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Undercard bout
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Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Pol Cuaresma Iiii (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Diego Godin (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Cuaresma Iiii comes to the cage accompanied by All of the lights!. Diego Godin is staring across the cage at his opponent, tweaking his nipples.
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141 lbs
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Solid boxing
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the bantamweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
20 - 13 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Pol Cuaresma Iiii!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
18 - 9 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Diego Godin!
The judges for this bout are Daniel Blasius, Saam Ante and Aafke Stam.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Cuaresma Iiii rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Godin moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Godin darts in and lands a nice takedown into half guard.
Godin is looking to pass the guard... He's managed it - he's now in full mount!
Cuaresma Iiii is squirming around, avoiding Godin's attempts to control the action.
Cuaresma Iiii wants to control but Godin is having none of it.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Godin pausing momentarily but resumes with a couple of decent strikes that do a bit of damage.
Godin is still in mount, landing shots to his trapped opponent. Cuaresma Iiii can't stay in a position like this for much longer.
Cuaresma Iiii wants to control but Godin is having none of it.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Godin trying to control but he's not successful this time.
Cuaresma Iiii is trying to escape the mount.
Godin lands a heavy elbow.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Godin lands a nice shot to the head.
Cuaresma Iiii is looking to improve his position but Godin isn't that keen on the idea.
Cuaresma Iiii trying desperately to get to his feet.
Godin takes a little breather and maintains the position. The referee will be looking for him to stay active from such a dominant position though.
Cuaresma Iiii is looking to improve his position but Godin isn't that keen on the idea.
Godin with a couple of short strikes.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Godin controlling his opponent.
Godin has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Cuaresma Iiii is in all sorts of trouble here.
Cuaresma Iiii tries to hold on but Godin pushes him away.
The fighters are starting to get a bit slippery now, which will make submissions a bit more difficult.
Godin working away from the top, dropping strikes.
Godin lands a nice shot to the head.
Cuaresma Iiii is desperately trying to improve his position but Godin has a good base and remains in mount.
Godin looks like he's working for a submission but he's not found anything just yet.
Godin raining down hammerfists from mount.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Cuaresma Iiii has left one of his arms exposed and Godin doesn't need a second invitation. He's isolated it and locked on a tight armbar. Cuaresma Iiii screams and taps out, obviously in a lot of pain. Hopefully there isn't permanent damage to that arm.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:55 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Diego Godin!
The defeated Pol Cuaresma Iiii had this to say: 'I'll go Fuck your sister, mother and your grand mother'.
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Undercard bout
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Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Jose Mera (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Kalevi Holger Routakirves (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Routakirves has chosen Miami Nights 1984 - Elevator of Love as his entrance music. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.
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150 lbs
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169 lbs
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Solid boxing
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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
15 - 10 - 0, fighting out of London, Jose Mera!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
14 - 12 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Kalevi Holger Routakirves!
The judges for this bout are Radbod Blank, Aafke Stam and Patrick Alders.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Mera tries to shoot in for a takedown. He's got hold of a leg but Routakirves swivels and escapes.
Routakirves moves into range and connects with a jab.
Mera drives through and clinches with Routakirves against the cage.
Routakirves jumps guard.
Mera wants to control from the top but Routakirves keeps moving.
Routakirves escapes his hips to the side and looks to be working for an armbar. Mera gives him a little smile and shakes his head. No chance.
Routakirves working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Mera.
Mera advances position into side control!
Routakirves tries to buck Mera off but Mera is having none of it.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Routakirves is moving his hips around well on the bottom and has managed to get back to half guard.
Mera wants to free his trapped foot but Routakirves is holding on for dear life with his legs.
Routakirves works his way to full guard. Good work.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Mera trying to control but Routakirves is working from the bottom.
Routakirves looking for submissions from the bottom here. Moving his hips around, possibly looking for an armbar.
Routakirves utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Routakirves 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.
Routakirves working from the bottom, still in full guard. He's managed to get a loose triangle. Mera doesn't seem to be doing much to defend here, obviously he feels comfortable in the position. Mera manages to throw the legs off his shoulder and he's back into guard - no problem.
Mera trying to control but Routakirves is working from the bottom.
Mera has to be careful here, sitting in the guard of a superior BJJ player.
Routakirves wants to sweep here but Mera controlling him for the moment.
Routakirves working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Mera.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Well. There's a bit of a lull in the action here and the crowd are starting to get restless.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Routakirves looking to control.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Mera trying to control but Routakirves is working from the bottom.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Mera's corner. There ya go! There ya go!
Mera is in close to Routakirves's body, working some short punches and elbows.
Mera is pushing down on Routakirves's leg trying to pass to half guard. Routakirves is fighting to maintain full guard but Mera has managed to sneak the leg through.
Routakirves felt the need to train up his defensive grappling in the buildup to the fight. Presumably he was expecting to be in a difficult position like this, so let's see if he can get out of it.
Routakirves tries to get to full guard but Mera has control of the leg.
Mera wants to pass the guard but Routakirves is defending well.
Well, if Mera is going to just lie there, perhaps we should talk about what we're having for dinner tonight… I'm having a ham and pineapple pizza… Yum. Can't wait.
The fighters are battling for position here. Routakirves manages to regain full guard. Nice work.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Mera is pushing down on Routakirves's leg trying to pass to half guard. Routakirves is fighting to maintain full guard but Mera has managed to sneak the leg through.
Mera is trying to advance to mount but he's lost his balance and Routakirves reverses the position - he's now on top in Mera's guard.
Routakirves won't allow Mera to sweep him here.
Routakirves looking to pass the guard.
Routakirves preventing the sweep.
Routakirves is looking to advance position but Mera has hit a scissor sweep - now he's on top in mount!
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Routakirves wants to control but Mera is having none of it.
Routakirves is trying to escape the mount.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Routakirves is squirming around, avoiding Mera's attempts to control the action.
Routakirves is looking to get to half guard.
Routakirves bucks up and manages to get a nice reversal! He's in guard on the top - nicely done!
Routakirves stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Mera swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Mera is active off his back here, looking for submissions.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Routakirves looking to pass the guard.
Mera bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Routakirves's guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close round but Kalevi Holger Routakirves will probably get the nod.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.
Mera getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
Mera fails with a takedown attempt from distance.
Routakirves looking to shoot here. He's gone for it and he's landed a takedown into side control! Oh, that's bad for Mera!
Routakirves tries for a kimura. Not really close to a finish though.
Mera tries to buck Routakirves off but Routakirves is having none of it.
Routakirves creates a bit of distance and throws down some hard shots.
Mera tries to get back to half guard but can't.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Routakirves lands a nice forearm strike.
Routakirves tries for a kimura. Not really close to a finish though.
Mera tries to improve position but can't.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Routakirves landing a few strikes.
Routakirves tries to move into full mount but can't pass Mera's legs.
Mera tries to work a leg under to get back to half guard but Routakirves wriggles his own leg back out and remains in side control.
Mera taking punishment in the form of punches.
Mera is trying to improve his position.
Routakirves working the ground and pound from side control.
Routakirves is putting a hurting on Mera here, landing some big shots from side control.
Routakirves wants to lay and pray for a moment but Mera keeps working.
Mera gets back to half guard.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Mera regains full guard. Nicely done.
Mera wants to sweep here but Routakirves controlling him for the moment.
Kalevi Holger Routakirves has got the better of the ground game so far.
Routakirves throwing strikes from guard but Mera blocks nicely.
Routakirves passes Mera's right leg, so he's now in half guard.
Routakirves trying to control from half guard but Mera is working away.
Routakirves is looking for a kimura. It's going to be difficult to finish that from half guard though and Mera defends it well.
Routakirves wants to lay and pray for a moment but Mera keeps working.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Routakirves is looking to advance position but Mera won't allow it.
Routakirves seems to be working for a kimura but Mera defends the submission attempt.
Routakirves is working hard to pass the guard. He's done it - he's now in full mount! Trouble for Mera!
Mera tries to lock up and control but Routakirves gives him a forearm to the face and pushes him away.
Routakirves lands a couple of good shots and Mera has given up his back, trying to escape the position!
Mera is defending well here and trying to improve his position.
Routakirves scores with some strikes to the side of the head there. Good, points scoring shots.
Routakirves is hanging on to Mera's back as he tries to escape.
Routakirves scores with a nice shot to the head of his opponent. Mera is looking for a way out.
Routakirves keeps control of the position as Mera tries to break free.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Routakirves lands with a couple of good shots - one to the side of the head and one questionable shot that could be viewed as to the back of the head but the referee lets it go.
Routakirves is throwing strikes from the back here. Oh that last one was to the back of the head. Routakirves gets a warning from the referee. He throws another strike to the back of the head straight away though and the referee has seen enough. He breaks up the two fighters and stands them back up. Routakirves gets a real talking to here and is lucky not to get a point deducted. Routakirves apologises and we restart here on the feet.
Mera tries to score a power double leg takedown but Routakirves sees that one coming and sprawls well. That will dishearten Mera somewhat.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Mera looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Routakirves is fending him off so far but Mera persists. Nope, Routakirves circles away and we're back to standing.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Jose Mera. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Mera has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Routakirves finds it's way round the side to connect with Mera's head.
Mera keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Routakirves.
Routakirves connects with a good right hand that stumbles Mera. Mera circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
Mera shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says Routakirves as he avoids it easily.
Routakirves throws the left hand but Mera avoids the punch easily.
Routakirves misses with a looping left.
Routakirves on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
No luck for Mera with that takedown attempt.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Kalevi Holger Routakirves showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action! The crowd applaud as we get ready to start the final round!
Routakirves ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Mera clinches up against the cage.
A head punch on the inside from Routakirves fails to land.
Mera throws a punch but it's blocked by Routakirves.
Routakirves pulls guard effortlessly.
Mera pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Routakirves is keeping the position for now.
Routakirves has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Mera trying to control the position from guard on top but Routakirves is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Mera postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Routakirves wants to sweep but no luck.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Routakirves not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
Mera pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Routakirves is keeping the position for now.
Mera slips nicely into half guard.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Routakirves tries to roll over but Mera keeps him under control.
Mera uses his free foot to push down on Routakirves's thigh. Eventually he works his other foot free and he's advanced to mount - this is trouble for Routakirves.
Mera thowing strikes but they're hitting the gloves, not doing any damage.
Mera working the ground and pound effectively.
Routakirves is trying desperately to improve position.
Routakirves is squirming around, avoiding Mera's attempts to control the action.
Routakirves is desperately trying to get back to half guard.
Jose Mera has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Routakirves wants to control but Mera is having none of it.
Routakirves avoids a series of strikes thrown by Mera.
Routakirves is trying desperately to improve position.
Routakirves keeps trying to improve his position.
Mera can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Routakirves is looking to escape.
Routakirves sneaks a leg under to get to half guard.
Mera sitting and controlling from the half guard.
Routakirves is staying active underneath Mera, who seems content to just control the action from this position.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Mera is nestled in close to Routakirves, controlling him well. He's worked in a nice elbow to the side of the head as well, for good measure.
Routakirves tries to get to full guard but Mera has control of the leg.
Mera is working hard to pass the guard. He's done it - he's now in full mount! Trouble for Routakirves!
Mera throws some wild stikes that Routakirves manages to avoid easily.
Routakirves is trying to escape the mount.
Routakirves tries to hold on but Mera postures up.
Routakirves is trying desperately to improve position.
Kalevi Holger Routakirves is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.
Mera looking to control but Routakirves is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Routakirves tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Mera throwing sloppy strikes here. Perhaps if he tightened up his striking from such a dominant position, he'd be able to finish easier.
Mera controlling from mount.
Routakirves is squirming around, avoiding Mera's attempts to control the action.
Mera throws some wild stikes that Routakirves manages to avoid easily.
Routakirves is squirming around, avoiding Mera's attempts to control the action.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Routakirves is writhing around trying to get back to his feet.
Routakirves avoids a series of strikes thrown by Mera.
And that's the end of the fight!
Jose Mera showed his dominance in that final round.
I think Routakirves has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Radbod Blank scores the fight 29:28
Judge Aafke Stam scores the fight 28:29
Judge Patrick Alders scores the fight 29:29
The fight is ruled a draw!
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Undercard bout
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Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Jack Burton (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jock Sleed (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Sleed comes into a darkened arena with his song building. I'm An Individual kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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159 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 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Jack Burton!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
14 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Jock Sleed!
The judges for this bout are Nard Betker, Aafke Stam and Paul Aken.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Burton will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
Burton keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
A chopping leg kick lands by Sleed.
Sleed shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.
Burton throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Burton catches Sleed with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
Sleed swings for the body but Burton moves out of range.
Sleed misses with a wild body shot.
Burton is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Jack Burton seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Sleed avoids a kick to the body.
Burton connects with the punch.
Burton has been working on his boxing with his coaches at LOD-Guts & Glory Gym in the buildup to the fight.
Burton avoids the body shot from Sleed.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Sleed lets the fists fly and connects with a left straight followed by a right hook.
Burton uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Sleed.
Sleed misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Burton.
Sleed throws a big shot that misses.
Burton moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Burton checks a leg kick.
Burton throws a half hearted mid kick.
Burton ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Sleed moves away.
Burton takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Sleed swings for the body but Burton moves out of range.
Sleed is looking to slow Burton down with leg kicks.
Sleed blocks a low kick nicely.
Sleed let fly with a counter punch to the body but it didn't land.
Sleed throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Sleed throws a leg kick that misses.
Burton misses with a body shot.
Sleed thuds a left hand into Burton's body.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
A lazy left from Burton finds it's target.
Burton misses with a leg kick.
A decent looking cross lands there for Burton.
Burton misses the jab.
A big left from Burton misses.
Sleed is throwing a lot of body shots here, looking to wear down Burton rather than just go for the knockout.
Sleed is looking to slow Burton down with leg kicks.
Burton looks to throw the jab but Sleed is out of range.
Sleed lands a really nice looking cross but Burton seems unphased.
Burton on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sleed lands a lovely overhand right.
Sleed throws a hook to the side of Burton's head but Burton sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Burton on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Burton scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
Sleed throws a leg kick which misses Burton's front leg but catches the back leg as Burton tries to avoid it.
Jock Sleed is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Sleed slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
Burton tries to close the distance and clinch up but Sleed swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Sleed lets it all go there with a big combo counter but none of the punches connected.
Sleed misses the shot to the body.
Burton ducks under a wild hook from Sleed.
Burton tried to counter with a leg kick but Sleed avoided it.
Sleed swings for the body but Burton moves out of range.
Burton misses the shot to the body.
Sleed appeared to try and counter that last move with a leg kick.
Burton takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Sleed keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Burton fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Sleed misses with a body shot
and Burton counters with a nice shoot takedown that brings the fighters to the ground.
Sleed has Burton pulled in close to control his posture.
Burton wants to control from the top but Sleed keeps moving.
Sleed is pulling down on Burton's head. It's preventing any offense from Burton, at least for the moment.
Sleed keeping moving, preventing Burton from controlling successfully.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Jock Sleed dominated that round.
That's time! Burton's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.
Sleed takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
Burton tries to work over Sleed's front leg with a kick but Sleed checks it.
Burton is using his height advantage well here, landing a good percentage of his punches.
Sleed on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
Sleed punishes Burton's body with a nice straight punch.
Sleed takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Jock Sleed seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Burton is looking to clinch but Sleed is avoiding it.
Sleed moves away from the strike by Burton.
Burton throws a low kick but Sleed avoids it.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Sleed with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Burton moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Sleed paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
Sleed just misses with a punch to the body.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Burton misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Sleed.
Burton shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Burton takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
Burton scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Burton tries to land a leg kick but Sleed saw it coming and moves away.
Sleed fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Burton manages to avoid it.
A looping hook to the body misses from Sleed. Burton does a little dance to reset his feet.
Sleed stuffs a takedown. It's all about dictating where the fight takes place and Sleed wants it to stay on the feet.
Sleed tries to check a leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Burton misses with an uppercut. Sleed saw that one coming.
Sleed flicks out a counter leg kick but Burton steps away.
Burton keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Sleed finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
Burton throwing a counter right hand but Sleed manages to avoid it.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Burton looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Burton avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Burton fires out a quick counter leg kick but Sleed just manages to avoid it.
Burton looks to land a body kick but Sleed moved away.
Burton is looking to land body kicks.
Burton looks to land a left hand but Sleed moved out of range nicely.
Sleed looks to land a right hand but Burton moved out of range.
Burton throws a nice inside leg kick.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Burton connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
Burton steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Sleed.
Sleed fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Burton.
Sleed throws a chopping leg kick but Burton manages to avoid taking any serious damage.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Burton.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sleed uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Burton.
Crunch! Burton slams his shin into Sleed's torso.
Sleed attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
Sleed misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Burton.
Burton shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Sleed as he jumps to the side.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Jack Burton. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Burton pivots, looking for a leg kick but Sleed is out of range and Burton settles back down.
Sleed only half commits to the counter leg kick.
Burton misses with a low kick as Sleed jumps back.
Sleed throws a body shot but no joy.
Sleed throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Sleed finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Sleed uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Burton.
Sleed lands a jab to Burton's midsection.
Sleed lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Burton at a distance.
Burton moves away from the strike by Sleed.
Sleed throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Sleed thows a left - swing and a miss!
Burton swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
Burton misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Sleed.
Sleed looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Sleed is looking to chop away at Burton's legs.
Sleed ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Sleed misses with a body shot.
Sleed on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
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!
Sleed jabbing away but nothing is landing.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close second round but Jock Sleed will probably get the nod - 10:9.
That's time! Back to the action! So, we enter the final round. Let's see if either fighter can bring us a finish, or whether we're going to the judges scorecards.
Sleed blocks a head kick by Burton.
Sleed throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Sleed throws a body shot but no joy.
Sleed connects with a body shot.
Sleed displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Burton throws out the jab.
Sleed fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Burton manages to avoid it.
Sleed throws a leg kick that misses.
Burton scoring well with a low kick there.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Sleed blocks a head kick by Burton.
Sleed throws a shot from downtown. Burton moves away and avoids it.
Sleed throws a leg kick but Burton sees it coming and checks it nicely.
Burton uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Sleed.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Burton thuds his shin into the meat of Sleed's side.
Sleed defends well against a solid takedown attempt from Burton.
Burton lands a nice looking body kick.
Burton misses the shot to the body.
A swing and a miss from Burton.
Burton checks the leg kick nicely there.
Sleed connects with a nice looking jab.
Sleed throws a leg kick but Burton sees it coming and checks it nicely.
Sleed lands with a thumping leg kick.
Sleed misses the shot to the body.
Burton tries to close the distance and clinch up but Sleed swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Burton throws a nice inside leg kick.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Sleed tries to land a leg kick but Burton saw it coming and moves away.
Burton connects with a leg kick. Sleed looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
Sleed misses with a straight right.
Burton throws a hook but Sleed blocks it.
Sleed wants to slow Burton down by chopping away at his legs.
Burton tried to counter with a leg kick but Sleed avoided it.
Sleed lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Sleed takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
Sleed looks to score with a jab to the body but Burton is just out of range.
Burton connects with a leg kick. Sleed looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
Sleed connects with a body shot.
Sleed takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Jack Burton has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Burton throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Sleed appears to be waiting to throw a counter punch to the body.
Sleed uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Burton.
A nice combination there by Sleed.
Burton misses the shot to the body.
An inside leg kick from Burton misses.
Burton fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Sleed.
Sleed misses the shot to the body.
Burton throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Burton fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Sleed throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.
Sleed fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Burton manages to avoid it.
Jock Sleed is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Burton shoots in for a double leg but Sleed sprawls well. That's going to sap some energy.
Burton takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Burton ducks under a wild hook from Sleed.
Burton pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Sleed throws a counter combo.
Sleed throws a low kick but it's checked well by Burton.
Sleed checks a leg kick.
Burton throws a head kick that misses.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Burton is looking to clinch.
A nice side step and Sleed releases a counter shot to the body, but it doesn't find it's home.
Sleed scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Burton doesn't seem bothered though.
An inside leg kick lands from Sleed.
Burton checks a low kick from Sleed.
And that's the end of the fight!
I would just about give that final round to Jock Sleed.
I've got Sleed winning every round here. Surely the decision will go his way and he'll pick up a well deserved decision victory. 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 27:30
Judge Aafke Stam scores the fight 27:30
Judge Paul Aken scores the fight 27:30
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Jock Sleed!
Jock Sleed bigged himself up after the win. The crowd seemed to love it.
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Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Steffan Stove (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Nathan Schoots (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Stove comes to the cage accompanied by Fire. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.
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146 lbs
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the bantamweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
13 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Steffan Stove!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
7 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Nathan Schoots!
The judges for this bout are Paul Aken, Patrick Alders and Saam Ante.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Schoots uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Stove.
Schoots with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Stove to score with a decent uppercut.
A looping hook to the body misses from Stove. Schoots does a little dance to reset his feet.
Schoots misses with a hook. Stove ducked under it nicely.
Stove tried to counter with a leg kick but Schoots avoided it.
Schoots throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Stove on the side of the head.
Stove slips under a jab.
Nathan Schoots seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Schoots's jab looks to have found its range, popping Stove under the eye.
Schoots misses with a looping right.
Stove looked to counter that last move with a leg kick but didn't pull the trigger.
Stove fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Schoots is out of range.
Schoots is definitely looking for the counter takedowns here.
Schoots keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Stove bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Schoots throws a hook to the side of Stove's head but Stove sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Stove misses with a low kick.
Schoots works Stove's body with a nice hook.
Schoots keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Schoots fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Stove manages to avoid it.
Schoots throws out a loose jab but Stove uses good head movement to avoid it.
Schoots fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Stove throws a head kick that misses.
Schoots cracks Stove with a good jab.
Schoots throws out a loose jab but Stove uses good head movement to avoid it.
Stove swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
Stove dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Schoots throws a right hand that misses
letting Stove counter with a right hand.
Schoots might want to mix his strikes up a bit more. He's just going for head shots at the moment and that can become a bit predictable.
A looping hook to the body misses from Schoots. Stove does a little dance to reset his feet.
Schoots dives in for a single leg takedown but Stove sprawls and the fighters end up clinched against the cage.
Schoots lands a nice shot that snaps Stove's head back.
Stove thows a left - swing and a miss!
Schoots has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Stove.
Schoots's coach down at #1 Amsterdam was telling us pre-fight that they have been working on Schoots's balance. Obviously they view that as a key factor in the outcome of this fight.
Schoots shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Stove as he jumps to the side.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Stove looking to land some kicks to the body here.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Stove throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Schoots throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Schoots's jab looks to have found its range, popping Stove under the eye.
Schoots misses with a looping left.
A counter left hand to the body from Stove misses its target.
Stove misses with an uppercut.
Stove takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
Stove is looking to slow Schoots down with leg kicks.
Stove is looking to wear down Schoots with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
Schoots takes a swing at Stove's ribcage but misses.
Stove tried to counter with a leg kick but Schoots avoided it.
Schoots rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Stove counters with a good low kick that Schoots was not able to check.
Stove uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Schoots.
Schoots walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
Nice shot by Schoots.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Schoots staying out of range there.
Schoots fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Stove manages to avoid it.
Stove takes a jab right on the kisser.
Schoots scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!
Schoots listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Schoots fails with a takedown attempt from distance.
Steffan Stove has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Nathan Schoots.
Schoots throws a jab but it's blocked by Stove.
Schoots getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
Schoots dives in and grabs Stove's left leg, looking for a takedown. Stove pushes down on Schoots's head and hops out.
Stove slips a jab and a cross from Schoots.
Stove works the jab nicely.
Stove throws out a powerful jab.
Schoots is rocked!
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Stove has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Stove there as he acknowledges the shot.
Schoots is still on wobbly legs! Can Stove finish him?
Schoots looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Stove is fending him off so far but Schoots persists. Nope, Stove circles away and we're back to standing.
Stove feinted there with a counter leg kick.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Stove stuffs the takedown attempt from Schoots. Schoots gets slowly back to his feet.
Nice uppercut there from Schoots.
Schoots seems to have recovered his senses.
Schoots walks into a stiff left hand from Stove.
Good exchange - Schoots coming out on top.
Stove lands with a cross.
Schoots looks to throw the jab but Stove is out of range.
A lazy left from Stove finds it's target.
Schoots lets the fists fly and connects with a left straight followed by a right hook.
A shot to the liver by Schoots. Beautiful body shot.
Steffan Stove is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Schoots just misses with a punch to the body.
Schoots misses with a takedown
and Stove counters with a head kick that crumples his opponent - he's in a world of trouble! Stove looks at the referee who does nothing so Stove lands a crushing right that sends Schoots to the floor! This time the ref steps in to end the fight.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:55 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Steffan Stove!
Steffan Stove was full of energy after the big win and talked about how he thinks he can do big things in this sport. The crowd were appreciative of his determination to succeed.
Nathan Schoots was interviewed post fight and said 'Where am I?'.
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Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Cesar Sampaio (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Nathan Silver (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.
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144 lbs
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147 lbs
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the bantamweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
18 - 10 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Cesar Sampaio!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
19 - 12 - 1, fighting out of London, Nathan Silver!
The judges for this bout are Wagner Zegers, Albert Achterberg and Paulsen Ambrosius.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Sampaio displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Silver throws out the jab.
A punch lands to the side of Silver 's head but he takes it in his stride.
Silver moves out of range of the body kick.
Silver throws a jab but it's blocked by Sampaio.
Sampaio cracks Silver with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
Sampaio fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Sampaio slips a straight right by Silver.
Silver misses with a jab, cross combination.
Silver misses with a leg kick.
Silver takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Sampaio ducks under a wild hook from Silver.
Sampaio tries to work over Silver's front leg with a kick but Silver checks it.
Silver looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Sampaio scores with a leg kick.
Silver jabs Sampaio to the body, keeping him at a distance.
A slapping leg kick lands for Sampaio.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
A slow jab from Silver misses its intended target.
Sampaio cracks the inside of Silver's front leg.
Sampaio ducks under a wild hook from Silver.
Sampaio showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Silver.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Silver throws a body shot but no joy.
Silver takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
Sampaio cracks the inside of Silver's front leg.
Sampaio tries to clinch up but Silver circles away and keeps his distance.
Silver tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Sampaio was well out of range. Poor timing from Silver.
Sampaio takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
Sampaio keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
A good leg kick by Sampaio.
Silver throws a lazy right hand but Sampaio sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Nathan Silver is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Silver misses with a leg kick.
Sampaio slips a straight right by Silver.
Sampaio tries a head kick but it misses.
Silver uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Sampaio.
Sampaio shoots in and scores a nice double leg takedown into half guard.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Ground and pound from Sampaio.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Sampaio missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
Silver is refusing to be controlled, as Sampaio sits in half guard.
Sampaio is going to have to think about doing something other than just controlling because Silver is managing to avoid having the position dictated to him.
Sampaio is looking to stall here but Silver recovers full guard.
Sampaio pushes down on Silver's leg and manages to get into half guard.
We've been hearing that Sampaio has been drilling a lot of ground and pound in training, so let's see if he get the finish.
Sampaio lands strikes from half guard.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sampaio missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
Sampaio stalling away here and it's allowed Silver to slip out his trapped foot and regain full guard.
Sampaio wants to pass the guard but Silver is keeping the position.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Sampaio wants to control from the top but Silver keeps moving.
Sampaio postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are showing their displeasure at the lack of action as loud boos ring out around the arena.
Silver preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Sampaio won't allow Silver to sweep him here.
Silver manages to sweep nicely, so he's now on top. Sampaio manages to get himself to full guard.
Silver slows down the pace of the fight, as he sits in guard.
Sampaio is active off his back here, looking for submissions.
Sampaio tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Silver is frustrating his opponent with some stalling tactics from top position.
The referee is asking the fighters to pick up the pace.
Silver wants to control from the top but Sampaio keeps moving.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Cesar Sampaio dominated that round.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.
Silver fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Sampaio manages to avoid it.
Silver throws a jab but it's blocked by Sampaio.
Sampaio keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Silver.
Sampaio throws a front kick aimed at Silver's knee but Silver avoids it well.
A little jabbing left from Silver on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Sampaio shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.
Sampaio lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
Sampaio lands an overhand right.
Sampaio throws a wild body kick that Silver sees coming a mile off.
Sampaio throws a front kick that sends Silver stumbling back into the cage.
Silver throws a hook but Sampaio avoids it easily.
Sampaio is looking to counter the offense by Silver and move into the clinch.
Silver throws a leg kick
and Sampaio counters with a nice low kick that buckles Silver's knee momentarily.
Sampaio scores with a hook to the body. Silver takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Sampaio throws out a leg kick but Silver moves out of range and Sampaio only half commits.
Silver's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Sampaio scores with a leg kick.
Sampaio defending well as Silver loads up on a big left hand.
Sampaio fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Silver checks it well.
Sampaio shoots and misses
and Silver counters with a nice uppercut.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Silver comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Silver is really struggling to land any decent head shots against his taller opponent.
Sampaio misses with a body shot.
A countering left hand to the body from Silver misses.
Sampaio is using his height advantage well here, landing a good percentage of his punches.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Sampaio dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Silver. That did some damage!
A lazy left from Sampaio finds it's target.
Sampaio throws a front kick that sends Silver stumbling back into the cage.
Silver throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Sampaio on the side of the head.
Sampaio moves in looking to clinch but Silver pushes him off.
Sampaio uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Silver.
Silver looks to score with a jab to the body but Sampaio is just out of range.
Sampaio moves in looking to clinch but Silver pushes him off.
Sampaio tries to clinch up.
Sampaio pivots, looking for a leg kick but Silver is out of range and Sampaio settles back down.
Sampaio fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Silver has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Silver throws a two punch combo that lands nicely.
Silver throws a jab when Sampaio was well out of range.
Sampaio slips under a jab.
A nice inside leg kick there by Sampaio. That's going to slow Silver down.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from Sampaio.
A swing and a miss from Silver.
Cesar Sampaio is winning the standup battle so far.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Silver with a hook.
A punch combination from Silver misses.
Silver misses with a low kick.
Silver throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Silver uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Sampaio has time to react.
Sampaio displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Silver throws out the jab.
Sampaio appears to be looking for a counter takedown.
Sampaio slips under a jab from Silver.
Silver on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
Good work by Silver as he checks the leg kick.
Sampaio throws a leg kick which misses Silver's front leg but catches the back leg as Silver tries to avoid it.
Sampaio takes one on the button.
Silver fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Nice defenses there by Sampaio.
Silver lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Sampaio at a distance.
Sampaio sizes up Silver with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
Sampaio slips a straight right by Silver.
A shot to the liver by Sampaio. Beautiful body shot.
Silver throws a good cross that connects.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sampaio throws a body kick that sends a sickening thudding noise reverberating around the arena.
Silver throws a body shot but no joy.
Sampaio cracks Silver with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
Sampaio buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Silver has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Sampaio.
Sampaio does a little shimmy and throws a leg kick. The leg kick missed by a considerable margin though, making him look a little bit silly for doing the shimmy.
Horrible takedown attempt by Sampaio or perhaps it was just good defense by Silver, which made it look bad.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Cesar Sampaio. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Sampaio wants to clinch.
Sampaio is looking to chop away at Silver's legs.
Silver is looking to score with low kicks.
Silver fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Sampaio takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
Silver dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Sampaio. That did some damage!
Sampaio misses with a kick to the body.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Sampaio lands with a right hand.
Silver misses with a looping right.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Sampaio's corner calls for a 1-2. Sampaio obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
A chopping leg kick lands by Sampaio.
Silver checks a leg kick nicely.
Silver ducks under a wild hook from Sampaio.
Silver throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Sampaio sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Sampaio drives through with a really nice takedown into side control.
Silver is trying to control Sampaio's posture but Sampaio avoids it.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Sampaio is looking to take a break and control but Silver is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
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 Cesar Sampaio will probably get the nod.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! This is the final round!
Silver looks to throw the jab but Sampaio is out of range.
Silver jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Sampaio swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
A thudding body kick lands there by Sampaio!
Sampaio lands a front kick.
Sampaio tries a head kick but it misses.
Sampaio uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Silver has time to react.
Silver throws a head kick but Sampaio moves out of range.
Sampaio throws a poor cross that misses
and Silver counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Silver misses with a looping right.
Silver throws a jab but it's blocked by Sampaio.
Sampaio paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
Sampaio displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Silver throws out the jab.
Sampaio is using his reach advantage well here, landing the more effective single shots from range.
Sampaio gets the takedown into side control.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Sampaio goes for an armbar here - this could be all over! But no, Silver has escaped beautifully and is now on top in side control! Oh, that's unlucky for Sampaio but great work by Silver.
You can see the frustration on Sampaio's face as Silver controls the position.
Sampaio gives up the full mount - oops, sloppy defensive grappling there!
That's one minute gone in the round.
Sampaio really trying hard to get back to half guard here.
Silver controlling from the full mount.
Silver trying to control but he's not successful this time.
Sampaio is trying desperately to improve position.
Silver controlling from mount.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are showing their displeasure at the lack of action as loud boos ring out around the arena.
Sampaio is trying desperately to improve position.
Silver stands up from mount. Strange move.
Sampaio avoids the body shot from Silver.
Left hook, right uppercut from Sampaio.
Silver staying out of range there.
Silver has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Sampaio.
Silver throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
A slapping leg kick lands for Sampaio.
Silver is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Sampaio.
Silver misses with a straight left.
Sampaio half commits to a counter takedown before pushing away, out of range.
Silver fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Sampaio manages to avoid it.
Silver throws a big shot that misses.
A looping hook to the body misses from Silver. Sampaio does a little dance to reset his feet.
Sampaio half commits to a counter takedown before pushing away, out of range.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sampaio closes the distance and clinches.
Silver tries to throw a body punch but Sampaio avoids it by throwing Silver back against the cage.
Sampaio scores with a shoulder strike.
Sampaio lands with a light punch inside.
Sampaio pushes Silver back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
A nice left hand lands by Silver.
Silver blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Sampaio tries to land knees in the clinch but Silver avoids the damage to the body.
Sampaio looking for a takedown.
Silver misses with a hook to the ribs.
Silver misses with the head strike.
Sampaio lands a damaging elbow.
Sampaio wants to take the fight to the mat but Silver manages to get underhooks and keep the fight in the clinch.
Silver lands with a left to the head.
Sampaio unloads a knee to the mid-section. Silver lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Sampaio prevents a body shot from Silver.
Sampaio swings away with an uppercut that misses.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Sampaio is looking for a takedown.
Nathan Silver has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Cesar Sampaio. That's going to take a lot out of him.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Sampaio misses with a punch on the inside.
Silver lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Sampaio tries to score a body lock takedown but Silver shows good agility there to stay on his feet.
Sampaio tries a body shot but Silver blocks it.
Silver tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Sampaio.
Cesar Sampaio is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Silver scores with a nice hook to the head.
Silver blocks an uppercut.
Sampaio blocking some punches.
Sampaio misses with a punch on the inside.
Silver blocks an elbow strike from Sampaio.
Sampaio tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Silver tries to break the clinch but Sampaio is controlling the position.
Silver blocking some punches.
Silver misses with a hook to the ribs.
Sampaio lands a hook that snaps the head of Silver backwards.
Sampaio tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Silver takes an elbow to the temple.
And that's the end of the fight!
That was a close round. You could make an argument for either fighter but I would give it to Cesar Sampaio.
Well Sampaio has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Wagner Zegers scores the fight 30:27
Judge Albert Achterberg scores the fight 29:28
Judge Paulsen Ambrosius scores the fight 30:27
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Cesar Sampaio!
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Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Fakhri El Hashem (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Enzo Galasso (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). El Hashem comes to the cage accompanied by Kassaman. The fight MMA fans around the world have waited their entire lives for!
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154 lbs
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164 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
15 - 10 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Fakhri El Hashem!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
12 - 15 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Enzo Galasso!
The judges for this bout are Aafke Stam, Nard Betker and Daniel Blasius.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
El Hashem moves into range and throws a lovely three punch combination.
Fakhri El Hashem seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Galasso avoids a punch combination nicely.
El Hashem gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Galasso showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from El Hashem.
El Hashem lands a jab to the nose.
El Hashem ducks right into an uppercut from Galasso.
It looks like Fakhri El Hashem has been cut.
El Hashem stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Galasso thuds a left hand into El Hashem's body.
A slow jab from El Hashem misses its intended target.
El Hashem throws a series of punches but Galasso avoids them all with ease.
El Hashem shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
A big left from El Hashem misses.
El Hashem rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Galasso moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Galasso lands a lovely overhand right.
El Hashem uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Galasso.
El Hashem misses with a looping right.
Galasso takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Galasso comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
A slow jab from El Hashem misses its intended target.
Nice uppercut lands for Galasso. That snapped El Hashem's head back.
A shot to the liver by El Hashem. Beautiful body shot.
Galasso throws a lazy right hand but El Hashem sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
El Hashem takes a shot right to the bread basket.
El Hashem throws a jab but it's blocked by Galasso.
El Hashem fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
El Hashem listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
El Hashem digs a good hook to Galasso's body.
El Hashem throws a right hand that Galasso ducks under and follows up with a left that Galasso also avoids with ease.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
El Hashem slips a jab and a cross from Galasso.
El Hashem takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
El Hashem lands with a good body shot.
A shot to the liver by El Hashem. Beautiful body shot.
El Hashem connects with the punch.
El Hashem throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Galasso throws a series of punches but El Hashem avoids them all with ease.
El Hashem misses with a hook. Galasso ducked under it nicely.
Galasso scores with a punch to the head.
Galasso has been working his punching technique in the buildup to the fight and it appears to be paying off.
Galasso is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by El Hashem.
El Hashem takes a swing at Galasso's ribcage but misses.
El Hashem misses with a body shot.
A looping hook to the body misses from Galasso. El Hashem does a little dance to reset his feet.
El Hashem takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
El Hashem thuds a left hand into Galasso's body.
El Hashem defending well as Galasso loads up on a big left hand.
Galasso avoids a punch combination nicely.
Galasso uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by El Hashem.
Galasso lands a right hook to the body.
El Hashem on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Galasso fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
Galasso avoids the body shot from El Hashem.
El Hashem ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Galasso lands with a right hand.
El Hashem throws a nice looking combination but Galasso bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
El Hashem looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
The crowd cheers as El Hashem lands an impressive looking overhand right. Galasso doesn't seem phased though.
Galasso looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Galasso jabbing away but nothing is landing.
El Hashem avoids a punch combination nicely.
El Hashem throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Galasso sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Galasso throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Galasso swings and misses with a hook to the body.
El Hashem on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
Galasso takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Galasso throws a body punch but El Hashem moves out of range.
El Hashem feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Galassos jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!
Galasso is rocked!
El Hashem lands with a big left! Galasso is wobbled badly! El Hashem comes in with a flurry of punches and drops Galasso to the floor. The ref jumps in to save him from unneccessary punishment.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:59 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Punches). Fakhri El Hashem!
Fakhri El Hashem thanked the fans post fight for their support.
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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Kevin Hall (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Aleksey Zulughanov (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Aleksey Zulughanov has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?
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265 lbs
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225 lbs
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
8 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Kevin Hall!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
9 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Aleksey Zulughanov!
The judges for this bout are Saam Ante, Radbod Blank and Paulsen Ambrosius.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Zulughanov connects with a good right hand that stumbles Hall. Hall circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
Hall misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Zulughanov.
Hall fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
Hall throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Zulughanov lands a slapping body shot.
A bone on bone clash there as Zulughanov blocks the leg kick.
Kevin Hall seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Zulughanov connects with the punch.
Hall has his head slapped from side to side by a 3 punch combination. That must have hurt him.
Zulughanov with a nice cross.
A slow jab from Hall misses its intended target.
Zulughanov pushes forward with a 1-2 combination that forces Hall back to the cage. Zulughanov follows up with a solid lead hook to the liver.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Zulughanov scores with a decent looking hook.
Zulughanov swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Hall fails with a takedown attempt from distance.
Zulughanov avoids a kick to the body.
Zulughanov steps in looking to counter with the mid kick but it doesn't connect.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Zulughanov lands a right hook to the body.
Zulughanov moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Hall has a nice red mark on his side after a thudding body kick by Zulughanov.
Hall takes a swing at Zulughanov's ribcage but misses.
Zulughanov moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Zulughanov throws a lazy right hand but Hall sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
No joy there for Zulughanov, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Hall appears to be looking for a counter takedown.
A slapping leg kick lands for Zulughanov.
Hall takes a swing at Zulughanov's ribcage but misses.
Zulughanov does a little shimmy and throws a leg kick. The leg kick missed by a considerable margin though, making him look a little bit silly for doing the shimmy.
Zulughanov moves out of range of the body kick from Hall.
Hall scores with a sloppy right hand. Zulughanov should have avoided that one.
Hall lands with a good body shot.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hall misses the shot to the body.
Zulughanov scores with a jab.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Hall tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Zulughanov was well out of range. Poor timing from Hall.
Zulughanov bobs and weaves and then throws a good body kick.
Hall misses with an attempted mid kick.
Zulughanov appeared to try and counter that last move with a leg kick.
Zulughanov lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Hall rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Zulughanov counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Zulughanov digs a good body shot into Hall's ribs.
Aleksey Zulughanov is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Zulughanov scores with a nice right hand.
Zulughanov cracks Hall with a good jab.
The crowd cheers as Zulughanov lands an impressive looking overhand right. Hall doesn't seem phased though.
A big right from Zulughanov misses.
Hall takes a swing at Zulughanov's ribcage but misses.
Zulughanov scores with a punch to the head.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hall shoots and misses
and Zulughanov counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Kevin Hall. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Jab, jab by Zulughanov - just one landing.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Zulughanov.
Zulughanov takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Hall takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Hall shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Hall throws a body kick that misses.
Hall moves to clinch but Zulughanov breaks away
and Zulughanov counters with a slapping leg kick.
Hall throws a body kick that misses
and Zulughanov connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Zulughanov scores with a leg kick.
Hall just misses with a punch to the body.
Nice sprawl there from Zulughanov as Hall shoots in.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Hall throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
A telegraphed takedown attempt from Hall is defended easily by Zulughanov.
Zulughanov uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Hall has time to react.
Hall misses with a telegraphed body shot
and Zulughanov connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
A left lands for Zulughanov.
Hall throws a poor cross that misses
and Zulughanov counters with a straight right hand.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Zulughanov moves out of range of the body kick from Hall.
Zulughanov scores with a push kick.
Zulughanov leaves Hall with his face pressed against the mat as he sprawls beautifully, defending against a solid takedown attempt.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Aleksey Zulughanov dominated that round.
That's time! Hall's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.
Zulughanov scoring well with a low kick there.
Zulughanov chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Nice straight punches there by Zulughanov. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Zulughanov.
Decent striking displayed by Zulughanov there.
Hall is looking to wear down Zulughanov with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
Zulughanov avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Zulughanov scores with a kick to the body.
An inside leg kick lands from Zulughanov.
Hall tries to clinch there but Zulughanov circles away.
Hall looks to throw a body kick
and Zulughanov counters with a thumping low kick.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Zulughanov cracks the inside of Hall's front leg.
Zulughanov throws a combination. Hall tries to block but a couple of punches get through.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Zulughanov dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Hall. That did some damage!
Hall tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Zulughanov scores with a jab.
Hall takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
Zulughanov blocks the body kick.
Zulughanov feints a counter leg kick.
Zulughanov looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Zulughanov scores with a one two! Hall had his feet all tangled up there and couldn't avoid the strikes.
A shot to the body from Hall misses
letting Zulughanov counter with a right hand.
Hall shoots in and drives through. Zulughanov sprawls well.
Zulughanov fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Hall on the side of the head.
Zulughanov with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Hall takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Zulughanov takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Zulughanov misses with a head kick.
Hall tries to land a body kick
and Hall takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Zulughanov uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Hall has time to react.
Zulughanov looks to land a left hand but Hall moved out of range nicely.
Hall misses with a jab to the body
and Zulughanov counters with a leg kick.
Hall swings away with a body shot that misses
and Zulughanov counters with a straight right hand.
Hall fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
Zulughanov flicks out a counter leg kick but Hall steps away.
Aleksey Zulughanov seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Hall has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Zulughanov.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Zulughanov.
Zulughanov has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Hall takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
Zulughanov swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Zulughanov lands the left hand.
Hall misses with a body kick.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hall throws a leg kick but Zulughanov sees it coming and moves out of range.
Nice shot lands for Zulughanov.
Zulughanov throws a series of punches but Hall avoids them all with ease.
Hall loads up on a big right hand but Zulughanov slips the punch.
Hall tries for a takedown but Zulughanov circles away easily
and Zulughanov makes him pay by landing a thudding low kick.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Kevin Hall. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Hall takes one on the chin but seems OK.
Hall is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
Zulughanov ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Hall moves away.
Hall misses with a kick to the body.
Zulughanov let fly with a counter punch to the body but it didn't land.
Zulughanov lands a nice leg kick that just misses Hall's sensitive parts.
Zulughanov chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Hall gets his takedown attempt stuffed easily
and Zulughanov counters with a nice leg kick.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Hall throws a low kick but Zulughanov moves out of range easily.
A chopping leg kick lands by Zulughanov.
Hall 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.
Zulughanov ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Hall looking for a takedown here - he's got it.
A real slowdown in the pace of the fight for a moment, as Zulughanov holds on and takes a little breather.
Hall wants to control from the top but Zulughanov keeps moving.
Zulughanov keeping full guard, as Hall tries to pass.
Zulughanov preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Aleksey Zulughanov showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action. Ladies and gentlemen, this is the final round!
Zulughanov scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Zulughanov scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Hall doesn't seem bothered though.
Hall with a poor takedown
and Zulughanov counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.
Hall closes the distance but Zulughanov moves to the side
and Zulughanov cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Hall on the wrong end of a nice jab.
Hall drives through with a really nice takedown into side control.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Zulughanov is trying to control Hall's posture but Hall avoids it.
Hall throwing shots but missing, from side control.
Hall in side control, trying to ground and pound but not landing this time.
Zulughanov struggling a bit here.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Hall tries to move to mount but Zulughanov blocks the move with his legs.
Sloppy strikes there by Hall.
Zulughanov is not content to let Hall control the position.
Zulughanov regains half guard.
Hall trying to control from Zulughanov's half guard. Zulughanov has other ideas though and has regained full guard.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Hall with a flurry of punches that miss.
Kevin Hall has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
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.
Hall scoring with some ground and pound.
Zulughanov trying to control the position here.
Hall throws a big right hand that misses.
Zulughanov avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Hall throws a big elbow that misses.
Hall missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
The referee has decided to stand the fighters back up, so we'll restart on the feet.
Zulughanov lands with a thumping leg kick.
Zulughanov thuds a mid kick into his opponent's body. That will wear on Hall if he has to take too many more of those.
Zulughanov lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Zulughanov connects with a high kick.
Zulughanov swats away the attempt to clinch by Hall.
Hall will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
A nice leg kick lands there from Zulughanov.
Hall has his takedown stuffed
enabling Zulughanov to counter with a crisp jab.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Kevin Hall. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Zulughanov pushes Hall away with a front kick.
Hall gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Zulughanov.
Zulughanov scores with a nice head shot.
Zulughanov works Hall's body with a nice hook.
Zulughanov shuffles to his left behind two crisp jabs. Hall eats them both and turns towards Zulughanov to reposition himself and eats a stinging right hand-left hook combo.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Zulughanov scores with a nice body kick.
Hall ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Zulughanov moves away.
Zulughanov lands a jab. Then a cross. Then finally a nice hook to the body. Good work there by Zulughanov.
Hall swings away with a body shot that misses
and Zulughanov connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Zulughanov moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Zulughanov connects with a good right hand that stumbles Hall. Hall circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
Hall takes a swing at Zulughanov's ribcage but misses.
Hall ducks right into an uppercut from Zulughanov.
Zulughanov scores with a crisp jab that stopped Hall in his tracks.
Hall throws a body kick that misses
and Zulughanov counters with a series of strikes. Hall will be more careful next time no doubt.
Zulughanov scores with a leg kick.
Hall misses with a right hand
and Zulughanov counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
And that's the end of the fight!
Aleksey Zulughanov comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I've got Zulughanov winning every round here. Surely the decision will go his way and he'll pick up a well deserved decision victory. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Saam Ante scores the fight 27:30
Judge Radbod Blank scores the fight 27:30
Judge Paulsen Ambrosius scores the fight 27:30
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Aleksey Zulughanov!
Aleksey Zulughanov seemed lost for words in his post fight interview but he remembered to thank his fans and directed everyone to his website.
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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Mark Turnbull (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Niko Alzate (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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253 lbs
9 - 3 - 0 |
Good wrestling
Dangerous knees
Insanely flexible |
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World class MT
Good gas tank |
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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
12 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Mark Turnbull!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
9 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Niko Alzate!
The judges for this bout are Albert Achterberg, Paul Aken and Saam Ante.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Alzate throws a leg kick but Turnbull sees it coming and moves out of range.
Turnbull throws a leg kick but Alzate sees it coming and moves out of range.
A head kick misses from Turnbull.
Alzate throws a one two combo.
It looks like Mark Turnbull has been cut.
Turnbull cracks Alzate with a right hand to the side of the head.
Alzate lands a jab to Turnbull's midsection.
Turnbull defending well as Alzate loads up on a big left hand.
Alzate throws a hook to the side of Turnbull's head but Turnbull sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Alzate is looking to score with low kicks.
An inside leg kick lands from Alzate.
Turnbull looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Turnbull misses with a leg kick.
Alzate misses with a low kick.
Turnbull misses the jab.
Alzate takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Turnbull looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Alzate throws a low kick but Turnbull moves out of range easily.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Alzate misses with a left hand
and Turnbull counters with a two punch combo.
Turnbull throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Turnbull paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Turnbull sees a low kick coming and goes to check it, but it's actually a body kick and it thuds into his unprotected ribs.
Turnbull takes one to the chin there.
Alzate throws a hook but Turnbull blocks it.
Turnbull throws a front kick that sends Alzate stumbling back into the cage.
Turnbull throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
Alzate misses with a kick to the body.
Alzate avoids the body shot from Turnbull.
Alzate blocks a leg kick.
Mark Turnbull seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Alzate chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Turnbull can pounce on him.
Alzate tries to check a leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Alzate blocks a leg kick.
Alzate feints the counter takedown.
An inside leg kick from Alzate misses.
A clash of legs there as Turnbull blocks the low kick.
Alzate throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Alzate misses with a leg kick.
Turnbull keeps Alzate at a distance using the push kick.
Turnbull ducks under a wild hook from Alzate.
Alzate is really struggling to land any decent head shots against his taller opponent.
Alzate with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Turnbull moves forwards but Alzate connects with a nice, crisp jab.
We can't be sure of the tactics at this early stage but we have heard that Alzate has been working on his takedowns a lot in the buildup to the fight and we can only assume he's going to look to take this to the mat.
Alzate ducks under a wild hook from Turnbull.
Alzate takes a shot right to the bread basket.
A leg kick checked by Turnbull.
That's a knee to de groin and it's over and out! Alzate crumples to the ground after an illegal strike from Turnbull - the referee stops the clock and Alzate gets 5 minutes to recover from that one. "I'm sorry" says Turnbull. Alzate manages to get back to his feet and the fight resumes.
Alzate chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Turnbull can pounce on him.
Turnbull moves in looking to clinch but Alzate pushes him off.
Turnbull takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Alzate checks a leg kick nicely.
Turnbull paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
Turnbull throws a leg kick that misses.
Turnbull lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Turnbull throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
Turnbull lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Turnbull throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Alzate feints the counter takedown.
Alzate throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Turnbull looking to land some kicks to the body here.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Alzate throws a lazy right hand but Turnbull sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
A slapping leg kick lands for Turnbull.
Alzate swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Turnbull.
Alzate looks for the body kick but Turnbull saw that one coming.
Alzate avoids the body shot from Turnbull.
Alzate uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Turnbull.
Alzate misses with a looping right.
A chopping leg kick lands by Alzate.
Alzate walks forward, straight into a front kick from Turnbull.
Turnbull misses with a looping right.
Alzate scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Alzate misses with a leg kick.
Alzate blocks a low kick nicely.
Alzate looks to score with a jab to the body but Turnbull is just out of range.
A slapping leg kick lands for Alzate.
Mark Turnbull is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
A jab from Alzate misses.
Alzate fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Turnbull is out of range.
Turnbull dips to his left and cracks Alzate with an uppercut!
That's four minutes gone in the round.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Alzate misses with a hook. Turnbull ducked under it nicely.
Turnbull looked to counter that last move with a leg kick but didn't pull the trigger.
A thudding body kick lands there by Turnbull!
Alzate throws a poor cross that misses
letting Turnbull counter with a right hand.
A cross from Turnbull lands.
Alzate's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Turnbull connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Alzate scrambles back to his feet.
A slapping leg kick lands for Alzate.
Good shot there by Turnbull.
Alzate scores with a crisp jab that stopped Turnbull in his tracks.
Turnbull turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Alzate lands with a hook. Turnbull tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
A bone on bone clash there as Alzate blocks the leg kick.
Turnbull throws a head kick but Alzate moves out of range.
Turnbull scores with a shot to the body.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Turnbull throws a nice inside leg kick.
Good leg kick by Alzate there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Turnbull pivots, looking for a leg kick but Alzate is out of range and Turnbull settles back down.
Turnbull throws a low kick but Alzate avoids it.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Mark Turnbull dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Mark Turnbull's cut.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!
Turnbull misses with an uppercut. Alzate saw that one coming.
Alzate misses with a wild body shot.
Turnbull wants to slow Alzate down by chopping away at his legs.
Turnbull lands a nice looking kick to the body. Alzate takes a step back to recover.
Turnbull misses the shot to the body.
Alzate turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Alzate looks to throw the jab but Turnbull is out of range.
Nice shot by Alzate.
The fighters circle momentarily. Turnbull darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.
Alzate shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.
Turnbull digs a good body shot into Alzate's ribs.
Turnbull tries to clinch up but Alzate circles away and keeps his distance.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Alzate throws a low kick but Turnbull moves out of range easily.
Turnbull tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Alzate paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Alzate cracks the inside of Turnbull's front leg.
Alzate lands an overhand right.
Turnbull lands a lovely overhand right.
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!
Turnbull uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Alzate.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Alzate misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Turnbull.
Turnbull with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Turnbull lands where it shouldn't have, right in the... well, you know what he did? He kicked him in the penis. He's injured, injured bad. The referee sends both fighters to their corners and Alzate has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Alzate and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
Alzate changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Alzate misses with an uppercut.
Turnbull is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
Turnbull avoids the body shot from Alzate.
Turnbull tries to close the distance and clinch up but Alzate swats him away and circles back towards the center.
A looping hook to the body misses from Turnbull. Alzate does a little dance to reset his feet.
Alzate connects with a leg kick. Turnbull looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
Mark Turnbull is winning the standup battle so far.
Turnbull throws a body kick that digs right into the meat.
Turnbull checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time.
Turnbull has closed the distance and engaged Alzate in a clinch.
Turnbull fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Turnbull keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Alzate's efforts to push away.
Turnbull is trying to maintain a safe position but Alzate gets an underhook and turns Turnbull into the cage.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Turnbull throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Alzate blocks it with crossed arms.
Alzate lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Alzate's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Turnbull throws a head kick that Alzate semi-blocks.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Alzate misses with a low kick as Turnbull jumps back.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Turnbull.
Alzate takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Turnbull.
Alzate with the counter takedown but Turnbull avoids it easily.
Turnbull jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Alzate feints the counter takedown.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Turnbull lands with a nice body kick.
Alzate ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Alzate throws a nice inside leg kick.
Turnbull lands a head shot.
Alzate throws a sloppy head kick and Turnbull moves out of range easily.
Alzate feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Turnbull's calf.
Alzate misses with a series of wild punches.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Turnbull misses the jab.
Alzate shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.
As Alzate backs away, Turnbull returns fire with a leg kick that just misses.
An inside leg kick from Turnbull misses.
A leg kick checked by Alzate.
Turnbull clinches up against the cage.
Turnbull misses with a short punch on the inside.
Alzate struggles to land a body shot inside as Turnbull controls his hands.
Turnbull leaning his opponent against the cage.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
A nice right hand lands inside from Alzate.
Turnbull taking a breather.
Turnbull misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Alzate.
Turnbull misses with a punch to the body.
Alzate has developed a nice purple lump on his ribcage, as a result of some heavy body kicks from Turnbull.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Alzate taking a breather.
Alzate misses with some punches.
Alzate lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Alzate looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Turnbull misses with a hook to the ribs.
Turnbull can't find room to land a body shot as Alzate controls the action.
Alzate tries to take the fight to the ground by pulling guard but can't manage it.
Alzate misses with a short punch on the inside.
Turnbull tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Alzate's elbow.
Turnbull prevents a body shot from Alzate.
A head punch on the inside from Alzate fails to land.
Turnbull misses with a body punch.
Alzate trying to stall but Turnbull improves his position.
Turnbull lands with a light punch inside.
Alzate working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Alzate has moved round to his opponent's back and is looking for a suplex! Oh snap! He's tossed Turnbull clear over his head and slammed him to the mat!
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close second round but Niko Alzate will probably get the nod - 10:9.
The cut man is working on Mark Turnbull's cut.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business. Let's get this one finished - here comes the final round!
Turnbull lands a nice looking kick to the body. Alzate takes a step back to recover.
Alzate looks to throw the jab but Turnbull is out of range.
Turnbull chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Alzate can pounce on him.
Turnbull scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Alzate will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.
Turnbull tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Alzate drops down looking to force a counter takedown but Turnbull defends it well.
Turnbull wants to slow Alzate down by chopping away at his legs.
A leg kick checked by Alzate.
Turnbull moves into range and lands a nice body kick.
Turnbull scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Alzate doesn't seem bothered though.
A leg kick checked by Alzate.
Turnbull is using his height advantage well here, landing a good percentage of his punches.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Turnbull is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Alzate changes levels for a counter takedown but doesn't follow through with his attempt.
Alzate misses with a body shot.
Alzate motions for Turnbull to come forward. Alzate throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.
A nice leg kick lands there from Alzate.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Turnbull lands with a cross.
Alzate avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
Alzate tries a counter takedown but it's more of a dummy move, and he uses it to push himself away.
A low kick from Alzate misses
and Turnbull counters with an outside leg kick.
Turnbull blocks a head kick by Alzate.
Turnbull cracks the inside of Alzate's front leg.
Alzate scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Ooooh, nice body kick lands from Turnbull. Alzate shrugs it off though.
Alzate tries a low kick but Turnbull avoids it.
Alzate fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Turnbull checks it well.
Turnbull looked to counter that last move with a leg kick but didn't pull the trigger.
Alzate throws a low kick but Turnbull avoids it.
Turnbull thinks about countering with a head kick.
Turnbull thows a left - swing and a miss!
Alzate ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
A looping hook to the body misses from Turnbull. Alzate does a little dance to reset his feet.
Alzate is definitely looking for the counter takedowns here.
Alzate blocks the body kick.
Alzate scores with a body shot.
Alzate throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
An inside leg kick from Alzate misses.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Turnbull lands a right hook to the body.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Turnbull connects with an inside leg kick.
Alzate on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
Alzate checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time.
A slapping body kick lands there for Turnbull.
Turnbull tries to close the distance and clinch up but Alzate swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Alzate throws a nice inside leg kick.
Turnbull checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time.
Alzate tries to check a leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Alzate dodges the punch combination from Turnbull.
Alzate uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Turnbull.
Alzate blocks the body kick.
Turnbull steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Alzate.
Turnbull uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Alzate.
Turnbull dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Alzate. That did some damage!
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Alzate tries to land a front kick but Turnbull steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
Alzate keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Alzate changes levels for a counter takedown but doesn't follow through with his attempt.
Alzate lands a nice shot to the body.
Alzate throws a shot to the body.
Alzate thows a body kick. Turnbull tries to catch it but that hurt him.
Alzate looks to land a body kick but Turnbull moved away.
Turnbull on the wrong end of a nice jab.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Turnbull lands where it shouldn't have, right in the... well, you know what he did? He kicked him in the penis. He's injured, injured bad. The referee sends both fighters to their corners and Alzate has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Alzate and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
Turnbull avoids the body shot from Alzate.
Turnbull chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Turnbull misses with a kick to the body.
Turnbull with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Alzate throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Alzate connects with a solid leg kick.
Alzate blocks the body kick.
Turnbull throws a nice inside leg kick.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Turnbull tries to work over Alzate's front leg with a kick but Alzate checks it.
Turnbull throws a poor cross that misses
and Alzate decides to take the opportunity to score a takedown. He's landed in Turnbull's guard.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Alzate looking to pass the guard.
Alzate sitting in guard, not really doing much.
Turnbull is trying to keep Alzate in close.
Turnbull is controlling Alzate's posture.
Turnbull can't keep his opponent in guard - Alzate advances to half guard, no doubt looking to mount.
And that's the end of the fight!
That was a close round. You could make an argument for either fighter but I would give it to Mark Turnbull.
I think Turnbull has won this one but let's see what the judges have to say. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Albert Achterberg scores the fight 30:28
Judge Paul Aken scores the fight 29:28
Judge Saam Ante scores the fight 28:29
In favor of your winner, by split decision... Mark Turnbull!
Mark Turnbull made sure to give a little speech post fight, saying 'MMMMM.....Always feels good to kick some finnish ass lmao.'.
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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Yuri Hanzzle (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jimmy Hyatt (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Hyatt has chosen Street fighter as his entrance music. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.
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206 lbs
17 - 7 - 0 |
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25
215 lbs
17 - 8 - 1 |
Great wrestler
World class boxer
Insanely flexible |
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World class boxer
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the light heavyweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
17 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Yuri Hanzzle!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
17 - 8 - 1, fighting out of New York, Jimmy Hyatt!
The judges for this bout are Saam Ante, Patrick Alders and Albert Achterberg.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Hanzzle misses with a low kick as Hyatt jumps back.
Hyatt throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Hanzzle drops down looking for a counter takedown but Hyatt sprawls and moves away.
Hyatt slips a jab from Hanzzle.
Hanzzle throws a front kick aimed at Hyatt's knee but Hyatt avoids it well.
A nice leg kick lands there from Hanzzle.
Good exchange - Hyatt coming out on top.
Yuri Hanzzle seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Hyatt avoids the head kick by Hanzzle.
Hanzzle throws a right hand that misses
and Hyatt counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Hanzzle misses with a leg kick.
Hyatt let fly with a counter punch to the body but it didn't land.
Hanzzle looks to land a right hand but Hyatt moved out of range.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Hanzzle looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Hyatt wants to counter with a clinch but Hanzzle pushes him away.
Hanzzle throws a leg kick that is checked
and Hyatt counters with a straight right hand.
Hanzzle avoids the body shot from Hyatt.
A big left from Hyatt misses.
Hyatt blocks a low kick nicely.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Hyatt swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Hanzzle closes the distance and clinches.
Hanzzle can't find room to land a body shot as Hyatt controls the action.
Hanzzle breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Hanzzle misses the shot to the body.
A countering left hand to the body from Hyatt misses.
Hyatt blocks a leg kick.
Hyatt is looking to chop away at Hanzzle's legs.
Hanzzle shoots in for a double leg but Hyatt sprawls well. That's going to sap some energy.
Hanzzle closes the distance and clinches up with Hyatt, looking for a takedown. Hanzzle pushes Hyatt against the cage but Hyatt circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.
Hanzzle throws a shot from downtown. Hyatt moves away and avoids it.
As Hanzzle backs off Hyatt throws a huge counter combo but Hanzzle manages to avoid it all.
Hanzzle gets a clinch.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Hanzzle.
Hyatt fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Hyatt doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
A short left from Hyatt.
Hyatt lands an uppercut.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hanzzle throws a head punch that misses.
Hanzzle tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Hanzzle swings wildly with an uppercut but Hyatt uses good head movement to avoid it.
Hanzzle doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Hanzzle throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Hyatts head.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Hanzzle.
Hanzzle jumps guard but Hyatt turns him against the cage and keeps the fight standing.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Yuri Hanzzle. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Hanzzle tries to throw a body punch but Hyatt avoids it by throwing Hanzzle back against the cage.
Hyatt blocking some punches.
Hanzzle lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Hanzzle misses with some punches.
Hanzzle lands an uppercut.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Hyatt.
Nice body punch from Hanzzle.
A head punch on the inside from Hyatt fails to land.
Hyatt fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Hanzzle blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Hanzzle throws a punch but it's blocked by Hyatt.
Hanzzle blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hyatt breaks the clinch.
Hanzzle lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Hanzzle throws a head kick that misses.
Hanzzle swings widly with a right hand
and Hyatt cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Hyatt is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Hanzzle.
Hyatt works the jab nicely.
It looks like Yuri Hanzzle has been cut.
Hanzzle throws a front kick aimed at Hyatt's knee but Hyatt avoids it well.
Hyatt pivots, looking for a leg kick but Hanzzle is out of range and Hyatt settles back down.
Hyatt throws out a loose jab but Hanzzle uses good head movement to avoid it.
Hyatt on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
Hyatt works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
Hanzzle misses with a head kick.
A jab from Hanzzle finds it's way through Hyatt's defenses.
Hyatt avoids the body shot from Hanzzle.
Hyatt steps in looking to clinch after the strikes miss from Hanzzle.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Hanzzle moves into range and connects with a jab.
Hanzzle wants to slow Hyatt down by chopping away at his legs.
Hyatt is trying to avoid his opponent's strikes and get into the clinch.
Hanzzle tries to score with a low kick but Hyatt moves his leg out of the way.
Hanzzle just misses with a punch to the body.
Hanzzle throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
Hyatt looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Hyatt moves out of range of the body kick from Hanzzle.
A little jabbing left from Hyatt on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Hyatt takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Hanzzle slips a jab from Hyatt.
Hanzzle takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
Hanzzle throws an off balance right hand
and Hyatt finishes the little exchange by landing a big kick to the body.
Hanzzle misses with a body kick.
Hanzzle misses with a leg kick
enabling Hyatt to counter with a crisp jab.
A slow jab from Hyatt misses its intended target.
Hyatt throws a nice outside leg kick.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close round but I would say that Yuri Hanzzle will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Yuri Hanzzle's cut.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!
Jab, jab by Hyatt - just one landing.
Hanzzle fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Hyatt manages to avoid it.
Hanzzle misses with a body punch
and Hanzzle takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Hanzzle fakes the leg kick and cracks Hyatt in the body.
Hanzzle scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Hyatt throws a lazy right hand but Hanzzle sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Hyatt tries to check a leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Hyatt connects with a body shot.
Hanzzle jabs at Hyatt's body.
Hanzzle throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
Hanzzle steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Hyatt.
Hanzzle misses with a hook to the body
and Hyatt counters with a nice uppercut.
Hanzzle throws a low kick but it's checked well by Hyatt.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Hanzzle looks to score with a jab to the body but Hyatt is just out of range.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Hanzzle throws a sloppy body shot
and Hyatt finishes the little exchange by landing a big kick to the body.
Hanzzle goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Hanzzle lands with a thumping leg kick.
Hyatt on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Hyatt keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Hyatt blocks a head kick by Hanzzle.
Jab from Hyatt.
Hyatt swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Hanzzle.
Hanzzle seems to be moving with more speed, compared to his last bout. He must have been working on that in the gym.
Hanzzle jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Hyatt checks a low kick from Hanzzle.
A bone on bone clash there as Hanzzle blocks the leg kick.
Hanzzle throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Hyatt stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Hyatt looks to throw the jab but Hanzzle is out of range.
Hyatt lands a glancing blow to the side of Hanzzle's head.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Hyatt connects with a solid leg kick.
Jimmy Hyatt is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Hanzzle misses with a right hand
and Hyatt counters with a nice uppercut.
Hanzzle is looking to land body kicks.
Hanzzle avoids the body shot from Hyatt.
Hyatt swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Nice shot by Hanzzle.
Hyatt avoids the body shot from Hanzzle.
Hyatt keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Hanzzle.
Hyatt connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
Hanzzle ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Hanzzle lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
Hanzzle scores with a leg kick.
Hanzzle fails with the takedown
and Hanzzle takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hyatt stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Hanzzle.
Jimmy Hyatt seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Hyatt misses with an uppercut.
Hanzzle lands a jab to Hyatt's midsection.
Hanzzle attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
Hyatt looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Hanzzle throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
Hyatt looks to land a right hand but Hanzzle moved out of range.
Hanzzle tried to score with a low kick but Hyatt checks it.
Hanzzle takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
The fighters circling - Hanzzle throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Hanzzle throws a nice inside leg kick.
Hyatt slips under a jab from Hanzzle.
A bone on bone clash there as Hanzzle blocks the leg kick.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Hanzzle throws a jab when Hyatt was well out of range.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Hyatt! But no joy.
Hyatt's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Hyatt cracks Hanzzle with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
Hyatt uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Hanzzle.
Hyatt looks to land a right hand but Hanzzle moved out of range.
Hanzzle waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Hyatt.
Hyatt avoids the head kick by Hanzzle.
Hyatt lands a slapping body shot.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Hyatt tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Hanzzle was well out of range. Poor timing from Hyatt.
Hanzzle scores with a jab to the jaw.
A low kick from Hanzzle is predictable there
and Hyatt holds on and brings the fighters into a clinch.
Hanzzle blocks a body shot from Hyatt.
Hyatt misses with a punch to the body.
Hyatt lands a hook to the side of the head.
Hyatt tries a body shot but Hanzzle blocks it.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close second round but Jimmy Hyatt will probably get the nod - 10:9.
The cut man is working on Yuri Hanzzle's cut.
That's time! Back to the action!
Hanzzle fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Hanzzle throws a leg kick that misses.
Hanzzle thows a leg kick but Hyatt checks it
and Hyatt holds on and brings the fighters into a clinch.
Hyatt blocks an uppercut.
Hyatt goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Hyatt throws a head punch that misses.
Hanzzle tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Hyatt's elbow.
Hanzzle softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Hyatt misses with a hook from the clinch.
Hanzzle lands a body shot in the clinch.
Hanzzle fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Hanzzle doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Hyatt's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Hanzzle misses with a low kick.
Hanzzle misses with a body kick.
Hyatt replies with a solid counter kick to the body but Hanzzle blocks it well.
Hanzzle is looking to clinch.
Hanzzle throws a leg kick which misses Hyatt's front leg but catches the back leg as Hyatt tries to avoid it.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Hanzzle takes a swing at Hyatt's ribcage but misses.
Hanzzle scores a trip takedown into side control. Nice.
Hyatt wants to get back to his feet but Hanzzle drags him back down.
Hyatt is trying to get back to half guard. He's pushing on Hanzzle's leg. He's managed it. Nice work.
Hanzzle throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
Hyatt is defending against the submission attempts here by Hanzzle.
Hanzzle trying to control the action but Hyatt is working from the bottom.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hanzzle is working hard to pass the guard. He's done it - he's now in full mount! Trouble for Hyatt!
Hanzzle thowing shots but they're missing.
Hanzzle unloads with some shots from mount but Hyatt bucks and avoids them well.
Hyatt has found himself in a tricky position here. He's been working his transitions in training so let's see if he can work his way out of it.
Hyatt is bucking up trying to escape but Hanzzle cracks him with another couple of good strikes.
Hyatt is in all sorts of trouble here.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hanzzle landing strikes, looking to finish!
Hanzzle landing strikes from the mount and Hyatt is in trouble!
Hanzzle working Hyatt over with strikes here.
BOOM! Hanzzle connects with a massive shot to the dome!
Hanzzle working for a guillotine from mount but Hyatt is in no mood to give up.
Hyatt is squirming around, avoiding Hanzzle's attempts to control the action.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Hanzzle throws some wild stikes that Hyatt manages to avoid easily.
Hanzzle punching from mount but Hyatt doing a good job of avoiding damage.
Hanzzle lands a nice shot to the head.
Hyatt keeping his composure momentarily, calmly looking to get back to half guard.
Hanzzle lands a couple of nice shots there from mount.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Yuri Hanzzle clearly takes that round.
The cut man is working on Yuri Hanzzle'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.
Hyatt throws a good cross that connects.
Hanzzle is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Hyatt can do to turn this around?
Hyatt avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Hyatt swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Hanzzle throws a body shot but no joy.
Hyatt ducks right into an uppercut from Hanzzle.
Hyatt scores with a decent looking hook.
Hyatt throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Hanzzle tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Hyatt was well out of range. Poor timing from Hanzzle.
Hyatt wants to counter with a clinch but Hanzzle pushes him away.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Hanzzle lands where it shouldn't have, right in the... well, you know what he did? He kicked him in the penis. He's injured, injured bad. The referee sends both fighters to their corners and Hyatt has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Hyatt and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
Hanzzle tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Hyatt paws at him with a jab and circles away.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Hanzzle digs a good body shot into Hyatt's ribs.
Nice cross by Hanzzle.
Hyatt fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Hanzzle, pushing him back against the cage.
Hyatt cracks Hanzzle with a nice body shot.
Hyatt lands with a short head shot on the inside.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Hyatt is leaning against Hanzzle and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Hanzzle prevents a body shot from Hyatt.
Hyatt misses with a punch to the body.
Hanzzle swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Hanzzle fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Hanzzle misses with a punch on the inside.
Hyatt swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Hanzzle jumps guard but his hands slip and he falls flat on his back. Well, he's made himself look a right mug there, as Hyatt walks away with a smile on his face. Hanzzle gets slowly back to his feet and shakes his head.
An inside leg kick lands from Hanzzle.
Hanzzle feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Hyatt's calf.
Hanzzle looks to land a left hand but Hyatt moved out of range nicely.
Hyatt throws a hook to the side of Hanzzle's head but Hanzzle sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Hyatt ducks right into an uppercut from Hanzzle.
Hanzzle tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Hyatt manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
A bone on bone clash there as Hanzzle blocks the leg kick.
As Hyatt tries to get set, Hanzzle tries to push him back and clinch up but Hyatt manages to avoid the attempt.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hanzzle is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Hyatt.
Hyatt keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
Hyatt doesn't fully commit to the body shot counter.
Horrible takedown attempt by Hanzzle or perhaps it was just good defense by Hyatt, which made it look bad.
A good leg kick by Hanzzle.
Hyatt slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
Hanzzle does a little shimmy and throws a leg kick. The leg kick missed by a considerable margin though, making him look a little bit silly for doing the shimmy.
Hyatt throws a push kick but Hanzzle slaps the foot to one side.
Hanzzle drops down looking for a counter takedown but Hyatt sprawls and moves away.
Hyatt keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Hanzzle throws a leg kick that misses.
Hyatt defending well as Hanzzle loads up on a big left hand.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hyatt lands a jab to the head.
Hanzzle looks to score with a jab to the body but Hyatt is just out of range.
Nice body kick there by Hanzzle.
Hyatt takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Hanzzle throws a leg kick that is checked
and Hyatt counters with a straight right hand.
Hanzzle misses with a head kick.
Hyatt avoids the head kick by Hanzzle.
Hanzzle throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
Hanzzle sets himself, and Hyatt steps forward looking for the clinch! Hanzzle avoids it this time.
Hanzzle connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
Hanzzle throws the kick towards the body but Hyatt avoids it.
A thudding body kick lands there by Hyatt!
Hanzzle throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Hyatt with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Hyatt fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Hanzzle manages to avoid it.
Hanzzle is trying to close the distance and clinch up, after that failed offence from Hyatt.
Hyatt lands a head shot.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
A jab from Hyatt finds it's way through Hanzzle's defenses.
Hanzzle walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
Hyatt looks to land a left hand but Hanzzle moved out of range nicely.
Hanzzle looked to counter that last move with a leg kick but didn't pull the trigger.
Hyatt is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
A chopping leg kick lands by Hanzzle.
Hyatt throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Hanzzle stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Hyatt scores with a jab to the body.
Hanzzle fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Hyatt manages to avoid it.
Nice uppercut there from Hyatt.
Hanzzle darts in and clinches Hyatt up against the cage.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close fourth round but Jimmy Hyatt will probably get the nod - 10:9.
The cut man is working on Yuri Hanzzle's cut.
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. So, we enter the final round. Let's see if either fighter can bring us a finish, or whether we're going to the judges scorecards.
Hanzzle throws a leg kick
and Hyatt moves into the clinch.
Hanzzle misses with the head strike.
A nice left hand lands by Hanzzle.
Hanzzle stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Hanzzle blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Hanzzle pushes Hyatt back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Hyatt's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Hanzzle drops to a knee looking for a takedown but Hyatt gets the underhooks and prevents it.
A body shot lands from Hanzzle.
A short body shot lands from Hanzzle as the two fighters clinch.
Yuri Hanzzle has scored more points in the clinch so far.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Hanzzle blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Hyatt is wobbling all over the place through exhaustion. Will he make it to the final bell?
Hanzzle is trying to drag Hyatt to the mat but Hyatt just about manages to keep his footing. He used the cage to his advantage there.
Hanzzle tries a body shot but Hyatt blocks it.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Hyatt tries to work over Hanzzle's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Hyatt lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Hyatt tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Hyatt misses with a punch to the body.
Hyatt fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Hyatt goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Hanzzle creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Hanzzle lands with a left to the head.
Hyatt blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Hanzzle fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Hyatt struggles to land a body shot inside as Hanzzle controls his hands.
Hanzzle pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Hyatt cracks Hanzzle with a right hand to the side of the head.
Hanzzle throws a leg kick but Hyatt checks it.
Hyatt takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Hyatt slips under a jab.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hanzzle throws out a leg kick but Hyatt moves out of range and Hanzzle only half commits.
Hanzzle lands with a straight right. Hyatt didn't see that one coming.
Hyatt throws a body punch but Hanzzle moves out of range.
Hyatt lands a leg kick that knocks Hanzzle off balance momentarily.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Hanzzle scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Hyatt doesn't seem bothered though.
Hanzzle closes this distance looking for a takedown but Hyatt circles away.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Yuri Hanzzle. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Hanzzle explodes with a nice body kick and back out of range. Nice work.
Nice uppercut lands for Hyatt. That snapped Hanzzle's head back.
Hanzzle tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Hyatt was well out of range. Poor timing from Hanzzle.
Hanzzle looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
Hyatt gets tackled into the cage by Hanzzle. Hanzzle maintains the clinch.
Hanzzle tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Hyatt's elbow.
Hyatt misses with a body punch.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hyatt fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Hyatt lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Hanzzle misses with a punch on the inside.
Hyatt tries a body shot but Hanzzle blocks it.
Hanzzle tries a body shot but Hyatt blocks it.
Hanzzle doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Hanzzle lands a body shot in the clinch.
Still in the clinch, Hanzzle scores with a nice short uppercut.
Hyatt tries to throw a body punch but Hanzzle avoids it by throwing Hyatt back against the cage.
Hyatt misses with a punch on the inside.
Hanzzle tries to work over Hyatt's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Hanzzle doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Hanzzle tries to throw a body punch but Hyatt avoids it by throwing Hanzzle back against the cage.
Hyatt lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Hyatt misses with a punch on the inside.
Hanzzle blocks the elbow strike.
Hanzzle misses with a body punch.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Hyatt lands an uppercut.
A short left from Hyatt.
Hanzzle doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Hanzzle blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Hanzzle lands with a short punch from the clinch.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Hyatt misses with a punch to the body.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Hyatt.
Hyatt lands a hook to the side of the head.
Hanzzle is rocked!
Hyatt misses with a punch on the inside.
Oh Hanzzle is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Hyatt blocks an uppercut.
Hanzzle seems to have got his legs back now.
Hyatt lands a hook to the side of the head.
Hyatt blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
A short body shot lands from Hanzzle as the two fighters clinch.
Hanzzle misses with the head strike.
Hyatt prevents a body shot from Hanzzle.
Hanzzle makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Hyatt lands a shoulder strike.
And that's the end of the fight!
That was a close round. You could make an argument for either fighter but I would give it to Yuri Hanzzle.
Well Hanzzle has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 5 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Saam Ante scores the fight 49:47
Judge Patrick Alders scores the fight 48:47
Judge Albert Achterberg scores the fight 50:45
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Yuri Hanzzle!
Yuri Hanzzle retains his light heavyweight title!
A victorious Yuri Hanzzle thanked his army of followers in his post fight interview, telling people to make sure they follow him on Twitter.
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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Phol Hunt (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Melvin Gustin (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Melvin Gustin will no doubt be looking to use his reach advantage to good effect.
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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
21 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Phol Hunt!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
15 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Melvin Gustin!
The judges for this bout are Aafke Stam, Radbod Blank and Nard Betker.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
A thudding body kick lands there by Gustin!
Gustin scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
Gustin misses with an uppercut. Hunt saw that one coming.
Hunt misses with a few strikes there.
We've been informed that Gustin 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.
Hunt doesn't manage to clinch there - Gustin circles away.
Hunt has been working on his boxing with his coaches at IMMA Gym of Elite ASS in the buildup to the fight.
Gustin lands with a nice combination. Hunt backs away looking to recover.
Hunt throws a solid leg kick but Gustin takes the impact on his shin and smiles at Hunt.
Hunt throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Hunt keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Gustin.
Hunt checks the leg kick nicely there.
Hunt takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Hunt turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Gustin dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Hunt. That did some damage!
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Gustin avoids the body shot from Hunt.
Gustin throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Hunt sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Hunt was looking to counter that last move with a shot to the body but he didn't commit.
Gustin misses with a hook. Hunt ducked under it nicely.
Hunt tried to counter with a leg kick but Gustin avoided it.
Gustin throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Gustin scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Hunt throws a leg kick that misses.
Gustin looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Gustin tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Hunt was well out of range. Poor timing from Gustin.
Hunt lands with a cross.
Hunt looks to score with a jab to the body but Gustin is just out of range.
Hunt feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Gustins jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!
Gustin lands with a thumping leg kick.
Phol Hunt seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Hunt misses with a body kick.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Gustin! But no joy.
Hunt lands a vicious shot with the stealth of a sniper and the strength of a viper. Are vipers that strong? I can think of lots of things that are stronger than a viper - not many rhyme with sniper though.
Hunt throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Gustin is loading up here, looking for a big counter of his own.
Gustin connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Hunt scores with a sloppy right hand. Gustin should have avoided that one.
Hunt throws a leg kick but Gustin sees it coming and checks it nicely.
A combination from Hunt does no damage.
Hunt drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Hunt throws a hook but Gustin avoids it easily.
Hunt looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Gustin scores with a head kick.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Some bone on bone action there as Hunt checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
Gustin tries to land a leg kick but Hunt saw it coming and moves away.
Hunt ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Gustin moves away.
Gustin ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Hunt misses with a low kick.
A big left from Gustin misses.
Hunt throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Hunt wants to clinch up but Gustin keeps it at a distance.
Jab from Gustin.
Gustin uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Hunt.
Nice body punch from Gustin.
Gustin keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Hunt.
Gustin blocks the body kick.
Gustin ducks under a wild hook from Hunt.
Hunt looks to score with a jab to the body but Gustin is just out of range.
Hunt throws a body kick, spinning off balance
and Gustin counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Hunt is looking to clinch but Gustin is avoiding it.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hunt throws a series of punches but Gustin moves out of range.
Gustin connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Hunt looks to land a left hand but Gustin moved out of range nicely.
Gustin throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Gustin moves out of range of the body kick from Hunt.
Hunt staying out of range there.
Hunt avoids the head kick by Gustin.
Hunt scores with a jab to the jaw.
Gustin throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Gustin lands a nice shot that snaps Hunt's head back.
Hunt jabs Gustin right on the nose. Gustin blinks but takes it well.
Hunt throws a wild body kick that Gustin sees coming a mile off.
Gustin tries a low kick but Hunt avoids it.
And Hunt counters with a quick kick to the body but Gustin blocks it.
Hunt misses with a series of wild punches.
Hunt defending well as Gustin loads up on a big left hand.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
A jab from Hunt misses.
Hunt misses with an uppercut.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Hunt misses with an uppercut.
Hunt staying out of range there.
Hunt was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
Hunt throws a body kick that misses.
Hunt misses with a low kick.
Gustin gets off balance looking for a body kick
and Hunt counters with an inside leg kick.
Gustin slips a straight right by Hunt.
Gustin uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Hunt.
A solid body kick from Hunt.
Gustin dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Hunt tries to clinch there but Gustin circles away.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Hunt bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Hunt tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Hunt looks to score with a jab to the body but Gustin is just out of range.
Gustin sizes up Hunt with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close round but Melvin Gustin will probably get the nod.
That's time! Hunt's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.
A punch lands to the side of Hunt 's head but he takes it in his stride.
Melvin Gustin seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Hunt fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
A swing and a miss from Hunt.
Hunt throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Hunt takes a swing at Gustin's ribcage but misses.
A good leg kick by Gustin.
A big left from Hunt misses.
Gustin is using his reach advantage to land shots from outside his opponent's range.
Hunt misses with a straight left.
Hunt rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Gustin makes him pay by landing a thudding low kick.
Gustin swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Hunt.
Gustin swings widly with a right hand
and Hunt counters with a nice leg kick.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Sloppy strikes from Hunt. Those never looked like landing.
Hunt staying out of range there.
Hunt dodges the punch combination from Gustin.
Hunt looks to land a left hand but Gustin moved out of range nicely.
Gustin throws a shot from downtown. Hunt moves away and avoids it.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Gustin connects with a solid leg kick.
Gustin cracks Hunt with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
Gustin lands a slapping body shot.
Gustin defending well as Hunt loads up on a big left hand.
Gustin just misses with a punch to the body.
Hunt tries to bum rush Gustin with a series of wild strikes but Gustin uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Gustin swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
A big right from Hunt misses.
A telegraphed right hand from Hunt misses the target.
Gustin throws a body punch but Hunt moves out of range.
A jab from Hunt misses.
Hunt uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Gustin.
Gustin dodges the punch combination from Hunt.
Gustin flicks out a counter leg kick but Hunt steps away.
Gustin keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Gustin feints a counter leg kick.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hunt throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Gustin checks the leg kick nicely there.
Hunt fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Gustin has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Gustin scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
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!
Hunt swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Gustin uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Hunt.
Hunt is looking to land body kicks.
A nice leg kick lands there from Gustin.
Hunt misses with an uppercut. Gustin saw that one coming.
Hunt throws a right and a left that both miss.
Gustin throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.
Gustin tries to land a front kick but Hunt steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
Hunt throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
A big left from Gustin misses.
Gustin digs a good body shot into Hunt's ribs.
Gustin fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Hunt manages to avoid it.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hunt keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Hunt throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Gustin wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Hunt throws a predictable looking body shot
and Gustin counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Gustin throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Hunt sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Hunt fails in his attempt to clinch.
Ooooh, nice body kick lands from Hunt. Gustin shrugs it off though.
Gustin bobs and weaves and then throws a good body kick.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Hunt.
Gustin throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Gustin digs a good hook to Hunt's body.
Hunt misses with the combination.
Gustin now looks to counter with a shot at the body.
Hunt misses with a kick to the body
and Gustin counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Hunt looks for the body kick but Gustin saw that one coming.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Hunt misses with an uppercut.
Gustin swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Gustin fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Hunt manages to avoid it.
Gustin goes for a high kick. It partially lands.
Hunt takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
Hunt misses with a looping left.
Hunt blocks a low kick nicely.
Gustin swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Gustin keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Hunt.
Gustin on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Gustin throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Hunt stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Gustin uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Hunt.
A low kick from Gustin misses
and Hunt counters with a nice body kick.
Gustin misses with a body punch
and Hunt counters with a nice body kick.
Gustin punishes Hunt's body with a nice straight punch.
Hunt misses with a right hand
and Gustin counters with a good low kick that Hunt was not able to check.
Hunt misses with a jab to the body
and Gustin counters with a stiff right hand.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Melvin Gustin showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin! Ladies and gentlemen, this is the final round!
Gustin uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
A nice leg kick lands there from Gustin.
That kick from Gustin tenderised Hunt's leg. Hunt is trying to keep his angry face on.
Hunt cracks Gustin with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
A solid leg kick lands there for Gustin.
A slapping leg kick lands for Gustin.
Hunt takes a swing at Gustin's ribcage but misses.
Hunt throws a poor cross that misses
enabling Gustin to counter with a crisp jab.
Hunt is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
Hunt moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
Hunt uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Gustin.
Hunt misses with a double jab.
Nice defenses there by Hunt.
Gustin uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Hunt.
Hunt throws a series of strikes that have Gustin backpedaling.
It looks like Melvin Gustin has been cut.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Gustin throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Hunt sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Gustin takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Gustin motions for Hunt to come forward. Gustin throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Gustin throws a jab but it's blocked by Hunt.
Hunt misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Gustin.
Gustin avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Hunt has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Hunt there as he acknowledges the shot.
Hunt swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Gustin throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Hunt was looking to counter that last move with a shot to the body but he didn't commit.
A looping hook to the body misses from Hunt. Gustin does a little dance to reset his feet.
Gustin throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Hunt is looking to counter punch.
Gustin defending well as Hunt loads up on a big left hand.
Hunt throws a body shot but no joy.
Gustin will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Hunt checks the leg kick nicely there.
And Hunt counters with a quick kick to the body but Gustin blocks it.
Gustin pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Melvin Gustin is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Gustin throws the left hand but Hunt avoids the punch easily.
Gustin fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
A low kick from Hunt is predictable there
and Gustin counters with an inside leg kick.
Gustin moves into range and lands a nice body kick.
Hunt bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Hunt connects with an inside leg kick.
Hunt missing with a left hand there. Gustin was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Jab, jab by Hunt - just one landing.
Hunt takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
Gustin throws a push kick but Hunt slaps the foot to one side.
Gustin walks forward, straight into a front kick from Hunt.
Hunt scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Gustin uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Hunt.
Hunt misses with a hook
and Gustin counters with a left to the body.
Gustin connects with the punch.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hunt misses the shot to the body.
Gustin lands a head shot.
Hunt throws a hook but Gustin avoids it easily.
Hunt fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Gustin manages to avoid it.
Hunt misses with a hook.
Hunt throws a hook but Gustin blocks it.
Gustin uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Hunt.
Hunt takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Hunt throws a leg kick that misses.
Jab by Gustin.
Gustin moves into range and lands a nice body kick.
Hunt looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
Hunt fails in his attempt to clinch.
Sloppy strikes from Gustin. Those never looked like landing.
Phol Hunt has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Gustin throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Hunt throws a left and a right that both miss
and Gustin counters with a straight right hand.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Hunt looks to throw a body kick
and Gustin makes him pay by landing a thudding low kick.
Gustin takes a swing at Hunt's ribcage but misses.
Gustin jabs Hunt to the body, keeping him at a distance.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Gustin blocks a leg kick.
Gustin pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Hunt misses with a looping left.
Hunt misses with a looping left.
Hunt throws a leg kick that misses.
A little jabbing left from Gustin on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Gustin cracks Hunt with a right hand to the side of the head.
A looping hook to the body misses from Hunt. Gustin does a little dance to reset his feet.
Hunt tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Hunt throws a jab when Gustin was well out of range.
Gustin slips a straight right by Hunt.
The fight stays on the outside here - Hunt looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Gustin looks like he wants to counter punch here.
And that's the end of the fight!
Melvin Gustin comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Gustin 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 Radbod Blank scores the fight 27:30
Judge Nard Betker scores the fight 28:29
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Melvin Gustin!
After winning the bout, Melvin Gustin thanked all his fans and promised he'd do even better in his next fight. The crowd seemed to love his humility.
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