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Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Xuan Binh (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Fire Ball (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Xuan Binh has the edge in experience - let's see if he can make that count tonight.
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168 lbs
3 - 1 - 0 |
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225 cm
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154 lbs
0 - 0 - 0 |
Good wrestling
World class MT
Very quick |
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BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Heavy handed |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
3 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Xuan Binh!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Fire Ball!
The judges for this bout are Patrick Alders, Saam Ante and Wagner Zegers.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Ball throws a sloppy head kick and Binh moves out of range easily.
Binh scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Binh feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Balls jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!
Ball closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Binh unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Ball is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Binh obliges.
Binh unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Binh is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Ball looks gassed!
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Binh is working Ball over against the cage.
Ball takes a knee to the side of the body.
Binh landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Binh lands a good knee to the midsection. Ball won't want to take too many of those.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Binh creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Ball takes a knee to the side of the body.
Binh taking a breather.
Knees to the body from Binh.
Binh is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Binh landing knees to the body.
Binh lands a nice knee to the body.
Binh will no doubt start fighting again in a minute but for now he's just having a little rest, leaning Ball up against the cage.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Binh working Ball over with knees to the body.
Binh lands a knee to the body.
Binh lands a nice knee to the body.
Ball takes a knee to the side of the body.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Binh obliges.
Ball takes a knee to the side of the body.
Binh digs a right hand into Ball's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Ball's gas tank.
A short right from Binh on the inside.
Binh lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Ball takes a knee to the side of the body.
Binh unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Binh lands an elbow inside.
Binh lands a nice knee to the body.
Binh holding his opponent close, against the cage.
Binh landing knees to the body.
Binh lands a shot to the body.
Binh lands an elbow that stopped Ball in his tracks for a moment.
Binh using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Binh will no doubt start fighting again in a minute but for now he's just having a little rest, leaning Ball up against the cage.
Binh landing knees to the head.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Binh.
Binh lands a body punch in the clinch.
Binh working Ball over with knees to the body.
Binh stalling in the clinch.
Binh landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Knees to the body from Binh.
Binh lands a nice knee to the body.
Binh gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Ball working hard to break the clinch.
Ball takes a knee to the side of the body.
Binh is stalling here. The referee will be looking to step in if he doesn't pick up the pace.
Ball looking for a takedown.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ball drops down looking for an ankle pick but Binh pulls his leg out and moves away.
Binh chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Binh shuffles to his left behind two crisp jabs. Ball eats them both and turns towards Binh to reposition himself and eats a stinging right hand-left hook combo.
That's a knee to de groin and it's over and out! Ball crumples to the ground after an illegal strike from Binh - the referee stops the clock and Ball gets 5 minutes to recover from that one. "I'm sorry" says Binh. Ball manages to get back to his feet and the fight resumes.
Binh lands a leg kick that knocks Ball off balance momentarily.
A slapping body kick lands there for Binh.
Crunch! Binh slams his shin into Ball's torso.
Binh throws a front kick that sends Ball stumbling back into the cage.
Binh stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
Binh thumps Ball with a low kick.
Binh clinches.
Knees to the body from Binh.
Binh works on Ball's body with a couple of short punches.
Binh lands a body punch.
Binh scores a nice knee to the body.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Binh effectively controlling the action here.
Binh unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Binh working Ball over with knees to the body.
Binh lands a knee to the body.
Binh putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Ball in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Binh lands a good knee to the midsection. Ball won't want to take too many of those.
Binh connects with a knee to the head.
Binh crunches a lovely knee into Ball's ribcage.
Ball tries to circle away but Binh has him pinned against the cage.
Binh is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Ball tries to pull guard but Binh won't allow it.
Xuan Binh has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Fire Ball.
Nice elbow from Binh.
Binh working Ball over with knees to the body.
Binh works on Ball's body with a couple of short punches.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Ball tries to take the fight to the ground by pulling guard but can't manage it.
Binh holding his opponent close, against the cage.
Ball jumps guard but Binh stands there with Ball around his waist. Ball gives up and drops back to his feet. We remain in the clinch.
Binh using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Xuan Binh dominated that round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.
Binh scores with a leg kick.
Binh darts in and clinches Ball up against the cage.
A short body shot lands from Binh as the two fighters clinch.
Binh unloads a knee to the mid-section. Ball lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Binh putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Ball in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Binh lands a nice knee to the body.
Binh digs a right hand underneath Ball's ribcage. Ball let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Nice body punch from Binh - that landed with a thud.
Binh landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Binh lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Binh lands a nice elbow.
Binh lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Binh landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Binh crunches a lovely knee into Ball's ribcage.
Binh taking a break, stalling in the clinch.
Nice body punch from Binh.
Binh prevents a takedown attempt there.
Binh is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Ball can do to turn this around?
Binh lands a left hand.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Ball tries to pull guard but Binh won't allow it.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Binh lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Binh lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Binh with a knee to the head.
Binh lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Ball.
Binh stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Binh.
Binh unloads a knee to the mid-section. Ball lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Binh is working Ball over against the cage.
Binh crunches a lovely knee into Ball's ribcage.
Ball changes levels and goes for a takedown here. Binh fights it off and pushes away nicely.
Xuan Binh has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Fire Ball.
Ball on the wrong end of a kick to the body.
Binh cracks the inside of Ball's front leg.
Binh throws a leg kick which misses Ball's front leg but catches the back leg as Ball tries to avoid it.
Binh thows a body kick. Ball tries to catch it but that hurt him.
A nice leg kick lands there from Binh.
Binh lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Binh lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Binh shoots in and scores a nice double leg takedown into half guard.
Ball trying to control here.
Ball tries to regain full guard. Instead though, Binh has advanced to mount. Uh oh.
Binh scoring with strikes but Ball is staying in there.
Binh controlling from the full mount.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Binh scoring with some good ground and pound from mount here. Will he manage to finish Ball?
Binh controlling his opponent.
Binh landing strikes from the mount.
The referee warns Ball that he has to improve his position here as he takes two more clean shots to the head.
Binh looking to control and managing it successfully.
Binh with good strikes from the mount here!
A nice elbow there by Binh.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Binh controlling his opponent.
Binh has hold of Ball's left arm, perhaps looking for a submission. The two fighters tussle over control of the isolated limb and Ball manages to get his arm back to his side and away from danger.
Binh 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.
Binh looking to control and managing it successfully.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Binh's ground tactics aren't going to win him many fans. Let's hope he's got fireworks for us if he gets back to his feet because he's not doing much on the ground.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Xuan Binh dominated that second round.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action. This is the final round!
Binh lands a nice looking body kick.
Binh moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Ball on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Binh. Binh obviously looking to wear him down.
Ball takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Binh connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Binh lands with a kick to the ribs.
Ball on the wrong end of a kick to the body.
Binh scores with a nice takedown into half guard. Let's see what he's got on the ground.
Binh is looking for a kimura. It's going to be difficult to finish that from half guard though and Ball defends it well.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Binh thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Ball's head.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Well, if Binh is going to just lie there, perhaps we should talk about what we're having for dinner tonight… I'm having a ham and pineapple pizza… Yum. Can't wait.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Binh passes to full mount!
Ball is trying desperately to improve position.
Binh unloading with bombs!
Ball flailing away with punches but nothing is landing.
Binh tucks in and makes sure he doesn't lose the dominant position.
Binh working away from the top, dropping strikes.
Binh tucks in and makes sure he doesn't lose the dominant position.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Binh with shots to the head and body - Ball looks very uncomfortable down there.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
A nice elbow there by Binh.
Binh sitting in mount, just looking to control for the moment.
Binh landing strikes, looking to finish!
Binh controlling from mount.
Binh scoring with strikes but Ball is staying in there.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ball tries to buck Binh off but he can't manage it.
Binh controlling his opponent.
Xuan Binh is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Binh looking to finish Ball with some ground and pound. This is bad for Ball!
Binh lands an elbow that was bordering on illegal but the referee lets it go with a warning.
Binh looking to control and managing it successfully.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Binh landing strikes from the mount and Ball is in trouble!
Binh looking to control and managing it successfully.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Ball has left one of his arms exposed and Binh doesn't need a second invitation. He's isolated it and locked on a tight armbar. Ball screams and taps out, obviously in a lot of pain. Hopefully there isn't permanent damage to that arm.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:59 of round 3, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Xuan Binh!
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energy
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hype
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pop
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mgr
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FIGHT
RATING
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