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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Bruce Grobbelaar (ranked 4144 p4p, 3423 weight class) and Virag Kristof (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Virag Kristof acknowledges the crowd's support as he enters the cage.
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BJJ White Belt
World class MT
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of London, Bruce Grobbelaar!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 10 - 9 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Virag Kristof!
The judges for this bout are Sam Margolis, William Gold and Paul Tew.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Kristof moves in looking to clinch but Grobbelaar pushes him off.
Kristof tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Grobbelaar paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Kristof clinches up with Grobbelaar and pushes him back against the cage.
Kristof lands an elbow that stopped Grobbelaar in his tracks for a moment.
It looks like Bruce Grobbelaar has been cut.
Grobbelaar avoids a wild elbow strike from Kristof.
Grobbelaar is trying to stall.
Kristof throws an elbow but it misses.
Grobbelaar is stalling here.
Grobbelaar displaying some good clinch control by pressing Kristof up against the cage.
Grobbelaar seems to have come into the fight with the intention of avoiding any damage in the clinch, rather than actually showing any aggression.
Kristof lands an elbow just above Grobbelaar 's eye.
Grobbelaar dodges an elbow strike from Kristof.
Grobbelaar jumps guard but his hands slip and he falls flat on his back. Well, he's made himself look a right mug there, as Kristof walks away with a smile on his face. Grobbelaar gets slowly back to his feet and shakes his head.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Grobbelaar throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Kristof wants to clinch up but Grobbelaar keeps it at a distance.
Grobbelaar circles away from the clinch attempt.
Kristof is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
A good leg kick by Grobbelaar.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Grobbelaar looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Kristof tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Grobbelaar manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Kristof tries to close the distance and clinch but Grobbelaar swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Kristof avoids the head kick by Grobbelaar.
Grobbelaar throws a wild body kick that Kristof sees coming a mile off.
Kristof darts in and clinches Grobbelaar up against the cage.
Grobbelaar looking to slow down the pace here.
Grobbelaar is stalling here.
Grobbelaar stalling against the cage.
Grobbelaar wants to stall.
Grobbelaar avoids a wild elbow strike from Kristof.
Grobbelaar trying to control the position but instead, Kristof has worked for underhooks and has pushed Grobbelaar into the cage.
The ref breaks the fighters up, due to lack of action by Bruce Grobbelaar.
Grobbelaar throws a leg kick but Kristof checks it.
Kristof tries to close the distance and clinch up but Grobbelaar swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Kristof tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Grobbelaar paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Kristof avoids a kick to the body.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Grobbelaar throws a low kick but Kristof moves out of range easily.
Kristof looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights.
Kristof fails with an attempt to clinch.
Grobbelaar throws a sloppy head kick and Kristof moves out of range easily.
Kristof checks a leg kick.
Kristof moves in looking to clinch but Grobbelaar pushes him off.
Grobbelaar looked to counter that last move with a leg kick but didn't pull the trigger.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Grobbelaar lands where it shouldn't have, right in the... well, you know what he did? He kicked him in the penis. He's injured, injured bad. The referee sends both fighters to their corners and Kristof has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Kristof and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
Kristof tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Kristof closes the distance looking to clinch
and Grobbelaar counters with a head kick. That will keep Kristof thinking before he tries any more sloppy attacks!
Kristof doesn't manage to clinch there - Grobbelaar circles away.
Kristof moves in looking to clinch but Grobbelaar pushes him off.
Kristof moves in looking to clinch but Grobbelaar pushes him off.
Kristof is looking to clinch but Grobbelaar is avoiding it.
Grobbelaar circles away from the clinch attempt.
Kristof tries to clinch up but Grobbelaar circles away and keeps his distance.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Grobbelaar is looking to slow Kristof down with leg kicks.
Kristof tries to clinch but Grobbelaar is having none of it.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Grobbelaar circles away from the clinch attempt.
Kristof closes the distance and clinches.
Grobbelaar tries to pull guard but Kristof won't allow it.
Grobbelaar is trying to maintain a safe position but Kristof gets an underhook and turns Grobbelaar into the cage.
Grobbelaar gets control of Kristof's arms and successfully pulls guard. Grobbelaar will no doubt be looking for submissions off his back.
Kristof gets to his feet - Grobbelaar follows without any prompting.
Kristof tries to close the distance and clinch but Grobbelaar swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Grobbelaar throws a counter high kick but Kristof was just alert enough to avoid it.
Kristof forces Grobbelaar back against the cage and clinches.
Grobbelaar tries to pull guard but can't drag his opponent to the mat. Kristof just stands there and leans against the cage.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Bruce Grobbelaar. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Grobbelaar dodges an elbow strike from Kristof.
Grobbelaar avoids the elbow strike from Kristof, against the cage.
Kristof throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Kristof throws an elbow that misses.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Kristof just misses with a elbow thrown towards Grobbelaar's brow.
Grobbelaar slowing the pace effectively.
Grobbelaar tries to pull guard but Kristof forces him back to his feet, against the cage.
Grobbelaar wants to stall.
Grobbelaar looking to stall.
Grobbelaar will no doubt start fighting again in a minute but for now he's just having a little rest, leaning Kristof up against the cage.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Kristof lands an elbow that stopped Grobbelaar in his tracks for a moment.
Kristof throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Kristof throws an elbow that misses.
Kristof pushes off an throws an elbow but Grobbelaar leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Grobbelaar trying to control the position but instead, Kristof has worked for underhooks and has pushed Grobbelaar into the cage.
Grobbelaar is trying to pull guard but Kristof has him pressed against the cage.
Grobbelaar is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Kristof is keeping busy.
Grobbelaar is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Kristof is keeping busy.
The ref breaks the fighters up, due to lack of action by Bruce Grobbelaar.
Kristof gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Grobbelaar avoids a wild elbow strike from Kristof.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Kristof just misses with a elbow thrown towards Grobbelaar's brow.
Kristof pushes off an throws an elbow but Grobbelaar leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Kristof lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Grobbelaar manages to break the clinch.
Kristof tries to clinch there but Grobbelaar circles away.
Grobbelaar looked to counter that last move with a leg kick but didn't pull the trigger.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
A close round but Virag Kristof will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Bruce Grobbelaar's cut.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.
Grobbelaar swats away the attempt to clinch by Kristof.
Kristof moves out of range of the body kick.
Grobbelaar tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Grobbelaar avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Grobbelaar throws a quick counter kick to the body but Kristof avoids it.
Kristof rushes Grobbelaar and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Grobbelaar pulls guard.
Kristof decides to stand up and beckons his opponent to follow.
Grobbelaar swats away the attempt to clinch by Kristof.
Grobbelaar looked to counter that last move with a leg kick but didn't pull the trigger.
Bruce Grobbelaar is winning the standup battle so far.
Kristof tries to clinch up.
Kristof tries to clinch up.
Kristof is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Kristof fails with an attempt to clinch.
Kristof has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Grobbelaar.
Grobbelaar looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Kristof moves out of range of the body kick from Grobbelaar.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Kristof takes a nasty kick to the mid section... That should keep him thinking. Does he try and block and risk a head kick landing?
Kristof tries to close the distance and clinch but Grobbelaar swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
And Grobbelaar counters with a quick kick to the body but Kristof blocks it.
Grobbelaar misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Kristof doesn't manage to clinch there - Grobbelaar circles away.
Grobbelaar has not gone for a single takedown so far in this fight, which seems like a very strange tactic when you consider that he has the superior wrestling and BJJ.
Kristof fails with an attempt to clinch.
Kristof tries to clinch but Grobbelaar is having none of it.
Grobbelaar avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Grobbelaar throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Virag Kristof seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Grobbelaar throws a chopping leg kick but Kristof manages to avoid taking any serious damage.
Kristof tries to clinch up.
Grobbelaar appeared to be looking to counter that last move with a leg kick.
Kristof moves into the clinch.
Kristof throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Kristof misses with an elbow over the top.
Kristof gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Virag Kristof seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Grobbelaar looking to stall.
Grobbelaar is stalling here. The referee will be looking to step in if he doesn't pick up the pace.
Kristof lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Grobbelaar blocks an elbow strike from Kristof.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Grobbelaar leaning his opponent against the cage.
Grobbelaar stalling in the clinch but Kristof improves position.
Grobbelaar pressing his opponent against the cage.
The ref breaks the fighters up, due to lack of action by Bruce Grobbelaar.
Kristof tries to close the distance and clinch up but Grobbelaar swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Kristof wants to clinch up but Grobbelaar keeps it at a distance.
Grobbelaar throws a quick counter kick to the body but Kristof avoids it.
Grobbelaar misses with a kick to the body.
Kristof is looking to clinch.
Kristof tries to clinch up but Grobbelaar circles away and keeps his distance.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Kristof wants to clinch up but Grobbelaar keeps it at a distance.
The fight stays on the outside here - Kristof looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Grobbelaar fires out a quick counter leg kick but Kristof just manages to avoid it.
The fight stays on the outside here - Kristof looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Grobbelaar misses with a head kick.
Kristof tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Grobbelaar paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Kristof tries to clinch there but Grobbelaar circles away.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Grobbelaar throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
Grobbelaar avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Kristof doesn't manage to clinch there - Grobbelaar circles away.
Kristof closes the distance and pushes Grobbelaar back into the cage.
Grobbelaar tries to stall but Kristof uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Grobbelaar blocks an elbow strike.
Grobbelaar looking to stall.
Grobbelaar takes an elbow to the forehead.
Kristof lands an elbow that stopped Grobbelaar in his tracks for a moment.
Grobbelaar is trying to maintain a safe position but Kristof gets an underhook and turns Grobbelaar into the cage.
Kristof throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Grobbelaar drags the fight down to the ground.
Grobbelaar looking to hit a scissor sweep but Kristof is one step ahead there.
Kristof stands up and waves to Grobbelaar to follow him.
Grobbelaar fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Kristof is out of range.
Kristof moves into the clinch successfully.
Kristof misses with an elbow strike.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Grobbelaar trying to control the position but instead, Kristof has worked for underhooks and has pushed Grobbelaar into the cage.
Grobbelaar content to slow the pace in the clinch.
Grobbelaar manages to pull guard.
Kristof must be cautious of submissions here, given that his opponent has the superior Jiu Jitsu.
Grobbelaar manages to sweep nicely, so he's now on top. Kristof manages to get himself to full guard.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Kristof wants to get back to his feet but Grobbelaar is in a dominant position and won't allow it.
Kristof pushes Grobbelaar off and gets back to his feet.
Kristof gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Kristof comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Grobbelaar is struggling to control the position.
Kristof pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Kristof misses with an elbow strike.
Grobbelaar tries to pull guard but Kristof holds him up against the cage and eventually Grobbelaar drops back down to his feet.
Grobbelaar takes an elbow to the forehead.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close second round but I would say that Bruce Grobbelaar will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Bruce Grobbelaar's cut.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action! The crowd applaud as we get ready to start the final round!
Kristof is looking to clinch.
Kristof is looking to clinch but Grobbelaar is avoiding it.
Kristof tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Grobbelaar manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Grobbelaar chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Kristof wants to clinch.
Grobbelaar pivots, looking for a leg kick but Kristof is out of range and Grobbelaar settles back down.
Grobbelaar sets himself, and Kristof steps forward looking for the clinch! Grobbelaar avoids it this time.
Kristof tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Kristof tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Grobbelaar paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Kristof tries to close the distance and clinch up but Grobbelaar swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Kristof wants to clinch
and Grobbelaar counters with a nice leg kick.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Kristof doesn't manage to clinch there - Grobbelaar circles away.
Kristof doesn't manage to clinch there - Grobbelaar circles away.
Grobbelaar misses with a head kick.
Kristof gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Kristof pushes off an throws an elbow but Grobbelaar leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Grobbelaar takes an elbow to the temple.
Bruce Grobbelaar's cut is getting worse.
Kristof throws an elbow but it misses.
Kristof looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Kristof misses with an elbow strike.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Kristof just misses with a elbow thrown towards Grobbelaar's brow.
Grobbelaar taking a breather.
Kristof lands a damaging elbow.
Grobbelaar holding his opponent close, against the cage.
Kristof pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Kristof as Grobbelaar tries to tie him up.
Grobbelaar takes an elbow to the forehead.
Grobbelaar is trying to pull guard but Kristof has him pressed against the cage.
Grobbelaar blocks the elbow strike.
Grobbelaar tries to pull guard but Kristof won't allow it.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Kristof as Grobbelaar tries to tie him up.
Grobbelaar fails to pull the fight into his guard.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Bruce Grobbelaar. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Grobbelaar breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Kristof wants to clinch up but Grobbelaar keeps it at a distance.
Kristof is looking to clinch but Grobbelaar is avoiding it.
Kristof fails in his attempt to clinch.
Both fighters circling a little - Grobbelaar finishes the exchange with a kick to the body.
Grobbelaar keeps the fight on the outside.
Kristof tries to clinch there but Grobbelaar circles away.
Kristof tries to clinch but Grobbelaar moves out of range.
Kristof tries to clinch up.
Kristof fails in his attempt to clinch.
Grobbelaar is looking to counter with a body kick.
Kristof tries to clinch but Grobbelaar moves out of range.
Grobbelaar thinks about countering with a head kick.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Kristof tries to close the distance and clinch but Grobbelaar swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Grobbelaar avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Kristof doesn't manage to clinch there - Grobbelaar circles away.
Grobbelaar avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Kristof fails with an attempt to clinch.
Kristof wants to clinch.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Kristof tries to clinch up but Grobbelaar circles away and keeps his distance.
Grobbelaar appeared to be looking to counter that last move with a leg kick.
Kristof tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Grobbelaar manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Grobbelaar throws a counter high kick but Kristof was just alert enough to avoid it.
Kristof tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Kristof tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Kristof fails in his attempt to clinch.
Kristof tries to close the distance and clinch but Grobbelaar swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Kristof clinches up against the cage.
Kristof misses with an elbow over the top.
Kristof throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Grobbelaar controlling the action here for a moment.
Grobbelaar breaks the clinch.
Kristof fails with an attempt to clinch.
Grobbelaar throws a counter high kick but Kristof was just alert enough to avoid it.
Grobbelaar circles away from the clinch attempt.
Kristof tries to clinch up.
Grobbelaar throws a quick counter head kick but Kristof was just out of range.
Kristof tries to close the distance and clinch but Grobbelaar swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
As Kristof backs away, Grobbelaar returns fire with a leg kick that just misses.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Kristof tries to clinch there but Grobbelaar circles away.
Kristof is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Kristof closes the distance looking to clinch
and Grobbelaar counters with a flying knee. Nice.
Grobbelaar swats away the attempt to clinch by Kristof.
Kristof tries to close the distance and clinch up but Grobbelaar swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Grobbelaar throws a quick counter kick to the body but Kristof avoids it.
Grobbelaar avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
The fight moves into the clinch position.
Grobbelaar is stalling here.
Grobbelaar is trying to pull guard but Kristof has him pressed against the cage.
Kristof throws an elbow but it misses.
Grobbelaar jumps into guard, dragging Kristof to the mat.
And that's the end of the fight!
Bruce Grobbelaar showed his dominance in that final round.
I think Grobbelaar has won this one but let's see what the judges have to say. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Sam Margolis scores the fight 30:27
Judge William Gold scores the fight 29:28
Judge Paul Tew scores the fight 29:28
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Bruce Grobbelaar!
During a confident post fight interview, Bruce Grobbelaar thanked all his fans. He seemed very genuine when describing how motivated his fans keep him.
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