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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Brendan Ryan (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Weezy Washington (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Ryan comes to the cage accompanied by Everlast - What It's Like. Weezy Washington struggled to make weight for this fight. He only made it down to 186.3lbs at the first attempt and had to take the additional two hours to make the official bout weight. Let's see how much it's taken out of him. Weezy Washington has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?
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188 cm
25
195 lbs
4 - 2 - 1 |
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186 cm
21
204 lbs
4 - 3 - 0 |
BJJ Blue Belt
Solid boxing
Very strong |
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BJJ White Belt
Decent boxing
Powerful |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division. Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner. With a record of
4 - 2 - 1, fighting out of Amsterdam, Brendan Ryan! And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner. With a record of
4 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Weezy Washington! The judges for this bout are Radbod Blank, Wagner Zegers and Daniel Blasius.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway! Ryan pushes Washington up against the cage in a clinch. Washington fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Ryan swings wildly with an uppercut but Washington uses good head movement to avoid it. Washington misses with a hook from the clinch. Washington tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Ryan lands a body punch in the clinch. With the two fighters working up against the cage, Washington just misses with a elbow thrown towards Ryan's brow. Ryan lands with a good tight uppercut to the head. Washington missing with knees to the body.
Washington has a couple of punches blocked by Ryan.
Both guys are working to get underhooks. Washington misses with an elbow over the top. Washington has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate. Ryan stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body. Washington looks gassed! Ryan gets control of Washington's arms and successfully pulls guard. Ryan will no doubt be looking for submissions off his back. Washington must be cautious of submissions here, given that his opponent has the superior Jiu Jitsu. Ryan is pulling down on Washington's head. It's preventing any offense from Washington, at least for the moment. Washington preventing the sweep. Ryan is looking to sweep but instead, Washington has passed into half guard.
That's one minute gone in the round. Ryan moves into full guard.
Ryan on his back here. We all know that wrestlers don't like being on their back so let's see if Ryan tries to get out of the position. Ryan looking for a sweep. Not yet Ryan, not yet. Washington wanted to stand there but Ryan had control of the position. Ryan looking to sweep using the butterfly guard but Washington puts pay to that idea as he passes nicely into half guard. Ryan is looking to get full guard. It looks like he might be successful but at the last minute Washington jumps into side control! Ryan isn't going anywhere. Ryan tries to get back to half guard but can't.
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. Ryan is moving his hips around well on the bottom and has managed to get back to half guard. Ryan tries to roll over but Washington keeps him under control. Ryan gets back to full guard.
Ryan looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
That's three minutes gone in the round. Ryan manages to land a sweep and now he's in mount on top!
Ryan throwing shots from mount but they're not landing. The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work. Ryan landing strikes from the mount and Washington is in trouble! Washington really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Ryan. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out. Ryan unloads with some shots from mount but Washington bucks and avoids them well.
Ryan with good strikes from the mount here! A nice elbow there by Ryan. Ryan controlling from the full mount. Ryan landing shots from mount.
That's four minutes gone in the round. Ryan in mount throwing good strikes here, bouncing his opponent's head off the canvas.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd. Ryan sends his fist crashing into the mat - the crowd let out a collective ooooooh. Let's hope he's not broken it! Ryan putting on the heat here with some good ground and pound! Ryan thuds his fist into the canvas! Oooouch!
Washington is in a horrible position here, under a barrage of strikes, he's managing to avoid any damage.
Ryan fakes a shot to the body and cracks his opponent in the head. Nice ground and pound there!
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end. Ryan tries to control but Washington wriggling away. Ryan controlling the position easily from mount. And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Brendan Ryan dominated that round. That's time! Back to the action!
Ryan waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Washington. Ryan moves into range and throws a combination. A nice jab followed by a hook to the body. A jab from Ryan does it's job there. Ryan throws a right hand that Washington ducks under and follows up with a left that Washington also avoids with ease. Ryan throws a hook to the side of Washington's head but Washington sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully. Washington's corner calls for a 1,2 combination and Washington duly obliges. Weezy Washington is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things. Washington connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe. Ryan dips down and scores with a jab to the body. Washington walks into a left hand. Ryan throws a body punch but Washington moves out of range. Ryan throws a two punch combo that lands nicely.
Washington is rocked! The crowd are loving this. Great action here. Ryan swings for the body but Washington moves out of range.
Washington is still on wobbly legs! Can Ryan finish him? Ryan clobbers Washington with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise. Ryan has not gone for a single takedown so far in this fight, which seems like a very strange tactic when you consider that he has the superior wrestling and BJJ. Washington is breathing heavily.
That's one minute gone in the round. The fight moves into the clinch position. Ryan blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning. Washington seems to have recovered his senses. Good anti-grappling being displayed by Ryan as Washington tries to tie him up. Ryan lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage. Ryan throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges. Washington with an attempt at a knee that misses.
A right hand to the body from Ryan.
Ryan lands with a left to the head. Ryan misses with a knee to the head. Stalling in the clinch from Ryan.
Ryan lands with a short head shot on the inside. Washington wants to get back to striking at distance but Ryan won't allow it.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Ryan. Washington's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button! Ryan working some nice short punches in the clinch. Ryan working some nice short punches in the clinch. Ryan lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards. Ryan dips a shoulder and cracks Washington with a mighty uppercut! Washington falls back against the cage and Ryan unloads with a barrage of strikes! Washington is completely out with his eyes open, only supported by the cage! Save him ref! Eventually the ref decides to do his job and jumps in - Ryan screams abuse at the incompetent official before going over to celebrate with his corner. Brutal stuff!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:58 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Brendan Ryan!
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energy
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hype
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pop
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mgr
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RATING
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