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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Edmund Behnke (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Rob McKenzie (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). McKenzie has chosen Flower Of Scotland as his entrance music. Rob McKenzie has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?
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BJJ Blue Belt
Solid boxing
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
1 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Edmund Behnke!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Rob McKenzie!
The judges for this bout are Radbod Blank, Aafke Stam and Wagner Zegers.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
McKenzie avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Behnke steps to the side to avoid the strikes from McKenzie.
The fight stays on the outside here - Behnke looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
McKenzie darts in and clinches Behnke up against the cage.
McKenzie takes a knee to the side of the body.
Behnke wants to stall.
McKenzie has a body lock and is looking for a takedown. Behnke is bouncing around trying to prevent the takedown and somehow he has indeed managed to stay on his feet.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Behnke.
Behnke trying to control the position but instead, McKenzie has worked for underhooks and has pushed Behnke into the cage.
Behnke ties up his opponent against the cage and manages to drag the fight down to the ground. Behnke no doubt will be looking to work submissions from his guard.
We've had a lack of effective grappling in the last minute or so, which could well see a referee standup.
McKenzie with a flurry of punches that miss.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
McKenzie controls from within his opponent's guard.
That's one minute gone in the round.
McKenzie throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Behnke works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
McKenzie working some strikes from top position.
McKenzie looking to pass the guard.
Behnke can't do much from the bottom at the moment, as McKenzie controls the pace.
Behnke keeping full guard, as McKenzie tries to pass.
McKenzie has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Behnke being controlled here, momentarily.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
McKenzie landing with the ground and pound.
McKenzie tries to free his leg and advance position but Behnke is retaining full guard.
McKenzie is looking to work some ground and pound but Behnke has wrist control.
McKenzie working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
McKenzie postures up in Behnke's guard and throws a big left but Behnke blocks it.
Behnke will need to keep those long limbs tucked in whilst he's on the ground, to prevent any submissions.
McKenzie pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Behnke is keeping the position for now.
McKenzie thows a big elbow that misses.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
McKenzie wants to control from the top but Behnke keeps moving.
McKenzie is just sitting in guard, looking to avoid any submissions.
McKenzie is looking to work some ground and pound but Behnke has wrist control.
McKenzie passes into half guard.
The fighters are starting to get a bit slippery now, which will make submissions a bit more difficult.
Behnke avoiding damage under a succession of punches from McKenzie.
McKenzie throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
McKenzie throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Behnke is breathing heavily.
McKenzie trying to control the pace.
McKenzie winds up and cracks Behnke with a swinging punch to the side of the head.
Behnke blocking the ground and pound attempt from McKenzie.
Behnke has hold of McKenzie's hands but McKenzie slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.
Still in half guard, McKenzie seems content to control.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
McKenzie throwing shots but Behnke is blocking nicely.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Behnke keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Rob McKenzie dominated that 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.
Behnke tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. McKenzie manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Behnke tries to clinch there but McKenzie circles away.
Behnke wants to clinch.
Behnke is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Behnke tries to close the distance and clinch but McKenzie swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Behnke is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Behnke tries to clinch but McKenzie moves out of range.
Behnke tries to clinch but McKenzie is having none of it.
Behnke fails in his attempt to clinch.
That's one minute gone in the round.
McKenzie tries to shoot in for a takedown. He's got hold of a leg but Behnke swivels and escapes.
Edmund Behnke seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Behnke tries to clinch but McKenzie is having none of it.
McKenzie shoots in for a takedown. He's persisting with it as Behnke sprawls well. Behnke wins this battle and keeps the fight standing. McKenzie gets slowly back to his feet.
Nice sprawl there from Behnke as McKenzie shoots in.
Edmund Behnke has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Rob McKenzie.
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from McKenzie.
McKenzie swats away the attempt to clinch by Behnke.
Behnke wants to clinch up but McKenzie keeps it at a distance.
McKenzie avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
McKenzie avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Behnke tries to clinch up
and McKenzie counters with a nice double leg into guard.
Behnke looking to control but McKenzie passes into half guard.
Behnke taking some punishment here, with McKenzie in his half guard.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
McKenzie missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
McKenzie not landing any meaningful shots this time.
Behnke taking some punishment here, with McKenzie in his half guard.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
McKenzie looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Behnke with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
McKenzie content to control rather than advance.
McKenzie trying to mount his opponent but Behnke defends it.
Behnke blocking the ground and pound attempt from McKenzie.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
McKenzie passes the guard and advances to mount!
Behnke defends a decent attempt at a guillotine from McKenzie.
McKenzie has his opponent pinned against the cage, landing some nasty ground and pound that is really making a bit of a mess out of Behnke's face.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
McKenzie trying to control but Behnke is having none of it.
Behnke avoids a series of strikes thrown by McKenzie.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Rob McKenzie showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
That's time! Back to the action! So, we enter the final round. Let's see if either fighter can bring us a finish, or whether we're going to the judges scorecards.
McKenzie looks to score with a jab to the body but Behnke is just out of range.
Behnke stuffs a takedown. It's all about dictating where the fight takes place and Behnke wants it to stay on the feet.
Behnke tries to clinch but McKenzie moves out of range.
Behnke tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
McKenzie circles away from the clinch attempt.
Behnke tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. McKenzie manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
McKenzie avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
McKenzie shoots in but no luck this time.
Behnke tries to clinch but McKenzie moves out of range.
McKenzie circles away from the clinch attempt.
McKenzie changes levels and looks for a double leg takedown. Behnke tries to avoid it but McKenzie manages to keep hold of a leg and drag Behnke to the ground. Behnke escapes though and pops straight back up to his feet.
Edmund Behnke has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Rob McKenzie.
Behnke fails with an attempt to clinch.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Behnke is looking to clinch but McKenzie is avoiding it.
Behnke tries to close the distance and clinch up but McKenzie swats him away and circles back towards the center.
McKenzie tries to shoot in for a takedown. He's got hold of a leg but Behnke swivels and escapes.
The fight stays on the outside here - Behnke looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
McKenzie misses with a hook. Behnke ducked under it nicely.
Behnke is looking to clinch but McKenzie is avoiding it.
Behnke tries to close the distance and clinch but McKenzie swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Behnke moves in looking to clinch but McKenzie pushes him off.
Edmund Behnke is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Behnke tries to clinch there but McKenzie circles away.
McKenzie fakes an overhand right and shoots for a takedown. Behnke sprawls well initially but McKenzie persists and gets the takedown into half guard.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
McKenzie not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
McKenzie is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.
McKenzie looks over to his corner - he wants some instructions but his corner are not responding.
McKenzie working over Behnke with some ground and pound. Behnke looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
McKenzie thows a huge punch but Behnke dodges it nicely.
McKenzie not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
McKenzie trying to control the action but Behnke is working from the bottom.
McKenzie seems content to maintain position for now, rather than mounting any offense.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Behnke is looking for a sweep. McKenzie is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
McKenzie lands with a punch from half guard.
McKenzie tries to pass to full mount but Behnke defends it.
McKenzie works his way into side control.
McKenzie tries for a kimura. Not really close to a finish though.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
McKenzie wants to lay and pray for a moment but Behnke keeps working.
McKenzie working the ground and pound but he's contacting the mat, not the fighter.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
McKenzie is working Behnke over with some ground and pound from side control.
Rob McKenzie is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.
McKenzie tries to cartwheel into mount but he doesn't manage it.
Edmund Behnke has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
McKenzie has knee on belly and now moves to full mount! Trouble for Behnke!
And that's the end of the fight!
Rob McKenzie comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I've got McKenzie winning every round here. Surely the decision will go his way and he'll pick up a well deserved decision victory. 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 Radbod Blank scores the fight 27:30
Judge Aafke Stam scores the fight 27:30
Judge Wagner Zegers scores the fight 27:30
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Rob McKenzie!
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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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