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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Jack Mara (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Johannes van Bruggen (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Well, the cameraman is lingering on a pretty young lady for a bit too long there. Keep your eyes on the fighters buddy or you'll miss the fighter intros!
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220 lbs
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210 lbs
2 - 0 - 0 |
BJJ Blue Belt
Solid Muay Thai
Granite chin |
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Good wrestler
Basic striking
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Jack Mara!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Johannes van Bruggen!
The judges for this bout are Patrick Alders, Paulsen Ambrosius and Nard Betker.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Mara tries to close the distance and clinch up but van Bruggen swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Mara shoots in for a takedown but van Bruggen shows good takedown defense there and keeps this one on the feet.
Mara scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
van Bruggen closes the distance, clinches up and gets a nice trip takedown into side control. Very smooth.
van Bruggen passes to full mount! That's big trouble for Mara!
van Bruggen can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Mara is looking to escape.
van Bruggen looking to finish Mara with some ground and pound. This is bad for Mara!
van Bruggen throwing sloppy strikes here. Perhaps if he tightened up his striking from such a dominant position, he'd be able to finish easier.
van Bruggen unloading with bombs!
van Bruggen tries to control but Mara wriggling away.
That's one minute gone in the round.
van Bruggen fakes a shot to the body and cracks his opponent in the head. Nice ground and pound there!
van Bruggen dominating with strikes here.
van Bruggen dominating with strikes here.
van Bruggen is landing with some decent strikes but Mara is trying to advance his position so the referee is letting the fight continue.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Mara is bucking up trying to escape but van Bruggen cracks him with another couple of good strikes.
van Bruggen misses with a series of strikes from mount. He'll no doubt be working on his ground and pound when he gets back to the gym.
van Bruggen lands a heavy elbow.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Mara avoids a series of strikes thrown by van Bruggen.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Poor strikes thrown by van Bruggen there. More accuracy and less frantic strikes would help!
Mara in a bad spot here, taking shots to the head.
van Bruggen lands a big shot there that rocks Mara but he's holding on and managing to survive for now.
van Bruggen with the ground and pound from mount.
Mara tries to hold on but van Bruggen pushes him away.
van Bruggen landing shots from mount.
van Bruggen looking to control but Mara is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.
van Bruggen might have to switch it up a bit here because his efforts to control Mara kaven't been going to plan, at least at the current moment in time.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
van Bruggen lands a heavy elbow.
van Bruggen lands a big shot there that rocks Mara but he's holding on and managing to survive for now.
van Bruggen lands with some strikes.
van Bruggen working away from the top, dropping strikes.
van Bruggen unloads with some shots from mount but Mara bucks and avoids them well.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
van Bruggen scoring with strikes but Mara is staying in there.
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!
van Bruggen trying to control but Mara is having none of it.
van Bruggen breaks from Mara's wrist control and lands an elbow.
van Bruggen connects with a couple of good shots from mount.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
van Bruggen cracks Mara with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.
Mara takes a big shot to the head but keeps on trying to improve his position.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Johannes van Bruggen 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.
van Bruggen lands with a shot to the body.
Mara wants to clinch up but van Bruggen keeps it at a distance.
van Bruggen comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Mara tries a head kick but it misses.
A shot to de liver by van Bruggen. Beautiful body shot.
van Bruggen jabbing away but nothing is landing.
van Bruggen blocks the body kick.
van Bruggen misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Mara.
Mara with a lazy takedown attempt
letting van Bruggen counter with a right hand.
van Bruggen swings for the body but Mara moves out of range.
van Bruggen checks the leg kick.
Mara tries to move into range but van Bruggen moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
No luck for Mara with that takedown attempt.
Mara keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
van Bruggen changes levels and drives through with a really nice takedown into side control. Mara looks really pissed at himself for not defending that better.
van Bruggen lands some shots froms side control.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
van Bruggen is staying tight to Mara's torso, preventing him from escaping.
van Bruggen has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
van Bruggen cracks Mara with a big right hand but Mara just smiles back at him and invites him to have another go.
That's one minute gone in the round.
van Bruggen trying to control the position but Mara is working away.
van Bruggen in side control lands a decent elbow.
van Bruggen misses with an attempted head punch from side control.
van Bruggen throwing shots but missing, from side control.
van Bruggen is looking to take a break and control but Mara is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
An elbow from van Bruggen crashes against the mat.
That's two 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.
Mara is not in a great position here, taking some shots.
Mara gives up the full mount - oops, sloppy defensive grappling there!
van Bruggen scoring with some good ground and pound from mount here. Will he manage to finish Mara?
van Bruggen putting on the heat here with some good ground and pound!
van Bruggen breaks from Mara's wrist control and lands an elbow.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
van Bruggen is still in mount, landing shots to his trapped opponent. Mara can't stay in a position like this for much longer.
van Bruggen scoring with some good ground and pound from mount here. Will he manage to finish Mara?
van Bruggen can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Mara is looking to escape.
van Bruggen is landing with some decent strikes but Mara is trying to advance his position so the referee is letting the fight continue.
van Bruggen landing strikes, looking to finish!
van Bruggen with good strikes from the mount here!
That's four minutes gone in the round.
van Bruggen with a couple of short strikes.
van Bruggen landing shots from mount.
van Bruggen with a couple of short strikes.
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!
van Bruggen avoids the attempt from Mara to control.
van Bruggen lands a couple of nice shots there from mount.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
van Bruggen with shots to the head and body - Mara looks very uncomfortable down there.
Mara is bucking up trying to escape but van Bruggen cracks him with another couple of good strikes.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Johannes van Bruggen showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
That's time! Back to the action! This is the final round!
van Bruggen closes the distance and scores a nice trip takedown into half guard. Mara did well to prevent van Bruggen getting side control.
Mara blocking the ground and pound attempt from van Bruggen.
van Bruggen wants to control but Mara is keeping him busy.
van Bruggen not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
van Bruggen wants to free his trapped foot but Mara is holding on for dear life with his legs.
van Bruggen stalling.
van Bruggen thows a huge punch but Mara dodges it nicely.
That's one minute gone in the round.
van Bruggen is trying to advance to mount but he's lost his balance and Mara reverses the position - he's now on top in van Bruggen's guard.
van Bruggen has a closed guard, preventing anything of note from happening. Perhaps he's looking to stall.
van Bruggen wants to sweep here but Mara controlling him for the moment.
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.
van Bruggen working from the bottom, still in full guard. He's managed to get a loose triangle. Mara doesn't seem to be doing much to defend here, obviously he feels comfortable in the position. Mara manages to throw the legs off his shoulder and he's back into guard - no problem.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
van Bruggen has Mara pulled in close to control his posture.
Johannes van Bruggen has got the better of the ground game so far.
Johannes van Bruggen is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
That's four 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.
Mara preventing the sweep.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
van Bruggen is persisting with the attempt to improve his position.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
van Bruggen has Mara pulled in close to control his posture.
And that's the end of the fight!
Johannes van Bruggen comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well van Bruggen has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. 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 Patrick Alders scores the fight 25:30
Judge Paulsen Ambrosius scores the fight 25:30
Judge Nard Betker scores the fight 25:30
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Johannes van Bruggen!
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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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