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Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Robin Robben (ranked 981 p4p, 1801 weight class) and Tyler Tea (ranked 104 p4p, 180 weight class). Robin Robben has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?
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Good wrestling
Solid boxing
Very strong |
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Decent wrestler
World class MT
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the lightweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 4 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Robin Robben!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 1 - 0, fighting out of London, Tyler Tea!
The judges for this bout are William Gold, Daniel Bishop and Andrew Berry.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Tea moves out of range as Robben strikes.
Tea throws out a powerful jab.
Robben lunges at Tea with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Tea's hand.
Robben misses the jab.
Tea tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Robben paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Robben looks to throw the jab but Tea is out of range.
Robben misses with a hook.
A swing and a miss from Robben.
Tea scores with a decent looking hook.
Tea lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Robben circles away quickly and effectively.
Robben slips a straight right by Tea.
Robben is looking to counter punch.
Tea rushes Robben and presses him up against the cage.
A short uppercut from Tea.
Tea tries to stall but Robben uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Tea misses with a punch to the body.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
A battle for position here, against the cage.
Tea blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Tea's coach down at WillyQuay MMA was telling us pre-fight that they have been working on Tea's balance. Obviously they view that as a key factor in the outcome of this fight.
Tea blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
A body shot lands from Robben.
Stalling in the clinch from Tea.
Tea trying to stall but Robben improves his position.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Tea creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Tea.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Robben misses with some punches.
Robben blocks an uppercut.
Robben is really struggling to find his range with his punches. Tea's reach advantage is clearly causing him problems.
Tea is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Tea blocks an uppercut.
Robben misses with a short punch on the inside.
Tea looking to stall.
Robben tries to throw a body punch but Tea avoids it by throwing Robben back against the cage.
Tea tries a body shot but Robben blocks it.
Robben tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Robben tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Tea's elbow.
Robben misses with a short punch on the inside.
Tea is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Robben is keeping busy.
Tea scores with a shoulder strike.
Tea misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Robben prevents a body shot from Tea.
Tea working aggressively here.
Robben working aggressively here.
Robben swings wildly with an uppercut but Tea uses good head movement to avoid it.
A short right from Tea.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
A right hook to the body lands for Robben.
Tea controlling the action here for a moment.
Robben scores with a shoulder strike.
Tea blocks an uppercut.
Tea throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Tea misses with a short punch on the inside.
Robben lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Robben has a couple of punches blocked by Tea.
Tea lands with a left to the head.
Robben misses with some punches.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Tea is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Robben is keeping busy.
Tea is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Robben is keeping busy.
Robben swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Robben blocking some punches.
Tea is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Tea lands a hook that snaps the head of Robben backwards.
Robben scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Robben swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Robben misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Robben looks to be in better condition than last time we saw him fight. Obviously he's been working hard on his cardio.
Robben misses with a body punch.
Robben blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Tea looking to stall.
Still in the clinch, Tea scores with a nice short uppercut.
Robben has a couple of punches blocked by Tea.
Robben throws a head punch that misses.
Tea lands a body punch in the clinch.
Tea struggles to land a body shot inside as Robben controls his hands.
Robben blocks an uppercut.
Robben scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Robben throws a punch but it's blocked by Tea.
Robben prevents a body shot from Tea.
Robben swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Robben fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Tea is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Robben is keeping busy.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Tea blocking some punches.
Robben misses with some punches.
Nice body punch from Robben.
Robben misses with some punches.
Robben prevents a body shot from Tea.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Robben throws a punch but it's blocked by Tea.
Robben scores with a shoulder strike.
Robben working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Robben.
Tea looking to slow down the pace here.
Tea stalling the fight.
Tea scores with a shoulder strike.
Tea working aggressively here.
Tea taking a breather.
A head punch on the inside from Robben fails to land.
Tea tries to work over Robben's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Robben lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Tea is leaning against Robben and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Tea prevents a body shot from Robben.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close round but I would say that Robin Robben will probably get the nod.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!
Robben takes a swing at Tea's ribcage but misses.
Robben closes the distance and clinches.
Tea blocking some punches.
Tea'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.
Tea throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Robbens head.
Robben misses with some punches.
Tea lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Tea is trying to maintain a safe position but Robben gets an underhook and turns Tea into the cage.
Tea blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Robben fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Robben misses with some punches.
Tea trying to control the position but instead, Robben has worked for underhooks and has pushed Tea into the cage.
Tea looking to stall.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Tea trying to stall but Robben improves his position.
Tea throws a punch but it's blocked by Robben.
Tea lands a right hand that snaps the head of Robben backwards.
Robben scores with a hook to the body.
That's one minute gone in the round.
A nice left hand lands by Robben.
A head punch on the inside from Robben fails to land.
Robben has a couple of punches blocked by Tea.
Tea looking to slow down the pace here.
Tea will no doubt start fighting again in a minute but for now he's just having a little rest, leaning Robben up against the cage.
Robben lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Tea backwards.
Robin Robben has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Tea works on Robben's body with a couple of short punches.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Tea.
Tea blocks an uppercut.
Tea blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Robben misses with the head strike.
Robben scores with a hook to the body.
Tea scores with a shoulder strike.
Tea is trying to maintain a safe position but Robben gets an underhook and turns Tea into the cage.
Tea is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Robben is keeping busy.
Tea misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Robben stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Tea is breathing heavily.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Tea.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Robben creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Tea misses with a short punch on the inside.
Robben lands a body shot.
This has been an exciting period of action!
A head punch blocked on the inside by Robben.
Robben lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Robben scores with a shot to the side of Tea's head.
Robben has a couple of punches blocked by Tea.
A right hook to the body lands for Robben.
Robben lands with a short shot to the head.
Tea is rocked!
Robben pushes Tea back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Tea is still on wobbly legs! Can Robben finish him?
A short uppercut from Robben.
Robben creates a bit of space for himself and rocks Tea with a big uppercut! Tea tries to clinch up but Robben pushes him back against the cage and lands another monster strike that crumples Tea to the mat! Tea covers up and Robben unloads with more strikes until the referee steps in to end the bout!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:42 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Punches). Robin Robben!
Robin Robben retains his lightweight title!
A victorious Robin Robben thanked his army of followers in his post fight interview, telling people to make sure they follow him on Twitter.
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hype
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