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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Nigel Sneijder (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Clessie Cummins (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both fighters look pumped up here. Let's hope this is a good fight!
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205 lbs
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185 cm
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200 lbs
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BJJ Blue Belt
Basic striking
Granite chin |
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BJJ Blue Belt
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Nigel Sneijder!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Clessie Cummins!
The judges for this bout are Paulsen Ambrosius, Paul Aken and Radbod Blank.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Sneijder tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Sneijder tries to close the distance and clinch but Cummins swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Sneijder wants to clinch up but Cummins keeps it at a distance.
Cummins lands a nice looking body shot.
The fight stays on the outside here - Sneijder looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Sneijder throws a head kick that misses.
Cummins tries to clinch up but Sneijder circles away and keeps his distance.
Sneijder closes the distance but Cummins moves to the side
and Cummins counters with a kick to the head that grazes his opponent. Sneijder is lucky that one didn't land flush.
Sneijder moves into the clinch.
Cummins decides to pull guard.
Sneijder wants to control from the top but Cummins keeps moving.
Cummins is active off his back here, looking for submissions.
Sneijder postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Sneijder wants to pass the guard but Cummins is keeping the position.
Cummins pulls Sneijder in close to his closed guard and prevents Sneijder from doing any damage or advancing position.
Cummins is looking to get back to his feet but can't, whilst Sneijder is controlling him.
Sneijder wants to control from the top but Cummins keeps moving.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Sneijder closes the distance looking to clinch
and Cummins holds on and brings the fighters into a clinch.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Well. There's a bit of a lull in the action here and the crowd are starting to get restless.
Sneijder lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Sneijder.
Sneijder is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Sneijder has Cummins pressed against the cage, preventing Cummins from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Sneijder looking to throw knees to the head but Cummins is blocking nicely.
Cummins tries to take the fight to the ground by pulling guard but can't manage it.
Sneijder pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Cummins using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Sneijder has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Sneijder lands an elbow inside that Cummins shrugs off.
Cummins wants the takedown. Sneijder is fighting it off but Cummins persists and manages to bring the fight to the ground, ending up in Sneijder's guard against the cage.
Cummins looks gassed!
Sneijder is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.
Cummins wants to control from the top but Sneijder keeps moving.
Cummins passes easily into side control. Nice work.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Cummins stands up and beckons Sneijder to his feet.
Sneijder wants to clinch but Cummins slips to the side
and Cummins moves into the clinch.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Sneijder.
Sneijder tries to land a knee to the head but Cummins blocks with his arms.
Cummins lands a good knee to the midsection. Sneijder won't want to take too many of those.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Sneijder.
Sneijder lands a left hand.
Sneijder misses with a knee strike.
Cummins tries to break the clinch but Sneijder is controlling the position.
Sneijder pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Cummins misses with an uppercut.
Cummins rushes Sneijder and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Cummins blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Cummins drags the fight down to the ground.
Cummins bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Sneijder's guard.
Sneijder keeping moving, preventing Cummins from controlling successfully.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Cummins slips effortlessly into side control - very nice.
Cummins tries for a kimura but Sneijder is defending well.
Cummins is looking to take a break and control but Sneijder is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Sneijder tries to improve position but can't.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Clessie Cummins dominated that round.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.
Sneijder closes the distance but Cummins moves to the side
and Cummins counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.
Sneijder tries to clinch but Cummins moves away
and Cummins counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Sneijder tries to clinch up
and Cummins counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
Sneijder looks to clinch
and Cummins counters with a nice double leg into side control. Sneijder won't be happy with that.
Cummins stands up.
Sneijder wants to clinch but Cummins slips to the side
and Cummins counters by clinching up.
Sneijder with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Sneijder tries to land knees in the clinch but Cummins avoids the damage to the body.
Sneijder prevents a takedown attempt there.
Sneijder throws a knee to the head but misses.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Cummins manages to break the clinch.
Cummins throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Sneijder stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
The fight moves into the clinch position.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Cummins lands a body shot in the clinch.
Sneijder with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Cummins jumps guard but his hands slip and he falls flat on his back. Well, he's made himself look a right mug there, as Sneijder walks away with a smile on his face. Cummins gets slowly back to his feet and shakes his head.
Sneijder stuffs the takedown.
Nigel Sneijder has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Clessie Cummins.
Cummins is trying hard to land a takedown here. Sneijder sprawls well and keeps this one on the feet.
Sneijder feints and then cracks Cummins's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Cummins down.
Sneijder wants to clinch
and Cummins counters with a nice single leg takedown and he's in Sneijder's guard now.
Cummins slows down the pace of the fight for a moment. He'll need to remain active if he doesn't want to see the fight stood back up.
Cummins trying to control but Sneijder is working from the bottom.
Cummins stands up and waves to Sneijder to follow him.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Sneijder tries to clinch but Cummins moves away
and Cummins counters with a takedown into full mount! That could mean trouble for Sneijder!
This has been an exciting period of action!
Sneijder is looking to improve his position but Cummins isn't that keen on the idea.
Cummins can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Sneijder is looking to escape.
Cummins tucks in and makes sure he doesn't lose the dominant position.
Cummins scoring with some good ground and pound from mount here. Will he manage to finish Sneijder?
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sneijder wants to control but Cummins is having none of it.
Cummins lands a shot to the body, followed up by a shot to the exposed head of his trapped opponent.
Cummins controlling the pace for now.
Sneijder can't escape the position.
Cummins landing strikes, looking to finish!
Cummins controlling from mount.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Cummins lands a nice shot to the head.
Cummins looking to finish Sneijder with some ground and pound. This is bad for Sneijder!
Cummins looking to control but Sneijder is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.
Cummins scoring with strikes but Sneijder is staying in there.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Cummins avoids the attempt from Sneijder to control.
Cummins with the ground and pound from mount.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Clessie Cummins showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business. This is the final round!
Cummins shoots in looking for a takedown. Sneijder tries to sprawl out of it but Cummins keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. Sneijder manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.
Sneijder clinches but Cummins breaks the clinch
and Cummins counters with a nice double leg into side control. Sneijder won't be happy with that.
Cummins landing strikes.
Sneijder regains half guard.
Sneijder is trying to get back to full guard.
Cummins is trying to control the action in half guard but Sneijder is working away on the bottom, looking perhaps to get back to full guard.
Sneijder pushes Cummins off and gets back to his feet.
Sneijder swats away the attempt to clinch by Cummins.
Cummins shoots in and drives through. Sneijder sprawls well.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Sneijder lands with a thumping leg kick.
Sneijder darts in and clinches Cummins up against the cage.
Cummins tries to take the fight to the ground by pulling guard but can't manage it.
Nigel Sneijder has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Clessie Cummins.
Sneijder with a knee to the head.
Sneijder manages to break the clinch.
Sneijder tries to grapple but his opponent circles
and Cummins counters with a three punch combo that has Sneijder backing up. Sneijder nods at Cummins to acknowledge the strikes.
Sneijder tries to clinch but fails miserably
and Cummins counters with a head kick.
Sneijder tries to grapple but his opponent circles
and Cummins counters with a takedown into side control.
Cummins is looking to take a break and control but Sneijder is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Cummins stands up and we're back to a striking position.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Sneijder stuffs the takedown attempt from Cummins. Cummins gets slowly back to his feet.
Nigel Sneijder is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Cummins circles away from the clinch attempt
and Cummins counters with a shoot takedown into half guard.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Cummins tries to stand but his hand is stuck under Sneijder.
Cummins is figuring out what he wants to do next.
Sneijder is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Cummins looks over to his corner - he wants some instructions but his corner are not responding.
It looks like Cummins is going to stand back up.
Sneijder wants to improve his position but Cummins is controlling well.
Sneijder is working hard here to advance position.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
Sneijder wants to control but Cummins is keeping busy.
Cummins prevents Sneijder from improving his position.
The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Cummins tries to clinch there but Sneijder circles away.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Cummins forces Sneijder back against the cage and clinches.
With the fighters up against the cage, Sneijder throws an elbow but misses.
Cummins is trying to break free.
Nigel Sneijder has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Clessie Cummins is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Sneijder tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Cummins tries to score a body lock takedown but Sneijder shows good agility there to stay on his feet.
And that's the end of the fight!
Clessie Cummins comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Cummins has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. 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 Paulsen Ambrosius scores the fight 27:30
Judge Paul Aken scores the fight 27:30
Judge Radbod Blank scores the fight 27:30
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Clessie Cummins!
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energy
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FIGHT
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