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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Domingo Chavez (ranked 386 p4p, 911 weight class) and Ludo Van Veen (ranked 52 p4p, 141 weight class). Van Veen has chosen Give it ALL as his entrance music. The crowd giving both fighters a great reception on their way into the arena. That's good to see.
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World class boxer
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 27 - 13 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Domingo Chavez!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 31 - 17 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Ludo Van Veen!
The judges for this bout are Sosuke Kotani, Shigeki Sano and Shirou Masuda.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Chavez uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Van Veen.
Van Veen dips to his left and cracks Chavez with an uppercut!
Van Veen throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Chavez slips a jab from Van Veen.
Chavez swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Chavez throws a body shot but no joy.
Van Veen has been working on his striking defense in training and it's paying off as Chavez is landing a low percentage of strikes.
Chavez keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
A counter left hand to the body from Chavez misses its target.
Chavez throws a body kick that sends a sickening thudding noise reverberating around the arena.
The fighters circling - Chavez throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Van Veen moves into the clinch.
A nice right hand lands inside from Chavez.
Van Veen breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
The fighters circling - Chavez throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Van Veen misses the shot to the body.
We've been told by Chavez's head coaches at IMMA Gym of Elite ASS that he's been working on his takedown defense in preparation for this fight.
Van Veen bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Chavez's head.
Nice cross by Chavez.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Van Veen lunges at Chavez with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Chavez's hand.
Van Veen swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Chavez has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Van Veen.
Chavez tries a head kick but it misses.
Chavez connects with a single shot there.
A head kick misses from Van Veen.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Van Veen throws a hook but Chavez blocks it.
Chavez throws a push kick but Van Veen slaps the foot to one side.
Chavez throws a body punch but Van Veen moves out of range.
Chavez ducks under a wild hook from Van Veen.
Chavez looks to score with a jab to the body but Van Veen is just out of range.
Van Veen tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Chavez was well out of range. Poor timing from Van Veen.
Chavez is looking to counter with head kicks.
Chavez throws a wild body kick that Van Veen sees coming a mile off.
Chavez keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Chavez blocks a head kick by Van Veen.
Van Veen ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Chavez moves away.
Chavez walks into a stiff left hand from Van Veen.
Chavez looks to land a left hand but Van Veen moved out of range nicely.
A punch lands to the side of Van Veen 's head but he takes it in his stride.
Chavez scores with a jab to the head.
Van Veen throws a low kick, looking for Chavez's leg but Chavez calmly moves out of range.
Chavez tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Van Veen was well out of range. Poor timing from Chavez.
Van Veen on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
Chavez chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Chavez clobbers Van Veen with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
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!
Van Veen with a nice cross.
Van Veen checks a leg kick.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Van Veen misses with a body shot.
Chavez ducks under a wild hook from Van Veen.
Van Veen looks to land a right hand but Chavez moved out of range.
Chavez staying out of range there.
A looping hook to the body misses from Chavez. Van Veen does a little dance to reset his feet.
Chavez shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.
Chavez lands with a cross.
Chavez takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Chavez throws a series of punches but Van Veen moves out of range.
Van Veen swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Van Veen walks into a straight right hand from Chavez.
Chavez takes a swing at Van Veen's ribcage but misses.
Van Veen punishes Chavez's body with a nice straight punch.
Van Veen throws a body punch but Chavez moves out of range.
Chavez misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Van Veen.
Van Veen works Chavez's body with a nice hook.
Van Veen's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Chavez connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Van Veen scrambles back to his feet.
Chavez checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time.
Chavez is really peppering his opponent's head with punches.
Chavez throws a low kick but it's checked well by Van Veen.
Chavez looks to land a left hand but Van Veen moved out of range nicely.
Van Veen throws out a counter right but Chavez avoids it with no problem.
Chavez lands with a shot to the body.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
A looping hook to the body misses from Van Veen. Chavez does a little dance to reset his feet.
Van Veen misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Chavez.
Chavez waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Van Veen.
Van Veen takes a kick to the side of the head.
Chavez doesn't manage to clinch there - Van Veen circles away.
Van Veen throws out a counter right but Chavez avoids it with no problem.
Van Veen throws a lazy uppercut
enabling Chavez to counter with a crisp jab.
Chavez cracks Van Veen with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
Chavez slips under a jab.
Van Veen bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Van Veen with a hook.
Chavez throws a leg kick but Van Veen sees it coming and checks it nicely.
Van Veen throws a shot from downtown. Chavez moves away and avoids it.
Van Veen misses with a two punch combination.
Chavez slips a straight right by Van Veen.
Van Veen throws a solid leg kick but Chavez takes the impact on his shin and smiles at Van Veen.
Chavez throws a series of punches but Van Veen moves out of range.
Van Veen tries to bum rush Chavez with a series of wild strikes but Chavez uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
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!
Van Veen swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Chavez.
Van Veen staying out of range there.
Van Veen walks into a left hand.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Chavez throws a body shot but no joy.
Van Veen uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Chavez.
Van Veen tries to land a front kick but Chavez steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
Chavez moves out of range as Van Veen throws a body kick.
Van Veen walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
A nice leg kick from Chavez, right into the meat of the thigh.
Chavez scores with a jab.
Chavez cracks a nice hook into Van Veen's ribs.
Van Veen throws a hook but Chavez blocks it.
Chavez throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Van Veen throws a hook to the side of Chavez's head but Chavez sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Van Veen looks to score with a jab to the body but Chavez is just out of range.
Chavez uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Van Veen.
Chavez throws an overhand right that lands on Van Veen's shoulder, as Van Veen tries to avoid the shot.
Jab from Van Veen.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Chavez sizes up Van Veen with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
Van Veen connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
Van Veen feints and then cracks Chavez's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Chavez down.
A slow jab from Van Veen misses its intended target.
Van Veen looks to land a right hand but Chavez moved out of range.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close round but I would say that Domingo Chavez will probably get the nod.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!
Good shot there by Chavez.
Chavez is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Van Veen.
A big right from Chavez misses.
Van Veen throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Van Veen looks to land a right hand but Chavez moved out of range.
Van Veen lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Van Veen jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Chavez takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
Domingo Chavez is winning the standup battle so far.
Van Veen blocks a jab.
Chavez looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Chavez backing away here, and Van Veen unleashes a leg kick that just misses.
Van Veen throws a body shot but no joy.
Chavez slips under a jab.
Van Veen swings for the body but Chavez moves out of range.
A little feinted left hand from Chavez on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
Chavez is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Chavez bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
A nice leg kick from Chavez, right into the meat of the thigh.
Van Veen connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Chavez's hands.
Chavez looks to land a right hand but Van Veen moved out of range.
Van Veen misses with a straight left.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Van Veen takes a swing at Chavez's ribcage but misses.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Van Veen thows a leg kick but Chavez checks it
and Chavez counters with a nice body shot.
Chavez blocks a head kick by Van Veen.
Van Veen ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Van Veen just misses with a punch to the body.
Van Veen's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Chavez connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Van Veen scrambles back to his feet.
Chavez looks to score with a jab to the body but Van Veen is just out of range.
A swing and a miss from Van Veen.
Van Veen swings for the body but Chavez moves out of range.
A little feinted left hand from Chavez on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
Chavez loads up on a big right hand but Van Veen slips the punch.
Van Veen takes one on the chin but seems OK.
Chavez checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time.
Van Veen moves out of range of the body kick from Chavez.
Crunch! Chavez slams his shin into Van Veen's torso.
Van Veen uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Chavez.
Van Veen misses with a body shot.
Van Veen keeps Chavez at a distance using the push kick.
Van Veen looks to land a left hand but Chavez moved out of range nicely.
Chavez connects with a nice looking jab.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Good standup being displayed there by Van Veen as he connects with a hook.
Chavez scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Van Veen misses with a body shot.
Chavez throws a hook to the side of Van Veen's head but Van Veen sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Van Veen fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Chavez manages to avoid it.
Chavez takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
Van Veen keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Van Veen takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Van Veen digs a good hook to Chavez's body.
Van Veen waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Chavez.
Chavez with a jab.
Chavez takes a swing at Van Veen's ribcage but misses.
Van Veen looks to land a body kick but Chavez moved away.
Chavez misses with a looping right.
Van Veen on the wrong end of a kick to the body.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Van Veen.
Chavez bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Van Veen's head backwards.
Chavez throws a hook but Van Veen blocks it.
Chavez ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Van Veen moves away.
Van Veen swings for the body but Chavez moves out of range.
Chavez checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time.
Chavez lands a slapping body shot.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Van Veen takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
Van Veen throws a wild body kick that Chavez sees coming a mile off.
Van Veen has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
A decent looking body kick lands there for Chavez.
Van Veen tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Chavez was well out of range. Poor timing from Van Veen.
Chavez avoids a kick to the body.
Thud! ouch! good body kick from Van Veen - that will leave a mark!
Chavez takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Chavez bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
It appears Chavez was looking to counter with a kick there.
Chavez staying out of range there.
Van Veen looks to throw the jab but Chavez is out of range.
Chavez is looking to counter with a body kick.
Chavez cracks Van Veen with a right hand to the side of the head.
Chavez looks to land a left hand but Van Veen moved out of range nicely.
Chavez misses the shot to the body.
Van Veen takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Van Veen throws a jab but it's blocked by Chavez.
Van Veen swings for the body but Chavez moves out of range.
Chavez throws a jab but it's blocked by Van Veen.
Van Veen looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Chavez delivers a nice body kick.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Chavez just misses with a punch to the body.
Van Veen explodes with a nice body kick and back out of range. Nice work.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Van Veen steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Chavez.
Van Veen moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Chavez misses the shot to the body.
A swing and a miss from Chavez.
Van Veen defending well as Chavez loads up on a big left hand.
Van Veen chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Van Veen thows a left - swing and a miss!
Chavez slips under a jab.
Chavez was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
Chavez lands a lovely overhand right.
Nice shot by Van Veen.
Van Veen throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Van Veen throws a body shot but no joy.
Van Veen misses with a body kick.
Van Veen jabbing away but nothing is landing.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Chavez misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Van Veen.
Van Veen moves away from the strike by Chavez.
Chavez lands with a cross.
Van Veen wants to slow Chavez down by chopping away at his legs.
Chavez fails in his attempt to clinch.
Van Veen flicks out a counter leg kick but Chavez steps away.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close second round but I would say that Domingo Chavez will probably get the nod.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin! The crowd applaud as we get ready to start the final round!
Chavez steps to his left, right into the path of a big body kick from Van Veen. That one must have hurt.
Chavez moves away from the strike by Van Veen.
Chavez throws a quick inside leg kick.
Chavez with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Chavez tries to move into range but Van Veen moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
A looping hook to the body misses from Chavez. Van Veen does a little dance to reset his feet.
Van Veen misses with a hook to the body
and Chavez counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Chavez has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Van Veen finds it's way round the side to connect with Chavez's head.
Van Veen swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Van Veen's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Van Veen checks the leg kick.
Chavez chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Chavez lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Van Veen misses with a straight left.
Van Veen tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Chavez was well out of range. Poor timing from Van Veen.
A big left from Van Veen misses.
Chavez steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Van Veen.
A looping hook to the body misses from Van Veen. Chavez does a little dance to reset his feet.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Van Veen throws out a loose jab but Chavez uses good head movement to avoid it.
Van Veen throws a hook but Chavez avoids it easily.
Chavez looks to land a left hand but Van Veen moved out of range nicely.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Chavez looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Van Veen throws a low kick but Chavez moves out of range easily.
Van Veen takes a head kick and shrugs it off.
Chavez looks for the body kick but Van Veen saw that one coming.
Van Veen scores with a jab to the head.
Chavez throws a nice inside leg kick.
Van Veen looks to land a right hand but Chavez moved out of range.
Van Veen cracks Chavez with a right hand to the side of the head.
Van Veen needs to keep his hands up - Chavez had a free shot at his head there.
Van Veen throws a looping overhand right but Chavez ducks down to avoid it.
Van Veen cracks Chavez with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
Van Veen misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Chavez.
Chavez looks to land a left hand but Van Veen moved out of range nicely.
Van Veen checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time.
Van Veen is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Van Veen throws a shot from downtown. Chavez moves away and avoids it.
Chavez is looking to counter punch.
Chavez buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Chavez walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
Chavez checks the leg kick nicely there.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Chavez ducks under a wild hook from Van Veen.
Chavez throws a wild body kick that Van Veen sees coming a mile off.
Van Veen throws out a counter right but Chavez avoids it with no problem.
Van Veen throws a jab but it's blocked by Chavez.
Chavez misses with an uppercut.
A looping hook to the body misses from Van Veen. Chavez does a little dance to reset his feet.
Van Veen throws a front kick that sends Chavez stumbling back into the cage.
Chavez throws a body punch but Van Veen moves out of range.
Van Veen misses the shot to the body.
Van Veen pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Van Veen moves out of range of the strikes.
Van Veen ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
A left lands for Chavez.
Van Veen pivots, looking for a leg kick but Chavez is out of range and Van Veen settles back down.
Van Veen checks the leg kick nicely there.
Van Veen moves away from the strike by Chavez.
Van Veen lands with a nice body kick.
Chavez uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Van Veen.
Van Veen has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Chavez.
Chavez uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Van Veen.
Chavez swung with a counter punch to the body but it didn't connect.
Chavez throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Van Veen waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Chavez.
Van Veen thumps Chavez with a low kick.
Van Veen avoids the body shot from Chavez.
Chavez has a nice red mark on his side after a thudding body kick by Van Veen.
Van Veen connects with a body shot.
Van Veen just misses with a punch to the body.
A little feinted left hand from Chavez on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
Chavez lands with a cross.
Van Veen ducks under a wild hook from Chavez.
Van Veen takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Nice uppercut lands for Chavez. That snapped Van Veen's head back.
Van Veen ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Van Veen lands a glancing blow to the side of Chavez's head.
Chavez lands a slapping body shot.
Chavez moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Nice cross by Van Veen.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Chavez throws a jab when Van Veen was well out of range.
Chavez gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Van Veen working some nice short punches in the clinch.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Chavez tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Van Veen's elbow.
Chavez goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Van Veen can't find room to land a body shot as Chavez controls the action.
Chavez misses with a body punch.
Van Veen breaks the clinch.
Van Veen scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
Good standup being displayed there by Van Veen as he connects with a hook.
Chavez moves out of range of the strikes.
Chavez throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Chavez keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Van Veen.
Chavez avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Chavez stuns Van Veen with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Van Veen ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Van Veen walks into a stiff left hand from Chavez.
Van Veen looks to land a left hand but Chavez moved out of range nicely.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Chavez avoids a kick to the body.
Van Veen fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Chavez manages to avoid it.
Chavez uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Van Veen.
Van Veen swings for the body but Chavez moves out of range.
Chavez throws a hook but Van Veen avoids it easily.
And that's the end of the fight!
I would just about give that final round to Ludo Van Veen.
Well Chavez 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 Sosuke Kotani scores the fight 29:30
Judge Shigeki Sano scores the fight 30:28
Judge Shirou Masuda scores the fight 29:28
In favor of your winner, by split decision... Domingo Chavez!
In his post fight interview, Domingo Chavez started talking himself up. Luckily his charisma kept the crowd on side and gave him a good reception.
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