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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Pvt. Claude Dillingham (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jake Hardy (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Claude Dillingham and Jake Hardy. The key to victory for Pvt. Claude Dillingham has got to be keeping the fight on the feet.
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the welterweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of London, Pvt. Claude Dillingham!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Jake Hardy!
The judges for this bout are Patrick Alders, Aafke Stam and Paulsen Ambrosius.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Hardy moves into the clinch.
Dillingham managing to block the knees to the body from Hardy.
Hardy blocks a body shot from Dillingham.
Hardy wants the takedown. Dillingham is fighting it off but Hardy persists and manages to bring the fight to the ground, ending up in Dillingham's guard against the cage.
Dillingham wants to sweep but no luck.
The ref stands the fighters back up, due to lack of action by Jake Hardy.
Hardy closes the distance but Dillingham moves to the side
and Dillingham counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.
Hardy tries to clinch there but Dillingham circles away.
Hardy doesn't manage to clinch there - Dillingham circles away.
Dillingham avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Hardy stuffs the takedown attempt from Dillingham. Dillingham gets slowly back to his feet.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Hardy is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Dillingham circles away from the clinch attempt.
Hardy moves out of range of the leg kick from Dillingham.
Dillingham throws a leg kick
and Hardy counters with a nice double leg into half guard.
Dillingham is looking to improve his position.
Hardy perhaps working for something from half guard, or maybe not. It looks like he's just sitting there.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The ref calls for a clean break and stands the fighters back up. Jake Hardy wasn't active enough on the ground.
A clash of legs there as Hardy blocks the low kick.
The fight stays on the outside here - Hardy looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Hardy wants to clinch up but Dillingham keeps it at a distance.
A head kick misses from Dillingham.
Dillingham feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Hardy's calf.
Dillingham scores with a nice strike.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Dillingham misses with a low kick.
Dillingham motions for Hardy to come forward. Dillingham throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Dillingham throws a leg kick that misses.
Hardy moves in looking to clinch but Dillingham pushes him off.
Dillingham throws a quick inside leg kick.
Jake Hardy seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
A punch combination from Dillingham misses.
Dillingham scores with a shot to the body.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Dillingham just misses with a punch to the body.
Dillingham dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Dillingham throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
Hardy is looking to clinch.
Dillingham throws a low kick but Hardy moves out of range easily.
Dillingham throws a nice outside leg kick.
Hardy tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Hardy moves in looking to clinch but Dillingham pushes him off.
Hardy tries to clinch there but Dillingham circles away.
Dillingham shoots in and drives through. Hardy sprawls well.
Dillingham takes a push kick to the midsection and stumbles backwards.
Dillingham walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Hardy checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
Dillingham looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Dillingham throws a nice outside leg kick.
Dillingham throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Hardy sees it coming and avoids it easily.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Hardy shoots in for a takedown! He's got it and he's managed to land in full mount! That's better than Hardy was expecting from the takedown attempt, I'm sure!
Hardy controlling the pace for now.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Hardy's corner are shouting for him to control the position and he seems happy to oblige.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Dillingham is in all sorts of trouble here.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close round but Jake Hardy will probably get the nod.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.
Hardy tries to clinch up.
Dillingham avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Hardy is looking to clinch.
Hardy wants to clinch up but Dillingham keeps it at a distance.
Hardy is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Hardy tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. Dillingham manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Hardy on the wrong end of a kick to the body.
Hardy tries to clinch but Dillingham moves away
and Dillingham counters with a nice leg kick.
A nice inside leg kick there by Dillingham. That's going to slow Hardy down.
Hardy tries to clinch but Dillingham moves out of range.
Dillingham will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
Dillingham scores with a sloppy right hand. Hardy should have avoided that one.
Hardy clinches up against the cage.
A short right from Dillingham on the inside.
Dillingham working aggressively here.
Dillingham blocking some punches.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Hardy missing with knees to the body.
Dillingham goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
A body shot lands from Dillingham.
Hardy goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Hardy goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Hardy's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
That kick from Dillingham tenderised Hardy's leg. Hardy is trying to keep his angry face on.
Hardy is breathing heavily.
Dillingham throws a nice outside leg kick.
Hardy 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.
Hardy moves in looking to clinch but Dillingham pushes him off.
Dillingham shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says Hardy as he avoids it easily.
Dillingham dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Dillingham throws a right and a left that both miss.
Hardy moves in looking to clinch but Dillingham pushes him off.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Dillingham scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Hardy shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with Dillingham but Dillingham pushes him off and we're back to square one.
Dillingham fails to land the takedown.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Pvt. Claude Dillingham. That's going to take a lot out of him.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Dillingham is looking to score with low kicks.
Dillingham with a nice cross.
Some wild striking there from Dillingham.
Dillingham throws a head kick that Hardy semi-blocks.
Hardy wants to clinch but Dillingham slips to the side
and Dillingham decides to take the opportunity to score a takedown. He's landed in Hardy's guard.
Dillingham is trying to work a guillotine from the top, or something like that? Don't know how he thinks he's going to get a finish from there.
Dillingham working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hardy looking to control the pace of the fight rather than finish it.
Hardy working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Dillingham.
Dillingham working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Well. There's a bit of a lull in the action here and the crowd are starting to get restless.
Jake Hardy has forced the referee to step in and restart the fight on the feet.
Dillingham misses with a few strikes there.
Hardy tries to close the distance and clinch up but Dillingham swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Hardy tries to clinch there but Dillingham circles away.
Dillingham lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Hardy drops his hands momentarily and Dillingham takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
Dillingham throws a nice inside leg kick.
Pvt. Claude Dillingham is winning the standup battle so far.
Hardy moves into the clinch.
Hardy tries to throw a body punch but Dillingham avoids it by throwing Hardy back against the cage.
Dillingham lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Hardy backwards.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
Hardy misses with a body punch.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Hardy managing to block the knees to the body from Dillingham.
Hardy tries a body shot but Dillingham blocks it.
Hardy's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Dillingham lands a body shot in the clinch.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Pvt. Claude Dillingham dominated that second 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.
Dillingham wants to slow Hardy down by chopping away at his legs.
Dillingham will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
Hardy uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Dillingham.
Hardy tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. Dillingham manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Dillingham throws a body punch but Hardy moves out of range.
A looping hook to the body misses from Dillingham. Hardy does a little dance to reset his feet.
No luck with that takedown attempt from Dillingham.
Dillingham misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Pvt. Claude Dillingham. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Hardy tries to clinch but Dillingham is having none of it.
Hardy slaps away a takedown attempt from Dillingham, before circling back to the center of the mat.
Hardy tries to close the distance and clinch up but Dillingham swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Hardy tries to close the distance and clinch but Dillingham swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Dillingham looks for the body kick but Hardy saw that one coming.
Hardy tries to clinch but Dillingham is having none of it.
Dillingham circles away from the clinch attempt.
Hardy tries to clinch there but Dillingham circles away.
Dillingham throws a nice inside leg kick.
Hardy is looking to clinch but Dillingham is avoiding it.
Dillingham swats away the attempt to clinch by Hardy.
Hardy tries to close the distance and clinch up but Dillingham swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Dillingham throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
Hardy doesn't manage to clinch there - Dillingham circles away.
A thudding body kick lands there by Dillingham!
Dillingham lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Hardy fails with an attempt to clinch.
Dillingham throws a leg kick but Hardy checks it.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Dillingham circles away from the clinch attempt.
No luck with that takedown attempt from Dillingham.
Hardy tries to close the distance and clinch but Dillingham swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Hardy is looking to clinch but Dillingham is avoiding it.
Dillingham does a little shimmy and throws a leg kick. The leg kick missed by a considerable margin though, making him look a little bit silly for doing the shimmy.
Dillingham with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
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!
Hardy fails with an attempt to clinch.
Hardy tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Dillingham throws a right and a left that Hardy avoids nicely.
Dillingham swats away the attempt to clinch by Hardy.
Hardy has managed to clinch.
Hardy tries to throw a body punch but Dillingham avoids it by throwing Hardy back against the cage.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hardy prevents Dillingham from breaking the clinch.
Dillingham scores with a nice hook to the head.
Dillingham can't find room to land a body shot as Hardy controls the action.
Dillingham wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Dillingham tries to land knees in the clinch but Hardy avoids the damage to the body.
Dillingham unloads a knee to the mid-section. Hardy lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Hardy takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
A right hand to the body from Dillingham.
Hardy misses with a hook to the ribs.
Dillingham trying to stall but Hardy improves his position.
Dillingham is leaning against Hardy and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Dillingham tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Hardy tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Dillingham's elbow.
Dillingham struggles to land a body shot inside as Hardy controls his hands.
Hardy stalls.
A short right from Dillingham.
Dillingham scores with a shoulder strike.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Hardy drops to a knee looking for a takedown but Dillingham gets the underhooks and prevents it.
Dillingham lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Hardy backwards.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Dillingham on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Hardy wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Dillingham misses with a body punch.
Dillingham trying to control the position but instead, Hardy has worked for underhooks and has pushed Dillingham into the cage.
Dillingham throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Hardys head.
Dillingham tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Hardy's elbow.
Hardy tries to land knees in the clinch but Dillingham avoids the damage to the body.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Dillingham lands a left hand.
Pvt. Claude Dillingham has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Dillingham lands a shot to the body.
Hardy prevents a body shot from Dillingham.
Dillingham lands a body shot.
Dillingham goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Pvt. Claude Dillingham clearly takes 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.
Dillingham dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Dillingham closes the distance and clinches up with Hardy, looking for a takedown. Dillingham pushes Hardy against the cage but Hardy circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.
Dillingham stalks Hardy and leaps in with a furious combination of punches. Uppercuts and crosses smash into Hardy's face. Hardy staggers backwards, shaken.
Hardy wants to clinch up but Dillingham keeps it at a distance.
Hardy closes the distance looking to clinch
and Dillingham makes him pay by landing a thudding low kick.
Hardy is looking to clinch.
Dillingham throws a body kick that misses.
Hardy slaps away a takedown attempt from Dillingham, before circling back to the center of the mat.
Hardy tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Dillingham paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Hardy tries to clinch but Dillingham moves out of range.
Dillingham looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Hardy is absolutely dripping with sweat - he looks exhausted.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Hardy tries to check the leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Dillingham digs a good hook to Hardy's body.
Hardy fails with an attempt to clinch.
Hardy looks for a takedown but Dillingham sprawls well.
Dillingham throws a leg kick but Hardy moved away.
Dillingham lands with a kick to the ribs.
Dillingham throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
Hardy will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.
Dillingham cracks the inside of Hardy's front leg.
Dillingham ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Hardy moves away.
Dillingham misses with a low kick.
Dillingham feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Hardy's calf.
Hardy tries to clinch but Dillingham moves out of range.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Dillingham keeps the fight on the outside.
Dillingham dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Hardy. That did some damage!
Hardy tries to clinch but Dillingham moves out of range.
Dillingham looks to land a combination. Hardy sees it coming but can only parry a couple of the shots.
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!
Dillingham moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Hardy closes the distance and clinches.
Hardy goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Hardy misses with a punch to the body.
Dillingham scores with a nice hook to the head.
Hardy lands a shot to the body.
Dillingham goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Dillingham escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Dillingham avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Dillingham thows a body shot but no joy.
Hardy closes the distance and pushes Dillingham back into the cage.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
A body shot lands from Dillingham.
Dillingham's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Dillingham lands a glancing blow to the side of Hardy's head.
Hardy keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Hardy avoids the body shot from Dillingham.
Dillingham pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Hardy tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. Dillingham manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Dillingham scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Hardy doesn't seem bothered though.
Hardy fails with an attempt to clinch.
Dillingham keeps the fight on the outside.
Hardy gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Dillingham misses with a punch to the body.
Dillingham breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Dillingham thumps Hardy with a low kick.
Hardy wants to clinch.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Hardy is looking to clinch but Dillingham is avoiding it.
Dillingham throws a head kick but Hardy moves out of range.
Dillingham is looking to wear down Hardy with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
Dillingham throws a feint and then finishes with a kick to the body.
Hardy is looking to clinch.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Hardy showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Dillingham.
Hardy wants to clinch
and Dillingham counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.
Hardy gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Dillingham tries to break free but Hardy pushes him back against the cage.
Dillingham tries a body shot but Hardy blocks it.
Hardy breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Hardy is looking to clinch.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Pvt. Claude Dillingham had his way with Jake Hardy in that round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action. Ladies and gentlemen, this is the final round!
Hardy wants to clinch but Dillingham slips to the side
and Dillingham counters with a left to the body.
Hardy tries to clinch but fails miserably
and Dillingham counters with a head kick.
Dillingham circles away from the clinch attempt
and Dillingham counters with a nice uppercut.
A combination from Dillingham does no damage.
Hardy tries to clinch but Dillingham moves out of range.
Dillingham works Hardy's body with a nice hook.
Hardy tries to clinch but Dillingham is having none of it.
Hardy gets caught napping as Dillingham dives in and scores a takedown. Hardy manages to retain guard.
Hardy is adopting a defensive guard.
The referee must be thinking about standing these guys back up.
Dillingham trying to control the position from guard on top but Hardy is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Hardy is wobbling all over the place through exhaustion. Will he make it to the final bell?
That's one minute gone in the round.
The ref stands the fighters back up. Pvt. Claude Dillingham wasn't doing enough on the ground.
Nice defenses there by Hardy.
Hardy avoids a kick to the body.
Dillingham misses with a takedown attempt - Hardy sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
Dillingham fails with a takedown attempt from distance.
Hardy throws a push kick but Dillingham slaps the foot to one side.
Dillingham tries to sprawl but Hardy drives through with a takedown into half guard.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Hardy is taking a breather. Dillingham says something to him but it's hard to make out. Perhaps he's telling him to get on with it and actually do something.
We could do with one of the fighters taking the initiative a bit more on the ground - they're both waiting to capitalize on a mistake.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Dillingham is trying to maintain the position but Hardy is very close to passing his half guard.
Jake Hardy has forced the referee to step in and restart the fight on the feet.
Hardy tries to clinch but Dillingham is having none of it.
Dillingham throws a leg kick which misses Hardy's front leg but catches the back leg as Hardy tries to avoid it.
Dillingham moves into range and lands a nice body kick.
Dillingham wants to slow Hardy down by chopping away at his legs.
Hardy is looking to clinch but Dillingham is avoiding it.
Hardy checks a leg kick nicely.
Dillingham swats away the attempt to clinch by Hardy.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hardy moves to clinch but Dillingham breaks away
and Dillingham counters with a slapping leg kick.
Hardy tries to clinch up but Dillingham circles away and keeps his distance.
Dillingham fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Hardy.
Dillingham throws out a leg kick but Hardy moves out of range and Dillingham only half commits.
Dillingham displays good takedown defense there as he swats away a double leg from Hardy.
Hardy 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.
Dillingham tries for a takedown but Hardy sees it coming a mile off and avoids it easily.
Pvt. Claude Dillingham is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Pvt. Claude Dillingham. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Dillingham looks to score with a jab to the body but Hardy is just out of range.
Dillingham shoots in for a takedown but Hardy shows good takedown defense there and keeps this one on the feet.
Hardy wants to clinch
and Dillingham counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Dillingham swats away the attempt to clinch by Hardy.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Dillingham throws a front kick aimed at Hardy's knee but Hardy avoids it well.
Hardy is looking to clinch.
Dillingham circles away from the clinch attempt.
Hardy looking to shoot here. He's gone for it and he's landed a takedown into mount! Oh, that's bad for Dillingham!
Dillingham is looking to get to half guard.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
And that's the end of the fight!
That was a close round. You could make an argument for either fighter but I would give it to Pvt. Claude Dillingham.
I think Dillingham has won this one but let's see what the judges have to say. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 5 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Patrick Alders scores the fight 49:46
Judge Aafke Stam scores the fight 49:46
Judge Paulsen Ambrosius scores the fight 49:46
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Pvt. Claude Dillingham!
Pvt. Claude Dillingham is the new welterweight champion!
Pvt. Claude Dillingham took to the microphone after his victory and thanked his sponsors, PRIME DESIGNS for their support in the buildup to the fight.
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