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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Ivan Bispen (ranked 1728 p4p, 1735 weight class) and Jonny Picogram (ranked 244 p4p, 246 weight class). Jonny Picogram will no doubt be looking to use his reach advantage to good effect.
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180 cm 32 220 19 - 15 - 0 |
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194 cm 41 210 15 - 22 - 0 |
Good wrestling World class boxer Granite chin |
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BJJ Brown Belt Great elbows Heavy handed |
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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 19 - 15 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Ivan Bispen! And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner. With a record of 15 - 22 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Jonny Picogram! The judges for this bout are Saam Ante, Aafke Stam and Albert Achterberg.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway! Bispen cracks Picogram with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd. Bispen throws a nice looking combination but Picogram bobs and weaves to avoid any damage. Bispen ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent. Picogram takes a body kick right on the floating rib. Ouchie.
Bispen lands a jab. Bispen throws a series of punches but Picogram avoids them all with ease. Bispen fails to land with a series of punches.
Bispen goes to the watering hole and comes back with a big thumbs up from the judges as he scores a three punch combo. Bispen misses the shot to the body. A nice side step and Picogram releases a counter shot to the body, but it doesn't find it's home. Picogram gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there. Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show! Picogram connects with a looping right hand.
Picogram throws a wild body kick that Bispen sees coming a mile off. Picogram takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt. Picogram throws a solid leg kick but Bispen takes the impact on his shin and smiles at Picogram. Picogram keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Decent striking displayed by Bispen there.
That's one minute gone in the round. Bispen lands a really nice looking cross but Picogram seems unphased.
Picogram moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
Picogram is rocked! Bispen keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Picogram is still on wobbly legs! Can Bispen finish him? Bispen takes a swing at Picogram's ribcage but misses. Picogram let fly with a counter punch to the body but it didn't land. Picogram seems to have recovered his senses. Bispen darts in and out, connecting with a jab. Bispen lands with a shot to the body. Bispen looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight. Picogram misses with a body shot.
Picogram throws a head kick that misses. Bispen appears to be looking for a counter punch to the body. Bispen sizes up Picogram with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle. Bispen lands a jab to the head.
Picogram throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle. Picogram lands with a shot to the body. The crowd are loving this. Great action here. Picogram takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming. Bispen digs a good hook to Picogram's body.
Bispen lands with a hook. Picogram tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head. Bispen keeps the fight on the outside.
That's two minutes gone in the round. Bispen misses with a few strikes there.
Bispen scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one. Bispen misses with a two punch combination.
Nice defenses there by Picogram. Bispen lands an overhand right. Bispen bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut. Picogram throws a series of punches but Bispen avoids them all with ease. Bispen misses the jab. Picogram stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Bispen. Bispen darts in and out, connecting with a jab. A swing and a miss from Bispen. Bispen cracks Picogram with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business. Picogram defending well as Bispen loads up on a big left hand. Picogram misses with a body kick. Picogram takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
That's three minutes gone in the round. Picogram misses the jab. A big left from Picogram misses. Bispen stalks Picogram and leaps in with a furious combination of punches. Uppercuts and crosses smash into Picogram's face. Picogram staggers backwards, shaken. Bispen swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
The fighters circle momentarily. Bispen darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch. A chopping leg kick lands by Bispen. Picogram keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Bispen. Bispen on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere. A decent looking cross lands there for Bispen. Bispen misses with an uppercut. A combination from Bispen does no damage. Bispen digs a good body shot into Picogram's ribs. Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd. Bispen cracks Picogram with a right hand to the side of the head. Picogram looks to throw a body kick and Bispen counters with a straight right hand. Picogram is throwing a lot of body shots here, looking to wear down Bispen rather than just go for the knockout.
That's four minutes gone in the round. Picogram tries to clinch up but Bispen circles away and keeps his distance. Bispen throws a body shot but no joy. Bispen scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business. Picogram ducks right into an uppercut from Bispen. Picogram keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Bispen. Bispen buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Bispen feints and then cracks Picogram's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Picogram down. Jab, jab by Bispen - just one landing. Picogram pivots, looking for a leg kick but Bispen is out of range and Picogram settles back down. A little feinted left hand from Bispen on the counter but he doesn't commit to it. Bispen scores with a one two! Picogram had his feet all tangled up there and couldn't avoid the strikes. Picogram tries to move into range but Bispen moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand. The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end. Bispen checks a leg kick. Picogram moves in looking to clinch but Bispen pushes him off. Picogram thows a left - swing and a miss! Bispen getting the better of the striking in that exchange. And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Ivan Bispen dominated that round. The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business. A punch lands to the side of Bispen 's head but he takes it in his stride. Bispen on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot. Both these guys seem content to just stand up and trade with each other but Picogram might want to think about changing up his gameplan a bit because over the course of the fight, Bispen has got the better of the exchanges. Bispen throws a right hand that Picogram ducks under and follows up with a left that Picogram also avoids with ease. Picogram slips under a jab. Picogram follows through with a counter body kick but it doesn't land. Bispen scores with a nice strike. Bispen's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Picogram connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Bispen scrambles back to his feet. Picogram has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Bispen. Bispen throws out a powerful jab. A swing and a miss from Bispen. Bispen misses with a jab, cross combination.
Bispen's corner calls for a 1-2. Bispen obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range. Bispen with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here. Bispen fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done. Bispen swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target. Picogram loads up on a big right hand but Bispen slips the punch. An attempted straight right counter from Bispen misses the target.
That's one minute gone in the round. Bispen scores with a body shot.
Picogram misses with a kick to the body.
Picogram walks into a stiff left hand from Bispen. A telegraphed right hand from Bispen misses the target. Bispen moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot. Bispen misses with an uppercut. Bispen scores with a body shot.
Picogram takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor. Bispen lands with an uppercut that bounces Picogram off the cage and back into range. Good exchange - Bispen coming out on top. Bispen lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise. Bispen is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show! Picogram with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Bispen to score with a decent uppercut. Picogram staying out of range there. Picogram walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
That's two minutes gone in the round. Bispen moves into range and lands a nice leg kick. Ivan Bispen seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout. Picogram waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Bispen. Picogram clobbers Bispen with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise. Ivan Bispen is winning the standup battle so far. Picogram keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
A nice side step and Picogram releases a counter shot to the body, but it doesn't find it's home. Bispen's jab looks to have found its range, popping Picogram under the eye. Bispen circles and sees the opportunity to plant his feet and throw a really nice straight left hand that drops Picogram to the canvas! Picogram doesn't know where he is but he's trying to survive - Bispen keeps piling on the pressure and forces the referee to step in! This one is aaaaaall over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:30 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Ivan Bispen! Ivan Bispen seemed lost for words in his post fight interview but he remembered to thank his fans and directed everyone to his website.
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