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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Donnie Yen (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Soloman van der Vaart (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Yen comes to the cage accompanied by Hitman. van der Vaart has chosen Nah Mean as his entrance music. Soloman van der Vaart has the power to score a knockout today if he connects clean with Donnie Yen 's chin.
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182 cm
25
170 lbs
10 - 2 - 0 |
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183 cm
25
178 lbs
18 - 8 - 0 |
BJJ Purple Belt
Great elbows
Cardio machine |
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Decent wrestler
Excellent boxer
Heavy handed |
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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 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Donnie Yen ! And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner. With a record of
18 - 8 - 0, fighting out of London, Soloman van der Vaart! The judges for this bout are Dmitry Maklakov, Viktor Lagutenko and Aleksei Zolotukhin.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway! Yen moves into the clinch. van der Vaart tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage. With the two fighters working up against the cage, Yen just misses with a elbow thrown towards van der Vaart's brow. van der Vaart blocks the elbow strike.
van der Vaart fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
van der Vaart softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage. van der Vaart digs a right hand underneath Yen 's ribcage. Yen let out a lung full of air as it connected. van der Vaart working aggressively here.
Yen looking to throw knees to the head but van der Vaart is blocking nicely.
Yen lands an elbow just above van der Vaart 's eye. A head punch blocked on the inside by Yen . Yen pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage. Yen blocks a punch to the side of the head.
van der Vaart tries to throw a body punch but Yen avoids it by throwing van der Vaart back against the cage. A shot in the inside from van der Vaart. Yen tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Yen throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
van der Vaart working some nice short punches in the clinch. Yen creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through van der Vaart's defenses.
It looks like Soloman van der Vaart has been cut. The crowd are loving this. Great action here. van der Vaart misses with a punch on the inside.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Yen just misses with a elbow thrown towards van der Vaart's brow. van der Vaart tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage. van der Vaart misses with a short punch on the inside. van der Vaart lands a hook to the side of the head.
Yen is rocked!
That's one minute gone in the round. Yen comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush. van der Vaart trying to control the position but instead, Yen has worked for underhooks and has pushed van der Vaart into the cage. Yen creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through van der Vaart's defenses. van der Vaart is trying to maintain a safe position but Yen gets an underhook and turns van der Vaart into the cage. Yen lands an elbow inside that van der Vaart shrugs off.
That has opened up Soloman van der Vaart's cut even more. Yen pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage. van der Vaart blocks the elbow strike.
Yen lands an elbow just above van der Vaart 's eye. van der Vaart taking a breather. van der Vaart continues to stall. The referee tells him to work or he's going to break them up. Yen throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but van der Vaart blocks it with crossed arms. van der Vaart working aggressively here.
van der Vaart misses with a hook from the clinch. van der Vaart lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards. Yen throws an elbow but it's blocked.
van der Vaart gets through Yen 's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head. Oh Yen is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!! van der Vaart makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut. Yen using the Thai plumb to throw knees but van der Vaart has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
van der Vaart swings away with an uppercut that misses.
van der Vaart dips a shoulder and cracks Yen with a mighty uppercut! Yen falls back against the cage and van der Vaart unloads with a barrage of strikes! Yen is completely out with his eyes open, only supported by the cage! Save him ref! Eventually the ref decides to do his job and jumps in - van der Vaart screams abuse at the incompetent official before going over to celebrate with his corner. Brutal stuff!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:01 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Soloman van der Vaart! In his post fight interview, Soloman van der Vaart gave a big smile as he said 'FUCK YOU REMY'.
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energy
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hype
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pop
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