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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Aleksander Vahkitov (ranked 4644 p4p, 4572 weight class) and Jonas Demetrio (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). We have two fighters making their debuts here, so let's see who comes out of this one with their first professional victory.
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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, Aleksander Vahkitov!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Jonas Demetrio!
The judges for this bout are Paul Aken, Radbod Blank and Patrick Alders.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Vahkitov closes the distance and clinches up with Demetrio, looking for a takedown. Vahkitov pushes Demetrio against the cage but Demetrio circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.
Vahkitov dodges the punch combination from Demetrio.
Demetrio lands with a nice body punch.
Vahkitov ducks right into an uppercut from Demetrio.
Demetrio lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Demetrio just misses with a punch to the body.
Vahkitov gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Demetrio wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Vahkitov breaks the clinch.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Demetrio bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Vahkitov shoots in but no luck this time.
Demetrio lands a glancing blow to the side of Vahkitov's head.
Vahkitov fails in his attempt to clinch.
Demetrio lands with a nice combination. Vahkitov backs away looking to recover.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Demetrio darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
Demetrio connects with a right hand. Vahkitov shakes it off.
A low kick from Vahkitov misses
and Demetrio counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Demetrio scores with a sloppy right hand. Vahkitov should have avoided that one.
Vahkitov takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Vahkitov on the wrong end of a nice jab.
Demetrio cracks Vahkitov with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
Vahkitov takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Vahkitov throws the kick towards the body but Demetrio avoids it.
Demetrio takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
A cross from Demetrio lands.
Demetrio is landing a lot of head punches in this opening round! Vahkitov had better start moving his head a bit unless he wants his face to turn into mush.
Demetrio takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
Demetrio dips to his left and cracks Vahkitov with an uppercut!
Demetrio lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Vahkitov at a distance.
Vahkitov showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Demetrio.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Vahkitov with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Demetrio to score with a decent uppercut.
Vahkitov tried to score with a low kick but Demetrio checks it.
A little jabbing left from Demetrio on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Demetrio gets caught on his heels momentarily as he allows Vahkitov to score an easy takedown into full guard.
We could do with one of the fighters taking the initiative a bit more on the ground - they're both waiting to capitalize on a mistake.
Demetrio can't do much from the bottom at the moment, as Vahkitov controls the pace.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Vahkitov prevents Demetrio from getting back to his feet.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Vahkitov is frustrating his opponent with some stalling tactics from top position.
Vahkitov decides to stand up and beckons his opponent to follow.
Demetrio connects with a body shot.
Vahkitov tries to clinch up
and Demetrio counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Demetrio uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
Demetrio swinging wildly here.
Vahkitov shoots in for a takedown but Demetrio shows good takedown defense there and keeps this one on the feet.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Aleksander Vahkitov. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Vahkitov takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
Vahkitov takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Demetrio checks a low kick from Vahkitov.
Demetrio throws out a counter right but Vahkitov avoids it with no problem.
Demetrio connects with a body shot that sends Vahkitov's belly button to the back.
Vahkitov shoots in looking for a double leg takedown. Demetrio defends it nicely.
Demetrio lands a glancing blow to the side of Vahkitov's head.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Jonas Demetrio dominated that 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.
Demetrio swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Vahkitov.
Demetrio has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Vahkitov takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Vahkitov takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Jonas Demetrio seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Vahkitov fails to land the takedown.
Vahkitov takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
Jonas Demetrio seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Vahkitov shoots in for a double leg but Demetrio sprawls well. That's going to sap some energy.
Demetrio connects with a body shot.
Nice uppercut there from Demetrio.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Demetrio throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
A jab from Demetrio finds it's way through Vahkitov's defenses.
Demetrio dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Nice jab there from Demetrio.
Vahkitov tries for a takedown but Demetrio circles away easily
and Demetrio counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Aleksander Vahkitov. That's going to take a lot out of him.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Vahkitov tries to close the distance and clinch but Demetrio swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Vahkitov takes one on the button.
Vahkitov shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Let's see what he's got on the mat.
Vahkitov's corner is telling him to maintain position.
Vahkitov content to strike from guard, landing some decent shots.
Vahkitov passes Demetrio's right leg, so he's now in half guard.
Vahkitov thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Demetrio's head.
Vahkitov works his way into full mount!
Demetrio tries to buck Vahkitov off but he can't manage it.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Demetrio defends a decent attempt at a guillotine from Vahkitov.
Vahkitov controlling the pace for now.
Vahkitov throwing shots from mount but they're not landing.
Vahkitov with good strikes from the mount here!
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Vahkitov content just to control the position here.
Poor strikes thrown by Vahkitov there. More accuracy and less frantic strikes would help!
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Vahkitov is landing with some decent strikes but Demetrio is trying to advance his position so the referee is letting the fight continue.
Demetrio is trying to stand but he's not in a good position to be doing that! Vahkitov has taken his back!
I would not like to be Demetrio right now.
Demetrio is trying to get back to his feet but he's not managed it yet.
Vahkitov has his hand under the chin of his opponent looking for the choke. He's nearly got it! This one could be all over! But no, Demetrio has freed his hand and lives to survive another… well, another couple of seconds at least!
What can Demetrio do to escape this position? He's going to have to figure it out pretty quick if he wants to stay in the fight!
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Vahkitov seems to have a rather negative gameplan on the ground. He seems keen to just score the takedown and hold down Demetrio for as long as he can get away with.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close second round but I would say that Aleksander Vahkitov will probably get the nod.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare each other down, ready to get back to the action. This is the final round!
Demetrio scores with a crisp jab that stopped Vahkitov in his tracks.
Demetrio misses with a wild body shot.
Demetrio moves into range and connects with a jab.
A punch lands to the side of Vahkitov 's head but he takes it in his stride.
Demetrio lands with a right hand.
Demetrio moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Vahkitov rushes Demetrio and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Vahkitov misses with a body punch.
Demetrio wants to stall.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Demetrio has had enough of the clinch but Vahkitov keeps him there for the moment.
Demetrio wants to break the clinch but can't.
Vahkitov breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Demetrio tries to sprawl but Vahkitov drives through with a takedown into half guard.
Demetrio is trying to escape back to his feet but Vahkitov uses the scramble to pass into side control.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Vahkitov wants to work for a kimura but he's foiled early by Demetrio, who protects the arm well.
Demetrio tries to wriggle free to get back to his feet but he's given up his back! Oops.
Demetrio trying to get back to his feet but Vahkitov is in full control for now.
Vahkitov misses with an elbow to the head.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Vahkitov has good solid back control here.
Vahkitov landing with strikes.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Vahkitov controls the position.
Vahkitov has his opponent's back and is working for the choke.
Vahkitov has his opponent's back and is working for the choke.
Vahkitov has good solid back control here.
Vahkitov struggling to land strikes to the head as Demetrio covers up.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Vahkitov looking to break Demetrio's wrist control so he can sink in the choke. Demetrio remaining controlled and patient though - he really has to keep calm otherwise Vahkitov will wrap this one up with the rear naked choke!
Vahkitov controls the action.
Jonas Demetrio is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Demetrio wants to get back to his feet.
Aleksander Vahkitov has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Vahkitov working for the choke.
And that's the end of the fight!
Aleksander Vahkitov showed his dominance in that final round.
I think Vahkitov has won this one but let's see what the judges have to say. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Paul Aken scores the fight for Jonas Demetrio!
Judge Radbod Blank scores the fight for Jonas Demetrio!
Judge Patrick Alders scores the fight for Jonas Demetrio!
Jonas Demetrio wins by unanimous decision!
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energy
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hype
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pop
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RATING
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