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Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Erik Drake (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Valentijn Van Damme (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Man, I cannot wait for this one!
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159 lbs
4 - 1 - 0 |
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178 cm
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164 lbs
3 - 3 - 0 |
BJJ Purple Belt
Solid boxing
Good chin |
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BJJ Blue Belt
Decent 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
4 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Erik Drake!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
3 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Valentijn Van Damme!
The judges for this bout are Paulsen Ambrosius, Patrick Alders and Daniel Blasius.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Drake uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Van Damme.
Drake looks to score with a jab to the body but Van Damme is just out of range.
Drake swings for the body but Van Damme moves out of range.
Van Damme jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Van Damme dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Drake throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Van Damme.
Drake fails to land with a series of punches.
Drake uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Van Damme.
Van Damme ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Drake moves away.
Drake throws a series of strikes that have Van Damme backpedaling.
Drake misses with a hook. Van Damme ducked under it nicely.
A big right from Van Damme misses.
Van Damme tries to clinch up but Drake circles away and keeps his distance.
Drake throws a right hand that Van Damme ducks under and follows up with a left that Van Damme also avoids with ease.
Van Damme misses with a few strikes there.
Van Damme lands an overhand right.
Drake uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Van Damme.
A slow jab from Drake misses its intended target.
Drake scores with a nice strike.
Van Damme takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
That's one minute gone in the round.
An inside leg kick lands from Van Damme.
Van Damme fails with an attempt to clinch.
Valentijn Van Damme seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Drake misses the jab.
Drake throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Van Damme motions for Drake to come forward. Van Damme throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Good standup being displayed there by Drake as he connects with a hook.
Drake fails to land with a series of punches.
Drake looks to land a left hand but Van Damme moved out of range nicely.
Drake defending well as Van Damme loads up on a big left hand.
Drake swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Van Damme shoots in for a takedown. He's persisting with it as Drake sprawls well. Drake wins this battle and keeps the fight standing. Van Damme gets slowly back to his feet.
Drake slips a jab from Van Damme.
Drake throws out a loose jab but Van Damme uses good head movement to avoid it.
Drake swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Van Damme closes the distance and clinches.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Van Damme manages to break the clinch.
No joy there for Van Damme, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Van Damme is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Drake.
Van Damme defending well as Drake loads up on a big left hand.
Drake misses with a straight left.
Drake slips a jab from Van Damme.
Nice straight punches there by Van Damme. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Van Damme.
Van Damme looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Drake scores with a jab to the head.
Erik Drake is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Van Damme misses with an uppercut.
Van Damme throws a lazy right hand but Drake sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Van Damme cracks Drake with a right hand to the side of the head.
Drake misses with a wild combination.
Drake misses with a jab, cross combination.
Drake throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Drake slips a straight right by Van Damme.
Drake stuffs the takedown attempt from Van Damme. Van Damme gets slowly back to his feet.
A swing and a miss from Drake.
Van Damme throws a shot to the body.
Van Damme throws out a powerful jab.
Van Damme tries a head kick but it misses.
Drake throws a nice looking combination but Van Damme bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Drake looks to land a combination but Van Damme avoids it well.
Van Damme swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Van Damme looks gassed!
Drake showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Van Damme.
Drake ducks under a wild hook from Van Damme.
Drake rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Van Damme moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Van Damme tries to clinch but Drake is having none of it.
Van Damme is looking to clinch but Drake is avoiding it.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Neither fighter has done anything of merit for a good minute or two here and the crowd are not happy about it.
A left and a right from Drake both land. Nice combination.
Van Damme throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around Drake's waist but Drake gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing Van Damme off to one side.
Erik Drake has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Valentijn Van Damme.
A swing and a miss from Drake.
Drake misses with a hook.
Drake displaying good standup as he scores with a three punch combination.
A nice inside leg kick there by Van Damme. That's going to slow Drake down.
Drake will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Van Damme moves out of range as Drake strikes.
Drake throws a nice looking combination but Van Damme bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Van Damme throws a head kick that half lands.
Drake misses with a combination
and Van Damme counters with a slapping leg kick.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Van Damme lands with an uppercut that bounces Drake off the cage and back into rage.
A chopping leg kick lands by Van Damme.
Drake lands with a cross.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Erik Drake dominated that round.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!
Drake tries to bum rush Van Damme with a series of wild strikes but Van Damme uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Drake is really head hunting here, hardly looking to strike to the body at all.
Drake misses with a straight left.
Drake throws a right and a left that Van Damme avoids nicely.
Van Damme ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Drake takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Drake closes the distance and lands a one-two.
Van Damme is looking to clinch but Drake is avoiding it.
Van Damme moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
Drake takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
Drake throws a series of punches but Van Damme avoids them all with ease.
Van Damme is looking to clinch but Drake is avoiding it.
Van Damme throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Van Damme pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Van Damme dodges the punch combination from Drake.
A big right from Drake misses.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Van Damme gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Van Damme is looking to clinch but Drake is avoiding it.
Van Damme keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
A decent looking cross lands there for Van Damme.
Van Damme throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Van Damme lands a kick to the ribs of his opponent. Nice work there - in and out in a flash.
Van Damme throws a leg kick but Drake moved away.
Van Damme fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Erik Drake is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Van Damme is breathing heavily.
Van Damme tries to clinch up.
Van Damme throws an overhand right that lands on Drake's shoulder, as Drake tries to avoid the shot.
Van Damme throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Drake fails to land with a series of punches.
Van Damme misses with a few strikes there.
Drake throws a left and a right that both miss
and Van Damme counters with an inside leg kick.
Van Damme lands a nice shot to the body.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Van Damme falls off balance throwing a combination
and Drake counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Van Damme walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
Drake lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Van Damme circles away quickly and effectively.
Drake stuffs a takedown. It's all about dictating where the fight takes place and Drake wants it to stay on the feet.
Drake smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
A punch combination from Drake misses.
Van Damme dodges the punch combination from Drake.
Van Damme misses with a few strikes there.
Drake works the jab nicely.
Drake takes a swing at Van Damme's ribcage but misses.
Drake moves into range and connects with a jab.
Drake scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Van Damme doesn't seem bothered though.
Drake lands a glancing blow to the side of Van Damme's head.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Drake goes to the watering hole and comes back with a big thumbs up from the judges as he scores a three punch combo.
Drake lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Van Damme circles away quickly and effectively.
Van Damme pushes Drake up against the cage in a clinch.
Drake has Van Damme pressed against the cage, preventing Van Damme from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Drake can't break the clinch.
Drake has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Drake wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Van Damme has him pressed against the cage.
Van Damme looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Drake tries to break free but Van Damme pushes him back against the cage.
Van Damme escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Drake scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Drake fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Van Damme misses with a shot to the body
and Drake counters with a three punch combo that has Van Damme backing up. Van Damme nods at Drake to acknowledge the strikes.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Drake works the jab nicely.
Drake throws a series of punches but Van Damme moves out of range.
Erik Drake is winning the standup battle so far.
Drake avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Drake misses with a wild combination.
Drake swinging wildly here.
Van Damme throws a sloppy head kick and Drake moves out of range easily.
Drake swinging wildly here.
Drake's corner calls for a 1,2 combination and Drake duly obliges.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Drake throws a series of punches but Van Damme moves out of range.
Van Damme tries to clinch but Drake moves out of range.
Van Damme throws a series of strikes that have Drake backpedaling.
Drake throws a one two combo.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Erik Drake dominated that second round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action! This is the final round!
Van Damme throws a sloppy head kick and Drake moves out of range easily.
Van Damme misses with a hook.
Drake throws a combination. Van Damme tries to block but a couple of punches get through.
Drake throws a series of punches but Van Damme moves out of range.
Drake throws a combination that misses
and Van Damme counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Drake throws a combination. Van Damme tries to block but a couple of punches get through.
Drake throws a big shot that misses.
Drake throws a series of punches but Van Damme moves out of range.
Drake misses with a series of wild punches.
Drake circles away from the clinch attempt.
Van Damme throws a hook to the side of Drake's head but Drake sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Van Damme throws out a loose jab but Drake uses good head movement to avoid it.
Drake throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Van Damme.
Drake stuns Van Damme with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Drake keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Drake throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Van Damme sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Van Damme takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Van Damme has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
Van Damme misses with a double jab
and Drake counters with a lovely shot to the body.
Drake misses with a combination
and he gets countered with a snapping leg kick.
A cross from Drake lands.
Drake falls off balance throwing a combination
and Van Damme counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Drake swinging wildly here.
Van Damme wants to clinch but Drake slips to the side
and Drake counters with a stiff right hand.
Van Damme moves out of range as Drake strikes.
Van Damme showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Drake.
Van Damme scores with a kick to the midsection.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Van Damme misses with a looping left.
A left and a right from Van Damme both land. Nice combination.
Drake throws a combination that misses
and Van Damme counters into the clinch. Nicely done.
Van Damme breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Nice uppercut there from Van Damme.
Van Damme throws a combination that misses
enabling Drake to counter with a crisp jab.
Van Damme throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Drake sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Drake throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Van Damme counters with a thumping low kick.
Left hook, right uppercut from Drake.
Drake rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Van Damme moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Nice body kick there by Van Damme.
Some wild striking there from Drake.
Drake lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Van Damme looks to land a right hand but Drake moved out of range.
Drake swinging wildly here.
A jab from Van Damme misses.
A jab from Drake misses.
Van Damme avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Drake looks to land a combination but Van Damme avoids it well.
Drake scores to the head and body with a nice combination!
Van Damme throws a lazy right hand but Drake sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Van Damme avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Van Damme swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Van Damme ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Van Damme takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
Drake fails to land with a series of punches.
Valentijn Van Damme has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
That's four minutes gone in the round.
There's not a lot going on here and the crowd are letting the fighters know they're not willing to tolerate a lack of action.
Drake takes one to the chin there.
Van Damme wants to clinch.
Van Damme's corner calls for a 1,2 combination and Van Damme duly obliges.
Van Damme fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Drake.
The fight stays on the outside here - Van Damme looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Van Damme fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
Drake throws a right and a left that Van Damme avoids nicely.
Drake scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Van Damme doesn't seem bothered though.
Drake misses with a double jab
and Drake takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
And that's the end of the fight!
Erik Drake showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Drake, 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 Paulsen Ambrosius scores the fight 30:27
Judge Patrick Alders scores the fight 30:27
Judge Daniel Blasius scores the fight 30:27
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Erik Drake!
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Undercard bout
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Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Glenn Hughes (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Henry Wirtanen (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Hughes kept the crowd waiting but all that was forgotten when his ring entrance music started. The incomparable musical genius that is Macho Man by the Village People. Henry Wirtanen looks lathargic as he enters the arena. Wake up son, you're about to have a fight!
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130 lbs
0 - 0 - 0 |
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145 lbs
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BJJ Blue Belt
Great elbows
Granite chin |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Glenn Hughes!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Henry Wirtanen!
The judges for this bout are Nard Betker, Patrick Alders and Daniel Blasius.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Hughes fails with an attempt to clinch.
Wirtanen takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Left hook, right uppercut from Hughes.
Wirtanen fails with a takedown attempt.
Hughes misses with a series of wild punches.
Hughes lands a head shot.
Glenn Hughes seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Hughes throws a one two combo.
Hughes misses with a jab, cross combination.
Wirtanen shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Hughes as he jumps to the side.
Hughes swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Wirtanen shoots in but Hughes avoids the takedown attempt easily.
Glenn Hughes has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Henry Wirtanen.
Hughes moves into the clinch successfully.
Hughes creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Wirtanen's defenses.
Hughes with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Wirtanen drops to a knee looking for a takedown but Hughes gets the underhooks and prevents it.
Wirtanen looks gassed!
Hughes landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Hughes lands a nice elbow.
Wirtanen takes an elbow to the forehead.
Wirtanen takes an elbow to the temple.
Hughes lands an elbow inside that Wirtanen shrugs off.
Hughes lands an elbow inside that Wirtanen shrugs off.
Hughes misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Wirtanen.
Hughes creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Wirtanen's defenses.
Hughes gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Hughes stalling in the clinch.
Hughes lands a nice elbow.
Hughes using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Wirtanen has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Wirtanen takes an elbow to the forehead.
Nice elbow from Hughes.
Wirtanen takes an elbow to the forehead.
Hughes looking to throw knees to the head but Wirtanen is blocking nicely.
Hughes creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Wirtanen's defenses.
Wirtanen is working for takedown but Hughes is calmly controlling the position for now.
Hughes lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Hughes slowing the pace effectively.
Hughes working Wirtanen over with knees to the body.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hughes is struggling to control the position.
Hughes creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Wirtanen's defenses.
Hughes creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Wirtanen's defenses.
Come on Hughes - let's have some action - none of this stalling nonsense.
Hughes lands an elbow inside that Wirtanen shrugs off.
Nice elbow from Hughes.
Hughes lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Hughes slowing the pace effectively.
Hughes lands an elbow inside that Wirtanen shrugs off.
Hughes throws a knee to the head but misses.
Hughes is struggling to control the position.
The ref breaks the fighters up, due to lack of action by Glenn Hughes.
Hughes throws a series of strikes that have Wirtanen backpedaling.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hughes lands a jab. Then a cross. Then finally a nice hook to the body. Good work there by Hughes.
Hughes throws a combination. Wirtanen tries to block but a couple of punches get through.
Hughes gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Hughes has Wirtanen pushed against the cage.
Nice elbow from Hughes.
Hughes lands a knee to the body.
Hughes lands a damaging elbow.
Hughes trying to land knees to the body.
Hughes is clearly stalling here... Pick up the pace son.
Hughes tries a knee to the head but Wirtanen blocks it.
Come on Hughes - let's have some action - none of this stalling nonsense.
Hughes lands an elbow inside that Wirtanen shrugs off.
Wirtanen takes an elbow to the forehead.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Wirtanen has Hughes pressed up against the cage and is working for takedown. Hughes manages to improve position though and keeps the fight standing.
Hughes tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Hughes lands an elbow just above Wirtanen 's eye.
The two fighters are working to gain dominance in the clinch.
Hughes lands a nice elbow.
Hughes comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Hughes lands an elbow inside.
Hughes lands an elbow that stopped Wirtanen in his tracks for a moment.
Hughes gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Hughes tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Hughes lands an elbow that stopped Wirtanen in his tracks for a moment.
Hughes lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Hughes really does look like a pencil wearing a pair of gloves. Let's hope he has a gameplan to suit that ridiculous body shape.
Hughes gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Hughes lands an elbow just above Wirtanen 's eye.
Hughes displaying some good clinch control by pressing Wirtanen up against the cage.
Wirtanen blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Hughes throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Wirtanen blocks it with crossed arms.
Hughes lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Glenn Hughes dominated that round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!
Hughes stalks Wirtanen and leaps in with a furious combination of punches. Uppercuts and crosses smash into Wirtanen's face. Wirtanen staggers backwards, shaken.
Wirtanen misses with a body shot.
A nice combination there by Hughes.
No joy there for Wirtanen, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Hughes goes to the watering hole and comes back with a big thumbs up from the judges as he scores a three punch combo.
Wirtanen takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
Hughes fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Hughes lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Wirtanen circles away quickly and effectively.
Hughes instigates a clinch.
Some stalling of biblical proportions here from Hughes.
Wirtanen tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Hughes lands an elbow inside that Wirtanen shrugs off.
Hughes lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Hughes controlling the action here for a moment.
Hughes lands an elbow just above Wirtanen 's eye.
Wirtanen is breathing heavily.
Wirtanen avoiding damage as Hughes throws knees to the body.
Hughes lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Hughes comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Hughes throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Wirtanen blocks it with crossed arms.
Hughes lands a damaging elbow.
Hughes lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Hughes using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Wirtanen has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Hughes creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Wirtanen's defenses.
Hughes lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Wirtanen takes an elbow to the forehead.
Hughes comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Wirtanen is looking to break free of the clinch but Hughes has double underhooks.
Hughes lands an elbow inside that Wirtanen shrugs off.
Hughes gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Hughes lands a damaging elbow.
Hughes with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Hughes lands a nice elbow.
Hughes lands a nice elbow.
Hughes pressing his opponent against the cage.
Wirtanen takes an elbow to the temple.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
A few boos can be heard. I'm sure they will multiply if the fighters don't pick up the pace.
Hughes tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Wirtanen avoids it.
Hughes lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Hughes creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Wirtanen's defenses.
Hughes throws a knee to the head but misses.
Nice elbow from Hughes.
Hughes lands an elbow inside.
Hughes looking to throw knees to the head but Wirtanen is blocking nicely.
Hughes lands an elbow just above Wirtanen 's eye.
Wirtanen takes an elbow to the forehead.
Hughes gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Hughes working Wirtanen over with knees to the body.
Hughes lands an elbow that stopped Wirtanen in his tracks for a moment.
Knees in the clinch landing for Hughes.
Hughes lands an elbow inside.
Hughes lands an elbow inside that Wirtanen shrugs off.
Wirtanen takes an elbow to the forehead.
Hughes lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Hughes lands a damaging elbow.
Hughes lands an elbow inside that Wirtanen shrugs off.
Hughes lands a damaging elbow.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hughes lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Hughes manages to get underhooks and slows down the pace for a moment.
Nice elbow from Hughes.
Hughes lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Hughes lands an elbow inside that Wirtanen shrugs off.
Hughes lands a damaging elbow.
Hughes lands an elbow that stopped Wirtanen in his tracks for a moment.
Hughes creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Wirtanen's defenses.
Hughes lands a damaging elbow.
Hughes creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Wirtanen's defenses.
Nice elbow from Hughes.
Wirtanen goes for a takedown in the clinch but Hughes prevents it.
Hughes lands an elbow inside that Wirtanen shrugs off.
Hughes misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Wirtanen.
Hughes content to slow the pace in the clinch.
Hughes looking to throw knees to the head but Wirtanen is blocking nicely.
Wirtanen takes an elbow to the forehead.
That's four 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.
Wirtanen takes an elbow to the temple.
Hughes lands an elbow just above Wirtanen 's eye.
Hughes comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Hughes lands an elbow just above Wirtanen 's eye.
Hughes lands an elbow inside.
It looks like Henry Wirtanen has been cut.
Hughes lands an elbow inside that Wirtanen shrugs off.
Nice elbow from Hughes.
Hughes tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Wirtanen takes an elbow to the forehead.
Hughes tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Wirtanen avoids it.
Hughes comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Hughes crunches a lovely knee into Wirtanen's ribcage.
Hughes taking a breather.
Hughes lands a good knee to the midsection. Wirtanen won't want to take too many of those.
Hughes lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Hughes lands a nice elbow.
Hughes lands a nice elbow.
Hughes lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
The fighters are pressed against the cage, as the pace of the fight slows.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Glenn Hughes dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Henry Wirtanen's cut.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action! Ladies and gentlemen, this is the final round!
Hughes lands a jab, followed by a cross and another cross, as Wirtanen backs up against the cage.
Hughes lands a jab. Then a cross. Then finally a nice hook to the body. Good work there by Hughes.
Nice takedown defense from Hughes. No joy for Wirtanen on that attempt.
Hughes works the jab nicely.
Hughes goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Wirtanen takes a punch to the jaw and another one to the bread basket.
Wirtanen ducks right into an uppercut from Hughes.
Danga de danga de dang - Hughes scores with a four punch combination!
Hughes works over Wirtanen's head and body with a nice combination.
Glenn Hughes is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Hughes throws a quick inside leg kick.
Danga de danga de dang - Hughes scores with a four punch combination!
Wirtanen takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Hughes moves into range and throws a combination. A nice jab followed by a hook to the body.
Ooooh, nice body kick lands from Hughes. Wirtanen shrugs it off though.
Hughes lands a two punch combo.
That's one minute gone in the round.
A solid leg kick lands there for Hughes.
Hughes rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Wirtanen moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Wirtanen circles away from the clinch attempt.
Wirtanen has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
Hughes tries to close the distance and clinch up but Wirtanen swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Hughes closes the distance and pushes Wirtanen back into the cage.
Hughes gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Hughes lands an elbow inside.
Wirtanen managing to block the knees to the body from Hughes.
Hughes controlling the action here for a moment.
Hughes lands an elbow inside.
Wirtanen takes an elbow to the forehead.
Wirtanen takes an elbow to the forehead.
Hughes connects with a nasty looking knee right to Wirtanen's face.
Hughes lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Hughes stalling in the clinch.
Hughes with an attempt at a knee that misses.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hughes lands a damaging elbow.
Hughes lands a nice elbow.
Hughes lands a nice elbow.
Hughes stalls.
Hughes lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Hughes gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Hughes lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Hughes gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Hughes misses with a knee strike.
Wirtanen takes an elbow to the forehead.
Hughes lands a nice elbow.
Hughes is stalling here. The referee will be looking to step in if he doesn't pick up the pace.
Hughes landing knees to the head.
Hughes lands a damaging elbow.
Hughes is pushing Wirtanen 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 three minutes gone in the round.
Hughes lands an elbow inside.
Hughes stalling.
Hughes gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Hughes slows down the pace here.
The ref breaks the fighters up, due to lack of action by Glenn Hughes.
Wirtanen steps to his left, right into the path of a big body kick from Hughes. That one must have hurt.
Hughes's corner calls for a 1,2 combination and Hughes duly obliges.
Hughes pushes Wirtanen up against the cage in a clinch.
Wirtanen drops down for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Wirtanen takes an elbow to the temple.
Hughes tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Hughes tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Wirtanen avoids it.
Hughes comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Nice elbow from Hughes.
Hughes scores a nice knee to the body.
Hughes stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.
Nice elbow from Hughes.
Hughes creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Wirtanen's defenses.
Hughes stalling against the cage.
Hughes gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Hughes taking a breather.
Hughes seems to have come into the fight with the intention of avoiding any damage in the clinch, rather than actually showing any aggression.
Henry Wirtanen has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Hughes lands an elbow just above Wirtanen 's eye.
Hughes misses with a knee to the head.
Hughes lands an elbow that stopped Wirtanen in his tracks for a moment.
Wirtanen blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Hughes lands an elbow inside that Wirtanen shrugs off.
Hughes creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Wirtanen's defenses.
Hughes is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Wirtanen is defending well for now.
And that's the end of the fight!
Glenn Hughes showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Hughes has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Nard Betker scores the fight 30:25
Judge Patrick Alders scores the fight 30:25
Judge Daniel Blasius scores the fight 30:25
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Glenn Hughes!
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Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Harry Modsev (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Ajax van Frankrijk (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Modsev comes to the cage accompanied by Channel X - Rave The Rythm. van Frankrijk has chosen the rockhollywood theme as his entrance music. The key to victory for Harry Modsev has got to be keeping the fight on the feet.
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290 lbs
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the super heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
4 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Harry Modsev!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
5 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Ajax van Frankrijk!
The judges for this bout are Patrick Alders, Wagner Zegers and Radbod Blank.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Modsev throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
van Frankrijk moves out of range of the strikes.
Modsev misses with a looping left.
Modsev throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Modsev lands with a shot to the body.
Modsev moves into range and throws a big uppercut. OH! van Frankrijk goes down! Can Modsev finish him!?
It looks like Ajax van Frankrijk has been cut.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
van Frankrijk has a closed guard, preventing Modsev from standing up.
Modsev got a little sloppy there for a moment and van Frankrijk has worked his way into a loose triangle - can he finish it?! No, Modsev has managed to get both his arms back between van Frankrijk's legs - danger averted.
That's one minute gone in the round.
van Frankrijk has a closed guard, preventing Modsev from standing up.
Modsev got a little sloppy there for a moment and van Frankrijk has worked his way into a loose triangle - can he finish it?! No, Modsev has managed to get both his arms back between van Frankrijk's legs - danger averted.
van Frankrijk working from the bottom, still in full guard. He's managed to get a loose triangle. Modsev doesn't seem to be doing much to defend here, obviously he feels comfortable in the position. Modsev manages to throw the legs off his shoulder and he's back into guard - no problem.
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.
Modsev wanted to stand there but van Frankrijk had control of the position.
van Frankrijk is working an open guard so Modsev takes the opportunity to get back to his feet.
Modsev misses with a few strikes there.
Harry Modsev is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Modsev grits his teeth and throws a big right-left combo! van Frankrijk takes both shots clean on the chin and is out cold! Modsev cracks him once more on his way down, as the crowd goes wild! They enjoyed that one!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:52 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Punches). Harry Modsev!
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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Nergal Darski (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Rodrigo Diaz de Vivar (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Chooooooooon! I think Darski might be my favorite fighter, now he's come out to Behemoth - Conquer All. Nergal Darski could well score a knockout today. He has the power to get to Rodrigo Diaz de Vivar's chin.
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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 Amsterdam, Nergal Darski!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
3 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Rodrigo Diaz de Vivar!
The judges for this bout are Paulsen Ambrosius, Aafke Stam and Albert Achterberg.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Darski tried to score with a low kick but Diaz de Vivar checks it.
Diaz de Vivar takes the fight into the clinch.
Diaz de Vivar with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Diaz de Vivar wants to stall.
Darski takes a knee to the side of the body.
Darski is breathing heavily.
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!
Diaz de Vivar throws a knee to the head but misses.
Diaz de Vivar working Darski over with knees to the body.
Diaz de Vivar gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
It looks like Nergal Darski has been cut.
A bit of stalling here from Diaz de Vivar.
Diaz de Vivar lands a nice elbow.
Diaz de Vivar breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Diaz de Vivar sends Darski crashing to the mat with a devastating uppercut! Diaz de Vivar is motioning to the referee to let Darski up. He wants to try and finish this one on the feet!
Diaz de Vivar fakes the body blow, causing Darski to drop his hands! Left hook to the temple! Darski goes stiff, and falls face first into the mat. Goodnight!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:32 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Rodrigo Diaz de Vivar!
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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Tobi Brasco (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Peter Tosh (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Tosh comes into a darkened arena with his song building. Stepping Razor kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! 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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Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
5 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Tobi Brasco!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
2 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Peter Tosh!
The judges for this bout are Patrick Alders, Daniel Blasius and Wagner Zegers.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Tosh shoots in but Brasco avoids the takedown attempt easily.
Brasco gets taken down but at least he's managed to land in guard.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Brasco has control of Tosh's left arm, preventing Tosh from doing any damage.
Brasco not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
Brasco controlling the position.
Tosh trying to control but Brasco is working from the bottom.
Brasco is pulling down on Tosh's head to control his posture.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Tosh in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Tosh working some strikes from top position.
Tosh drops back looking for a leg! Brasco is in trouble here! The fighters roll with the hold and Brasco manages to kick Tosh off! Tosh jumps back into Brasco's guard.
Brasco trying to keep a closed guard but Tosh is proving a slippery customer.
Tosh being controlled here momentarily.
Tosh stands and throws Brasco's legs to the side, diving into side control.
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.
Brasco can't do much from the bottom here.
The referee stands the fighters back up. Tobi Brasco just wasn't active enough from the dominant position.
Tosh fails with the takedown.
Tosh closes the distance and looks for a trip takedown... aaaand he's got it - Tosh lands in his opponent's guard.
Brasco working a defensive guard but Tosh passes into half guard.
Brasco is trying to control but can't.
Brasco is controlling Tosh's position as best he can from this difficult position.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Brasco is looking to improve his position.
Brasco manages to get to full guard.
Brasco has a closed guard, preventing anything of note from happening. Perhaps he's looking to stall.
Tosh scoring with punches to the head and body.
Tosh is fighting to break Brasco's control of his arms but Brasco is doing a good job of controlling the position at the moment.
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.
Brasco trying to keep a closed guard but Tosh is proving a slippery customer.
Tosh controls from within his opponent's guard.
Brasco controlling the position.
Brasco is trying to control the position but Tosh postures up.
Tosh looking to pass the guard.
Brasco is trying to keep Tosh in close.
The referee stands the fighters back up. Tobi Brasco just wasn't active enough from the dominant position.
Tosh shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Peter Tosh dominated that round.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action.
Tosh shoots in for a takedown but Brasco shows good takedown defense.
Tosh fails to land the takedown.
Tosh throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around Brasco's waist but Brasco gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing Tosh off to one side.
Tobi Brasco has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Peter Tosh.
Brasco shoots in and bounces Tosh off the cage to secure the takedown into guard.
Tosh keeping moving, preventing Brasco from controlling successfully.
Brasco pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Tosh is keeping the position for now.
Brasco controls the pace of the fight for a moment.
Brasco has gone for a leg lock! Tosh slips out almost immediately though and dives into Brasco's guard.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Brasco keeping moving, preventing Tosh from controlling successfully.
Tosh postures up.
Tosh wants to control from the top but Brasco keeps moving.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Tosh accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Brasco looking to control.
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.
Tosh postures up in Brasco's guard and throws a big left but Brasco blocks it.
It looks like we're going to have a standup here. Neither fighter is doing enough on the ground.
Tosh misses with a takedown attempt
and Brasco counters with a takedown into side control.
Brasco wants to control but Tosh is keeping him busy.
Brasco wants to work for a kimura but he's foiled early by Tosh, who protects the arm well.
Brasco swings around for an armbar but Tosh sees it coming a mile off and turns beautifully into Brasco's guard.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Brasco seems keen to control Tosh's posture.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Brasco looking to control.
Tosh controlling from the top position.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Brasco is trying to control the position from the bottom.
Tosh is looking to work some ground and pound but Brasco has wrist control.
Tosh with a flurry of punches that miss.
Brasco is trying to control the position but Tosh postures up.
Tosh stopping the sweep attempt from Brasco.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
A few boos can be heard. I'm sure they will multiply if the fighters don't pick up the pace.
It looks like we're going to have a standup here. Neither fighter is doing enough on the ground.
Tosh shoots in but doesn't get the takedown
and Brasco counters with a shoot takedown. Tosh fights it but they end up in guard.
Tosh keeping moving, preventing Brasco from controlling successfully.
Brasco drops back, looking for a kneebar! Tosh looks panicked! The fighters roll across the mat, one looking to finish, one looking to escape. Tosh looks to have wriggled free... Yes, he's got his leg free and he's dived into side control! Good work there from Tosh!
Brasco is looking for a sweep.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Tobi Brasco dominated that second round.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business. This is the final round!
Tosh tries for a takedown but Brasco circles away easily
so Brasco counters with a double leg into guard. Good agility.
Brasco trying to control but Tosh is working from the bottom.
Tosh is doing well to control the posture of his opponent and prevent any damage.
Brasco wants to control from the top but Tosh keeps moving.
Brasco sneaks a leg through and gets to half guard. That was like a knife through butter how easily he passed Tosh's guard.
Tosh has his hands clasped together around Brasco's back. He's all about the action.
Tosh is trying to get back to full guard.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Brasco is sneakily working for an arm triangle but Tosh sees it coming and defends easily.
Brasco tries to pass to full mount but Tosh defends it.
Tosh moves his hips nicely and gets into full guard.
Brasco trying to control the position from guard on top but Tosh is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Brasco looking to sit in guard and control but Tosh gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
Tosh throws and elbow that misses. Brasco uses the momentum to reverse the position. He's now in Tosh's guard. Nice move by Brasco!
Brasco won't allow Tosh to sweep him here.
Brasco has gone for a leg lock! Tosh slips out almost immediately though and dives into Brasco's guard.
Brasco controlling Tosh's posture.
Brasco not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
The referee stands the fighters back up. Tobi Brasco just wasn't active enough from the dominant position.
Tosh shoots in looking for a single leg takedown. Brasco is trying to defend but Tosh finishes it well and ends up in half guard. Let's see if he can advance position further.
Brasco is trying to control but can't.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Tosh passes the half guard and he's now in mount! Big trouble for Brasco!
A nice elbow there by Tosh.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Tosh jumps to side control looking for an arm triangle but Brasco manages to avoid the submission attempt.
Brasco sneaks back into half guard.
Brasco is doing well to control the position and prevent Tosh from advancing to side control.
And that's the end of the fight!
I would just about give that final round to Peter Tosh.
I think Tosh 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 Patrick Alders scores the fight 28:29
Judge Daniel Blasius scores the fight 28:29
Judge Wagner Zegers scores the fight 29:28
In favor of your winner, by split decision... Peter Tosh!
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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Travis Riley (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Corey Taylor (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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185 lbs
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Travis Riley!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Corey Taylor!
The judges for this bout are Wagner Zegers, Paul Aken and Radbod Blank.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Taylor drops his hands momentarily and Riley takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
Taylor scores with a body shot.
Riley misses with a head kick.
Riley throws a low kick but Taylor avoids it.
Riley avoids the body shot from Taylor.
Riley closes the distance and pushes Taylor back into the cage.
Taylor tries to break the clinch but Riley is controlling the position.
Riley keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Taylor's efforts to push away.
Taylor trying to stall but Riley improves his position.
Taylor is trying to break free.
Riley lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Riley prevents Taylor from breaking the clinch.
Nice body punch from Taylor.
Riley throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Riley lands an uppercut.
Taylor's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
A short right hand to the side of the head by Riley.
Riley has Taylor pressed against the cage, preventing Taylor from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Taylor wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Riley pulls guard effortlessly.
Riley has Taylor pulled in close to control his posture.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Taylor wants to stand but Riley has a closed guard, so he can't escape.
Taylor is using up a lot of energy trying to get back to his feet. Perhaps he should improve his position first.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Riley has control of Taylor's left arm, preventing Taylor from doing any damage.
Taylor would like to get this fight back to the feet but can't get free from the closed guard.
Taylor looks gassed!
Riley wants to sweep here but Taylor controlling him for the moment.
Riley not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
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.
Well, the referee has seen enough. Neither fighter is active enough on the ground so he's stood them back up.
Taylor misses with a body shot.
Riley gets taken down but at least he's managed to land in guard.
Riley is controlling Taylor's posture.
Riley has a closed guard, preventing Taylor from standing up.
Riley looking to hit a scissor sweep but Taylor is one step ahead there.
Taylor wants to stand but Riley has a closed guard, so he can't escape.
Taylor stopping the sweep attempt from Riley.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Taylor tries to stand but Riley is controlling from the bottom.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Riley seems keen to control rather than go for a submission, at least for now.
Taylor trying to stand up but can't free himself from Riley's guard.
Neither fighter is doing enough for the referee's liking and he's decided to stand them back up.
Taylor drops his hands momentarily and Riley takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
Riley feints and then cracks Taylor's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Taylor down.
Riley works Taylor's body with a nice hook.
Riley scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
Riley scores with a jab. Taylor acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Riley fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
Riley swinging wildly here.
Riley keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Riley with a nice cross.
Taylor throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.
Taylor thows a left - swing and a miss!
Riley jabs at Taylor's body.
Riley scores with a takedown into Taylor's guard.
Riley trying to control the position from guard on top but Taylor is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Riley lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Travis Riley dominated that round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!
A jab lands there for Riley.
Riley jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Riley throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around Taylor's waist but Taylor gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing Riley off to one side.
Riley throws a body punch but Taylor moves out of range.
Riley moves out of range as Taylor strikes.
Taylor smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Riley fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Riley misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Taylor.
Riley looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Taylor ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
The crowd cheers as Riley lands an impressive looking overhand right. Taylor doesn't seem phased though.
Riley scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Riley throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Riley shoots in looking for a single leg takedown. Taylor is trying to defend but Riley finishes it well and ends up in half guard. Let's see if he can advance position further.
Riley seems to be taking a bit of a break to think of his next move. He lands a short punch in the meantime.
Taylor avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Riley.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Riley prevents Taylor from standing back up.
Riley scoring with strikes to the body and head.
Riley is looking to stall here but Taylor recovers full guard.
Riley stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Taylor swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Riley throws a strike but Taylor rolls with it and manages to sweep. Now he's in guard on top.
Riley bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Taylor's guard.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Riley trying to control the position from guard on top but Taylor is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Riley scoring with some ground and pound.
Taylor keeping full guard, as Riley tries to pass.
Riley throwing strikes but missing.
Riley stops Taylor from standing up.
Taylor working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Riley.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Riley wants to control from the top but Taylor keeps moving.
Riley wants to pass the guard but Taylor is keeping the position.
Riley trying to control the position from guard on top but Taylor is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Well, the referee has seen enough. Neither fighter is active enough on the ground so he's stood them back up.
A lazy left from Riley finds it's target.
Riley uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Taylor.
Riley lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Riley lunges at Taylor with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Taylor's hand.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are getting on the fighters' backs, as the pace has dropped off in the last minute or so.
Riley throws a shot from downtown. Taylor moves away and avoids it.
Riley on the wrong end of a nice jab.
Taylor takes a push kick to the midsection and stumbles backwards.
A big left from Riley misses.
Taylor walks into a straight right hand from Riley.
Taylor avoids the body shot from Riley.
Taylor ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Riley scores with a body shot.
Riley has managed to clinch.
Riley lands a body shot.
Taylor is breathing heavily.
Riley displaying some good clinch control by pressing Taylor up against the cage.
Riley lands with a left to the head.
The two fighters are working to gain dominance in the clinch.
A right handed body shot lands from Riley.
Riley stalling.
Riley lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Taylor or not.
Riley lands with a left to the head.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Riley lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Riley is pushing Taylor up against the cage, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.
Taylor is looking to break free of the clinch but Riley has double underhooks.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Travis Riley dominated that second round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin! This is the final round!
Riley misses with a body shot.
Riley throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
A decent looking cross lands there for Riley.
Taylor lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Riley circles away quickly and effectively.
Taylor swings away with a body shot that misses
and Riley counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Riley is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
Riley with a hook.
Taylor swings for the body but Riley moves out of range.
Riley moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Taylor slips a straight right by Riley.
Riley moves out of range as Taylor strikes.
Riley throws a quick head kick that skims the top of Taylor's head.
Riley throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Taylor fails with a takedown attempt from distance.
Taylor takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Riley feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Taylor's calf.
Riley scores with a hook.
Taylor throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Taylor misses with a shot to the body
and Riley counters with a thumping low kick.
Riley scores with a nice head shot.
Riley cracks Taylor with a right hand to the side of the head.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Riley moves out of range of the leg kick from Taylor.
Taylor moves forwards but Riley connects with a nice, crisp jab.
Riley lands a jab to the head.
Riley bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Taylor takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
Taylor takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Taylor looks to land a right hand but Riley moved out of range.
Riley works the jab nicely.
Riley scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Riley thumps Taylor with a low kick.
Riley clinches up with Taylor and pushes him back against the cage.
Riley keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Taylor's efforts to push away.
Riley lands a shoulder strike.
Taylor takes a shot to the head.
Riley lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
A right hook to the body lands for Riley.
A nice left hand lands by Riley.
A right handed body shot lands from Riley.
Nice body punch from Riley - that landed with a thud.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Riley is trying to trip Taylor. He has hold of a leg but Taylor is hopping around, keeping his balance for the moment. Riley persists though and gets the takedown into guard.
Riley wants to control from the top but Taylor keeps moving.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Riley won't allow Taylor to get back to his feet.
Riley tries to free his leg and advance position but Taylor is retaining full guard.
Taylor utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Riley slips nicely into half guard.
Travis Riley is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Riley is pressing down on Taylor's thigh, looking to free his foot. Taylor is holding on for now.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Riley passes the half guard and he's now in mount! Big trouble for Taylor!
Riley sitting in mount, just looking to control for the moment.
Riley connects with a couple of good shots from mount.
Riley controlling from the full mount.
Riley trying to control but Taylor is having none of it.
Corey Taylor has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Riley misses with a series of strikes from mount. He'll no doubt be working on his ground and pound when he gets back to the gym.
Riley looking to finish with strikes here!
Riley cracks Taylor with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Riley scores with a couple of good head shots there.
And that's the end of the fight!
Travis Riley showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Riley 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 30:26
Judge Paul Aken scores the fight 30:26
Judge Radbod Blank scores the fight 30:26
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Travis Riley!
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Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between PeeWee Herman (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Amalric Fitzgerald (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Fitzgerald has chosen Sinergy - Spit on your grave as his entrance music. Both fighters really staring eachother down here, as Amalric Fitzgerald enters the cage!
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150 lbs
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150 lbs
4 - 0 - 0 |
BJJ Purple Belt
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Good chin |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
6 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, PeeWee Herman!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
4 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Amalric Fitzgerald!
The judges for this bout are Daniel Blasius, Radbod Blank and Wagner Zegers.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Nice defenses there by Herman.
Fitzgerald thows a body shot but no joy.
Herman really does look like a pencil wearing a pair of gloves. Let's hope he has a gameplan to suit that ridiculous body shape.
Fitzgerald jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Fitzgerald clobbers Herman with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
Good shot there by Fitzgerald.
Herman closes the distance and clinches up with Fitzgerald, looking for a takedown. Herman pushes Fitzgerald against the cage but Fitzgerald circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.
Fitzgerald swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Fitzgerald throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Herman throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around Fitzgerald's waist but Fitzgerald gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing Herman off to one side.
Herman bobs and weaves into range and then changes levels and scores with a nice takedown into side control.
Fitzgerald prevents Herman from moving into mount.
Fitzgerald manages to get back to half guard.
Herman is trying to control the action in half guard but Fitzgerald is working away on the bottom, looking perhaps to get back to full guard.
Herman is pressing down on Fitzgerald's thigh, looking to free his foot. Fitzgerald is holding on for now.
Herman is working for submissions here but there's nothing on.
Fitzgerald looking for submissions from an awkward position here.
Fitzgerald is defending against the submission attempts here by Herman.
Herman will need to keep those long limbs tucked in whilst he's on the ground, to prevent any submissions.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Herman tries to pass the half guard into mount. Fitzgerald knows what he's doing though and prevents the attempt.
Well, the referee has seen enough. Neither fighter is active enough on the ground so he's stood them back up.
A jab from Fitzgerald misses.
Fitzgerald fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Herman looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Fitzgerald throws a hook but Herman blocks it.
Fitzgerald gets the takedown into side control.
Fitzgerald lands a knee to the body and a forearm to the face.
Fitzgerald tries for a kimura. Not really close to a finish though.
Fitzgerald lands a knee to the body and a forearm to the face.
Herman takes a big shot right to the temple there but he's taken it well.
Fitzgerald working the ground and pound from side control.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Herman wants to control but Fitzgerald postures up.
Herman is not in a great position here, taking some shots.
Fitzgerald scoring with punches from side control.
Herman stops Fitzgerald from passing to mount.
Fitzgerald grinds an elbow into Herman's temple.
Fitzgerald is looking to finish here, going for an Americana. Herman knows the correct defense though, so he's OK.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Herman is positioning himself to get back to half guard.
Fitzgerald advances to full mount.
Herman sneaks a leg under to get to half guard.
Herman moves his hips nicely and gets into full guard.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Herman looking for a sweep. Not yet Herman, not yet.
Herman keeping full guard, as Fitzgerald tries to pass.
Herman tries to land a sweep but no joy.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Fitzgerald missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Fitzgerald stopping the sweep attempt from Herman.
Herman preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Fitzgerald passes Herman's left leg - he's now in half guard.
Herman is looking to improve his position.
The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Fitzgerald misses with a hook. Herman ducked under it nicely.
Fitzgerald fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
That's four 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.
Herman takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
Fitzgerald looks to score with a jab to the body but Herman is just out of range.
Fitzgerald fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Herman manages to avoid it.
Herman shoots in but doesn't get the takedown
and Fitzgerald counters with a shoot takedown into half guard.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for PeeWee Herman. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Fitzgerald is working for a submission here. He's got hold of the far side arm and he's looking for a kimura. He's cranking on the arm and he's got it! Herman is tapping out! Ouch, that looked like it hurt!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:40 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Kimura). Amalric Fitzgerald!
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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Bruno Baer (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Shante Franklin (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Baer comes to the cage accompanied by Make it rain. There are an array of beautiful celebrities at ringside tonight! I wonder if any of them paid for their tickets.
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Bruno Baer!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
3 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Shante Franklin!
The judges for this bout are Paul Aken, Paulsen Ambrosius and Wagner Zegers.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Baer takes one to the chin there.
Baer takes one on the chin but seems OK.
Baer fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
Franklin lands a nice hook to Baer's body. Baer takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Jab from Franklin.
It looks like Bruno Baer has been cut.
Baer shoots in looking for a double leg takedown. Franklin defends it nicely.
A cross from Franklin lands.
Baer looks for a takedown but Franklin sprawls well.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Bruno Baer. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Franklin with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Baer takes one on the button.
Franklin 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.
Franklin drops Baer with a beautiful combination! Baer stares up at his opponent, who ushers him back to his feet - Franklin is looking for the KO!
Baer is rocked!
Baer is breathing heavily.
Baer looks frustrated there after his takedown attempt is stuffed easily.
Oh Baer is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Baer looks for a takedown but Franklin sprawls well.
Baer tries to shoot in for a takedown. He's got hold of a leg but Franklin swivels and escapes.
Baer seems to have got his legs back now.
Franklin lands a jab to Baer's midsection.
Franklin lands a big right hand that sends Baer crashing to the mat! Franklin stays standing though and waves Baer back to his feet!
Shante Franklin is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Franklin fakes a right and follows up with a big left that drops Baer to one knee - oooooh, he's wobbly! Baer looks to clinch but Franklin throws him off and pummels him into the canvas! Baer taps out under the strikes! The fight is over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:45 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Strikes). Shante Franklin!
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Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Dandy Bigglesworth (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Joe Soenn (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Bigglesworth's entrance music is Car Bomb by Negativland. A fine choice. Joe Soenn will no doubt be looking to use his reach advantage to good effect.
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the bantamweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
8 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Dandy Bigglesworth!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
3 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Joe Soenn!
The judges for this bout are Paul Aken, Wagner Zegers and Radbod Blank.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Bigglesworth throws a hook but Soenn avoids it easily.
Soenn moves out of range as Bigglesworth strikes.
Soenn avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Danga de danga de dang - Bigglesworth scores with a four punch combination!
Bigglesworth looks to land a left hand but Soenn moved out of range nicely.
Soenn uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Bigglesworth.
The fight stays on the outside here - Soenn looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Bigglesworth fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Bigglesworth lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Soenn moves out of range of the strikes.
Bigglesworth throws a looping overhand right but Soenn ducks down to avoid it.
Bigglesworth cracks Soenn with an open hand slap.
Bigglesworth moves into the clinch.
Bigglesworth lands with a short shot to the head.
Bigglesworth lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Soenn tries to stall but Bigglesworth uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Soenn can't break the clinch.
Bigglesworth cracks Soenn with a nice body shot.
A shot in the inside from Soenn.
Soenn breaks from the clinch.
Soenn tries to clinch up.
Bigglesworth looks to land a left hand but Soenn moved out of range nicely.
Bigglesworth looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Bigglesworth takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Bigglesworth cracks Soenn with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
Soenn gets in close and instigates a clinch.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Bigglesworth.
Soenn wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Bigglesworth lands a right hand that snaps the head of Soenn backwards.
Bigglesworth prevents a body shot from Soenn.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Bigglesworth.
Soenn misses with the head strike.
Bigglesworth keeps control of Soenn as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Bigglesworth is leaning against Soenn and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Bigglesworth works on Soenn's body with a couple of short punches.
Bigglesworth throws a head punch that misses.
Bigglesworth swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Bigglesworth lands a nice shot to the body.
Bigglesworth pushes Soenn back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Soenn tries to break free but Bigglesworth pushes him back against the cage.
Bigglesworth lands a nice shot to the body.
Bigglesworth fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Bigglesworth breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Soenn throws a sloppy head kick and Bigglesworth moves out of range easily.
Soenn looks gassed!
Soenn uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Bigglesworth.
Bigglesworth fails in his attempt to clinch.
Bigglesworth scores with a jab. Soenn acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
Jab by Bigglesworth.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Bigglesworth scores with a hook.
Dandy Bigglesworth seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Soenn avoids the body shot from Bigglesworth.
Bigglesworth lands a nice shot to the body.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Soenn tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Bigglesworth is really head hunting here, hardly looking to strike to the body at all.
Bigglesworth tries to bum rush Soenn with a series of wild strikes but Soenn uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Soenn throws a low kick but Bigglesworth avoids it.
Bigglesworth paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
Soenn fails to land with a series of punches.
Bigglesworth moves into the clinch.
A short right from Bigglesworth on the inside.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Bigglesworth as Soenn tries to tie him up.
Bigglesworth lands a hook to the side of the head.
Bigglesworth lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Soenn backwards.
Nice body punch from Bigglesworth.
A short right from Bigglesworth.
Soenn jumps guard.
Soenn working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Bigglesworth.
Bigglesworth 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.
Bigglesworth trying to control the position from guard on top but Soenn is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Bigglesworth chips away with some ground and pound.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bigglesworth sneaks a leg through and gets to half guard. That was like a knife through butter how easily he passed Soenn's guard.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Bigglesworth escapes and gets back to his feet.
Soenn throws a sloppy head kick and Bigglesworth moves out of range easily.
Bigglesworth closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
A right handed body shot lands from Bigglesworth.
Bigglesworth manages to break the clinch.
Bigglesworth scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Soenn doesn't seem bothered though.
Bigglesworth rushes Soenn and presses him up against the cage.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Bigglesworth creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Bigglesworth lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Bigglesworth lands a left hand that snaps the head of Soenn backwards.
A nice right hand lands inside from Bigglesworth.
Bigglesworth scores with a nice hook to the head.
Bigglesworth gets through Soenn's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Soenn takes a shot to the head.
Bigglesworth lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Bigglesworth lands with a light punch inside.
Bigglesworth working some nice short punches in the clinch.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Bigglesworth.
A hook to the body from Bigglesworth.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
A nice left hand lands by Bigglesworth.
Bigglesworth lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Bigglesworth lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Bigglesworth softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Bigglesworth lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Soenn backwards.
A short left from Bigglesworth.
Bigglesworth digs a right hand underneath Soenn's ribcage. Soenn let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Bigglesworth lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Soenn backwards.
A nice left hand lands by Bigglesworth.
Bigglesworth scores with a shot to the side of Soenn's head.
Bigglesworth digs a right hand underneath Soenn's ribcage. Soenn let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Bigglesworth breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Soenn takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
Bigglesworth scores with a three punch combo!
Nice uppercut lands for Bigglesworth. That snapped Soenn's head back.
Bigglesworth clobbers Soenn with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
Bigglesworth moves into the clinch.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Bigglesworth throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Soenns head.
Bigglesworth pushes Soenn back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Bigglesworth lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Bigglesworth lands with a light punch inside.
Soenn takes a shot to the head.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Dandy Bigglesworth dominated that round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.
Bigglesworth gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Bigglesworth manages to break the clinch.
Bigglesworth swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Soenn counters with a two punch combo.
Bigglesworth thuds a left hand into Soenn's body.
Bigglesworth throws a one two combo.
Bigglesworth lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
Bigglesworth darts in and clinches Soenn up against the cage.
Bigglesworth scores with a nice hook to the head.
Bigglesworth lands a left hand that snaps the head of Soenn backwards.
Soenn fails to pull the fight into his guard.
A head punch on the inside from Soenn fails to land.
Bigglesworth prevents Soenn from breaking the clinch.
Soenn wants to get back to striking at distance but Bigglesworth won't allow it.
Bigglesworth breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Soenn keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Bigglesworth catches Soenn with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
Soenn is breathing heavily.
Soenn throws a sloppy head kick and Bigglesworth moves out of range easily.
Bigglesworth lands the left hand.
Bigglesworth drives through and clinches with Soenn against the cage.
Nice body punch from Bigglesworth.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Bigglesworth.
That's one minute gone in the round.
A short left from Bigglesworth.
Bigglesworth scores with a shoulder strike.
Soenn tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Still in the clinch, Bigglesworth scores with a nice short uppercut.
Bigglesworth lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Bigglesworth is leaning against Soenn and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Bigglesworth pushes Soenn back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Bigglesworth's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Bigglesworth clinches with his opponent.
Bigglesworth breaks from the clinch.
Bigglesworth lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Bigglesworth cracks Soenn with a right hand to the side of the head.
Bigglesworth avoids the head kick by Soenn.
Bigglesworth misses with the combination.
Bigglesworth connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
Soenn tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Bigglesworth paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Bigglesworth rushes Soenn and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Bigglesworth lands a right hand that snaps the head of Soenn backwards.
Bigglesworth lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Soenn looking to slow down the pace here.
Bigglesworth makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Bigglesworth manages to break the clinch.
Bigglesworth throws a series of punches but Soenn moves out of range.
Bigglesworth takes a swing at Soenn's ribcage but misses.
Soenn on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
Dandy Bigglesworth is winning the standup battle so far.
Bigglesworth punishes Soenn's body with a nice straight punch.
Bigglesworth lands a jab, followed by a cross and another cross, as Soenn backs up against the cage.
Soenn with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Bigglesworth to score with a decent uppercut.
Bigglesworth dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Bigglesworth tries to clinch but Soenn moves out of range.
Nice body punch from Bigglesworth.
Bigglesworth jabs at Soenn's body.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Bigglesworth moves into range and throws a lovely three punch combination.
The fight moves into the clinch position.
Bigglesworth lands with a left to the head.
Bigglesworth lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Dandy Bigglesworth has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Bigglesworth scores with a nice hook to the head.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bigglesworth lands a body punch.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
Bigglesworth stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Bigglesworth gets through Soenn's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Bigglesworth softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
A nice right hand lands inside from Bigglesworth.
Bigglesworth lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Bigglesworth scores with a shoulder strike.
Bigglesworth lands a left hand.
Bigglesworth working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Bigglesworth gets through Soenn's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
A shot in the inside from Bigglesworth.
Bigglesworth lands a hook that snaps the head of Soenn backwards.
Bigglesworth lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Soenn backwards.
Bigglesworth lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Bigglesworth misses with a short punch on the inside.
Bigglesworth pushes Soenn back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Bigglesworth lands a left hand that snaps the head of Soenn backwards.
Bigglesworth lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Bigglesworth.
Bigglesworth pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Bigglesworth scores with a hook.
Soenn has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
Bigglesworth throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Soenn.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Bigglesworth connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
Bigglesworth misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Bigglesworth cracks Soenn with an open hand slap.
Bigglesworth has taken the fight to the clinch.
Bigglesworth scores with a hook to the body.
Soenn blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
A short uppercut from Bigglesworth.
Bigglesworth misses with a punch on the inside.
Bigglesworth lands a right hand that snaps the head of Soenn backwards.
Bigglesworth's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Soenn uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Bigglesworth.
Bigglesworth cracks Soenn with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Bigglesworth has closed the distance and engaged Soenn in a clinch.
Bigglesworth lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Soenn tries a body shot but Bigglesworth blocks it.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Bigglesworth working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Bigglesworth lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Bigglesworth pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Bigglesworth takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
A combination from Bigglesworth does no damage.
Bigglesworth lands with a nice combination. Soenn backs away looking to recover.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Dandy Bigglesworth dominated that second round.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.
Nice body punch from Bigglesworth.
Soenn takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Donk. Bigglesworth catches Soenn right on the button with a cross.
Bigglesworth misses with a body shot.
Bigglesworth blocks a head kick by Soenn.
Bigglesworth gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Soenn tries to jump guard but he falls flat on his backside. Bigglesworth smiles and moves away.
Bigglesworth lands a jab, followed by a cross and another cross, as Soenn backs up against the cage.
A jab from Bigglesworth finds it's way through Soenn's defenses.
Bigglesworth throws a series of strikes that have Soenn backpedaling.
Bigglesworth lands a jab. Then a cross. Then finally a nice hook to the body. Good work there by Bigglesworth.
Bigglesworth swings for the body but Soenn moves out of range.
Bigglesworth fails with an attempt to clinch.
Soenn ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Bigglesworth ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Soenn takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Nice cross by Bigglesworth.
Soenn connects with a good right hand that stumbles Bigglesworth. Bigglesworth circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
That's one minute gone in the round.
A looping hook to the body misses from Bigglesworth. Soenn does a little dance to reset his feet.
Soenn swings for the body but Bigglesworth moves out of range.
Decent striking displayed by Bigglesworth there.
Bigglesworth scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!
Soenn takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
Soenn is rocked!
Bigglesworth closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Soenn working aggressively here.
Bigglesworth lands with a right to the head.
Bigglesworth breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
A combination from Bigglesworth does no damage.
Bigglesworth rushes Soenn and presses him up against the cage.
Soenn wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Bigglesworth has him pressed against the cage.
Bigglesworth lands a left hand.
Soenn tries to break free but Bigglesworth pushes him back against the cage.
Bigglesworth is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Soenn can do to turn this around?
Bigglesworth lands a shoulder strike.
A nice right hand lands inside from Bigglesworth.
Soenn takes a shot to the head.
Soenn misses with the head strike.
Bigglesworth breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Bigglesworth fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Soenn, pushing him back against the cage.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Good body shot from Bigglesworth.
Bigglesworth gets through Soenn's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Bigglesworth lands a left hand that snaps the head of Soenn backwards.
Bigglesworth escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Bigglesworth 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.
Bigglesworth is looking to clinch.
Bigglesworth swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Soenn.
Bigglesworth moves into range and clinches up with Soenn.
Bigglesworth's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
A combination from Bigglesworth does no damage.
Bigglesworth uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Soenn.
Bigglesworth avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Bigglesworth closes the distance and pushes Soenn back into the cage.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Bigglesworth.
Bigglesworth throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
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!
Bigglesworth scores with a shoulder strike.
Bigglesworth lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Bigglesworth working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Bigglesworth works on Soenn's body with a couple of short punches.
Bigglesworth scores with an uppercut up the middle.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
A right handed body shot lands from Bigglesworth.
Bigglesworth pushes Soenn back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Bigglesworth breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Nice shot by Bigglesworth.
Bigglesworth lands a really nice looking cross but Soenn seems unphased.
Bigglesworth lands a nice shot that snaps Soenn's head back.
Bigglesworth digs a good body shot into Soenn's ribs.
Bigglesworth moves into range and clinches up with Soenn.
Still in the clinch, Bigglesworth scores with a nice short uppercut.
Bigglesworth stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Bigglesworth lands with a short shot to the head.
Bigglesworth escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Bigglesworth lands a nice looking body shot.
Bigglesworth misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Bigglesworth gets a clinch.
A short left from Bigglesworth.
A right hook to the body lands for Bigglesworth.
A right hand to the body from Bigglesworth.
Nice body punch from Bigglesworth.
Bigglesworth blocks an uppercut.
Bigglesworth lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Bigglesworth scores with a shot to the side of Soenn's head.
Bigglesworth lands a right hand that snaps the head of Soenn backwards.
Bigglesworth scores with a shoulder strike.
Bigglesworth pushes Soenn back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Bigglesworth's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Bigglesworth clinches up against the cage.
Bigglesworth scores with a shot to the side of Soenn's head.
Bigglesworth lands a body punch in the clinch.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Bigglesworth creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Bigglesworth lands a hook to the side of the head.
Bigglesworth scores with a nice hook to the head.
Bigglesworth lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Bigglesworth lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Bigglesworth's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Bigglesworth connects with the punch.
Bigglesworth forces Soenn back against the cage and clinches.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Bigglesworth lands a body shot in the clinch.
Bigglesworth lands a right hand.
Bigglesworth lands with a right to the head.
Bigglesworth lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Bigglesworth breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Dandy Bigglesworth clearly takes that round.
That's time! Back to the action!
Bigglesworth lands a jab to Soenn's midsection.
Soenn throws a push kick but Bigglesworth slaps the foot to one side.
Soenn throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
Bigglesworth lands a jab. Then a cross. Then finally a nice hook to the body. Good work there by Bigglesworth.
Bigglesworth throws out a powerful jab.
Bigglesworth moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
The fighters circle momentarily. Bigglesworth darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.
Soenn takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
Soenn is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
Soenn is still on wobbly legs! Can Bigglesworth finish him?
Bigglesworth avoids the body shot from Soenn.
Soenn tries to close the distance and clinch up but Bigglesworth swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Soenn seems to have recovered his senses.
Bigglesworth throws a series of punches but Soenn moves out of range.
Bigglesworth misses with a few strikes there.
Bigglesworth tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Jab, jab by Bigglesworth - just one landing.
Bigglesworth has closed the distance and engaged Soenn in a clinch.
Soenn is absolutely dripping with sweat - he looks exhausted.
Bigglesworth lands a body shot in the clinch.
Bigglesworth throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Soenns head.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Bigglesworth makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Bigglesworth breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Bigglesworth looks to land a combination. Soenn sees it coming but can only parry a couple of the shots.
Bigglesworth punishes Soenn's body with a nice straight punch.
Bigglesworth clinches up against the cage.
Bigglesworth working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Bigglesworth breaks from the clinch.
Bigglesworth lands with an overhand left.
Bigglesworth lands a jab to Soenn's midsection.
Bigglesworth throws out a powerful jab.
Soenn missing with a left hand there. Bigglesworth was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Left hook, right uppercut from Bigglesworth.
Bigglesworth clobbers Soenn with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
A jab from Bigglesworth finds it's way through Soenn's defenses.
Bigglesworth connects with the punch.
Bigglesworth connects with a looping right hand.
Soenn gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Bigglesworth.
Bigglesworth lands the left hand.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Bigglesworth is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Bigglesworth throws a one two combo.
Bigglesworth lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
Soenn takes a punch to the jaw and another one to the bread basket.
Danga de danga de dang - Bigglesworth scores with a four punch combination!
Soenn on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Bigglesworth throws a one two combo.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Bigglesworth throws a right and a left that Soenn avoids nicely.
Dandy Bigglesworth is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Bigglesworth lands a glancing blow to the side of Soenn's head.
Soenn takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Soenn showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Bigglesworth.
Danga de danga de dang - Bigglesworth scores with a four punch combination!
Bigglesworth works the jab nicely.
Jab from Bigglesworth.
Bigglesworth dodges the punch combination from Soenn.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bigglesworth throws a left and a right that both miss
and Soenn connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Bigglesworth lands a right hook to the body.
Soenn ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Bigglesworth moves away.
Soenn has his head slapped from side to side by a 3 punch combination. That must have hurt him.
Soenn doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Bigglesworth scores with a nice strike.
Bigglesworth scores with a one two! Soenn had his feet all tangled up there and couldn't avoid the strikes.
Bigglesworth darts in and clinches Soenn up against the cage.
Soenn working hard to break the clinch.
Bigglesworth lands a nice shot to the body.
Bigglesworth lands a right hand that snaps the head of Soenn backwards.
Bigglesworth gets through Soenn's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Bigglesworth lands a nice uppercut.
A body shot lands from Bigglesworth.
Bigglesworth scores with a shot to the side of Soenn's head.
A right handed body shot lands from Bigglesworth.
A right handed body shot lands from Bigglesworth.
Bigglesworth lands a right hand.
Soenn is trying to work for a single leg takedown but Bigglesworth pulls him back up using the underhooks.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Bigglesworth misses with a punch on the inside.
A right hand to the body from Bigglesworth.
A right hook to the body lands for Bigglesworth.
Still in the clinch, Bigglesworth scores with a nice short uppercut.
Bigglesworth is leaning against Soenn and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Bigglesworth lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Bigglesworth lands a hook that snaps the head of Soenn backwards.
Bigglesworth lands a right hand that snaps the head of Soenn backwards.
Bigglesworth lands a left hand.
Nice body punch from Bigglesworth.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Bigglesworth.
A right hand to the body from Bigglesworth.
Soenn tries to stall but Bigglesworth uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Bigglesworth lands a left hand.
Bigglesworth lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Bigglesworth makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Bigglesworth works on Soenn's body with a couple of short punches.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Bigglesworth breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Bigglesworth lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Bigglesworth scores with a hook.
Bigglesworth looks to score with a jab to the body but Soenn is just out of range.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Dandy Bigglesworth had his way with Joe Soenn in that round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action. This is the final round!
Bigglesworth with a jab.
Bigglesworth takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Soenn takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Bigglesworth throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Bigglesworth.
Soenn throws a right and a left that both miss.
Soenn takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
Nice uppercut there from Bigglesworth.
A jab from Soenn misses.
Bigglesworth throws a two punch combo that lands nicely.
Soenn tries to bum rush Bigglesworth with a series of wild strikes but Bigglesworth uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Soenn tries to clinch but Bigglesworth is having none of it.
Soenn throws a right hand that Bigglesworth ducks under and follows up with a left that Bigglesworth also avoids with ease.
Bigglesworth throws a right and a left that Soenn avoids nicely.
Bigglesworth moves into range and clinches up with Soenn.
Soenn wants to stall.
Bigglesworth scores with a shoulder strike.
That's one minute gone in the round.
A short body shot lands from Bigglesworth as the two fighters clinch.
Soenn is wobbling all over the place through exhaustion. Will he make it to the final bell?
Bigglesworth scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Bigglesworth scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Bigglesworth softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Bigglesworth works on Soenn's body with a couple of short punches.
Bigglesworth lands with a left to the head.
A right hook to the body lands for Bigglesworth.
Bigglesworth lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Bigglesworth scores with a hook to the body.
A nice left hand lands by Bigglesworth.
Bigglesworth scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Bigglesworth lands with a left to the head.
Bigglesworth lands a left hand that snaps the head of Soenn backwards.
Bigglesworth makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Soenn blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Nice body punch from Bigglesworth.
Bigglesworth escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Bigglesworth lands a right hook to the body.
Soenn shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Soenn takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
Soenn takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
Bigglesworth lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Bigglesworth clinches up with Soenn and pushes him back against the cage.
Soenn fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Bigglesworth breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Bigglesworth lands with a hook. Soenn tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
Soenn uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Bigglesworth.
Soenn on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Bigglesworth wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Bigglesworth thuds a left hand into Soenn's body.
Bigglesworth misses with a wild body shot.
Soenn looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
Bigglesworth works Soenn's body with a nice hook.
Bigglesworth misses with an uppercut. Soenn saw that one coming.
Bigglesworth's corner calls for a 1,2 combination and Bigglesworth duly obliges.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Soenn fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Bigglesworth catches Soenn with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
Bigglesworth is working the combinations to good effect here.
Bigglesworth dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Soenn misses with a few strikes there.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bigglesworth tries to clinch up
and Soenn counters with a series of strikes. Bigglesworth will be more careful next time no doubt.
Bigglesworth scores with a jab to the body.
Bigglesworth scores with a jab.
Bigglesworth punishes Soenn's body with a nice straight punch.
Bigglesworth gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Bigglesworth lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Bigglesworth lands an uppercut.
Bigglesworth has a couple of punches blocked by Soenn.
Bigglesworth lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Bigglesworth working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Bigglesworth tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Soenn avoids it.
A right hook to the body lands for Bigglesworth.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Bigglesworth.
Bigglesworth lands with a right to the head.
Bigglesworth lands with a right to the head.
Soenn has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
A nice left hand lands by Bigglesworth.
Bigglesworth lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Soenn backwards.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Bigglesworth breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Bigglesworth with a jab.
Bigglesworth has taken the fight to the clinch.
Bigglesworth lands on the inside with an uppercut.
A short right from Bigglesworth on the inside.
Bigglesworth lands with a left to the head.
Bigglesworth lands a hook to the side of the head.
Joe Soenn has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Bigglesworth throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Soenns head.
Bigglesworth lands with a short shot to the head.
Soenn can't break the clinch.
Soenn blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Nice body punch from Bigglesworth.
Bigglesworth works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Bigglesworth makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Bigglesworth escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Soenn walks into a stiff left hand from Bigglesworth.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Bigglesworth's corner calls for a 1-2. Bigglesworth obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
Soenn takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
Bigglesworth scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Soenn doesn't seem bothered though.
Soenn misses with an uppercut.
Bigglesworth dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
And that's the end of the fight!
Dandy Bigglesworth showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Bigglesworth 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 Paul Aken scores the fight 50:41
Judge Wagner Zegers scores the fight 50:41
Judge Radbod Blank scores the fight 50:41
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Dandy Bigglesworth!
Dandy Bigglesworth retains his bantamweight title!
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