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Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Evan Ekbomb (ranked 1475 p4p, 1735 weight class) and Andre Koefti (ranked 155 p4p, 184 weight class). Koefti has chosen IZ - E Ala E as his entrance music. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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Good wrestling
World class boxer
Insanely flexible |
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BJJ Purple Belt
World class MT
Granite chin |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 3 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Evan Ekbomb!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 11 - 10 - 1, fighting out of Amsterdam, Andre Koefti!
The judges for this bout are John Kavanagh, John Roberts and Dean Styles.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Koefti tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Ekbomb paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Koefti is looking to land body kicks.
Koefti blocks a jab.
Koefti wants to counter with a clinch but Ekbomb pushes him away.
Koefti is looking to slow Ekbomb down with leg kicks.
Ekbomb tries to keep at a distance but Koefti has taken the fight into the clinch.
Koefti is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Ekbomb is keeping busy.
A nice right hand lands inside from Ekbomb.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Ekbomb lands a hook to the side of the head.
Koefti lands a damaging elbow.
Ekbomb dodges an elbow strike from Koefti.
With the fighters up against the cage, Koefti throws an elbow but misses.
Koefti pushes off an throws an elbow but Ekbomb leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Ekbomb gets through Koefti's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Koefti throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Ekbomb dodges an elbow strike from Koefti.
Ekbomb avoids a wild elbow strike from Koefti.
Ekbomb lands a nice shot to the body.
Koefti prevents a body shot from Ekbomb.
Ekbomb's corner are urging him to control the action in the clinch for a moment, rather than mount any serious offense. I'm sure the crowd appreciate those instructions... not.
Koefti lands a nice elbow.
A knee to the head by Koefti.
Good body shot from Ekbomb.
Koefti blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Ekbomb blocks an elbow strike from Koefti.
Koefti being controlled against the cage.
Ekbomb takes an elbow to the forehead.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Ekbomb has Koefti pushed against the cage.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Koefti as Ekbomb tries to tie him up.
Ekbomb misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Koefti pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Ekbomb's corner are urging him to control the action in the clinch for a moment, rather than mount any serious offense. I'm sure the crowd appreciate those instructions... not.
Koefti throws an elbow but it misses.
Koefti misses with an elbow over the top.
Koefti pushes off an throws an elbow but Ekbomb leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Koefti throws an elbow that misses.
Ekbomb lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Koefti backwards.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Koefti misses with an elbow strike.
Koefti looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Ekbomb throws a punch but it's blocked by Koefti.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ekbomb presses Koefti against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Koefti is trying to stall.
Koefti lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Ekbomb misses with a punch on the inside.
Ekbomb throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
A short right from Ekbomb.
A head punch on the inside from Koefti fails to land.
Koefti pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Ekbomb lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Ekbomb lands a body shot in the clinch.
Ekbomb will no doubt start fighting again in a minute but for now he's just having a little rest, leaning Koefti up against the cage.
Ekbomb lands a shoulder strike.
Ekbomb misses with a punch to the body.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
A short body shot lands from Ekbomb as the two fighters clinch.
Koefti throws an elbow but it misses.
Koefti stalling in the clinch but Ekbomb improves position.
Ekbomb lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Koefti has a couple of punches blocked by Ekbomb.
Koefti being controlled against the cage.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Ekbomb is struggling to control the position.
Koefti lands an uppercut.
Koefti misses with a short punch on the inside.
Ekbomb avoids a wild elbow strike from Koefti.
Koefti throws an elbow that misses.
Koefti is stalling here.
Ekbomb blocks the elbow strike.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
A close round but Andre Koefti will probably get the nod.
That's time! Back to the action!
Koefti is looking to slow Ekbomb down with leg kicks.
Koefti lands a nice looking kick to the body. Ekbomb takes a step back to recover.
Koefti tries a head kick but it misses.
Ekbomb throwing a counter right hand but Koefti manages to avoid it.
Koefti uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Ekbomb.
Decent striking displayed by Ekbomb there.
Ekbomb throws a big shot that misses.
Koefti slips a jab from Ekbomb.
Ekbomb moves out of range as Koefti throws a body kick.
Ekbomb looked to counter that last move with a leg kick but didn't pull the trigger.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Koefti moves out of range of the strikes.
Koefti looks for the body kick but Ekbomb saw that one coming.
Koefti takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Koefti ducks right into an uppercut from Ekbomb.
Ekbomb throws a lazy right hand but Koefti sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Koefti pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Ekbomb keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
Ekbomb lands a head shot.
Ekbomb connects with a solid leg kick.
Koefti throws a poor cross that misses
and Ekbomb counters with a huge left! Koefti is in big trouble! He's backing up but Ekbomb isn't giving him chance to recover. Under a barage of punches the ref has to step in to save Koefti from any more damage. A dominating finish by Ekbomb!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:41 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Evan Ekbomb!
The defeated Andre Koefti had this to say: 'Congratulations for the victory. I thank God for being able to face such a good opponent. I will improve and I will come back stronger 🔥'.
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energy
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hype
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pop
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mgr
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RATING
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