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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Tyrone Dark Chocolate (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Mark Holmes (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Mark Holmes will no doubt be looking to use his reach advantage to good effect.
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253 lbs
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250 lbs
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BJJ Blue Belt
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BJJ Blue Belt
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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 - 1, fighting out of Amsterdam, Tyrone Dark Chocolate! And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner. With a record of
0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Mark Holmes! The judges for this bout are Saam Ante, Albert Achterberg and Radbod Blank.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway! An inside leg kick from Holmes misses. Holmes shoots in but Dark Chocolate avoids the takedown attempt easily. Dark Chocolate avoids the head kick by Holmes.
Dark Chocolate shoots in from a long way out. He's driving through with the takedown attempt and he eventually gets it, landing in Holmes's guard. Holmes bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Dark Chocolate's guard. Dark Chocolate is looking for a triangle but Holmes pushes his legs off easily.
Dark Chocolate wants to sweep but no luck. Holmes stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Dark Chocolate swivels though and keeps the full guard. The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work. Dark Chocolate 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. Holmes looking to sit in guard and control but Dark Chocolate gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.
That's one minute gone in the round. Holmes is trying to stand up but he's not managed so far. Dark Chocolate chips away with some ground and pound. Dark Chocolate advances to half guard. Dark Chocolate is trying to control. Holmes wants to improve his position but can't escape this time. Dark Chocolate thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Holmes's head. Dark Chocolate prevents Holmes from standing back up.
The fighters are battling for position here. Holmes manages to regain full guard. Nice work. Dark Chocolate stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Holmes swivels though and keeps the full guard. Dark Chocolate might be looking to lock onto one of his opponent's long limbs for a submission, whilst we're on the ground. Dark Chocolate distracts Holmes with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.
That's two minutes gone in the round. Dark Chocolate trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet. Holmes looking to hit a scissor sweep but Dark Chocolate is one step ahead there. A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Dark Chocolate accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand. Holmes looking to sweep using the butterfly guard but Dark Chocolate puts pay to that idea as he passes nicely into half guard. Dark Chocolate 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. Dark Chocolate thows a huge punch but Holmes dodges it nicely.
Dark Chocolate tries to pass to full mount but Holmes defends it. Dark Chocolate takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists. Dark Chocolate is breathing heavily. Holmes lands one or two decent shots to the body here. Although from his own half guard, he's not going to be causing too much damage. Dark Chocolate frees up his trapped foot and advances to mount.
That's three minutes gone in the round. Dark Chocolate is in the full mount, landing strikes. Holmes flailing away with punches but nothing is landing.
Dark Chocolate avoids the attempt from Holmes to control. Dark Chocolate working away from the top, dropping strikes. Holmes taking shots to the head. Dark Chocolate connects with a couple of good shots from mount.
Holmes tries to lock up and control but Dark Chocolate gives him a forearm to the face and pushes him away. Holmes is bucking up trying to escape but Dark Chocolate cracks him with another couple of good strikes. Holmes is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two. Holmes is trying to escape the mount.
Holmes in a bad spot here, taking shots to the head.
That's four minutes gone in the round. Holmes takes a big shot to the head but keeps on trying to improve his position. Dark Chocolate dominating with strikes here. Dark Chocolate looking to finish Holmes with some ground and pound. This is bad for Holmes! Holmes is wriggling around trying to escape.
Dark Chocolate is working on an americana here. Ooh, that looks pretty nasty! Nope, Holmes has managed to escape the submission attempt.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out! The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end. Holmes is desperately trying to improve his position but Dark Chocolate has a good base and remains in mount. And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Tyrone Dark Chocolate dominated that round. Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!
Holmes fails with the takedown and Dark Chocolate counters with a shoot takedown into half guard. Dark Chocolate trying to control from half guard but Holmes is working away. The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing. Holmes has no desire to be mounted, so is trying to control. Dark Chocolate is working away from the top position though. Dark Chocolate wants to control but Holmes is keeping him busy. Dark Chocolate is going to have to think about doing something other than just controlling because Holmes is managing to avoid having the position dictated to him. Holmes is trying to stand.
Dark Chocolate working Holmes over with strikes. Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here. Dark Chocolate looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Holmes with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
That's one minute gone in the round. Dark Chocolate throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage. Dark Chocolate works his way into side control. Check out the look on Dark Chocolate's face as he threw that strike - that's one determined fighter!
Dark Chocolate tries to advance to mount but Holmes denies him. Holmes tries to improve position but can't. Dark Chocolate is looking for a kimura. He might have it! No, Holmes has escaped the position, nice work there. Holmes is looking to regain half guard here but Dark Chocolate keeps moving and retains side control. Holmes gets one leg under and gets the fight to half guard.
That's two minutes gone in the round. Dark Chocolate is nestled in close to Holmes, controlling him well. He's worked in a nice elbow to the side of the head as well, for good measure. Holmes blocking the ground and pound attempt from Dark Chocolate. Dark Chocolate seems to be looking for submissions.
Dark Chocolate thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas. Dark Chocolate missing with the ground and pound from half guard. Holmes looking to work for a kimura from the bottom.
The referee decides to stand the fighters back up. Holmes tries for a takedown but Dark Chocolate circles away easily and Dark Chocolate counters with a takedown into side control.
That's three minutes gone in the round. Dark Chocolate connects with a decent looking elbow from side control that caused Holmes some visible discomfort.
Dark Chocolate tries to advance to mount but Holmes denies him. Holmes dodges the ground and pound from Dark Chocolate. Dark Chocolate thinks about going for a far side armbar but bails out and retains the dominant position instead. Dark Chocolate working the ground and pound but Holmes is defending the strikes. Dark Chocolate tries for a kimura but Holmes is defending well. Dark Chocolate cracks Holmes with an elbow. That is naaassty.
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. Holmes keeping his opponent close. Dark Chocolate is trying to land an Americana. He has the arm isolated but Holmes is keeping cool and he's avoided the danger for now. Dark Chocolate swings around for an armbar but Holmes sees it coming a mile off and turns beautifully into Dark Chocolate's guard. Dark Chocolate can't do much from the bottom at the moment, as Holmes controls the pace. Holmes must be cautious of submissions here, given that his opponent has the superior Jiu Jitsu. Holmes trying to control but Dark Chocolate is working from the bottom. And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Tyrone Dark Chocolate dominated that second round. That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business. The crowd applaud as we get ready to start the final round!
Holmes wants to clinch but Dark Chocolate slips to the side and Dark Chocolate counters with a nice double leg into half guard. Tyrone Dark Chocolate overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far. Dark Chocolate in half guard on the top. He's looking for a kimura... He's got it locked and he's managed to free his trapped foot. Holmes tries to escape but it's on too tight and he has to tap! Great BJJ skills there from Dark Chocolate!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:27 of round 3, we have a winner by way of Submission (Kimura). Tyrone Dark Chocolate!
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