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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Kjetil Paulsen (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Nick Jansen (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Paulsen has a slight injury, which hopefully won't affect the fight too much. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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275 lbs
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254 lbs
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BJJ Blue Belt
Solid Muay Thai
KO power |
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Counter striker
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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
1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Kjetil Paulsen!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Nick Jansen!
The judges for this bout are Saam Ante, Nard Betker and Radbod Blank.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Paulsen tries to clinch up but Jansen circles away and keeps his distance.
Paulsen fails in his attempt to clinch.
Jansen avoids the head kick by Paulsen.
Jansen shoots for a takedown but Paulsen saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.
Paulsen fails with an attempt to clinch.
Paulsen stuffs a takedown. It's all about dictating where the fight takes place and Paulsen wants it to stay on the feet.
Jansen shoots in and gets a takedown into half guard. Jansen showed some decent athleticism there.
Jansen takes a deep breath and rests his weight momentarily on top of his opponent, to control the position.
Jansen's corner are shouting for him to control the position and he seems happy to oblige.
Paulsen looks like he's trying to stand up.
Jansen trying to control the pace.
Jansen 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.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Jansen is trying for a guillotine from the top but the pressure isn't in the right place so Paulsen is just riding it out for now. Jansen eventually gives up the hold.
Jansen is taking a breather. Paulsen says something to him but it's hard to make out. Perhaps he's telling him to get on with it and actually do something.
Paulsen wants to get back to his feet.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are showing their displeasure at the lack of action as loud boos ring out around the arena.
Jansen wants to control but Paulsen is keeping him busy.
Paulsen is trying to stand up here but Jansen is controlling him well.
Jansen is looking to take a break and control but Paulsen is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Jansen looks gassed!
Paulsen is trying to stand.
The referee has ruled that neither fighter is active enough on the ground and has stood them back up.
Jansen shoots in for a takedown but Paulsen shows good takedown defense there and keeps this one on the feet.
Kjetil Paulsen has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Nick Jansen.
Horrible takedown by Jansen or perhaps it was just good defense by Paulsen which made him look bad.
Paulsen is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Jansen is trying hard to land a takedown here. Paulsen sprawls well and keeps this one on the feet.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Paulsen lands a kick to the ribs of his opponent. Nice work there - in and out in a flash.
Nice uppercut lands for Paulsen. That snapped Jansen's head back.
Paulsen throws a quick head kick that skims the top of Jansen's head.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Paulsen moves into the clinch.
Nice elbow from Paulsen.
Paulsen scores a nice knee to the body.
Jansen takes an elbow to the forehead.
Paulsen's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Paulsen has Jansen up against the cage in a clinch.
Jansen takes an elbow to the temple.
Paulsen landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Paulsen has Jansen pushed against the cage.
Paulsen lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Paulsen.
Paulsen creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Jansen's defenses.
Paulsen lands an elbow just above Jansen 's eye.
Jansen tries to score a body lock takedown but Paulsen shows good agility there to stay on his feet.
Jansen tries to pull guard but can't drag his opponent to the mat. Paulsen just stands there and leans against the cage.
Paulsen breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Kjetil Paulsen is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Paulsen tries to clinch there but Jansen circles away.
Paulsen tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Jansen paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Paulsen closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Paulsen lands a damaging elbow.
Paulsen's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Paulsen is looking to chop away at Jansen's legs.
Jansen will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
Paulsen closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Kjetil Paulsen dominated that round.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action.
Paulsen throws a head kick but Jansen moves out of range.
Jansen keeps the fight on the outside.
Jansen avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Paulsen fails in his attempt to clinch.
Jansen is trying hard to land a takedown here. Paulsen sprawls well and keeps this one on the feet.
Jansen shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says Paulsen as he avoids it easily.
Paulsen fails with an attempt to clinch.
No luck for Jansen with that takedown attempt.
Kjetil Paulsen has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Nick Jansen.
The fighters are starting to get sweaty, which will make takedowns a bit more tricky.
Paulsen is looking to clinch.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Paulsen gets a clinch.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Paulsen connects with a knee to the head.
Paulsen crunches a lovely knee into Jansen's ribcage.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Paulsen connects with a knee to the head.
Paulsen connects with a knee to the head.
Paulsen lands a damaging elbow.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as Jansen takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.
Paulsen manages to break the clinch.
Paulsen tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Jansen shoots in looking for a takedown. Paulsen tries to sprawl out of it but Jansen keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. Paulsen manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.
Paulsen misses with a head kick.
Paulsen leaves Jansen with his face pressed against the mat as he sprawls beautifully, defending against a solid takedown attempt.
Jansen chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Paulsen can pounce on him.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are showing their displeasure at the lack of action as loud boos ring out around the arena.
Paulsen tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Paulsen tries to close the distance and clinch up but Jansen swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Jansen scores with a nice takedown into half guard. Let's see what he's got on the ground.
Paulsen wants to get back to his feet.
Jansen controlling the action here.
Paulsen manages to escape and get back to his feet!
Paulsen throws a leg kick but Jansen sees it coming and moves out of range.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
The fight stays on the outside here - Paulsen looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Jansen tries for a takedown but Paulsen sees it coming a mile off and avoids it easily.
Paulsen tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Jansen fakes an overhand right and shoots for a takedown. Paulsen sprawls well initially but Jansen persists and gets the takedown into half guard.
Paulsen tries to kick Jansen off but Jansen keeps his base steady and stays in half guard.
Jansen is figuring out what he wants to do next.
Jansen trying to control from half guard but Paulsen is working away.
Jansen prevents Paulsen from standing back up.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Paulsen makes some distance and scrambles quickly back to his feet. Nice work!
Paulsen tries to clinch but Jansen moves out of range.
Paulsen misses with a jab, cross combination.
Jansen shoots in from a long way out. He's driving through with the takedown attempt and he eventually gets it, landing in Paulsen's guard.
Jansen stops Paulsen from standing up.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Jansen controls the pace of the fight for a moment.
Jansen won't allow Paulsen to get back to his feet.
Jansen trying to control but Paulsen is working from the bottom.
Jansen controlling from the guard. I say controlling but really, he's stalling.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close second round but Nick Jansen will probably get the nod - 10:9.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business. This is the final round!
Paulsen moves in looking to clinch but Jansen pushes him off.
Jansen darts in and lands a nice takedown into half guard.
Paulsen is trying to stand.
Jansen trying to control the action but Paulsen is working from the bottom.
The referee calls for the fighters to work.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Paulsen pushes Jansen off looking to stand but Jansen dives back in and keeps control.
Jansen not doing much here.
Paulsen pushes Jansen off and gets back to his feet.
That's one minute gone in the round.
A head kick misses from Paulsen.
Paulsen stuffs the takedown attempt from Jansen. Jansen gets slowly back to his feet.
Left hook, right uppercut from Paulsen.
Paulsen throws a head kick but Jansen moves out of range.
Paulsen doesn't manage to clinch there - Jansen circles away.
Kjetil Paulsen is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Paulsen displays good takedown defense there as he swats away a double leg from Jansen.
Paulsen scores with a kick to the midsection.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are showing their displeasure at the lack of action as loud boos ring out around the arena.
Paulsen tries to clinch up but Jansen circles away and keeps his distance.
Paulsen doesn't manage to clinch there - Jansen circles away.
Paulsen throws a sloppy head kick and Jansen moves out of range easily.
Jansen gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Paulsen wants to break the clinch but can't.
Jansen goes for a takedown in the clinch but Paulsen prevents it.
Kjetil Paulsen has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Nick Jansen.
Paulsen avoiding damage.
Paulsen lands an elbow just above Jansen 's eye.
Paulsen with a knee to the head.
Paulsen is trying to break the clinch but Jansen has him pressed against the cage.
Jansen is working for takedown but Paulsen is calmly controlling the position for now.
Paulsen creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Jansen's defenses.
Paulsen stops a takedown attempt from Jansen.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
A knee to the head by Paulsen.
Jansen drops to a knee looking for a takedown but Paulsen gets the underhooks and prevents it.
Paulsen avoiding damage.
Jansen can't get the takedown.
Paulsen landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Paulsen landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Paulsen pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Jansen closes the distance and clinches up, looking for a takedown. He shifts his weight and gets a nice trip into half guard.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Jansen is trying to control the action in half guard but Paulsen is working away on the bottom, looking perhaps to get back to full guard.
Jansen stops Paulsen from getting back to his feet.
Jansen controlling the pace.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Jansen is trying to control the action in half guard but Paulsen is working away on the bottom, looking perhaps to get back to full guard.
Paulsen wants to get back to his feet.
Jansen content to sit in half guard and control for a moment.
Paulsen is refusing to be controlled, as Jansen sits in half guard.
And that's the end of the fight!
I would just about give that final round to Nick Jansen.
I think Jansen 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 29:29
Judge Nard Betker scores the fight 28:29
Judge Radbod Blank scores the fight 30:27
The fight is ruled a draw!
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energy
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hype
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