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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Harry van Seggelen (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Brian Li (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Harry van Seggelen has the edge in experience - let's see if he can make that count tonight.
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210 cm
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220 lbs
2 - 9 - 0 |
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196 cm
21
285 lbs
0 - 0 - 0 |
BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Experienced |
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Good wrestler
Brawler
Determined |
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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
2 - 9 - 0, fighting out of London, Harry van Seggelen! And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner. With a record of
0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of London, Brian Li! The judges for this bout are Paul Tew, Sam Margolis and Donald Grub.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway! Li shoots in for a takedown and gets it. van Seggelen is trying to defend against the ground and pound but Li scores with a couple of nice shots. The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing. van Seggelen wants to get back to full guard. van Seggelen avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Li. Li wants to lay and pray for a moment but van Seggelen keeps working. Li working the head and body with strikes. van Seggelen trying to control but Li postures up.
Li working the head and body with strikes. van Seggelen looking for submissions from an awkward position here. Li lands a big shot. The thud that echoes around the arena is like music to the fans' ears. The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here. Li slips a nice elbow through van Seggelen's hands, connecting with van Seggelen's forehead. van Seggelen is breathing heavily. Li looks to score some points with some ground and pound.
van Seggelen is rocked! Li lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt. Oh van Seggelen is still in real trouble! Will he be able to recover?!! Li is trying to control the action in half guard but van Seggelen is working away on the bottom, looking perhaps to get back to full guard.
That's one minute gone in the round. Li sitting and controlling from the half guard. van Seggelen seems to have got his legs back now. van Seggelen has no desire to be mounted, so is trying to control. Li is working away from the top position though. van Seggelen has hold of Li's hands but Li slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow. van Seggelen looks like he's trying to stand up.
van Seggelen wants to get back to full guard. Nice strikes from Li there. van Seggelen is trying to defend against the ground and pound but Li scores with a couple of nice shots. Li working some ground and pound from close in. He's looking to maintain this position and strike for a while by the looks of things... although he'll probably advance to full mount in a minute now I've said that. Li looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks van Seggelen with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position. Li passes the guard and advances to mount! A nice elbow there by Li.
That's two minutes gone in the round. van Seggelen wants to hold on but Li pushes him away. Li lands a nice shot to the head. Both fighters really going for it on the ground here! 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 Seggelen is in a horrible position here. Li smacks him with another shot as he tries to escape the position.
Li cracks van Seggelen with a big head shot that has him covering up instantly! He's rolled onto his side and the referee has seen enough - this one is aaaaaaaaaaall over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:36 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Brian Li!
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A |
G |
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energy
A | B |
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hype
A | B |
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pop
A | B |
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mgr
A | B |
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FIGHT
RATING
100% |
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