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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Ryan Evans (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Ruud Van Ubereem (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Ruud Van Ubereem told me before the fight that he's been watching a lot of DVDs so let's see if that helps him in this one! I can't wait to find out!
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Ryan Evans!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Ruud Van Ubereem!
The judges for this bout are , and .
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Ubereem circles away from the clinch attempt.
Ubereem throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Evans looks to land a combination but Ubereem avoids it well.
Ubereem takes one to the side of the head.
The fight stays on the outside here - Evans looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Evans drops his shoulder and cracks Ubereem with a huge uppercut! Ubereem goes down! Can Evans finish him?
Ubereem is rocked!
This has been an exciting period of action!
Evans decides he's had enough of playing guard and decides to stand. Come on Ubereem, up you get!
Ubereem avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Evans takes a swing at Ubereem's ribcage but misses.
Ubereem feints and then cracks Evans's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Evans down.
Evans tries to clinch there but Ubereem circles away.
Evans looks for the body kick but Ubereem saw that one coming.
Evans tries to keep at a distance but Ubereem has taken the fight into the clinch.
Evans has Ubereem pressed up against the cage and is working for takedown. Ubereem manages to improve position though and keeps the fight standing.
Ubereem escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Evans drops Ubereem with a left and a right! Oh, Ubereem is hurt - Evans dives into side control looking to finish!
Ubereem is still in real trouble! Can Evans finish him?
It looks like Ruud Van Ubereem has been cut.
Evans is breathing heavily.
Ubereem wants to get back to his feet.
Ubereem seems to have recovered his senses.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Evans tries to get to his feet but Ubereem is in the middle of advancing position himself and ends up with Evans in his guard.
Evans has to be careful here, sitting in the guard of a superior BJJ player.
Evans would like to get this fight back to the feet but can't get free from the closed guard.
Ubereem pushes Evans off and scrambles back to his feet.
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.
Ubereem tries to close the distance and clinch but Evans swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Ubereem throws out a leg kick but Evans moves out of range and Ubereem only half commits.
Ryan Evans seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Evans avoids a punch combination nicely.
Ubereem takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
An inside leg kick lands from Ubereem.
Ubereem lands with a kick to the ribs.
Ubereem tries a head kick but it misses.
Ubereem goes to the watering hole and comes back with a big thumbs up from the judges as he scores a three punch combo.
It looks like Ryan Evans has been cut.
Evans takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Ubereem looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Ubereem looks to land a combination but Evans avoids it well.
Ubereem's corner calls for a 1,2 combination and Ubereem duly obliges.
Ubereem throws a nice head kick!
Ubereem has managed to clinch.
Ubereem landing knees to the head.
Ubereem landing knees to the head.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Evans scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Ubereem is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Evans wants to break the clinch but can't.
Ubereem gets underhooks to prevent Evans's takedown attempt.
Ubereem manages to break the clinch.
Ubereem misses with a kick to the body.
Ubereem misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Evans misses the jab.
Ubereem avoids the body shot from Evans.
Evans misses the shot to the body.
Evans scores with a body shot.
Ubereem ducks right into an uppercut from Evans.
Evans tries to clinch up
and Ubereem counters with a big head kick but Evans shrugs it off.
Ubereem circles away from the clinch attempt.
Evans gets off balance looking for a body kick
and Ubereem counters by moving into the clinch.
Evans is trying to break free.
Evans keeps control of Ubereem as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Ubereem goes for a takedown attempt but Evans pushes him away and we're back to fighting at a distance.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Ubereem throws a series of punches but Evans avoids them all with ease.
Evans tries to clinch but fails miserably
and Ubereem counters with a big head kick but Evans shrugs it off.
Evans swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Ubereem.
Evans keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
Evans tries to bum rush Ubereem with a series of wild strikes but Ubereem uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Ubereem is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
Ubereem shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.
Evans misses with a wild combination.
Ubereem slips under a jab from Evans.
Some wild striking there from Evans.
Ubereem wants to clinch.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Ubereem tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Evans paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Ubereem slips under a jab from Evans.
Evans avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close round but Ruud Van Ubereem will probably get the nod.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!
Ubereem tries to clinch up.
Evans misses with a looping left.
Ubereem misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
A head kick misses from Ubereem.
Evans fails with an attempt to clinch.
Evans looks to throw the jab but Ubereem is out of range.
Evans thuds a left hand into Ubereem's body.
Ubereem moves in looking to clinch but Evans pushes him off.
Ubereem fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Ryan Evans is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Evans thows a body shot but no joy.
Ubereem pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Ubereem throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Evans throws a good cross that connects.
Evans waves his right hand out infront of him, looking to distract Ubereem. Oh, he's unloaded a beast of a left hand - it worked! He's dropped Ubereem to the canvas! Can he finish him!?
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Evans would like to get this fight back to the feet but can't get free from the closed guard.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Evans wants to stand and escape but instead Ubereem has hit a sweep and he's now on top in guard.
Ubereem is standing up over Evans. Evans looks to escape but Ubereem dives into side control.
Evans might be looking to lock onto one of his opponent's long limbs for a submission, whilst we're on the ground.
Evans is working hard to escape and get back to his feet. After a battle for position, Ubereem asserts his dominance and retains side control.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are getting on the fighters' backs, as the pace has dropped off in the last minute or so.
Evans trying desperately to get back to his feet here but he's not having any joy at all. He's going to tire himself out if he's not careful.
It looks like we're going to have a standup here. Neither fighter is doing enough on the ground.
Evans fails with an attempt to clinch.
Evans tries to clinch but Ubereem moves out of range.
Ubereem forces Evans back against the cage and clinches.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ubereem lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Ubereem breaks from the clinch.
Ubereem throws a sloppy head kick and Evans moves out of range easily.
The fight stays on the outside here - Evans looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Evans misses with a few strikes there.
Ubereem slips a straight right by Evans.
Ubereem throws a front kick that sends Evans stumbling back into the cage.
Ubereem throws a sloppy head kick and Evans moves out of range easily.
A combination from Ubereem does no damage.
Ubereem uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Evans.
Ubereem scores with a kick to the midsection.
Ubereem lands a jab. Then a cross. Then finally a nice hook to the body. Good work there by Ubereem.
Evans misses with an uppercut. Ubereem saw that one coming.
Ubereem moves into range and throws a lovely three punch combination.
Ubereem has closed the distance and engaged Evans in a clinch.
Ubereem breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Evans misses with a looping right.
Evans is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Evans throws a body kick despite being completely out of range
and Ubereem counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Evans circles away from the clinch attempt.
Evans tries to clinch but Ubereem moves out of range.
Evans throws a body kick the misses
and Ubereem counters with a one-two to the body.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Ubereem is looking to slow Evans down with leg kicks.
Evans uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Ubereem.
Ubereem throws a series of punches but Evans avoids them all with ease.
Ubereem tries to keep at a distance but Evans has taken the fight into the clinch.
Ubereem is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Evans is looking to break free of the clinch but Ubereem has double underhooks.
Evans is working for takedown but Ubereem is calmly controlling the position for now.
Ubereem connects with a knee to the head.
Ubereem pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Ubereem swats away the attempt to clinch by Evans.
Ubereem is looking to score with low kicks.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Evans with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Nice cross by Evans.
Ubereem misses with a wild body shot.
Ubereem throws a body kick that misses.
Evans swinging wilding here.
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 Ryan Evans will probably get the nod.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
That's time! Back to the action! And we move into the final round!
A slapping leg kick lands for Ubereem.
A nice leg kick lands there from Ubereem.
Evans misses with a looping left.
Ubereem misses with a jab, cross combination.
Ubereem looks to land a combination but Evans avoids it well.
Evans is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Evans scores with a hook to the body. Ubereem takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Evans fails to land with a series of punches.
Evans tries to clinch but Ubereem moves out of range.
Ubereem chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Ubereem uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Evans.
Ubereem tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Ubereem lands where it shouldn't have, right in the... well, you know what he did? He kicked him in the penis. He's injured, injured bad. The referee sends both fighters to their corners and Evans has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Evans and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
Evans waving his hands out infront of him, looking to distract Ubereem.
Evans misses with a wild combination.
Ubereem lands with a kick to the temple. Evans shrugs as if to say "is that all you've got?"
The fight stays on the outside here - Ubereem looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Ubereem misses with a wild combination.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Evans is looking to clinch but Ubereem is avoiding it.
Ubereem circles away from the clinch attempt.
Evans is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
Ubereem lands with a hook. Evans tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
Evans moves into range and throws a combination. A nice jab followed by a hook to the body.
Ubereem misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Evans tries to clinch but Ubereem moves out of range.
Evans misses with a series of wild punches.
Ubereem throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Evans swinging wilding here.
Ryan Evans is winning the standup battle so far.
Evans takes a head kick and keeps coming.
Evans fails with an attempt to clinch.
Evans throws a body kick that misses.
Ubereem is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
The fighters circling - Evans throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Ubereem.
Evans closes the distance but Ubereem moves to the side
and Ubereem counters with a low kick, right behind Evans 's knee.
Evans thows a left - swing and a miss!
Ubereem throws a nice outside leg kick.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Ubereem.
Evans takes a swing at Ubereem's ribcage but misses.
Ubereem throws a right hand that Evans ducks under and follows up with a left that Evans also avoids with ease.
Evans connects with a nice looking jab.
Evans swings for the body but Ubereem moves out of range.
Ubereem lands with a two punch combination before moving back out of range.
The fight stays on the outside here - Evans looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Ubereem tries to clinch but Evans is having none of it.
Evans avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Evans dips to his left and cracks Ubereem with an uppercut!
Some wild striking there from Ubereem.
Evans will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Ubereem turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ubereem pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
A nice combination there by Evans.
Ubereem moves into the clinch successfully.
Evans jumps guard but his hands slip and he falls flat on his back. Well, he's made himself look a right mug there, as Ubereem walks away with a smile on his face. Evans gets slowly back to his feet and shakes his head.
Evans misses with a two punch combination.
Danga de danga de dang - Evans scores with a four punch combination!
Ubereem fails with an attempt to clinch.
Ubereem looks to land a combination but Evans avoids it well.
Evans tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Ubereem fails with an attempt to clinch.
Ubereem takes one to the chin there.
Ubereem tries to clinch but Evans moves out of range.
Ubereem takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Evans misses with a wild body shot.
Evans takes a body kick right on the floating rib. Ouchie.
Evans looks to clinch
and Ubereem counters with a solid body kick.
Evans wants to clinch.
Good leg kick by Ubereem there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Ubereem throws a low kick, looking for Evans's leg but Evans calmly moves out of range.
Evans misses with a hook.
Ubereem forces Evans back against the cage and clinches.
Evans can't break the clinch.
Ubereem is trying to break free.
Ubereem tries a knee to the head but Evans blocks it.
Evans jumps guard but his hands slip and he falls flat on his back. Well, he's made himself look a right mug there, as Ubereem walks away with a smile on his face. Evans gets slowly back to his feet and shakes his head.
Ubereem avoids a punch combination nicely.
Evans throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Ubereem sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Ubereem fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Evans.
Evans avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Evans tries to close the distance and clinch but Ubereem swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Ubereem wants to clinch.
Evans takes a push kick to the midsection and stumbles backwards.
Evans lands with an overhand left.
Ubereem clinches up with Evans and pushes him back against the cage.
And that's the end of the fight!
Ruud Van Ubereem comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think Ubereem 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 Andi Peters scores the fight 29:29
Judge Gordon Ramsey scores the fight 28:29
Judge Frank Skinner scores the fight 29:28
The fight is ruled a draw!
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