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Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Milo Kroton (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jonathan van der Burgt (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Kroton kept the crowd waiting but all that was forgotten when his ring entrance music started. The incomparable musical genius that is Mastodon - Blood and Thunder. van der Burgt is bouncing up and down as he enters the arena, backed by Sepultura - Angel. I don't know about you partner, but I'm pumped for this one!
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199 cm
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325 lbs
4 - 1 - 0 |
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197 cm
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313 lbs
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Good wrestling
Solid boxing
Granite chin |
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BJJ Brown Belt
Decent boxing
Powerful |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the super heavyweight division. Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner. With a record of
4 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Milo Kroton! And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner. With a record of
6 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Jonathan van der Burgt! The judges for this bout are Patrick Alders, Paulsen Ambrosius and Daniel Blasius.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway! Kroton takes a body punch but keeps moving. Kroton wants to clinch up but van der Burgt keeps it at a distance. Kroton is looking to take this fight into the clinch. Kroton misses with an uppercut. A really sloppy takedown attempt there from van der Burgt. Kroton tries to clinch up. van der Burgt tries to clinch up and Kroton counters with a nice body shot. Kroton fails with a takedown attempt. Kroton fails with a takedown attempt from distance.
That's one minute gone in the round. van der Burgt tries to bum rush Kroton with a series of wild strikes but Kroton uses good footwork to avoid the assault. Kroton shoots in for a takedown from distance. He catches van der Burgt napping and manages to drive through into side control! van der Burgt is trying to improve his position. van der Burgt struggling a bit here. Kroton tries to land with some ground and pound but misses. Kroton in side control, trying to ground and pound but not landing this time.
That's two minutes gone in the round. Kroton working the ground and pound but van der Burgt is defending the strikes. Kroton throws a knee to the body but it doesn't do much damage. van der Burgt is positioning himself to get back to half guard. Kroton looking to control but instead van der Burgt has slipped a leg in, to regain half guard.
Neither fighter is doing enough for the referee's liking and he's decided to stand them back up. van der Burgt throws a jab when Kroton was well out of range. Kroton will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
That's three minutes gone in the round. Donk. van der Burgt catches Kroton right on the button with a cross.
It looks like Milo Kroton has been cut. van der Burgt missing with a left hand there. Kroton was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one. Kroton just misses with a punch to the body.
van der Burgt ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face. Kroton avoids the body shot from van der Burgt.
Kroton swinging wildly here.
Kroton keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Kroton throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around van der Burgt's waist but van der Burgt gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing Kroton off to one side. That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Milo Kroton. That's going to take a lot out of him.
That's four minutes gone in the round. van der Burgt tests Kroton's chin there with a solid looking shot. Kroton shoots and misses and van der Burgt moves into the clinch. van der Burgt lands an uppercut. van der Burgt trying to control the position but instead, Kroton has worked for underhooks and has pushed van der Burgt into the cage. van der Burgt is trying to force a seperation but Kroton has the dominant position. van der Burgt breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
van der Burgt jabs Kroton right on the nose. Kroton blinks but takes it well. Kroton moves out of range of the strikes. Kroton shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Oh and he's advanced to full mount straight away. We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out! Kroton dominating with strikes here. The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end. Kroton sends his fist crashing into the mat - the crowd let out a collective ooooooh. Let's hope he's not broken it! Kroton cracks van der Burgt with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close round but I would say that Milo Kroton will probably get the nod. The cut man is working on Milo Kroton's cut. That's time! Kroton's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.
Kroton shoots in for a takedown! He's got it and he's managed to land in full mount! That's better than Kroton was expecting from the takedown attempt, I'm sure! Kroton lands with some strikes. Kroton postures up and cracks his opponent a couple of times before moving back into close ground control. van der Burgt looks a forlorn figure.
Milo Kroton overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far. Kroton lands a big elbow. This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff! Kroton throws some wild stikes that van der Burgt manages to avoid easily.
van der Burgt takes a big shot to the head but keeps on trying to improve his position. Poor strikes thrown by Kroton there. More accuracy and less frantic strikes would help!
Kroton throws an elbow from mount that misses. Lucky escape for van der Burgt because Kroton loaded up on that one.
That's one minute gone in the round. Kroton misses with a head shot. Kroton throwing sloppy strikes, which aren't doing any damage. Kroton throwing strikes but van der Burgt uses the opportunity to regain half guard. van der Burgt trying to control but Kroton postures up.
Kroton wants to control but van der Burgt is keeping him busy. The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing. Ground and pound from Kroton. Kroton throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man. van der Burgt avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Kroton.
That's two minutes gone in the round. The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action. Kroton trying to control the action but van der Burgt is working from the bottom. Kroton not throwing his punches with enough precision this time. van der Burgt tries to get to full guard but Kroton has control of the leg. van der Burgt controlling the position well. Kroton seems to be taking a bit of a break to think of his next move. He lands a short punch in the meantime. Kroton is taking a breather. van der Burgt says something to him but it's hard to make out. Perhaps he's telling him to get on with it and actually do something.
That's three minutes gone in the round. van der Burgt trying to hold on to Kroton's head to control him but Kroton postures up.
Kroton is trying to control. van der Burgt wants to improve his position but can't escape this time. Kroton throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage. Kroton throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man. Nice strikes from Kroton there. van der Burgt blocking the ground and pound attempt from Kroton.
That's four minutes gone in the round. Kroton sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. van der Burgt defending well though. Kroton misses with a head shot. van der Burgt uses the momentum to regain guard. Kroton slips nicely into half guard. Kroton is stalling here. van der Burgt is in no mood to hang around though. He's locked up a kimura from the bottom! Kroton seems to be keeping calm but he's forced to roll out of the hold and van der Burgt has ended up in side control on the top. Nice work. The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end. van der Burgt wants to lay and pray for a moment but Kroton keeps working. Kroton struggling a bit here. And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Milo Kroton dominated that second round. The cut man is working on Milo Kroton's cut. Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin! Ladies and gentlemen, this is the final round!
Kroton ducks down and throws a hook to the body but van der Burgt moves away. A looping hook to the body misses from van der Burgt. Kroton does a little dance to reset his feet. Kroton doesn't succeed with the takedown and van der Burgt counters with a straight punch to the midsection. van der Burgt swings and misses with a shot to the body and Kroton counters with a left to the body. van der Burgt lands with a nice combination. Kroton backs away looking to recover. van der Burgt fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done. van der Burgt tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Kroton was well out of range. Poor timing from van der Burgt. Kroton tries to clinch and van der Burgt makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range. Both fighters are breathing heavily.
That's one minute gone in the round. van der Burgt fails to land with a series of punches.
van der Burgt tries to clinch but Kroton is having none of it. Jonathan van der Burgt seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout. van der Burgt throws a nice looking combination but Kroton bobs and weaves to avoid any damage. Kroton misses with a body shot.
van der Burgt throws a hook but Kroton avoids it easily. van der Burgt takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily. van der Burgt ducks down and throws a hook to the body. Kroton shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it. van der Burgt with a jab. van der Burgt jabs at Kroton's body.
That's two minutes gone in the round. van der Burgt connects with a crisp jab. This has been an exciting period of action! van der Burgt lands with a hook. Kroton tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head. Kroton throws a combination that misses and van der Burgt counters with a straight punch to the midsection. van der Burgt throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Kroton doesn't succeed with the takedown and van der Burgt counters with a nice single leg takedown and he's in Kroton's guard now. van der Burgt trying to control the position from guard on top but Kroton is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can. van der Burgt won't allow Kroton to sweep him here. van der Burgt is pushing down on Kroton's leg trying to pass to half guard. Kroton is fighting to maintain full guard but van der Burgt has managed to sneak the leg through. Kroton won't allow van der Burgt to pass to mount. Jonathan van der Burgt has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
That's three minutes gone in the round. van der Burgt not doing much here.
Kroton is not content to let van der Burgt control the position. Kroton blocking the ground and pound attempt from van der Burgt. van der Burgt wants to control but Kroton is keeping him busy. Kroton is defending against the submission attempts here by van der Burgt.
van der Burgt looking to pass the half guard. Not this time. Kroton is staying active underneath van der Burgt, who seems content to just control the action from this position.
That's four minutes gone in the round. A few boos can be heard. I'm sure they will multiply if the fighters don't pick up the pace.
The referee decides to stand the fighters back up. Kroton keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Kroton gets a takedown into half guard. Kroton trying to advance position but van der Burgt counters by regaining guard. Kroton distracts van der Burgt with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm. Milo Kroton is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach. As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action. Kroton slows down the pace of the fight, as he sits in guard. Kroton trying to control the position from guard on top but van der Burgt is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
And that's the end of the fight! Jonathan van der Burgt comfortably won the final round on my scorecard. I think Kroton 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 Patrick Alders scores the fight 29:28 Judge Paulsen Ambrosius scores the fight 29:28 Judge Daniel Blasius scores the fight 29:28
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Milo Kroton!
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energy
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hype
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pop
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mgr
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