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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Seymour Taps (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Frank Blik (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Frank Blik has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?
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215 lbs
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210 lbs
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Good takedowns
Brawler
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BJJ Purple Belt
Counter striker
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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
5 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Seymour Taps!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
4 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Frank Blik!
The judges for this bout are , and .
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Blik shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Oh and he's advanced to full mount straight away.
Blik looking for a guillotine from mount but Taps is having none of it.
Blik is trying to take his opponent's back.
Blik moves to back control.
Taps defends a rear naked choke attempt by controlling one of Blik's arms.
Taps trying to control the hands but Blik won't let him.
Taps showing good submission defense here.
Blik controlling well, preventing Taps from escaping the position.
Taps manages to reverse the position and now he's in Blik's guard. Nice work there by Taps.
Blik working for a triangle but Taps defends it easily.
Taps wants to pass the guard but Blik is keeping the position.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Blik is looking for a triangle but Taps pushes his legs off easily.
Taps chips away with some ground and pound.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Taps wants to pass the guard but Blik is keeping the position.
Blik is working actively off his back, looking to secure an arm or perhaps work for a triangle.
Blik looks gassed!
Taps avoids a guillotine attempt easily.
Taps stands and throws Blik's legs to the side, diving into side control.
Taps tries for an arm triangle. That looks pretty tight to me. Is this one over!?! Possibly, maybe, no Taps has let go of the choke. Obviously it wasn't as tight as we thought!
Taps is trying to get an arm triangle but Blik is defending well.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Blik is positioning himself to get back to half guard.
Taps wants to lay and pray for a moment but Blik keeps working.
Blik sneaks back into half guard.
Taps is working for a kimura but Blik is defending it quite comfortably.
Taps moves nicely into side control.
Taps looking for an arm triangle but it's way too loose to do anything.
Blik manages to get back to half guard.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Blik moves into full guard.
Blik wants to sweep here but Taps controlling him for the moment.
Blik keeping full guard, as Taps tries to pass.
Blik looking for a sweep. Not yet Blik, not yet.
Blik keeping full guard, as Taps tries to pass.
Blik looking for a sweep. Not yet Blik, not yet.
Blik has momentary wrist control but Taps slips an elbow through the middle.
Taps trying to control but Blik is working from the bottom.
Taps stopping the sweep attempt from Blik.
The referee has ruled that neither fighter is active enough on the ground and has stood them back up.
Taps doesn't succeed with the takedown
and Blik counters with a takedown into full mount! That could mean trouble for Taps!
Taps tries to get back to half guard but can't.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Blik is thinking about an arm triangle here, looking to tighten it up before moving to side control. Taps can see it coming though and defends well with a couple of strikes to the head and some good arm positioning.
Taps defends a decent attempt at a guillotine from Blik.
Taps regains half guard.
Taps is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
Taps trying to control but Blik postures up.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Blik is working for a submission of some sort.
Taps tries to roll over but Blik keeps him under control.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Taps wants to control but Blik is keeping busy.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Frank Blik dominated that round.
That's time! Taps's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.
Blik fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
Taps looks for a takedown. He's got it. We're now in half guard.
Blik actively working from the bottom here.
Taps is looking for a kimura but he's never going to get it from there.
Taps is working for a kimura but Blik is defending it quite comfortably.
Blik is pressing down on Taps's left leg trying to get back to full guard. He's managed it.
Blik escapes his hips to the side and looks to be working for an armbar. Taps gives him a little smile and shakes his head. No chance.
Blik is breathing heavily.
Blik keeping moving, preventing Taps from controlling successfully.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Taps is trying to work a guillotine from the top, or something like that? Don't know how he thinks he's going to get a finish from there.
Blik had isolated an arm as going for an omaplata. Taps is defending the submission well but is in a very vulnerable position. Blik Is leaning forward trying to finish the omaplata but decides to abandon it, and take Taps's back instead.
Blik looking for the RNC.
Taps preventing the rear naked choke attempt from Blik.
Taps looks to control his opponent's hands but he's not mananging it at the moment.
Taps manages to reverse the position and now he's in Blik's guard. Nice work there by Taps.
Blik keeping moving, preventing Taps from controlling successfully.
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.
Taps working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Taps is in close to Blik's body, working some short punches and elbows.
Taps looking to pass the guard.
Frank Blik has got the better of the ground game so far.
Blik is working for submissions here. He's thrown up his legs looking for a tringle but Taps frees his head nicely. Oh but Blik has switched to an armbar! Taps is tapping furiously! Lovely submission there!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:34 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Triangle Armbar). Frank Blik!
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energy
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hype
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pop
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FIGHT
RATING
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