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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Drake West (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Anderson Saku (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). We have two fighters making their debuts here, so let's see who comes out of this one with their first professional victory.
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BJJ White Belt
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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
0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Drake West!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Anderson Saku!
The judges for this bout are Wagner Zegers, Albert Achterberg and Nard Betker.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
West blocks a head kick by Saku.
The fight moves into the clinch position.
West lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
West lands an elbow inside.
Saku takes an elbow to the temple.
Saku takes an elbow to the temple.
Nice elbow from West.
West comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
West lands an elbow just above Saku 's eye.
Saku lands a left hand.
West lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
West creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Saku's defenses.
West lands an elbow just above Saku 's eye.
Saku drops down for a takedown but doesn't get it.
West lands an elbow inside that Saku shrugs off.
West misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Saku.
West lands an elbow inside.
West lands an elbow just above Saku 's eye.
West creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Saku's defenses.
A nice glancing elbow lands by West.
Saku tries to pull guard but West won't allow it.
West creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Saku's defenses.
Saku has hold of a leg and is looking for a trip takedown. West avoids it nicely though and we remain in the clinch.
Drake West has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Anderson Saku.
That's one minute gone in the round.
West holding his opponent close, against the cage.
West creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Saku's defenses.
Saku tries to jump guard but he falls flat on his backside. West smiles and moves away.
Saku shoots in but doesn't get the takedown
and West counters by clinching up.
West blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
West comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Nice elbow from West.
West lands a nice elbow.
West comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
West misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Saku.
West is stalling here.
West lands a nice elbow.
West misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Saku.
West lands an elbow inside that Saku shrugs off.
West lands an elbow just above Saku 's eye.
West lands an elbow inside that Saku shrugs off.
West comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
West tries to land knees in the clinch but Saku avoids the damage to the body.
West could do with loosing a few pounds - he looks very soft around the mid section, to put it politely.
West lands an elbow inside that Saku shrugs off.
Saku is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but West is keeping busy.
West lands an elbow just above Saku 's eye.
West gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
West lands an elbow that stopped Saku in his tracks for a moment.
West lands an elbow just above Saku 's eye.
Saku takes an elbow to the forehead.
West lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
West lands an elbow just above Saku 's eye.
Saku takes an elbow to the temple.
West lands an elbow that stopped Saku in his tracks for a moment.
West lands an elbow that stopped Saku in his tracks for a moment.
West misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Saku.
West lands an elbow inside.
West lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
West gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Saku takes an elbow to the temple.
Saku takes an elbow to the temple.
West lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Saku is trying to work for a single leg takedown but West pulls him back up using the underhooks.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Saku avoiding damage as West throws knees to the body.
West is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Saku is defending well for now.
West comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Saku wants to get back to striking at distance but West won't allow it.
West lands an elbow that stopped Saku in his tracks for a moment.
West comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
West leaning his opponent against the cage.
West creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Saku's defenses.
West lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
West lands an elbow inside that Saku shrugs off.
West comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
A nice glancing elbow lands by West.
Saku has a body lock and is looking for a takedown. West is bouncing around trying to prevent the takedown and somehow he has indeed managed to stay on his feet.
West lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
West lands an elbow that stopped Saku in his tracks for a moment.
Saku jumps guard but West stands there with Saku around his waist. Saku gives up and drops back to his feet. We remain in the clinch.
West lands an elbow just above Saku 's eye.
West gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
West trying to land knees to the body.
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.
West misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Saku.
West trying to land knees to the body.
West effectively controlling the action here.
West lands an elbow that stopped Saku in his tracks for a moment.
Saku takes an elbow to the temple.
West lands an elbow inside.
Saku is trying to break free.
West gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
West tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Saku avoids it.
West gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Saku jumps guard but West stands there with Saku around his waist. Saku gives up and drops back to his feet. We remain in the clinch.
Saku tries to pull guard but can't drag his opponent to the mat. West just stands there and leans against the cage.
West misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Saku.
West lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
West gets underhooks to prevent Saku's takedown attempt.
Saku tries to break free but West pushes him back against the cage.
West prevents the takedown attempt.
Saku looks gassed!
West lands an elbow inside.
Saku takes an elbow to the temple.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Drake West dominated that round.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.
West rushes Saku and presses him up against the cage.
West gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
A nice glancing elbow lands by West.
Saku is trying to break free.
West lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
A nice glancing elbow lands by West.
It really doesn't seem like the step up in weight is hurting West here at all. He's more than holding his own against the bigger man.
Saku can't break the clinch.
Saku takes an elbow to the forehead.
Saku wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Saku fails to pull guard.
West lands an elbow inside.
West missing with knees to the body.
Nice elbow from West.
West lands an elbow just above Saku 's eye.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
West lands a damaging elbow.
West holding his opponent close, against the cage.
West lands a damaging elbow.
Some stalling of biblical proportions here from West.
Saku takes an elbow to the temple.
West lands an elbow inside.
A nice glancing elbow lands by West.
That's one minute gone in the round.
West lands a damaging elbow.
West lands an elbow that stopped Saku in his tracks for a moment.
Saku takes an elbow to the temple.
West lands an elbow inside that Saku shrugs off.
Nice elbow from West.
Good body shot from Saku.
West lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Saku tries to jump guard but he falls flat on his backside. West smiles and moves away.
West closes the distance and clinches.
Saku scores with a shot to the side of West's head.
West lands a nice elbow.
West landing knees to the body.
West lands an elbow that stopped Saku in his tracks for a moment.
West lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
West creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Saku's defenses.
West lands an elbow just above Saku 's eye.
Saku tries to pull guard but West holds him up against the cage and eventually Saku drops back down to his feet.
Drake West has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Anderson Saku.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
West creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Saku's defenses.
West stalling against the cage.
West creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Saku's defenses.
West missing with knees to the body.
Saku takes an elbow to the forehead.
West gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
West is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Saku is defending well for now.
West lands an elbow inside that Saku shrugs off.
Nice elbow from West.
Saku avoiding damage as West throws knees to the body.
West lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Saku drops to a knee looking for a takedown but West gets the underhooks and prevents it.
West lands an elbow that stopped Saku in his tracks for a moment.
Saku takes an elbow to the forehead.
West slowing the pace effectively.
West prevents a takedown attempt there.
Saku is trying to stall.
Saku is breathing heavily.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
West lands an elbow that stopped Saku in his tracks for a moment.
Saku takes an elbow to the temple.
Saku on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
A nice glancing elbow lands by West.
Nice elbow from West.
West missing with knees to the body.
West is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Saku is defending well for now.
West lands a damaging elbow.
West lands an elbow inside that Saku shrugs off.
Saku is working for takedown but West is calmly controlling the position for now.
West lands an elbow that stopped Saku in his tracks for a moment.
Saku is trying to break the clinch but West is controlling him.
The referee calls for West to work.
West lands an elbow inside that Saku shrugs off.
Saku takes an elbow to the forehead.
West stalling.
West prevents Saku from breaking the clinch.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are showing their displeasure at the lack of action as loud boos ring out around the arena.
West is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Saku is defending well for now.
West dictating the pace here, as the fighters clinch against the cage.
West lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
West lands a nice elbow.
Good body shot from Saku.
West lands a nice elbow.
Saku takes an elbow to the forehead.
West blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
West lands an elbow just above Saku 's eye.
A nice glancing elbow lands by West.
West lands an elbow inside.
West lands a damaging elbow.
West tries to land knees in the clinch but Saku avoids the damage to the body.
Drake West has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Saku takes an elbow to the forehead.
West lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Saku tries to work over West's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
West lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Saku looking to stall.
Saku fails to pull guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Drake West dominated that second round.
That's time! Back to the action! This is the final round!
West tries to clinch but Saku is having none of it.
West moves in looking to clinch but Saku pushes him off.
Saku misses with a takedown attempt
and West moves into the clinch.
A nice glancing elbow lands by West.
West comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
West is clearly stalling here... Pick up the pace son.
The crowd are getting pretty annoyed with West for his constant stalling in the clinch and are voicing their displeasure.
West misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Saku.
Saku taking a breather.
West lands a damaging elbow.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
West lands a nice elbow.
West lands a damaging elbow.
West lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
West lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
West lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
West is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Saku is defending well for now.
West lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
That's one minute gone in the round.
West taking a breather.
West comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
West lands an elbow just above Saku 's eye.
Saku takes an elbow to the temple.
West prevents Saku from breaking the clinch.
Saku takes an elbow to the forehead.
West tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Saku avoids it.
Saku can't find room to land a body shot as West controls the action.
West gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Saku tries to circle away but West has him pinned against the cage.
A nice glancing elbow lands by West.
West lands an elbow just above Saku 's eye.
Saku tries for a takedown but West manages to get underhooks.
Saku is trying to push West away but West has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Saku takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
West trying to land knees to the body.
West lands an elbow inside.
Saku takes an elbow to the forehead.
Saku pulls guard successfully.
West stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Saku swivels though and keeps the full guard.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are showing their displeasure at the lack of action as loud boos ring out around the arena.
West trying to control but Saku is working from the bottom.
Saku wants to stand and escape but West is having none of it.
West postures up.
Saku has his feet on West's thighs here. He's pushed West off and worked for a very quick armbar from the bottom! He's flipped onto his stomach and he's cranking hard on the arm! West screams in pain and taps out! This one is all over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:53 of round 3, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Anderson Saku!
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