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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Project Charlie (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Poo Leg (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Poo Leg has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?
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BJJ Purple Belt
World class boxer
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Brawler
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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
1 - 2 - 0, fighting out of New York, Project Charlie!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
3 - 4 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Poo Leg!
The judges for this bout are Paul Aken, Saam Ante and Radbod Blank.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Leg gets cracked there but stands up to it.
Leg doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
No luck with that takedown attempt from Leg.
Charlie cracks a nice hook into Leg's ribs.
Charlie scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Leg doesn't seem bothered though.
Leg doesn't succeed with the takedown
and Charlie counters with a right hand to the body.
Leg gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Charlie.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Charlie throws a series of strikes that have Leg backpedaling.
Charlie connects with an inside leg kick.
The crowd cheers as Charlie lands an impressive looking overhand right. Leg doesn't seem phased though.
Leg doesn't manage to clinch there - Charlie circles away.
Charlie fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Horrible takedown attempt by Leg or perhaps it was just good defense by Charlie, which made it look bad.
Project Charlie has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Poo Leg.
Leg takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Charlie connects with a body shot that sends Leg's belly button to the back.
Jab from Charlie.
Leg stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Charlie.
Leg looks winded!
Decent striking displayed by Charlie there.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Charlie stuns Leg with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Leg takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Leg shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Charlie connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
Leg on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Charlie lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Leg pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Leg shoots in for a takedown but Charlie shows good takedown defense there and keeps this one on the feet.
Charlie lands a left and a right that send Leg crashing to the mat, dazed. Charlie thinks about following him to the mat but decides to wave him back up to his feet!
Leg is rocked!
Charlie wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Charlie stuns Leg with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Leg takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
Charlie throws an overhand right that drops Leg like a sack of potatoes! Charlie dives in to finish the fight with more strikes and this one is all over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:43 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Project Charlie!
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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Frank Slayer (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Ed Bavelock (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Slayer kept the crowd waiting but all that was forgotten when his ring entrance music started. The incomparable musical genius that is Ramallah - Kill a Celebrity . 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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Excellent boxer
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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
1 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Frank Slayer!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Ed Bavelock!
The judges for this bout are Patrick Alders, Radbod Blank and Daniel Blasius.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Bavelock moves into the clinch successfully.
Bavelock tries a body shot but Slayer blocks it.
Slayer lands a nice shot to the body.
Slayer digs a right hand into Bavelock's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Bavelock's gas tank.
Slayer looking to throw knees to the head but Bavelock is blocking nicely.
Bavelock takes an elbow to the temple.
Slayer lands an elbow inside.
Bavelock blocks a body shot from Slayer.
Bavelock is trying to maintain a safe position but Slayer gets an underhook and turns Bavelock into the cage.
Slayer lands a good knee to the midsection. Bavelock won't want to take too many of those.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Bavelock tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Bavelock misses with a punch to the body.
Slayer with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Bavelock tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Slayer's elbow.
A short right from Slayer on the inside.
Bavelock misses with a hook to the ribs.
Bavelock lands a body punch.
Bavelock avoiding damage as Slayer throws knees to the body.
Bavelock dodges an elbow strike from Slayer.
Bavelock misses with the head strike.
Slayer lands an elbow that stopped Bavelock in his tracks for a moment.
Slayer lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Bavelock lands a hook to the side of the head.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Slayer blocks an uppercut.
I was talking to Slayer's coach per-fight and he was telling me that they'd been working on the clinch in the runup to this fight.
Slayer misses with a hook to the ribs.
Slayer landing knees to the head.
Slayer connects with a knee to the head.
Bavelock blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Slayer blocking some punches.
Slayer pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Slayer turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Slayer rushes Bavelock and presses him up against the cage.
Nice elbow from Slayer.
Slayer creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Bavelock struggles to land a body shot inside as Slayer controls his hands.
Slayer with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Bavelock is looking to control Slayer's arms but Slayer gets an underhook and turns him. Now Bavelock has his back to the cage.
Bavelock takes an elbow to the forehead.
Slayer lands a knee to the head.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Bavelock takes an elbow to the forehead.
Bavelock blocks an elbow strike.
Bavelock has been looking to improve his clinch game in recent weeks. Slayer seems to have the measure of him in the clinch so far, so let's see if Bavelock can turn it around.
Slayer lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Slayer tries a knee to the head but Bavelock blocks it.
Bavelock scores with a shot to the side of Slayer's head.
Knees to the body from Slayer.
Slayer lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Bavelock backwards.
Slayer misses with a knee strike.
Slayer tries a knee to the head but Bavelock blocks it.
Slayer landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Slayer lands a left hand.
Slayer unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Bavelock blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
A head punch on the inside from Bavelock fails to land.
Bavelock avoids a wild elbow strike from Slayer.
Slayer trying to land knees to the body.
Slayer breaks the clinch.
Sloppy strikes from Bavelock. Those never looked like landing.
Bavelock displaying good standup as he scores with a three punch combination.
Bavelock gets in close and instigates a clinch.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Slayer just misses with a elbow thrown towards Bavelock's brow.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bavelock tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Slayer's elbow.
Slayer is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Bavelock is defending well for now.
Bavelock swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Bavelock tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Slayer.
Bavelock goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
Bavelock misses with a hook to the ribs.
Bavelock misses with a hook to the ribs.
Slayer misses with a knee strike.
Slayer misses with a knee to the head.
Slayer throws a knee to the head but misses.
Bavelock lands with a short head shot on the inside.
It looks like Frank Slayer has been cut.
Slayer breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Slayer misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Bavelock throws a series of punches but Slayer moves out of range.
Slayer loads up on a big right hand but Bavelock slips the punch.
Slayer throws a right hand that misses
letting Bavelock counter with a right hand.
Bavelock rushes Slayer and presses him up against the cage.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Bavelock prevents a body shot from Slayer.
Bavelock avoiding damage as Slayer throws knees to the body.
A short uppercut from Bavelock.
Knees in the clinch landing for Slayer.
Slayer pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Slayer cracks the inside of Bavelock's front leg.
Slayer clinches up with Bavelock and pushes him back against the cage.
A shot in the inside from Bavelock.
Slayer tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Bavelock's elbow.
A right handed body shot lands from Bavelock.
Slayer is breathing heavily.
Bavelock scores with a hook to the body.
A shot in the inside from Bavelock.
Slayer can't find room to land a body shot as Bavelock controls the action.
Bavelock works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Bavelock presses Slayer against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Slayer creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Slayer comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Slayer misses with the head strike.
Slayer lands a body shot.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Frank Slayer dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Frank Slayer's cut.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Bavelock checks a leg kick.
Bavelock throws a nice looking combination but Slayer bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Bavelock closes the distance and clinches.
Bavelock trying to control the position but instead, Slayer has worked for underhooks and has pushed Bavelock into the cage.
Frank Slayer has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Bavelock blocks the elbow strike.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
Bavelock lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Slayer or not.
Slayer lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Slayer lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Slayer tries to land knees in the clinch but Bavelock avoids the damage to the body.
Slayer lands with a right to the head.
Bavelock tries to work over Slayer's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Bavelock tries a body shot but Slayer blocks it.
Slayer has a couple of punches blocked by Bavelock.
Bavelock looking to stall.
Slayer escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Bavelock gets a clinch.
Bavelock misses with a short punch on the inside.
Slayer scores with a knee to the head.
Slayer tries a knee to the head but Bavelock blocks it.
Slayer throws a knee to the head but misses.
Slayer holding his opponent close, against the cage.
Bavelock softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Slayer blocks a body shot from Bavelock.
Bavelock blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Bavelock tries a body shot but Slayer blocks it.
With the fighters up against the cage, Slayer throws an elbow but misses.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Bavelock.
Bavelock scores with a nice hook to the head.
Slayer misses with a knee to the head.
Slayer misses with a body punch.
Bavelock lands with a left to the head.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Slayer tries a knee to the head but Bavelock blocks it.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Bavelock presses Slayer against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Bavelock goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Bavelock misses with a punch to the body.
Bavelock tries a body shot but Slayer blocks it.
Slayer takes a shot to the head.
Bavelock has a couple of punches blocked by Slayer.
Slayer lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Bavelock lands a left hand.
Slayer putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Bavelock in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Bavelock tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Bavelock lands a shoulder strike.
Slayer prevents a body shot from Bavelock.
Bavelock struggles to land a body shot inside as Slayer controls his hands.
A nice right hand lands inside from Bavelock.
Bavelock tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Slayer goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Slayer throws a knee to the head but misses.
Slayer lands an elbow that stopped Bavelock in his tracks for a moment.
Slayer is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Bavelock blocks an elbow strike.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Slayer throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Slayer using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Bavelock has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Slayer tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Bavelock avoids it.
Bavelock is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
Bavelock working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Bavelock tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Slayer with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Slayer tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Slayer misses with an elbow strike.
Bavelock tries to throw a body punch but Slayer avoids it by throwing Bavelock back against the cage.
Bavelock is leaning against Slayer and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
A right handed body shot lands from Bavelock.
Bavelock throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Bavelock scores with a hook to the body.
Bavelock goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Bavelock lands a shot to the body.
Slayer struggles to land a body shot inside as Bavelock controls his hands.
Slayer wants to get back to striking at distance but Bavelock won't allow it.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Bavelock misses with a body punch.
Bavelock is working Slayer over against the cage.
Bavelock gets through Slayer's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Bavelock misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Slayer throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Bavelock blocks it with crossed arms.
Bavelock tries a body shot but Slayer blocks it.
Bavelock pushes Slayer back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Bavelock misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Bavelock lands a body shot in the clinch.
Bavelock is working Slayer over against the cage.
Bavelock working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Bavelock blocks an elbow strike.
Bavelock avoiding damage as Slayer throws knees to the body.
Bavelock lands on the inside with an uppercut.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
A short right from Bavelock on the inside.
Bavelock can't find room to land a body shot as Slayer controls the action.
Bavelock digs a right hand underneath Slayer's ribcage. Slayer let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Bavelock misses with a shot to the kidneys.
A shot in the inside from Bavelock.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Ed Bavelock showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Frank Slayer's cut.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! This is the final round!
Bavelock takes the fight into the clinch.
Bavelock is clearly stalling here... Pick up the pace son.
Bavelock lands an uppercut.
Slayer looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Slayer with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Slayer misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Bavelock lands a shot to the body.
Slayer tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Bavelock tries a body shot but Slayer blocks it.
Bavelock lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Slayer.
Bavelock cracks Slayer with a nice body shot.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
Bavelock struggles to land a body shot inside as Slayer controls his hands.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Slayer tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Slayer lands an elbow that stopped Bavelock in his tracks for a moment.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Bavelock lands with a light punch inside.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Bavelock is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
A right handed body shot lands from Bavelock.
Slayer misses with a knee strike.
A right hook to the body lands for Bavelock.
A short uppercut from Bavelock.
Bavelock lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Slayer backwards.
Bavelock content to slow the pace in the clinch.
Bavelock lands a shot to the body.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Bavelock creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Nice body punch from Bavelock - that landed with a thud.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Bavelock misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Slayer tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Bavelock lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Bavelock tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Slayer's elbow.
Bavelock scores with a shoulder strike.
Slayer is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Bavelock is defending well for now.
Bavelock lands a shot to the body.
Bavelock is leaning against Slayer and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Bavelock lands with a right to the head.
Bavelock works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Slayer blocks a body shot from Bavelock.
Bavelock throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Bavelock scores with a hook to the body.
Bavelock lands a body punch in the clinch.
A right hook to the body lands for Bavelock.
Bavelock misses with a body punch.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Bavelock.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Bavelock.
Bavelock throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
A short body shot lands from Bavelock as the two fighters clinch.
Bavelock lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Slayer backwards.
Bavelock tries a body shot but Slayer blocks it.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Bavelock.
Slayer tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Bavelock doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
A short uppercut from Bavelock.
A body shot lands from Bavelock.
Bavelock lands a shoulder strike.
Bavelock avoiding damage.
Bavelock blocks an uppercut.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Bavelock.
Bavelock lands a nice uppercut.
Slayer tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Bavelock's elbow.
Slayer tries a knee to the head but Bavelock blocks it.
Slayer prevents a body shot from Bavelock.
Slayer lands a knee to the head.
Bavelock lands a nice shot to the body.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Bavelock.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Bavelock misses with a punch to the body.
Bavelock works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Bavelock doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Bavelock lands a right hand that snaps the head of Slayer backwards.
Bavelock lands a nice uppercut.
Slayer is rocked!
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Bavelock lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Slayer or not.
A short right from Bavelock.
Oh Slayer is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Bavelock lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Bavelock is working Slayer over against the cage.
Bavelock lands a body punch.
Bavelock trying to control the position but instead, Slayer has worked for underhooks and has pushed Bavelock into the cage.
Bavelock seems frustrated at his inability to get double underhooks.
Slayer seems to have got his legs back now.
Slayer tries to land a knee to the head but Bavelock blocks with his arms.
Nice body punch from Bavelock - that landed with a thud.
Bavelock lands a nice shot to the body.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Bavelock.
Slayer throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
A body shot lands from Bavelock.
A short right from Bavelock on the inside.
Bavelock goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Bavelock struggles to land a body shot inside as Slayer controls his hands.
Slayer throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Bavelock blocks it with crossed arms.
And that's the end of the fight!
Ed Bavelock comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Bavelock 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 27:29
Judge Radbod Blank scores the fight 27:29
Judge Daniel Blasius scores the fight 28:29
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Ed Bavelock!
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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Spartacus Halo (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Seigfried Gold (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Gold is bobbing his head along to his entrance song: Rock Theme. 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 heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Spartacus Halo!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
4 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Seigfried Gold!
The judges for this bout are Daniel Blasius, Nard Betker and Aafke Stam.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Gold throws a sloppy head kick and Halo moves out of range easily.
Halo connects with a leg kick. Gold looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
Gold throws a head kick but Halo moves out of range.
Halo moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
It looks like Seigfried Gold has been cut.
Gold throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Gold with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Halo takes a swing at Gold's ribcage but misses.
Gold throws a head kick but Halo moves out of range.
Gold throws a mid kick that lands with a slap.
Gold thumps Halo with a low 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!
Gold plants his feet and lands a nice head kick!
It looks like Spartacus Halo has been cut.
Gold connects with a leg kick. Halo looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
Halo misses with the combination.
Gold scores with a leg kick.
Halo pivots, looking for a leg kick but Gold is out of range and Halo settles back down.
Gold lands with a thumping leg kick.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Halo stalks Gold and leaps in with a furious combination of punches. Uppercuts and crosses smash into Gold's face. Gold staggers backwards, shaken.
Gold throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
A chopping leg kick lands by Gold.
Halo wants to slow Gold down by chopping away at his legs.
A chopping leg kick lands by Gold.
Gold throws a low kick but it's checked well by Halo.
Halo throws out a powerful jab.
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!
Halo blocks a leg kick.
Gold cracks the inside of Halo's front leg.
Halo explodes with a nice body kick and back out of range. Nice work.
Gold throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
Halo with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Halo, right into the meat.
Halo shoots in with a lovely double leg takedown. Gold manages to land in full guard to minimise the damage.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Gold controls Halo momentarily but Halo frees himself.
Halo scoring with some ground and pound.
Gold is looking for a guillotine. You can't force these things though and Halo defends well.
Halo stands up over Gold, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head.
Halo trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Gold is trying to stand up but he's not managed so far.
Halo keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Gold's head.
Halo is intent on slowing down the pace of the fight, simply looking to control.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Halo stands up over Gold, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head.
Halo working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.
Halo lands a couple of digs.
Gold is looking for a triangle but Halo pushes his legs off easily.
Halo advances position into side control!
Halo slows the pace down.
Halo lands a knee to the body and follows it up with some ground and pound to the head. That will wear Gold down.
Halo controls the position from side control.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Gold wants to get back to his feet.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Gold is positioning himself to get back to half guard.
Halo cracks Gold with a big right hand but Gold just smiles back at him and invites him to have another go.
Halo landing a few strikes.
You can see the frustration on Gold's face as Halo controls the position.
Halo working away.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Halo grinds an elbow into Gold's temple.
Halo landing strikes.
Halo 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.
Gold takes a big shot right to the temple there but he's taken it well.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Spartacus Halo dominated that round.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.
A punch lands to the side of Gold 's head but he takes it in his stride.
Halo wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Gold lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Gold.
Gold takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Seigfried Gold seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Gold throws a leg kick which misses Halo's front leg but catches the back leg as Halo tries to avoid it.
Gold scores with a kick to the body.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Halo blocks a head kick by Gold.
Gold misses with a low kick.
Halo throws a sloppy head kick and Gold moves out of range easily.
Gold tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and Halo is able to avoid easily.
Gold keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
A shot to the liver by Halo. Beautiful body shot.
Seigfried Gold seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Gold tries to land a leg kick but Halo saw it coming and moves away.
We've been told by Halo's head coaches at Araba Fenice that he's been working on his takedown defense in preparation for this fight.
Gold throws a leg kick but Halo sees it coming and moves out of range.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Gold throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
Nice defenses there by Halo.
Halo with a nice cross.
Halo tests Gold's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Gold throws a quick inside leg kick.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Halo checks a leg kick.
Gold tries to sprawl but Halo drives through with a takedown into half guard.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Halo prevents Gold from improving his position.
Halo is working for a kimura but Gold is defending it quite comfortably.
Halo sitting and controlling from the half guard.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Gold is looking to improve his position.
Halo sitting and controlling from the half guard.
Gold wants to control but Halo is keeping busy.
Neither fighter is being very active at the moment, with Halo in particular looking to stall.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
The referee claps his hands together and tells the fighters to work.
The ref stands the fighters back up because Spartacus Halo just wasn't active enough.
Gold thows a leg kick but Halo checks it
and Halo counters with a takedown into side control.
Spartacus Halo overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Gold taking punishment in the form of punches.
Halo scoring with punches from side control.
Halo in side control lands a nice looking series of punches and elbows.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Halo landing with strikes to the head and body from side control.
Gold is not in a great position here, taking some shots.
That has opened up Seigfried Gold's cut even more.
Halo lands a knee to the body and a forearm to the face.
Gold is rocked!
The cut above Seigfried Gold's eye is starting to cause him problems now.
Halo in side control lands a nice looking series of punches and elbows.
Gold is still in real trouble! Can Halo finish him?
Halo has worked his way into a potential kimura here. Gold is trying to get out of the position but his squirming has just got him deeper into trouble. Halo yanks on the arm and Gold is forced to tap due to a very painful looking submission! Nice work by Halo.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:53 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Kimura). Spartacus Halo!
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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Brad Mansfield (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Trevor Samuel (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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205 lbs
3 - 1 - 0 |
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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 - 8 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Brad Mansfield!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
3 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Trevor Samuel!
The judges for this bout are Nard Betker, Aafke Stam and Albert Achterberg.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Mansfield feints and as Samuel raises his hands in defense, Mansfield changes levels and drives through with a takedown into guard.
The referee looks like he's ready to step in and stand the fighters back up.
Samuel pulls Mansfield in close to his closed guard and prevents Mansfield from doing any damage or advancing position.
Mansfield trying to control the position from guard on top but Samuel is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Mansfield trying to pass the guard. He's being very persistent here but Samuel manages to land a sweep and now he's on top!
Samuel tries to free his leg and advance position but Mansfield is retaining full guard.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Samuel trying to control the position from guard on top but Mansfield is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Samuel with a flurry of punches that miss.
Samuel stands up over Mansfield, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head.
Samuel throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Mansfield works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Samuel lands a couple of digs.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Samuel keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Mansfield's head.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Samuel trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Samuel is persisting with the attempt to improve his position.
Samuel connects with a couple of short punches.
Samuel is pushing down on Mansfield's leg trying to pass to half guard. Mansfield is fighting to maintain full guard but Samuel has managed to sneak the leg through.
The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. Samuel lands a nice short elbow.
Mansfield trying to hold on to Samuel's head to control him but Samuel postures up.
Samuel takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.
Samuel is nestled in close to Mansfield, controlling him well. He's worked in a nice elbow to the side of the head as well, for good measure.
Mansfield taking some punishment here, with Samuel in his half guard.
Samuel thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Mansfield's head.
The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. Samuel lands a nice short elbow.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Samuel landing with strikes to the body and head, softening up his opponent.
Samuel is just sitting in half guard, waiting for something to happen.
Samuel trying to control the action but Mansfield is working from the bottom.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Mansfield actively working from the bottom here.
Samuel throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
The two fighters exchange a few words. I couldn't hear what they were saying but maybe it's more fun if you make it up yourself. Samuel connects with a nice short shot to Mansfield's temple.
Mansfield is looking for a sweep. Samuel is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
Samuel misses with a head shot. Mansfield uses the momentum to regain guard.
Samuel stays in close to Mansfield's body and controls the position.
Mansfield preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Samuel is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Samuel accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Samuel postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Samuel won't allow Mansfield to sweep him here.
Samuel postures up in Mansfield's guard and throws a big left but Mansfield blocks it.
Samuel stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Mansfield swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Samuel throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Samuel is sitting in guard, working some ground and pound.
Samuel avoids a guillotine attempt easily.
Samuel got a little sloppy there for a moment and Mansfield has worked his way into a loose triangle - can he finish it?! No, Samuel has managed to get both his arms back between Mansfield's legs - danger averted.
Mansfield keeping moving, preventing Samuel from controlling successfully.
Samuel landing with the ground and pound.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Samuel wants to control from the top but Mansfield keeps moving.
Mansfield might be looking to lock onto one of his opponent's long limbs for a submission, whilst we're on the ground.
Samuel might have to switch it up a bit here because his efforts to control Mansfield haven't been going to plan, at least at the current moment in time.
The ref stands the fighters back up, due to lack of action by Trevor Samuel.
Samuel fakes an overhand right and shoots for a takedown. Mansfield sprawls well initially but Samuel persists and gets the takedown into half guard.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Samuel slips a nice elbow through Mansfield's hands, connecting with Mansfield's forehead.
Samuel is nestled in close to Mansfield, controlling him well. He's worked in a nice elbow to the side of the head as well, for good measure.
Samuel is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.
Samuel tries to pass the half guard into mount. Mansfield knows what he's doing though and prevents the attempt.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Mansfield trying to control but Samuel postures up.
Samuel is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Trevor Samuel dominated that round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!
Samuel scores a trip takedown into side control. Nice.
Samuel lands some shots froms side control.
Samuel cracks Mansfield with a big right hand but Mansfield just smiles back at him and invites him to have another go.
Mansfield is rocked!
I wouldn't like to be where Mansfield is right now.
Samuel connects with a decent looking elbow from side control that caused Mansfield some visible discomfort.
Oh Mansfield is still in real trouble! Will he be able to recover?!!
Samuel scores with a big shot from side control... and another... and another! Oh Mansfield is done here - save him referee! More strikes land and eventually the ref does step in and Samuel can finally stop beating on his defenseless opponent!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:40 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Trevor Samuel!
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Undercard bout
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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Joe The Plumber (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Horton Hoo (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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23
187 lbs
5 - 6 - 0 |
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200 lbs
6 - 9 - 0 |
BJJ Brown Belt
Solid boxing
Good chin |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
5 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Joe The Plumber!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
6 - 9 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Horton Hoo!
The judges for this bout are Paul Aken, Paulsen Ambrosius and Albert Achterberg.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Hoo pulls out of a head kick attempt.
The Plumber is looking to chop away at Hoo's legs.
The Plumber misses with a takedown attempt - Hoo sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
The Plumber throws a right hand that Hoo ducks under and follows up with a left that Hoo also avoids with ease.
Hoo shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with The Plumber but The Plumber pushes him off and we're back to square one.
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts The Plumber, as that shot connected.
Hoo scores a trip takedown into side control. Nice.
Hoo is looking to take a break and control but The Plumber is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
The Plumber tries to work a leg under to get back to half guard but Hoo wriggles his own leg back out and remains in side control.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
The Plumber sneaks back into half guard.
The Plumber moves into full guard.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Hoo wants to control from the top but The Plumber keeps moving.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Hoo trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
The Plumber is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.
The Plumber passes to side control.
Hoo wants to control but The Plumber postures up.
Hoo is trying to get back to his feet.
Hoo is trying to work for a sweep but The Plumber has mounted him!
Hoo told us pre-fight that he has been working on his escapes in training. Let's see if he can call on some of his new skills to get back to his feet.
Hoo defends a decent attempt at a guillotine from The Plumber.
Hoo is in a horrible position here, under a barrage of strikes, he's managing to avoid any damage.
Hoo is desperately trying to improve his position but The Plumber has a good base and remains in mount.
The Plumber misses with a series of strikes from mount. He'll no doubt be working on his ground and pound when he gets back to the gym.
Hoo really wants to buck The Plumber off and get back to his feet.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The Plumber is landing with some decent strikes but Hoo is trying to advance his position so the referee is letting the fight continue.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
The Plumber working to secure an arm triangle but it's not happening for him just yet.
The Plumber throws some wild stikes that Hoo manages to avoid easily.
Hoo regains half guard.
The Plumber lands with a punch from half guard.
Hoo is concentrating on defense, preventing The Plumber from advancing position.
Hoo is trying to stand back up but The Plumber is controlling him
The Plumber trying to control the action but Hoo is working from the bottom.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
The Plumber is trying for a guillotine from the top but the pressure isn't in the right place so Hoo is just riding it out for now. The Plumber eventually gives up the hold.
Hoo is staying active underneath The Plumber, who seems content to just control the action from this position.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hoo regains full guard. Nicely done.
Hoo being controlled here, momentarily.
Hoo working a defensive guard here.
Hoo working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from The Plumber.
The Plumber is trying to work a guillotine from the top, or something like that? Don't know how he thinks he's going to get a finish from there.
The Plumber prevents Hoo from getting back to his feet.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
The Plumber tries to free his leg and advance position but Hoo is retaining full guard.
Hoo manages to sweep nicely, so he's now on top. The Plumber manages to get himself to full guard.
The Plumber bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Hoo's guard.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The Plumber won't allow Hoo to get back to his feet.
Hoo keeping moving, preventing The Plumber from controlling successfully.
Hoo is looking to get back to his feet but can't, whilst The Plumber is controlling him.
The Plumber 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.
The Plumber pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Hoo is keeping the position for now.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
The Plumber keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Hoo's head.
Hoo wants to stand and escape but The Plumber is having none of it.
The Plumber missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Hoo keeping moving, preventing The Plumber from controlling successfully.
Both fighters really going for it on the ground here!
The Plumber scores with a decent looking elbow strike.
The Plumber trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
The Plumber throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Hoo works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Joe The Plumber dominated that 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.
The Plumber misses with an uppercut.
The Plumber fakes an overhand right and shoots for a takedown. Hoo sprawls well initially but The Plumber persists and gets the takedown into half guard.
The Plumber working Hoo over with strikes.
The Plumber is working for submissions here but there's nothing on.
The Plumber is trying to work for a kimura. This could be trouble! No, Hoo has managed to free his arm - good work.
Hoo blocking the ground and pound attempt from The Plumber.
The Plumber is trying to work for a kimura but Hoo is defending well.
Hoo is trying to stand back up but The Plumber is controlling him
Hoo has no desire to be mounted, so is trying to control. The Plumber is working away from the top position though.
Hoo punching from the bottom.
That's one minute gone in the round.
The Plumber seems to be working for a kimura but Hoo defends the submission attempt.
The Plumber is working for submissions here but there's nothing on.
The Plumber not doing much here.
The Plumber thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Hoo's head.
Hoo tries to roll over but The Plumber keeps him under control.
The Plumber is looking for a kimura but he's never going to get it from there.
Hoo looks like he's trying to stand up.
The Plumber keeping composed on the top, looking to control the action.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hoo trying to control here.
Hoo is looking to improve his position.
The Plumber scores with a couple of good hammerfists.
Hoo is doing well to avoid being mounted. He's controlling the position at the moment.
The Plumber seems very keen to just sit and control from half guard but Hoo does not like that idea so much and is remaining active off his back.
The Plumber looking for a kimura but he'll have to free his other leg if he wants to finish that. Perhaps he's just using it as a distraction technique.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Hoo has no desire to be mounted, so is trying to control. The Plumber is working away from the top position though.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hoo makes some distance and scrambles quickly back to his feet. Nice work!
The Plumber jabs at Hoo's body.
Hoo looks for a takedown but The Plumber sprawls well.
Hoo tries a head kick but it misses.
Hoo avoids the body shot from The Plumber.
Hoo blocks a head kick by The Plumber.
The Plumber gets a takedown into half guard.
Hoo is looking to get full guard. It looks like he might be successful but at the last minute The Plumber jumps into side control!
Hoo is looking for a sweep.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Hoo taking punishment in the form of punches.
The Plumber thinks about going for a far side armbar but bails out and retains the dominant position instead.
Hoo really doesn't want to stay on the ground with The Plumber. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Hoo is looking to work his way out of this bad position but The Plumber is controlling him well.
The Plumber tries for an arm triangle. That looks pretty tight to me. Is this one over!?! Possibly, maybe, no The Plumber has let go of the choke. Obviously it wasn't as tight as we thought!
Sloppy strikes there by The Plumber.
The Plumber tries for a kimura. Not really close to a finish though.
The Plumber is looking for a kimura. He might have it! No, Hoo has escaped the position, nice work there.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
The Plumber is looking to finish here, going for an Americana. Hoo knows the correct defense though, so he's OK.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Joe The Plumber dominated that second round.
That's time! The Plumber's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight. This is the final round!
The Plumber scores with a crisp jab that stopped Hoo in his tracks.
The Plumber shoots in and drives through. Hoo sprawls well.
The Plumber tries for a takedown but Hoo circles away easily
and Hoo counters with a nice leg kick.
The Plumber scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Hoo doesn't seem bothered though.
The Plumber shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Joe The Plumber. That's going to take a lot out of him.
The Plumber just misses with a punch to the body.
The Plumber throws a half hearted mid kick.
Horton Hoo is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
The Plumber gets his takedown attempt stuffed easily
and he gets countered with a snapping leg kick.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Hoo drives through with a takedown into The Plumber's guard. Let's see what he can do from the top position.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
The Plumber keeping moving, preventing Hoo from controlling successfully.
Hoo with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.
Hoo throws a big elbow that misses.
The Plumber lands a beautiful sweep and he's now moved into his opponent's guard.
Hoo working a defensive guard here.
The Plumber is working Hoo over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes.
Hoo is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.
Hoo is trying to control. The Plumber wants to improve his position but can't escape this time.
Hoo might have to switch it up a bit here because his efforts to control The Plumber haven't been going to plan, at least at the current moment in time.
That's two 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!
The Plumber moves into full guard.
Hoo trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
The Plumber wants to sweep here but Hoo controlling him for the moment.
There's a bit of a scramble here and now The Plumber is on top in guard.
Hoo wants to stand and escape but The Plumber is having none of it.
Hoo is looking to stand back up but The Plumber counters by passing into half guard. Oops... bit sloppy there by Hoo.
Hoo is looking for a sweep. The Plumber is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
The Plumber trying to mount his opponent but Hoo defends it.
Hoo is trying to get back to full guard.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
The Plumber is thinking about going for an arm triangle but he can't free his leg.
Hoo is trying to maintain the position but The Plumber is very close to passing his half guard.
Joe The Plumber overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
The Plumber not landing any meaningful shots this time.
Hoo wants to improve his position but The Plumber is controlling well.
The Plumber is looking for a kimura here.
Hoo moves his hips nicely and gets into full guard.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The Plumber stops Hoo from standing up.
The Plumber wants to control from the top but Hoo keeps moving.
Horton Hoo has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
The Plumber pushes down on Hoo's leg and manages to get into half guard.
The Plumber throwing shots but Hoo is blocking nicely.
The Plumber is sneakily working for an arm triangle but Hoo sees it coming and defends easily.
Hoo is looking to improve his position.
The Plumber is looking for a kimura but Hoo is holding onto that half guard position, so it's hard for The Plumber to get the leverage.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
The Plumber missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
Hoo actively working from the bottom here.
Joe The Plumber is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
The Plumber is trying to control. Hoo wants to improve his position but can't escape this time.
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 Joe The Plumber.
Well The Plumber 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 Paul Aken scores the fight 30:27
Judge Paulsen Ambrosius scores the fight 30:28
Judge Albert Achterberg scores the fight 29:28
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Joe The Plumber!
After winning the bout, Joe The Plumber 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 middleweight MMA rules bout between Jean Riviere (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Hideya Kaayi (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Riviere comes to the cage accompanied by Le Vagabond. I can't wait for this one - let's get the fighter introductions out of the way and get this one started!
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190 lbs
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193 lbs
5 - 6 - 0 |
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Excellent boxer
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
4 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Jean Riviere!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
5 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Hideya Kaayi!
The judges for this bout are Wagner Zegers, Paulsen Ambrosius and Nard Betker.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Riviere with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Kaayi to score with a decent uppercut.
Riviere is looking to score with low kicks.
Riviere ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Kaayi moves away.
Kaayi drives through with a really nice takedown into side control.
The referee claps his hands together and tells the fighters to work.
Riviere tries to buck Kaayi off but Kaayi is having none of it.
Kaayi working the ground and pound.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Kaayi working the head with strikes.
Riviere is looking for a sweep.
Riviere wants to control but Kaayi postures up.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Kaayi controls the position from side control.
Kaayi tries for an arm triangle. That looks pretty tight to me. Is this one over!?! Possibly, maybe, no Kaayi has let go of the choke. Obviously it wasn't as tight as we thought!
That's one minute gone in the round.
Kaayi looking to punish the body of his opponent here but Riviere is avoiding damage well.
Kaayi has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Riviere is trying to improve his position.
Kaayi tries to land with some ground and pound but misses.
Kaayi throws an elbow but Riviere slips to the side and avoids it well.
Kaayi trying to control the action but Riviere is working from the bottom.
Riviere tries to bench press Kaayi off him but Kaayi keeps the position.
Kaayi decides to stand back up. Kaayi steps back and let's Riviere get back to his feet.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Riviere walks into a left hand.
Kaayi looks to throw the jab but Riviere is out of range.
Hideya Kaayi seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Riviere bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Kaayi's head backwards.
A jab from Kaayi misses.
Riviere has been talking about how he's improved his wrestling in the run up to the fight so let's see if that's enough to sway the balance.
Riviere tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
A jab from Riviere misses.
Kaayi throws a lazy right hand but Riviere sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Riviere lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Kaayi fails in his attempt to clinch.
Riviere cracks a nice hook into Kaayi's ribs.
Kaayi fails in his attempt to clinch.
Kaayi shoots in looking for a takedown but Riviere manages to keep the fight standing, pushing Kaayi's face into the canvas for good measure before circling away.
Kaayi shoots in looking for a takedown but Riviere manages to keep the fight standing, pushing Kaayi's face into the canvas for good measure before circling away.
Kaayi feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Rivieres jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!
Riviere throws a series of punches but Kaayi avoids them all with ease.
Riviere misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Kaayi shoots in looking for a takedown. Riviere tries to sprawl out of it but Kaayi keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. Riviere manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.
Jean Riviere has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Hideya Kaayi.
A leg kick checked by Kaayi.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Kaayi throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Kaayi scores with a hook to the body. Riviere takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Kaayi fails with a takedown attempt.
Kaayi tries to clinch but Riviere moves out of range.
Riviere tries to keep at a distance but Kaayi has taken the fight into the clinch.
Kaayi tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Riviere avoids it.
Kaayi landing knees to the body.
Kaayi's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Kaayi, right into the meat.
A good leg kick by Kaayi.
A telegraphed right hand from Riviere misses the target.
Riviere throws a front kick that sends Kaayi stumbling back into the cage.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Riviere turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Riviere throws the left hand but Kaayi avoids the punch easily.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Riviere tries to land a front kick but Kaayi steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
Kaayi fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Riviere checks it well.
Riviere thuds a left hand into Kaayi's body.
Kaayi scores with a hook.
Kaayi fails with the takedown.
Kaayi scores a trip takedown into side control. Nice.
Riviere tries to buck Kaayi off but Kaayi is having none of it.
Riviere trying to control but Kaayi flips him over like a cheap hooker and has his back!
Kaayi has his hand under the chin of his opponent looking for the choke. He's nearly got it! This one could be all over! But no, Riviere has freed his hand and lives to survive another… well, another couple of seconds at least!
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Riviere turns into Kaayi and is now in his guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Hideya Kaayi dominated that round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!
Kaayi misses the shot to the body.
A combination from Kaayi does no damage.
Nice straight punches there by Kaayi. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Kaayi.
Kaayi moves out of range as Riviere throws a body kick.
Kaayi avoids the body shot from Riviere.
Kaayi looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
An inside leg kick lands from Riviere.
Riviere swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Kaayi tries to clinch but Riviere is having none of it.
Riviere scores with a hook.
Riviere bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Riviere avoids the body shot from Kaayi.
A head kick lands from Kaayi that sends Riviere to the canvas. Riviere tries to scramble back to his feet but Kaayi brings him back down into side control.
Riviere is rocked!
It looks like Jean Riviere has been cut.
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!
Riviere is trying to get back to half guard.
Kaayi landing with strikes to the head and body from side control.
Riviere on his back here. We all know that wrestlers don't like being on their back so let's see if Riviere tries to get out of the position.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Kaayi throws an elbow but Riviere slips to the side and avoids it well.
Riviere wants to control but Kaayi postures up.
Kaayi throwing strikes but missing, from side control.
Kaayi scoring with punches and elbows.
Kaayi working hard here to secure a kimura but he's not really in the right position for it.
In the pre-fight buildup videos we saw Kaayi working his ground and pound in the gym.
Kaayi thinks about going for a far side armbar but bails out and retains the dominant position instead.
Kaayi in side control lands a decent elbow.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Riviere is trying to improve his position.
Kaayi wants to work for a kimura but he's foiled early by Riviere, who protects the arm well.
Kaayi throwing shots but missing, from side control.
Kaayi passes to full mount! That's big trouble for Riviere!
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Kaayi avoids the attempt from Riviere to control.
Kaayi prevents Riviere from getting the reversal.
Kaayi moves into side control, trying to work for a kimura. That looks painful! Will he finish!!?? No, Riviere has worked his arm free - good work by Riviere!
Kaayi tries for a kimura but Riviere is defending well.
Riviere tries to get back to half guard but can't.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Kaayi working hard here to secure a kimura but he's not really in the right position for it.
Riviere tries to bench press Kaayi off him but Kaayi keeps the position.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Kaayi works a knee to the body and follows up with a nice elbow to the head.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
You can see the frustration on Riviere's face, being in this tough position on the bottom.
Riviere is positioning himself to get back to half guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Hideya Kaayi showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Jean Riviere's cut.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action! And we move into the final round!
Kaayi has closed the distance and engaged Riviere in a clinch.
Kaayi lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Riviere breaks the clinch.
Riviere shuffles to his left behind two crisp jabs. Kaayi eats them both and turns towards Riviere to reposition himself and eats a stinging right hand-left hook combo.
It looks like Hideya Kaayi has been cut.
Kaayi throws a sloppy head kick and Riviere moves out of range easily.
Kaayi lands a jab.
Riviere throws a hook to the side of Kaayi's head but Kaayi sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Riviere throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Kaayi stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Riviere thows a body kick. Kaayi tries to catch it but that hurt him.
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 Kaayi.
Riviere avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Kaayi moves out of range of the body kick.
Kaayi is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Riviere 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.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Riviere stuffs a takedown. It's all about dictating where the fight takes place and Riviere wants it to stay on the feet.
Kaayi feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Rivieres jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!
Kaayi swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Riviere misses with a series of wild punches.
Kaayi connects with a right hand. Riviere shakes it off.
Riviere shuffles to his left behind two crisp jabs. Kaayi eats them both and turns towards Riviere to reposition himself and eats a stinging right hand-left hook combo.
Kaayi ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Riviere moves away.
Kaayi fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Riviere, pushing him back against the cage.
Riviere avoiding damage as Kaayi throws knees to the body.
Kaayi is looking for a takedown up against the cage. Riviere gets underhooks though and prevents the takedown attempt.
Kaayi is looking for a takedown up against the cage. Riviere gets underhooks though and prevents the takedown attempt.
Jean Riviere has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Hideya Kaayi.
Kaayi pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Riviere shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.
Hideya Kaayi seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Kaayi throws a lazy uppercut
and Riviere counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Riviere fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Kaayi checks it well.
Kaayi scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Riviere doesn't seem bothered though.
Kaayi jabs Riviere to the body, keeping him at a distance.
Kaayi misses with an attempted mid kick.
The fighters circle momentarily. Riviere darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.
Kaayi avoids the body shot from Riviere.
Kaayi cracks a nice hook into Riviere's ribs.
Kaayi looks to land a body kick but Riviere moved away.
Kaayi closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
Riviere is using his height advantage well here, landing a good percentage of his punches.
Kaayi lands an overhand right.
Kaayi connects with a jab.
Kaayi throws a lazy right hand but Riviere sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Kaayi looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Riviere is fending him off so far but Kaayi persists. Nope, Riviere circles away and we're back to standing.
Riviere swats away the attempt to clinch by Kaayi.
Kaayi swings and misses with a hook to the body.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Kaayi lands a nice looking body shot.
Riviere blocks a jab.
Kaayi checks a low kick from Riviere.
Kaayi fails with an attempt to clinch.
Kaayi slips under a jab from Riviere.
Kaayi fails with an attempt to clinch.
Kaayi keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Kaayi fails with a takedown attempt from distance.
Jean Riviere has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Riviere avoids the body shot from Kaayi.
An inside leg kick from Riviere misses.
Riviere slaps away a takedown attempt from Kaayi, before circling back to the center of the mat.
Kaayi takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Kaayi moves out of range as Riviere strikes.
Kaayi throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Jean Riviere is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Kaayi checks the leg kick nicely there.
Riviere throws a leg kick that misses.
Riviere feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Kaayis jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Kaayi tries to clinch but Riviere moves out of range.
Riviere thows a left - swing and a miss!
Kaayi ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Riviere throws a body kick that misses.
Kaayi throws a right and a left that both miss.
Kaayi slips under a jab from Riviere.
Riviere misses with a kick to the body.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Kaayi throws a head kick that misses.
Kaayi connects with the punch.
Riviere lands a really nice looking cross but Kaayi seems unphased.
Kaayi gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Riviere takes a shot to the head.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Kaayi breaks the clinch.
Kaayi looks to land a combination but Riviere avoids it well.
Hideya Kaayi is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.
A combination from Riviere does no damage.
Kaayi buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
And that's the end of the fight!
Hideya Kaayi comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Kaayi 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 Wagner Zegers scores the fight 27:30
Judge Paulsen Ambrosius scores the fight 27:30
Judge Nard Betker scores the fight 27:30
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Hideya Kaayi!
Jumping up and down and very excited, Hideya Kaayi waved his t-shirt featuring Kore Fight Nutrition [TG]'s logo in front of the cameras.
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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Julle Hallava (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Nicolai Brasnof (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Chooooooooon! I think Hallava might be my favorite fighter, now he's come out to Kotiteollisuus - Iankaikkinen. Well, I have no idea who's going to take this one!
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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
7 - 3 - 1, fighting out of Amsterdam, Julle Hallava!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
7 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Nicolai Brasnof!
The judges for this bout are Saam Ante, Daniel Blasius and Wagner Zegers.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Brasnof misses with a straight left.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Hallava.
Brasnof throws a series of punches but Hallava avoids them all with ease.
A swing and a miss from Brasnof.
Hallava cracks the inside of Brasnof's front leg.
Brasnof misses with an uppercut. Hallava saw that one coming.
Brasnof swings for the body but Hallava moves out of range.
Hallava lands with a thumping leg kick.
Hallava dodges the punch combination from Brasnof.
Hallava throws a head kick that looked like it stung.
A jab from Hallava finds it's way through Brasnof's defenses.
Brasnof swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Hallava counters with a nice shoot takedown that brings the fighters to the ground.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
If this pace continues, the referee will definitely step in and force a standup.
Hallava stops Brasnof from standing up.
Hallava throws a strike but Brasnof rolls with it and manages to sweep. Now he's in guard on top.
Hallava is working actively off his back, looking to secure an arm or perhaps work for a triangle.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Hallava lands a beautiful sweep and he's now moved into his opponent's guard.
Hallava throws an elbow that misses. Brasnof uses the momentum to reverse the position. He's now in Hallava's guard. Nice move by Brasnof!
Brasnof trying to control but Hallava is working from the bottom.
Hallava manages to sweep nicely, so he's now on top. Brasnof manages to get himself to full guard.
Hallava won't allow Brasnof to get back to his feet.
Hallava 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.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hallava chips away with some ground and pound.
Hallava tries to free his leg and advance position but Brasnof is retaining full guard.
Our spies down at at The Exiled BJJ and Wrestling inform us that Brasnof has really been working on his submissions in the buildup to this fight. Will it pay off?
Hallava throws an elbow that misses. Brasnof uses the momentum to reverse the position. He's now in Hallava's guard. Nice move by Brasnof!
Brasnof throwing strikes from guard but Hallava blocks nicely.
Hallava has a closed guard, preventing Brasnof from standing up.
Hallava is trying to control the position but Brasnof postures up.
Brasnof would like to get this fight back to the feet but can't get free from the closed guard.
Brasnof must be cautious of submissions here, given that his opponent has the superior Jiu Jitsu.
Hallava working a defensive guard here.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Brasnof looking to pass the guard.
Brasnof controls from within his opponent's guard.
Neither fighter is doing enough for the referee's liking and he's decided to stand them back up.
Brasnof misses with a two punch combination.
Brasnof stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Hallava.
Some bone on bone action there as Brasnof checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
A left and a right from Brasnof both land. Nice combination.
Hallava takes a jab right on the kisser.
Hallava lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Hallava throws out a powerful jab.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Hallava misses the shot to the body.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Brasnof looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Brasnof has a nice red mark on his side after a thudding body kick by Hallava.
Hallava takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
Brasnof misses the jab.
Hallava scores with a kick to the body.
Hallava tries to close the distance and clinch up but Brasnof swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Brasnof misses with a two punch combination.
Brasnof throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Brasnof swinging wildly here.
Hallava lands a nice looking body kick.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Hallava scores with a kick to the midsection.
Brasnof looks winded!
Hallava fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Brasnof has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Brasnof takes a body kick right on the floating rib. Ouchie.
Hallava dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Brasnof. That did some damage!
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Julle Hallava dominated that round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!
Hallava lunges at Brasnof with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Brasnof's hand.
Brasnof keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
Hallava lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Hallava throws out a loose jab but Brasnof uses good head movement to avoid it.
Hallava comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Hallava showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Brasnof.
Brasnof throws a combination that misses
and Hallava counters with a single leg into guard. Brasnof didn't expect that.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Hallava throws a big right hand that misses.
Hallava engaging in some classic timewasting tactics.
Hallava trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Brasnof has momentary wrist control but Hallava slips an elbow through the middle.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Brasnof avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Hallava accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Hallava lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.
Hallava with a flurry of punches that miss.
Hallava looking to control the position here, rather than advance.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Hallava won't allow Brasnof to get back to his feet.
Brasnof keeping moving, preventing Hallava from controlling successfully.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hallava with a flurry of punches that miss.
Hallava makes a bit of distance and scores with some ground and pound, still in guard.
Hallava pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Brasnof is keeping the position for now.
Hallava throws a strike but Brasnof rolls with it and manages to sweep. Now he's in guard on top.
Brasnof looking to pass the guard.
Hallava escapes his hips to the side and looks to be working for an armbar. Brasnof gives him a little smile and shakes his head. No chance.
Hallava looking for a sweep. Not yet Hallava, not yet.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Brasnof would like to get this fight back to the feet but can't get free from the closed guard.
Brasnof won't allow Hallava to sweep him here.
Hallava is active off his back here, looking for submissions.
Hallava is trying to control the position but Brasnof postures up.
Brasnof wants to control from the top but Hallava keeps moving.
Brasnof postures up.
Brasnof working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Hallava escapes his hips to the side and looks to be working for an armbar. Brasnof gives him a little smile and shakes his head. No chance.
Brasnof got a little sloppy there for a moment and Hallava has worked his way into a loose triangle - can he finish it?! No, Brasnof has managed to get both his arms back between Hallava's legs - danger averted.
Brasnof is looking to stand up but Hallava won't let him.
Hallava looking for subs off his back but Brasnof has passed one foot through into half guard.
Hallava tries to roll over but Brasnof keeps him under control.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Julle Hallava dominated that second round.
That's time! Hallava's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight. And we move into the final round!
Hallava throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Brasnof sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Brasnof fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Hallava throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Brasnof cracks Hallava with an open hand slap.
Hallava connects with a leg kick. Brasnof looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
Brasnof throws a right and a left that both miss.
Brasnof throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Hallava counters with a nice double leg into half guard.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Hallava scores with a couple of good hammerfists.
Hallava seems to be taking a bit of a break to think of his next move. He lands a short punch in the meantime.
Hallava missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
Brasnof taking some punishment here, with Hallava in his half guard.
Hallava drops an elbow to the side of Brasnof's head.
Brasnof keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Julle Hallava overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Hallava throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Hallava thows a huge punch but Brasnof dodges it nicely.
Brasnof blocking the ground and pound attempt from Hallava.
Hallava is keen to just control but Brasnof is a slippery customer.
Hallava takes a deep breath and rests his weight momentarily on top of his opponent, to control the position.
Brasnof is staying active underneath Hallava, who seems content to just control the action from this position.
Hallava thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Brasnof's head.
Hallava wants to pass to mount but Brasnof is defending the position.
The two fighters exchange a few words. I couldn't hear what they were saying but maybe it's more fun if you make it up yourself. Hallava connects with a nice short shot to Brasnof's temple.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hallava lands strikes from half guard.
Hallava controlling the action here.
Brasnof keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Brasnof won't allow Hallava to pass to mount.
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!
Hallava with the ground and pound but Brasnof uses the opportunity to regain guard.
Brasnof wants to stand but Hallava is controlling the position.
Brasnof keeping full guard, as Hallava tries to pass.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Brasnof wants to stand up but Hallava is controlling him.
Hallava throws a big right hand that misses.
Hallava trying to control the position from guard on top but Brasnof is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Hallava throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Brasnof works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Brasnof wants to get back to his feet but Hallava is in a dominant position and won't allow it.
Hallava postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Hallava loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Hallava stands and throws Brasnof's legs to the side, diving into side control.
Hallava tries to land with some ground and pound but misses.
Hallava postures up a little and throws a couple of hammerfists but they don't connect properly.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Sloppy strikes there by Hallava.
Brasnof is trying to escape and get back to his feet.
Nicolai Brasnof has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Hallava lands a decent elbow from side control.
And that's the end of the fight!
Julle Hallava showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Hallava has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Saam Ante scores the fight 30:27
Judge Daniel Blasius scores the fight 30:27
Judge Wagner Zegers scores the fight 30:27
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Julle Hallava!
A victorious Julle Hallava thanked his army of followers in his post fight interview, telling people to make sure they follow him on Twitter.
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Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Bram Nijhoff (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Shamsudin Khulagov (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
6 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Bram Nijhoff!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
6 - 8 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Shamsudin Khulagov!
The judges for this bout are Patrick Alders, Paul Aken and Daniel Blasius.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
We've got one fighter who appears to only be looking to counter and the other not looking particularly aggressive either, so we could be in for a dull fight.
Nijhoff has his takedown stuffed
and Khulagov counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Nijhoff shoots in but doesn't get the takedown
and Khulagov counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Nijhoff shoots in but doesn't get the takedown
and Khulagov counters with a three punch combo that has Nijhoff backing up. Nijhoff nods at Khulagov to acknowledge the strikes.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Bram Nijhoff. That's going to take a lot out of him.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Khulagov leaves Nijhoff with his face pressed against the mat as he sprawls beautifully, defending against a solid takedown attempt.
Nijhoff doesn't succeed with the takedown
and Khulagov makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Bram Nijhoff seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Nijhoff fails with the takedown
and Khulagov counters with a one-two to the body.
Nijhoff with a lazy takedown attempt
and Khulagov counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Nijhoff with a poor takedown
letting Khulagov counter with a right hand.
Khulagov gets taken down but at least he's managed to land in guard.
The referee looks like he's ready to step in and stand the fighters back up.
Khulagov is throwing his legs up, looking for submissions. Nijhoff is aware though and is defending well.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
There's a bit of a scramble here and now Khulagov is on top in guard.
Khulagov tries to free his leg and advance position but Nijhoff is retaining full guard.
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!
Khulagov trying to control the position from guard on top but Nijhoff is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Khulagov would like to get this fight back to the feet but can't get free from the closed guard.
Khulagov wants to stand and escape but instead Nijhoff has hit a sweep and he's now on top in guard.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Nijhoff distracts Khulagov with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.
Nijhoff distracts Khulagov with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.
Khulagov is active off his back here, looking for submissions.
Nijhoff distracts Khulagov with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.
Nijhoff has to be careful here, sitting in the guard of a superior BJJ player.
Nijhoff is in close to Khulagov's body, working some short punches and elbows.
Nijhoff is sitting in guard, working some ground and pound.
Nijhoff working some strikes from top position.
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!
Nijhoff cracks Khulagov with a solid left hand.
Nijhoff scoring with some ground and pound.
Khulagov has his foot on Nijhoff's thigh. He's trying to push off and get in position for a triangle, I think. Nijhoff works his way back into a safe position though.
Nijhoff lands a couple of decent looking shots.
Nijhoff is working Khulagov over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes.
Nijhoff content to strike from guard, landing some decent shots.
Nijhoff won't allow Khulagov to sweep him here.
Nijhoff scoring with punches to the head and body.
Nijhoff is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
Nijhoff landing some decent shots from guard.
Khulagov has a loose triangle. He'll be looking to tighten that up but Nijhoff can see exactly what he's planning and manages to posture up and free himself.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Nijhoff lands a couple of elbows.
Our spies down at at WarZone Training Facility 1 inform us that Khulagov has really been working on his submissions in the buildup to this fight. Will it pay off?
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Nijhoff's corner. There ya go! There ya go!
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Nijhoff landing with the ground and pound.
Nijhoff lands a couple of elbows.
Nijhoff looking to pass the guard.
Khulagov looking to hit a scissor sweep but Nijhoff is one step ahead there.
Nijhoff keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Khulagov's head.
Nijhoff avoids a guillotine attempt easily.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Khulagov working for a triangle but Nijhoff defends it easily.
Khulagov has thrown up a leg looking for a triangle. Nijhoff doesn't defend quickly enough and Khulagov has managed to lock this one up! Can Nijhoff escape?! NO! He's tapping out! Damn, that was a quick submission - congrats to Khulagov on a fantastic submission victory.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:59 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Triangle). Shamsudin Khulagov!
After winning the bout, Shamsudin Khulagov 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 lightweight MMA rules bout between Glen Danzig (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Mike Allen (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Danzig's ring entrance music is that housewives' favourite, The Misfits- Night of the Living Dead. Mike Allen has the power to score a knockout today if he connects clean with Glen Danzig's chin.
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
8 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Glen Danzig!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
7 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Mike Allen!
The judges for this bout are Paulsen Ambrosius, Paul Aken and Nard Betker.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Danzig throws a head kick that misses.
Danzig throws a left and a right that both miss
and Allen counters with a lovely shot to the body.
Nice jab there from Allen.
Allen scores with a sloppy right hand. Danzig should have avoided that one.
Danzig stalks Allen and leaps in with a furious combination of punches. Uppercuts and crosses smash into Allen's face. Allen staggers backwards, shaken.
Allen throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Left hook, right uppercut from Allen.
This has been an exciting period of action!
A telegraphed right hand from Danzig misses the target.
Allen lands a nice shot that snaps Danzig's head back.
The fighters circling - Allen throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Danzig throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Allen loads up on a big right hand but Danzig slips the punch.
Danzig wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Danzig looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Allen scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
Danzig ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
A punch lands to the side of Danzig 's head but he takes it in his stride.
Danzig misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Allen.
Danzig uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Allen.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Allen looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Danzig misses with a combination
and Allen counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Danzig steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Allen.
Allen lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
Allen gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Allen throws a hook to the side of Danzig's head but Danzig sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Allen scores with a hook to the body. Danzig takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Allen avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Allen uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Danzig.
Danzig avoids the body shot from Allen.
Danzig lands with an uppercut that bounces Allen off the cage and back into range.
Danzig scores with a jab.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Allen misses with the combination.
Allen ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Allen slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
Allen scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Danzig doesn't seem bothered though.
A decent looking cross lands there for Allen.
Allen lands with a hook. Danzig tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
Allen is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Danzig.
Danzig misses with a low kick as Allen jumps back.
Allen misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Danzig.
A punch lands to the side of Allen 's head but he takes it in his stride.
Allen will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Allen looks to throw the jab but Danzig is out of range.
Allen uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Danzig.
Allen uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Danzig.
Danzig uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Allen.
Allen has been working his punching technique in the buildup to the fight and it appears to be paying off.
Danzig throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Allen comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
A jab from Danzig misses.
Allen throws a body shot but no joy.
Danzig thumps Allen with a low kick.
Allen keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
Danzig throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Allen 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.
Allen is landing a lot of head punches in this opening round! Danzig had better start moving his head a bit unless he wants his face to turn into pâté.
Allen takes a jab right on the kisser.
Danzig misses with an attempted mid kick.
Allen works the jab nicely.
Danzig gets cracked there but stands up to it.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Danzig misses with a hook.
A slow jab from Allen misses its intended target.
Allen ducks under a wild hook from Danzig.
Allen works Danzig's body with a nice hook.
Allen will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Danzig looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
Allen gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Danzig takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Danzig scores with the left hand. Allen knows he should have avoided that one.
Allen pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Allen uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Danzig.
Danzig moves away from the strike by Allen.
Danzig throws a jab but it's blocked by Allen.
Allen uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Danzig.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Danzig throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Danzig steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Allen.
Allen misses the shot to the body.
A left lands for Danzig.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Mike Allen dominated that round.
That's time! Back to the action!
Danzig throws a low kick but Allen moves out of range easily.
Danzig keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Allen lands the left hand.
Danzig feints a jab promting Allen to slip. Danzig then demonstrates his capabilities by jabbing again. Allen slips again and ducks right into an uppercut.
Danzig misses with a hook
and Allen counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Danzig swings and misses with a shot to the body
and Allen counters by moving into the clinch. Good anticipation by Allen.
Allen is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Danzig is keeping busy.
Allen blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Allen blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Allen breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
A slow jab from Danzig misses its intended target.
Allen takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Danzig throws a hook to the side of Allen's head but Allen sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
A big left from Danzig misses.
Danzig throws a low kick but Allen avoids it.
Danzig throws a sloppy head kick and Allen moves out of range easily.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Danzig ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Allen swings for the body but Danzig moves out of range.
Danzig looks to score with a jab to the body but Allen is just out of range.
Danga de danga de dang - Danzig scores with a four punch combination!
Danzig ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Danzig lands a nice hook to Allen's body. Allen takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Danzig walks into a left hand.
Danzig throws a series of punches but Allen avoids them all with ease.
Allen lands a head shot.
Danzig staying out of range there.
Danzig swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Allen swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Danzig scores with a leg kick.
Danzig on the wrong end of a nice jab.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Danzig misses the shot to the body.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Nice shot by Allen.
Danzig lands with a shot to the body.
Danzig throws a nice looking combination but Allen bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Mike Allen seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Allen missing with a left hand there. Danzig was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Allen looks to land a left hand but Danzig moved out of range nicely.
Danzig scores with the left hand. Allen knows he should have avoided that one.
Danzig looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
Danzig misses with a body punch
and Allen makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Danzig looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Allen moves into range and throws a lovely three punch combination.
Allen swings for the body but Danzig moves out of range.
Danzig connects with a solid leg kick.
Allen misses with a wild body shot.
Allen fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Allen throws a body punch but Danzig moves out of range.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Allen uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Danzig.
Donk. Allen catches Danzig right on the button with a cross.
Danzig misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Allen.
The fighters circling - Danzig throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Danzig takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
Allen defending well as Danzig loads up on a big left hand.
Allen comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Allen misses with a wild body shot.
Allen misses with a hook to the body
and Danzig counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Allen walks into a left hand.
Allen loads up on a big right hand but Danzig slips the punch.
Danzig throws a series of punches but Allen moves out of range.
Allen connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
The fighters are starting to get sweaty, which will make takedowns a bit more tricky.
Danzig throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Danzig scores to the head and body with a nice combination!
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Allen changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Danzig thows a leg kick but Allen checks it
and Allen counters by moving into the clinch.
Danzig misses with a shot to the kidneys.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Danzig.
Stalling in the clinch from Allen.
Nice body punch from Danzig - that landed with a thud.
Allen lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Allen has Danzig pressed against the cage, preventing Danzig from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Danzig throws a punch but it's blocked by Allen.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Danzig misses with a short punch on the inside.
A short right from Allen on the inside.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Danzig is trying to maintain a safe position but Allen gets an underhook and turns Danzig into the cage.
Allen breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Danzig will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Allen digs a good hook to Danzig's body.
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 Glen Danzig will probably get the nod.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action! Let's hear some noise people - this is the final round!
Allen throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Danzig misses with an uppercut. Allen saw that one coming.
Allen scores with a jab to the jaw.
Donk. Danzig catches Allen right on the button with a cross.
Danzig tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and Allen is able to avoid easily.
Nice shot lands for Danzig.
Danzig misses with a wild body shot.
A looping hook to the body misses from Allen. Danzig does a little dance to reset his feet.
Danzig misses with a double jab.
Allen works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
Allen uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Danzig.
Danzig misses with a body shot.
Allen jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Danzig swinging wildly here.
Danzig takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Danzig ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Danzig ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
No joy there for Danzig, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Danzig blocks a jab.
Allen bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
Danzig lands a nice shot that snaps Allen's head back.
Danzig throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Allen with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Allen keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
Allen fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Danzig jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Allen throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Danzig throws a lazy right hand but Allen sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
A looping hook to the body misses from Allen. Danzig does a little dance to reset his feet.
No joy there for Allen, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Danzig falls off balance throwing a combination
and Allen counters with a nice uppercut.
Danzig misses with a double jab
and Allen counters with a three punch combination, finished off with a leg kick. Nice work.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Danzig throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Danzig steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Allen.
Allen scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Danzig doesn't seem bothered though.
Allen lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Danzig circles away quickly and effectively.
Allen misses with a hook. Danzig ducked under it nicely.
Danzig blocks a jab.
Danzig misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Danzig throws a jab when Allen was well out of range.
Allen throws a combination that misses
and Danzig counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Allen uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Danzig.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Danzig on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
Allen lands the left hand.
Danzig throws a body shot but no joy.
Danzig keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Danzig walks into a left hand.
No joy there for Danzig, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Allen throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Allen throws a jab but it's blocked by Danzig.
Allen lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Danzig throws a hook but Allen blocks it.
Allen pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Danzig lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Allen circles away quickly and effectively.
Danzig tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Allen was well out of range. Poor timing from Danzig.
Danzig takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Danzig swings for the body but Allen moves out of range.
A shot to the body from Allen misses
and Danzig counters with a nice body shot.
Allen throws an off balance right hand
and Danzig cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Allen misses with a body shot.
A shot to the body from Allen misses
and Danzig counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Allen misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Danzig.
Allen lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Allen cracks Danzig with a good jab.
Danzig is rocked!
Allen 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.
Oh Danzig is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
A big right from Danzig misses.
Allen tests Danzig's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Allen misses with a two punch combination.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Allen chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Danzig can pounce on him.
Danzig walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Allen checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
Allen stuns Danzig with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Allen ducks right into an uppercut from Danzig.
And that's the end of the fight!
Mike Allen comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Allen 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 Paulsen Ambrosius scores the fight 27:30
Judge Paul Aken scores the fight 28:30
Judge Nard Betker scores the fight 27:30
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Mike Allen!
After the fight, Mike Allen was humble in paying tribute to his opponent but made it clear he wants to go on to bigger and better things. It seemed to go down well with the crowd who cheered him loudly.
Glen Danzig spoke after the fight, saying 'Demon I am and face I peel, to see your skin turned inside out. Gotta have you on my wall...'.
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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Flex Plexico (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Thomas William (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Flex Plexico 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
10 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Flex Plexico!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
8 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Thomas William!
The judges for this bout are Nard Betker, Paulsen Ambrosius and Daniel Blasius.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Plexico with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Plexico throws a head kick that looked like it stung.
Plexico stuffs the takedown.
Plexico's jab looks to have found its range, popping William under the eye.
Plexico is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
Plexico wants to land a leg kick but William is out of range.
William fails with a takedown attempt.
Plexico slaps away a takedown attempt from William, before circling back to the center of the mat.
Flex Plexico has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Thomas William.
Plexico scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Plexico thumps William with a low kick.
A slapping leg kick lands for Plexico.
William looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Plexico lands with a thumping leg kick.
William shoots in looking for a double leg takedown. Plexico defends it nicely.
Plexico throws a front kick that sends William stumbling back into the cage.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Plexico motions for William to come forward. Plexico throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Plexico lands a head kick!
William shoots in looking for a takedown. Plexico tries to sprawl out of it but William keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. Plexico manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.
William shoots and misses
and Plexico counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Plexico buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Plexico chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Plexico cracks the inside of William's front leg.
William's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
William walks into a left hand.
Plexico cracks the inside of William's front leg.
Plexico tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Plexico fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and William has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Plexico turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
William throws a predictable looking body shot
and Plexico counters with an inside leg kick.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
William looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Plexico is fending him off so far but William persists. Nope, Plexico circles away and we're back to standing.
Plexico scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Plexico lands a nice looking kick to the body. William takes a step back to recover.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Plexico lands with a thumping leg kick.
A nice leg kick lands there from Plexico.
William goes for a double leg but Plexico avoids the attempt and the two fighters end up clinched against the cage as Plexico continues to drive forward.
The referee calls for Plexico to work.
Plexico scores a nice knee to the body.
Plexico scores with a nice hook to the head.
Plexico breaks from the clinch.
Plexico is using his reach advantage well here, landing the more effective single shots from range.
Plexico thumps William with a low kick.
Plexico lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
William shoots in and bounces Plexico off the cage to secure the takedown into guard.
Plexico looking to control.
Plexico looking to hit a scissor sweep but William is one step ahead there.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Plexico trying to control the position.
Plexico wants to sweep here but William controlling him for the moment.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Plexico is working hard here to advance position.
Plexico avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Plexico is trying to control the position but William postures up.
William wants to control from the top but Plexico keeps moving.
William is looking to work some ground and pound but Plexico has wrist control.
Plexico keeping full guard, as William tries to pass.
Plexico working from the bottom, still in full guard. He's managed to get a loose triangle. William doesn't seem to be doing much to defend here, obviously he feels comfortable in the position. William manages to throw the legs off his shoulder and he's back into guard - no problem.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
William got a little sloppy there for a moment and Plexico has worked his way into a loose triangle - can he finish it?! No, William has managed to get both his arms back between Plexico's legs - danger averted.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
William tries to free his leg and advance position but Plexico is retaining full guard.
My spies in WarZone Training Facility 1 inform me that William has been getting involved in the gym's BJJ sparring sessions. Let's see whether that pays dividends!
Plexico keeping moving, preventing William from controlling successfully.
Plexico looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Plexico working a defensive guard here.
Plexico will need to keep those long limbs tucked in whilst he's on the ground, to prevent any submissions.
Plexico lands a beautiful sweep and he's now moved into his opponent's guard.
Plexico looking to control the position here, rather than advance.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Plexico tries to free his leg and advance position but William is retaining full guard.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
William looking to control.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Flex Plexico dominated that round.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action.
Plexico throws a head kick that half lands.
Plexico fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. William looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Plexico throws a wild body kick that William sees coming a mile off.
Plexico looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Plexico lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Plexico throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck William on the side of the head.
Plexico is looking to score with low kicks.
William has a takedown stuffed.
William checks a low kick from Plexico.
Flex Plexico is winning the standup battle so far.
William fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
William shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with Plexico but Plexico pushes him off and we're back to square one.
Flex Plexico has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Thomas William.
Good exchange - Plexico coming out on top.
William sees a low kick coming and goes to check it, but it's actually a body kick and it thuds into his unprotected ribs.
William shoots for a double leg takedown but Plexico sprawls well. He's pushed William's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.
William takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Plexico scores with a head kick. William tried to block it but didn't get his arm up in time.
William tries to score a power double leg takedown but Plexico sees that one coming and sprawls well. That will dishearten William somewhat.
William walks forward, straight into a front kick from Plexico.
William changes levels and looks for a double leg takedown. Plexico tries to avoid it but William manages to keep hold of a leg and drag Plexico to the ground. Plexico escapes though and pops straight back up to his feet.
Flex Plexico is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Plexico pushes William away with a front kick.
Good shot there by Plexico.
Plexico fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt William.
Plexico keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Plexico, right into the meat.
Thud! ouch! good body kick from Plexico - that will leave a mark!
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
A nice leg kick lands there from Plexico.
Thud! ouch! good body kick from Plexico - that will leave a mark!
Plexico tests William's chin there with a solid looking shot.
William takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Plexico thumps William with a low kick.
Thomas William is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Plexico scores with a leg kick.
Plexico is using his height advantage well here, landing a good percentage of his punches.
Plexico lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
William swinging wildly here.
William shoots in looking for a double leg takedown. Plexico defends it nicely.
William is breathing heavily.
Plexico thuds his right hand into William's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.
Plexico scores with a spinning back kick!
Plexico stuffs a takedown. It's all about dictating where the fight takes place and Plexico wants it to stay on the feet.
Plexico tests William's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Plexico fakes the leg kick and cracks William in the body.
Plexico feints and then cracks William's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow William down.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Plexico lands with a thumping leg kick.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Plexico, right into the meat.
Plexico scores with a shot to the body.
Plexico connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between William's hands.
Plexico connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Plexico lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
William shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.
William sees a low kick coming and goes to check it, but it's actually a body kick and it thuds into his unprotected ribs.
Plexico with a nice cross.
William takes a body kick right on the floating rib. Ouchie.
Plexico connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
Plexico lunges at William with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by William's hand.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Plexico throws a leg kick which misses William's front leg but catches the back leg as William tries to avoid it.
Plexico scores with a head kick.
Plexico lands with a kick to the ribs.
William takes a kick to the body and keeps moving.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Plexico stuffs the takedown.
Plexico lands with a hook. William tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
William tries to shoot in for a takedown. He's got hold of a leg but Plexico swivels and escapes.
Plexico is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that William can do to turn this around?
William takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Plexico lands a jab to the head.
William has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Plexico.
A nice leg kick lands there from Plexico.
Plexico scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. William doesn't seem bothered though.
Plexico connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
William dives in and scores a takedown into Plexico's guard.
William stopping the sweep attempt from Plexico.
William trying to move into half guard but instead Plexico has managed to sweep!
Both fighters really going for it on the ground here!
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Plexico looking to pass the guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Flex Plexico dominated that second round.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action! This is the final round!
William tries for a takedown but Plexico sees it coming a mile off and avoids it easily.
Plexico lands a nice shot to the body.
William 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.
William shoots in for a takedown but Plexico shows good takedown defense.
Plexico scores with a push kick.
Plexico thuds a left hand into William's body.
Good leg kick by Plexico there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Plexico pushes William away with a front kick.
Plexico scores with a hook to the body. William takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
William has developed a nice purple lump on his ribcage, as a result of some heavy body kicks from Plexico.
Plexico buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
William takes a push kick to the midsection and stumbles backwards.
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!
Plexico chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Plexico fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and William has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
William takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Plexico throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck William on the side of the head.
Plexico lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
That's one minute gone in the round.
A nice leg kick lands there from Plexico.
William shoots in but no luck this time.
Flex Plexico has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Thomas William.
Plexico throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent William stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Plexico scores with a decent looking hook.
William walks into a stiff left hand from Plexico.
Plexico throws a leg kick which misses William's front leg but catches the back leg as William tries to avoid it.
That's a knee to de groin and it's over and out! William crumples to the ground after an illegal strike from Plexico - the referee stops the clock and William gets 5 minutes to recover from that one. "I'm sorry" says Plexico. William manages to get back to his feet and the fight resumes.
Plexico slaps away a takedown attempt from William, before circling back to the center of the mat.
Crunch! Plexico slams his shin into William's torso.
The crowd cheers as Plexico lands an impressive looking overhand right. William doesn't seem phased though.
Plexico scores with a jab to the body.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
William misses with a double jab.
Plexico plants his feet and lands a nice head kick!
Plexico throws a leg kick which misses William's front leg but catches the back leg as William tries to avoid it.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Plexico connects with a looping right hand.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Plexico.
Plexico fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. William looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Donk. Plexico catches William right on the button with a cross.
William gets his takedown attempt stuffed easily
and Plexico counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Plexico lands with a nice body kick.
William shoots for a takedown but Plexico saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.
Plexico scores with a nice head shot.
Plexico fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt William.
Plexico lands a jab to the head.
William gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Plexico.
William shoots in for a takedown but Plexico shows good takedown defense there and keeps this one on the feet.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Plexico, right into the meat.
William looks frustrated there after his takedown attempt is stuffed easily.
Plexico swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by William.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Plexico uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
Plexico is looking to slow William down with leg kicks.
Flex Plexico is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
William has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Plexico.
Decent striking displayed by Plexico there.
A jab from Plexico finds it's way through William's defenses.
Good leg kick by Plexico there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Plexico lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
William throws a lazy right hand but Plexico sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Plexico lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Plexico feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to William's calf.
Plexico bobs and weaves and then throws a good body kick.
William shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has Plexico pinned against the cage. Plexico gets the underhooks and manages to circle away.
A good leg kick by Plexico.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Plexico with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Plexico connects with an inside leg kick.
Plexico pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Plexico stuffs the takedown attempt from William. William gets slowly back to his feet.
Plexico scoring well with a low kick there.
Plexico throws a head kick but William moves out of range.
Plexico thumps William with a low kick.
Plexico throws a nice inside leg kick.
A punch combination from William misses.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Plexico is looking to slow William down with leg kicks.
Plexico throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Plexico scoring well with a low kick there.
Thomas William has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
William has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
Plexico scores with a punch to the head.
And that's the end of the fight!
Flex Plexico showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Plexico 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 30:26
Judge Paulsen Ambrosius scores the fight 30:26
Judge Daniel Blasius scores the fight 30:27
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Flex Plexico!
A victorious Flex Plexico thanked his army of followers in his post fight interview, telling people to make sure they follow him on Twitter.
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RATING
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