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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Randall Cleaver (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Frenk Schmellengartner (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Cleaver comes to the ring accompanied by Drowning Pool - Bodies. Both fighter's entrance songs getting the crowd jumping here.
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BJJ Purple Belt
Solid boxing
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
3 - 0 - 0, fighting out of London, Randall Cleaver!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
3 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Frenk Schmellengartner!
The judges for this bout are Paul Aken, Wagner Zegers and Daniel Blasius.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Cleaver misses with a straight left.
Cleaver changes levels and drives through with a really nice takedown into side control. Schmellengartner looks really pissed at himself for not defending that better.
Cleaver tries to get to his feet but Schmellengartner is in the middle of advancing position himself and ends up with Cleaver in his guard.
Cleaver would like to get this fight back to the feet but can't get free from the closed guard.
Cleaver trying desperately to get back to his feet here but he's not having any joy at all. He's going to tire himself out if he's not careful.
The fighters are trapped in the ropes so we're going to have a reposition here. The ref calls for a break and repositions the fighters in the center of the ring.
Cleaver stands and steps away. Schmellengartner gets to his feet too and we're back to the striking game.
Schmellengartner fails with an attempt to clinch.
Cleaver cracks Schmellengartner with a good jab.
Cleaver takes a swing at Schmellengartner's ribcage but misses.
Cleaver misses with a lunging right hand
and Schmellengartner counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Cleaver throws a half hearted mid kick.
Cleaver connects with a right hand. Schmellengartner shakes it off.
Cleaver throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Frenk Schmellengartner is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Cleaver moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Schmellengartner doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Jab from Cleaver.
Schmellengartner ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Cleaver moves away.
Cleaver cracks Schmellengartner with a right hand to the side of the head.
Schmellengartner gets cracked there but stands up to it.
Cleaver closes the distance and clinches up, looking for a takedown. He shifts his weight and gets a nice trip into half guard.
Cleaver wants to stand up but Schmellengartner is controlling the position.
Schmellengartner pushes Cleaver off and gets back to his feet.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
No joy there for Cleaver, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Schmellengartner on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Cleaver slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
Cleaver connects with a body shot that sends Schmellengartner's belly button to the back.
Schmellengartner tries to clinch but Cleaver is having none of it.
Cleaver swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Schmellengartner.
Schmellengartner misses with a few strikes there.
Cleaver throws a lazy head kick
and Schmellengartner counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.
Schmellengartner tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Schmellengartner tries to close the distance and clinch up against the ropes but Cleaver paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Cleaver connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Cleaver misses with a straight left.
Schmellengartner uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Cleaver.
Cleaver jabs Schmellengartner to the body, keeping him at a distance.
Cleaver jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Schmellengartner doesn't manage to clinch there - Cleaver circles away.
Cleaver misses with a lunging right hand
and Schmellengartner cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Cleaver shoots in but doesn't get the takedown
and Schmellengartner counters by moving into the clinch.
Cleaver working hard to break the clinch.
Schmellengartner with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Schmellengartner looking to throw knees to the head but Cleaver is blocking nicely.
Schmellengartner with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Cleaver breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
A punch lands to the side of Schmellengartner 's head but he takes it in his stride.
Nice takedown defense from Schmellengartner. No joy for Cleaver on that attempt.
Cleaver misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Schmellengartner.
Cleaver swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Cleaver lands with a right hand.
Cleaver throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Cleaver works Schmellengartner's body with a nice hook.
Schmellengartner tries to close the distance and clinch but Cleaver swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Cleaver looks to score with a jab to the body but Schmellengartner is just out of range.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Cleaver throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Schmellengartner stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Cleaver scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Cleaver misses with a wild body shot.
Cleaver looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Nice body punch from Cleaver.
Cleaver throws an overhand right that lands on Schmellengartner's shoulder, as Schmellengartner tries to avoid the shot.
Cleaver looks to land a combination but Schmellengartner avoids it well.
Schmellengartner stuffs the takedown.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Randall Cleaver. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Cleaver throws a left and a right that both miss
and Schmellengartner counters with a leg kick.
A jab lands there for Cleaver.
Schmellengartner avoids the body shot from Cleaver.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Cleaver misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Schmellengartner.
Schmellengartner throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Cleaver tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Schmellengartner was well out of range. Poor timing from Cleaver.
Cleaver scores with a punch to the head.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Randall Cleaver dominated that round.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the ring so we can get back down to business.
Schmellengartner has closed the distance and engaged Cleaver in a clinch.
Schmellengartner misses with a knee strike.
Schmellengartner pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the ropes.
Schmellengartner throws a knee to the head but misses.
Schmellengartner lands a nice elbow.
Schmellengartner unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Cleaver has had enough of the clinch but Schmellengartner keeps him there for the moment.
Cleaver pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Cleaver lands a body shot.
Cleaver swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Cleaver cracks Schmellengartner with a right hand to the side of the head.
Cleaver misses the shot to the body.
Cleaver misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.
Schmellengartner is looking to clinch.
Cleaver misses with a looping left.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Cleaver misses with an uppercut. Schmellengartner saw that one coming.
Schmellengartner tries to clinch but Cleaver moves out of range.
Cleaver misses the shot to the body.
Frenk Schmellengartner is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Cleaver is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Schmellengartner.
Cleaver throws an overhand right that lands on Schmellengartner's shoulder, as Schmellengartner tries to avoid the shot.
Cleaver misses with a takedown attempt
and Schmellengartner counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Cleaver lands with a straight right. Schmellengartner didn't see that one coming.
Cleaver blocks a head kick by Schmellengartner.
Cleaver throws a jab when Schmellengartner was well out of range.
Cleaver throws a right hand that misses
and Schmellengartner counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Cleaver misses the body punch
and Schmellengartner counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Schmellengartner is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Cleaver fails with the takedown
and Schmellengartner counters with a flying knee. Nice.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Randall Cleaver. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Cleaver misses with a takedown attempt
and Schmellengartner counters with a nice low kick that buckles Cleaver's knee momentarily.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Cleaver ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Cleaver closes this distance looking for a takedown but Schmellengartner circles away.
Cleaver misses with a takedown attempt
and Schmellengartner counters with a straight right hand.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Cleaver connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
Cleaver throws a poor cross that misses
and Schmellengartner counters with a nice kick to the body.
Randall Cleaver seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Schmellengartner tries to close the distance and clinch up but Cleaver swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Cleaver lands a jab to Schmellengartner's midsection.
Schmellengartner tries to close the distance and clinch up against the ropes but Cleaver paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Cleaver lands a glancing blow to the side of Schmellengartner's head.
Cleaver thows a leg kick but Schmellengartner checks it
and Schmellengartner counters with a nice body kick.
Cleaver misses with a right hand
and Schmellengartner holds on and brings the fighters into a clinch.
The fighters are starting to get sweaty, which will make takedowns a bit more tricky.
Schmellengartner looking to throw knees to the head but Cleaver is blocking nicely.
Schmellengartner has used his reach advantage pretty well so far tonight.
Schmellengartner looking to throw knees to the head but Cleaver is blocking nicely.
Schmellengartner tries to land a knee to the head but Cleaver blocks with his arms.
Schmellengartner misses with a knee to the head.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Schmellengartner tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Schmellengartner looking to throw knees to the head but Cleaver is blocking nicely.
Schmellengartner misses with a knee strike.
Schmellengartner misses with a knee to the head.
Schmellengartner looking to throw knees to the head but Cleaver is blocking nicely.
Cleaver is trying to force a seperation but Schmellengartner has the dominant position.
Schmellengartner misses with a knee strike.
A knee to the head by Schmellengartner.
Cleaver is trying to break the clinch but Schmellengartner has him pressed against the ropes.
Schmellengartner misses with a knee to the head.
Cleaver is trying to break the clinch but Schmellengartner has him pressed against the ropes.
Cleaver avoiding damage as Schmellengartner throws knees to the body.
Schmellengartner tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Schmellengartner using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Cleaver has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Cleaver's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Cleaver connects with a jab.
Cleaver connects with a body shot.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Cleaver fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Cleaver lands a nice hook to Schmellengartner's body. Schmellengartner takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Cleaver throws a quick inside leg kick.
Schmellengartner ducks right into an uppercut from Cleaver.
Cleaver changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
A lazy left from Cleaver finds it's target.
Schmellengartner takes one on the button.
Cleaver fails with a takedown attempt.
Schmellengartner has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
Cleaver misses with a head kick.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Cleaver throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Cleaver scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
Cleaver will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Cleaver loads up on a big right hand but Schmellengartner slips the punch.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close second round but I would say that Randall Cleaver will probably get the nod.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! Let's get this one finished - here comes the final round!
Schmellengartner walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
Schmellengartner is pinned up against the ropes taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
Cleaver scores with a jab.
A telegraphed right hand from Cleaver misses the target.
Cleaver connects with a body shot that sends Schmellengartner's belly button to the back.
Cleaver scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
Cleaver throws a leg kick that misses.
Cleaver fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Cleaver with a poor takedown
and Schmellengartner holds on and brings the fighters into a clinch.
Schmellengartner looking to throw knees to the head but Cleaver is blocking nicely.
Schmellengartner throws a knee to the head but misses.
Cleaver tries to take the fight to the ground by pulling guard but can't manage it.
Schmellengartner using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Cleaver has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Cleaver wants to get back to striking at distance but Schmellengartner won't allow it.
Schmellengartner takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Schmellengartner misses with a knee to the head.
Schmellengartner prevents Cleaver from breaking the clinch.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Cleaver tries to pull guard but Schmellengartner won't allow it.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Randall Cleaver. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Schmellengartner tries to land knees in the clinch but Cleaver avoids the damage to the body.
Cleaver has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Schmellengartner throws a knee to the head but misses.
Cleaver is trying to break the clinch but Schmellengartner is controlling him.
Cleaver is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the ropes.
Schmellengartner misses with an elbow strike.
Cleaver fails to pull the fight into his guard.
Schmellengartner misses with a knee strike.
Cleaver has had enough of the clinch but Schmellengartner keeps him there for the moment.
Cleaver breaks the clinch.
Schmellengartner chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Cleaver shoots and misses
and Schmellengartner counters with a big head kick but Cleaver shrugs it off.
Cleaver lands a jab followed by a nice looking cross.
Schmellengartner ducks right into an uppercut from Cleaver.
Nice takedown defense from Schmellengartner. No joy for Cleaver on that attempt.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Schmellengartner misses with a two punch combination.
Schmellengartner is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Schmellengartner takes one to the side of the head.
Good exchange - Cleaver coming out on top.
Cleaver scores with a jab to the body.
Schmellengartner is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Cleaver has his takedown stuffed
and Schmellengartner counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.
Schmellengartner moves to clinch but Cleaver breaks away
and Cleaver makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Cleaver looks for a takedown but Schmellengartner sprawls well.
Cleaver takes a swing at Schmellengartner's ribcage but misses.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Schmellengartner tries to clinch but Cleaver is having none of it.
Cleaver blocks a low kick nicely.
Schmellengartner throws a sloppy head kick and Cleaver moves out of range easily.
Randall Cleaver is winning the standup battle so far.
Cleaver misses with a low kick.
Schmellengartner tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Cleaver lands a body shot.
Cleaver connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
Cleaver throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Schmellengartner tries to close the distance and clinch up but Cleaver swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Cleaver jabs at Schmellengartner's body.
Cleaver shoots and misses
and Schmellengartner counters with a thumping low kick.
Schmellengartner uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Cleaver.
Cleaver fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Schmellengartner manages to avoid it.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Schmellengartner slips under a jab.
Cleaver lands a vicious shot with the stealth of a sniper and the strength of a viper. Are vipers that strong? I can think of lots of things that are stronger than a viper - not many rhyme with sniper though.
Cleaver throws a hook to the side of Schmellengartner's head but Schmellengartner sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Cleaver misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Schmellengartner.
Schmellengartner wants to clinch up but Cleaver keeps it at a distance.
Cleaver avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Cleaver has his takedown stuffed
and Schmellengartner counters with a big head kick but Cleaver shrugs it off.
Cleaver connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Frenk Schmellengartner has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Randall Cleaver is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Cleaver moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Schmellengartner tries to close the distance and clinch up against the ropes but Cleaver paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Cleaver looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Cleaver attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
And that's the end of the fight!
Randall Cleaver showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Cleaver, winning every round. Will the judges agree? They are the ones who matter, even if they are often depressingly incompetent. 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 Paul Aken scores the fight 30:27
Judge Wagner Zegers scores the fight 30:27
Judge Daniel Blasius scores the fight 30:27
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Randall Cleaver!
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