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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Geryon Macropus (ranked 1414 p4p, 1026 weight class) and Walt Dykstra (ranked 175 p4p, 130 weight class). Walt Dykstra has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?
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Good wrestling
Decent elbows
Cardio machine |
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BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent MT
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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 8 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Geryon Macropus!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 11 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Walt Dykstra!
The judges for this bout are Frank Antenori, Don Winkell and Timothy Bukovac.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Macropus takes one on the button.
Macropus tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Dykstra manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Dykstra will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Macropus tries to clinch but Dykstra is having none of it.
Dykstra pushes Macropus up against the cage in a clinch.
Macropus blocking some punches.
Macropus throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Dykstra blocks it with crossed arms.
With the fighters up against the cage, Macropus throws an elbow but misses.
I was talking to Macropus's coach per-fight and he was telling me that they'd been working on the clinch in the runup to this fight.
Macropus tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Dykstra avoids it.
Dykstra avoids the elbow strike from Macropus, against the cage.
Dykstra digs a right hand into Macropus's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Macropus's gas tank.
Dykstra misses with a body punch.
Dykstra tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Macropus can't find room to land a body shot as Dykstra controls the action.
Macropus creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Dykstra.
Macropus throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Dykstra misses with some punches.
With the fighters up against the cage, Macropus throws an elbow but misses.
Dykstra blocks the elbow strike.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Dykstra tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Macropus misses with an elbow over the top.
Macropus using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Dykstra has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Dykstra digs a right hand into Macropus's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Macropus's gas tank.
Dykstra tries to throw a body punch but Macropus avoids it by throwing Dykstra back against the cage.
Dykstra scores with a shoulder strike.
Dykstra blocking some punches.
Dykstra lands with a light punch inside.
Macropus doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Dykstra blocks an elbow strike.
Macropus blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Macropus misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Dykstra.
Dykstra lands a hook to the side of the head.
Dykstra swings wildly with an uppercut but Macropus uses good head movement to avoid it.
Macropus blocks a body shot from Dykstra.
Dykstra works on Macropus's body with a couple of short punches.
Macropus tries to throw a body punch but Dykstra avoids it by throwing Macropus back against the cage.
Macropus pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Dykstra avoids the elbow strike from Macropus, against the cage.
Macropus working aggressively here.
Macropus misses with a punch on the inside.
Macropus misses with an elbow strike.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Macropus creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Macropus looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Macropus makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Macropus throws an elbow but it misses.
Dykstra throws a punch but it's blocked by Macropus.
Dykstra avoids the elbow strike from Macropus, against the cage.
Macropus throws a punch but it's blocked by Dykstra.
Dykstra makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Dykstra blocks an elbow strike from Macropus.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Dykstra.
Dykstra blocks an elbow strike.
Macropus blocks an uppercut.
Dykstra misses with a hook to the ribs.
Dykstra digs a right hand underneath Macropus's ribcage. Macropus let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Dykstra scores with a nice hook to the head.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Dykstra misses with a punch on the inside.
Dykstra fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as Dykstra takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.
A head punch on the inside from Dykstra fails to land.
Dykstra blocks the elbow strike.
Dykstra can't find room to land a body shot as Macropus controls the action.
Dykstra lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Dykstra stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Dykstra blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Dykstra scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Dykstra breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Dykstra drives through and clinches with Macropus against the cage.
Dykstra doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Dykstra blocks the elbow strike.
Dykstra scores with a nice hook to the head.
Dykstra misses with some punches.
Dykstra lands a left hand.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Macropus creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Macropus blocks a body shot from Dykstra.
This has been an exciting period of action!
A head punch blocked on the inside by Dykstra.
Dykstra stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Dykstra takes an elbow to the temple.
Macropus misses with a punch to the body.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
Macropus creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Dykstra misses with the head strike.
Macropus swings away with an uppercut that misses.
With the fighters up against the cage, Macropus throws an elbow but misses.
Still in the clinch, Dykstra scores with a nice short uppercut.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Macropus.
Dykstra dodges an elbow strike from Macropus.
Macropus lands a good knee to the midsection. Dykstra won't want to take too many of those.
Come on Dykstra - let's have some action - none of this stalling nonsense.
Macropus lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Walt Dykstra dominated that round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!
Dykstra lands a jab to Macropus's midsection.
Macropus shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Macropus closes the distance but Dykstra moves to the side
and Dykstra counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Dykstra scores with a crisp jab that stopped Macropus in his tracks.
Macropus clinches up with Dykstra and pushes him back against the cage.
Macropus working aggressively here.
Dykstra tries to land knees in the clinch but Macropus avoids the damage to the body.
Dykstra tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Macropus's elbow.
Walt Dykstra seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Dykstra throws a punch but it's blocked by Macropus.
A body shot lands from Dykstra.
Macropus pushes off an throws an elbow but Dykstra leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Macropus struggles to land a body shot inside as Dykstra controls his hands.
Dykstra misses with the head strike.
Dykstra dodges an elbow strike from Macropus.
Dykstra softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Dykstra lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Dykstra has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Macropus lands a nice elbow.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Dykstra throws a punch but it's blocked by Macropus.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Macropus just misses with a elbow thrown towards Dykstra's brow.
Macropus with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Macropus looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Macropus creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Dykstra can't find room to land a body shot as Macropus controls the action.
Macropus blocking some punches.
Dykstra blocks an elbow strike from Macropus.
Dykstra dodges an elbow strike from Macropus.
Dykstra misses with some punches.
Dykstra swings wildly with an uppercut but Macropus uses good head movement to avoid it.
Dykstra lands a right hand that snaps the head of Macropus backwards.
Still in the clinch, Dykstra scores with a nice short uppercut.
Dykstra lands a body punch in the clinch.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Dykstra lands a right hand.
Macropus swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Dykstra lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Macropus backwards.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Macropus pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Dykstra as Macropus tries to tie him up.
Dykstra avoids the elbow strike from Macropus, against the cage.
Dykstra scores with a nice hook to the head.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Dykstra tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Macropus avoids it.
Macropus lands a damaging elbow.
Dykstra pushes Macropus back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Dykstra works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Dykstra blocks an elbow strike.
Dykstra blocks the elbow strike.
Dykstra goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Macropus misses with a short punch on the inside.
Good body shot from Dykstra.
Dykstra lands a nice uppercut.
Dykstra throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
A short uppercut from Dykstra.
Dykstra scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Macropus is rocked!
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Good body shot from Dykstra.
A right hand to the body from Dykstra.
Dykstra drops Macropus onto one knee with a big uppercut from the clinch! Macropus is propped up by the cage and works his way back to his feet!
Oh Macropus is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Dykstra controlling the action here for a moment.
Macropus pushes off an throws an elbow but Dykstra leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Macropus misses with an elbow over the top.
Dykstra tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Macropus misses with the head strike.
Dykstra misses with a punch on the inside.
A short body shot lands from Dykstra as the two fighters clinch.
Dykstra lands a hook that snaps the head of Macropus backwards.
Macropus throws a knee to the head but misses.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Dykstra throws a big uppercut that drops Macropus! More strikes from Dykstra and the referee jumps in to stop the fight! Macropus lies dazed against the cage as Dykstra celebrates with his cornermen!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:38 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Walt Dykstra!
Walt Dykstra really struggled to get his t-shirt on before his hand was raised. Making sure that Knock Out Clothing logo gets some air time is pretty tricky when you're all sweaty.
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