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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Nathan Bowman (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Harry Balsac (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both fighters look pumped up here. Let's hope this is a good fight!
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177 lbs
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183 lbs
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Good wrestling
Solid boxing
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BJJ Brown Belt
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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
10 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Nathan Bowman!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
12 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Harry Balsac!
The judges for this bout are Patrick Alders, Paul Aken and Aafke Stam.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Bowman takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Bowman missing with a left hand there. Balsac was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Bowman is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Balsac.
Good leg kick by Balsac there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Bowman throws a lazy head kick
and Balsac makes the exchange count by landing a cracking kick to the body. Bowman really felt that one!
Bowman throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Balsac fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Bowman.
Balsac shuffles to his left behind two crisp jabs. Bowman eats them both and turns towards Balsac to reposition himself and eats a stinging right hand-left hook combo.
Balsac misses with a hook.
Balsac lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Bowman thows a left - swing and a miss!
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Balsac wants to slow Bowman down by chopping away at his legs.
Balsac takes a jab right on the kisser.
Bowman on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Balsac. Balsac obviously looking to wear him down.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Balsac throws a half hearted mid kick.
A big right from Bowman misses.
Bowman pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Balsac is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.
A swing and a miss from Balsac.
Balsac finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
Balsac moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
Balsac chopping away at his opponent's legs.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Balsac avoids a punch combination nicely.
Nathan Bowman is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Bowman chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Balsac can pounce on him.
Bowman stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Balsac.
Bowman misses with the combination.
Bowman will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Balsac is looking to slow Bowman down with leg kicks.
Bowman scores with a decent looking hook.
Balsac throws a solid leg kick but Bowman takes the impact on his shin and smiles at Balsac.
Balsac blocks a jab.
Balsac scoring well with a low kick there.
A nice leg kick lands there from Balsac.
A looping hook to the body misses from Bowman. Balsac does a little dance to reset his feet.
Bowman looks to throw the jab but Balsac is out of range.
Bowman throws a series of punches but Balsac moves out of range.
Bowman throws a right and a left that Balsac avoids nicely.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Balsac lands with a nice body punch.
Bowman throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Balsac.
Thud! ouch! good body kick from Balsac - that will leave a mark!
Bowman is breathing heavily.
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!
Bowman throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Balsac shoots in for a takedown. He's persisting with it as Bowman sprawls well. Bowman wins this battle and keeps the fight standing. Balsac gets slowly back to his feet.
Bowman throws a lazy right hand but Balsac sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Bowman throws a body punch but Balsac moves out of range.
Bowman misses with a body kick.
Balsac scores with a nice strike.
A nice leg kick lands there from Balsac.
A nice leg kick lands there from Balsac.
Bowman misses with an uppercut.
Bowman throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Bowman is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
Balsac shoots in looking for a double leg takedown. Bowman defends it nicely.
Balsac throws a leg kick which misses Bowman's front leg but catches the back leg as Bowman tries to avoid it.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bowman blocks a low kick nicely.
Balsac scores with a nice head shot.
Balsac on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
Good leg kick by Balsac there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Balsac throws a leg kick but Bowman sees it coming and moves out of range.
Bowman throws a lazy head kick
and Balsac counters with a leg kick.
Bowman throws a feint and then finishes with a kick to the body.
Bowman throws a low kick, looking for Balsac's leg but Balsac calmly moves out of range.
Bowman swings for the body but Balsac moves out of range.
A good leg kick by Balsac.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Balsac.
Balsac clobbers Bowman with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
Bowman throws a right and a left that both miss.
Bowman works the jab nicely.
Bowman misses with a kick to the body.
Balsac ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Bowman misses with a wild combination.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Bowman tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Balsac works over Bowman's head and body with a nice combination.
Bowman takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Nice shot lands for Bowman.
Balsac throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Bowman on the side of the head.
Bowman misses with a head kick.
Bowman takes a kick to the body and keeps moving.
Balsac turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Balsac misses with a low kick.
Balsac buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Sloppy strikes from Bowman. Those never looked like landing.
Bowman misses with a few strikes there.
Balsac has used his reach advantage pretty well so far tonight.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Balsac connects with a leg kick. Bowman looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
Some wild striking there from Balsac.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Balsac lands where it shouldn't have, right in the... well, you know what he did? He kicked him in the penis. He's injured, injured bad. The referee sends both fighters to their corners and Bowman has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Bowman and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Harry Balsac dominated that round.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!
Bowman looks to land a right hand but Balsac moved out of range.
Bowman misses with a body shot
and Balsac counters with a slapping leg kick.
Balsac jabs Bowman to the body, keeping him at a distance.
A head kick by Bowman misses
and Balsac counters with a nice uppercut.
Bowman misses with a jab, cross combination.
Balsac scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Harry Balsac seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Bowman has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Balsac.
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Balsac, as that shot connected.
Balsac connects with a solid leg kick.
Balsac tries to score with a low kick but Bowman moves his leg out of the way.
Balsac stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
Bowman swinging wildly here.
A bone on bone clash there as Bowman blocks the leg kick.
Nathan Bowman is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Bowman misses with a few strikes there.
Bowman misses with the combination.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Balsac shoots in but Bowman avoids the takedown attempt easily.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Balsac lands a nice leg kick that just misses Bowman's sensitive parts.
Bowman throws a looping overhand right but Balsac ducks down to avoid it.
Good leg kick by Balsac there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Bowman throws a nice looking combination but Balsac bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Bowman will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Balsac tests Bowman's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Bowman takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Balsac throws a head kick that half lands.
Bowman swinging wildly here.
Some wild striking there from Bowman.
Bowman misses with a combination
and Balsac counters with a body kick.
A solid leg kick lands there for Balsac.
Bowman looks to land a right hand but Balsac moved out of range.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Balsac thuds a left hand into Bowman's body.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Balsac misses with a leg kick.
Balsac lands a leg kick that knocks Bowman off balance momentarily.
Balsac lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Balsac throws a leg kick which misses Bowman's front leg but catches the back leg as Bowman tries to avoid it.
Balsac fakes a strike and closes the distance, dragging Bowman to the ground. Balsac is now in Bowman's guard.
Balsac slips nicely into half guard.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Bowman is trying to stand.
Bowman is refusing to be controlled, as Balsac sits in half guard.
Balsac stops Bowman from getting back to his feet.
Balsac sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Bowman defending well though.
Balsac is trying a forearm choke… I don't think that's going to do much at this level of the game.
Bowman might be looking to lock onto one of his opponent's long limbs for a submission, whilst we're on the ground.
Balsac is sneakily working for an arm triangle but Bowman sees it coming and defends easily.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Balsac throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Bowman is trying to stand back up but Balsac is controlling him
Balsac decides to stand and escape the position.
Balsac lands a glancing blow to the side of Bowman's head.
A nice leg kick lands there from Balsac.
Bowman blocks a head kick by Balsac.
Bowman with a nice cross.
Jab, jab by Bowman - just one landing.
Some wild striking there from Bowman.
Bowman misses with a few strikes there.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Bowman on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Balsac. Balsac obviously looking to wear him down.
Balsac lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Balsac dips to his left and cracks Bowman with an uppercut!
Bowman moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Bowman lands with a good body shot.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Balsac misses with a straight left.
Bowman lands three nice shots there - that looked like it hurt!
Balsac scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Bowman lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Balsac circles away quickly and effectively.
Balsac scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
A jab from Balsac finds it's way through Bowman's defenses.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Bowman defends well against a solid takedown attempt from Balsac.
Balsac connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
Balsac swings away with a leg kick that misses.
Bowman misses with a straight left.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Harry Balsac showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
That's time! Back to the action! This is the final round!
Bowman throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Balsac throws a nice inside leg kick.
Bowman looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Balsac is looking to score with low kicks.
Balsac lands with a shot to the body.
Bowman ducks under a wild hook from Balsac.
Balsac with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Balsac throws the kick towards the body but Bowman avoids it.
Bowman takes one to the chin there.
Balsac lands a leg kick that knocks Bowman off balance momentarily.
Bowman throws a looping overhand right but Balsac ducks down to avoid it.
Balsac lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
A left lands for Bowman.
Bowman scores with a jab to the head.
Bowman ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Balsac moves away.
Bowman lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Balsac changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Bowman throws out a loose jab but Balsac uses good head movement to avoid it.
Bowman loads up on a big right hand but Balsac slips the punch.
Bowman 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.
Bowman fails to land with a series of punches.
Balsac connects with a leg kick. Bowman looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
Balsac connects with the punch.
Bowman throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Balsac avoids the body shot from Bowman.
Balsac lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
Bowman keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Bowman misses with a hook. Balsac ducked under it nicely.
That kick from Balsac tenderised Bowman's leg. Bowman is trying to keep his angry face on.
Balsac decides to change it up a bit and drives through with a nice takedown into half guard.
Bowman wants to get back to his feet.
Balsac is looking to pass the guard... He's managed it - he's now in full mount!
That's two minutes gone in the round.
A nice elbow there by Balsac.
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!
Bowman's corner are shouting for him to stand up but that's bad cornering - how is he meant to stand up when he's mounted? He should be looking to improve his position on the ground before trying to stand back up.
Balsac can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Bowman is looking to escape.
Bowman is looking to get back to his feet - it's going to be hard from this position.
Balsac trying to control but he's not successful this time.
Balsac working to secure an arm triangle but it's not happening for him just yet.
Bowman wriggling around on the bottom manages to avoid the strikes thrown by Balsac.
Balsac has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bowman's corner are shouting for him to stand up but that's bad cornering - how is he meant to stand up when he's mounted? He should be looking to improve his position on the ground before trying to stand back up.
Balsac thuds his fist into the canvas! Oooouch!
BOOM! Balsac connects with a massive shot to the dome!
Balsac thowing strikes but they're hitting the gloves, not doing any damage.
Balsac can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Bowman is looking to escape.
Bowman is trying to get to the cage to help him get back to his feet.
Balsac throws an elbow from mount that misses. Lucky escape for Bowman because Balsac loaded up on that one.
Balsac landing strikes, looking to finish!
Bowman wants to try and get back to his feet.
Balsac wants to control the pace but Bowman is squirming around nicely.
Balsac cracks Bowman with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Balsac lands with some strikes.
Harry Balsac has got the better of the ground game so far.
Bowman is trying to stand.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Balsac breaks from Bowman's wrist control and lands an elbow.
Bowman's corner are shouting for him to stand up but that's bad cornering - how is he meant to stand up when he's mounted? He should be looking to improve his position on the ground before trying to stand back up.
Balsac lands a heavy elbow.
Nathan Bowman has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Harry Balsac is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.
Balsac trying to control but he's not successful this time.
Bowman is trying to get back to his feet but can't.
Balsac looking to control but Bowman is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Bowman really wants to buck Balsac off and get back to his feet.
Balsac postures up and cracks his opponent a couple of times before moving back into close ground control. Bowman looks a forlorn figure.
Balsac throws an elbow from mount that misses. Lucky escape for Bowman because Balsac loaded up on that one.
And that's the end of the fight!
Harry Balsac comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Balsac has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. 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 27:30
Judge Paul Aken scores the fight 27:30
Judge Aafke Stam scores the fight 27:30
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Harry Balsac!
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