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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Olumide Akomolede (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Randy van Bruggen (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Akomolede comes to the cage accompanied by Cee Lo - Forget You. van Bruggen has chosen Ready For War - 50 Cent (Instrumental) as his entrance music, which hasn't gone down very well with the crowd. Randy van Bruggen has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?
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187 cm
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184 lbs
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179 cm
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167 lbs
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Good wrestling
Counter striker
Very strong |
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BJJ Purple Belt
Brawler
Solid chin |
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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
1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Olumide Akomolede! And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner. With a record of
0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Randy van Bruggen! The judges for this bout are Daniel Blasius, Aafke Stam and Wagner Zegers.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway! van Bruggen is looking to clinch but Akomolede is avoiding it.
van Bruggen shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it. van Bruggen closes this distance looking for a takedown but Akomolede circles away. Akomolede shoots in and gets a takedown into half guard. Akomolede showed some decent athleticism there. van Bruggen tries to roll over but Akomolede keeps him under control. Akomolede not doing much here.
Akomolede prevents van Bruggen from improving his position. van Bruggen is persisting with the attempt to improve his position. Akomolede lands a big shot. The thud that echoes around the arena is like music to the fans' ears. The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
That's one minute gone in the round. van Bruggen is looking to improve his position.
van Bruggen gets full guard. Akomolede stopping the sweep attempt from van Bruggen. Akomolede distracts van Bruggen with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm. van Bruggen is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent. van Bruggen lands a beautiful switch and he's in full mount! That could spell trouble for Akomolede! Akomolede is looking to improve his position but van Bruggen isn't that keen on the idea. van Bruggen goes for an armbar but he's fallen flat on his backside there and now Akomolede is on top in guard.
That's two minutes gone in the round. Akomolede lands a couple of elbows. van Bruggen looking for a sweep. Not yet van Bruggen, not yet. Akomolede lands a couple of digs. Akomolede trying to control the position from guard on top but van Bruggen is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can. Akomolede preventing the sweep. Akomolede scoring with punches to the head and body. Akomolede passes easily into side control. Nice work. Akomolede working away. Akomolede working the ground and pound. van Bruggen tries to work a leg under to get back to half guard but Akomolede wriggles his own leg back out and remains in side control.
That's three minutes gone in the round. van Bruggen takes a big shot right to the temple there but he's taken it well.
Akomolede landing a few strikes. van Bruggen tries to bench press Akomolede off him but Akomolede keeps the position. Akomolede landing strikes. Akomolede cracks van Bruggen with a big right hand but van Bruggen just smiles back at him and invites him to have another go.
van Bruggen gets back to half guard. van Bruggen wants to control but Akomolede is keeping busy and won't allow it. Akomolede is controlling the pace.
van Bruggen is looking to improve his position.
Akomolede seems to be taking a bit of a break to think of his next move. He lands a short punch in the meantime.
That's four minutes gone in the round. Akomolede is taking a breather. van Bruggen says something to him but it's hard to make out. Perhaps he's telling him to get on with it and actually do something. Akomolede lands with a punch from half guard. Akomolede looking to pass the half guard. Not this time. van Bruggen is trying to control but Akomolede manages to pass to mount!
van Bruggen tries to reverse the position but Akomolede maintains control. Akomolede is still in mount, landing shots to his trapped opponent. van Bruggen can't stay in a position like this for much longer.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end. Akomolede with good strikes from the mount here! And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Olumide Akomolede 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.
Akomolede bobs and weaves into range and then changes levels and scores with a nice takedown into side control. van Bruggen is looking to reverse the position. van Bruggen is putting a lot of effort into getting back to his feet here. van Bruggen tries to improve position but can't. Akomolede gets to mount! van Bruggen was on the offensive and wasn't defending properly. Akomolede lands with some strikes. Akomolede putting on the heat here with some good ground and pound! Akomolede unloading with bombs! The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing. Akomolede postures up and throws a couple of big shots that have van Bruggen in real trouble here! The ref calls for van Bruggen to improve his position which he doesn't do, so the referee has no choice but to end the fight due to the strikes!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:03 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Olumide Akomolede!
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energy
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hype
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pop
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mgr
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