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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Bruce Duce (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Mitch The Itch (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Duce comes to the cage accompanied by Anger. Mitch The Itch has the power to score a knockout today if he connects clean with Bruce Duce's chin.
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185 lbs
3 - 1 - 0 |
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199 lbs
2 - 2 - 0 |
BJJ Purple Belt
Brawler
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Good wrestler
Basic striking
Granite chin |
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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
3 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Bruce Duce!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
2 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Mitch The Itch!
The judges for this bout are Radbod Blank, Nard Betker and Aafke Stam.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Duce throws a right hand that The Itch ducks under and follows up with a left that The Itch also avoids with ease.
The Itch looks for a takedown but Duce sprawls well.
Duce clinches up with The Itch and pushes him back against the cage.
Duce lands with a right to the head.
The Itch blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
The Itch wants to break the clinch but can't.
Duce scores with a shot to the side of The Itch's head.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Duce.
It looks like Mitch The Itch has been cut.
The Itch blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Duce misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Duce misses with a short punch on the inside.
Duce misses with a hook from the clinch.
The Itch wants a takedown but no success here.
The Itch jumps guard but his hands slip and he falls flat on his back. Well, he's made himself look a right mug there, as Duce walks away with a smile on his face. The Itch gets slowly back to his feet and shakes his head.
Bruce Duce has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Mitch The Itch.
Duce misses the shot to the body.
Duce misses with a hook. The Itch ducked under it nicely.
The Itch looks to clinch
and Duce counters with a nice uppercut.
The Itch avoids the body shot from Duce.
The Itch bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
The Itch fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
The Itch is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Duce scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Duce misses with a straight left.
That's one minute gone in the round.
The Itch shoots for a takedown but Duce saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.
Nice defenses there by The Itch.
Duce throws a hook but The Itch avoids it easily.
Duce scores with a nice strike.
Duce misses with a hook.
Duce misses with a straight right.
Duce leaves The Itch with his face pressed against the mat as he sprawls beautifully, defending against a solid takedown attempt.
The Itch takes one to the chin there.
Duce lands a straight punch to the body, keeping The Itch at a distance.
The Itch looks gassed!
Duce misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
The Itch avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
The Itch lands with a nice combination. Duce backs away looking to recover.
The Itch gets caught on his heels momentarily as he allows Duce to score an easy takedown into full guard.
Duce throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Duce lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.
Duce chips away with some ground and pound.
We get told so often about how wrestlers don't like to be on their backs. Let's see if The Itch can do anything to dispel that myth.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
The Itch wants to stand but Duce is controlling the position.
Duce wants to pass the guard but The Itch is keeping the position.
Duce postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Duce loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
The Itch really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Duce. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
The Itch preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Duce postures up in The Itch's guard and throws a big left but The Itch blocks it.
Duce throwing strikes from guard but The Itch blocks nicely.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
The Itch wants to get back to his feet but Duce is in a dominant position and won't allow it.
Duce has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
It looks like we're going to have a standup here. Neither fighter is doing enough on the ground.
The Itch displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Duce throws out the jab.
Duce misses with a jab, cross combination.
The Itch lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Duce at a distance.
The Itch takes one on the button.
The Itch circles away from the clinch attempt.
Duce waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract The Itch.
Duce misses with an uppercut. The Itch saw that one coming.
Duce is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
The Itch moves in looking to clinch but Duce pushes him off.
The Itch misses with a takedown attempt
and Duce cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
The Itch waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Duce.
The Itch misses with a wild body shot.
The Itch ducks under a wild hook from Duce.
Duce stuns The Itch with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
The fighters circle momentarily. Duce darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.
That has opened up Mitch The Itch's cut even more.
The Itch staying out of range there.
Duce throws out a loose jab but The Itch uses good head movement to avoid it.
Duce throws a lazy right hand but The Itch sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
The Itch staying out of range there.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The Itch doesn't succeed with the takedown
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
and Duce counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Duce lands a nice hook to The Itch's body. The Itch takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Duce drops The Itch with a right and a left! Duce comes rushing in but The Itch regains his composure and manages to keep Duce in guard.
Duce scoring with some ground and pound.
Duce throwing strikes from guard but The Itch blocks nicely.
Duce is sitting in guard, working some ground and pound.
Duce throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Duce working some strikes from top position.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Duce trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
The Itch preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Duce with a flurry of punches that miss.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Bruce Duce dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Mitch The Itch'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.
The Itch misses with a takedown attempt - Duce sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
The Itch tries to clinch
and Duce counters with a single leg into guard. The Itch didn't expect that.
Duce with a flurry of punches that miss.
The Itch striking off his back but it's not causing Duce any problems.
Duce content to strike from guard, landing some decent shots.
The Itch avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Duce accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Duce scores with a decent looking elbow strike.
Duce throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Duce accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
The Itch kicks Duce off and gets to his feet.
The Itch is breathing heavily.
Duce throws an uppercut from half a mile away. The Itch sees it coming and avoids it easily.
A cross from Duce lands.
The Itch scores with a nice takedown into half guard. Let's see what he's got on the ground.
That's one minute gone in the round.
The Itch thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Duce's head.
Duce looking for submissions from an awkward position here.
Duce tries to strike from the bottom but it doesn't land.
The Itch escapes and gets back to his feet.
Nice shot by Duce.
The cut above Mitch The Itch's eye is starting to cause him problems now.
The Itch decides to change it up a bit and drives through with a nice takedown into half guard.
Duce makes his way to full guard. A much better position for Duce.
Duce is working actively off his back, looking to secure an arm or perhaps work for a triangle.
The Itch loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Duce throwing his legs up looking for a triangle.
Duce is looking for a triangle but The Itch pushes his legs off easily.
The Itch postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
This has been an exciting period of action!
The Itch with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.
The Itch postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Duce keeping moving, preventing The Itch from controlling successfully.
Duce is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that The Itch can do to turn this around?
The Itch postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Duce is looking for a triangle but The Itch pushes his legs off easily.
Bruce Duce overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
The Itch stopping the sweep attempt from Duce.
Duce lands a beautiful switch and he's in full mount! That could spell trouble for The Itch!
The Itch tries to hold on but Duce pushes him away.
Duce misses with a series of strikes from mount. He'll no doubt be working on his ground and pound when he gets back to the gym.
The Itch is in a horrible position here. Duce smacks him with another shot as he tries to escape the position.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The Itch is bucking up trying to escape but Duce cracks him with another couple of good strikes.
Mitch The Itch's cut is absolute horrible now. This looks like something out of a horror film with blood covering both fighters.
The referee calls the doctor in to look at Mitch The Itch's cut. Oh no, the doctor has called an end to the bout!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:33 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Cut). Bruce Duce!
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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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