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Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Paul Stahl (ranked 682 p4p, 658 weight class) and Batang Kock (ranked 60 p4p, 58 weight class). The crowd seem to be enjoying Kock's choice of entrance music: I will axe kick you, and I am not careful.. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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167 cm 26 135 10 - 7 - 0 |
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160 cm 39 140 33 - 22 - 1 |
Good wrestling World class boxer Insanely flexible |
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Good wrestler World class boxer Good gas tank |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the bantamweight division. Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner. With a record of 10 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Paul Stahl! And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner. With a record of 33 - 22 - 1, fighting out of Las Vegas, Batang Kock! The judges for this bout are Paulsen Ambrosius, Aafke Stam and Daniel Blasius.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway! Kock scores with a jab. We've been told by Stahl's head coaches at BronkĀ“s GYM that he's been working on his takedown defense in preparation for this fight. Stahl wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection. Stahl on the wrong end of a nice hook. Stahl lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw. Kock misses the shot to the body. Stahl throws a body punch but Kock moves out of range. Kock moves into range and connects with a jab. Stahl takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it. Batang Kock seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout. Stahl blocks a jab. Kock shoots in looking for a takedown. Stahl tries to sprawl out of it but Kock keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. Stahl manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing. Stahl swings widly with a right hand
and Kock counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head. This has been an exciting period of action! Kock uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Stahl. Stahl's corner calls for a 1-2. Stahl obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range. Kock misses with a hook. Stahl is looking for a counter combo. Kock slips under a jab from Stahl. Kock slips a straight right by Stahl. Stahl misses with a hook. Kock ducked under it nicely.
That's one minute gone in the round. Kock swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Stahl is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
Kock on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those. Kock throws a sloppy body shot
and Stahl cracks him with a counter punch right on the button. Kock 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. Kock throws a hook but Stahl avoids it easily. Kock lands with an overhand left. Nice defenses there by Stahl. Stahl chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Nice takedown defense from Stahl. No joy for Kock on that attempt. Kock tries to clinch there but Stahl circles away.
Stahl finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
Kock fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Stahl manages to avoid it. Kock lunges at Stahl with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Stahl's hand. Stahl scores with a decent looking hook. This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff! Kock throws a lazy right hand but Stahl sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily. Kock misses with a combination
and Stahl counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
That's two minutes gone in the round. Kock gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Stahl. Kock moves in looking to clinch but Stahl pushes him off. A jab from Stahl does it's job there. A jab from Stahl finds it's way through Kock's defenses. Kock throws a jab when Stahl was well out of range. Stahl scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
Kock is rocked! Kock shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has Stahl pinned against the cage. Stahl gets the underhooks and manages to circle away. Kock is still on wobbly legs! Can Stahl finish him? Paul Stahl has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Batang Kock. Kock changes levels and looks for a double leg takedown. Stahl tries to avoid it but Kock manages to keep hold of a leg and drag Stahl to the ground. Stahl escapes though and pops straight back up to his feet. Kock seems to have recovered his senses. Kock misses with a takedown and Stahl counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Kock thinking. Kock plants his feet and lands a nice head kick! Kock scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business. Kock misses with a hook
and Stahl counters with a nice uppercut.
That's three minutes gone in the round. Stahl scores with a slapping inside leg kick. Stahl misses the jab. Stahl lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head. Stahl misses with a hook. Kock ducked under it nicely. Kock misses with a combination
and Stahl counters with a leg kick. Kock takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor. Stahl just misses with a punch to the body.
Stahl swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Kock gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Stahl. Kock walks straight into a right hand from Stahl - that's dropped him! Stahl jumps into mount and starts pounding away - can he finish?! More strikes go undefended and the referee has to dive in to save Kock from any more punishment! Kock complains about the stoppage but falls over as he tries to stand back up, so it was clearly a good stoppage.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:43 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Punches). Paul Stahl! Paul Stahl decided to thank the fans in attendance for making a great atmosphere. It seemed to go down pretty well.
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energy
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hype
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pop
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