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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Zane Evans (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Martijn de Knegt (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Zane Evans could well score a knockout today. He has the power to get to Martijn de Knegt's chin.
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BJJ Blue Belt
Solid 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
0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Zane Evans!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Martijn de Knegt!
The judges for this bout are Radbod Blank, Wagner Zegers and Paul Aken.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Nice takedown defense from Evans. No joy for de Knegt on that attempt.
de Knegt shoots in but no luck this time.
de Knegt closes the distance and clinches up with Evans, looking for a takedown. de Knegt pushes Evans against the cage but Evans circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.
Zane Evans has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Martijn de Knegt.
de Knegt is looking to clinch but Evans is avoiding it.
No joy there for Evans, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Evans leaves de Knegt with his face pressed against the mat as he sprawls beautifully, defending against a solid takedown attempt.
Evans looking to shoot here. He's gone for it and he's landed a takedown into mount! Oh, that's bad for de Knegt!
Evans controlling the position easily from mount.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Evans seems to have a rather negative gameplan on the ground. He seems keen to just score the takedown and hold down de Knegt for as long as he can get away with.
The referee stands the fighters back up. Zane Evans just wasn't active enough from the dominant position.
de Knegt just misses with a punch to the body.
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.
de Knegt misses with a takedown attempt
and Evans holds on and brings the fighters into a clinch.
Evans drags the fight down to the ground.
Evans pushes de Knegt off and scrambles back to his feet.
Evans takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
de Knegt fails in his attempt to clinch.
de Knegt looks for a takedown. He's got it. We're now in half guard.
Nice strikes from de Knegt there.
Evans kicks de Knegt off and gets back to his feet.
Evans stuffs the takedown.
Evans lands with a shot to the body.
de Knegt looks gassed!
de Knegt misses with a kick to the body.
Evans stuffs a takedown. It's all about dictating where the fight takes place and Evans wants it to stay on the feet.
de Knegt misses with an uppercut. Evans saw that one coming.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Evans throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Evans avoids the head kick by de Knegt.
de Knegt throws a two punch combo that lands nicely.
de Knegt throws a combination that misses
and Evans counters by clinching up.
Evans scores with an uppercut up the middle.
de Knegt wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
de Knegt wants to break free but Evans has control.
de Knegt is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
de Knegt looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Evans scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Evans gets control of de Knegt's arms and successfully pulls guard. Evans will no doubt be looking for submissions off his back.
Evans manages to escape and get back to his feet.
de Knegt misses with a body punch
and Evans cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Evans misses with a takedown attempt - de Knegt sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
Evans moves out of range of the strikes.
de Knegt shoots in but Evans avoids the takedown attempt easily.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Evans lands the left hand.
Evans moves out of range as de Knegt throws a body kick.
de Knegt keeps the fight on the outside.
de Knegt looking to shoot here. He's gone for it and he's landed a takedown into mount! Oh, that's bad for Evans!
de Knegt won't let Evans get back to his feet... He wants to keep the fight where it is for now.
de Knegt scoring with some good ground and pound from mount here. Will he manage to finish Evans?
de Knegt can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Evans is looking to escape.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
de Knegt looks like he's working for a submission but he's not found anything just yet.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Zane Evans 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.
Evans looking for a takedown here - he's got it.
de Knegt not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
Evans preventing the sweep.
Evans prevents de Knegt from getting back to his feet.
Evans controls from within his opponent's guard.
de Knegt is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Evans looking to control the position here, rather than advance.
That's one minute gone in the round.
de Knegt wants to sweep here but Evans controlling him for the moment.
de Knegt controls Evans momentarily but Evans frees himself.
It looks like we're going to have a standup here. Neither fighter is doing enough on the ground.
de Knegt scores with a head kick.
It looks like Zane Evans has been cut.
Evans lands a two punch combo.
de Knegt throws a right and a left that both miss.
Evans avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Evans with a hook.
de Knegt tries to clinch up.
de Knegt lands the left hand.
de Knegt is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
de Knegt is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
Zane Evans is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Evans displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as de Knegt throws out the jab.
de Knegt throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
de Knegt misses with a hook.
de Knegt tries to close the distance and clinch up but Evans swats him away and circles back towards the center.
de Knegt moves out of range of the strikes.
de Knegt tries to clinch up but Evans circles away and keeps his distance.
Evans fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
de Knegt misses with a double jab
so Evans counters with a double leg into guard. Good agility.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
de Knegt looking for a sweep. Not yet de Knegt, not yet.
de Knegt lands a beautiful switch and he's in full mount! That could spell trouble for Evans!
Evans bucks de Knegt off and manages to get back to his feet!
Martijn de Knegt seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
de Knegt feints and then cracks Evans's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Evans down.
de Knegt decides to change it up a bit and drives through with a nice takedown into half guard.
de Knegt working some ground and pound from close in. He's looking to maintain this position and strike for a while by the looks of things... although he'll probably advance to full mount in a minute now I've said that.
Evans on his back here. We all know that wrestlers don't like being on their back so let's see if Evans tries to get out of the position.
de Knegt wants to get back to his feet.
Evans wants to get back to his feet.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
de Knegt missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
Evans wants to get back to his feet.
de Knegt sitting and controlling from the half guard.
de Knegt landing with strikes to the body and head, softening up his opponent.
de Knegt postures up and decides to stand up, from the half guard. The ref calls for Evans to stand up.
de Knegt fails in his attempt to clinch.
de Knegt looks to score with a jab to the body but Evans is just out of range.
de Knegt lands with a slapping head kick.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
de Knegt closes the distance but Evans moves to the side
and Evans holds on and brings the fighters into a clinch.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close second round but I would say that Zane Evans will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Zane Evans's cut.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! The crowd applaud as we get ready to start the final round!
de Knegt throws a nice outside leg kick.
de Knegt throws a leg kick but Evans moved away.
Evans cracks de Knegt with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
Evans throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Evans tries to clinch but de Knegt is having none of it.
Evans tries to clinch but de Knegt moves away
and de Knegt counters with a three punch combination, finished off with a leg kick. Nice work.
de Knegt shoots in looking for a single leg takedown. Evans is trying to defend but de Knegt finishes it well and ends up in half guard. Let's see if he can advance position further.
Evans is trying to stand.
de Knegt tries to stand but his hand is stuck under Evans.
Evans is staying active underneath de Knegt, who seems content to just control the action from this position.
de Knegt wants to stand but Evans has hold of a leg and an arm, so he's trapped for now.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Evans manages to escape and get back to his feet!
A combination from de Knegt does no damage.
Evans lands a nice shot that snaps de Knegt's head back.
de Knegt shoots in looking for a double leg takedown. Evans defends it nicely.
No luck with that takedown attempt from Evans.
de Knegt shoots in and drives through. Evans sprawls well.
Evans throws a series of punches but de Knegt moves out of range.
de Knegt misses with a combination
and Evans counters with a shoot takedown into half guard.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
de Knegt has no desire to be mounted, so is trying to control. Evans is working away from the top position though.
de Knegt throws a strike from the bottom that misses.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
de Knegt is not content to let Evans control the position.
de Knegt is trying to get back to full guard.
de Knegt pushes Evans off looking to stand but Evans dives back in and keeps control.
Evans is just sitting in half guard, waiting for something to happen.
de Knegt wants to control but Evans is keeping busy and won't allow it.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
de Knegt is looking to escape.
The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
de Knegt swings for the body but Evans moves out of range.
de Knegt tries to clinch but Evans moves out of range.
de Knegt misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Evans.
Martijn de Knegt has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Evans throws a right and a left that both miss.
Evans gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Evans has managed to pull guard. Let's see whether he can work an aggressive guard. It will also be interesting to see what tactics de Knegt uses from the top position.
de Knegt is sitting in guard, working some ground and pound.
de Knegt works over Evans with some ground and pound from guard.
de Knegt stands up and waves to Evans to follow him.
de Knegt gets cracked there but stands up to it.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
de Knegt throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
de Knegt avoids the body shot from Evans.
Evans gets caught on his heels momentarily as he allows de Knegt to score an easy takedown into full guard.
Zane Evans is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
de Knegt trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Evans uses the cage to get back to his feet.
de Knegt scores with a spinning back kick!
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
de Knegt misses with a wild body shot.
de Knegt throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
And that's the end of the fight!
I would just about give that final round to Martijn de Knegt.
I think Evans 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 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Radbod Blank scores the fight 28:29
Judge Wagner Zegers scores the fight 28:29
Judge Paul Aken scores the fight 29:28
In favor of your winner, by split decision... Martijn de Knegt!
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