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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Hasham Himza (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Isdok Raven (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Himza comes into the arena with Won't Back Down-Eminem blaring out of the sound system. Both fighters will be looking to make this an exciting fight for the fans, I'm sure!
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183 lbs
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BJJ Blue Belt
Counter striker
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BJJ White Belt
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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
1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Hasham Himza!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Isdok Raven!
The judges for this bout are Albert Achterberg, Aafke Stam and Paulsen Ambrosius.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Himza moves into range and clinches up with Raven.
Himza blocks an uppercut.
Himza lands a damaging elbow.
Raven has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Himza taking a breather.
Raven tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Himza's elbow.
Himza tries to work over Raven's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Raven tries a body shot but Himza blocks it.
Raven wants to break the clinch but can't.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Raven.
Himza lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Himza has Raven pressed against the cage, preventing Raven from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Raven wants to break free but Himza has control.
Raven takes a knee to the side of the body.
Himza lands a damaging elbow.
A hook to the body from Raven.
Raven stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Himza is breathing heavily.
Raven wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Raven looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Raven is trying to break the clinch but Himza is controlling him.
Raven is trying to push Himza away but Himza has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Raven blocks a body shot from Himza.
Raven misses with a punch on the inside.
Raven is trying to break free.
Himza throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Raven blocks it with crossed arms.
Raven tries to circle away but Himza has him pinned against the cage.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Himza is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Raven is defending well for now.
Raven is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
A head punch on the inside from Raven fails to land.
Himza keeps control of Raven as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Raven misses with a short punch on the inside.
Himza tries a body shot but Raven blocks it.
Raven lands with a right to the head.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
Raven working hard to break the clinch.
Himza blocking some punches.
Raven wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Himza has him pressed against the cage.
Himza struggles to land a body shot inside as Raven controls his hands.
Raven wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Himza has him pressed against the cage.
Raven struggles to land a body shot inside as Himza controls his hands.
Raven is trying to force a seperation but Himza has the dominant position.
Raven wants to break the clinch but can't.
Himza blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Raven swings wildly with an uppercut but Himza uses good head movement to avoid it.
Himza throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Himza blocking some punches.
Raven has had enough of the clinch but Himza keeps him there for the moment.
That's two 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.
Raven misses with some punches.
Raven misses with a punch on the inside.
Raven struggles to land a body shot inside as Himza controls his hands.
Himza blocks an uppercut.
Raven tries to throw a body punch but Himza avoids it by throwing Raven back against the cage.
Raven misses with a short punch on the inside.
Himza lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Himza missing with knees to the body.
Raven tries to break free but Himza pushes him back against the cage.
Himza keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Raven's efforts to push away.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Raven.
Raven lands a nice shot to the body.
Raven misses with a punch to the body.
Raven is trying to break free.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Raven.
Raven misses with some punches.
Raven has had enough of the clinch but Himza keeps him there for the moment.
A frustrated look appears on Raven's face as he tries to break the clinch.
A frustrated look appears on Raven's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Himza keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Raven's efforts to push away.
Raven is looking to break free of the clinch but Himza has double underhooks.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Raven wants to break the clinch but can't.
Raven wants to get back to striking at distance but Himza won't allow it.
Raven wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Raven is trying to force a seperation but Himza has the dominant position.
Raven tries to circle away but Himza has him pinned against the cage.
Himza prevents a body shot from Raven.
Raven tries to throw a body punch but Himza avoids it by throwing Raven back against the cage.
Raven blocks a body shot from Himza.
Raven tries a body shot but Himza blocks it.
Raven tries to break free but Himza pushes him back against the cage.
Raven is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Raven is trying to break the clinch but Himza has him pressed against the cage.
Raven wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Himza has him pressed against the cage.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Raven.
Raven makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Raven wants to get back to striking at distance but Himza won't allow it.
Raven blocks an uppercut.
Raven misses with a hook from the clinch.
Raven misses with a punch to the body.
Raven swings wildly with an uppercut but Himza uses good head movement to avoid it.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Raven.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
Raven swings wildly with an uppercut but Himza uses good head movement to avoid it.
Raven scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Raven misses with a body punch.
Raven misses with some punches.
Raven wants to break the clinch but can't.
Raven throws a head punch that misses.
Raven tries to circle away but Himza has him pinned against the cage.
Raven is trying to break the clinch but Himza has him pressed against the cage.
Himza pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Raven tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Himza comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Raven looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Himza keeps control of Raven as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Raven swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Raven wants to break the clinch but can't.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Raven misses with a hook from the clinch.
Himza tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Raven working hard to break the clinch.
Raven wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Raven presses Himza against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Isdok Raven dominated that 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.
Raven closes the distance and lands a one-two.
Danga de danga de dang - Raven scores with a four punch combination!
Hasham Himza is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Himza takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Himza blocks a low kick nicely.
Himza takes a head kick and shrugs it off.
Raven scores with a nice right hand.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Raven lands with an uppercut that bounces Himza off the cage and back into rage.
Raven jabs at Himza's body.
Raven lands with a nice combination. Himza backs away looking to recover.
Himza takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Himza checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time.
Raven throws a low kick but Himza moves out of range easily.
A low kick from Raven is predictable there
and Himza moves into the clinch.
A head punch on the inside from Raven fails to land.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Raven is looking to break free of the clinch but Himza has double underhooks.
Raven is trying to force a seperation but Himza has the dominant position.
Raven wants to break the clinch but can't.
Raven is trying to force a seperation but Himza has the dominant position.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Himza is trying to stall.
Himza blocks an uppercut.
Raven tries to work over Himza's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Himza blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Raven has had enough of the clinch but Himza keeps him there for the moment.
Raven wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Raven working hard to break the clinch.
Himza blocks an uppercut.
Raven misses with a hook from the clinch.
Himza has Raven pressed against the cage, preventing Raven from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Raven managing to block the knees to the body from Himza.
Himza has Raven pressed against the cage, preventing Raven from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Raven blocks an elbow strike from Himza.
Raven is trying to break the clinch but Himza has him pressed against the cage.
Raven working hard to break the clinch.
Raven is trying to break the clinch but Himza is controlling him.
Raven tries to break free but Himza pushes him back against the cage.
Himza wants to stall.
Raven misses with a shot to the kidneys.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
Raven working aggressively here.
Raven wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Raven wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Raven lands a body punch in the clinch.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Raven.
Raven swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Himza blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Raven wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Raven tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Raven can't break the clinch.
Raven misses with a punch on the inside.
Raven is trying to force a seperation but Himza has the dominant position.
Raven tries to break free but Himza pushes him back against the cage.
Himza tries to throw a body punch but Raven avoids it by throwing Himza back against the cage.
Raven can't break the clinch.
Himza keeps control of Raven as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Himza throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Raven.
Himza prevents a body shot from Raven.
Raven is trying to break the clinch but Himza has him pressed against the cage.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Raven is trying to force a seperation but Himza has the dominant position.
Raven fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Himza blocking some punches.
Raven dodges an elbow strike from Himza.
Raven misses with a punch to the body.
Raven is trying to force a seperation but Himza has the dominant position.
Raven swings wildly with an uppercut but Himza uses good head movement to avoid it.
A frustrated look appears on Raven's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Raven misses with a body punch.
Raven can't break the clinch.
Raven is looking to break free of the clinch but Himza has double underhooks.
Raven misses with a punch on the inside.
Raven blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Raven has a couple of punches blocked by Himza.
Raven is looking to break free of the clinch but Himza has double underhooks.
Raven misses with a hook to the ribs.
Himza tries to throw a body punch but Raven avoids it by throwing Himza back against the cage.
Himza tries to throw a body punch but Raven avoids it by throwing Himza back against the cage.
Raven misses with a shot to the kidneys.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Neither fighter has done anything of merit for a good minute or two here and the crowd are not happy about it.
Himza lands a nice knee to the body.
Raven is looking to break free of the clinch but Himza has double underhooks.
Himza tries a knee to the head but Raven blocks it.
Raven swings wildly with an uppercut but Himza uses good head movement to avoid it.
Raven misses with a short punch on the inside.
Raven working hard to break the clinch.
Raven working hard to break the clinch.
Raven is trying to break the clinch but Himza has him pressed against the cage.
Raven is trying to break free.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Himza.
Raven throws a head punch that misses.
Raven struggles to land a body shot inside as Himza controls his hands.
Himza using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Raven has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Himza is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Raven is keeping busy.
Raven has had enough of the clinch but Himza keeps him there for the moment.
Raven tries to break the clinch but Himza is controlling the position.
Raven tries to throw a body punch but Himza avoids it by throwing Raven back against the cage.
Raven breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Raven lands a nice shot that snaps Himza's head back.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Isdok Raven showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action. This is the final round!
Raven throws a sloppy head kick and Himza moves out of range easily.
Raven throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
Raven throws a head kick but Himza moves out of range.
Raven misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
A head kick by Raven misses
and Himza counters by moving into the clinch. Good anticipation by Himza.
Raven tries to work over Himza's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Himza blocks an uppercut.
Raven goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Himza lands a nice elbow.
Raven tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Himza with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Raven takes a knee to the side of the body.
Raven lands a hook to the side of the head.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Raven tries to circle away but Himza has him pinned against the cage.
Raven takes a shot to the head.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Himza prevents a body shot from Raven.
Himza blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Knees in the clinch landing for Himza.
Knees to the body from Himza.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Himza tries to land knees in the clinch but Raven avoids the damage to the body.
Raven wants to break free but Himza has control.
Raven can't break the clinch.
Raven wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Raven is trying to break free.
Himza scores a nice knee to the body.
Raven fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Raven is trying to break the clinch but Himza has him pressed against the cage.
Himza prevents Raven from breaking the clinch.
Raven misses with a punch to the body.
Raven wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Raven is trying to break the clinch but Himza has him pressed against the cage.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Himza blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Raven tries to work over Himza's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Raven doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Raven wants to get back to striking at distance but Himza won't allow it.
Raven fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Raven wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Raven misses with a hook from the clinch.
Raven lands an uppercut.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
A few boos can be heard. I'm sure they will multiply if the fighters don't pick up the pace.
Raven working hard to break the clinch.
Raven is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Himza throws a knee to the head but misses.
Himza lands a knee to the head.
Raven working aggressively here.
A frustrated look appears on Raven's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Himza has Raven pressed against the cage, preventing Raven from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Raven stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Raven misses with a punch to the body.
Raven misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Raven misses with the head strike.
Raven misses with a hook to the ribs.
Raven misses with a hook from the clinch.
Raven tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Raven can't find room to land a body shot as Himza controls the action.
Raven tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Raven is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Raven tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Himza's elbow.
Raven takes an elbow to the forehead.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Raven is trying to force a seperation but Himza has the dominant position.
Raven blocks a body shot from Himza.
Raven throws a punch but it's blocked by Himza.
Raven misses with a punch on the inside.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
Raven can't break the clinch.
Himza looking to throw knees to the head but Raven is blocking nicely.
Raven tries to break free but Himza pushes him back against the cage.
Hasham Himza has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Himza blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Raven tries a body shot but Himza blocks it.
Raven misses with a hook from the clinch.
Raven has had enough of the clinch but Himza keeps him there for the moment.
Raven throws a head punch that misses.
Himza misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Raven.
Raven fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
A nice left hand lands by Raven.
Raven wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Knees to the body from Himza.
Raven lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are getting on the fighters' backs, as the pace has dropped off in the last minute or so.
Himza with a knee to the head.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Himza.
Raven can't break the clinch.
Raven wants to break the clinch but can't.
Raven wants to break free but Himza has control.
Raven working hard to break the clinch.
Raven misses with a punch on the inside.
Himza lands with a right to the head.
Raven wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Himza using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Raven has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Himza lands a shot to the body.
Raven throws a head punch that misses.
Himza tries to work over Raven's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Himza misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Raven.
Raven tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Raven swings wildly with an uppercut but Himza uses good head movement to avoid it.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Raven breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Himza gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Isdok Raven is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Raven will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.
And that's the end of the fight!
That was a close round. You could make an argument for either fighter but I would give it to Hasham Himza.
Well Raven has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. 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 Albert Achterberg scores the fight 28:29
Judge Aafke Stam scores the fight 28:29
Judge Paulsen Ambrosius scores the fight 28:29
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Isdok Raven!
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