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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Bas De Groote (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Didier Drogba (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). De Groote comes into the arena with Bas' Theme blaring out of the sound system. Bas De Groote has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?
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BJJ Purple Belt
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the heavyweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
12 - 2 - 0, fighting out of London, Bas De Groote!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
7 - 0 - 0, fighting out of London, Didier Drogba!
The judges for this bout are James Ackerman, Colin Fotheringham and Paul Tew.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Drogba leaves De Groote with his face pressed against the mat as he sprawls beautifully, defending against a solid takedown attempt.
Drogba takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Drogba displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as De Groote throws out the jab.
Drogba pulls out of a head kick attempt.
A jab lands there for De Groote.
De Groote throws a sloppy head kick and Drogba moves out of range easily.
Drogba throws a sloppy head kick
and De Groote decides to take the opportunity to score a takedown. He's landed in Drogba's guard.
De Groote loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Drogba wants to get back to his feet but he's too absorbed in his own little project and De Groote manages to pass to side control.
De Groote seems to be working for a kimura but Drogba defends the submission attempt.
De Groote 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.
De Groote is working for submissions here but there's nothing on.
That's one minute gone in the round.
De Groote thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
Drogba trying to control but De Groote postures up.
Drogba looks like he's trying to stand up.
De Groote is keen to just control but Drogba is a slippery customer.
It looks like we're going to have a standup here. Neither fighter is doing enough on the ground.
De Groote lands with a hook. Drogba tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
De Groote misses with a wild combination.
A head kick by Drogba misses
and De Groote counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.
De Groote dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
De Groote throws a body kick that misses.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Drogba tries a head kick but it misses.
Drogba turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Didier Drogba is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
De Groote shoots in for a takedown. He's persisting with it as Drogba sprawls well. Drogba wins this battle and keeps the fight standing. De Groote gets slowly back to his feet.
Drogba throws out a leg kick but De Groote moves out of range and Drogba only half commits.
De Groote misses with a leg kick.
De Groote throws a right hand that Drogba ducks under and follows up with a left that Drogba also avoids with ease.
Drogba thows a leg kick but De Groote checks it
and De Groote counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.
De Groote swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
De Groote moves into range and connects with a jab.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Drogba takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
De Groote throws a wild body kick that Drogba sees coming a mile off.
A nice inside leg kick there by Drogba. That's going to slow De Groote down.
A right-left combo lands from De Groote.
A slapping leg kick lands for Drogba.
No joy there for De Groote, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Drogba throws a head kick but De Groote moves out of range.
De Groote tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Drogba was well out of range. Poor timing from De Groote.
De Groote misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Bas De Groote. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Drogba scores with a push kick.
De Groote is breathing heavily.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Drogba throws a head kick that misses
and De Groote counters with a shoot takedown. Drogba fights it but they end up in guard.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Drogba escapes his hips to the side and looks to be working for an armbar. De Groote gives him a little smile and shakes his head. No chance.
De Groote might be looking to lock onto one of his opponent's long limbs for a submission, whilst we're on the ground.
De Groote wants to control from the top but Drogba keeps moving.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
De Groote drops back looking for a leg! Drogba is in trouble here! The fighters roll with the hold and Drogba manages to kick De Groote off! De Groote jumps back into Drogba's guard.
Drogba bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in De Groote's guard.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
De Groote trying to control the position.
De Groote throwing his legs up looking for a triangle.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Bas De Groote dominated that round.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.
Drogba connects with a high kick.
It looks like Bas De Groote has been cut.
De Groote on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Drogba. Drogba obviously looking to wear him down.
Drogba lands with a thumping leg kick.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Drogba lands a big head kick that sends De Groote tumbling to the mat! Drogba takes a step backwards and waves De Groote back to his feet - he wants the finish!
Didier Drogba seems to be getting the better of the standup.
De Groote chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Drogba can pounce on him.
Drogba lands a big head kick that sends De Groote tumbling to the mat! Drogba takes a step backwards and waves De Groote back to his feet - he wants the finish!
De Groote is rocked!
Drogba throws a solid leg kick but De Groote takes the impact on his shin and smiles at Drogba.
Drogba throws a solid leg kick but De Groote takes the impact on his shin and smiles at Drogba.
De Groote tries to score a power double leg takedown but Drogba sees that one coming and sprawls well. That will dishearten De Groote somewhat.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Drogba throws a solid leg kick but De Groote takes the impact on his shin and smiles at Drogba.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Drogba scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
De Groote checks a leg kick.
Didier Drogba seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
De Groote misses with a wild body shot.
De Groote buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Drogba throws a low kick, looking for De Groote's leg but De Groote calmly moves out of range.
Drogba wants to slow De Groote down by chopping away at his legs.
Drogba dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on De Groote. That did some damage!
Drogba lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Drogba throws a sloppy head kick and De Groote moves out of range easily.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
De Groote tries to check the leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
De Groote is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
De Groote blocks a low kick nicely.
De Groote blocks a low kick nicely.
De Groote shoots in looking for a single leg takedown. Drogba is trying to defend but De Groote finishes it well and ends up in half guard. Let's see if he can advance position further.
Drogba gets back to full guard.
Drogba has a closed guard, preventing anything of note from happening. Perhaps he's looking to stall.
Drogba escapes his hips to the side and looks to be working for an armbar. De Groote gives him a little smile and shakes his head. No chance.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
De Groote is sitting in guard, working some ground and pound.
De Groote throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Drogba works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
De Groote has gone for a leg lock! Drogba slips out almost immediately though and dives into De Groote's guard.
Drogba is looking to stand up but De Groote won't let him.
De Groote is looking to sweep but instead, Drogba has passed into half guard.
Drogba wants to lay and pray for a moment but De Groote keeps working.
De Groote is looking to sinch up a guillotine here but Drogba pulls his head out easily.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
De Groote looking for submissions from an awkward position here.
Drogba wants to control but De Groote is keeping him busy.
Drogba is looking for a kimura here.
Drogba controlling the action here.
Neither fighter is doing enough for the referee's liking and he's decided to stand them back up.
Drogba throws a sloppy head kick
and De Groote counters with a shoot takedown. Drogba fights it but they end up in guard.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
De Groote is fighting to break Drogba's control of his arms but Drogba is doing a good job of controlling the position at the moment.
Drogba is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Didier Drogba showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Bas De Groote's cut.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.
Nice cross by De Groote.
De Groote throws a leg kick that is checked
and Drogba counters with a good, hard body kick but De Groote shrugs it off.
Drogba misses with a low kick.
De Groote throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Didier Drogba is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Drogba sees a low kick coming and goes to check it, but it's actually a body kick and it thuds into his unprotected ribs.
Drogba thows a leg kick but De Groote checks it
and De Groote counters with a three punch combo that has Drogba backing up. Drogba nods at De Groote to acknowledge the strikes.
Drogba throws a leg kick but De Groote moved away.
De Groote scores a takedown into full mount!
De Groote looking for a guillotine from mount but Drogba is having none of it.
De Groote lands a shot to the body, followed up by a shot to the exposed head of his trapped opponent.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Drogba is trying desperately to improve position.
Drogba blocking the ground and pound.
De Groote punishing his opponent with strikes.
De Groote goes for an armbar but he's not got it… Drogba turns into him and now he's in De Groote's guard.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Drogba looking to sit in guard and control but De Groote gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.
Drogba keeping moving, preventing De Groote from controlling successfully.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
De Groote drops back for a leg but he's not going to get it - he lets go and Drogba dives on top into guard.
De Groote tries to land a sweep but no joy.
De Groote controls Drogba momentarily but Drogba frees himself.
Drogba wants to stand but De Groote has a closed guard, so he can't escape.
De Groote is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.
De Groote working a defensive guard here.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
De Groote keeping moving, preventing Drogba from controlling successfully.
De Groote controls Drogba momentarily but Drogba frees himself.
Neither fighter is doing enough for the referee's liking and he's decided to stand them back up.
Drogba throws a lazy body kick
and De Groote counters with a right hand to the body.
Drogba scores with a head kick.
De Groote checks a low kick from Drogba.
De Groote scores with a kick to the midsection.
De Groote shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Oh and he's advanced to full mount straight away.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
De Groote cracks Drogba with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Drogba taking shots to the head.
Drogba defends a decent attempt at a guillotine from De Groote.
Drogba is desperately trying to improve his position but De Groote has a good base and remains in mount.
De Groote punching from mount but Drogba doing a good job of avoiding damage.
De Groote landing strikes from the mount and Drogba is in trouble!
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
De Groote putting on the heat here with some good ground and pound!
De Groote throwing strikes but Drogba bucks up and reverses the position. He's now in guard on top.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
De Groote looking to pass the guard.
De Groote drops back looking for a heel hook - he quickly realises he's not going to get it but Drogba manages to dive on top of him before he can escape and now De Groote has Drogba in his guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Bas De Groote clearly takes that round.
The cut man is working on Bas De Groote's cut.
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.
Drogba thows a leg kick but De Groote checks it
and De Groote counters with a straight right hand.
De Groote fakes high and shoots in for a takedown but Drogba avoids it really well and circles away.
De Groote darts in and lands a nice takedown into half guard.
De Groote sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Drogba defending well though.
Drogba blocking the ground and pound attempt from De Groote.
De Groote missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
Drogba moves his hips nicely and gets into full guard.
Drogba wriggles free and stands up.
That's one minute gone in the round.
De Groote dives in and grabs Drogba's left leg, looking for a takedown. Drogba pushes down on De Groote's head and hops out.
Drogba throws a head kick that looked like it stung.
De Groote tries to shoot in for a takedown. He's got hold of a leg but Drogba swivels and escapes.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Bas De Groote. That's going to take a lot out of him.
It's got to the stage where if one of these guys blows hard enough, the other might fall over.
Drogba misses with a body kick.
Thud! ouch! good body kick from Drogba - that will leave a mark!
Drogba avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Drogba misses with a leg kick
and De Groote counters with a solid body kick.
Drogba throws a head kick that misses
and De Groote counters with a nice low kick that buckles Drogba's knee momentarily.
De Groote throws a nice inside leg kick.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Drogba pulls out of a head kick attempt.
De Groote scores with a kick to the body.
Drogba misses with a leg kick
and De Groote counters with a nice uppercut.
De Groote shoots in and gets a takedown into half guard. De Groote showed some decent athleticism there.
De Groote is working hard to pass the guard. He's done it - he's now in full mount! Trouble for Drogba!
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Drogba manages to regain half guard whilst avoiding the strikes.
De Groote is nestled in close to Drogba, controlling him well. He's worked in a nice elbow to the side of the head as well, for good measure.
De Groote thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
Drogba is looking for a sweep. De Groote is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
De Groote is working for a kimura but Drogba is defending it quite comfortably.
De Groote not landing any meaningful shots this time.
De Groote thows a huge punch but Drogba dodges it nicely.
De Groote thows a huge punch but Drogba dodges it nicely.
De Groote throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
It looks like we're going to have a standup here. Neither fighter is doing enough on the ground.
Drogba defending well as De Groote loads up on a big left hand.
Drogba misses with a leg kick
and De Groote counters with a straight right hand.
De Groote lands a right hook to the body.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are hurling abuse towards the fighters... You can hardly blame them though because there isn't a lot going on in the fight.
De Groote misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
De Groote avoids the head kick by Drogba.
Drogba takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
Drogba defending well as De Groote loads up on a big left hand.
De Groote ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Drogba connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
De Groote missing with a left hand there. Drogba was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
De Groote thows a leg kick but Drogba checks it
and Drogba counters with a nice low kick that buckles De Groote's knee momentarily.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
De Groote blocks a head kick by Drogba.
A low kick from De Groote misses
and Drogba counters with an outside leg kick.
Drogba tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Didier Drogba dominated that fourth round.
The cut man is working on Bas De Groote's cut.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! This is the final round!
Nice defenses there by Drogba.
Drogba throws a sloppy head kick
and De Groote counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Drogba thinking.
Drogba tries a head kick but it misses.
Drogba wants to land a leg kick but De Groote is out of range.
A cross from De Groote lands.
Drogba misses with a low kick.
De Groote has a takedown stuffed.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
A low kick from Drogba is predictable there
and De Groote counters with a driving takedown into guard. Nice work there by De Groote.
De Groote is looking to advance position but Drogba has hit a scissor sweep - now he's on top in mount!
Drogba prevents De Groote from getting the reversal.
Both of our modern day gladiators look out of it here - an gruelling 5 rounds of action taking it's toll on them, no doubt.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Drogba controlling the pace for now.
De Groote tries to lock up and control but Drogba gives him a forearm to the face and pushes him away.
De Groote is desperately trying to improve his position but Drogba has a good base and remains in mount.
Drogba jumps to the side looking to secure the arm triangle…. Ooooh, that looks tight… De Groote is gargling but he's managed to escape! Nice work there by De Groote and Drogba has given up the dominant position trying to land that submission.
De Groote is looking for a sweep.
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.
Drogba goes for an armbar here - this could be all over! But no, De Groote has escaped beautifully and is now on top in side control! Oh, that's unlucky for Drogba but great work by De Groote.
De Groote is looking for a kimura. He might have it! No, Drogba has escaped the position, nice work there.
Drogba is trying to get back to half guard.
De Groote lands a few punches from side control.
De Groote advances to full mount.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
De Groote looking to control but Drogba is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.
De Groote moves into side control, trying to work for a kimura. That looks painful! Will he finish!!?? No, Drogba has worked his arm free - good work by Drogba!
De Groote trying to control the action but Drogba is working from the bottom.
Drogba tries to improve position but can't.
De Groote misses with the ground and pound.
Drogba looks to move to half guard but instead De Groote has passed into mount! Damn!
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are hurling abuse towards the fighters... You can hardly blame them though because there isn't a lot going on in the fight.
Drogba is trying to escape the mount.
Drogba is trying to get to the cage to help him get back to his feet.
De Groote moves into side control, trying to work for a kimura. That looks painful! Will he finish!!?? No, Drogba has worked his arm free - good work by Drogba!
De Groote wants to work for a kimura but he's foiled early by Drogba, who protects the arm well.
De Groote sitting in side control, looking to soften his opponent up with elbows and hammerfists but Drogba is avoiding damage well and looking to escape the position.
A lull in the action here as De Groote stalls from top position.
And that's the end of the fight!
Bas De Groote showed his dominance in that final round.
I think De Groote has won this one but let's see what the judges have to say. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 5 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge James Ackerman scores the fight 48:47
Judge Colin Fotheringham scores the fight 48:47
Judge Paul Tew scores the fight 48:47
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Bas De Groote!
Bas De Groote retains his heavyweight title!
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