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Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Christian Howard (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Hans De Vries (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). De Vries has chosen My Ding-A-Ling as his entrance music. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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174 cm
26
166 lbs
12 - 4 - 0 |
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173 cm
21
157 lbs
8 - 3 - 0 |
Good wrestling
Counter striker
Very quick |
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BJJ Purple Belt
Good kicks
Powerful |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division. Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner. With a record of
12 - 4 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Christian Howard! And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner. With a record of
8 - 3 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Hans De Vries! The judges for this bout are Igor Prikhodko, Vladimir Khabensky and Dmitry Maklakov.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway! De Vries pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Howard feints and then cracks De Vries's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow De Vries down. Howard tries to clinch up. Howard tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion. Howard is looking to land body kicks. Howard swinging wildly here.
Christian Howard seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout. We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up. De Vries keeps the fight on the outside. Howard fails in his attempt to clinch.
That's one minute gone in the round. Howard blocks a head kick by De Vries.
Hans De Vries is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs. De Vries swats away the attempt to clinch by Howard. Howard closes the distance and clinches up with De Vries, looking for a takedown. Howard pushes De Vries against the cage but De Vries circles to the side and manages to break the clinch. De Vries leaves Howard with his face pressed against the mat as he sprawls beautifully, defending against a solid takedown attempt. De Vries throws a front kick that sends Howard stumbling back into the cage.
That's two minutes gone in the round. Howard blocks a head kick by De Vries.
Howard throws a body punch but De Vries moves out of range. De Vries lands a high kick!
Howard throws a head kick that misses. Howard fails with an attempt to clinch.
De Vries takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch. Howard tries to clinch up but De Vries circles away and keeps his distance. A head kick by De Vries misses and Howard counters with a two punch combo.
That's three minutes gone in the round. Howard throws a body kick but he was well out of range there. De Vries tries a head kick but it misses.
De Vries pulls out of a head kick attempt.
De Vries looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it. Howard wants to clinch. Howard fails with an attempt to clinch.
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. De Vries keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Howard. De Vries works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance. Howard misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Howard tries to bum rush De Vries with a series of wild strikes but De Vries uses good footwork to avoid the assault. Howard tries to clinch there but De Vries circles away.
Howard tries to land a body kick and De Vries counters with a lovely straight right hand! And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Hans De Vries dominated that round. The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!
De Vries tries a switch kick but it misses it's target. Howard misses with a double jab.
De Vries tries a switch kick but it misses it's target. De Vries throws a half hearted mid kick. Howard misses with a double jab.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up. De Vries takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
Howard takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away. De Vries moves out of range of the body kick from Howard.
That's one minute gone in the round. De Vries tries to score with a low kick but Howard moves his leg out of the way. Howard goes for a spinning back kick but it misses. Howard looks to clinch and De Vries counters with a head kick that crumples his opponent - he's in a world of trouble! De Vries looks at the referee who does nothing so De Vries lands a crushing right that sends Howard to the floor! This time the ref steps in to end the fight.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:29 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Hans De Vries!
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energy
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hype
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pop
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mgr
A | B |
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RATING
40% |
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