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185/205 Tournament - Round 1 PBP Commentary |
Undercard bout
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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Paul Hunt (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Rick Van Buuren (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Paul Hunt has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?
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210 lbs
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Basic striking
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Basic striking
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of London, Paul Hunt!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Rick Van Buuren!
The judges for this bout are Nard Betker, Wagner Zegers and Paul Aken.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Hunt just misses with a punch to the body.
Van Buuren lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Hunt circles away quickly and effectively.
Hunt swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
Van Buuren feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Hunt's calf.
Hunt lands with a nice body punch.
A big right from Van Buuren misses.
A swing and a miss from Van Buuren.
Van Buuren ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Hunt misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Van Buuren.
Nice uppercut there from Van Buuren.
Hunt on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Van Buuren. Van Buuren obviously looking to wear him down.
Van Buuren slips a jab from Hunt.
Van Buuren now looks to counter with a shot at the body.
Rick Van Buuren seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Van Buuren 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 Hunt has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Hunt and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
Hunt lands with a cross.
Hunt slips a jab from Van Buuren.
Van Buuren misses the shot to the body.
Hunt takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Van Buuren throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
A swing and a miss from Van Buuren.
A counter left hand to the body from Hunt misses its target.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Van Buuren takes a swing at Hunt's ribcage but misses.
Van Buuren misses with a looping left.
Hunt was looking to counter that last move with a shot to the body but he didn't commit.
Hunt pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Hunt throws an off balance right hand
and Van Buuren counters with a stiff right hand.
Hunt digs a good body shot into Van Buuren's ribs.
Hunt shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Van Buuren tries to clinch up but Hunt circles away and keeps his distance.
Van Buuren is looking to score with low kicks.
Van Buuren uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Hunt.
Hunt scores with a nice strike.
Van Buuren misses with a hook. Hunt ducked under it nicely.
Van Buuren tries to close the distance and clinch up but Hunt swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Van Buuren doesn't manage to clinch there - Hunt circles away.
Van Buuren misses with a low kick.
A slapping leg kick lands for Van Buuren.
Van Buuren scores with a nice right hand.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Van Buuren throws a wild body kick that Hunt sees coming a mile off.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Hunt keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Hunt swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
Van Buuren throws a nice outside leg kick.
Van Buuren tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Hunt swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
A swing and a miss from Van Buuren.
Hunt throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Hunt fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Van Buuren manages to avoid it.
Van Buuren throws a leg kick that misses.
An attempted straight right counter from Hunt misses the target.
Hunt looks to land a combination but Van Buuren avoids it well.
Hunt throws a hook to the side of Van Buuren's head but Van Buuren sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Van Buuren misses with a combination
letting Hunt counter with a right hand.
A left lands for Hunt.
A big right from Hunt misses.
Van Buuren throws a hook but Hunt blocks it.
Van Buuren scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hunt needs to keep his hands up - Van Buuren had a free shot at his head there.
An inside leg kick lands from Van Buuren.
Hunt lands the left hand.
Hunt misses with a body shot.
No joy there for Van Buuren, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Van Buuren lunges at Hunt with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Hunt's hand.
Hunt throws a one two combo.
Van Buuren lands a kick to the ribs of his opponent. Nice work there - in and out in a flash.
Van Buuren is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Hunt.
Hunt throws an off balance right hand
and Van Buuren counters with a series of strikes. Hunt will be more careful next time no doubt.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Hunt lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Van Buuren thows a left - swing and a miss!
Van Buuren slips under a jab from Hunt.
Van Buuren steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Hunt.
Van Buuren tries to land a body kick
enabling Hunt to counter with a crisp jab.
Hunt looks to land a left hand but Van Buuren moved out of range nicely.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Hunt tries to check a leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Hunt dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Van Buuren misses with a double jab
and Hunt connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Van Buuren throws a half hearted mid kick.
Van Buuren thows a left - swing and a miss!
Van Buuren misses with a head kick.
Hunt checks a leg kick.
A swing and a miss from Hunt.
Van Buuren moves into range and clinches up with Hunt.
Van Buuren misses with a punch on the inside.
Van Buuren misses with a hook from the clinch.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Van Buuren.
A bit of stalling here from Hunt.
Hunt breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Van Buuren looks to land a right hand but Hunt moved out of range.
Van Buuren moves out of range as Hunt strikes.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close round but Rick Van Buuren will probably get the nod.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!
Hunt misses the shot to the body.
Van Buuren wants to land a leg kick but Hunt is out of range.
Van Buuren takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Decent striking displayed by Hunt there.
Hunt looks to land a right hand but Van Buuren moved out of range.
Hunt tests Van Buuren's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Van Buuren throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Hunt counters with a right hand to the body.
Hunt lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Hunt avoids the body shot from Van Buuren.
Hunt showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Van Buuren.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Hunt misses with a two punch combination.
Van Buuren replies with a solid counter kick to the body but Hunt blocks it well.
Hunt misses the jab.
Hunt throws a hook but Van Buuren avoids it easily.
Van Buuren rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Hunt moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Van Buuren works the jab nicely.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Nice defenses there by Hunt.
Van Buuren uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Hunt.
Hunt looks to land a right hand but Van Buuren moved out of range.
Hunt swings for the body but Van Buuren moves out of range.
Van Buuren thinks about the counter body kick.
Hunt throws a hook but Van Buuren blocks it.
A solid leg kick lands there for Van Buuren.
Van Buuren cracks Hunt with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
Hunt misses with a hook to the body
and Van Buuren cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Hunt thows a left - swing and a miss!
Van Buuren throws a hook to the side of Hunt's head but Hunt sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Van Buuren fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Van Buuren tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Hunt was well out of range. Poor timing from Van Buuren.
Hunt was looking to counter that last move with a shot to the body but he didn't commit.
Van Buuren throws a low kick but Hunt moves out of range easily.
A quick step to the side and Hunt tries to counter with a shot to the body but it doesn't connect.
Van Buuren throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Rick Van Buuren seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Hunt waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Van Buuren.
Hunt connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Van Buuren's hands.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Van Buuren rushes Hunt and presses him up against the cage.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Hunt pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Hunt keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
A looping hook to the body misses from Hunt. Van Buuren does a little dance to reset his feet.
Van Buuren tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Hunt manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Van Buuren throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Hunt sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Van Buuren scores with a sloppy right hand. Hunt should have avoided that one.
The crowd cheers as Van Buuren lands an impressive looking overhand right. Hunt doesn't seem phased though.
Hunt avoids the head kick by Van Buuren.
Van Buuren misses the jab.
Van Buuren connects with an inside leg kick.
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Hunt, as that shot connected.
Hunt misses with a looping left.
Van Buuren connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Hunt's hands.
Hunt throws the left hand but Van Buuren avoids the punch easily.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Van Buuren ducks under a wild hook from Hunt.
Van Buuren lands with a thumping leg kick.
Hunt misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Van Buuren.
Hunt misses with a hook
and Van Buuren counters with a low kick, right behind Hunt 's knee.
Van Buuren uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Hunt.
Van Buuren looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Van Buuren throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Hunt throws a body punch but Van Buuren moves out of range.
Hunt ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Van Buuren moves away.
Van Buuren loads up on a big right hand but Hunt slips the punch.
Van Buuren uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Hunt.
Hunt throws a looping overhand right but Van Buuren ducks down to avoid it.
Van Buuren misses with a lunging right hand
and Hunt counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Van Buuren avoids the body shot from Hunt.
Van Buuren unleashes a big counter combination but Hunt bobs and weaves and avoids any damage.
Hunt has not gone for a single takedown so far in this fight, which seems like a very strange tactic when you consider that he has the superior wrestling and BJJ.
Van Buuren tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and Hunt is able to avoid easily.
Van Buuren misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Van Buuren lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Hunt pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Van Buuren looks to score with a jab to the body but Hunt is just out of range.
Hunt misses with a right hand
and Van Buuren counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Hunt throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Van Buuren throws a hook to the side of Hunt's head but Hunt sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Nice defenses there by Van Buuren.
Hunt misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Van Buuren swings for the body but Hunt moves out of range.
It looked like Hunt was trying to counter with a body shot coming off that last attack from Van Buuren.
Van Buuren fails in his attempt to clinch.
Hunt throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Hunt lands a two punch combo.
A leg kick checked by Hunt.
Hunt swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
Van Buuren uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Hunt.
Hunt rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Van Buuren counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
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 Paul Hunt will probably get the nod.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action. The crowd applaud as we get ready to start the final round!
Hunt lands a body shot.
A big right from Hunt misses.
Van Buuren tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Hunt manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Hunt lands an overhand right.
Van Buuren blocks a jab.
Good exchange - Hunt coming out on top.
Van Buuren tries to clinch
and Hunt cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Van Buuren darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
Hunt digs a good body shot into Van Buuren's ribs.
Van Buuren tries to clinch up.
Hunt checks a leg kick.
A shot to the liver by Van Buuren. Beautiful body shot.
Van Buuren misses with a head kick.
Hunt cracks Van Buuren with a good jab.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Nice shot by Van Buuren.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Van Buuren uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Hunt.
Van Buuren avoids the body shot from Hunt.
Hunt misses with a hook. Van Buuren ducked under it nicely.
A big left from Hunt misses.
Hunt pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Van Buuren ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Hunt moves away.
Hunt showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Van Buuren.
Van Buuren throws a leg kick but Hunt checks it.
A cross from Van Buuren lands.
Van Buuren misses with a kick to the body.
A counter left hand to the body from Hunt misses its target.
Van Buuren pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Van Buuren throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Hunt lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Hunt avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hunt connects with a body shot that sends Van Buuren's belly button to the back.
Hunt misses with a hook. Van Buuren ducked under it nicely.
Hunt swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Van Buuren tries to close the distance and clinch but Hunt swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Hunt avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Van Buuren slips under a jab.
Van Buuren moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Hunt connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
Van Buuren tries to clinch but Hunt is having none of it.
Hunt fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Hunt uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Van Buuren.
Van Buuren throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Van Buuren has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
Hunt throws a right hand that Van Buuren ducks under and follows up with a left that Van Buuren also avoids with ease.
Hunt misses with a double jab
and Van Buuren counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Jab by Van Buuren.
Hunt works Van Buuren's body with a nice hook.
Van Buuren lands a nice looking body shot.
Van Buuren uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Hunt.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Van Buuren! But no joy.
Van Buuren connects with a good right hand that stumbles Hunt. Hunt circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
Sloppy strikes from Hunt. Those never looked like landing.
Hunt uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Van Buuren.
Van Buuren walks into a straight right hand from Hunt.
Van Buuren scores with a punch to the head.
Van Buuren misses with a lunging right hand
and Hunt counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Van Buuren missing with a left hand there. Hunt was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Hunt swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Van Buuren misses with a hook to the body
and Hunt counters with a straight right hand.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Van Buuren fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Hunt manages to avoid it.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Hunt jabs Van Buuren to the body, keeping him at a distance.
Hunt feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Van Buurens jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!
Van Buuren tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Hunt manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Hunt takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
The fighters circling - Van Buuren throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Hunt throws a hook but Van Buuren avoids it easily.
Hunt staying out of range there.
Van Buuren misses with a kick to the body
and Hunt counters with a straight right hand.
A looping hook to the body misses from Hunt. Van Buuren does a little dance to reset his feet.
Hunt lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
A big left from Van Buuren misses.
Van Buuren bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Hunt's head.
Van Buuren lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
Hunt is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Van Buuren.
And that's the end of the fight!
Paul Hunt showed his dominance in that final round.
I think Hunt 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 Nard Betker scores the fight 28:29
Judge Wagner Zegers scores the fight 29:28
Judge Paul Aken 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 light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Mason Gates (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Harry Sachz (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Gates comes into the arena with Hell Song blaring out of the sound system. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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215 lbs
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BJJ Blue Belt
Solid boxing
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
3 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Mason Gates!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Harry Sachz!
The judges for this bout are Aafke Stam, Daniel Blasius and Albert Achterberg.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Gates misses with a jab, cross combination.
Gates throws a nice looking combination but Sachz bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Gates wants to clinch up but Sachz keeps it at a distance.
Gates falls off balance throwing a combination
and Sachz counters with a driving takedown into guard. Nice work there by Sachz.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Sachz is taking a break and basically stalling. The referee will not allow him to do that for long.
It looks like Sachz might be adopting somewhat of a lay and pray gameplan here, which I'm sure won't go down too well with the paying fans in attendance... Or the ring announcers come to think of it.
Sachz cracks Gates with a solid left hand.
Gates definitely looks more muscular than last time we saw him fight.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Sachz engaging in some classic timewasting tactics.
Sachz chips away with some ground and pound.
Sachz working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of Gates's head.
Sachz engaging in some classic timewasting tactics.
Sachz looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
My god... these two guys really need to pick up the pace or everyone will leave to go get a beer.
Sachz stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Gates swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Sachz not doing a lot at the moment. He'll have to show some more aggression or the fight will get stood up.
The ref stands the fighters back up due to a lack of activity.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Gates misses with a combination
and Sachz decides to take the opportunity to score a takedown. He's landed in Gates's guard.
Sachz advances to half guard.
Sachz looking to pass the half guard. Not this time.
Sachz winds up and cracks Gates with a swinging punch to the side of the head.
Sachz passes the guard and advances to mount!
Gates is breathing heavily.
Sachz sitting in mount, just looking to control for the moment.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Sachz drops a big elbow. That's hurt Gates! More shots from Sachz and the ref steps in! The fight is over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:22 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Harry Sachz!
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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Mathew Jenkins (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Silva Zoldyck (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Well, I have no idea who's going to take this one!
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205 lbs
3 - 0 - 0 |
BJJ Blue Belt
Counter fighter
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
4 - 1 - 0, fighting out of New York, Mathew Jenkins!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
3 - 0 - 0, fighting out of London, Silva Zoldyck!
The judges for this bout are Albert Achterberg, Wagner Zegers and Aafke Stam.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
No luck with that takedown attempt from Jenkins.
Jenkins slips under a jab.
Jenkins appears to be looking for a counter takedown.
Zoldyck comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Jenkins slips a straight right by Zoldyck.
Jenkins feinted with a counter takedown.
Zoldyck throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Zoldyck defends well against a solid takedown attempt from Jenkins.
Zoldyck dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Jenkins shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says Zoldyck as he avoids it easily.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Mathew Jenkins. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Zoldyck digs a good body shot into Jenkins's ribs.
Zoldyck drops Jenkins with a beautiful combination! Jenkins stares up at his opponent, who ushers him back to his feet - Zoldyck is looking for the KO!
Jenkins is rocked!
It looks like Mathew Jenkins has been cut.
Jenkins is breathing heavily.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Zoldyck pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Jenkins drops down looking for a counter takedown but Zoldyck sprawls and moves away.
Jenkins with a poor takedown
and Zoldyck counters with a big right hand! Oh Jenkins is in trouble here! Zoldyck follows up with more strikes and that's it! The ref has stopped it!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:15 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Silva Zoldyck!
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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Marc Charbonnier (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Kyson Dale (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Charbonnier comes to the cage accompanied by MC Hammer - U Can't Touch This. The crowd seem to be enjoying Dale's choice of entrance music: Killing in the name of . The atmosphere really building for this one as we go over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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199 lbs
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
3 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Marc Charbonnier!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
2 - 2 - 0, fighting out of London, Kyson Dale!
The judges for this bout are Radbod Blank, Patrick Alders and Aafke Stam.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Dale is looking to score with low kicks.
Dale tries to clinch up.
Dale lands with a straight right. Charbonnier didn't see that one coming.
Charbonnier fails with a takedown attempt.
Kyson Dale seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Nice cross by Charbonnier.
Charbonnier has been working on his balance at Lights Out™, so perhaps that has help him stuff some of the takedown attempts by Dale.
Dale doesn't manage to clinch there - Charbonnier circles away.
Charbonnier tries to counter with a takedown but Dale is quick to defend against it.
Dale misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Charbonnier manages to get an easy takedown there - catching Dale on his heels. He'll look to pass Dale's guard now, I'm sure.
Charbonnier controls the pace of the fight for a moment.
Charbonnier keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Dale's head.
Dale avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Charbonnier is sitting in guard, working some ground and pound.
Charbonnier lands a couple of digs.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Charbonnier is in close to Dale's body, working some short punches and elbows.
Charbonnier postures up.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Dale utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Charbonnier prevents Dale from getting back to his feet.
Dale has been taking part in the yoga sessions down at The Fortress. Presumably he's going to look for a slick submission... Or maybe he's looking to avoid one.
Dale really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Charbonnier. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Charbonnier is frustrating his opponent with some stalling tactics from top position.
Dale has momentary wrist control but Charbonnier slips an elbow through the middle.
Charbonnier with a nice head shot there.
Dale avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Charbonnier makes a bit of distance and scores with some ground and pound, still in guard.
Charbonnier controlling from the guard. I say controlling but really, he's stalling.
Charbonnier scores with a decent looking elbow strike.
Charbonnier works over Dale with some ground and pound from guard.
Charbonnier is working Dale over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Charbonnier distracts Dale with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.
Charbonnier controls from within his opponent's guard.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Charbonnier's corner. There ya go! There ya go!
Dale is rocked!
Charbonnier controlling from the guard. I say controlling but really, he's stalling.
Dale wants to stand but Charbonnier is controlling the position.
Dale being controlled here, momentarily.
Charbonnier working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of Dale's head.
Charbonnier has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
Charbonnier won't allow Dale to get back to his feet.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Charbonnier stands and throws Dale's legs to the side, diving into side control.
Dale on the wrong end of some ground and pound.
Dale takes a couple of big shots there - the referee warns him that he has to defend himself better.
Charbonnier cracks Dale with a big elbow.
Charbonnier controls the position from side control.
Charbonnier lands a nice forearm strike.
Dale is still in real trouble! Can Charbonnier finish him?
Charbonnier lands a strong strike to the head of Dale. That's dazed him! Charbonnier looking to finish here. Dale is waving his arms around trying to block but he's hurt badly - Charbonnier lands more strikes and the referee steps in to end the fight!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:53 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Marc Charbonnier!
In his post fight interview, Marc Charbonnier started talking himself up. Luckily his charisma kept the crowd on side and gave him a good reception.
The defeated Kyson Dale had this to say: 'I will be back, bigger and stronger! '.
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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Arran Balthazar (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Brendan Behan (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Arran Balthazar is staring across the cage at his opponent, tweaking his nipples... Tweaking his own nipples that is.
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191 lbs
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180 lbs
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
4 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Arran Balthazar!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
3 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Brendan Behan!
The judges for this bout are Wagner Zegers, Aafke Stam and Radbod Blank.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Behan looks for a takedown but Balthazar sprawls well.
Behan misses with a takedown
and Balthazar counters by moving into the clinch.
Balthazar lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Behan backwards.
Balthazar cracks Behan with a nice body shot.
Behan is working on a leg, looking for a takedown but Balthazar is defending well.
Arran Balthazar has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Brendan Behan.
Behan looks winded!
Balthazar working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Balthazar lands a right hand that snaps the head of Behan backwards.
Balthazar digs a right hand underneath Behan's ribcage. Behan let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Nice body punch from Balthazar - that landed with a thud.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Balthazar pushes Behan back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Balthazar lands a shot to the body.
Balthazar lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Balthazar lands a body punch in the clinch.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Balthazar lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Behan.
Balthazar lands a damaging elbow.
That's one minute gone in the round.
A short left from Balthazar.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Balthazar.
Nice body punch from Balthazar - that landed with a thud.
Balthazar scores with a hook to the body.
Balthazar lands with a short shot to the head.
Balthazar digs a right hand into Behan's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Behan's gas tank.
Balthazar drops Behan onto one knee with a big uppercut from the clinch! Behan is propped up by the cage and works his way back to his feet!
Behan is rocked!
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Balthazar works on Behan's body with a couple of short punches.
Behan is still on wobbly legs! Can Balthazar finish him?
Balthazar has Behan pressed against the cage. He pushes Behan back and as he springs towards him off the cage, Balthazar throws a beautiful elbow that sends Behan crashing to the floor! Balthazar piles on the pressure with more strikes! Behan is flailing away but he's not defending himself and the referee steps in to stop the fight!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:35 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Arran Balthazar!
Our winner, Arran Balthazar, made sure he spent some time buttering up the crowd during his post fight interview, which will no doubt bring him a few more fans.
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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Ryuu Wakahisa (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Vlad Abramov (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Man, I cannot wait for this one!
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
5 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Ryuu Wakahisa!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Vlad Abramov!
The judges for this bout are Radbod Blank, Daniel Blasius and Aafke Stam.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Abramov throws a quick inside leg kick.
Wakahisa looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Wakahisa rushes Abramov and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Abramov has hold of one of Wakahisa's legs. Wakahisa is fighting the takedown attempt but Abramov gets the trip and lands the takedown into guard.
Wakahisa pushes Abramov off and scrambles back to his feet.
Wakahisa leaves Abramov with his face pressed against the mat as he sprawls beautifully, defending against a solid takedown attempt.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Abramov.
Wakahisa tries to counter by clinching up but Abramov breaks away and moves out of range.
Abramov changes levels and looks for a double leg takedown. Wakahisa tries to avoid it but Abramov manages to keep hold of a leg and drag Wakahisa to the ground. Wakahisa escapes though and pops straight back up to his feet.
Abramov throws a leg kick
and Wakahisa counters by moving into the clinch. Good anticipation by Wakahisa.
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!
Abramov is looking for a takedown.
Ryuu Wakahisa has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Vlad Abramov.
Wakahisa throws an elbow that misses.
Come on Wakahisa - let's have some action - none of this stalling nonsense.
Abramov's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Vlad Abramov seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Abramov throws a leg kick but Wakahisa checks it.
Wakahisa has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Abramov.
Abramov will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.
Wakahisa tries to counter by clinching up but Abramov breaks away and moves out of range.
Wakahisa wants to clinch up but Abramov keeps it at a distance.
Abramov connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Abramov fakes high and shoots in for a takedown but Wakahisa avoids it really well and circles away.
Abramov moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Abramov chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Abramov tries to drive through with a takedown attempt but Wakahisa defends well and Abramov ends up having to push Wakahisa into the cage where they will battle it out in the clinch.
Abramov looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights.
Wakahisa displays good takedown defense there as he swats away a double leg from Abramov.
Abramov misses with a low kick.
Abramov tried to score with a low kick but Wakahisa checks it.
Wakahisa tries to clinch but Abramov moves out of range.
Abramov fakes high and shoots in for a takedown but Wakahisa avoids it really well and circles away.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Abramov thumps Wakahisa with a low kick.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Abramov.
Wakahisa tries to close the distance and clinch but Abramov swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Abramov misses with a wild body shot.
Wakahisa tries to clinch up but Abramov circles away and keeps his distance.
Wakahisa tries to clinch but Abramov is having none of it.
Abramov pivots, looking for a leg kick but Wakahisa is out of range and Abramov settles back down.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are hurling abuse towards the fighters... You can hardly blame them though because there isn't a lot going on in the fight.
The fight moves into the clinch position.
Abramov goes for a takedown in the clinch but Wakahisa prevents it.
Wakahisa prevents the takedown attempt.
Wakahisa throws an elbow but it misses.
Wakahisa throws an elbow that misses.
Wakahisa lands a nice elbow.
It looks like Vlad Abramov has been cut.
Wakahisa landing knees to the body.
Wakahisa is pushing Abramov up against the cage, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.
Wakahisa misses with a knee strike.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Ryuu Wakahisa dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Vlad Abramov's cut.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!
Abramov avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Wakahisa tries to clinch up.
Abramov now looks to counter with a shot at the body.
Abramov takes a swing at Wakahisa's ribcage but misses.
As Abramov tries to get set, Wakahisa tries to push him back and clinch up but Abramov manages to avoid the attempt.
Abramov shoots in for a takedown but Wakahisa shows good takedown defense.
Wakahisa takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Abramov fails to land the takedown.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Abramov doesn't succeed with the takedown
and Wakahisa moves into the clinch.
Ryuu Wakahisa has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Vlad Abramov.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Wakahisa.
Abramov can't break the clinch.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Wakahisa lands an elbow inside that Abramov shrugs off.
Wakahisa looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Wakahisa unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Wakahisa lands an elbow that stopped Abramov in his tracks for a moment.
Abramov takes an elbow to the temple.
Wakahisa creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Abramov's defenses.
Wakahisa leaning his opponent against the cage.
Abramov avoids a wild elbow strike from Wakahisa.
Wakahisa misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Abramov.
Abramov takes a knee right on the jaw!
The pace really dropping off here, momentarily.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Wakahisa throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Abramov on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Abramov is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Wakahisa lands an elbow just above Abramov 's eye.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Wakahisa gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Wakahisa connects with a knee to the head.
Wakahisa is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Abramov is defending well for now.
Abramov takes an elbow to the temple.
Abramov blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Wakahisa is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Abramov can do to turn this around?
Abramov avoids a wild elbow strike from Wakahisa.
Wakahisa gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Wakahisa unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Abramov can't get the takedown.
Wakahisa tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Wakahisa lands an elbow inside.
Wakahisa lands a knee to the head.
Wakahisa holding his opponent close, against the cage.
Wakahisa lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Wakahisa lands an elbow inside that Abramov shrugs off.
Wakahisa lands an elbow inside.
Abramov tries to pull guard but can't drag his opponent to the mat. Wakahisa just stands there and leans against the cage.
Abramov takes an elbow to the temple.
Wakahisa lands a damaging elbow.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Wakahisa lands a nice elbow.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
A nice glancing elbow lands by Wakahisa.
Wakahisa throws an elbow that misses.
Abramov wants to take the fight to the mat but Wakahisa manages to get underhooks and keep the fight in the clinch.
Abramov has dropped down and is looking to force the takedown but it's defended by Wakahisa after a bit of a struggle.
Ryuu Wakahisa has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Abramov is breathing heavily.
Wakahisa lands an elbow just above Abramov 's eye.
Wakahisa utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Wakahisa creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Abramov's defenses.
Wakahisa lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Wakahisa lands a nice knee to the body.
Wakahisa lands an elbow inside.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Ryuu Wakahisa dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Vlad Abramov's cut.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! This is the final round!
Abramov fails with a takedown attempt.
Wakahisa tries to counter by clinching up but Abramov breaks away and moves out of range.
Abramov lands with a nice body punch.
Abramov doesn't succeed with the takedown
and Wakahisa counters by clinching up.
Nice elbow from Wakahisa.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Nice elbow from Wakahisa.
Abramov wants a takedown but no success here.
Ryuu Wakahisa has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Vlad Abramov.
Wakahisa lands a nice elbow.
Wakahisa lands an elbow just above Abramov 's eye.
Abramov takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Wakahisa scores with a knee to the head.
Wakahisa lands a knee to the head.
Some stalling of biblical proportions here from Wakahisa.
Wakahisa gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Wakahisa lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Wakahisa landing knees to the body.
Wakahisa throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Wakahisa lands an elbow just above Abramov 's eye.
Wakahisa gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Wakahisa gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Stalling in the clinch from Wakahisa.
Wakahisa crunches a lovely knee into Abramov's ribcage.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Wakahisa lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Ryuu Wakahisa is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Wakahisa comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Wakahisa using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Wakahisa lands a nice elbow.
Wakahisa crunches a lovely knee into Abramov's ribcage.
Wakahisa unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Wakahisa lands a nice elbow.
Wakahisa lands a damaging elbow.
Wakahisa lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Abramov letting Wakahisa take a breather here.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Wakahisa slows down the pace here.
Wakahisa gets a warning from the ref for wasting time.
Abramov takes an elbow to the forehead.
Wakahisa gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Wakahisa lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Wakahisa comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Wakahisa tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Abramov avoids it.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Wakahisa creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Abramov's defenses.
Vlad Abramov has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Wakahisa lands an elbow inside that Abramov shrugs off.
Wakahisa missing with knees to the body.
Abramov wants a takedown but no success here.
Abramov takes a knee right on the jaw!
Wakahisa creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Abramov's defenses.
Abramov jumps guard but his hands slip and he falls flat on his back. Well, he's made himself look a right mug there, as Wakahisa walks away with a smile on his face. Abramov gets slowly back to his feet and shakes his head.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Wakahisa goes for a double leg but Abramov avoids the attempt and the two fighters end up clinched against the cage as Abramov continues to drive forward.
It seemed like Abramov was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Wakahisa checks a leg kick.
As Abramov tries to get set, Wakahisa tries to push him back and clinch up but Abramov manages to avoid the attempt.
And that's the end of the fight!
Ryuu Wakahisa showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Wakahisa, winning every round. Will the judges agree? They are the ones who matter, even if they are often depressingly incompetent. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Radbod Blank scores the fight 30:25
Judge Daniel Blasius scores the fight 30:25
Judge Aafke Stam scores the fight 30:25
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Ryuu Wakahisa!
Ryuu Wakahisa took his opportunity to call for a title shot in his post fight interview.
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Co-main event
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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Gus Spencer (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Diesel Armstrong (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). The fight MMA fans around the world have waited their entire lives for!
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192 lbs
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188 lbs
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Excellent boxer
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
6 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Gus Spencer!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
3 - 1 - 0, fighting out of New York, Diesel Armstrong!
The judges for this bout are Nard Betker, Aafke Stam and Wagner Zegers.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Armstrong swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Armstrong fails to land with a series of punches.
Spencer has been working on his boxing with his coaches at Lights Out™ in the buildup to the fight.
Diesel Armstrong seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Armstrong thows a left - swing and a miss!
Spencer moves forwards but Armstrong connects with a nice, crisp jab.
Armstrong misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Armstrong scores with a sloppy right hand. Spencer should have avoided that one.
Spencer walks into a stiff left hand from Armstrong.
Armstrong scores with a nice right hand.
Armstrong lands a glancing blow to the side of Spencer's head.
Armstrong closes the distance and lands a one-two.
Spencer is rocked!
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Spencer misses with an uppercut.
Oh Spencer is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Spencer looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Spencer gets tagged by a hook that puts him to sleep! Armstrong points and yells something to his unconcious foe before strutting off. Spencer wakes up just in time to hear Armstrong thank his coaches in the post fight interview.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:42 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Diesel Armstrong!
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Main event
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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Zack Cortez (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Naksuttava Puimakone (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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185 lbs
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
6 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Zack Cortez!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Naksuttava Puimakone!
The judges for this bout are Nard Betker, Wagner Zegers and Daniel Blasius.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Cortez scores with a jab.
Cortez takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
Cortez throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Cortez misses with a wild body shot.
Cortez on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
Cortez swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Cortez is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Puimakone.
Puimakone takes a jab right on the kisser.
A telegraphed right hand from Cortez misses the target.
Cortez comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Cortez loads up on a big right hand but Puimakone slips the punch.
Puimakone looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights.
Cortez punishes Puimakone's body with a nice straight punch.
Puimakone gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Cortez misses with the head strike.
Cortez pressing his opponent against the cage.
Cortez lands with a right to the head.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Puimakone scores with a shot to the side of Cortez's head.
Puimakone misses with a hook from the clinch.
Cortez tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Still in the clinch, Puimakone scores with a nice short uppercut.
I was talking to Cortez's coach per-fight and he was telling me that they'd been working on the clinch in the runup to this fight.
Cortez tries to throw a body punch but Puimakone avoids it by throwing Cortez back against the cage.
Puimakone is stalling here. The referee will be looking to step in if he doesn't pick up the pace.
Cortez blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Cortez tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Cortez misses with the head strike.
Cortez blocks an uppercut.
A bit of stalling here from Cortez.
Puimakone blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Cortez has a couple of punches blocked by Puimakone.
A head punch on the inside from Cortez fails to land.
Puimakone tries to throw a body punch but Cortez avoids it by throwing Puimakone back against the cage.
The pace really dropping off here, momentarily.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Puimakone's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Puimakone slows down the pace here.
Puimakone stalling in the clinch.
Puimakone tries to work over Cortez's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Puimakone avoiding damage as Cortez throws knees to the body.
Cortez breaks from the clinch.
Puimakone missing with a left hand there. Cortez was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Puimakone throws a predictable looking body shot
enabling Cortez to counter with a crisp jab.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Puimakone swings and misses with a hook to the body.
It looked like Cortez was trying to counter with a body shot coming off that last attack from Puimakone.
Puimakone takes a shot to the body in his stride.
A looping hook to the body misses from Cortez. Puimakone does a little dance to reset his feet.
Cortez fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Puimakone manages to avoid it.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Puimakone looks to clinch
and Puimakone takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Puimakone throws a jab when Cortez was well out of range.
Cortez missing with a left hand there. Puimakone was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Cortez paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
Puimakone misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Cortez.
Cortez moves forwards but Puimakone connects with a nice, crisp jab.
Cortez lands with a good body shot.
Puimakone keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Cortez uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Puimakone.
Cortez walks into a left hand.
Puimakone has used his reach advantage pretty well so far tonight.
Puimakone digs a good hook to Cortez's body.
Cortez's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Puimakone connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Cortez scrambles back to his feet.
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!
Puimakone scores with a nice strike.
Cortez is rocked!
Cortez takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Puimakone drives through and clinches with Cortez against the cage.
Puimakone is pushing Cortez up against the cage, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Puimakone misses with a hook to the ribs.
Cortez is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Puimakone is keeping busy.
Cortez has Puimakone pushed against the cage.
Puimakone blocks an elbow strike from Cortez.
Puimakone tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Cortez misses with a punch on the inside.
Puimakone throws a head punch that misses.
Cortez lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Puimakone backwards.
Puimakone is pushing Cortez up against the cage, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.
Puimakone tries a body shot but Cortez blocks it.
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 Zack Cortez will probably get the nod.
That's time! Back to the action!
Puimakone gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Puimakone lands a body punch in the clinch.
Cortez misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Puimakone.
Puimakone has a couple of punches blocked by Cortez.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Cortez.
Puimakone misses with a hook from the clinch.
Cortez misses with the head strike.
Cortez stalling in the clinch.
Cortez is looking to control Puimakone's arms but Puimakone gets an underhook and turns him. Now Cortez has his back to the cage.
Puimakone lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Puimakone misses with a hook to the ribs.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Puimakone misses with the head strike.
Puimakone scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Cortez manages to break the clinch.
Puimakone on the wrong end of a nice jab.
Puimakone misses with a body shot
and Cortez counters with a stiff right hand.
Puimakone with a body punch. A glancing blow.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Puimakone tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Cortez manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Cortez swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
Puimakone takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Zack Cortez is winning the standup battle so far.
Cortez takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
Puimakone swings for the body but Cortez moves out of range.
Puimakone misses with a hook
letting Cortez counter with a right hand.
Cortez lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Puimakone scores with a decent looking hook.
Cortez lands a head shot.
Cortez misses the shot to the body.
Puimakone misses with a lunging right hand
and Cortez counters with a lovely shot to the body.
Puimakone takes a shot right to the bread basket.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Cortez ducks under a wild hook from Puimakone.
A big left from Puimakone misses.
Cortez misses the shot to the body.
Puimakone steps in looking to clinch after the strikes miss from Cortez.
Puimakone defending well as Cortez loads up on a big left hand.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Cortez 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.
Cortez ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Puimakone moves away.
Cortez tries to clinch up but Puimakone circles away and keeps his distance.
Puimakone lands a nice shot to the body.
Puimakone throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Cortez looks to land a right hand but Puimakone moved out of range.
Cortez throws a shot from downtown. Puimakone moves away and avoids it.
It seemed like Puimakone was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Puimakone misses with an uppercut
and Cortez counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
Puimakone lands with a nice body punch.
Puimakone on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Puimakone ducks under a wild hook from Cortez.
Cortez misses with an uppercut
and Puimakone counters with a straight right hand.
Puimakone lunges at Cortez with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Cortez's hand.
Puimakone ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Cortez moves away.
Puimakone lands with a shot to the body.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Cortez shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Puimakone misses with an uppercut.
Puimakone throws a shot to the body.
Puimakone connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Cortez momentarily.
Puimakone connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
Oh Cortez is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Cortez looks up at the clock. Bad move! Puimakone lands a right hand from hell, dropping Cortez. Puimakone pounces and finishes the fight with a flurry of punches and elbows.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:30 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Naksuttava Puimakone!
Naksuttava Puimakone thanked the fans post fight for their support.
Zack Cortez was interviewed post fight and said 'This fight was a fluke.'.
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