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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Claudio Spineli (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Thijs De Groot (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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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
3 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Claudio Spineli!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
3 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Thijs De Groot!
The judges for this bout are Aafke Stam, Nard Betker and Daniel Blasius.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Spineli lands with a two punch combination before moving back out of range.
Spineli keeps the fight on the outside.
De Groot avoids the body shot from Spineli.
Spineli looks to score with a jab to the body but De Groot is just out of range.
De Groot looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
De Groot ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Spineli has De Groot up against the ropes in a clinch.
De Groot gets through Spineli's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
De Groot scores with an uppercut up the middle.
De Groot has managed to pull guard. Let's see whether he can work an aggressive guard. It will also be interesting to see what tactics Spineli uses from the top position.
Spineli trying to control but De Groot is working from the bottom.
De Groot can't do much from the bottom at the moment, as Spineli controls the pace.
Spineli wants to control from the top but De Groot keeps moving.
Spineli avoids a guillotine attempt easily.
That's one minute gone in the round.
De Groot controls Spineli momentarily but Spineli frees himself.
Spineli not doing a lot at the moment. He'll have to show some more aggression or the fight will get stood up.
De Groot controls Spineli momentarily but Spineli frees himself.
Spineli wants to control from the top but De Groot keeps moving.
Well, the referee has seen enough. Neither fighter is active enough on the ground so he's stood them back up.
De Groot closes the distance and clinches.
Spineli stalling the fight.
Spineli trying to land knees to the body.
Spineli trying to control the position but instead, De Groot has worked for underhooks and has pushed Spineli into the ropes.
That's two 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.
Spineli breaks the clinch.
Spineli fails with the takedown.
Spineli tries to keep at a distance but De Groot has taken the fight into the clinch.
Spineli throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but De Groot blocks it with crossed arms.
Spineli wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
De Groot wants to break free but Spineli has control.
De Groot scores with a shot to the side of Spineli's head.
It looks like Claudio Spineli has been cut.
De Groot keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Spineli's efforts to push away.
De Groot is trying to maintain a safe position but Spineli gets an underhook and turns De Groot into the ropes.
De Groot wants to get back to striking at distance but Spineli won't allow it.
A short uppercut from De Groot.
De Groot is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the ropes.
Spineli trying to control the position but instead, De Groot has worked for underhooks and has pushed Spineli into the ropes.
De Groot lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
De Groot lands a right hand.
De Groot is trying to work for a single leg takedown but Spineli pulls him back up using the underhooks.
De Groot working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Spineli is breathing heavily.
A nice left hand lands by De Groot.
De Groot gets control of Spineli's arms and successfully pulls guard. De Groot will no doubt be looking for submissions off his back.
The fighters are trapped in the ropes so we're going to have a reposition here. The ref calls for a break and repositions the fighters in the center of the ring.
De Groot tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Spineli stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. De Groot swivels though and keeps the full guard.
De Groot is looking to get back to his feet but can't, whilst Spineli is controlling him.
Spineli trying to control the position from guard on top but De Groot is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Spineli won't allow De Groot to get back to his feet.
Spineli would like to get this fight back to the feet but can't get free from the closed guard.
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.
Spineli throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as De Groot works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Neither fighter is doing enough for the referee's liking and he's decided to stand them back up.
De Groot tries to clinch but fails miserably
and Spineli counters with a straight right hand.
Thijs De Groot seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Spineli circles away from the clinch attempt
and Spineli counters with a three punch combination, finished off with a leg kick. Nice work.
Spineli throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
De Groot fails in his attempt to clinch.
De Groot clinches up against the ropes.
A right hook to the body lands for De Groot.
De Groot fails to pull guard.
De Groot tries to score a body lock takedown but Spineli shows good agility there to stay on his feet.
Claudio Spineli has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Thijs De Groot.
Spineli misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from De Groot.
Spineli stalling in the clinch but De Groot improves position.
A shot in the inside from De Groot.
Spineli working hard to break the clinch.
De Groot changes levels and goes for a takedown here. Spineli fights it off and pushes away nicely.
De Groot pushes Spineli up against the ropes in a clinch.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Thijs De Groot dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Claudio Spineli'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.
De Groot fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
De Groot darts in and clinches Spineli up against the ropes.
Spineli's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Spineli throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but De Groot blocks it with crossed arms.
Spineli wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
De Groot jumps guard but Spineli stands there with De Groot around his waist. De Groot gives up and drops back to his feet. We remain in the clinch.
Spineli is trying to break the clinch but De Groot has him pressed against the ropes.
De Groot lands a hook that snaps the head of Spineli backwards.
Spineli tries to break free but De Groot pushes him back against the ropes.
De Groot lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Spineli pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the ropes.
De Groot tries to stall but Spineli uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Spineli's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Spineli with a body punch. A glancing blow.
De Groot takes the fight into the clinch.
Spineli wants to break the clinch but can't.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
De Groot can't get the takedown.
Claudio Spineli has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Thijs De Groot.
De Groot jumps into guard, dragging Spineli to the mat.
Spineli working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
That's one minute gone in the round.
De Groot trying to strike off his back.
De Groot trying to strike from the bottom but really, it's not the best position to be doing that from!
Spineli seems content to control from guard here. He's going to have to remain active though if he doesn't want to get stood back up.
De Groot is looking to get back to his feet but can't, whilst Spineli is controlling him.
De Groot throws a couple of shots from the bottom but they don't land.
De Groot throws a couple of weedy looking strikes off his back.
De Groot trying to strike off his back.
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.
The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Spineli misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from De Groot.
Spineli stuffs a takedown. It's all about dictating where the fight takes place and Spineli wants it to stay on the feet.
De Groot clinches up with Spineli and pushes him back against the ropes.
De Groot lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
De Groot throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Spinelis head.
Spineli missing with knees to the body.
Spineli is looking to break free of the clinch but De Groot has double underhooks.
De Groot pulls guard effortlessly.
Spineli looking to sit in guard and control but De Groot gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.
Spineli keeping moving, preventing De Groot from controlling successfully.
De Groot decides to stand up and beckons his opponent to follow.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Spineli throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
De Groot tries to close the distance and clinch up but Spineli swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Claudio Spineli is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Spineli tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
De Groot gets the takedown into side control.
De Groot in side control lands a nice looking series of punches and elbows.
De Groot in side control, throwing shots but Spineli defends.
Spineli is looking to work his way out of this bad position but De Groot is controlling him well.
De Groot decides to stand back up. De Groot steps back and let's Spineli get back to his feet.
De Groot's corner calls for a 1-2. De Groot obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
Spineli gets cracked with a nice right hand there by De Groot.
De Groot moves into range and throws a combination. A nice jab followed by a hook to the body.
De Groot is looking to clinch but Spineli is avoiding it.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
De Groot throws the overhand right but ducks down into a quick takedown attempt. Spineli was covering up waiting for the punch and De Groot finishes the takedown easily into guard.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
De Groot missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
De Groot throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Spineli works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
De Groot thinks about going for a leg but decides against it, in order to maintain the position.
De Groot prevents Spineli from getting back to his feet.
De Groot with a flurry of punches that miss.
De Groot decides to stand up and beckons his opponent to follow.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Thijs De Groot showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Claudio Spineli's cut.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action. This is the final round!
De Groot throws a one two combo.
De Groot has taken the fight to the clinch.
De Groot fails to pull the fight into his guard.
De Groot lands with a short punch from the clinch.
De Groot lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Spineli backwards.
De Groot is trying to force a seperation but Spineli has the dominant position.
Spineli's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
De Groot tries to take the fight to the ground by pulling guard but can't manage it.
Spineli stops a takedown attempt from De Groot.
Claudio Spineli has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Thijs De Groot.
Spineli gets underhooks to prevent De Groot's takedown attempt.
De Groot manages to break the clinch.
De Groot misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.
Spineli is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by De Groot.
De Groot misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
De Groot ducks under a wild hook from Spineli.
Spineli misses with a wild combination.
Spineli tries to keep at a distance but De Groot has taken the fight into the clinch.
That's one minute gone in the round.
De Groot is stalling here. The referee will be looking to step in if he doesn't pick up the pace.
Spineli using the Thai plumb to throw knees but De Groot has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
De Groot keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Spineli's efforts to push away.
Spineli escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
De Groot darts in and lands a nice takedown into half guard.
De Groot really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Spineli. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
De Groot wants to get back to his feet.
De Groot throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Spineli is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
Spineli looking for submissions from an awkward position here.
De Groot wants to stand but Spineli has hold of a leg and an arm, so he's trapped for now.
De Groot wants to lay and pray for a moment but Spineli keeps working.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
De Groot missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
It looks like we're going to have a standup here. Neither fighter is doing enough on the ground.
De Groot dives in and grabs Spineli's left leg, looking for a takedown. Spineli pushes down on De Groot's head and hops out.
The fight moves into the clinch position.
Spineli looking to throw knees to the head but De Groot is blocking nicely.
Spineli prevents a takedown attempt there.
De Groot lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Spineli backwards.
De Groot will no doubt start fighting again in a minute but for now he's just having a little rest, leaning Spineli up against the ropes.
A short right from De Groot.
De Groot is struggling to control the position.
A right handed body shot lands from De Groot.
Spineli gets double underhooks to prevent a takedown attempt from De Groot.
De Groot wants to break the clinch but can't.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
De Groot lands a nice uppercut.
De Groot tries to circle away but Spineli has him pinned against the ropes.
Spineli tries to circle away but De Groot has him pinned against the ropes.
Spineli gets double underhooks to prevent a takedown attempt from De Groot.
De Groot is working for takedown but Spineli is calmly controlling the position for now.
Claudio Spineli has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
De Groot lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Spineli pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
De Groot shoots in looking for a takedown. Spineli tries to sprawl out of it but De Groot keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the ropes. Spineli manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.
De Groot goes to the watering hole and comes back with a big thumbs up from the judges as he scores a three punch combo.
De Groot fails with an attempt to clinch.
De Groot tries to close the distance and clinch up but Spineli swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Thijs De Groot is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Spineli misses with an uppercut. De Groot saw that one coming.
Spineli gets caught on his heels momentarily as he allows De Groot to score an easy takedown into full guard.
And that's the end of the fight!
Thijs De Groot comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well De Groot 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 Aafke Stam scores the fight 27:30
Judge Nard Betker scores the fight 27:30
Judge Daniel Blasius scores the fight 27:30
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Thijs De Groot!
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energy
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hype
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FIGHT
RATING
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