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Undercard bout
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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Imzda Noob (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Aart Hummel (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Hummel is bobbing his head along to his entrance song: Flight of the Bumblebee. Aart Hummel is staring across the cage at his opponent, tweaking his nipples.
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190 lbs
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188 lbs
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
5 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Imzda Noob!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
1 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Aart Hummel!
The judges for this bout are Radbod Blank, Paul Aken and Aafke Stam.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Noob staying out of range there.
Aart Hummel seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
A big right from Hummel misses.
Hummel tests Noob's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Hummel fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Noob, pushing him back against the cage.
Noob lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
A body shot lands from Noob.
Hummel fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Noob cracks Hummel with a nice body shot.
Hummel looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights.
Noob lands with a right to the head.
Noob lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Noob lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Noob scores with a shoulder strike.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Noob lands a left hand that snaps the head of Hummel backwards.
Hummel swings wildly with an uppercut but Noob uses good head movement to avoid it.
Hummel misses with a short punch on the inside.
Hummel misses with some punches.
Hummel misses with a hook to the ribs.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Noob blocks an uppercut.
A body shot lands from Noob.
Noob gets through Hummel's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Noob lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Noob lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Hummel tries to stall but Noob uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Hummel misses with a short punch on the inside.
Noob lands a hook to the side of the head.
Noob lands a shot to the body.
Noob lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Hummel is looking to control Noob's arms but Noob gets an underhook and turns him. Now Hummel has his back to the cage.
A nice right hand lands inside from Noob.
Noob lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Hummel is rocked!
A nice right hand lands inside from Noob.
Hummel is still on wobbly legs! Can Noob finish him?
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Noob scores with a shoulder strike.
Noob scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Noob lands an uppercut.
Good body shot from Noob.
Hummel swings wildly with an uppercut but Noob uses good head movement to avoid it.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Noob lands an uppercut.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Noob creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Noob makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Noob lands with a right to the head.
Noob presses Hummel against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Noob creates a bit of space for himself and rocks Hummel with a big uppercut! Hummel tries to clinch up but Noob pushes him back against the cage and lands another monster strike that crumples Hummel to the mat! Hummel covers up and Noob unloads with more strikes until the referee steps in to end the bout!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:26 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Punches). Imzda Noob!
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Undercard bout
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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Steve Pick (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Seppo Silvennoinen (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Steve Pick had a look across the cage there at his opponent. He definitely means business
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
4 - 4 - 2, fighting out of Amsterdam, Steve Pick!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
9 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Seppo Silvennoinen!
The judges for this bout are Nard Betker, Albert Achterberg and Wagner Zegers.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Silvennoinen throws a sloppy head kick and Pick moves out of range easily.
Pick swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Silvennoinen looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Pick is fending him off so far but Silvennoinen persists. Nope, Pick circles away and we're back to standing.
Pick misses with a body shot.
Pick scores with a nice head shot.
Silvennoinen takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
Silvennoinen uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Pick.
Pick with a body punch. A glancing blow.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Pick connects with a body shot that sends Silvennoinen's belly button to the back.
We've been informed that Silvennoinen has been sparring a lot of Muay Thai in the buildup to this fight so let's see if that has an impact on the result.
Silvennoinen throws a low kick but Pick moves out of range easily.
Pick throws a looping overhand right but Silvennoinen ducks down to avoid it.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Silvennoinen thuds his right hand into Pick's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.
Silvennoinen misses the shot to the body.
Pick swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
Silvennoinen throws a front kick aimed at Pick's knee but Pick avoids it well.
Silvennoinen thuds a left hand into Pick's body.
Silvennoinen lunges at Pick with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Pick's hand.
Pick fails in his attempt to clinch.
Silvennoinen misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Pick.
Pick misses with a body shot.
Pick connects with a body shot.
Silvennoinen swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Silvennoinen swings for the body but Pick moves out of range.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Silvennoinen takes a jab right on the kisser.
Pick staying out of range there.
Pick fires out a quick counter leg kick but Silvennoinen just manages to avoid it.
The fighters circling - Pick throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Silvennoinen connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
Seppo Silvennoinen seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Pick slips under a jab.
A quick step to the side and Pick tries to counter with a shot to the body but it doesn't connect.
Pick misses with a few strikes there.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Pick changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Pick looks to score with a jab to the body but Silvennoinen is just out of range.
Silvennoinen lands a nice shot that snaps Pick's head back.
Pick throws a leg kick which misses Silvennoinen's front leg but catches the back leg as Silvennoinen tries to avoid it.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Silvennoinen misses with a low kick.
Pick throws a series of strikes that have Silvennoinen backpedaling.
It looks like Seppo Silvennoinen has been cut.
Silvennoinen tries a low kick but Pick avoids it.
Silvennoinen is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Pick.
Silvennoinen scores with a hook.
Silvennoinen misses with a hook
enabling Pick to counter with a crisp jab.
Pick connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Pick closes the distance and clinches.
Silvennoinen is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
Pick lands with a right to the head.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Pick lands an uppercut.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
A body shot lands from Pick.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Pick creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Pick scores with a shot to the side of Silvennoinen's head.
Silvennoinen is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Pick is keeping busy.
Pick lands a nice elbow.
Silvennoinen will no doubt start fighting again in a minute but for now he's just having a little rest, leaning Pick up against the cage.
Pick lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Pick lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Silvennoinen tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Pick's elbow.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Steve Pick dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Seppo Silvennoinen's cut.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!
Pick throws a hook but Silvennoinen avoids it easily.
Silvennoinen lands a jab.
Pick takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
Silvennoinen thows a leg kick but Pick checks it
and Pick makes him pay by landing a thudding low kick.
Pick throws a lazy right hand but Silvennoinen sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Silvennoinen! But no joy.
Silvennoinen walks into a jab.
Silvennoinen bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Pick's head backwards.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Silvennoinen throws a push kick but Pick slaps the foot to one side.
Silvennoinen takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Silvennoinen fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Pick is out of range.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Pick moves out of range as Silvennoinen strikes.
Pick wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Silvennoinen's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Pick connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Silvennoinen scrambles back to his feet.
Pick tried to score with a low kick but Silvennoinen checks it.
Pick gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
The fighters circling - Silvennoinen throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Pick feinted there with a counter leg kick.
Silvennoinen just misses with a punch to the body.
It looked like Pick wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
Silvennoinen misses with a body shot
and Pick counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Silvennoinen pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Pick was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
Silvennoinen fails to land the takedown.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Pick fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Pick thuds a left hand into Silvennoinen's body.
Pick waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Silvennoinen.
Pick scoring well with a low kick there.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Pick throws a leg kick but Silvennoinen checks it.
Silvennoinen misses with a leg kick
and Pick cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Pick keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
Pick connects with a jab.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Silvennoinen will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
Steve Pick is winning the standup battle so far.
Silvennoinen misses with a looping right.
It looked like Pick wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
Pick blocks a jab.
Silvennoinen takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Pick rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Silvennoinen moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Silvennoinen appeared to try and counter that last move with a leg kick.
Pick throws a right hand that misses
and Silvennoinen counters with a nice double leg into side control. Pick won't be happy with that.
Pick is looking to reverse the position.
Silvennoinen controlling from side mount.
Silvennoinen working away.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Silvennoinen wants to control but Pick is keeping him busy.
Silvennoinen working the ground and pound.
Silvennoinen is looking to take a break and control but Pick is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Silvennoinen working away.
Silvennoinen working the ground and pound but Pick is defending the strikes.
Pick is trying to get back to half guard.
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 Steve Pick will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Seppo Silvennoinen's cut.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business. This is the final round!
Sloppy strikes from Pick. Those never looked like landing.
Pick scores with a hook to the body. Silvennoinen takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Silvennoinen 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.
Silvennoinen swings and misses with a shot to the body
and Pick counters with a stiff right hand.
Pick lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
Silvennoinen ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Silvennoinen lands a really nice looking cross but Pick seems unphased.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Silvennoinen misses the body punch
and Pick counters with a nice uppercut.
Donk. Pick catches Silvennoinen right on the button with a cross.
Pick misses with a wild body shot.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Silvennoinen swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Silvennoinen tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and Pick is able to avoid easily.
Pick is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Silvennoinen can do to turn this around?
Pick slips under a jab.
Silvennoinen thows a leg kick but Pick checks it
and Pick counters with a straight right hand.
Silvennoinen will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
A little feinted left hand from Pick on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
Pick keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Silvennoinen.
It looked like Pick wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
Pick rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Silvennoinen moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
A shot to the liver by Pick. Beautiful body shot.
Silvennoinen misses with a two punch combination.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Pick cracks Silvennoinen with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
Seppo Silvennoinen has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Silvennoinen takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
Pick instigates a clinch.
Silvennoinen is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
Pick pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
The referee is keeping an eye on Silvennoinen - much more stalling and he will separate the fighters.
Pick lands a body punch in the clinch.
Silvennoinen takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
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!
Silvennoinen is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Some stalling of biblical proportions here from Pick.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Silvennoinen is looking to control Pick's arms but Pick gets an underhook and turns him. Now Silvennoinen has his back to the cage.
Silvennoinen fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Pick lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Pick lands a right hand.
The referee calls for Pick to work.
Pick just leaning against Silvennoinen, taking a breather.
Silvennoinen stalling.
Pick tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Silvennoinen is trying to pull guard but being pressed up against the cage enables Pick to keep the fight standing.
Pick stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Pick tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Silvennoinen trying to stall but Pick improves his position.
Silvennoinen breaks the clinch.
Pick blocks a jab.
Silvennoinen lands with a hook. Pick tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
Pick waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Silvennoinen.
Silvennoinen is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Pick.
Pick cracks Silvennoinen with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
Steve Pick is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
The fighters circling - Silvennoinen throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Pick tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Silvennoinen manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Nice jab there from Pick.
And that's the end of the fight!
Steve Pick showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Pick, winning every round. Will the judges agree? They are the ones who matter, even if they are often depressingly incompetent. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Nard Betker scores the fight 30:27
Judge Albert Achterberg scores the fight 30:27
Judge Wagner Zegers scores the fight 30:27
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Steve Pick!
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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between David Li (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Greg Garrison (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). David Li has a significant reach advantage - let's see if he can make it count.
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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 - 10 - 1, fighting out of Amsterdam, David Li!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
13 - 8 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Greg Garrison!
The judges for this bout are Patrick Alders, Paulsen Ambrosius and Radbod Blank.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Li lets loose with a powerful body kick. Garrison will feel that in the morning.
Li throws a body kick that digs right into the meat.
Garrison just misses with a punch to the body.
Garrison fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Li manages to avoid it.
Li moves in looking to clinch but Garrison pushes him off.
An inside leg kick from Garrison misses.
Li staying out of range there.
Li tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Li connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Garrison fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Garrison fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Li manages to avoid it.
And Li counters with a quick kick to the body but Garrison blocks it.
Li throws the kick towards the body but Garrison avoids it.
Garrison lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Li at a distance.
Garrison attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
As Garrison backs away, Li returns fire with a leg kick that just misses.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Li throws a sloppy head kick and Garrison moves out of range easily.
Li tries to close the distance and clinch up but Garrison swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Li misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
David Li is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Li goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Li fails in his attempt to clinch.
Garrison throws a quick inside leg kick.
Li goes for a high kick. It partially lands.
It looks like Greg Garrison has been cut.
Garrison lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Greg Garrison seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Garrison avoids the head kick by Li.
Garrison keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Li tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Garrison feints the counter takedown.
Garrison blocks a head kick by Li.
Garrison dives in and scores a takedown into Li's guard.
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!
Garrison controlling from the guard. I say controlling but really, he's stalling.
Li will need to keep those long limbs tucked in whilst he's on the ground, to prevent any submissions.
Garrison landing with the ground and pound.
Garrison working some strikes from top position.
Garrison scores with a decent looking elbow strike.
Garrison postures up.
Garrison tries to free his leg and advance position but Li is retaining full guard.
Li tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Li keeping moving, preventing Garrison from controlling successfully.
Garrison passes easily into side control. Nice work.
Garrison is chipping away with strikes.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Garrison is moving around in side control but his primary objective seems to be to maintain the position.
You can see the frustration on Li's face, being in this tough position on the bottom.
Li tries to work a leg under to get back to half guard but Garrison wriggles his own leg back out and remains in side control.
Garrison is putting a hurting on Li here, landing some big shots from side control.
Li is looking to reverse the position.
Garrison lands some shots froms side control.
Garrison landing a few strikes.
Li is looking to regain half guard here but Garrison keeps moving and retains side control.
Garrison lands a few punches from side control.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Garrison is looking to take a break and control but Li is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Garrison controlling from side mount.
Garrison has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Li tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Garrison working the ground and pound.
Garrison landing with strikes to the head and body from side control.
Li is looking to reverse the position.
Li is working hard here to advance position.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Greg Garrison dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Greg Garrison's cut.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!
Garrison closes the distance and scores a nice trip takedown into half guard. Li did well to prevent Garrison getting side control.
Garrison not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
Garrison has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Garrison prevents Li from improving his position.
Nice strikes from Garrison there.
Li is refusing to be controlled, as Garrison sits in half guard.
Garrison missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
Li manages to create a bit of space in order to work his way back to his feet. Garrison keeps hold of his opponent and drives him back against the cage.
Garrison is leaning against Li and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Garrison is pushing Li up against the cage, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.
Garrison doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Li trying to land knees to the body.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Garrison lands a hook to the side of the head.
Li is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Garrison lands an uppercut.
Garrison lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Li backwards.
Garrison is working Li over against the cage.
Garrison leaning his opponent against the cage.
Li is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Garrison is defending well for now.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Garrison.
Garrison lands a body punch in the clinch.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Garrison has Li pushed against the cage.
Garrison works on Li's body with a couple of short punches.
Garrison throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Lis head.
Garrison managing to block the knees to the body from Li.
Garrison lands a body shot.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
A hook to the body from Garrison.
Garrison lands with a left to the head.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
A shot in the inside from Garrison.
A short uppercut from Garrison.
A body shot lands from Garrison.
A right hook to the body lands for Garrison.
Stalling in the clinch from Garrison.
Garrison digs a right hand underneath Li's ribcage. Li let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Garrison cracks Li with a nice body shot.
Garrison lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Garrison has been looking to improve his clinch game in recent weeks. Li seems to have the measure of him in the clinch so far, so let's see if Garrison can turn it around.
A right hand to the body from Garrison.
A short right from Garrison.
A left hand lands to the body for Garrison.
Garrison lands a nice shot to the body.
Garrison lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Li backwards.
A right handed body shot lands from Garrison.
Garrison is working Li over against the cage.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Li looking to throw knees to the head but Garrison is blocking nicely.
Garrison floors Li with a big punch on the inside! Li is trying to recover but Garrison dives into side control.
Li is rocked!
A big shot lands for Garrison! That's hurt Li! Will he recover? Garrison fires away with more strikes and the referee has to step in to stop the fight!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:28 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Greg Garrison!
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Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Fabian Hoi (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Derek Legion (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Legion has chosen Winds of Plague - A Cold Day in Hell/Anthems to the Apocalypse as his entrance music. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.
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140 lbs
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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
9 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Fabian Hoi!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
10 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Derek Legion!
The judges for this bout are Daniel Blasius, Albert Achterberg and Paulsen Ambrosius.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Hoi throws a jab but it's blocked by Legion.
Legion tries to work over Hoi's front leg with a kick but Hoi checks it.
Hoi just misses with a punch to the body.
Legion falls off balance throwing a combination
letting Hoi counter with a right hand.
A swing and a miss from Legion.
Legion looks for a takedown but Hoi sprawls well.
Legion staying out of range there.
Hoi avoids the body shot from Legion.
The fight stays on the outside here - Legion looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Hoi throwing a counter right hand but Legion manages to avoid it.
Legion shoots in for a takedown and gets it.
In the pre-fight buildup videos we saw Legion working his ground and pound in the gym. He isn't landing a great percentage of his ground strikes so far though.
Legion is keen to just control but Hoi is a slippery customer.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Hoi wants to get back to full guard.
Legion throwing shots but Hoi is blocking nicely.
Legion wants to free his trapped foot but Hoi is holding on for dear life with his legs.
Legion throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Hoi is refusing to be controlled, as Legion sits in half guard.
The referee looks like he's ready to step in and stand the fighters back up.
Legion missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
The referee has motioned to the fighters to stand back up. He just wasn't happy with the level of activity.
Derek Legion seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Hoi will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.
Legion connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Legion dives in for a single leg takedown but Hoi sprawls and the fighters end up clinched against the cage.
Legion paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
Legion shoots in but no luck this time.
Fabian Hoi has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Derek Legion.
Hoi thuds his shin into the meat of Legion's side.
Hoi connects with a body shot that sends Legion's belly button to the back.
Legion throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Hoi sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Hoi showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Legion.
Legion wants to clinch.
Hoi moves into range and connects with a jab.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Nice sprawl there from Hoi as Legion shoots in.
Hoi digs a good body shot into Legion's ribs.
Hoi thows a body kick. Legion tries to catch it but that hurt him.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hoi throws a nice outside leg kick.
Nice uppercut lands for Hoi. That snapped Legion's head back.
A head kick misses from Hoi.
Legion changes levels for a counter takedown but doesn't follow through with his attempt.
A slapping leg kick lands for Hoi.
Legion gets his takedown attempt stuffed easily
and Hoi counters with a good low kick that Legion was not able to check.
Hoi stuffs a takedown. It's all about dictating where the fight takes place and Hoi wants it to stay on the feet.
Legion pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Legion looks to land a left hand but Hoi moved out of range nicely.
Hoi ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Legion moves away.
Hoi throws a low kick but Legion moves out of range easily.
Hoi throws a low kick, looking for Legion's leg but Legion calmly moves out of range.
Legion swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Legion is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Hoi scores with a spinning back kick!
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Legion tries to check a leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Hoi moves into range and lands a nice body kick.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Hoi dips to his left and cracks Legion with an uppercut!
Hoi throws a low kick but it's checked well by Legion.
Hoi lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Legion throws a jab but it's blocked by Hoi.
Legion takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Hoi lands a glancing blow to the side of Legion's head.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Hoi.
Hoi looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Legion tries for a takedown but Hoi circles away easily
and Hoi counters with a straight right hand.
It looks like Hoi has been trying to sharpen up his punching technique, as it looks crisper than last time we saw him.
No luck for Legion with that takedown attempt.
Hoi ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Legion moves away.
Legion tries to move into range but Hoi moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
Hoi connects with a jab.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Fabian Hoi dominated that round.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.
Hoi avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Hoi connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
Legion tries to clinch up.
Hoi throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Legion stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Hoi looks for the body kick but Legion saw that one coming.
Hoi scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Legion takes a kick to the body and keeps moving.
Legion connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
Legion pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Legion moves out of range of the body kick from Hoi.
Legion tries a counter takedown but it's more of a dummy move, and he uses it to push himself away.
Legion takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Hoi goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Legion fails with the takedown
and Hoi counters with a slapping leg kick.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Hoi showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Legion.
Hoi lands a nice shot that snaps Legion's head back.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Legion listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Hoi lands a leg kick that knocks Legion off balance momentarily.
Fabian Hoi is winning the standup battle so far.
Hoi connects with a solid leg kick.
Hoi delivers a nice body kick.
Hoi works the jab nicely.
Legion has developed a nice purple lump on his ribcage, as a result of some heavy body kicks from Hoi.
Hoi looks to land a body kick but Legion moved away.
A good leg kick by Hoi.
Hoi avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Nice jab there from Hoi.
Hoi walks into a straight right hand from Legion.
Hoi gets caught napping as Legion dives in and scores a takedown. Hoi manages to retain guard.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Legion's corner is telling him to maintain position.
Hoi pulls Legion in close to prevent any damage.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Legion trying to control but Hoi is working from the bottom.
Legion throws an elbow that misses. Hoi uses the momentum to reverse the position. He's now in Legion's guard. Nice move by Hoi!
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Legion is trying to hold Hoi in close to prevent damage but Hoi has managed to pass into half guard.
Legion tries to roll over but Hoi keeps him under control.
Legion is looking to control Hoi's leg but it's slowly edging free. Can Legion avoid being mounted?
Hoi moves nicely into side control.
A bit of a lull in the action. I'm sure it will pick up again soon... even if the ref has to physically pick them up and put them back on their feet.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are getting on the fighters' backs, as the pace has dropped off in the last minute or so.
Legion can't do much from the bottom here.
Legion is looking to regain half guard here but Hoi keeps moving and retains side control.
Legion regains half guard.
Hoi takes a deep breath and rests his weight momentarily on top of his opponent, to control the position.
Legion regains full guard. Nicely done.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Fabian Hoi dominated that second 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. And we move into the final round!
Hoi takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
Hoi throws a leg kick but Legion sees it coming and checks it nicely.
Legion changes levels for a counter takedown but doesn't follow through with his attempt.
Hoi is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Legion can do to turn this around?
Hoi feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Legion's calf.
Legion throws a leg kick that is checked
and Hoi counters with a stiff right hand.
Legion fails with an attempt to clinch.
Hoi is looking to counter punch.
Hoi blocks a head kick by Legion.
A low kick from Legion is predictable there
and Hoi counters with a straight right hand.
Hoi looks to land a combination. Legion sees it coming but can only parry a couple of the shots.
Legion avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
Legion throws a combination that misses
and Hoi counters with a right hand to the body.
Hoi with a body punch. A glancing blow.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Legion manages to get an easy takedown there - catching Hoi on his heels. He'll look to pass Hoi's guard now, I'm sure.
Legion forces his way into half guard.
Hoi manages to get to full guard.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Hoi pulls Legion in close to prevent any damage.
Derek Legion has got the better of the ground game so far.
Hoi keeping moving, preventing Legion from controlling successfully.
Hoi is trying to keep Legion in close.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are getting on the fighters' backs, as the pace has dropped off in the last minute or so.
Hoi pulls Legion in close to prevent any damage.
Hoi keeping full guard, as Legion tries to pass.
The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
A lazy left from Hoi finds it's target.
Hoi keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Legion.
Hoi quickly followed up with a counter body kick but doesn't connect.
Hoi throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
Hoi just misses with a punch to the body.
Hoi stuffs the takedown.
Hoi looked to counter that last move with a leg kick but didn't pull the trigger.
Hoi dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
A nice inside leg kick there by Hoi. That's going to slow Legion down.
Fabian Hoi is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hoi lands with a good body shot.
Hoi ducks right into an uppercut from Legion.
Legion tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Hoi manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Nice uppercut there from Hoi.
Legion shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has Hoi pinned against the cage. Hoi gets the underhooks and manages to circle away.
Hoi throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Legion sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Hoi throws a nice inside leg kick.
Hoi uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Legion has time to react.
Legion throws a lazy head kick
and Hoi counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Legion tries to grapple but his opponent circles
enabling Hoi to counter with a crisp jab.
Hoi fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Legion has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Legion shoots in for a takedown but Hoi shows good takedown defense.
Fabian Hoi has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Derek Legion.
Legion takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
A good leg kick by Hoi.
Derek Legion has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Hoi fails to land with a series of punches.
Hoi throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Legion on the side of the head.
Legion darts in looking for a takedown but Hoi gets double underhooks and turns Legion into the cage.
Legion throws a head kick but Hoi moves out of range.
Legion throws a hook to the side of Hoi's head but Hoi sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Hoi jabs Legion to the body, keeping him at a distance.
Legion has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
Legion uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
Hoi comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Hoi.
Hoi darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
Legion's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Legion lands a nice shot that snaps Hoi's head back.
Hoi lands a nice hook to Legion's body. Legion takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Legion tries for a takedown but Hoi circles away easily
letting Hoi counter with a right hand.
And that's the end of the fight!
Fabian Hoi showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Hoi, winning every round. Will the judges agree? They are the ones who matter, even if they are often depressingly incompetent. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Daniel Blasius scores the fight 30:27
Judge Albert Achterberg scores the fight 30:27
Judge Paulsen Ambrosius scores the fight 30:27
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Fabian Hoi!
Our winner, Fabian Hoi, made sure he spent some time buttering up the crowd during his post fight interview, which will no doubt bring him a few more fans.
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Undercard bout
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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Ashley Sheilds (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Vergil Cry (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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28
182 lbs
8 - 5 - 0 |
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29
184 lbs
6 - 5 - 1 |
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Excellent boxer
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
8 - 5 - 0, fighting out of London, Ashley Sheilds!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
6 - 5 - 1, fighting out of Amsterdam, Vergil Cry!
The judges for this bout are Daniel Blasius, Paulsen Ambrosius and Wagner Zegers.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Sheilds throws a one two combo.
Sheilds misses with a series of wild punches.
Cry dives in for a single leg takedown but Sheilds sprawls and the fighters end up clinched against the cage.
Cry tries to clinch up.
Sheilds looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Sheilds misses the jab.
Cry closes the distance and after a bit of a stuggle, scores a takedown into Sheilds's guard.
Cry throws an elbow that misses. Sheilds uses the momentum to reverse the position. He's now in Cry's guard. Nice move by Sheilds!
Cry keeping moving, preventing Sheilds from controlling successfully.
Sheilds looking to pass the guard.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Sheilds is sitting in guard, working some ground and pound.
Sheilds lands a couple of elbows.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Sheilds trying to control but Cry is working from the bottom.
Cry throws a couple of shots from the bottom but they don't land.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Sheilds trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Sheilds won't allow Cry to sweep him here.
Cry looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights.
Cry working for a triangle but Sheilds defends it easily.
Sheilds content to strike from guard, landing some decent shots.
Cry looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Sheilds lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.
Cry keeping moving, preventing Sheilds from controlling successfully.
Cry is active off his back here, looking for submissions.
Cry not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Sheilds with a flurry of punches that miss.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Cry avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Cry is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
Sheilds with a nice head shot there.
There's a bit of a scramble here and now Cry is on top in guard.
Cry drops back for a leg but he's not going to get it - he lets go and Sheilds dives on top into guard.
Sheilds missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Cry tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Cry trying to control the position.
Sheilds in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sheilds throws a strike but Cry rolls with it and manages to sweep. Now he's in guard on top.
Sheilds pulls Cry in close to his closed guard and prevents Cry from doing any damage or advancing position.
Cry trying to control but Sheilds is working from the bottom.
Cry postures up.
Cry looking to sit in guard and control but Sheilds gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.
Cry trying to control the position.
Cry throwing his legs up looking for a triangle.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Sheilds accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Cry keeping moving, preventing Sheilds from controlling successfully.
Cry looking for submissions off his back, moving his hips, looking for an opening.
Cry is looking for a triangle but Sheilds pushes his legs off easily.
Cry not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Sheilds avoids a guillotine attempt easily.
Cry trying to keep a closed guard but Sheilds is proving a slippery customer.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Ashley Sheilds dominated that round.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.
Cry wants to clinch up but Sheilds keeps it at a distance.
Cry is looking to clinch.
Cry moves to clinch but Sheilds breaks away
and Sheilds counters with a stiff right hand.
Cry moves in looking to clinch but Sheilds pushes him off.
Cry closes this distance looking for a takedown but Sheilds circles away.
Cry throws a series of punches but Sheilds avoids them all with ease.
Sheilds drops down and drives through with a powerful takedown into guard.
Sheilds has to be careful here, sitting in the guard of a superior BJJ player.
Cry escapes his hips to the side and looks to be working for an armbar. Sheilds gives him a little smile and shakes his head. No chance.
Cry is active off his back here, looking for submissions.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Sheilds scoring with punches to the head and body.
Sheilds is working Cry over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes.
Sheilds works over Cry with some ground and pound from guard.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Sheilds postures up in Cry's guard and throws a big left but Cry blocks it.
Cry is working actively off his back, looking to secure an arm or perhaps work for a triangle.
Sheilds scoring with some ground and pound.
Sheilds is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
Cry working from the bottom, still in full guard. He's managed to get a loose triangle. Sheilds doesn't seem to be doing much to defend here, obviously he feels comfortable in the position. Sheilds manages to throw the legs off his shoulder and he's back into guard - no problem.
Cry utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Sheilds lands a couple of decent looking shots.
Cry keeping moving, preventing Sheilds from controlling successfully.
Cry looking to control.
Cry thows some rabbit punches from the bottom but they don't do any damage.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Cry escapes his hips to the side and looks to be working for an armbar. Sheilds gives him a little smile and shakes his head. No chance.
Sheilds avoids a guillotine attempt easily.
Ashley Sheilds overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Sheilds with a flurry of punches that miss.
Sheilds throws an elbow that misses. Cry uses the momentum to reverse the position. He's now in Sheilds's guard. Nice move by Cry!
Cry won't allow Sheilds to sweep him here.
Cry looking to pass the guard.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Cry's corner. There ya go! There ya go!
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Cry throws a big elbow that misses.
Cry looking to sit in guard and control but Sheilds gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.
Sheilds pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Cry is keeping the position for now.
Cry preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Sheilds works over Cry with some ground and pound from guard.
Cry escapes his hips to the side and looks to be working for an armbar. Sheilds gives him a little smile and shakes his head. No chance.
Cry looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Cry is looking for a guillotine. You can't force these things though and Sheilds defends well.
Cry is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Sheilds trying to control but Cry is working from the bottom.
Sheilds postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
Sheilds makes a bit of distance and scores with some ground and pound, still in guard.
Sheilds throws a strike but Cry rolls with it and manages to sweep. Now he's in guard on top.
Cry loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Cry throws a big elbow that misses.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Cry throws an elbow that misses. Sheilds uses the momentum to reverse the position. He's now in Cry's guard. Nice move by Sheilds!
Sheilds content to strike from guard, landing some decent shots.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Ashley Sheilds dominated that second round.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business. This is the final round!
Sheilds defending well as Cry loads up on a big left hand.
Sheilds throws a quick inside leg kick.
Sheilds scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Cry doesn't seem bothered though.
Cry misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.
Cry shoots in but doesn't get the takedown
enabling Sheilds to counter with a crisp jab.
Sheilds with a jab.
Sheilds is looking to slow Cry down with leg kicks.
A shot to the liver by Sheilds. Beautiful body shot.
Cry looks for a takedown but Sheilds sprawls well.
Ashley Sheilds has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Vergil Cry.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Sheilds lands the left hand.
Cry fakes a strike and closes the distance, dragging Sheilds to the ground. Cry is now in Sheilds's guard.
Cry takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Cry throwing strikes but missing.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Sheilds is avoiding any damage by keeping wrist control.
Cry loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Cry throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Sheilds works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Cry throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Sheilds works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Cry trying to control but Sheilds is working from the bottom.
Cry throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Sheilds works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
The ref stands the fighters back up due to a lack of activity.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Neither fighter has done anything of merit for a good minute or two here and the crowd are not happy about it.
Sheilds closes the distance and looks for a trip takedown... aaaand he's got it - Sheilds lands in his opponent's guard.
Cry has control of Sheilds's left arm, preventing Sheilds from doing any damage.
Cry keeping moving, preventing Sheilds from controlling successfully.
Cry has momentary wrist control but Sheilds slips an elbow through the middle.
Cry looking for a sweep. Not yet Cry, not yet.
Cry has momentary wrist control but Sheilds slips an elbow through the middle.
Sheilds postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
Cry is rocked!
Sheilds postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
Cry is still in real trouble! Can Sheilds finish him?
Sheilds loads up on a big left hand. Cry felt that one! He's just covering up now, not defending himself intelligently - Sheilds looks towards the ref and unloads with 3 more big shots and the ref has no choice but to stop the fight! Cry can't hide his disappointment, as Sheilds celebrates the victory.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:55 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Ashley Sheilds!
Ashley Sheilds thanked the fans post fight for their support.
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Undercard bout
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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Kari Keskisarja (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Mikhail Perkovic (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Well, I have no idea who's going to take this one!
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16 - 11 - 0 |
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200 lbs
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World class 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
16 - 11 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Kari Keskisarja!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
17 - 14 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Mikhail Perkovic!
The judges for this bout are Radbod Blank, Paul Aken and Aafke Stam.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Perkovic is trying hard to land a takedown here. Keskisarja sprawls well and keeps this one on the feet.
Keskisarja throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Perkovic has been spending a lot of time sparring his boxing in the run up to the fight, trying to sharpen up those hands and look for a knockout.
Perkovic gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Keskisarja pushes Perkovic back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Keskisarja trying to stall but Perkovic improves his position.
Perkovic is looking for a takedown up against the cage. Keskisarja gets underhooks though and prevents the takedown attempt.
Perkovic is trying to push Keskisarja away but Keskisarja has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Keskisarja pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Perkovic shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says Keskisarja as he avoids it easily.
Kari Keskisarja has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Mikhail Perkovic.
Perkovic with a lazy takedown attempt
letting Keskisarja counter with a right hand.
Perkovic darts in looking for a takedown but Keskisarja gets double underhooks and turns Perkovic into the cage.
Perkovic rushes Keskisarja and presses him up against the cage.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Keskisarja misses with an elbow over the top.
Perkovic lands a nice trip takedown into half guard.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Perkovic moves into full mount! Keskisarja won't be happy about that!
Perkovic swings around for an armbar but it's a sloppy attempt and Keskisarja is now in Perkovic's guard. A big mistake from Perkovic there, giving up the dominant position!
That's one minute gone in the round.
Perkovic looking to control.
Perkovic wants to control here, rather than go for any submissions from the bottom. At least for now.
Keskisarja won't allow Perkovic to sweep him here.
Perkovic is trying to control the position from the bottom.
Perkovic wants to sweep here but Keskisarja controlling him for the moment.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
Perkovic controls Keskisarja momentarily but Keskisarja frees himself.
Perkovic tries to land a sweep but no joy.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Keskisarja stops Perkovic from standing up.
Perkovic controlling Keskisarja's posture.
Perkovic tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Keskisarja has to be careful here, sitting in the guard of a superior BJJ player.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Perkovic has his hands on Keskisarja's head, controlling the position.
We must be close to a standup if these guys don't pick up the pace.
Perkovic is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.
The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Perkovic looks frustrated there after his takedown attempt is stuffed easily.
Keskisarja half committed to a counter leg kick.
Perkovic tries to shoot in for a takedown. He's got hold of a leg but Keskisarja swivels and escapes.
Perkovic closes the distance looking to clinch
and Keskisarja counters with a lovely shot to the body.
Perkovic fails with a takedown attempt from distance.
It looked like Keskisarja was trying to counter with a body shot coming off that last attack from Perkovic.
Keskisarja smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Perkovic shoots and misses
and Keskisarja counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Perkovic fails to land the takedown.
Keskisarja lands a nice looking body kick.
Perkovic shoots for a double leg takedown but Keskisarja sprawls well. He's pushed Perkovic's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.
Keskisarja lands a nice looking kick to the body. Perkovic takes a step back to recover.
Perkovic looks winded!
Perkovic shoots in for a takedown. He's persisting with it as Keskisarja sprawls well. Keskisarja wins this battle and keeps the fight standing. Perkovic gets slowly back to his feet.
Keskisarja darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Keskisarja closes the distance and pushes Perkovic back into the cage.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Kari Keskisarja dominated that round.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!
Perkovic fails to land the takedown.
Perkovic shoots in and scores a nice double leg takedown into half guard.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Keskisarja is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
Keskisarja is working hard here to advance position.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Perkovic is looking for an arm triangle, whilst trying to pass to side control. Keskisarja doesn't seem that keen to cooperate though. No luck this time Perkovic.
Perkovic is looking for a kimura but Keskisarja is holding onto that half guard position, so it's hard for Perkovic to get the leverage.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Perkovic passes to side control.
Keskisarja prevents Perkovic from improving position.
Perkovic wants to work for a kimura but he's foiled early by Keskisarja, who protects the arm well.
Keskisarja tries to get back to half guard but can't.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are getting on the fighters' backs, as the pace has dropped off in the last minute or so.
Perkovic goes for an armbar here - this could be all over! But no, Keskisarja has escaped beautifully and is now on top in side control! Oh, that's unlucky for Perkovic but great work by Keskisarja.
Perkovic is trying to improve his position.
Perkovic regains half guard.
Keskisarja prevents Perkovic from improving his position.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Perkovic is persisting with the attempt to improve his position.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Perkovic wants to get back to his feet.
Keskisarja not doing much here.
Perkovic holds on for dear life, maintaining half guard for now.
Perkovic is looking to control Keskisarja's leg but it's slowly edging free. Can Perkovic avoid being mounted?
Mikhail Perkovic has got the better of the ground game so far.
Perkovic is not content to let Keskisarja control the position.
We've had a lack of effective grappling in the last minute or so, which could well see a referee standup.
Perkovic wants to get back to his feet.
The referee has stepped in and called for a break in the action. We'll restart on the feet.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Neither fighter has done anything of merit for a good minute or two here and the crowd are not happy about it.
Perkovic ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Perkovic shoots in and drives through. Keskisarja sprawls well.
Keskisarja throws a counter high kick but Perkovic was just alert enough to avoid it.
Keskisarja is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Perkovic can do to turn this around?
Perkovic shoots in but no luck this time.
Kari Keskisarja has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Mikhail Perkovic.
Horrible takedown attempt by Perkovic or perhaps it was just good defense by Keskisarja, which made it look bad.
Perkovic gets his takedown attempt stuffed easily
and Keskisarja counters with a lovely shot to the body.
Kari Keskisarja is winning the standup battle so far.
Perkovic is breathing heavily.
Perkovic with a poor takedown
and Keskisarja cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Perkovic has taken the fight to the clinch.
Perkovic wants to break free but Keskisarja has control.
Perkovic can't get the takedown.
Keskisarja lands an elbow that stopped Perkovic in his tracks for a moment.
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 Kari Keskisarja will probably get the nod.
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. This is the final round!
Perkovic takes one to the chin there.
Perkovic gets his takedown attempt stuffed easily
and Keskisarja counters with a solid body kick.
Keskisarja scores with a shot to the body.
Keskisarja throws a body kick that misses.
Perkovic stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Keskisarja.
Perkovic has a nice red mark on his side after a thudding body kick by Keskisarja.
A combination from Keskisarja does no damage.
Perkovic is trying to avoid his opponent's strikes and get into the clinch.
Keskisarja connects with a leg kick. Perkovic looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
Perkovic gets tackled into the cage by Keskisarja. Keskisarja maintains the clinch.
Keskisarja lands a knee to the body.
Nice elbow from Keskisarja.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Keskisarja lands with a left to the head.
Perkovic takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Keskisarja works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Keskisarja lands a knee to the body.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Keskisarja lands a hook that snaps the head of Perkovic backwards.
Keskisarja blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Kari Keskisarja has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Perkovic breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Perkovic takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Perkovic has his takedown stuffed
and Keskisarja counters with a right hand to the body.
Keskisarja dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Keskisarja lands a nice leg kick that just misses Perkovic's sensitive parts.
Keskisarja chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Perkovic tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Keskisarja connects with a solid leg kick.
Perkovic tries to land a front kick but Keskisarja steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
Perkovic closes the distance and pushes Keskisarja back into the cage.
A right hook to the body lands for Keskisarja.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Keskisarja effectively controlling the action here.
Keskisarja softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Keskisarja can't find room to land a body shot as Perkovic controls the action.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Keskisarja.
A knee to the head by Keskisarja.
Keskisarja lands an elbow that stopped Perkovic in his tracks for a moment.
Perkovic is trying to work for a single leg takedown but Keskisarja pulls him back up using the underhooks.
Kari Keskisarja has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Mikhail Perkovic.
Keskisarja lands a left hand that snaps the head of Perkovic backwards.
Keskisarja lands with a short shot to the head.
Perkovic trying to control the position but instead, Keskisarja has worked for underhooks and has pushed Perkovic into the cage.
Keskisarja lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Perkovic is rocked!
Keskisarja lands a nice elbow.
Perkovic is still on wobbly legs! Can Keskisarja finish him?
Keskisarja stops a takedown attempt from Perkovic.
Keskisarja landing knees to the head.
Keskisarja creates some distance for himself and unleashes a massive uppercut that sends Perkovic's eyes rolling into the back of his head! Perkovic drops to his knees and Keskisarja pours it on with more strikes until the referee steps in to end the bout!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:58 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Kari Keskisarja!
A very excited looking Kari Keskisarja made sure he remembered to thank all the fans both in the arena and on the internet. He said all the coolest people spend all day on MMA websites, which got a big reaction.
The defeated Mikhail Perkovic had this to say: 'I must review my career... Am I going the right way?'.
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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Travis Lucas Jr (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Willy Wendell (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Travis Lucas Jr 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 light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
15 - 3 - 0, fighting out of New York, Travis Lucas Jr!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Willy Wendell!
The judges for this bout are Daniel Blasius, Wagner Zegers and Saam Ante.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Wendell shoots and misses
and Lucas Jr counters with an outside leg kick.
Wendell gets his takedown attempt stuffed easily
and Lucas Jr counters with a head kick that drops Wendell to the mat! Wendell scrambles across the canvas and gets back to his feet, still wobbly!
Lucas Jr lands a nice leg kick that just misses Wendell's sensitive parts.
Both fighters circling slowly here as the pace drops. Hopefully one of them does someth.. OOOHHHH!!!! Lucas Jr throws an absolute beast of a head kick! Wendell is done! He's out cold, twisted and contorted up against the cage! Wow!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:22 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Head Kick). Travis Lucas Jr!
Travis Lucas Jr decided to go for the less than humble approach in his post fight interview, telling everyone how he is going to conquer the world. The crowd seemed to like it when really that sort of approach could have gone either way.
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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Cedric Maake (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Alex Mercer (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
17 - 6 - 1, fighting out of Helsinki, Cedric Maake!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
18 - 9 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Alex Mercer!
The judges for this bout are Aafke Stam, Nard Betker and Paul Aken.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Nice body punch from Maake.
Maake lands with a hook. Mercer tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
Maake looks to throw the jab but Mercer is out of range.
Maake closes the distance and pushes Mercer back into the cage.
Mercer tries a body shot but Maake blocks it.
Mercer has Maake pressed against the cage, preventing Maake from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Maake's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Maake blocks a body shot from Mercer.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Mercer.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Mercer.
Mercer misses with some punches.
A right hand to the body from Mercer.
Maake avoiding damage as Mercer throws knees to the body.
Maake is trying to push Mercer away but Mercer has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
A short body shot lands from Maake as the two fighters clinch.
Maake looking to slow down the pace here.
A head punch on the inside from Maake fails to land.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Maake is struggling to control the position.
Maake is pushing Mercer up against the cage, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Maake tries a body shot but Mercer blocks it.
Mercer misses with a hook to the ribs.
Mercer lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Maake backwards.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Mercer.
Maake is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
Mercer tries to throw a body punch but Maake avoids it by throwing Mercer back against the cage.
Mercer lands a left hand.
Maake tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Mercer throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Maakes head.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Mercer misses with a hook from the clinch.
Mercer swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Maake's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Maake connects with a right hand. Mercer shakes it off.
Maake pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Mercer throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Maake stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Maake is looking to score with low kicks.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
A nice leg kick lands there from Mercer.
Maake throws a leg kick but Mercer sees it coming and moves out of range.
Maake takes a body kick right on the floating rib. Ouchie.
Mercer misses with a low kick.
Mercer takes a body kick right on the floating rib. Ouchie.
Maake avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
An inside leg kick lands from Maake.
Maake misses with an uppercut
and Mercer counters with a series of strikes. Maake will be more careful next time no doubt.
Mercer motions for Maake to come forward. Mercer throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Mercer slips a jab from Maake.
Maake attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
Maake throws a jab when Mercer was well out of range.
Maake throws out a loose jab but Mercer uses good head movement to avoid it.
Mercer is trying to counter with his kicks.
Cedric Maake seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Mercer displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Maake throws out the jab.
Mercer misses with a hook.
Maake takes the fight into the clinch.
Mercer being controlled against the cage.
Maake tries to take the fight to the ground by pulling guard but can't manage it.
Mercer lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Mercer scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Maake breaks the clinch.
Maake misses with a body shot.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Mercer lands with a thumping leg kick.
Maake misses with a hook.
Maake uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Mercer.
Maake connects with a crisp jab.
Maake slips under a jab.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
A big left from Maake misses.
Maake stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Mercer.
Maake has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Mercer.
Maake throws the left hand but Mercer avoids the punch easily.
Mercer thows a left - swing and a miss!
Maake ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Mercer lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
A jab from Maake does it's job there.
Mercer misses with a low kick as Maake jumps back.
Maake on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Mercer. Mercer obviously looking to wear him down.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Alex Mercer dominated that round.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.
Mercer avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Maake rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Mercer counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Cedric Maake is winning the standup battle so far.
A big right from Maake misses.
Mercer only half commits to the counter leg kick.
Maake checks a low kick from Mercer.
Maake throwing a counter right hand but Mercer manages to avoid it.
Maake looks to land a left hand but Mercer moved out of range nicely.
Mercer punishes Maake's body with a nice straight punch.
Mercer cracks Maake with a right hand to the side of the head.
Mercer turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Mercer uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Maake.
Mercer has taken the fight to the clinch.
Maake stalling against the cage.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Mercer misses with the head strike.
Maake misses with a short punch on the inside.
Maake tries to take the fight to the ground by pulling guard but can't manage it.
A head punch on the inside from Mercer fails to land.
That's one minute gone in the round.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Mercer.
Mercer tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Mercer lands a nice uppercut.
Maake lands a body punch.
Maake misses with a hook from the clinch.
Mercer misses with some punches.
Maake is trying to pull guard but Mercer turns him against the cage and we stay in the clinch.
Alex Mercer seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Maake blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Mercer throws a punch but it's blocked by Maake.
Maake lands a shoulder strike.
Mercer misses with a punch to the body.
Mercer is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Maake is keeping busy.
Maake looking to stall.
Maake pulls guard.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Maake not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
Maake throwing his legs up looking for a triangle.
Maake is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
Mercer got a little sloppy there for a moment and Maake has worked his way into a loose triangle - can he finish it?! No, Mercer has managed to get both his arms back between Maake's legs - danger averted.
Maake being controlled here, momentarily.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Maake working a defensive guard here.
Maake looks to be working for a triangle here. Oh, it looks like he might have it! Mercer has picked Maake up and slammed him! Maake can't keep hold of the triangle and Mercer manages to pass to side control!
A lull in the action here.
Mercer is continuing to stall.
Maake is trying to control Mercer's posture but Mercer avoids it.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
A few boos can be heard. I'm sure they will multiply if the fighters don't pick up the pace.
Maake is in a tricky position but he's been working on his transitions down at Zero Tolerance, so we'll see if he gets out of it.
Mercer has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Mercer wants to control but Maake is keeping him busy.
The referee has decided to stand the fighters back up, so we'll restart on the feet.
Maake misses with an uppercut
and Mercer counters by moving into the clinch. Good anticipation by Mercer.
Maake tries to circle away but Mercer has him pinned against the cage.
A nice left hand lands by Mercer.
Maake trying to control the position but instead, Mercer has worked for underhooks and has pushed Maake into the cage.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Maake stalling against the cage.
Maake stalling in the clinch but Mercer improves position.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Alex Mercer showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
That's time! Maake's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight. This is the final round!
Mercer dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
A jab from Maake misses.
Maake takes a head kick and shrugs it off.
Mercer walks into a left hand.
Maake throws out a loose jab but Mercer uses good head movement to avoid it.
A little jabbing left from Mercer on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Maake misses with a body shot
and Mercer counters with a leg kick.
A jab from Maake misses.
Maake ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Mercer moves away.
Maake looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Mercer wants to clinch up but Maake keeps it at a distance.
Maake connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
Nice body punch from Maake.
Maake throws a leg kick but Mercer sees it coming and moves out of range.
Maake throws a right hand that misses
and Mercer counters with a low kick, right behind Maake 's knee.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Mercer uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Maake.
Mercer getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Maake misses with an uppercut.
Mercer tries a quick counter leg kick but Maake is wise to it.
Maake misses with a few strikes there.
Mercer scores with a jab. Maake acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
Maake is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
Maake tries to work over Mercer's front leg with a kick but Mercer checks it.
A solid leg kick lands there for Mercer.
Mercer wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Maake lands a really nice looking cross but Mercer seems unphased.
Mercer tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Mercer takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Maake throws a lazy uppercut
and Mercer counters with a leg kick.
Maake tries to land a leg kick but Mercer saw it coming and moves away.
Mercer swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Mercer throws a head kick that Maake semi-blocks.
Mercer pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Maake avoids the head kick by Mercer.
Cedric Maake has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Maake throws a hook to the side of Mercer's head but Mercer sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Maake works the jab nicely.
Maake slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
It looks like Alex Mercer has been cut.
Maake fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Mercer manages to avoid it.
Maake needs to keep his hands up - Mercer had a free shot at his head there.
Maake blocks a head kick by Mercer.
Mercer throws a leg kick which misses Maake's front leg but catches the back leg as Maake tries to avoid it.
Maake throws a right hand that misses
and Mercer counters with a lovely shot to the body.
Maake connects with a jab.
A telegraphed right hand from Maake misses the target.
Maake will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.
Mercer's jab looks to have found its range, popping Maake under the eye.
Mercer steps to his left, right into the path of a big body kick from Maake. That one must have hurt.
Maake pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
A slow jab from Maake misses its intended target.
Mercer misses with the combination.
Maake chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Mercer can pounce on him.
Mercer walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Maake checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
Maake throws a jab but it's blocked by Mercer.
Maake misses with a hook.
Maake takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Mercer throws a sloppy head kick and Maake moves out of range easily.
Nice straight punches there by Mercer. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Mercer.
Mercer is looking to score with low kicks.
Mercer slips a jab and a cross from Maake.
Jab, cross, leg kick. Nice combination by Mercer!
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Maake misses with a straight left.
Maake misses with a hook. Mercer ducked under it nicely.
Nice defenses there by Mercer.
Maake moves out of the way of the counter high kick fromMercer.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Mercer takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Nice defenses there by Maake.
Maake throws a leg kick which misses Mercer's front leg but catches the back leg as Mercer tries to avoid it.
Maake takes one on the button.
Mercer throws a half hearted mid kick.
A big left from Maake misses.
Mercer looks like he wanted to counter with a high kick but didn't throw it.
Mercer lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
The fighters circle momentarily. Mercer darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Mercer scores with a punch to the head.
Mercer is looking to slow Maake down with leg kicks.
Maake rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
letting Mercer counter with a right hand.
And that's the end of the fight!
Alex Mercer comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Mercer 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 Aafke Stam scores the fight 27:30
Judge Nard Betker scores the fight 27:30
Judge Paul Aken scores the fight 27:30
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Alex Mercer!
An out of breath Alex Mercer thanked his loyal fans in his post fight interview, giving them credit for his success over the course of his career.
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Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Sigurd Lodbrok (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Kanchai Suya (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Lodbrok comes to the cage accompanied by Killing in the name of.... Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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165 lbs
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162 lbs
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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
9 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Sigurd Lodbrok!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
11 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Kanchai Suya!
The judges for this bout are Radbod Blank, Paulsen Ambrosius and Patrick Alders.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Suya tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Lodbrok ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Suya moves away.
Lodbrok staying out of range there.
Lodbrok looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Lodbrok avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Lodbrok on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
Suya avoids a kick to the body.
Lodbrok dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Suya. That did some damage!
Suya doesn't manage to clinch there - Lodbrok circles away.
Suya stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Lodbrok.
Suya moves out of range of the strikes.
Suya tries to clinch up but Lodbrok circles away and keeps his distance.
Lodbrok just misses with a punch to the body.
Ooooh, nice body kick lands from Lodbrok. Suya shrugs it off though.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Suya tries to clinch up but Lodbrok circles away and keeps his distance.
Suya fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Lodbrok, pushing him back against the cage.
Suya with an attempt at a knee that misses.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Lodbrok.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Lodbrok.
Suya scores with a nice hook to the head.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Suya lands a right hand that snaps the head of Lodbrok backwards.
Lodbrok tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Lodbrok misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Suya.
Suya landing knees to the body.
Suya tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Lodbrok avoids it.
Lodbrok digs a right hand into Suya's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Suya's gas tank.
Lodbrok on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Suya tries a knee to the head but Lodbrok blocks it.
Suya missing with knees to the body.
Lodbrok misses with some punches.
Suya lands a nice shot to the body.
Suya working Lodbrok over with knees to the body.
Lodbrok goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Lodbrok lands a knee to the head.
It looks like Kanchai Suya has been cut.
Suya lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Lodbrok managing to block the knees to the body from Suya.
A knee to the head by Suya.
Suya lands a nice knee to the body.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Suya lands with a light punch inside.
Lodbrok lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
A right hand to the body from Lodbrok.
Lodbrok misses with a body punch.
Suya on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Lodbrok tries to land knees in the clinch but Suya avoids the damage to the body.
Lodbrok fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Suya tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Lodbrok avoids it.
Suya throws a head punch that misses.
Lodbrok misses with a hook to the ribs.
Lodbrok misses with a punch on the inside.
Lodbrok on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
A head punch on the inside from Lodbrok fails to land.
Suya lands a nice knee to the body.
Lodbrok lands with a right to the head.
Lodbrok misses with the head strike.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Lodbrok.
Suya tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Lodbrok avoids it.
Suya landing knees to the body.
Lodbrok is breathing heavily.
Lodbrok tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Suya's elbow.
Lodbrok landing knees to the head.
Suya lands a knee to the head.
Suya misses with a hook to the ribs.
Suya tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Lodbrok avoids it.
Suya scores a nice knee to the body.
Suya lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Lodbrok tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Suya avoids it.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Lodbrok pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Suya circles and sees the opportunity to plant his feet and throw a really nice straight left hand that drops Lodbrok to the canvas! Lodbrok doesn't know where he is but he's trying to survive - Suya keeps piling on the pressure and forces the referee to step in! This one is aaaaaall over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:11 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Kanchai Suya!
A relieved looking Kanchai Suya thanked the fans for their support and gave the usual line about them being amazing. They seemed to believe that he actually meant it.
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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Argivas Kerenzikov (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Veikko Rastila (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Kerenzikov kept the crowd waiting but all that was forgotten when his ring entrance music started. The incomparable musical genius that is NO SHELTER\RAGE AGAINST THE MACHINE. The crowd seem to be enjoying Rastila's choice of entrance music: One Hit. Argivas Kerenzikov had a look across the cage there at his opponent. He definitely means business
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270 lbs
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270 lbs
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the heavyweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
16 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Argivas Kerenzikov!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
23 - 7 - 1, fighting out of Helsinki, Veikko Rastila!
The judges for this bout are Albert Achterberg, Daniel Blasius and Wagner Zegers.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Kerenzikov tries to land a body kick
and Rastila counters with a straight right hand.
Rastila keeps the fight on the outside.
A solid leg kick lands there for Rastila.
Rastila looks to score with a jab to the body but Kerenzikov is just out of range.
Kerenzikov looks to land a left hand but Rastila moved out of range nicely.
Rastila counters with a body kick.
Rastila blocks a head kick by Kerenzikov.
Rastila tried to score with a low kick but Kerenzikov checks it.
Rastila lunges at Kerenzikov with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Kerenzikov's hand.
Kerenzikov misses with an uppercut.
Kerenzikov lands with a kick to the ribs.
Rastila is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Kerenzikov.
Rastila walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Kerenzikov checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
A slow jab from Kerenzikov misses its intended target.
Rastila looks to throw the jab but Kerenzikov is out of range.
Rastila lets loose with a powerful body kick. Kerenzikov will feel that in the morning.
Kerenzikov takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Rastila avoids the body shot from Kerenzikov.
Kerenzikov misses the jab.
Rastila thinks about the counter body kick.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Kerenzikov is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Kerenzikov has been working on his boxing with his coaches at Sanitarium in the buildup to the fight.
An inside leg kick lands from Rastila.
Rastila lands with a cross.
Kerenzikov throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Rastila just misses with a punch to the body.
Kerenzikov misses with a body shot.
Kerenzikov throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Kerenzikov takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
Kerenzikov shoots in for a takedown but Rastila shows good takedown defense there and keeps this one on the feet.
Rastila misses with a head kick.
Rastila keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
Kerenzikov looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Rastila scores with a leg kick.
Rastila fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Kerenzikov checks the leg kick.
Rastila looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
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!
Kerenzikov throws a sloppy head kick and Rastila moves out of range easily.
Kerenzikov is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Rastila.
Rastila pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Nice uppercut lands for Rastila. That snapped Kerenzikov's head back.
Rastila lands a nice looking kick to the body. Kerenzikov takes a step back to recover.
Kerenzikov looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Kerenzikov is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Rastila.
Kerenzikov is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Rastila.
Kerenzikov checks the leg kick nicely there.
Kerenzikov shoots in but Rastila avoids the takedown attempt easily.
Kerenzikov fails to land with a series of punches.
Kerenzikov looks to land a body kick but Rastila moved away.
Kerenzikov tries to clinch but Rastila moves out of range.
Kerenzikov is really struggling to find his range with his punches. Rastila's reach advantage is clearly causing him problems.
Rastila throws a leg kick but Kerenzikov sees it coming and moves out of range.
Rastila throws a body kick that digs right into the meat.
Kerenzikov throws a leg kick that is checked
and Rastila counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Kerenzikov loads up on a big right hand but Rastila slips the punch.
Rastila fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Rastila avoids the head kick by Kerenzikov.
Rastila lands with a head kick! That's gotta hurt.
Rastila throws a quick inside leg kick.
Kerenzikov moves out of range of the body kick from Rastila.
Kerenzikov on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Rastila tries a low kick but Kerenzikov avoids it.
Kerenzikov throws a wild body kick that Rastila sees coming a mile off.
Rastila moves away from the strike by Kerenzikov.
Rastila circles away from the clinch attempt.
Rastila moves out of range of the body kick.
Rastila is landing a lot of head punches in this opening round! Kerenzikov had better start moving his head a bit unless he wants his face to turn into pâté.
Rastila swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Nice sprawl there from Rastila as Kerenzikov shoots in.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Argivas Kerenzikov. That's going to take a lot out of him.
A big right from Kerenzikov misses.
A looping hook to the body misses from Kerenzikov. Rastila does a little dance to reset his feet.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Kerenzikov misses with a hook to the body
and Rastila cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Rastila cracks Kerenzikov with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Kerenzikov misses with a leg kick
and Rastila counters with a good low kick that Kerenzikov was not able to check.
Kerenzikov moves into range and clinches up with Rastila.
Rastila manages to break the clinch.
Rastila connects with a crisp jab.
Kerenzikov walks into a jab.
Kerenzikov is rocked!
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Kerenzikov.
Kerenzikov will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Veikko Rastila is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Rastila throws a leg kick but Kerenzikov sees it coming and checks it nicely.
Kerenzikov fails to land with a series of punches.
Kerenzikov is looking to land body kicks.
Kerenzikov looks to throw the jab but Rastila is out of range.
Rastila lands a kick to the ribs of his opponent. Nice work there - in and out in a flash.
Kerenzikov is breathing heavily.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
A lazy body kick from Kerenzikov
and Rastila counters with a nice leg kick.
Rastila slips a jab and a cross from Kerenzikov.
Rastila buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Veikko Rastila dominated that round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.
Jab by Rastila.
Rastila fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Kerenzikov manages to avoid it.
Rastila lands a nice leg kick that just misses Kerenzikov's sensitive parts.
Kerenzikov misses with a two punch combination.
Rastila throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Rastila with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
An inside leg kick from Kerenzikov misses.
Kerenzikov lands a nice shot that snaps Rastila's head back.
No joy there for Kerenzikov, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Rastila, right into the meat.
Kerenzikov misses with a body shot.
Rastila circles away from the clinch attempt.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
A good leg kick by Rastila.
Kerenzikov scoring well with a low kick there.
Kerenzikov blocks a leg kick.
Kerenzikov pushes Rastila up against the cage in a clinch.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Kerenzikov goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Kerenzikov prevents Rastila from breaking the clinch.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Rastila's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Rastila escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Kerenzikov walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Rastila checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
Rastila has used his reach advantage pretty well so far tonight.
Rastila thuds a mid kick into his opponent's body. That will wear on Kerenzikov if he has to take too many more of those.
Rastila feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Kerenzikovs jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!
Argivas Kerenzikov is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Rastila scoring well with a low kick there.
Rastila tried to score with a low kick but Kerenzikov checks it.
Rastila is using his reach advantage to land shots from outside his opponent's range.
Nice shot by Rastila.
Rastila misses with a body kick.
Kerenzikov pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Rastila is clearly trying to counter these attacks from Kerenzikov with a body shot.
Kerenzikov takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Nice defenses there by Rastila.
Rastila tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and Kerenzikov is able to avoid easily.
Rastila scores with a nice body kick.
Rastila cracks Kerenzikov with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Kerenzikov closes the distance but Rastila moves to the side
and Rastila counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Kerenzikov wants to land a leg kick but Rastila is out of range.
Rastila lands with a nice body punch.
Kerenzikov on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Rastila. Rastila obviously looking to wear him down.
Rastila looks to score with a jab to the body but Kerenzikov is just out of range.
Kerenzikov tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Rastila was well out of range. Poor timing from Kerenzikov.
Kerenzikov throws a combination. Rastila tries to block but a couple of punches get through.
Kerenzikov takes a push kick to the midsection and stumbles backwards.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Kerenzikov drops his hands momentarily and Rastila takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
Ooooh, nice body kick lands from Kerenzikov. Rastila shrugs it off though.
Rastila delivers a nice body kick.
Rastila lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Kerenzikov misses with an uppercut
and Rastila counters with a three punch combo that has Kerenzikov backing up. Kerenzikov nods at Rastila to acknowledge the strikes.
Rastila cracks the inside of Kerenzikov's front leg.
Rastila lands with a nice body punch.
Kerenzikov blocks a head kick by Rastila.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Kerenzikov looks to land a left hand but Rastila moved out of range nicely.
Rastila paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
Rastila cracks a nice hook into Kerenzikov's ribs.
A shot to the body from Rastila misses
and Kerenzikov counters with a body kick that stops Rastila in his tracks momentarily.
Rastila throws a push kick but Kerenzikov slaps the foot to one side.
Kerenzikov stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Rastila.
Rastila scores with a jab to the jaw.
Kerenzikov cracks the inside of Rastila's front leg.
Kerenzikov throws the kick towards the body but Rastila avoids it.
Kerenzikov looks to throw the jab but Rastila is out of range.
Rastila keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
Rastila has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Rastila bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
Oh Kerenzikov is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Kerenzikov will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Rastila was about to counter that last move with a leg kick but changes his mind.
That kick from Rastila tenderised Kerenzikov's leg. Kerenzikov is trying to keep his angry face on.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Rastila, right into the meat.
Kerenzikov seems to have got his legs back now.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Rastila cracks Kerenzikov with an open hand slap.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Kerenzikov fails in his attempt to clinch.
A looping hook to the body misses from Rastila. Kerenzikov does a little dance to reset his feet.
Kerenzikov is looking for a counter combo.
Kerenzikov throws a big shot that misses.
Rastila keeps Kerenzikov at a distance using the push kick.
Rastila swinging wildly here.
Kerenzikov fires out a quick counter leg kick but Rastila just manages to avoid it.
Rastila throws a shot to the body.
Rastila connects with a right hand. Kerenzikov shakes it off.
Rastila looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Kerenzikov looks to clinch
and Rastila scores with a counter punch that sends Kerenzikov to the canvas! Rastila smells blood - he's punishing Kerenzikov with more strikes and the ref has stopped it! Kerenzikov has no idea where he is - he's tackled the ref... oh dear, poor guy, the crowd is in hysterics!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:47 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Veikko Rastila!
Veikko Rastila is the new heavyweight champion!
Veikko Rastila really struggled to get his t-shirt on before his hand was raised. Making sure that Perkele! logo gets some air time is pretty tricky when you're all sweaty.
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