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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Dwight Ansalon (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Brendan Ryan (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Ryan is bouncing up and down as he enters the arena, backed by Everlast - What It's Like. I can't wait for this one - let's get the fighter introductions out of the way and get this one started!
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190 lbs
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195 lbs
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BJJ Purple Belt
Solid boxing
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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
6 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Dwight Ansalon!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
6 - 2 - 1, fighting out of Amsterdam, Brendan Ryan!
The judges for this bout are Daniel Blasius, Patrick Alders and Nard Betker.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Ansalon circles away from the clinch attempt.
Ryan scoring well with a low kick there.
Ryan lands with a shot to the body.
Ryan fails to land with a series of punches.
Nice defenses there by Ansalon.
Ansalon takes one on the button.
It looks like Dwight Ansalon has been cut.
Ansalon tries to clinch but Ryan is having none of it.
Ryan throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Ansalon on the side of the head.
Ryan walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Ansalon checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
Ansalon fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Ryan manages to avoid it.
Ryan looks to clinch
and Ansalon holds on and brings the fighters into a clinch.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Ansalon swings wildly with an uppercut but Ryan uses good head movement to avoid it.
Ryan presses Ansalon against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Ryan lands with a left to the head.
Ryan avoiding damage as Ansalon throws knees to the body.
Ryan misses with a hook from the clinch.
Ansalon tries to take the fight to the ground by pulling guard but can't manage it.
Ansalon lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Ryan or not.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Ryan is pressed up against the cage. Ansalon has hold of a leg and is looking to drag Ryan down to the mat. Ryan avoids the attempt though and has circled away. We're back to striking at a distance.
Ryan throws a head kick that misses.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Ryan tried to score with a low kick but Ansalon checks it.
Ansalon fails with a takedown attempt from distance.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Dwight Ansalon. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Ryan throws a body kick that misses.
Ryan fails to land with a series of punches.
Ryan misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
The fight moves into the clinch position.
Ansalon pushes Ryan back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Ryan throws a head punch that misses.
Ansalon misses with a punch to the body.
Ansalon is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Ansalon misses with a punch to the body.
Ansalon has hold of one of Ryan's legs. Ryan is fighting the takedown attempt but Ansalon gets the trip and lands the takedown into guard.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Ansalon accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Ansalon is in close to Ryan's body, working some short punches and elbows.
Ryan keeping moving, preventing Ansalon from controlling successfully.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Ansalon with a nice head shot there.
Ansalon working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Ryan working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Ansalon.
Ansalon throwing strikes from guard but Ryan blocks nicely.
Ryan can't do much from the bottom at the moment, as Ansalon controls the pace.
Ansalon advances to half guard.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ansalon is keen to just control but Ryan is a slippery customer.
Ansalon is thwarting Ryan's attempts to control the position.
We get told so often about how wrestlers don't like to be on their backs. Let's see if Ryan can do anything to dispel that myth.
Ansalon thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
Ansalon thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
Ansalon looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Ryan with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
Ryan trying to control here.
Still in half guard, Ansalon seems content to control.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
Ryan keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Still in half guard, Ansalon seems content to control.
Ansalon wants to take a breather but Ryan is having none of it.
Ansalon thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
Ansalon is trying a forearm choke… I don't think that's going to do much at this level of the game.
Ansalon is trying to control. Ryan wants to improve his position but can't escape this time.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close round but Brendan Ryan will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Dwight Ansalon'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.
Ryan throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Ryan throws out a loose jab but Ansalon uses good head movement to avoid it.
Nice uppercut there from Ryan.
Ryan throws a right and a left that Ansalon avoids nicely.
Ansalon fails miserably with a takedown attempt.
Ryan misses the jab.
Ryan uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Ansalon.
Ryan getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
Ryan has used his reach advantage pretty well so far tonight.
Ryan tries to clinch up
and Ansalon counters with a nice single leg takedown and he's in Ryan's guard now.
Ansalon throws and elbow that misses. Ryan uses the momentum to reverse the position. He's now in Ansalon's guard. Nice move by Ryan!
Ansalon keeping moving, preventing Ryan from controlling successfully.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Ryan throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Ansalon works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Ryan stopping the sweep attempt from Ansalon.
Ryan would like to get this fight back to the feet but can't get free from the closed guard.
Ryan looking to control the position here, rather than advance.
Ansalon thows some rabbit punches from the bottom but they don't do any damage.
Ryan stopping the sweep attempt from Ansalon.
The referee has ruled that neither fighter is active enough on the ground and has stood them back up.
Ansalon shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
Ryan throws a shot from downtown. Ansalon moves away and avoids it.
Ryan stuffs the takedown.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Dwight Ansalon. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Ansalon shoots for a double leg takedown but Ryan sprawls well. He's pushed Ansalon's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.
Ryan avoids the body shot from Ansalon.
Ansalon lands a body shot.
Ryan lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
Ansalon shoots for a takedown but Ryan saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.
Ansalon moves out of range of the body kick from Ryan.
Ansalon checks a low kick from Ryan.
Ryan avoids the body shot from Ansalon.
Ryan scores with the left hand. Ansalon knows he should have avoided that one.
Ryan is using his reach advantage to land shots from outside his opponent's range.
Ryan ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Ansalon moves away.
Ansalon fails to land the takedown.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ryan uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Ansalon.
Ryan will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Ansalon fails with a takedown attempt.
Ansalon circles away from the clinch attempt
and Ansalon counters by moving into the clinch.
Ryan misses with a short punch on the inside.
Ansalon managing to block the knees to the body from Ryan.
Ansalon has hold of a leg and is looking for a trip takedown. Ryan avoids it nicely though and we remain in the clinch.
Ansalon has Ryan pressed up against the cage and is working for takedown. Ryan manages to improve position though and keeps the fight standing.
Ryan misses with the head strike.
Ryan fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Ansalon blocks an uppercut.
Ansalon tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Ryan's elbow.
Ryan misses with a knee to the head.
Ryan misses with a knee to the head.
Ryan working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are showing their displeasure at the lack of action as loud boos ring out around the arena.
The pace really dropping off here, momentarily.
Ryan prevents a takedown attempt there.
Ryan throws a punch but it's blocked by Ansalon.
Ansalon pulls guard.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Ryan slips nicely into half guard.
Ansalon tries to get to full guard but Ryan has control of the leg.
It looks like Ryan is going to stand back up.
Ansalon slips a foot under and gets full guard. Nice work.
Ryan stopping the sweep attempt from Ansalon.
Ryan stands and throws Ansalon's legs to the side, diving into side control.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Brendan Ryan showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Dwight Ansalon's cut.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action. This is the final round!
Ryan smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
Ryan jabs at Ansalon's body.
Ansalon is looking to wear down Ryan with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
Ryan has taken the fight to the clinch.
Ryan throws a head punch that misses.
Come on Ansalon - let's have some action - none of this stalling nonsense.
Ryan misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Ansalon.
Ryan tries to work over Ansalon's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Ryan trying to control the position but instead, Ansalon has worked for underhooks and has pushed Ryan into the cage.
Ryan lands with a light punch inside.
Ansalon blocks a body shot from Ryan.
Ryan tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Ansalon avoids it.
Ryan scores with a shoulder strike.
Ryan doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Ryan tries to stall but Ansalon uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Ansalon stalling the fight.
Ansalon misses with an elbow strike.
Ansalon cracks Ryan with a nice body shot.
Ansalon lands a nice uppercut.
That's one minute gone in the round.
A head punch on the inside from Ryan fails to land.
A short body shot lands from Ansalon as the two fighters clinch.
A left hand lands to the body for Ansalon.
Ryan takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Ryan misses with a short punch on the inside.
Ansalon is looking for a takedown up against the cage. Ryan gets underhooks though and prevents the takedown attempt.
Ryan throws a head punch that misses.
Ryan is trying to maintain a safe position but Ansalon gets an underhook and turns Ryan into the cage.
Ansalon manages to pull guard.
Ryan avoids a guillotine attempt easily.
Ryan trying to control but Ansalon is working from the bottom.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Ansalon tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Ryan trying to control the position from guard on top but Ansalon is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Ansalon looking for a sweep. Not yet Ansalon, not yet.
Ryan must be cautious of submissions here, given that his opponent has the superior Jiu Jitsu.
Ansalon is trying to control the position from the bottom.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Ryan preventing the sweep.
The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Ansalon walks into a straight right hand from Ryan.
Ryan looks to clinch
and Ansalon counters with a takedown into side control.
Ryan is trying to get back to half guard. He's pushing on Ansalon's leg. He's managed it. Nice work.
Ryan blocking the ground and pound attempt from Ansalon.
Ansalon thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Ryan's head.
Ansalon lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.
Ryan taking some punishment here, with Ansalon in his half guard.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ansalon missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
Ansalon wants to take a breather but Ryan is having none of it.
Ansalon is sneakily working for an arm triangle but Ryan sees it coming and defends easily.
Ansalon missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
That's four 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.
Ground and pound from Ansalon.
Ansalon works his foot free and advances to mount.
Ryan blocking the ground and pound.
Ansalon looking to finish with strikes here!
Brendan Ryan is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Ansalon trying to control but he's not successful this time.
And that's the end of the fight!
Dwight Ansalon showed his dominance in that final round.
I think Ryan has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. 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 Daniel Blasius scores the fight 28:29
Judge Patrick Alders scores the fight 28:29
Judge Nard Betker scores the fight 28:29
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Brendan Ryan!
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energy
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hype
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pop
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RATING
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