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Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Al Clergia (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Spede Show (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Show has chosen Dragonforce - Dawn Over a New World as his entrance music. Both these guys have solid standup skills and neither is particularly fantastic on the ground, so let's hope for a nice standup war!
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180 cm
26
150 lbs
10 - 8 - 0 |
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180 cm
26
150 lbs
4 - 11 - 0 |
BJJ White Belt
Lethal high kicks
KO power |
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BJJ White Belt
Great elbows
Heavy handed |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division. Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner. With a record of
10 - 8 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Al Clergia! And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner. With a record of
4 - 11 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Spede Show! The judges for this bout are Patrick Alders, Nard Betker and Saam Ante.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway! Show throws a big shot that misses. Show swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Show misses with a jab to the body
and Clergia cracks him with a counter punch right on the button. Clergia misses with a body shot.
Clergia keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Clergia misses with a low kick.
Show wants to clinch and Clergia counters with a nice uppercut. Show misses with a double jab
and Clergia counters with a lovely straight right hand! Clergia avoids a punch combination nicely.
Clergia on the wrong end of a nice jab. Clergia checks the leg kick nicely there.
That's one minute gone in the round. Clergia feints and then cracks Show's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Show down. Clergia rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Show counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head. Clergia circles away from the clinch attempt.
Show throws a series of punches but Clergia avoids them all with ease. Show fails to land with a series of punches.
Clergia tries to land a leg kick but Show saw it coming and moves away.
Show moves away from the strike by Clergia. Show misses the shot to the body. Clergia lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin. Show moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross. Show uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Clergia. Clergia checks a leg kick. Clergia swinging wildly here.
That's two minutes gone in the round. Show on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those. Show thows a leg kick but Clergia checks it and Clergia makes him pay by landing a thudding low kick. This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff! Clergia throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean. A big left from Show misses. Show misses with a wild body shot. Clergia throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd. Clergia lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range. Clergia uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Show. As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action. Show rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Clergia counters with a nice uppercut. Clergia comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range. Show misses with a jab, cross combination.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Al Clergia dominated that round. The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!
Show missing with a left hand there. Clergia was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one. Clergia ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Show moves away. Show throws a big shot that misses. Clergia throws a combination. Show tries to block but a couple of punches get through. Clergia avoids the body shot from Show.
Show dips down and scores with a jab to the body. Show throws a right hand that misses
and Clergia counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena. Clergia throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Show counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Clergia thinking. Show slips under a jab from Clergia. Sloppy strikes from Show. Those never looked like landing. Nice straight punches there by Clergia. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Clergia. Show tries to clinch and Clergia counters with a thumping low kick.
That's one minute gone in the round. Show misses with a body shot.
Clergia tries a head kick but it misses.
Good standup being displayed there by Show as he connects with a hook. Good leg kick by Clergia there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Clergia slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range. Clergia tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Show was well out of range. Poor timing from Clergia. Show moves into range and throws a lovely three punch combination. Clergia cracks Show with a right hand to the side of the head. Show throws a leg kick but Clergia moved away. Show pushing out the jab but it's not landing. A head kick misses from Clergia. Al Clergia seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
That's two minutes gone in the round. A kick lands to the mid section there for Clergia. Show looks to land a left hand but Clergia moved out of range nicely. Clergia misses with a body kick. Clergia connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there. Clergia has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Show finds it's way round the side to connect with Clergia's head. Clergia scores with a nice body kick.
Show is breathing heavily. Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd. Clergia jabs away that one connects to the head of his opponent.
Show throws out a leg kick but Clergia moves out of range and Show only half commits. As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action. Clergia scores with a leg kick.
Show throws a leg kick and Clergia counters with an outside leg kick.
Show throws a solid leg kick but Clergia takes the impact on his shin and smiles at Show. And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Al Clergia dominated that second round. The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action! Ladies and gentlemen, this is the final round!
Some wild striking there from Clergia.
Spede Show has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here! Show throws a body punch but Clergia moves out of range. Clergia tries to bum rush Show with a series of wild strikes but Show uses good footwork to avoid the assault. Clergia throws a nice inside leg kick. No joy there for Clergia, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Clergia works Show's body with a nice hook. Show swings and misses with a hook to the body.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up. Show lands a jab-cross combination. Show comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range. Show gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Clergia. A right-left combo lands from Clergia.
That's one minute gone in the round. Clergia uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Show. Show fails with an attempt to clinch.
Show avoids a lazy jab quite easily. Clergia throws an off balance right hand
and Show connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle. Clergia connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there. Show takes a shot right to the bread basket. Show takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired. Clergia scores with a leg kick.
Clergia keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
Clergia swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target. Clergia lands with a thumping leg kick.
That's two minutes gone in the round. Show misses with a shot to the body and Clergia counters with a straight punch to the midsection. Clergia lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw. Al Clergia is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach. Clergia throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
A looping hook to the body misses from Clergia. Show does a little dance to reset his feet. Al Clergia is winning the standup battle so far. Show cracks Clergia with an open hand slap. Both these guys seem content to just stand up and trade with eachother but Show might want to think about changing up his gameplan a bit because over the course of the fight, Clergia has got the better of the exchanges. Show on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere. Show misses the shot to the body. Clergia moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot. As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action. Clergia lands with a shot to the body. Show throws a big shot that misses. A punch combination from Clergia misses.
And that's the end of the fight! Al Clergia showed his dominance in that final round. Well Clergia has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... 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 Patrick Alders scores the fight for Al Clergia! Judge Nard Betker scores the fight for Al Clergia! Judge Saam Ante scores the fight for Al Clergia!
Al Clergia wins by unanimous decision!
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energy
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hype
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pop
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mgr
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RATING
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