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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Moai Burns (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Niels van de Veen (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). van de Veen is bouncing up and down as he enters the arena, backed by Separate Ways - Journey. Niels van de Veen has the power to score a knockout today if he connects clean with Moai Burns's chin.
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180 lbs
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177 lbs
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BJJ Blue Belt
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
8 - 2 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Moai Burns!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
7 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Niels van de Veen!
The judges for this bout are Igor Prikhodko, Aleksei Zolotukhin and Konstantin Menshow.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
van de Veen fails to land with a series of punches.
van de Veen is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.
Burns blocks the body kick.
Burns throws a hook but van de Veen avoids it easily.
Crunch! Burns slams his shin into van de Veen's torso.
van de Veen swats away the attempt to clinch by Burns.
Burns scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
No joy there for van de Veen, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Burns tries to close the distance and clinch up but van de Veen swats him away and circles back towards the center.
van de Veen throws a body kick, spinning off balance
and Burns counters by moving into the clinch.
Burns throws a punch but it's blocked by van de Veen.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
van de Veen has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
van de Veen throws a knee to the head but misses.
van de Veen takes an elbow to the temple.
van de Veen's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
van de Veen throws a leg kick
and Burns counters into the clinch. Nicely done.
That's one minute gone in the round.
van de Veen takes an elbow to the temple.
Burns throws a head punch that misses.
van de Veen managing to block the knees to the body from Burns.
van de Veen is trying to break the clinch but Burns has him pressed against the cage.
van de Veen lands a body punch.
Burns is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. van de Veen is defending well for now.
Burns is working van de Veen over against the cage.
Burns lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Burns.
van de Veen is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Burns is defending well for now.
van de Veen tries to break the clinch but Burns is controlling the position.
van de Veen dodges an elbow strike from Burns.
van de Veen blocks the elbow strike.
Burns lands a knee to the body.
Burns landing some nice looking knees to the body.
The referee calls for van de Veen to work.
van de Veen looks to throw an elbow but misses.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
A head punch blocked on the inside by van de Veen.
Burns scores with a nice hook to the head.
van de Veen on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Burns has van de Veen pressed against the cage, preventing van de Veen from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Burns lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt van de Veen or not.
Knees to the body from Burns.
A nice right hand lands inside from Burns.
van de Veen blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Burns misses with a hook from the clinch.
van de Veen throws an elbow that misses.
Burns missing with knees to the body.
Burns comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
A body shot lands from Burns.
van de Veen blocks an elbow strike from Burns.
Burns lands a body shot in the clinch.
Good body shot from Burns.
Burns lands a hook to the side of the head.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
van de Veen throws a knee to the head but misses.
van de Veen looks gassed!
Knees in the clinch landing for Burns.
Burns works on van de Veen's body with a couple of short punches.
Burns lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Burns lands a right hand that snaps the head of van de Veen backwards.
Burns lands an elbow inside that van de Veen shrugs off.
Burns scores with a hook to the body.
Burns working aggressively here.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Burns creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Burns scores with a nice hook to the head.
Burns scores a nice knee to the body.
Burns makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Burns gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Burns lands an elbow inside that van de Veen shrugs off.
Burns lands a good knee to the midsection. van de Veen won't want to take too many of those.
Burns scores a nice knee to the body.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Burns throws a blind hook that connects with the side of van de Veens head.
Burns lands an elbow just above van de Veen 's eye.
Burns gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
A short left from Burns.
Burns lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
It looks like Niels van de Veen has been cut.
Burns gets through van de Veen's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
van de Veen has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Burns lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Burns lands a shoulder strike.
van de Veen blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Burns with a knee to the head.
van de Veen landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Nice elbow from Burns.
Burns lands an elbow inside that van de Veen shrugs off.
Burns stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Burns lands an elbow just above van de Veen 's eye.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Moai Burns dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Niels van de Veen's cut.
That's time! Burns's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.
van de Veen pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Burns rushes van de Veen and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Burns throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but van de Veen blocks it with crossed arms.
Burns makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
van de Veen throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
van de Veen is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Burns lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Burns lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of van de Veen backwards.
Burns tries to land knees in the clinch but van de Veen avoids the damage to the body.
Burns lands a nice elbow.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Burns misses with a knee strike.
Burns lands an elbow that stopped van de Veen in his tracks for a moment.
van de Veen is trying to break the clinch but Burns has him pressed against the cage.
Burns lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Burns tries to land a knee to the head but van de Veen blocks with his arms.
That's one minute gone in the round.
van de Veen is trying to force a seperation but Burns has the dominant position.
Burns lands a damaging elbow.
van de Veen misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Burns.
With the fighters up against the cage, Burns throws an elbow but misses.
Burns comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Burns lands an elbow just above van de Veen 's eye.
Still in the clinch, Burns scores with a nice short uppercut.
Burns blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Burns unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Burns lands a nice elbow.
Burns blocks the elbow strike.
van de Veen misses with a knee strike.
Burns misses with the head strike.
Burns is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
van de Veen is breathing heavily.
Burns crunches a lovely knee into van de Veen's ribcage.
Burns lands a nice elbow.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
van de Veen looking to slow down the pace here.
A nice left hand lands by Burns.
Burns throws a blind hook that connects with the side of van de Veens head.
van de Veen is trying to force a seperation but Burns has the dominant position.
Nice elbow from Burns.
van de Veen's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
A frustrated look appears on van de Veen's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Burns misses with an elbow over the top.
Burns lands a right hand.
Burns lands an elbow inside.
Moai Burns has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Burns lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Burns creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through van de Veen's defenses.
Burns tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and van de Veen avoids it.
van de Veen avoids a wild elbow strike from Burns.
Burns throws an elbow that misses.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
van de Veen blocks an elbow strike from Burns.
Burns swings wildly with an uppercut but van de Veen uses good head movement to avoid it.
Burns creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through van de Veen's defenses.
Burns lands a nice elbow.
That has opened up Niels van de Veen's cut even more.
Burns has van de Veen pressed against the cage, preventing van de Veen from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Burns on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
van de Veen avoids the elbow strike from Burns, against the cage.
With the fighters up against the cage, van de Veen throws an elbow but misses.
Burns looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Burns tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and van de Veen avoids it.
van de Veen avoiding damage as Burns throws knees to the body.
Nice body punch from Burns.
Burns landing knees to the body.
Burns lands a body shot.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Neither fighter has done anything of merit for a good minute or two here and the crowd are not happy about it.
Burns misses with the head strike.
Burns pushes van de Veen back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Burns avoids a wild elbow strike from van de Veen.
Burns landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
van de Veen wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Burns lands a knee to the body.
van de Veen blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Burns lands a body shot in the clinch.
With the fighters up against the cage, Burns throws an elbow but misses.
Burns lands a damaging elbow.
Burns lands an elbow just above van de Veen 's eye.
van de Veen blocks the elbow strike.
van de Veen tries to break free but Burns pushes him back against the cage.
Burns lands a body shot.
van de Veen takes an elbow to the forehead.
Burns is working van de Veen over against the cage.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Moai Burns dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Niels van de Veen's cut.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action. This is the final round!
van de Veen throws a leg kick
and Burns counters with an outside leg kick.
van de Veen circles away from the clinch attempt.
Nice defenses there by Burns.
van de Veen looks to land a body kick but Burns moved away.
Burns scores with a push kick.
Burns tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but van de Veen paws at him with a jab and circles away.
van de Veen looks to score with a jab to the body but Burns is just out of range.
van de Veen throws a head kick that misses.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
van de Veen misses with a combination
and Burns makes him pay by landing a thudding low kick.
van de Veen avoids a kick to the body.
van de Veen steps to his left, right into the path of a big body kick from Burns. That one must have hurt.
Moai Burns is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
van de Veen takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
That's one minute gone in the round.
van de Veen misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Burns tries to clinch there but van de Veen circles away.
Burns throws a head kick that misses
and van de Veen holds on and brings the fighters into a clinch.
A short uppercut from Burns.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Burns.
Burns lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down van de Veen.
van de Veen tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Good body shot from Burns.
van de Veen takes an elbow to the temple.
van de Veen breaks the clinch.
Moai Burns is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
van de Veen dodges the punch combination from Burns.
Burns takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Good leg kick by Burns there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
van de Veen takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Burns misses with a wild combination.
A big right from van de Veen misses.
van de Veen misses with a leg kick
and he gets countered with a snapping leg kick.
van de Veen ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Burns moves away.
Burns lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but van de Veen circles away quickly and effectively.
van de Veen swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Burns counters with a nice leg kick.
van de Veen avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Burns throws a leg kick
and van de Veen counters with a straight right hand.
Burns connects with a solid leg kick.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
van de Veen connects with a solid leg kick.
Burns has van de Veen up against the cage in a clinch.
Burns keeps control of van de Veen as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Burns digs a right hand underneath van de Veen's ribcage. van de Veen let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Burns lands a damaging elbow.
van de Veen's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Burns scoring well with a low kick there.
van de Veen keeps the fight on the outside.
Moai Burns is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
van de Veen cracks Burns with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
van de Veen looks to throw the jab but Burns is out of range.
Burns clinches but van de Veen breaks the clinch
and van de Veen counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Burns displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as van de Veen throws out the jab.
Burns connects with a solid leg kick.
van de Veen swats away the attempt to clinch by Burns.
Burns fails in his attempt to clinch.
Burns wants to clinch up but van de Veen keeps it at a distance.
Burns throws a sloppy head kick
and van de Veen counters with a solid body kick.
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Burns, as that shot connected.
van de Veen misses with a two punch combination.
Burns misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from van de Veen.
Niels van de Veen has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Burns takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
And that's the end of the fight!
Moai Burns showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Burns has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... 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 Igor Prikhodko scores the fight 30:27
Judge Aleksei Zolotukhin scores the fight 30:27
Judge Konstantin Menshow scores the fight 30:27
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Moai Burns!
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