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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Alistair Manhoef (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Rachel Fay (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). The fight MMA fans around the world have waited their entire lives for!
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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
0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Alistair Manhoef!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
3 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Rachel Fay!
The judges for this bout are Wagner Zegers, Daniel Blasius and Saam Ante.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Manhoef fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Fay, pushing him back against the cage.
Manhoef crunches a lovely knee into Fay's ribcage.
Manhoef connects with a nasty looking knee right to Fay's face.
Manhoef breaks the clinch.
A chopping leg kick lands by Manhoef.
Fay looks gassed!
Manhoef chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Fay chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Manhoef can pounce on him.
Manhoef with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Fay slips a jab and a cross from Manhoef.
Manhoef closes the distance and clinches.
Manhoef manages to break the clinch.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Manhoef tests Fay's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Fay tries to clinch but fails miserably
and Manhoef counters into the clinch. Nicely done.
Manhoef escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Manhoef thumps Fay with a low kick.
Manhoef lands a big head kick that sends Fay tumbling to the mat! Manhoef takes a step backwards and waves Fay back to his feet - he wants the finish!
Fay is rocked!
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Manhoef clinches up against the cage.
Manhoef utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Manhoef escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Manhoef lands a jab. Then a cross. Then finally a nice hook to the body. Good work there by Manhoef.
Manhoef connects with a solid leg kick.
Manhoef explodes with a nice body kick and back out of range. Nice work.
Left hook, right uppercut from Manhoef.
Manhoef throws a one two combo.
Fay is still on wobbly legs! Can Manhoef finish him?
That's one minute gone in the round.
Manhoef darts in and lands a nice takedown into half guard.
Manhoef tries to pass to full mount but Fay defends it.
Fay seems to have recovered his senses.
Manhoef stands up from half guard.
Manhoef darts in and lands a nice takedown into half guard.
Manhoef wants to stand but Fay has hold of a leg and an arm, so he's trapped for now.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Manhoef uses his free foot to push down on Fay's thigh. Eventually he works his other foot free and he's advanced to mount - this is trouble for Fay.
Manhoef trying to control but he's not successful this time.
Manhoef controlling his opponent.
Fay is squirming around, avoiding Manhoef's attempts to control the action.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Manhoef looking to control and managing it successfully.
Manhoef looking to control but Fay is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.
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.
The referee stands the fighters back up. Alistair Manhoef just wasn't active enough from the dominant position.
Fay closes the distance but Manhoef moves to the side
and Manhoef counters with a takedown into side control.
Fay struggling a bit here.
Manhoef has had enough of the ground for now and decides to stand.
Fay has taken the fight to the clinch.
A nice left hand lands by Manhoef.
Manhoef manages to break the clinch.
Fay takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Manhoef rushes Fay and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Manhoef escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Fay tries to clinch but fails miserably
and Manhoef counters by moving into the clinch.
Knees to the body from Fay.
Manhoef breaks from the clinch.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Alistair Manhoef 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.
Manhoef clinches up against the cage.
Manhoef breaks from the clinch.
Fay tries to clinch up
and Manhoef counters with a slapping leg kick.
Manhoef lands with a kick to the temple. Fay shrugs as if to say "is that all you've got?"
Manhoef scoring well with a low kick there.
Manhoef darts in and lands a nice takedown into half guard.
Fay keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Manhoef postures up and decides to stand up, from the half guard. The ref calls for Fay to stand up.
Manhoef lands a nice leg kick that just misses Fay's sensitive parts.
Manhoef misses with a few strikes there.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Manhoef has Fay up against the cage in a clinch.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Fay wants to get back to striking at distance but Manhoef won't allow it.
Fay lands a knee to the body.
Fay 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.
Manhoef lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Manhoef breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Fay leaves Manhoef with his face pressed against the mat as he sprawls beautifully, defending against a solid takedown attempt.
Fay wants to clinch but Manhoef slips to the side
and Manhoef counters with a kick to the head that grazes his opponent. Fay is lucky that one didn't land flush.
Manhoef lands with a thumping leg kick.
Manhoef tries to clinch up but Fay circles away and keeps his distance.
Fay has his takedown stuffed
and Manhoef counters with a driving takedown into guard. Nice work there by Manhoef.
Manhoef is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Fay can do to turn this around?
Fay wriggles free and stands up.
Alistair Manhoef is winning the standup battle so far.
Fay throws a right high kick that is partially blocked by Manhoef.
Manhoef thumps Fay with a low kick.
Nice body kick there by Manhoef.
Manhoef scores with a kick to the midsection.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Manhoef closes the distance and pushes Fay back into the cage.
Manhoef lands a body shot.
Fay blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Fay's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Fay trying to land knees to the body.
Manhoef looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Fay lands a nice knee to the body.
Fay looking to throw knees to the head but Manhoef is blocking nicely.
Fay managing to block the knees to the body from Manhoef.
A short left from Fay.
Manhoef pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Manhoef instigates a clinch.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Fay.
Manhoef landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Fay lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Manhoef or not.
Manhoef breaks from the clinch.
Manhoef shoots in but no luck this time.
Fay throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Manhoef closes the distance and pushes Fay back into the cage.
This has been an exciting period of action!
A nice glancing elbow lands by Fay.
Manhoef unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Manhoef lands a damaging elbow.
Fay misses with a knee strike.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Manhoef landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Knees in the clinch landing for Manhoef.
Fay trying to stall but Manhoef improves his position.
Manhoef breaks the clinch.
Fay feints and as Manhoef raises his hands in defense, Fay changes levels and drives through with a takedown into guard.
Fay won't allow Manhoef to get back to his feet.
Fay tries to stand but Manhoef is controlling from the bottom.
Fay wants to control from the top but Manhoef keeps moving.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Fay wants to stand but Manhoef is controlling his posture from full guard.
Fay stops Manhoef from standing up.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Alistair Manhoef dominated that second 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. This is the final round!
Fay shoots in for a takedown but Manhoef shows good takedown defense.
A solid leg kick lands there for Manhoef.
Manhoef goes for a high kick. It partially lands.
Manhoef changes levels and drives through with a really nice takedown into side control. Fay looks really pissed at himself for not defending that better.
Manhoef grinds an elbow into Fay's temple.
Manhoef decides to stand up, so the ref orders Fay to his feet.
Manhoef throws a nice head kick!
A solid leg kick lands there for Manhoef.
The fight moves into the clinch position.
Manhoef connects with a knee to the head.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Fay is looking to control Manhoef's arms but Manhoef gets an underhook and turns him. Now Fay has his back to the cage.
Manhoef is stalling here.
Fay tries to land a knee to the head but Manhoef blocks with his arms.
Manhoef breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Manhoef throws a head kick that looked like it stung.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Fay tries to clinch
and Manhoef counters with a nice double leg into side control. Fay won't be happy with that.
Manhoef stands up and beckons Fay to his feet.
Fay clinches but Manhoef breaks the clinch
and Manhoef counters with a thumping low kick.
Manhoef gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Fay is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Manhoef is defending well for now.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Manhoef.
Manhoef manages to break the clinch.
Fay tries to clinch
and Manhoef counters into the clinch. Nicely done.
Manhoef's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Manhoef defends well against a solid takedown attempt from Fay.
Manhoef throws a series of strikes that have Fay backpedaling.
Manhoef closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Manhoef scores with a knee to the head.
Manhoef is trying to break the clinch but Fay has him pressed against the cage.
Manhoef tries to land knees in the clinch but Fay avoids the damage to the body.
Fay is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Fay is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Manhoef is defending well for now.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
A knee to the head by Manhoef.
Manhoef lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Fay tries to stall but Manhoef uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Fay looking to throw knees to the head but Manhoef is blocking nicely.
Manhoef landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Manhoef escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Fay tries to clinch up
and Manhoef counters by moving into the clinch. Good anticipation by Manhoef.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
Fay putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Manhoef in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Manhoef avoids the elbow strike from Fay, against the cage.
Manhoef breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Alistair Manhoef is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Manhoef.
Fay takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Fay tries to clinch but Manhoef moves away
and Manhoef counters with a nice double leg into half guard.
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!
Fay moves into full guard.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Manhoef stands up from guard. Let's bang!
Fay has Manhoef up against the cage in a clinch.
Manhoef avoiding damage as Fay throws knees to the body.
Manhoef connects with a knee to the head.
Manhoef breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Fay avoids a punch combination nicely.
Manhoef with a lazy takedown attempt
and Fay counters with a nice shoot takedown that brings the fighters to the ground.
Alistair Manhoef overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Fay won't allow Manhoef to get back to his feet.
Manhoef is wriggling around but Fay manages to pass to half guard.
Fay prevents Manhoef from standing back up.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Fay decides to stand and escape the position.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Manhoef leaves Fay with his face pressed against the mat as he sprawls beautifully, defending against a solid takedown attempt.
Rachel Fay has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Alistair Manhoef is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Alistair Manhoef has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Rachel Fay.
Fay thows a left - swing and a miss!
And that's the end of the fight!
Alistair Manhoef showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Manhoef has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... 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 Wagner Zegers scores the fight 30:26
Judge Daniel Blasius scores the fight 30:26
Judge Saam Ante scores the fight 30:26
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Alistair Manhoef!
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