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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Vincent Van Gogh (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and isaha tabares (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.
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225 lbs
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250 lbs
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BJJ White 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
0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Vincent Van Gogh!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, isaha tabares!
The judges for this bout are Steve Erwin, Eliza Hachem and Hugh Johnson.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
tabares swats away the attempt to clinch by Van Gogh.
Van Gogh changes levels and looks for a double leg takedown. tabares tries to avoid it but Van Gogh manages to keep hold of a leg and drag tabares to the ground. tabares escapes though and pops straight back up to his feet.
Van Gogh tries to clinch but tabares moves out of range.
tabares tries for a takedown but Van Gogh circles away easily
and Van Gogh moves into the clinch.
Van Gogh tries to land knees in the clinch but tabares avoids the damage to the body.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Van Gogh just misses with a elbow thrown towards tabares's brow.
tabares working hard to break the clinch.
Van Gogh gets underhooks to prevent tabares's takedown attempt.
tabares lands with a right to the head.
Van Gogh pushes off an throws an elbow but tabares leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
tabares manages to pull guard. Let's see whether he can land a sub off his back.
Van Gogh stands up over tabares, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head.
tabares wants to improve his position but instead Van Gogh has moved into half guard.
tabares is not content to let Van Gogh control the position.
tabares actively working from the bottom here.
tabares looking for submissions from an awkward position here.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Van Gogh lands with a punch from half guard.
Van Gogh landing with strikes to the body and head, softening up his opponent.
Van Gogh stands up from half guard.
tabares fails with the takedown
and Van Gogh counters with a nice shoot takedown that brings the fighters to the ground.
Vincent Van Gogh has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of isaha tabares.
tabares looks gassed!
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Van Gogh showing good wrestling skills to control the position.
Van Gogh loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
tabares working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Van Gogh.
Van Gogh works over tabares with some ground and pound from guard.
Van Gogh with a nice head shot there.
tabares wants to stand but Van Gogh is controlling the position.
tabares working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Van Gogh.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
tabares has momentary wrist control but Van Gogh slips an elbow through the middle.
Van Gogh's corner is telling him to maintain position.
Van Gogh trying to control but tabares is working from the bottom.
Van Gogh passes tabares's left leg - he's now in half guard.
tabares taking some punishment here, with Van Gogh in his half guard.
tabares is trying to maintain the position but Van Gogh is very close to passing his half guard.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
tabares is trying to avoid being dragged into an even worse position than he's already in but Van Gogh is staying active.
Van Gogh working tabares over with strikes.
Van Gogh winds up and cracks tabares with a swinging punch to the side of the head.
Van Gogh trying to mount his opponent but tabares defends it.
Well, if Van Gogh is going to just lie there, perhaps we should talk about what we're having for dinner tonight… I'm having a ham and pineapple pizza… Yum. Can't wait.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Van Gogh wants to lay and pray for a moment but tabares keeps working.
tabares is looking to control Van Gogh's leg but it's slowly edging free. Can tabares avoid being mounted?
The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. Van Gogh lands a nice short elbow.
tabares is trying to control but can't.
Van Gogh lands strikes from half guard.
Van Gogh working the head and body with strikes.
Van Gogh slips a nice elbow through tabares's hands, connecting with tabares's forehead.
tabares taking some punishment here, with Van Gogh in his half guard.
Van Gogh lands with a punch from half guard.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
tabares is not content to let Van Gogh control the position.
tabares is looking for a sweep. Van Gogh is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
Van Gogh looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks tabares with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
Van Gogh looks to score some points with some ground and pound.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
The two fighters exchange a few words. I couldn't hear what they were saying but maybe it's more fun if you make it up yourself. Van Gogh connects with a nice short shot to tabares's temple.
Van Gogh lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.
Van Gogh looks to score some points with some ground and pound.
Van Gogh wants to lay and pray for a moment but tabares keeps working.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Van Gogh lands strikes from half guard.
Van Gogh is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Vincent Van Gogh dominated that round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!
Van Gogh is looking to clinch but tabares is avoiding it.
tabares avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Van Gogh lands a nice looking body kick.
Van Gogh wants to clinch.
Van Gogh fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt tabares.
Van Gogh tries to close the distance and clinch up but tabares swats him away and circles back towards the center.
The fight stays on the outside here - Van Gogh looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Van Gogh wants to slow tabares down by chopping away at his legs.
Van Gogh moves into the clinch.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Van Gogh has a body lock and is looking for a takedown. tabares is bouncing around trying to prevent the takedown and somehow he has indeed managed to stay on his feet.
Van Gogh gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Van Gogh is pressed up against the cage. tabares has hold of a leg and is looking to drag Van Gogh down to the mat. Van Gogh avoids the attempt though and has circled away. We're back to striking at a distance.
Van Gogh closes the distance and pushes tabares back into the cage.
tabares is breathing heavily.
Van Gogh lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Van Gogh slows down the pace here.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Van Gogh tightens his grip and picks tabares up, before dumping him to the ground. tabares manages to land in guard.
Van Gogh distracts tabares with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.
Van Gogh knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for tabares on the ground.
Van Gogh with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.
Van Gogh decides to stand up and beckons his opponent to follow.
Van Gogh tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
tabares avoids the head kick by Van Gogh.
Van Gogh clinches up against the cage.
Van Gogh creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through tabares's defenses.
tabares dodges an elbow strike from Van Gogh.
Van Gogh is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that tabares can do to turn this around?
Van Gogh lands an elbow inside.
Van Gogh pushes off an throws an elbow but tabares leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Van Gogh missing with knees to the body.
tabares avoiding damage as Van Gogh throws knees to the body.
tabares tries to jump guard but he falls flat on his backside. Van Gogh smiles and moves away.
Van Gogh instigates a clinch.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Van Gogh lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
tabares fails to pull the fight into his guard.
Vincent Van Gogh has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of isaha tabares.
tabares takes an elbow to the forehead.
Van Gogh prevents tabares from breaking the clinch.
Van Gogh comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
It looks like isaha tabares has been cut.
Van Gogh lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Van Gogh lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Van Gogh using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Van Gogh unloads a knee to the mid-section.
tabares takes an elbow to the temple.
Van Gogh unloads a knee to the mid-section. tabares lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Van Gogh crunches a lovely knee into tabares's ribcage.
Van Gogh has dropped down and is working for a takedown. tabares is trying to keep an underhook but Van Gogh manages to get the takedown into half guard.
Van Gogh perhaps working for something from half guard, or maybe not. It looks like he's just sitting there.
tabares is trying to stand up here but Van Gogh is controlling him well.
Van Gogh landing with strikes to the body and head, softening up his opponent.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Van Gogh scores with a couple of good hammerfists.
tabares is looking to improve his position.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
tabares wants to control but Van Gogh is keeping busy and won't allow it.
Nice strikes from Van Gogh there.
tabares taking some punishment here, with Van Gogh in his half guard.
Van Gogh 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.
Van Gogh scoring with strikes to the body and head.
Van Gogh working the head and body with strikes.
Van Gogh content to control rather than advance.
Van Gogh looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks tabares with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Van Gogh wants to free his trapped foot but tabares is holding on for dear life with his legs.
tabares wants to control but Van Gogh is keeping busy.
Van Gogh slips a nice elbow through tabares's hands, connecting with tabares's forehead.
Van Gogh landing with strikes to the body and head, softening up his opponent.
Van Gogh performing his best blanket impression for a moment.
Van Gogh scores with a couple of good hammerfists.
Vincent Van Gogh overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Van Gogh prevents tabares from improving his position.
Van Gogh working over tabares with some ground and pound. tabares looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Vincent Van Gogh dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on isaha tabares's cut.
That's time! Van Gogh's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight. Let's hear some noise people - this is the final round!
Van Gogh cracks the inside of tabares's front leg.
Van Gogh pushes tabares up against the cage in a clinch.
Van Gogh using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Van Gogh lands an elbow inside.
Van Gogh comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Van Gogh missing with knees to the body.
Van Gogh turns his back and goes for a hip toss. It's a bit messy but it gets the job done and Van Gogh manages to end up in side control.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Van Gogh working the ground and pound.
Van Gogh taking a breather here.
tabares tries to work a leg under to get back to half guard but Van Gogh wriggles his own leg back out and remains in side control.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Van Gogh lands a few punches from side control.
Van Gogh grinds an elbow into tabares's temple.
tabares on the wrong end of some ground and pound.
tabares on the wrong end of some ground and pound.
tabares is rocked!
That's one minute gone in the round.
Van Gogh working the head with strikes.
tabares is still in real trouble! Can Van Gogh finish him?
Van Gogh cracks tabares with a big elbow.
Van Gogh cracks tabares with a big right hand but tabares just smiles back at him and invites him to have another go.
Van Gogh works a knee to the body and follows up with a nice elbow to the head.
tabares is positioning himself to get back to half guard.
Van Gogh working the head and body with strikes.
tabares manages to work his way to half guard, despite Van Gogh's best efforts.
tabares seems to have recovered his senses.
Van Gogh lands strikes from half guard.
tabares trying to control from the bottom.
Van Gogh scoring with strikes to the body and head.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Van Gogh lands with a punch from half guard.
Van Gogh scoring with strikes to the body and head.
Van Gogh looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks tabares with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
Van Gogh looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks tabares with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
tabares looking for submissions off his back.
Van Gogh is working hard to pass the guard. He's done it - he's now in full mount! Trouble for tabares!
This has been an exciting period of action!
Van Gogh looking to finish tabares with some ground and pound. This is bad for tabares!
Van Gogh landing shots from mount.
Van Gogh scoring with strikes but tabares is staying in there.
Van Gogh putting on the heat here with some good ground and pound!
tabares keeping his composure momentarily, calmly looking to get back to half guard.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Van Gogh controlling his opponent.
Van Gogh pausing momentarily but resumes with a couple of decent strikes that do a bit of damage.
tabares wants to hold on but Van Gogh pushes him away.
Van Gogh raining down shots from the mount!
Van Gogh dominating with strikes here.
The referee warns tabares that he has to improve his position here as he takes two more clean shots to the head.
Van Gogh connects with a couple of good shots from mount.
Van Gogh with good strikes from the mount here!
tabares is trying desperately to improve position.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Van Gogh loads up on a couple of big shots to the head that have tabares scrambling to escape. He can't get free though and several more unanswered shots from Van Gogh land to the head. The referee has no choice but to stop the fight. Van Gogh stands and salutes the crowd.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:21 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Vincent Van Gogh!
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