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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Charles Cheng (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Manny The Nanny (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both these guys have really solid chins. Will we see a standup war or will they both decide that a knockout is unlikely and try to win the fight elsewhere?
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212 lbs
8 - 4 - 0 |
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214 lbs
11 - 3 - 0 |
Good wrestling
Excellent MT
Granite chin |
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BJJ Brown Belt
Excellent boxer
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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
8 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Charles Cheng!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
11 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Manny The Nanny!
The judges for this bout are Daniel Blasius, Radbod Blank and Nard Betker.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
The Nanny swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Cheng.
Manny The Nanny seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
The Nanny throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
A nice inside leg kick there by Cheng. That's going to slow The Nanny down.
Cheng uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by The Nanny.
Nice shot lands for The Nanny.
The Nanny needs to keep his hands up - Cheng had a free shot at his head there.
Cheng fails with the takedown.
Good work by The Nanny as he checks the leg kick.
The Nanny fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Cheng on the side of the head.
Cheng swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by The Nanny.
Cheng swings for the body but The Nanny moves out of range.
Cheng avoids the body shot from The Nanny.
Cheng closes the distance and looks for a trip takedown... aaaand he's got it - Cheng lands in his opponent's guard.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Cheng cracks The Nanny with a solid left hand.
Cheng trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Cheng throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as The Nanny works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
The Nanny is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
Cheng has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
The Nanny working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Cheng.
The Nanny bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Cheng's guard.
There's a bit of a scramble here and now Cheng is on top in guard.
Cheng trying to control but The Nanny is working from the bottom.
Cheng is looking to work some ground and pound but The Nanny has wrist control.
Cheng drops back for a leg but he's not going to get it - he lets go and The Nanny dives on top into guard.
The Nanny trying to control but Cheng is working from the bottom.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Cheng pulls The Nanny in close to prevent any damage.
Cheng looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells The Nanny's corner. There ya go! There ya go!
The Nanny tries to free his leg and advance position but Cheng is retaining full guard.
The Nanny looking to control the position here, rather than advance.
The Nanny preventing the sweep.
Cheng is trying to keep The Nanny in close.
The Nanny won't allow Cheng to sweep him here.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Cheng striking off his back but it's not causing The Nanny any problems.
The Nanny postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
The Nanny pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Cheng is keeping the position for now.
The Nanny is looking to work some ground and pound but Cheng has wrist control.
Cheng has his foot on The Nanny's thigh. He's trying to push off and get in position for a triangle, I think. The Nanny works his way back into a safe position though.
Cheng has his foot on The Nanny's thigh. He's trying to push off and get in position for a triangle, I think. The Nanny works his way back into a safe position though.
The Nanny stopping the sweep attempt from Cheng.
The Nanny got a little sloppy there for a moment and Cheng has worked his way into a loose triangle - can he finish it?! No, The Nanny has managed to get both his arms back between Cheng's legs - danger averted.
Cheng keeping moving, preventing The Nanny from controlling successfully.
That's four 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.
Cheng had isolated an arm as going for a kimura. The Nanny defends it easily.
Cheng isolates an arm and boxes in a triangle. The Nanny stacks Cheng on his neck as he steps over and passes to the side. He's now in a much more dominant position where he can look to do some serious damage. Nice move by The Nanny!
Cheng tries to work a leg under to get back to half guard but The Nanny wriggles his own leg back out and remains in side control.
Cheng gets one leg under and gets the fight to half guard.
Cheng tries to roll over but The Nanny keeps him under control.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Cheng is refusing to be controlled, as The Nanny sits in half guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close round but I would say that Charles Cheng will probably get the nod.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.
Cheng misses with a jab to the body
and The Nanny counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Cheng uses good head movement to avoid the hook from The Nanny.
Cheng throws a hook but The Nanny blocks it.
Cheng finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
The Nanny throws a big shot that misses.
Cheng lands with a good body shot.
The Nanny fails to land with a series of punches.
Cheng throws a sloppy head kick and The Nanny moves out of range easily.
The Nanny tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Cheng was well out of range. Poor timing from The Nanny.
Cheng throws a solid leg kick but The Nanny takes the impact on his shin and smiles at Cheng.
Cheng throws a sloppy head kick and The Nanny moves out of range easily.
Cheng scores with a nice right hand.
Cheng swings away with a body shot that misses
enabling The Nanny to counter with a crisp jab.
Cheng ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Cheng jabs The Nanny to the body, keeping him at a distance.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
The Nanny looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
The Nanny on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Cheng. Cheng obviously looking to wear him down.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Cheng drives through with a really nice takedown into side control.
The Nanny is breathing heavily.
Cheng is looking for a kimura. He might have it! No, The Nanny has escaped the position, nice work there.
Cheng wants to work for a kimura but he's foiled early by The Nanny, who protects the arm well.
Cheng happy to just control the position for now.
Cheng working the head with strikes.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Cheng misses with an attempted head punch from side control.
Cheng controls the position.
Cheng taking a break here but The Nanny is having none of it and regains half guard.
Cheng scores with a couple of good hammerfists.
The Nanny wants to control but Cheng is keeping busy and won't allow it.
The Nanny is trying to get back to full guard.
Cheng wants to pass the guard but The Nanny is defending well.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
The fighters are battling for position here. The Nanny manages to regain full guard. Nice work.
The Nanny keeping moving, preventing Cheng from controlling successfully.
The Nanny has control of Cheng's left arm, preventing Cheng from doing any damage.
Cheng pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. The Nanny is keeping the position for now.
Cheng drops back for a leg but he's not going to get it - he lets go and The Nanny dives on top into guard.
Cheng throwing strikes off his back to little effect.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
The Nanny passes into half guard under a barage of strikes.
Cheng is pressing down on The Nanny's left leg trying to get back to full guard. He's managed it.
Cheng manages to sweep nicely, so he's now on top. The Nanny manages to get himself to full guard.
Cheng trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Cheng chips away with some ground and pound.
The Nanny working a defensive guard here.
The Nanny keeping moving, preventing Cheng from controlling successfully.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
The Nanny can't do much from the bottom at the moment, as Cheng controls the pace.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Charles Cheng dominated that second round.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action. So, we enter the final round. Let's see if either fighter can bring us a finish, or whether we're going to the judges scorecards.
The Nanny tries to check the leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
The Nanny with a hook.
Cheng will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
The Nanny rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Cheng moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
A looping hook to the body misses from Cheng. The Nanny does a little dance to reset his feet.
Cheng moves forwards but The Nanny connects with a nice, crisp jab.
The Nanny drives through and clinches with Cheng against the cage.
The Nanny is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Cheng is defending well for now.
The Nanny tries to throw a body punch but Cheng avoids it by throwing The Nanny back against the cage.
Cheng crunches a lovely knee into The Nanny's ribcage.
Cheng misses with an elbow over the top.
Cheng tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Cheng lands a nice elbow.
Cheng crunches a lovely knee into The Nanny's ribcage.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Cheng tries to land knees in the clinch but The Nanny avoids the damage to the body.
Nice body punch from The Nanny.
Cheng lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
The Nanny takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Cheng lands an elbow that stopped The Nanny in his tracks for a moment.
The Nanny goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Cheng pushes off an throws an elbow but The Nanny leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Cheng's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Cheng explodes with a nice body kick and back out of range. Nice work.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Cheng, right into the meat.
Cheng tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but The Nanny was well out of range. Poor timing from Cheng.
Cheng scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!
Cheng lands with a straight right. The Nanny didn't see that one coming.
The Nanny takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Cheng scores with a nice body kick.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Cheng lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Cheng connects with a solid leg kick.
Cheng with a poor takedown
and Cheng takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
A big left from The Nanny misses.
Manny The Nanny is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Cheng swinging wildly here.
Cheng takes a swing at The Nanny's ribcage but misses.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Cheng looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Cheng feints and then cracks The Nanny's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow The Nanny down.
The Nanny just misses with a punch to the body.
Cheng throws a quick inside leg kick.
The Nanny looks to throw the jab but Cheng is out of range.
Nice body punch from Cheng.
The Nanny tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Cheng was well out of range. Poor timing from The Nanny.
Cheng lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Cheng keeps The Nanny at a distance using the push kick.
Cheng dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Cheng lands a really nice looking cross but The Nanny seems unphased.
Cheng lands a nice shot to the body.
Cheng misses with a head kick.
Cheng attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
The Nanny's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
The Nanny misses with an uppercut.
Cheng is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that The Nanny can do to turn this around?
A thudding body kick lands there by Cheng!
The Nanny takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Cheng feints and then cracks The Nanny's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow The Nanny down.
Cheng is looking to slow The Nanny down with leg kicks.
An inside leg kick lands from Cheng.
Cheng dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
The Nanny takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
The Nanny gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Cheng.
Cheng thuds a left hand into The Nanny's body.
Cheng scores with a kick to the midsection.
Charles Cheng is winning the standup battle so far.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Cheng goes for a high kick. It partially lands.
Cheng throws a combination. The Nanny tries to block but a couple of punches get through.
Cheng is looking to wear down The Nanny with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
The Nanny takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Cheng chopping away at his opponent's legs.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Cheng connects with the punch.
That's a knee to de groin and it's over and out! The Nanny crumples to the ground after an illegal strike from Cheng - the referee stops the clock and The Nanny gets 5 minutes to recover from that one. "I'm sorry" says Cheng. The Nanny manages to get back to his feet and the fight resumes.
The Nanny looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
Cheng lands a jab followed by a nice looking cross.
Cheng tests The Nanny's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Cheng lands with a good body shot.
A punch lands to the side of The Nanny 's head but he takes it in his stride.
Cheng connects with a body shot.
Cheng fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and The Nanny has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Manny The Nanny has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
A shot to the liver by Cheng. Beautiful body shot.
Charles Cheng is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Cheng uses good head movement to avoid the hook from The Nanny.
A slapping leg kick lands for Cheng.
A kick lands to the mid section there for Cheng.
Cheng ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
And that's the end of the fight!
Charles Cheng showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Cheng 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 Daniel Blasius scores the fight 30:26
Judge Radbod Blank scores the fight 30:26
Judge Nard Betker scores the fight 30:26
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Charles Cheng!
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hype
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