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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between DeQuinten van Nistelrooy (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Vincente da Rocha (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). The atmosphere really building for this one as we go over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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204 lbs
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25
205 lbs
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BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Granite chin |
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BJJ White 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
0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, DeQuinten van Nistelrooy!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
0 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Vincente da Rocha!
The judges for this bout are Aafke Stam, Patrick Alders and Nard Betker.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
van Nistelrooy shoots in looking for a takedown but da Rocha manages to keep the fight standing, pushing van Nistelrooy's face into the canvas for good measure before circling away.
No luck with that takedown attempt from da Rocha.
A punch combination from van Nistelrooy misses.
van Nistelrooy drives through with a really nice takedown into side control.
da Rocha tries to work a leg under to get back to half guard but van Nistelrooy wriggles his own leg back out and remains in side control.
van Nistelrooy throwing strikes but da Rocha manages to buck up and roll into a nice reversal - now he's on top in side control!
da Rocha tries to get to his feet but van Nistelrooy is in the middle of advancing position himself and ends up with da Rocha in his guard.
da Rocha slips nicely into half guard.
That's one minute gone in the round.
van Nistelrooy is looking for a sweep. da Rocha is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
da Rocha not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
da Rocha lands strikes from half guard.
da Rocha trying to control from half guard but van Nistelrooy is working away.
van Nistelrooy pushes da Rocha off and gets back to his feet.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
da Rocha connects with a solid leg kick.
van Nistelrooy throws a right and a left that da Rocha avoids nicely.
van Nistelrooy has managed to clinch.
van Nistelrooy trying to control the position but instead, da Rocha has worked for underhooks and has pushed van Nistelrooy into the cage.
da Rocha tries to pull guard but van Nistelrooy won't allow it.
da Rocha tries to pull guard but van Nistelrooy won't allow it.
DeQuinten van Nistelrooy has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Vincente da Rocha.
da Rocha taking a breather.
da Rocha can't get the takedown.
da Rocha tries to pull guard but van Nistelrooy holds him up against the cage and eventually da Rocha drops back down to his feet.
da Rocha breaks from the clinch.
van Nistelrooy has a takedown stuffed.
van Nistelrooy thows a body shot but no joy.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
No joy there for van Nistelrooy, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Sloppy strikes from van Nistelrooy. Those never looked like landing.
da Rocha tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
van Nistelrooy doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
van Nistelrooy misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
van Nistelrooy is breathing heavily.
van Nistelrooy misses with a takedown attempt - da Rocha sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
Horrible takedown by da Rocha or perhaps it was just good defense by van Nistelrooy which made him look bad.
van Nistelrooy lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but da Rocha circles away quickly and effectively.
da Rocha fails with a takedown attempt from distance.
van Nistelrooy changes levels and looks for a double leg takedown. da Rocha tries to avoid it but van Nistelrooy manages to keep hold of a leg and drag da Rocha to the ground. da Rocha escapes though and pops straight back up to his feet.
da Rocha tries to clinch but van Nistelrooy moves out of range.
da Rocha looks for a takedown but van Nistelrooy sprawls well.
DeQuinten van Nistelrooy seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
da Rocha shoots in but van Nistelrooy avoids the takedown attempt easily.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
van Nistelrooy looks frustrated there after his takedown attempt is stuffed easily.
The fight stays on the outside here - da Rocha looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
da Rocha slaps away a takedown attempt from van Nistelrooy, before circling back to the center of the mat.
van Nistelrooy stuffs the takedown attempt from da Rocha. da Rocha gets slowly back to his feet.
van Nistelrooy throws a right and a left that da Rocha avoids nicely.
van Nistelrooy shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says da Rocha as he avoids it easily.
van Nistelrooy swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
van Nistelrooy fails miserably with a takedown attempt.
da Rocha lands a head kick!
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Vincente da Rocha 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.
van Nistelrooy stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from da Rocha.
van Nistelrooy shoots in but no luck this time.
da Rocha doesn't manage to clinch there - van Nistelrooy circles away.
da Rocha is looking to clinch.
van Nistelrooy rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but da Rocha moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
da Rocha comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
van Nistelrooy misses with a jab, cross combination.
van Nistelrooy stuffs a takedown. It's all about dictating where the fight takes place and van Nistelrooy wants it to stay on the feet.
van Nistelrooy defends well against a solid takedown attempt from da Rocha.
van Nistelrooy wants to clinch up but da Rocha keeps it at a distance.
van Nistelrooy tries to bum rush da Rocha with a series of wild strikes but da Rocha uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
van Nistelrooy stuffs a takedown. It's all about dictating where the fight takes place and van Nistelrooy wants it to stay on the feet.
DeQuinten van Nistelrooy has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Vincente da Rocha.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
van Nistelrooy misses with a few strikes there.
van Nistelrooy throws a series of punches but da Rocha avoids them all with ease.
DeQuinten van Nistelrooy is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
That's one minute gone in the round.
No joy there for van Nistelrooy, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
da Rocha fails with a takedown attempt from distance.
da Rocha closes this distance looking for a takedown but van Nistelrooy circles away.
van Nistelrooy lands a right hook to the body.
da Rocha tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. van Nistelrooy manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
van Nistelrooy misses with a double jab.
da Rocha shoots in but no luck this time.
van Nistelrooy lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
van Nistelrooy misses with a two punch combination.
van Nistelrooy throws a lazy head kick
and da Rocha counters with a nice low kick that buckles van Nistelrooy's knee momentarily.
da Rocha shoots in looking for a takedown. van Nistelrooy tries to sprawl out of it but da Rocha keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. van Nistelrooy manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.
van Nistelrooy fails miserably with a takedown attempt.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
van Nistelrooy tries for a takedown but da Rocha sees it coming a mile off and avoids it easily.
van Nistelrooy stuffs the takedown attempt from da Rocha. da Rocha gets slowly back to his feet.
No luck for da Rocha with that takedown attempt.
da Rocha defends well against a solid takedown attempt from van Nistelrooy.
da Rocha tries to clinch but van Nistelrooy moves out of range.
da Rocha wants to clinch up but van Nistelrooy keeps it at a distance.
da Rocha fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
van Nistelrooy closes this distance looking for a takedown but da Rocha circles away.
A left and a right from da Rocha both land. Nice combination.
da Rocha fails with a takedown attempt from distance.
A left and a right from van Nistelrooy both land. Nice combination.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
van Nistelrooy misses with a combination
and da Rocha counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
van Nistelrooy fails to land with a series of punches.
Vincente da Rocha seems to be getting the better of the standup.
da Rocha tries to clinch up.
da Rocha shoots in for a takedown but van Nistelrooy shows good takedown defense.
van Nistelrooy lands three nice shots there - that looked like it hurt!
da Rocha wants to clinch up but van Nistelrooy keeps it at a distance.
A left and a right from van Nistelrooy both land. Nice combination.
van Nistelrooy misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
van Nistelrooy looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
No luck with that takedown attempt from da Rocha.
van Nistelrooy shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.
van Nistelrooy stuffs a takedown. It's all about dictating where the fight takes place and van Nistelrooy wants it to stay on the feet.
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.
van Nistelrooy shoots in looking for a takedown but da Rocha manages to keep the fight standing, pushing van Nistelrooy's face into the canvas for good measure before circling away.
da Rocha is trying hard to land a takedown here. van Nistelrooy sprawls well and keeps this one on the feet.
da Rocha keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.
A telegraphed takedown attempt from da Rocha is defended easily by van Nistelrooy.
da Rocha uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by van Nistelrooy.
van Nistelrooy tries to work over da Rocha's front leg with a kick but da Rocha checks it.
van Nistelrooy shoots in for a double leg but da Rocha sprawls well. That's going to sap some energy.
da Rocha shoots in looking for a takedown. van Nistelrooy tries to sprawl out of it but da Rocha keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. van Nistelrooy manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.
van Nistelrooy stuffs a takedown. It's all about dictating where the fight takes place and van Nistelrooy wants it to stay on the feet.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Vincente da Rocha showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
That's time! Back to the action! This is the final round!
van Nistelrooy swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
van Nistelrooy throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
da Rocha fails miserably with a takedown attempt.
van Nistelrooy scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!
van Nistelrooy throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
da Rocha stuffs the takedown attempt from van Nistelrooy. van Nistelrooy gets slowly back to his feet.
da Rocha tries to score a power double leg takedown but van Nistelrooy sees that one coming and sprawls well. That will dishearten da Rocha somewhat.
van Nistelrooy shoots in but da Rocha avoids the takedown attempt easily.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
da Rocha wants to clinch up but van Nistelrooy keeps it at a distance.
da Rocha dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on van Nistelrooy. That did some damage!
That's one minute gone in the round.
da Rocha shoots in and drives through. van Nistelrooy sprawls well.
DeQuinten van Nistelrooy has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Vincente da Rocha.
van Nistelrooy fails with a takedown attempt.
van Nistelrooy shoots in looking for a double leg takedown. da Rocha defends it nicely.
da Rocha dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
da Rocha tries to clinch there but van Nistelrooy circles away.
da Rocha closes this distance looking for a takedown but van Nistelrooy circles away.
van Nistelrooy throws a left and a right that both miss
and da Rocha makes him pay by landing a thudding low kick.
da Rocha looks frustrated there after his takedown attempt is stuffed easily.
van Nistelrooy misses with a series of wild punches.
van Nistelrooy swinging wildly here.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
van Nistelrooy shoots in and drives through. da Rocha sprawls well.
A combination from van Nistelrooy does no damage.
van Nistelrooy uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by da Rocha.
da Rocha dives in and grabs van Nistelrooy's left leg, looking for a takedown. van Nistelrooy pushes down on da Rocha's head and hops out.
da Rocha defends well against a solid takedown attempt from van Nistelrooy.
van Nistelrooy avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Nice takedown defense from van Nistelrooy. No joy for da Rocha on that attempt.
A big left from da Rocha misses.
van Nistelrooy will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
A telegraphed takedown attempt from van Nistelrooy is defended easily by da Rocha.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
van Nistelrooy slaps away a takedown attempt from da Rocha, before circling back to the center of the mat.
van Nistelrooy misses with a few strikes there.
da Rocha closes this distance looking for a takedown but van Nistelrooy circles away.
van Nistelrooy shoots in but da Rocha avoids the takedown attempt easily.
No joy there for van Nistelrooy, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
van Nistelrooy avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
van Nistelrooy falls off balance throwing a combination
and da Rocha cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
van Nistelrooy stuffs a takedown. It's all about dictating where the fight takes place and van Nistelrooy wants it to stay on the feet.
van Nistelrooy changes levels and looks for a double leg takedown. da Rocha tries to avoid it but van Nistelrooy manages to keep hold of a leg and drag da Rocha to the ground. da Rocha escapes though and pops straight back up to his feet.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
There's not a lot going on here and the crowd are letting the fighters know they're not willing to tolerate a lack of action.
van Nistelrooy defends well against a solid takedown attempt from da Rocha.
Nice sprawl there from da Rocha as van Nistelrooy shoots in.
da Rocha shoots in looking for a takedown but van Nistelrooy manages to keep the fight standing, pushing da Rocha's face into the canvas for good measure before circling away.
A telegraphed takedown attempt from van Nistelrooy is defended easily by da Rocha.
van Nistelrooy slaps away a takedown attempt from da Rocha, before circling back to the center of the mat.
van Nistelrooy lands a jab. Then a cross. Then finally a nice hook to the body. Good work there by van Nistelrooy.
No joy there for da Rocha, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
van Nistelrooy scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!
van Nistelrooy fails miserably with a takedown attempt.
DeQuinten van Nistelrooy has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Vincente da Rocha is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
da Rocha cracks van Nistelrooy with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
And that's the end of the fight!
I would just about give that final round to Vincente da Rocha.
I've got da Rocha winning every round here. Surely the decision will go his way and he'll pick up a well deserved decision victory. 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 Aafke Stam scores the fight 27:30
Judge Patrick Alders scores the fight 27:30
Judge Nard Betker scores the fight 27:30
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Vincente da Rocha!
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energy
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RATING
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