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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Dredd Tatum (ranked 1241 p4p, 370 weight class) and Patrick Van Kerckhoven (ranked 152 p4p, 49 weight class). Van Kerckhoven is bobbing his head along to his entrance song: Neo Cortex - Elements (Daniel Cain Remix). Patrick Van Kerckhoven has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?
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BJJ Brown Belt
World class boxer
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Olympic wrestler
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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 23 - 13 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Dredd Tatum!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 9 - 4 - 0, fighting out of New York, Patrick Van Kerckhoven!
The judges for this bout are Alec Ball, Trevor Gratis and Gregory Folan.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
A jab lands there for Van Kerckhoven.
Tatum stalks Van Kerckhoven and leaps in with a furious combination of punches. Uppercuts and crosses smash into Van Kerckhoven's face. Van Kerckhoven staggers backwards, shaken.
Van Kerckhoven ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Tatum lands with a cross.
Tatum lands a nice hook to Van Kerckhoven's body. Van Kerckhoven takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Van Kerckhoven bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Van Kerckhoven throws out a loose jab but Tatum uses good head movement to avoid it.
A punch combination from Tatum misses.
Tatum misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Van Kerckhoven.
Van Kerckhoven now looks to counter with a shot at the body.
Tatum connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Van Kerckhoven uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Tatum.
Tatum uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Van Kerckhoven.
Tatum throws a right hand that Van Kerckhoven ducks under and follows up with a left that Van Kerckhoven also avoids with ease.
Van Kerckhoven lands a nice looking kick to the body. Tatum takes a step back to recover.
Tatum uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Van Kerckhoven.
Van Kerckhoven jabbing away but nothing is landing.
A cross from Van Kerckhoven lands.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Tatum throws a shot from downtown. Van Kerckhoven moves away and avoids it.
Tatum has been working on his boxing with his coaches at Ragnarok\'s Gym in the buildup to the fight.
Van Kerckhoven throws a series of punches but Tatum moves out of range.
Tatum throws an overhand right that lands on Van Kerckhoven's shoulder, as Van Kerckhoven tries to avoid the shot.
Tatum misses the jab.
Van Kerckhoven wants to counter with a clinch but Tatum pushes him away.
Tatum throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Tatum tries to bum rush Van Kerckhoven with a series of wild strikes but Van Kerckhoven uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Van Kerckhoven slips a straight right by Tatum.
Van Kerckhoven steps in looking to counter with the mid kick but it doesn't connect.
Van Kerckhoven lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Tatum throws a poor cross that misses
and Van Kerckhoven counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Tatum lands with a straight right. Van Kerckhoven didn't see that one coming.
Dredd Tatum seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Van Kerckhoven connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
Tatum is rocked!
A jab from Tatum misses.
Van Kerckhoven throws a lazy right hand but Tatum sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
A shot to the liver by Tatum. Beautiful body shot.
Tatum just misses with a punch to the body.
Van Kerckhoven is trying to counter with his kicks.
Van Kerckhoven misses with a straight left.
Tatum throws a big counter combination but Van Kerckhoven scrambles out of danger and avoids any damage.
Tatum fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Tatum misses with an uppercut.
Van Kerckhoven tries to counter by closing the distance.
Tatum moves out of range as Van Kerckhoven strikes.
Van Kerckhoven throws a jab when Tatum was well out of range.
Tatum swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
Tatum throws a series of punches but Van Kerckhoven avoids them all with ease.
Van Kerckhoven is trying to avoid his opponent's strikes and get into the clinch.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
A looping hook to the body misses from Van Kerckhoven. Tatum does a little dance to reset his feet.
Van Kerckhoven misses with a looping left.
Tatum lands a slapping body shot.
That's five minutes gone in the round.
Van Kerckhoven misses with a body punch
and Tatum counters with a straight right hand.
Tatum drops Van Kerckhoven with a hook right on the temple. He thinks about going to the ground but Van Kerckhoven looks back up at him and smiles so Tatum waves him back to his feet - he obviously thinks he can knock him out after that shot landed.
Van Kerckhoven is rocked!
Van Kerckhoven is wiping some vaseline out of his eye. Tatum doesn't give a rats ass about fair play and cracks him with a massive hook to the side of the head! Van Kerckhoven crumples to the floor out cold! The cornerman is going to be in Van Kerckhoven's bad books for that mishap!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 5:22 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Dredd Tatum!
During a confident post fight interview, Dredd Tatum thanked all his fans. He seemed very genuine when describing how motivated his fans keep him.
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