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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Robert Drake (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Luke Graham (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Drake comes to the cage accompanied by Warrior of Ice. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
0 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Robert Drake!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Luke Graham!
The judges for this bout are Saam Ante, Paulsen Ambrosius and Paul Aken.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Drake throws a right high kick that is partially blocked by Graham.
Graham misses with a body shot.
Drake throws a feint and then finishes with a kick to the body.
Drake tries to clinch but Graham is having none of it.
Graham takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Graham looks gassed!
Drake tries to clinch but Graham is having none of it.
Drake throws a nice inside leg kick.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Drake throws a jab but it's blocked by Graham.
Graham on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Drake. Drake obviously looking to wear him down.
Graham slips a jab and a cross from Drake.
Drake has managed to clinch.
Drake throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Graham blocks it with crossed arms.
Drake lands a knee to the head.
Graham takes an elbow to the temple.
Drake tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Graham avoids a wild elbow strike from Drake.
Drake creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Drake misses with a knee to the head.
Drake tries to land a knee to the head but Graham blocks with his arms.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Graham looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Drake tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Drake lands an elbow inside that Graham shrugs off.
Drake throws a knee to the head but misses.
Drake using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Graham has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Drake tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Drake.
Graham is stalling here.
Drake throws a knee to the head but misses.
Nice body punch from Graham.
Graham'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.
Drake scores with a knee to the head.
Graham has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Drake has Graham pressed against the cage, preventing Graham from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Drake connects with a knee to the head.
Graham scores with a hook to the body.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Graham.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
There's not a lot going on here and the crowd are letting the fighters know they're not willing to tolerate a lack of action.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Graham.
Graham lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Drake or not.
Graham lands a body shot in the clinch.
Graham tries to break free but Drake pushes him back against the cage.
Graham wants to break the clinch but can't.
Drake putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Graham in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Drake creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Graham has had enough of the clinch but Drake keeps him there for the moment.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Drake just misses with a elbow thrown towards Graham's brow.
A right handed body shot lands from Graham.
Graham wants to break free but Drake has control.
Graham lands with a short shot to the head.
Graham has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Graham working hard to break the clinch.
Graham avoids a wild elbow strike from Drake.
Graham wants to get back to striking at distance but Drake won't allow it.
Drake pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Drake takes a shot to the head.
Graham lands a nice shot to the body.
Graham blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Drake throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Graham blocks it with crossed arms.
Good body shot from Graham.
Graham is trying to break the clinch but Drake is controlling him.
Drake throws an elbow but it misses.
Graham has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Drake lands a nice elbow.
Nice body punch from Graham - that landed with a thud.
Graham avoids the elbow strike from Drake, against the cage.
Graham has Drake pushed against the cage.
A hook to the body from Graham.
Drake misses with a knee to the head.
Drake has Graham pressed against the cage, preventing Graham from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
The fighters are pressed against the cage, as the pace of the fight slows.
Drake looking to throw knees to the head but Graham is blocking nicely.
Drake prevents Graham from breaking the clinch.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
The referee calls for Graham to work.
Drake throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Drake tries to land a knee to the head but Graham blocks with his arms.
Graham pushes Drake back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
A left hand lands to the body for Graham.
Drake using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Graham has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Graham is trying to break free.
Graham wants to break free but Drake has control.
Graham pushes Drake back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Drake lands an elbow that stopped Graham in his tracks for a moment.
Drake misses with an elbow over the top.
Drake with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
A body shot lands from Graham.
Graham lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Drake or not.
Drake has Graham pressed against the cage, preventing Graham from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Graham lands a body punch in the clinch.
Graham slows down the pace here.
Drake throws an elbow but it's blocked.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Robert Drake dominated that round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!
Drake takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Graham misses with a wild body shot.
Drake will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Drake scores with a push kick.
Drake throws a right and a left that Graham avoids nicely.
Graham connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Drake is looking to clinch.
Robert Drake is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Graham keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
Robert Drake seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Graham keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
Drake is looking to clinch.
Drake misses with an attempted mid kick.
Drake loads up on a big right hand but Graham slips the punch.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Drake tries a head kick but it misses.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Drake misses with a low kick.
Drake tries to clinch but Graham moves out of range.
Graham circles away from the clinch attempt.
Drake lands a head kick!
Graham lands with an overhand left.
Graham lands a two punch combo.
Drake takes one on the button.
Drake looks for the body kick but Graham saw that one coming.
Graham throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Drake tries to clinch up.
Graham lands a jab to Drake's midsection.
Graham clinches with his opponent.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Graham wants to get back to striking at distance but Drake won't allow it.
Drake prevents Graham from breaking the clinch.
Graham digs a right hand into Drake's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Drake's gas tank.
Graham lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Graham lands a nice shot to the body.
Graham breaks from the clinch.
Graham closes the distance and pushes Drake back into the cage.
Drake scores with a knee to the head.
Drake letting Graham take a breather here.
Graham has had enough of the clinch but Drake keeps him there for the moment.
Drake keeps control of Graham as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Graham wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Drake has him pressed against the cage.
Drake tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Drake misses with a knee to the head.
A hook to the body from Graham.
Graham has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Graham lands a body shot.
With the fighters up against the cage, Drake throws an elbow but misses.
Drake misses with a knee to the head.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Graham lands a nice shot to the body.
Graham is looking to break free of the clinch but Drake has double underhooks.
Drake has Graham pressed against the cage, preventing Graham from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Graham avoids a wild elbow strike from Drake.
Graham stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.
Graham is trying to break the clinch but Drake is controlling him.
Drake keeps control of Graham as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Graham is trying to break free.
Graham blocks an elbow strike from Drake.
Drake looking to throw knees to the head but Graham is blocking nicely.
Graham stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Graham tries to break the clinch but Drake is controlling the position.
Graham has had enough of the clinch but Drake keeps him there for the moment.
Drake tries a knee to the head but Graham blocks it.
Drake keeps control of Graham as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Drake missing with knees to the body.
Drake throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Graham blocks it with crossed arms.
Graham breaks the clinch.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
There's not a lot going on here and the crowd are letting the fighters know they're not willing to tolerate a lack of action.
Graham pushes Drake up against the cage in a clinch.
Graham avoids a wild elbow strike from Drake.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Drake obliges.
Graham lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Drake backwards.
Graham wants to break free but Drake has control.
Graham avoids a wild elbow strike from Drake.
A right hand to the body from Graham.
Drake using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Graham has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Drake trying to land knees to the body.
Graham digs a right hand into Drake's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Drake's gas tank.
Graham blocks the elbow strike.
Graham pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Drake takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Graham instigates a clinch.
Drake throws an elbow but it's blocked.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Drake just misses with a elbow thrown towards Graham's brow.
Drake throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Graham has Drake pushed against the cage.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Luke Graham showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
That's time! Drake's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight. Let's hear some noise people - this is the final round!
Graham takes the fight into the clinch.
Graham wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Drake tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Drake putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Graham in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Nice elbow from Drake.
Drake connects with a knee to the head.
Graham slowing the pace effectively.
Graham lands a shot to the body.
Drake missing with knees to the body.
Drake tries a knee to the head but Graham blocks it.
Drake keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Graham's efforts to push away.
Drake trying to land knees to the body.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Graham blocks an elbow strike.
Graham is pushing Drake up against the cage, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.
Graham has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Drake throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Drake tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Graham has had enough of the clinch but Drake keeps him there for the moment.
Drake misses with an elbow over the top.
Graham lands a body punch.
Graham is stalling here.
Graham working hard to break the clinch.
Drake throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Graham is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Drake lands a knee to the head.
Drake tries to land knees in the clinch but Graham avoids the damage to the body.
Drake throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Graham lands a left hand.
Graham takes an elbow to the temple.
Graham digs a right hand underneath Drake's ribcage. Drake let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Drake creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Graham presses Drake against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Nice body punch from Graham - that landed with a thud.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Neither fighter has done anything of merit for a good minute or two here and the crowd are not happy about it.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Graham.
Graham avoids the elbow strike from Drake, against the cage.
Drake gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Drake with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Drake being controlled against the cage.
Graham digs a right hand underneath Drake's ribcage. Drake let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Graham has Drake pushed against the cage.
Drake tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Graham lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Drake tries a knee to the head but Graham blocks it.
Graham scores with a hook to the body.
Graham lands a shot to the body.
Drake prevents Graham from breaking the clinch.
Graham wants to break the clinch but can't.
Graham dodges an elbow strike from Drake.
Graham breaks the clinch.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Drake misses with a double jab
and Graham counters into the clinch. Nicely done.
Graham wants to get back to striking at distance but Drake won't allow it.
Drake throws an elbow but it misses.
Drake pushes off an throws an elbow but Graham leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Graham is trying to break the clinch but Drake has him pressed against the cage.
Graham works on Drake's body with a couple of short punches.
Drake connects with a knee to the head.
Graham is trying to break free.
Nice body punch from Graham.
Graham blocks an elbow strike.
Drake misses with a knee to the head.
Drake looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Drake looking to throw knees to the head but Graham is blocking nicely.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Drake just misses with a elbow thrown towards Graham's brow.
Graham wants to break free but Drake has control.
Graham can't break the clinch.
Drake tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Graham takes an elbow to the forehead.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Well. There's a bit of a lull in the action here and the crowd are starting to get restless.
Graham escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Graham scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Drake doesn't seem bothered though.
A left lands for Graham.
Drake uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Graham.
Drake darts in trying to clinch
and Graham counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Drake thinking.
Graham keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Drake.
Graham lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Drake at a distance.
Drake tries to clinch but fails miserably
and Graham counters with a one-two to the body.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Drake avoids a punch combination nicely.
Drake walks into a straight right hand from Graham.
And that's the end of the fight!
Luke Graham comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think Graham has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. 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 Saam Ante scores the fight 28:29
Judge Paulsen Ambrosius scores the fight 28:29
Judge Paul Aken scores the fight 28:29
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Luke Graham!
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