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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Remco van Noordstrum (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Shane Ross (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Ross has chosen Johnny Cash - Ring of Fire as his entrance music, which hasn't gone down very well with the crowd. The fight MMA fans around the world have waited their entire lives for!
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178 lbs
5 - 0 - 0 |
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182 lbs
5 - 3 - 0 |
BJJ Brown Belt
Solid Muay Thai
Good chin |
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Powerful takedowns
Decent boxing
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
5 - 0 - 0, fighting out of New York, Remco van Noordstrum!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
5 - 3 - 0, fighting out of New York, Shane Ross!
The judges for this bout are Anthony Taglia, John Kavanagh and Dean Styles.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
van Noordstrum throws a low kick but Ross avoids it.
van Noordstrum pushes Ross away with a front kick.
Ross moves out of range of the leg kick from van Noordstrum.
van Noordstrum misses with a body kick.
van Noordstrum fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Ross is out of range.
Ross moves out of range of the leg kick from van Noordstrum.
van Noordstrum swings away with a leg kick that misses.
No luck with that takedown attempt from Ross.
A head kick misses from van Noordstrum.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Ross avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
van Noordstrum gets caught on his heels momentarily as he allows Ross to score an easy takedown into full guard.
That's one minute gone in the round.
van Noordstrum preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
van Noordstrum throwing his legs up looking for a triangle.
van Noordstrum working for a triangle but Ross defends it easily.
Ross is working van Noordstrum over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes.
Ross scoring with punches to the head and body.
Ross sitting in guard here, content to control.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Ross throwing strikes but missing.
Ross postures up in van Noordstrum's guard and throws a big left but van Noordstrum blocks it.
Ross seems content to control from guard here. He's going to have to remain active though if he doesn't want to get stood back up.
Ross trying to control the position from guard on top but van Noordstrum is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
van Noordstrum escapes his hips to the side and looks to be working for an armbar. Ross gives him a little smile and shakes his head. No chance.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ross distracts van Noordstrum with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.
Ross is in close to van Noordstrum's body, working some short punches and elbows.
van Noordstrum is throwing his legs up, looking for submissions. Ross is aware though and is defending well.
Ross with a nice head shot there.
Ross is just sitting in guard, looking to avoid any submissions.
van Noordstrum is throwing his legs up, looking for submissions. Ross is aware though and is defending well.
Ross lands a couple of digs.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Ross trying to control the position from guard on top but van Noordstrum is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Ross is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Ross is taking a break and basically stalling. The referee will not allow him to do that for long.
Ross postures up and lands a big shot to van Noordstrum's brow.
Ross scoring with punches to the head and body.
Ross postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.
Ross is just sitting in guard, looking to avoid any submissions.
Ross content to strike from guard, landing some decent shots.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Ross scoring with punches to the head and body.
Ross passes easily into side control. Nice work.
Ross is looking to take a break and control but van Noordstrum is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Shane Ross dominated that round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!
Ross bobs and weaves into range and then changes levels and scores with a nice takedown into side control.
Ross working the ground and pound.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Ross tries to land with some ground and pound but misses.
Ross connects with a decent looking elbow from side control that caused van Noordstrum some visible discomfort.
Ross is looking to finish here, going for an Americana. van Noordstrum knows the correct defense though, so he's OK.
Shane Ross has got the better of the ground game so far.
Ross looks up at the clock and then as van Noordstrum takes his cue and looks up at the clock too, Ross smacks him right in the chops with a big elbow! How rude!
van Noordstrum is looking to regain half guard here but Ross keeps moving and retains side control.
That's one minute gone in the round.
van Noordstrum takes a big shot right to the temple there but he's taken it well.
van Noordstrum tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Ross tries to land with some ground and pound but misses.
Ross wants to take a breather but van Noordstrum manages to regain guard - a lesson learnt for Ross.
van Noordstrum has momentary wrist control but Ross slips an elbow through the middle.
Ross trying to control the position from guard on top but van Noordstrum is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
van Noordstrum looking for submissions off his back, moving his hips, looking for an opening.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Ross lands a couple of digs.
van Noordstrum working for submissions but it's allowed Ross to get to half guard.
Ross looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks van Noordstrum with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
van Noordstrum actively working from the bottom here.
Ross is trying to control. van Noordstrum wants to improve his position but can't escape this time.
Ross is trying a forearm choke… I don't think that's going to do much at this level of the game.
van Noordstrum tries to get to full guard but Ross has control of the leg.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ross keeping composed on the top, looking to control the action.
van Noordstrum flails away from the bottom but he's not doing any damage.
van Noordstrum is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
Ross slips a nice elbow through van Noordstrum's hands, connecting with van Noordstrum's forehead.
Ross controlling the action here.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Ross wants to take a breather but van Noordstrum is having none of it.
Ross working the head and body with strikes.
Nice strikes from Ross there.
Ross lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.
van Noordstrum is trying to control but can't.
Ross winds up and cracks van Noordstrum with a swinging punch to the side of the head.
Ross wants to take a breather but van Noordstrum is having none of it.
van Noordstrum keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
van Noordstrum is trying to control but can't.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Shane Ross showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
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. Let's hear some noise people - this is the final round!
Ross checks a leg kick.
van Noordstrum uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Ross.
van Noordstrum lands with a kick to the ribs.
Remco van Noordstrum is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
van Noordstrum moves out of range of the body kick from Ross.
van Noordstrum throws a low kick, looking for Ross's leg but Ross calmly moves out of range.
Ross scores with a kick to the body.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Ross misses with a body shot.
Ross tries to score a power double leg takedown but van Noordstrum sees that one coming and sprawls well. That will dishearten Ross somewhat.
Ross misses the shot to the body.
That's one minute gone in the round.
A bone on bone clash there as Ross blocks the leg kick.
van Noordstrum tries to score with a low kick but Ross moves his leg out of the way.
van Noordstrum tries to land a leg kick but Ross saw it coming and moves away.
van Noordstrum misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Ross is looking to clinch but van Noordstrum is avoiding it.
Ross throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
A head kick from van Noordstrum lands but Ross takes it in his stride.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
There's not a lot going on here and the crowd are letting the fighters know they're not willing to tolerate a lack of action.
van Noordstrum walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
van Noordstrum misses with a low kick.
Ross avoids the head kick by van Noordstrum.
Ross throws a leg kick
and van Noordstrum counters with a good, hard body kick but Ross shrugs it off.
van Noordstrum throws a leg kick
and Ross counters with a slapping leg kick.
van Noordstrum throws a leg kick
and Ross counters with a lovely straight right hand!
van Noordstrum pulls out of a head kick attempt.
van Noordstrum throws a head kick but Ross moves out of range.
Ross tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
A lazy body kick from van Noordstrum
and Ross counters with a nice shoot takedown that brings the fighters to the ground.
Ross postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
van Noordstrum preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Ross scoring with some ground and pound.
Ross working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Ross throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Ross slips nicely into half guard.
van Noordstrum wants to control but Ross is keeping busy and won't allow it.
Ross wants to take a breather but van Noordstrum is having none of it.
Ross slips a nice elbow through van Noordstrum's hands, connecting with van Noordstrum's forehead.
van Noordstrum looking for submissions from an awkward position here.
Shane Ross is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
van Noordstrum looking for submissions from an awkward position here.
Remco van Noordstrum has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
van Noordstrum is looking for a sweep. Ross is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
Ross slips a nice elbow through van Noordstrum's hands, connecting with van Noordstrum's forehead.
van Noordstrum looking for submissions from an awkward position here.
Ross uses his free foot to push down on van Noordstrum's thigh. Eventually he works his other foot free and he's advanced to mount - this is trouble for van Noordstrum.
Ross pausing momentarily but resumes with a couple of decent strikes that do a bit of damage.
Ross controlling the position easily from mount.
Ross blocks van Noordstrum's feeble attempts to strike from the bottom.
And that's the end of the fight!
Shane Ross comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I've got Ross winning every round here. Surely the decision will go his way and he'll pick up a well deserved decision victory. 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 Anthony Taglia scores the fight 27:30
Judge John Kavanagh scores the fight 27:30
Judge Dean Styles scores the fight 27:30
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Shane Ross!
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energy
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hype
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pop
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mgr
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FIGHT
RATING
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