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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Martin Dawkins (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Giovanni Van Der Zwet (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Giovanni Van Der Zwet will no doubt be trying to keep this one on the feet, where he has a distinct advantage.
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194 lbs
8 - 3 - 0 |
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184 cm
24
190 lbs
6 - 1 - 0 |
BJJ Purple Belt
Solid boxing
Very strong |
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BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent boxer
Heavy handed |
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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
8 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Martin Dawkins!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
6 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Giovanni Van Der Zwet!
The judges for this bout are , and .
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Dawkins dodges the punch combination from Van Der Zwet.
Van Der Zwet slips a jab from Dawkins.
Dawkins tries to close the distance and clinch but Van Der Zwet swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Dawkins doesn't manage to clinch there - Van Der Zwet circles away.
Van Der Zwet avoids the body shot from Dawkins.
Dawkins just misses with a punch to the body.
A cross from Van Der Zwet lands.
Van Der Zwet misses with a looping left.
Dawkins scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Van Der Zwet scores with the left hand. Dawkins knows he should have avoided that one.
A nice combination there by Van Der Zwet.
It looks like Martin Dawkins has been cut.
Van Der Zwet drops Dawkins with a left right combo! Van Der Zwet follows him down to the ground into side control.
Dawkins is rocked!
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Dawkins is positioning himself to get back to half guard.
Oh Dawkins is still in real trouble! Will he be able to recover?!!
Van Der Zwet wants to stand but Dawkins is controlling his arm.
Dawkins seems to have got his legs back now.
That's one minute gone in the round.
You can see the frustration on Dawkins's face, being in this tough position on the bottom.
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.
Van Der Zwet wants to control but Dawkins is keeping him busy.
The fighters are tangled up in the ropes here. We might need a restart if the fighters can't break free themselves.
You can see the frustration on Dawkins's face, being in this tough position on the bottom.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Van Der Zwet pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Dawkins throws out a loose jab but Van Der Zwet uses good head movement to avoid it.
Dawkins uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Van Der Zwet.
Van Der Zwet throws a nice looking combination but Dawkins bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Van Der Zwet moves out of range as Dawkins strikes.
Dawkins swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Dawkins has Van Der Zwet up against the ropes in a clinch.
Dawkins is looking for a takedown up against the ropes. Van Der Zwet gets underhooks though and prevents the takedown attempt.
Van Der Zwet is trying to break free.
Van Der Zwet has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Van Der Zwet blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Dawkins tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Dawkins looking to throw knees to the head but Van Der Zwet is blocking nicely.
Dawkins will no doubt start fighting again in a minute but for now he's just having a little rest, leaning Van Der Zwet up against the ropes.
Dawkins tries to pull guard but Van Der Zwet won't allow it.
Dawkins changes levels and goes for a takedown here. Van Der Zwet fights it off and pushes away nicely.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Martin Dawkins. That's going to take a lot out of him.
No joy there for Van Der Zwet, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Dawkins looks for a takedown but Van Der Zwet sprawls well.
Dawkins misses with a hook.
Van Der Zwet ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Dawkins ducks right into an uppercut from Van Der Zwet.
Dawkins tries to close the distance and clinch but Van Der Zwet swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
The crowd cheers as Van Der Zwet lands an impressive looking overhand right. Dawkins doesn't seem phased though.
Van Der Zwet connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The fighters circle momentarily. Van Der Zwet darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.
Van Der Zwet scores with a punch to the head.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Van Der Zwet drops Dawkins with a left and a right! Oh, Dawkins is hurt - Van Der Zwet dives into side control looking to finish!
Van Der Zwet is looking for a kimura. He might have it! No, Dawkins has escaped the position, nice work there.
Dawkins tries to work a leg under to get back to half guard but Van Der Zwet wriggles his own leg back out and remains in side control.
Van Der Zwet decides to stand back up. Van Der Zwet steps back and let's Dawkins get back to his feet.
Van Der Zwet fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Dawkins looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Van Der Zwet throws a one two combo.
Dawkins is breathing heavily.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Dawkins walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
Dawkins on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Van Der Zwet comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
The fighters are starting to get sweaty, which will make takedowns a bit more tricky.
Van Der Zwet connects with a crisp jab.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Giovanni Van Der Zwet dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Martin Dawkins's cut.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!
Van Der Zwet swats away the attempt to clinch by Dawkins.
Dawkins showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Van Der Zwet.
Van Der Zwet throws a lazy right hand but Dawkins sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Van Der Zwet lands a nice shot that snaps Dawkins's head back.
Van Der Zwet misses with a body shot.
Dawkins throws a lazy right hand but Van Der Zwet sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Some wild striking there from Van Der Zwet.
Dawkins closes the distance and scores a nice trip takedown into half guard. Van Der Zwet did well to prevent Dawkins getting side control.
Dawkins tries to pass to full mount but Van Der Zwet defends it.
Dawkins is trying to control the action in half guard but Van Der Zwet is working away on the bottom, looking perhaps to get back to full guard.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Dawkins not landing any meaningful shots this time.
Dawkins wants to pass the guard but Van Der Zwet is defending well.
Dawkins wants to control but Van Der Zwet is keeping him busy.
Dawkins trying to mount his opponent but Van Der Zwet defends it.
Van Der Zwet is looking to escape.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are getting on the fighters' backs, as the pace has dropped off in the last minute or so.
It looks like we're going to have a standup here. Neither fighter is doing enough on the ground.
Dawkins swings for the body but Van Der Zwet moves out of range.
Van Der Zwet staying out of range there.
Dawkins tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Dawkins tries to close the distance and clinch up against the ropes but Van Der Zwet paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Van Der Zwet lands a jab followed by a nice looking cross.
A punch combination from Van Der Zwet misses.
Dawkins shoots in looking for a takedown. Van Der Zwet tries to sprawl out of it but Dawkins keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the ropes. Van Der Zwet manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.
Dawkins gets cracked there but stands up to it.
Van Der Zwet throws a looping overhand right but Dawkins ducks down to avoid it.
Dawkins walks into a stiff left hand from Van Der Zwet.
Van Der Zwet misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Van Der Zwet lands an overhand right.
Van Der Zwet comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Van Der Zwet lands a jab. Then a cross. Then finally a nice hook to the body. Good work there by Van Der Zwet.
Nice shot lands for Van Der Zwet.
Van Der Zwet jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Dawkins shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Van Der Zwet as he jumps to the side.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Van Der Zwet keeps the fight on the outside.
Dawkins tries to close the distance and clinch but Van Der Zwet swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Van Der Zwet bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Decent striking displayed by Van Der Zwet there.
Van Der Zwet circles away from the clinch attempt.
Dawkins fails with an attempt to clinch.
Giovanni Van Der Zwet is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Dawkins throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Van Der Zwet connects with a crisp jab.
Dawkins shoots in but no luck this time.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Martin Dawkins. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Dawkins wants to clinch.
Van Der Zwet lands with a straight right. Dawkins didn't see that one coming.
Dawkins looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
A jab from Van Der Zwet finds it's way through Dawkins's defenses.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Van Der Zwet sizes up Dawkins with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
Van Der Zwet scores with a shot to the body.
Van Der Zwet lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Dawkins at a distance.
Giovanni Van Der Zwet seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Dawkins takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Van Der Zwet throws a monster overhand right that drops Dawkins! Van Der Zwet follows up with more strikes from mount and the fight is all over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:33 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Giovanni Van Der Zwet!
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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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