltz looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Gerltz misses with a hook.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Heineken moves into the clinch.
The fighters are pressed against the cage, as the pace of the fight slows.
Heineken is looking to break free of the clinch but Gerltz has double underhooks.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Heineken as Gerltz tries to tie him up.
Gerltz misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Gerltz comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Gerltz tries to break free but Heineken pushes him back against the cage.
Heineken tries to break free but Gerltz pushes him back against the cage.
Heineken breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Heineken dodges the punch combination from Gerltz.
Heineken keeps the fight on the outside.
A leg kick checked by Heineken.
Gerltz fails with an attempt to clinch.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Gerltz throws a big shot that misses.
Gerltz swats away the attempt to clinch by Heineken.
Heineken misses the jab.
A slapping leg kick lands for Gerltz.
The fighters circling - Gerltz throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Heineken steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Gerltz.
Heineken jabs Gerltz to the body, keeping him at a distance.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Gerltz connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Heineken momentarily.
Gerltz looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Gerltz tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Heineken paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Gerltz misses with a looping left.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Gerltz takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Heineken will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Gerltz thows a body shot but no joy.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Lawrance Gerltz dominated that round.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!
Gerltz throws a left and a right that both miss
and Heineken counters with a three punch combination, finished off with a leg kick. Nice work.
Heineken keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
Alexander Heineken is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Gerltz throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Heineken counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Gerltz connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Heineken avoids the body shot from Gerltz.
Good leg kick by Gerltz there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Gerltz tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Heineken is looking to clinch.
That kick from Gerltz tenderised Heineken's leg. Heineken is trying to keep his angry face on.
Heineken moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Heineken 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.
Heineken moves into the clinch.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Heineken's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Gerltz prevents a body shot from Heineken.
Heineken is trying to push Gerltz away but Gerltz has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Heineken lands with a light punch inside.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Heineken lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Heineken is trying to break free.
Heineken working hard to break the clinch.
Gerltz looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Heineken lands a nice shot to the body.
Gerltz controlling the action here for a moment.
Gerltz keeps control of Heineken as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Gerltz is trying to break free.
Heineken can't break the clinch.
Gerltz tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Heineken's elbow.
Gerltz struggles to land a body shot inside as Heineken controls his hands.
Heineken displaying some good clinch control by pressing Gerltz up against the cage.
Heineken is leaning against Gerltz and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Good body shot from Heineken.
Heineken stalling.
A shot in the inside from Heineken.
Heineken lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Gerltz looking to slow down the pace here.
Gerltz misses with an elbow strike.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Gerltz misses with the head strike.
Gerltz swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Gerltz wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Heineken has him pressed against the cage.
Gerltz tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
A short body shot lands from Heineken as the two fighters clinch.
A short right from Heineken.
Heineken blocks a body shot from Gerltz.
Gerltz taking a breather.
Gerltz letting Heineken take a breather here.
Gerltz escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Heineken steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Gerltz.
Gerltz lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Gerltz circles away from the clinch attempt.
Gerltz tries to clinch up but Heineken circles away and keeps his distance.
Heineken tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Gerltz paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Gerltz misses with a left hand
and Heineken counters with a three punch combination, finished off with a leg kick. Nice work.
Heineken moves into range and throws a lovely three punch combination.
Gerltz is rocked!
Gerltz throws a lazy uppercut
and Heineken counters with a monster hook and another for good measure! Gerltz falls to the ground, out cold! Stick some heavy metal music over the top of that clip and it's one for the highlight makers!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:36 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Strikes). Alexander Heineken!
After winning the bout, Alexander Heineken thanked all his fans and promised he'd do even better in his next fight. The crowd seemed to love his humility.
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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between JEes JeEs (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Cee Chulainn (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Cee Chulainn has the power to score a knockout today if he connects clean with JEes JeEs's chin.
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280 lbs
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255 lbs
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
7 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, JEes JeEs!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
4 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Cee Chulainn!
The judges for this bout are Aafke Stam, Patrick Alders and Radbod Blank.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Chulainn scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
JeEs looks to clinch
and Chulainn counters with a lovely straight right hand!
JeEs tries to clinch up
and JeEs takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Chulainn has been working on his striking defense in training and it's paying off as JeEs is landing a low percentage of strikes.
JeEs closes the distance but Chulainn moves to the side
and Chulainn counters with a leg kick.
Chulainn misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Chulainn with a jab.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Chulainn scoring well with a low kick there.
Chulainn lands a nice looking kick to the body. JeEs takes a step back to recover.
Chulainn lands a jab to the head.
JeEs is looking to clinch.
JeEs misses with a telegraphed body shot
and Chulainn counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Chulainn scores with a jab to the head.
JeEs tries to clinch up but Chulainn circles away and keeps his distance.
JeEs tries to grapple but his opponent circles
and Chulainn counters by moving into the clinch.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Chulainn manages to break the clinch.
JeEs is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Chulainn.
Chulainn tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but JeEs was well out of range. Poor timing from Chulainn.
JeEs thows a left - swing and a miss!
Chulainn with a jab.
JeEs is rocked!
Chulainn is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by JeEs.
Oh JeEs is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Chulainn and JeEs are patiently standing in front of each other looking for an opening. Chulainn throws a head kick. It's landed, knocking JeEs into next week! Ooooh that was huge! Chulainn knows it - he's on the cage flexing is biceps. That's a bit weird considering he won by kick but whatever.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:29 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Head Kick). Cee Chulainn!
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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Stromek Comatan (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Emaus Tamei (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Tamei has chosen PNG Pom City by Naka Blood as his entrance music. Fingers crossed for an exciting fight - I'm sure both fighters are looking for a nice under the table bonus!
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211 lbs
6 - 2 - 0 |
Decent wrestler
Solid boxing
Cardio machine |
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Good kicks
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
5 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Stromek Comatan!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
6 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Emaus Tamei!
The judges for this bout are Daniel Blasius, Radbod Blank and Paulsen Ambrosius.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Comatan looks to land a combination but Tamei avoids it well.
Tamei throws the kick towards the body but Comatan avoids it.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Tamei, right into the meat.
Comatan takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Tamei avoids a punch combination nicely.
Comatan definitely looks more muscular than last time we saw him fight.
Comatan throws a right and a left that Tamei avoids nicely.
Comatan lands with a straight right. Tamei didn't see that one coming.
It looks like Emaus Tamei has been cut.
Tamei lands with a kick to the temple. Comatan shrugs as if to say "is that all you've got?"
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Comatan scores with a one two! Tamei had his feet all tangled up there and couldn't avoid the strikes.
Comatan looks to land a left hand but Tamei moved out of range nicely.
Comatan checks a leg kick nicely.
Tamei defending well as Comatan loads up on a big left hand.
Tamei lands with a thumping leg kick.
Tamei lands a front kick.
Tamei tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Comatan manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Comatan throws a hook but Tamei avoids it easily.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Comatan tests Tamei's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Both fighters circling a little - Tamei finishes the exchange with a kick to the body.
Tamei chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Left hook, right uppercut from Comatan.
Comatan walks forward, straight into a front kick from Tamei.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Some wild striking there from Comatan.
Comatan misses with a wild combination.
A decent looking cross lands there for Tamei.
Tamei scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Tamei rushes Comatan and presses him up against the cage.
Comatan wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Tamei lands an elbow that stopped Comatan in his tracks for a moment.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Tamei misses with a short punch on the inside.
Tamei looking to slow down the pace here.
Tamei lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Tamei throws an elbow but it misses.
Tamei keeps control of Comatan as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Tamei keeps control of Comatan as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Comatan is trying to force a seperation but Tamei has the dominant position.
Tamei tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Comatan wants to break free but Tamei has control.
Tamei tries a body shot but Comatan blocks it.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Tamei lands a knee to the body.
Tamei has a couple of punches blocked by Comatan.
Tamei throws an elbow but it misses.
Tamei has Comatan pressed against the cage, preventing Comatan from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Tamei misses with some punches.
Tamei has been looking to improve his clinch game in recent weeks. So far he's outscoring his opponent in the clinch so it seems to have been worthwhile.
Tamei lands an elbow just above Comatan 's eye.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as Tamei takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.
Tamei prevents Comatan from breaking the clinch.
Tamei tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Tamei can't find room to land a body shot as Comatan controls the action.
Comatan wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Tamei has him pressed against the cage.
Tamei is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Comatan is keeping busy.
Comatan avoids a wild elbow strike from Tamei.
Comatan blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Comatan blocks an elbow strike.
Tamei pushes Comatan back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Tamei tries to work over Comatan's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
A head punch blocked on the inside by Comatan.
Tamei lands an elbow inside that Comatan shrugs off.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Emaus Tamei dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Emaus Tamei's cut.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.
No joy there for Comatan, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Some wild striking there from Comatan.
A slow jab from Comatan misses its intended target.
Emaus Tamei seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Comatan misses with the combination.
Tamei moves into range and lands a nice body kick.
Comatan misses with a two punch combination.
Comatan throws a right and a left that Tamei avoids nicely.
Tamei is looking to slow Comatan down with leg kicks.
Comatan ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Tamei chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Comatan bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Tamei swings and misses with a shot to the body
and Comatan connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Tamei throws a leg kick which misses Comatan's front leg but catches the back leg as Comatan tries to avoid it.
A telegraphed right hand from Tamei misses the target.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Comatan scores with a jab. Tamei acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
Comatan misses with a looping left.
Comatan walks into a stiff left hand from Tamei.
Comatan is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
Comatan has his head slapped from side to side by a 3 punch combination. That must have hurt him.
Comatan throws a hook but Tamei avoids it easily.
Comatan looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Comatan throws a hook but Tamei avoids it easily.
An inside leg kick lands from Tamei.
Tamei fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Comatan.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Tamei scores with the left hand. Comatan knows he should have avoided that one.
Comatan is really head hunting here, hardly looking to strike to the body at all.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Tamei lands with a right hand.
Tamei is looking to slow Comatan down with leg kicks.
Tamei defending well as Comatan loads up on a big left hand.
Tamei fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Comatan has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Comatan throws a jab when Tamei was well out of range.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Tamei slips a jab and a cross from Comatan.
Tamei dodges the punch combination from Comatan.
Tamei moves in looking to clinch but Comatan pushes him off.
Comatan lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Tamei circles away quickly and effectively.
The fighters circling - Comatan throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Tamei lands a leg kick that knocks Comatan off balance momentarily.
Tamei clobbers Comatan with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
The fight stays on the outside here - Tamei looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
A good leg kick by Tamei.
Tamei rushes Comatan and presses him up against the cage.
Tamei misses with some punches.
Tamei landing knees to the body.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Tamei is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Comatan is defending well for now.
Tamei leaning his opponent against the cage.
Tamei breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Comatan jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Tamei throws a body kick that sends a sickening thudding noise reverberating around the arena.
Tamei lands with a kick to the ribs.
Tamei dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Comatan. That did some damage!
Comatan takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Comatan takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Tamei uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Comatan.
Stromek Comatan is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Tamei scores with a kick 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!
Comatan takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Tamei sends Comatan crashing to the mat with a devastating uppercut! Tamei is motioning to the referee to let Comatan up. He wants to try and finish this one on the feet!
Comatan is rocked!
Tamei pushes Comatan up against the cage in a clinch.
Oh Comatan is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Tamei lands with a right to the head.
Tamei creates some distance for himselfand unleashes a massive uppercut that sends Comatan's eyes rolling into the back of his head! Comatan drops to his knees and Tamei pours it on with more strikes until the referee steps in to end the bout!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:26 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Emaus Tamei!
Emaus Tamei very nearly forgot to thank Tokyo United Fightwear amongst all the excitement of his win but just as the interview came to a close, he screamed their name. Hopefully he'll get a few nice freebies in the mail as a thank you.
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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between George Ramierez (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Cyril Yamoth (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). The crowd seem to be enjoying Yamoth's choice of entrance music: Enter Sandman - Metallica. George Ramierez has a significant reach advantage - let's see if he can make it count.
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205 lbs
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21
205 lbs
7 - 2 - 0 |
Abu Dhabi Champ
Brawler
Cardio machine |
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Basic striking
Powerful |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
8 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, George Ramierez!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
7 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Cyril Yamoth!
The judges for this bout are Daniel Blasius, Saam Ante and Radbod Blank.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Nice straight punches there by Yamoth. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Yamoth.
Ramierez looking to shoot here. He's gone for it and he's landed a takedown into side control! Oh, that's bad for Yamoth!
The referee looks like he's ready to step in and stand the fighters back up.
Yamoth tries to work a leg under to get back to half guard but Ramierez wriggles his own leg back out and remains in side control.
Ramierez tries to land with some ground and pound but misses.
Ramierez goes for an armbar here - this could be all over! But no, Yamoth has escaped beautifully and is now on top in side control! Oh, that's unlucky for Ramierez but great work by Yamoth.
Ramierez tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Ramierez struggling a bit here.
Ramierez is in a bad position, trying to hold on for dear life but he is really struggling to maintain any sort of control.
Ramierez manages to get back to half guard.
Yamoth really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Ramierez. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Ramierez gets full guard.
Ramierez manages to sweep nicely, so he's now on top. Yamoth manages to get himself to full guard.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Ramierez seems content to control from guard here. He's going to have to remain active though if he doesn't want to get stood back up.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Ramierez advances to half guard.
Ramierez working the head and body with strikes.
Ramierez moves into full mount! Yamoth won't be happy about that!
Ramierez fakes a shot to the body and cracks his opponent in the head. Nice ground and pound there!
Ramierez with the ground and pound from mount.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Ramierez dominating with strikes here.
Ramierez landing shots from mount.
Ramierez wants to control the pace but Yamoth is squirming around nicely.
Ramierez will need to keep those long limbs tucked in whilst he's on the ground, to prevent any submissions.
Ramierez working Yamoth over with strikes here.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Ramierez prevents Yamoth from getting the reversal.
Ramierez trying to control but he's not successful this time.
Ramierez in mount throwing good strikes here, bouncing his opponent's head off the canvas.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Ramierez working for a guillotine from mount but Yamoth is in no mood to give up.
Ramierez looking to control but Yamoth is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.
Yamoth is writhing around trying to get back to his feet.
Ramierez wants to control the pace but Yamoth is squirming around nicely.
Ramierez controlling his opponent.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ramierez working the ground and pound effectively.
Ramierez takes a little breather and maintains the position. The referee will be looking for him to stay active from such a dominant position though.
Ramierez landing strikes, looking to finish!
Ramierez controlling from the full mount.
Ramierez prevents Yamoth from getting the reversal.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Ramierez lands with some strikes.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Ramierez with a couple of short strikes.
Ramierez looking to finish Yamoth with some ground and pound. This is bad for Yamoth!
Yamoth tries to lock up and control but Ramierez gives him a forearm to the face and pushes him away.
Ramierez looking to finish Yamoth with some ground and pound. This is bad for Yamoth!
Ramierez working for a submission but Yamoth is keeping him at bay.
Yamoth is desperately trying to improve his position but Ramierez has a good base and remains in mount.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Yamoth is in a horrible position here. Ramierez smacks him with another shot as he tries to escape the position.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
George Ramierez dominated that round.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.
A jab from Yamoth finds it's way through Ramierez's defenses.
Ramierez closes the distance and gets a double leg, slamming Yamoth to the mat! Yamoth manages to get full guard.
Ramierez throws a big elbow that misses.
Ramierez has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
Ramierez stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Yamoth swivels though and keeps the full guard.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Yamoth keeping moving, preventing Ramierez from controlling successfully.
Yamoth is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
Ramierez controlling from the top position.
Ramierez wants to control from the top but Yamoth keeps moving.
The referee wants the fighters to be more active or he's going to reset them on the feet.
The ref stands the fighters back up because George Ramierez just wasn't active enough.
Ramierez shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Let's see what he's got on the mat.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Ramierez trying to control but Yamoth is working from the bottom.
George Ramierez overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Yamoth is trying to control the position but Ramierez postures up.
Ramierez lands a couple of decent looking shots.
Ramierez passes Yamoth's left leg - he's now in half guard.
Ramierez wants to work for an arm triangle but Yamoth is really keeping half guard well and defending the submission attempt.
Neither fighter is being very active at the moment, with Ramierez in particular looking to stall.
Ramierez slips a nice elbow through Yamoth's hands, connecting with Yamoth's forehead.
Yamoth is looking to get full guard. It looks like he might be successful but at the last minute Ramierez jumps into side control!
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Ramierez connects with a decent looking elbow from side control that caused Yamoth some visible discomfort.
Ramierez tries for a kimura but Yamoth is defending well.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Yamoth is positioning himself to get back to half guard.
Ramierez creates a bit of distance and throws down some hard shots.
Yamoth avoids any damage from the ground and pound of Ramierez.
Yamoth is not content to let Ramierez control the position.
Yamoth takes a big shot right to the temple there but he's taken it well.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ramierez controlling the position from side mount.
Ramierez creates a bit of distance and throws down some hard shots.
Ramierez working hard here to secure a kimura but he's not really in the right position for it.
Yamoth takes a big shot right to the temple there but he's taken it well.
Ramierez taking a breather here.
Ramierez throws a knee to the body but it doesn't do much damage.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Ramierez controls the position from side control.
The ground and pound from Ramierez seems to be hitting the mat more than his opponent.
Yamoth has found himself in a tricky position here. He's been working his transitions in training so let's see if he can work his way out of it.
Ramierez content to control the pace. The referee will try and keep them active though.
Ramierez tries for an arm triangle. That looks pretty tight to me. Is this one over!?! Possibly, maybe, no Ramierez has let go of the choke. Obviously it wasn't as tight as we thought!
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Yamoth takes a nasty elbow to the side of the head.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Yamoth manages to work his way to half guard, despite Ramierez's best efforts.
Ramierez sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Yamoth defending well though.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
George Ramierez dominated that second round.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business. This is the final round!
Yamoth tries to close the distance and clinch up but Ramierez swats him away and circles back towards the center.
George Ramierez is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Ramierez fakes an overhand right and shoots for a takedown. Yamoth sprawls well initially but Ramierez persists and gets the takedown into half guard.
Ramierez throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Ground and pound from Ramierez.
Ramierez takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.
Ramierez trying to mount his opponent but Yamoth defends it.
Ramierez is just sitting in half guard, waiting for something to happen.
Yamoth wants to control but Ramierez is keeping busy.
Ramierez is working for a kimura but Yamoth is defending it quite comfortably.
Yamoth is trying to maintain the position but Ramierez is very close to passing his half guard.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Ramierez scoring with strikes to the body and head.
Ramierez is pressing down on Yamoth's thigh, looking to free his foot. Yamoth is holding on for now.
Ramierez is looking for a kimura here.
Ramierez wants to take a breather but Yamoth is having none of it.
Ramierez is looking for a kimura here.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Ramierez trying to control the action but Yamoth is working from the bottom.
Yamoth blocking the ground and pound attempt from Ramierez.
Yamoth is trying to get back to full guard.
The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. Ramierez lands a nice short elbow.
Ramierez slips a nice elbow through Yamoth's hands, connecting with Yamoth's forehead.
Ramierez is thwarting Yamoth's attempts to control the position.
Yamoth takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Ramierez has freed up his trapped foot and advances to mount.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ramierez landing shots from mount.
Ramierez goes for an armbar but Yamoth turns quickly into his guard - lovely anticipation from Yamoth.
Ramierez has a loose triangle. He'll be looking to tighten that up but Yamoth can see exactly what he's planning and manages to posture up and free himself.
George Ramierez is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Ramierez pulls Yamoth in close to prevent any damage.
Ramierez avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Ramierez is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.
Ramierez looks over to his corner - he wants some instructions but his corner are not responding.
Ramierez has controlled the position for a good 20 seconds, which will no doubt be starting to frustrate his opponent.
The referee looks like he's ready to step in and stand the fighters back up.
Yamoth wants to get back to full guard.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Yamoth is in trouble now - Ramierez has advanced to mount!
Cyril Yamoth has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Ramierez controlling the position easily from mount.
And that's the end of the fight!
George Ramierez showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Ramierez, 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 Daniel Blasius scores the fight 30:27
Judge Saam Ante scores the fight 30:27
Judge Radbod Blank scores the fight 30:27
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... George Ramierez!
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