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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Torsten Stalhandske (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Huston Rustow (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Stalhandske comes to the cage accompanied by Jean Sibelius - Finlandia. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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218 lbs
12 - 3 - 0 |
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215 lbs
18 - 7 - 0 |
Good wrestling
World class MT
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the light heavyweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
12 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Torsten Stalhandske!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
18 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Huston Rustow!
The judges for this bout are Paul Aken, Radbod Blank and Patrick Alders.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Stalhandske motions for Rustow to come forward. Stalhandske throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Rustow lands a front kick.
Stalhandske throws a sloppy head kick and Rustow moves out of range easily.
Stalhandske throws a leg kick
and Rustow counters with a body kick.
Rustow lands a leg kick that knocks Stalhandske off balance momentarily.
Rustow is looking to clinch but Stalhandske is avoiding it.
Stalhandske scores with a hook to the body. Rustow takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Stalhandske throws a leg kick that is checked
and Rustow counters with a flying knee. Nice.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Rustow bobs and weaves and then throws a good body kick.
Stalhandske gets tackled into the cage by Rustow. Rustow maintains the clinch.
Rustow misses with some punches.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Rustow prevents Stalhandske from breaking the clinch.
Stalhandske avoiding damage as Rustow throws knees to the body.
Stalhandske is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
Stalhandske is trying to break the clinch but Rustow is controlling him.
Stalhandske trying to land knees to the body.
Rustow connects with a nasty looking knee right to Stalhandske's face.
Stalhandske misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Rustow avoiding damage.
Rustow working aggressively here.
Rustow with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Stalhandske taking a breather.
Rustow blocks a body shot from Stalhandske.
Stalhandske breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Stalhandske throws a low kick but Rustow moves out of range easily.
Rustow connects with a crisp jab.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Stalhandske swinging wildly here.
Rustow misses with a wild combination.
Rustow misses with a series of wild punches.
Rustow scores with a spinning back kick!
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Stalhandske moves out of range of the strikes.
Huston Rustow seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
A decent looking body kick lands there for Rustow.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Rustow takes the fight into the clinch.
Rustow lands a nice uppercut.
Rustow misses with a punch on the inside.
Some stalling of biblical proportions here from Rustow.
Stalhandske tries to circle away but Rustow has him pinned against the cage.
Rustow lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Stalhandske backwards.
Rustow misses with a knee to the head.
Rustow lands with a left to the head.
Rustow lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Rustow lands a body shot.
Stalhandske is breathing heavily.
Rustow working some nice short punches in the clinch.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Rustow creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Some stalling of biblical proportions here from Rustow.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Rustow creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Rustow lands an elbow inside that Stalhandske shrugs off.
Rustow tries to work over Stalhandske's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Nice body punch from Stalhandske.
Stalhandske unloads a knee to the mid-section. Rustow lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Rustow has Stalhandske pressed against the cage, preventing Stalhandske from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Stalhandske tries to throw a body punch but Rustow avoids it by throwing Stalhandske back against the cage.
Stalhandske swings away with an uppercut that misses.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Stalhandske creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Rustow using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Stalhandske has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Stalhandske looking to throw knees to the head but Rustow is blocking nicely.
Stalhandske trying to stall but Rustow improves his position.
Rustow has Stalhandske pressed against the cage, preventing Stalhandske from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Stalhandske crunches a lovely knee into Rustow's ribcage.
Stalhandske struggles to land a body shot inside as Rustow controls his hands.
Rustow comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Rustow has a couple of punches blocked by Stalhandske.
Rustow lands a hook that snaps the head of Stalhandske backwards.
Stalhandske tries to land knees in the clinch but Rustow avoids the damage to the body.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Rustow obliges.
Rustow lands with a light punch inside.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Huston Rustow dominated that round.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.
Rustow wants to clinch
and Stalhandske counters with a good, hard body kick but Rustow shrugs it off.
Stalhandske throws a leg kick but Rustow checks it.
Rustow fails with an attempt to clinch.
Rustow tries to clinch up.
Stalhandske throws a sloppy head kick and Rustow moves out of range easily.
Rustow misses with a double jab
and he gets countered with a snapping leg kick.
Stalhandske lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Rustow cracks Stalhandske with a right hand to the side of the head.
Thud! ouch! good body kick from Rustow - that will leave a mark!
Stalhandske slips under a jab.
Rustow lands a nice looking kick to the body. Stalhandske takes a step back to recover.
Rustow lands with a nice body kick.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Rustow scores with a punch to the head.
Stalhandske blocks a head kick by Rustow.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Rustow misses with a jab, cross combination.
Stalhandske stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Stalhandske takes a shot to the body in his stride.
The crowd cheers as Rustow lands an impressive looking overhand right. Stalhandske doesn't seem phased though.
Stalhandske throws a leg kick
and Rustow counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Rustow misses with a jab, cross combination.
Rustow looks to land a combination but Stalhandske avoids it well.
Stalhandske lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Stalhandske throws a leg kick that is checked
and Rustow counters with a slapping leg kick.
Rustow connects with a high kick.
Rustow connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
Stalhandske takes a push kick to the midsection and stumbles backwards.
Stalhandske moves away from the strike by Rustow.
Rustow takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Rustow fails with an attempt to clinch.
An inside leg kick from Stalhandske misses.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Stalhandske tries a low kick but Rustow avoids it.
Stalhandske fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Rustow manages to avoid it.
Stalhandske swats away the attempt to clinch by Rustow.
Rustow smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
Rustow cracks the inside of Stalhandske's front leg.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Rustow tries to clinch but Stalhandske is having none of it.
Rustow scores with a kick to the midsection.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Huston Rustow showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
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.
Rustow misses with a looping left.
Rustow clinches up against the cage.
A left hand lands to the body for Rustow.
Stalhandske wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Stalhandske misses with a hook to the ribs.
Stalhandske looking to throw knees to the head but Rustow is blocking nicely.
Stalhandske's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Rustow avoiding damage as Stalhandske throws knees to the body.
Rustow looking to throw knees to the head but Stalhandske is blocking nicely.
Rustow lands an elbow just above Stalhandske 's eye.
It looks like Torsten Stalhandske has been cut.
Rustow with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Rustow tries to land a knee to the head but Stalhandske blocks with his arms.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Stalhandske stalling in the clinch but Rustow improves position.
Rustow with a knee to the head.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Rustow lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Rustow looking to throw knees to the head but Stalhandske is blocking nicely.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Rustow blocking some punches.
Rustow connects with a nasty looking knee right to Stalhandske's face.
Stalhandske is rocked!
Rustow leaning against his opponent.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Rustow.
Oh Stalhandske is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Rustow working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Rustow lands a body punch in the clinch.
Rustow content to slow the pace in the clinch.
Stalhandske seems to have got his legs back now.
Stalhandske is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Rustow is keeping busy.
Stalhandske trying to land knees to the body.
Rustow lands a left hand.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Rustow tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Rustow lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Rustow creates a bit of space for himself and rocks Stalhandske with a big uppercut! Stalhandske tries to clinch up but Rustow pushes him back against the cage and lands another monster strike that crumples Stalhandske to the mat! Stalhandske covers up and Rustow unloads with more strikes until the referee steps in to end the bout!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:58 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Punches). Huston Rustow! Huston Rustow retains his light heavyweight title!
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