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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Donovan Von Dith (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Bairy Halls (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Von Dith kept the crowd waiting but all that was forgotten when his ring entrance music started. The incomparable musical genius that is Enter Sandman. Von Dith has a slight injury, which hopefully won't affect the fight too much. Donovan Von Dith had a look across the cage there at his opponent. He definitely means business
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217 lbs
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BJJ Blue Belt
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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 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Donovan Von Dith!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Bairy Halls!
The judges for this bout are Daniel Blasius, Albert Achterberg and Radbod Blank.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Halls gets a clinch.
Halls lands a shot to the body.
Von Dith is breathing heavily.
Halls throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Halls taking a breather.
Von Dith goes for a takedown attempt but Halls pushes him away and we're back to fighting at a distance.
Halls gets the takedown into side control.
Halls trying to control the action but Von Dith is working from the bottom.
Halls stands up and we're back to a striking position.
Excellent takedown into side control there by Halls.
Halls lands a nice forearm strike.
Halls in side control lands a nice looking series of punches and elbows.
Von Dith is looking for a sweep.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Von Dith is letting Halls control him for a moment.
Halls's corner are shouting for him to control the position and he seems happy to oblige.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Halls lands a decent elbow from side control.
Halls tries for a kimura. Not really close to a finish though.
Halls remains in side control and seems content to stay there. It's a versatile position from which he can work both strikes and submissions, whilst maintaining that control, so maybe he'll sit here for a while.
Halls scoring with punches from side control.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Halls is working Von Dith over with some ground and pound from side control.
Von Dith wants to get back to his feet but Halls drags him back down.
A lull in the action here as Halls stalls from top position.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Halls tries for an arm triangle. That looks pretty tight to me. Is this one over!?! Possibly, maybe, no Halls has let go of the choke. Obviously it wasn't as tight as we thought!
Von Dith manages to get one leg in to regain half guard.
Halls seems to be working for a kimura but Von Dith defends the submission attempt.
Von Dith is trying to stand up here but Halls is controlling him well.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Von Dith avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Halls.
Halls is nestled in close to Von Dith, controlling him well. He's worked in a nice elbow to the side of the head as well, for good measure.
Von Dith tries to strike from the bottom but it doesn't land.
Halls prevents Von Dith from improving his position.
Von Dith is working for an escape here. He's hooked one of Halls's legs and he's managed to sneak out and take Halls's back!
Von Dith scores with some strikes to the side of the head there. Good, points scoring shots.
Von Dith misses with punches from the back.
Von Dith throwing sloppy strikes.
Halls tries to escape the position - he's now mounted. Is that better or worse? Hard to tell!
Halls working to try and regain half guard.
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.
Halls taking shots to the head.
Von Dith is in the full mount, landing strikes.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Von Dith dominating with strikes here.
Halls keeping his composure momentarily, calmly looking to get back to half guard.
Von Dith has his opponent pinned against the cage, landing some nasty ground and pound that is really making a bit of a mess out of Halls's face.
Von Dith jumps to side control looking for an arm triangle but Halls manages to avoid the submission attempt.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Bairy Halls dominated that round.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!
Halls misses with a wild combination.
Halls misses with a jab, cross combination.
Halls looks to land a combination but Von Dith avoids it well.
Halls lets the fists fly and connects with a left straight followed by a right hook.
No joy there for Halls, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Von Dith tries to keep at a distance but Halls has taken the fight into the clinch.
Von Dith looking for a takedown.
Halls pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Halls has managed to clinch.
Halls is trying to trip Von Dith. He has hold of a leg but Von Dith is hopping around, keeping his balance for the moment. Halls persists though and gets the takedown into guard.
Von Dith is active off his back here, looking for submissions.
Von Dith is looking for a triangle here but Halls uses the submission attempt to pass into side control.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Halls has had enough of the ground for now and decides to stand.
Halls misses with a looping left.
Von Dith tries to clinch up
and Halls counters with a shoot takedown into half guard.
Von Dith is looking to escape.
Von Dith looking for submissions from an awkward position here.
The referee calls for the fighters to work.
Von Dith misses with some strikes from the bottom.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Halls trying to pass the guard but Von Dith defending well.
Halls should think about turning a few of those tyres round his middle into muscle if he wants people to take him seriously as an athlete.
Halls escapes and gets back to his feet.
The fight stays on the outside here - Von Dith looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Halls has taken the fight to the clinch.
Von Dith wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Halls has him pressed against the cage.
Halls is trying to work for a single leg takedown but Von Dith pulls him back up using the underhooks.
Von Dith is looking for a takedown up against the cage. Halls gets underhooks though and prevents the takedown attempt.
Halls gets underhooks to prevent Von Dith's takedown attempt.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Donovan Von Dith. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Halls avoiding damage.
Von Dith changes levels and goes for a takedown here. Halls fights it off and pushes away nicely.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Halls circles away from the clinch attempt
and Halls counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Halls throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Von Dith looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Halls is fending him off so far but Von Dith persists. Nope, Halls circles away and we're back to standing.
Von Dith throws a right and a left that both miss.
Von Dith clinches but Halls breaks the clinch
and Halls counters with a three punch combination, finished off with a leg kick. Nice work.
Halls clinches with his opponent.
Von Dith breaks from the clinch.
Von Dith shoots in but doesn't get the takedown
and Halls counters with a three punch combo that has Von Dith backing up. Von Dith nods at Halls to acknowledge the strikes.
The fight stays on the outside here - Halls looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Halls swats away the attempt to clinch by Von Dith.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
Halls shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Let's see what he's got on the mat.
Von Dith trying to strike off his back.
Halls stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Von Dith swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Von Dith throwing strikes off his back to little effect.
Halls decides to stand up and beckons his opponent to follow.
Von Dith fails with a takedown attempt from distance.
Halls misses with a double jab.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Von Dith avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Von Dith shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Oh and he's advanced to full mount straight away.
Halls really wants to buck Von Dith off and get back to his feet.
Halls is bucking up trying to escape but Von Dith cracks him with another couple of good strikes.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Bairy Halls showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action! This is the final round!
Halls looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Jab by Halls.
Halls clinches up against the cage.
Nice body punch from Halls - that landed with a thud.
Halls keeps control of Von Dith as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Halls manages to pull guard.
Von Dith throws and elbow that misses. Halls uses the momentum to reverse the position. He's now in Von Dith's guard. Nice move by Halls!
Halls connects with a couple of short punches.
Halls stands and throws Von Dith's legs to the side, diving into side control.
Bairy Halls has got the better of the ground game so far.
Von Dith manages to work his way to half guard, despite Halls's best efforts.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Von Dith scores with a few weak punches.
Von Dith is looking for a sweep. Halls is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
Halls passes to full mount!
That's one minute gone in the round.
You get the feeling that Von Dith really doesn't like being in this position too much.
Von Dith is trying to escape the mount.
Halls blocks Von Dith's feeble attempts to strike from the bottom.
Halls trying to control but Von Dith is having none of it.
Von Dith is trying to get to the cage to help him get back to his feet.
Von Dith throwing hammer fists to the chest of Halls. What's that going to do exactly?
Halls with good strikes from the mount here!
A nice elbow there by Halls.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
My god... these two guys really need to pick up the pace or everyone will leave to go get a beer.
Halls trying to control but he's not successful this time.
Von Dith flailing away with punches but nothing is landing.
Von Dith swinging wildly from the bottom but he's not landing.
Halls sitting in mount, just looking to control for the moment.
Von Dith is wriggling around trying to escape.
Halls with some aggressive grappling here. He's looking for submissions here, rather than waiting for the opportunity to counter.
Halls lands a shot to the body, followed up by a shot to the exposed head of his trapped opponent.
Halls landing punches.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Halls has his opponent pinned against the cage, landing some nasty ground and pound that is really making a bit of a mess out of Von Dith's face.
A nice elbow there by Halls.
Halls can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Von Dith is looking to escape.
Von Dith gets back to half guard.
Donovan Von Dith has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Von Dith is trying to stand back up but Halls is controlling him
Von Dith punching from the bottom.
Von Dith punching from the bottom.
Halls wants to take a breather but Von Dith is having none of it.
Halls moves into side control, avoiding the strikes from Von Dith.
Halls works to advance to full mount. Von Dith defends for a few seconds but eventually he succumbs.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Von Dith throwing hammer fists to the chest of Halls. What's that going to do exactly?
Halls landing strikes from the mount and Von Dith is in trouble!
Halls working away from the top, dropping strikes.
Halls looking to control but Von Dith is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.
Von Dith throwing punches from his back but nothing is landing.
Halls trying to control but Von Dith is having none of it.
Von Dith is trying to escape the mount.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Halls working Von Dith over with strikes here.
And that's the end of the fight!
Bairy Halls comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Halls has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. 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 Daniel Blasius scores the fight 27:30
Judge Albert Achterberg scores the fight 27:30
Judge Radbod Blank scores the fight 27:30
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Bairy Halls!
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energy
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hype
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RATING
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