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Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Chicken Dancer (ranked 4302 p4p, 5197 weight class) and Vincent Van Gogh (ranked 317 p4p, 346 weight class). Vincent Van Gogh is the more experienced fighter, so let's see if that makes a difference tonight.
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170 cm 18 156 0 - 0 - 0 |
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177 cm 19 155 0 - 1 - 0 |
BJJ White Belt Excellent boxer Very strong |
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BJJ White Belt Excellent MT Heavy handed |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 1 rounds, in the featherweight division. Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner. With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Chicken Dancer! And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner. With a record of 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Vincent Van Gogh! The judges for this bout are Roosa Järviläinen, Ben Zyskovitsi and Anni Minnemäki.
 The bell rings for round one and we are underway! Dancer fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Van Gogh looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath. Wow, both these guys are really going for it! A combination from Dancer does no damage. Dancer tries to move into range but Van Gogh moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand. Van Gogh scores with a nice strike. Dancer misses with a series of wild punches.
Van Gogh staying out of range there.
Oooooh!!! Dancer has knocked Van Gogh down with a huge combo! Dancer steps away and waves a wobbly Van Gogh back to his feet! This one might not go much longer!
 Van Gogh is rocked!
 It looks like Vincent Van Gogh has been cut. We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out! Van Gogh takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily. Van Gogh is still on wobbly legs! Can Dancer finish him? Dancer fails to land with a series of punches.
Dancer misses the shot to the body. Dancer misses with a series of wild punches.
Van Gogh is clearly trying to counter these attacks from Dancer with a body shot. Dancer throws a right and a left that Van Gogh avoids nicely. Van Gogh throws a sloppy head kick and Dancer moves out of range easily. Dancer swinging wildly here.
Van Gogh tries to clinch but Dancer is having none of it. Van Gogh will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Dancer is looking for a counter combo. Van Gogh misses with a low kick.
Van Gogh throws a right and a left that both miss. Van Gogh misses with a straight right. Dancer is looking for a counter combo. Dancer misses with an uppercut. Dancer misses with a two punch combination.
Van Gogh misses with a head kick.
A telegraphed right hand from Dancer misses the target. Van Gogh seems to have recovered his senses. Van Gogh ducks under a wild hook from Dancer. Dancer shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it. Van Gogh throws a body kick that misses. Van Gogh lands a kick to the ribs of his opponent. Nice work there - in and out in a flash.
Van Gogh has been spending a lot of time sparring his boxing in the run up to the fight, trying to sharpen up those hands and look for a knockout. Van Gogh throws a low kick but it's checked well by Dancer. Van Gogh scores with a jab to the body.
 That's one minute gone in the round. Dancer misses the shot to the body. Van Gogh chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Van Gogh with a body punch. A glancing blow. Dancer blocks a head kick by Van Gogh.
Van Gogh avoids the body shot from Dancer.
Van Gogh misses with a body kick. Dancer misses with a wild body shot. Van Gogh throws a series of punches but Dancer avoids them all with ease. A solid body kick from Van Gogh. Van Gogh tries for a takedown but Dancer sees it coming a mile off and avoids it easily. Dancer swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Van Gogh raises up his leg as if looking to counter with a high kick. A chopping leg kick lands by Van Gogh.
The fight moves into the clinch position. Van Gogh blocks an uppercut.
Van Gogh is trying to push Dancer away but Dancer has him pressed against the ropes, so he's going nowhere. Dancer wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee. Dancer wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Van Gogh has him pressed against the ropes. A shot in the inside from Van Gogh. Dancer is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the ropes. A hook to the body from Dancer.
 That's two minutes gone in the round. We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out! Van Gogh misses with a punch on the inside.
Van Gogh fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Dancer doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Van Gogh tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage. Van Gogh lands a shoulder strike. Van Gogh tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Dancer avoids it. Dancer wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Dancer manages to break the clinch.
Dancer looks to score with a jab to the body but Van Gogh is just out of range. Dancer throws a right and a left that Van Gogh avoids nicely. Van Gogh lands a jab to the nose. Dancer misses with a looping right. Van Gogh ducks under a wild hook from Dancer. Van Gogh tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion. Dancer throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land. Van Gogh connects with an inside leg kick. Dancer throws a combination that misses and Van Gogh counters with a straight right hand. Dancer throws a nice looking combination but Van Gogh bobs and weaves to avoid any damage. Van Gogh delivers a nice body kick. Van Gogh dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Dancer. That did some damage!
 That's three minutes gone in the round.
Van Gogh clinches up against the ropes. Dancer on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Van Gogh looking to slow down the pace here.
Dancer breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Van Gogh lands a lovely overhand right. Van Gogh tries to close the distance and clinch up against the ropes but Dancer paws at him with a jab and circles away. Van Gogh uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Dancer.
Dancer misses with an uppercut. Van Gogh saw that one coming. Dancer takes a swing at Van Gogh's ribcage but misses. Dancer swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Van Gogh paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button. Van Gogh lands a vicious shot with the stealth of a sniper and the strength of a viper. Are vipers that strong? I can think of lots of things that are stronger than a viper - not many rhyme with sniper though.
Van Gogh throws a quick inside leg kick. Van Gogh tries to clinch up. Dancer misses with a wild combination.
Van Gogh lands a head kick!
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff! Van Gogh comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
 That's four minutes gone in the round. Dancer jabbing away but nothing is landing. Van Gogh avoids a punch combination nicely.
Van Gogh tries to close the distance and clinch up against the ropes but Dancer paws at him with a jab and circles away. Van Gogh keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Van Gogh lands a glancing blow to the side of Dancer's head. A looping hook to the body misses from Dancer. Van Gogh does a little dance to reset his feet. Dancer fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Van Gogh looks like he wants to counter punch here. Dancer misses with a wild combination.
Dancer misses with the combination.
Van Gogh appeared to try and counter that last move with a leg kick. A looping hook to the body misses from Dancer. Van Gogh does a little dance to reset his feet. Dancer throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Van Gogh raises up his leg as if looking to counter with a high kick. Van Gogh scores with a punch to the head. Dancer tries to bum rush Van Gogh with a series of wild strikes but Van Gogh uses good footwork to avoid the assault. Dancer is breathing heavily. Danga de danga de dang - Van Gogh scores with a four punch combination! Dancer is really struggling to find his range with his punches. Van Gogh's reach advantage is clearly causing him problems. Van Gogh keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
Van Gogh closes the distance and lands a one-two. Van Gogh avoids a punch combination nicely.
Van Gogh uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Dancer.
 That's five minutes gone in the round. Dancer misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Van Gogh.
Van Gogh connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt. Van Gogh lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw. Nice body kick from Van Gogh. Dancer throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Van Gogh slips a jab from Dancer. Van Gogh is landing a lot of head punches in this opening round! Dancer had better start moving his head a bit unless he wants his face to turn into mush. Van Gogh tries to close the distance and clinch up against the ropes but Dancer paws at him with a jab and circles away. Van Gogh lands a jab to the head.
Van Gogh shoots in looking for a double leg takedown. Dancer defends it nicely. Dancer is looking to wear down Van Gogh with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment. Van Gogh lands three nice shots there - that looked like it hurt!
Van Gogh tries to close the distance and clinch up against the ropes but Dancer paws at him with a jab and circles away. Van Gogh connects with a right hand. Dancer shakes it off. The crowd are loving this. Great action here. Van Gogh misses with a head kick.
Dancer gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there. Van Gogh connects with a crisp jab. A punch combination from Dancer misses.
 That's six minutes gone in the round. Van Gogh scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard. Van Gogh lands with a thumping leg kick.
Van Gogh tries to clinch up but Dancer circles away and keeps his distance. Dancer is looking for a counter combo. A looping hook to the body misses from Dancer. Van Gogh does a little dance to reset his feet. Dancer lunges at Van Gogh with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Van Gogh's hand. Dancer needs to keep his hands up - Van Gogh had a free shot at his head there. Dancer throws a right hand that Van Gogh ducks under and follows up with a left that Van Gogh also avoids with ease.
Van Gogh moves into range and clinches up with Dancer. Van Gogh throws a head punch that misses. Van Gogh misses with a hook from the clinch. Dancer blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning. Van Gogh throws an elbow but it misses.
Van Gogh misses with a short punch on the inside. Dancer struggles to land a body shot inside as Van Gogh controls his hands.
Van Gogh lands a right hand. Dancer has a couple of punches blocked by Van Gogh.
Dancer tries to break free but Van Gogh pushes him back against the ropes. Dancer misses with a punch on the inside.
Van Gogh blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Dancer tries to circle away but Van Gogh has him pinned against the ropes.
 That's seven minutes gone in the round. Dancer dodges an elbow strike from Van Gogh.
Dancer swings wildly with an uppercut but Van Gogh uses good head movement to avoid it. Dancer blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Dancer misses with some punches.
A short right from Van Gogh on the inside. Dancer tries a body shot but Van Gogh blocks it.
Van Gogh looks to throw an elbow but misses. Dancer prevents a body shot from Van Gogh. Dancer tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Van Gogh's elbow. A head punch on the inside from Van Gogh fails to land. Van Gogh wants to stall.
Dancer misses with a body punch.
Van Gogh is looking to break free of the clinch but Dancer has double underhooks. Dancer can't break the clinch.
Van Gogh blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Van Gogh. Van Gogh prevents a body shot from Dancer.
 That's eight minutes gone in the round. Van Gogh throws a head punch that misses. Dancer wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Van Gogh softening up his opponent with strikes, against the ropes. Van Gogh tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Dancer's elbow. Van Gogh tries to land knees in the clinch but Dancer avoids the damage to the body. Dancer looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now. Van Gogh has used his reach advantage pretty well so far tonight. Dancer blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Van Gogh blocking some punches.
Van Gogh tries to work over Dancer's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target. A head punch on the inside from Van Gogh fails to land. An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Dancer. Dancer blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Dancer struggles to land a body shot inside as Van Gogh controls his hands.
Van Gogh misses with a hook from the clinch. Van Gogh working some nice short punches in the clinch. Dancer goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
This has been an exciting period of action! Van Gogh prevents a body shot from Dancer. Dancer misses with a hook to the ribs.
Van Gogh using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
A head punch on the inside from Dancer fails to land.
 That's nine minutes gone in the round. A shot in the inside from Van Gogh. Van Gogh lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Van Gogh blocking some punches.
Van Gogh misses with a punch on the inside.
Van Gogh has had enough of the clinch but Dancer keeps him there for the moment. Van Gogh working aggressively here.
Dancer throws a head punch that misses. Van Gogh tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage. Both fighters working to control the clinch. Dancer tries to circle away but Van Gogh has him pinned against the ropes. Vincent Van Gogh is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach. A battle for position here, against the ropes. An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Dancer. Dancer tries to work over Van Gogh's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target. The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end. Van Gogh lands a left hand.
Van Gogh goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Dancer blocks an elbow strike. Chicken Dancer has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here! Van Gogh lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards. Dancer misses with a punch to the body.
And that's the end of the fight! Vincent Van Gogh comfortably won the final round on my scorecard. Well Van Gogh has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1 round of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Roosa Järviläinen scores the fight for Vincent Van Gogh! Judge Ben Zyskovitsi scores the fight for Vincent Van Gogh! Judge Anni Minnemäki scores the fight for Vincent Van Gogh!
Vincent Van Gogh wins by unanimous decision!
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energy
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