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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between leo van kik (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Emilio Fantucci (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). The crowd seem to be enjoying Fantucci's choice of entrance music: Aphex Twin - Come To Daddy. We have two fighters making their debuts here, so let's see who comes out of this one with their first professional victory.
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BJJ White Belt
Solid Muay Thai
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, leo van kik!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Emilio Fantucci!
The judges for this bout are Aafke Stam, Nard Betker and Paulsen Ambrosius.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Fantucci blocks a head kick by van kik.
van kik throws the left hand but Fantucci avoids the punch easily.
van kik scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Fantucci throws an uppercut from half a mile away. van kik sees it coming and avoids it easily.
van kik throws a body kick that misses.
van kik connects with a high kick.
van kik avoids the body shot from Fantucci.
Fantucci tries to bum rush van kik with a series of wild strikes but van kik uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
van kik feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Fantucci's calf.
Fantucci just misses with a punch to the body.
leo van kik seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
van kik scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
That's one minute gone in the round.
van kik tries a low kick but Fantucci avoids it.
A nice leg kick lands there from van kik.
Fantucci looks gassed!
van kik dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Fantucci. That did some damage!
A head kick misses from van kik.
Fantucci misses with a looping right.
van kik lands with a kick to the ribs.
van kik just misses with a punch to the body.
van kik throws the left hand but Fantucci avoids the punch easily.
Fantucci ducks under a wild hook from van kik.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
van kik thumps Fantucci with a low kick.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Fantucci cracks van kik with an open hand slap.
Fantucci takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Fantucci throws an uppercut from half a mile away. van kik sees it coming and avoids it easily.
van kik scores with a leg kick.
van kik with a hook.
A jab from Fantucci misses.
van kik throws a left and a right that both miss
and Fantucci counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Fantucci avoids the head kick by van kik.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Fantucci swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
van kik steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Fantucci.
van kik throws a head kick but Fantucci moves out of range.
Fantucci fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Fantucci lands a lovely overhand right.
It looks like leo van kik has been cut.
Fantucci uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by van kik.
van kik misses with a head kick.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
van kik connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Fantucci getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
van kik wants to clinch up but Fantucci keeps it at a distance.
van kik lands with a kick to the ribs.
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!
van kik throws a series of punches but Fantucci avoids them all with ease.
Fantucci looks to land a left hand but van kik moved out of range nicely.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Fantucci defending well as van kik loads up on a big left hand.
Fantucci scores with a decent looking hook.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
leo van kik dominated that round.
The cut man is working on leo van kik's cut.
That's time! Back to the action!
Fantucci thows a body shot but no joy.
van kik throws a nice head kick!
van kik thumps Fantucci with a low kick.
van kik misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
van kik defending well as Fantucci loads up on a big left hand.
van kik looks to land a left hand but Fantucci moved out of range nicely.
van kik looks to land a right hand but Fantucci moved out of range.
Fantucci might want to mix his strikes up a bit more. He's just going for head shots at the moment and that can become a bit predictable.
Fantucci connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
Fantucci misses with a looping left.
That's one minute gone in the round.
van kik wants to clinch.
van kik throws a nice inside leg kick.
Fantucci lands a jab-cross combination.
van kik misses with an uppercut.
Fantucci connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between van kik's hands.
van kik misses with a head kick.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Fantucci throws a lazy right hand but van kik sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Fantucci misses with a straight right.
A good leg kick by van kik.
Fantucci fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches van kik on the side of the head.
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!
van kik throws a nice outside leg kick.
Fantucci is breathing heavily.
Fantucci looks to score with a jab to the body but van kik is just out of range.
van kik uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Fantucci.
Fantucci throws an uppercut from half a mile away. van kik sees it coming and avoids it easily.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Fantucci slips under a jab from van kik.
van kik thumps Fantucci with a low kick.
Fantucci misses with a two punch combination.
van kik moves into range and lands a nice body kick.
Fantucci is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by van kik.
van kik throws a jab but it's blocked by Fantucci.
Fantucci tries to bum rush van kik with a series of wild strikes but van kik uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
van kik bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Fantucci pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
van kik keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Fantucci.
leo van kik is winning the standup battle so far.
van kik lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
van kik scores with a leg kick.
van kik throws a nice head kick!
van kik tries to clinch but Fantucci moves out of range.
van kik lands a jab to Fantucci's midsection.
Fantucci's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
van kik moves away from the strike by Fantucci.
van kik moves in looking to clinch but Fantucci pushes him off.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
leo van kik dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on leo van kik's cut.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action. So, we enter the final round. Let's see if either fighter can bring us a finish, or whether we're going to the judges scorecards.
van kik throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Fantucci throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Fantucci blocks a leg kick.
Fantucci throws a body punch but van kik moves out of range.
Fantucci takes a head kick and keeps coming.
Fantucci moves out of range of the body kick from van kik.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
van kik just misses with a punch to the body.
Fantucci lands a jab followed by a vicious hook that sends van kik sprawling to the canvas. Fantucci follows him down, looking for the kill. Can van kik hang on?
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Fantucci is looking to take a break and control but van kik is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Fantucci missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
Fantucci throwing shots but van kik is blocking nicely.
van kik keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Fantucci looks to score some points with some ground and pound.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Fantucci trying to control from van kik's half guard. van kik has other ideas though and has regained full guard.
Fantucci working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
van kik is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
A few boos can be heard. I'm sure they will multiply if the fighters don't pick up the pace.
Fantucci trying to hold on to van kik's head to control him but van kik postures up.
Fantucci wants to get back to full guard.
Fantucci has no desire to be mounted, so is trying to control. van kik is working away from the top position though.
Fantucci looking to work for a kimura from the bottom.
Fantucci wants to improve his position but van kik is controlling well.
leo van kik is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
van kik seems content to maintain position for now, rather than mounting any offense.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
van kik passes into side control, despite Fantucci's attempt to control the position.
Fantucci tries to bench press van kik off him but van kik keeps the position.
You can see the frustration on Fantucci's face, being in this tough position on the bottom.
van kik knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Fantucci on the ground.
Fantucci tries to bench press van kik off him but van kik keeps the position.
That's four 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.
van kik stands up and we're back to a striking position.
Fantucci ducks down and throws a hook to the body but van kik moves away.
Fantucci misses with an uppercut. van kik saw that one coming.
Fantucci misses with an uppercut.
Fantucci bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
van kik throws a nice outside leg kick.
Emilio Fantucci has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
van kik scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
And that's the end of the fight!
Emilio Fantucci comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well van kik has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... 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 Aafke Stam scores the fight 29:28
Judge Nard Betker scores the fight 29:28
Judge Paulsen Ambrosius scores the fight 29:28
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... leo van kik!
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energy
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hype
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pop
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mgr
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RATING
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