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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Bengt Andre Eikaas (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Rashad Evans (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Chooooooooon! I think Eikaas might be my favorite fighter, now he's come out to Jedi Mind Tricks - On The Eve Of War. Evans has chosen Big Punisher- Off Wit' His Head as his entrance music. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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215 lbs
3 - 1 - 0 |
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180 cm
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205 lbs
4 - 3 - 0 |
BJJ Purple Belt
Basic striking
Intelligent |
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BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
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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
3 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Bengt Andre Eikaas!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
4 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Rashad Evans!
The judges for this bout are Saam Ante, Aafke Stam and Radbod Blank.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Eikaas looks to land a combination but Evans avoids it well.
Nice sprawl there from Eikaas as Evans shoots in.
No luck with that takedown attempt from Evans.
Evans closes the distance and clinches up with Eikaas, looking for a takedown. Evans pushes Eikaas against the cage but Eikaas circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.
Bengt Andre Eikaas has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Rashad Evans.
Evans tries to keep at a distance but Eikaas has taken the fight into the clinch.
Eikaas connects with a nasty looking knee right to Evans's face.
Eikaas breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Evans misses with an uppercut. Eikaas saw that one coming.
Evans tries to keep at a distance but Eikaas has taken the fight into the clinch.
Eikaas pulls guard effortlessly.
Evans scoring with some ground and pound.
Evans avoids a guillotine attempt easily.
Eikaas is looking for a triangle but Evans pushes his legs off easily.
Eikaas looking to control.
Evans lands a couple of decent looking shots.
Eikaas not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
Evans throws a big right hand that misses.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Evans lands a couple of elbows.
Eikaas bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Evans's guard.
Evans wants to stand and escape but Eikaas is having none of it.
Eikaas wants to control from the top but Evans keeps moving.
Evans tries to strike from the bottom.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Eikaas advances to half guard.
Evans trying to control but Eikaas postures up.
Evans looks gassed!
Eikaas is looking for a kimura but Evans is holding onto that half guard position, so it's hard for Eikaas to get the leverage.
Evans flails away from the bottom but he's not doing any damage.
Eikaas drops an elbow to the side of Evans's head.
Eikaas is looking to take a break and control but Evans is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Eikaas prevents Evans from improving his position.
Evans misses with some strikes from the bottom.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Eikaas wants to take a breather but Evans is having none of it.
Evans looking for submissions from an awkward position here.
Evans is looking to improve his position.
It looks like we're going to have a standup here. Neither fighter is doing enough on the ground.
Eikaas works Evans's body with a nice hook.
Eikaas shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Oh and he's advanced to full mount straight away.
Eikaas lands a big shot there that rocks Evans but he's holding on and managing to survive for now.
Eikaas working away from the top, dropping strikes.
Eikaas is still in mount, landing shots to his trapped opponent. Evans can't stay in a position like this for much longer.
Evans swinging wildly from the bottom but he's not landing.
Eikaas breaks from Evans's wrist control and lands an elbow.
Eikaas cracks Evans with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.
Eikaas fakes a shot to the body and cracks his opponent in the head. Nice ground and pound there!
Evans tries to get back to half guard but can't.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Eikaas has control of Evans's right arm, working for a kimura. It's a bit of a token attempt though and Evans regains control of the situation pretty easily.
Eikaas looking for a guillotine from mount but Evans is having none of it.
Eikaas landing shots from mount.
Eikaas breaks from Evans's wrist control and lands an elbow.
Eikaas lands a big shot there that rocks Evans but he's holding on and managing to survive for now.
Eikaas jumps to side control looking for an arm triangle but Evans manages to avoid the submission attempt.
Evans manages to land a sweep and he's now on top! Lovely Jiu Jitsu!
Eikaas tries to roll over but Evans keeps him under control.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Evans throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Evans is thwarting Eikaas's attempts to control the position.
Eikaas moves into full guard.
Evans chips away with some ground and pound.
Eikaas working a defensive guard here.
Eikaas has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
Eikaas wants to sweep here but Evans controlling him for the moment.
Eikaas preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Neither fighter is doing enough for the referee's liking and he's decided to stand them back up.
Eikaas throws a nice inside leg kick.
Eikaas lands a head kick. Evans smiles back at him and beckons him forward.
Rashad Evans seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Eikaas darts in and clinches Evans up against the cage.
And thats the end of the round the fighters go back to their corners.
Bengt Andre Eikaas dominated that round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!
Evans with a lazy takedown attempt
so Eikaas counters with a double leg into guard. Good agility.
Eikaas landing with the ground and pound.
Eikaas wants to control from the top but Evans keeps moving.
Eikaas is really struggling to control Evans but he's trying to hold on to the position.
Evans trying to strike from the bottom but really, it's not the best position to be doing that from!
Eikaas with a nice head shot there.
Evans throws some sloppy strikes off his back.
Eikaas content to strike from guard, landing some decent shots.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Eikaas thinks about going for a leg but decides against it, in order to maintain the position.
Evans will have to put a bit more behind his punches if he's going to do any damage from this position.
It looks like we're going to have a standup here. Neither fighter is doing enough on the ground.
Eikaas takes the fight into the clinch.
Eikaas looking to slow down the pace here.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Eikaas crunches a lovely knee into Evans's ribcage.
Evans is working for takedown but Eikaas is calmly controlling the position for now.
Eikaas working Evans over with knees to the body.
Eikaas successfully pulls guard.
Eikaas looking for submissions off his back, moving his hips, looking for an opening.
Evans postures up.
Evans avoids a guillotine attempt easily.
Eikaas looking for submissions from the bottom here. Moving his hips around, possibly looking for an armbar.
Bengt Andre Eikaas overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Evans scores with a decent looking elbow strike.
Evans must be cautious of submissions here, given that his opponent has the superior Jiu Jitsu.
Evans is fighting to break Eikaas's control of his arms but Eikaas is doing a good job of controlling the position at the moment.
Evans distracts Eikaas with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Eikaas looking for submissions off his back, moving his hips, looking for an opening.
Evans is trying to tuck his arms in to keep them safe but Eikaas has managed to isolate one of them and has got a loose triangle. Evans is looking to defend but Eikaas has done well to lock his legs together - this could be big trouble for Evans! Eikaas pulls down on the head and a little smile comes across his face - he knows he's got it. Yep, Evans taps out and this one is all over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:25 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Triangle). Bengt Andre Eikaas!
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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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