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Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Karl De Groot (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Haile Selassie (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Selassie is bobbing his head along to his entrance song: .... Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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155 lbs
18 - 5 - 0 |
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172 cm
24
155 lbs
13 - 2 - 0 |
Good wrestling
World class boxer
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Good low kicks
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
18 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Karl De Groot!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
13 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Haile Selassie!
The judges for this bout are Johanna Lukiainen, Ben Zyskovitsi and Marco Blurström.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Selassie misses with a low kick.
Selassie throws a wild body kick that De Groot sees coming a mile off.
Selassie misses the shot to the body.
De Groot ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Selassie moves away.
Selassie shoots in looking for a takedown. De Groot tries to sprawl out of it but Selassie keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. De Groot manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.
De Groot throws a lazy right hand but Selassie sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Karl De Groot seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
De Groot takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
Selassie misses with an uppercut. De Groot saw that one coming.
Selassie shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has De Groot pinned against the cage. De Groot gets the underhooks and manages to circle away.
Selassie takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Sloppy strikes from Selassie. Those never looked like landing.
Selassie closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
De Groot scores with a nice head shot.
Selassie looks to land a left hand but De Groot moved out of range nicely.
De Groot looks to score with a jab to the body but Selassie is just out of range.
Selassie lands a jab to De Groot's midsection.
That's one minute gone in the round.
De Groot lands with a good body shot.
Selassie throws a hook but De Groot avoids it easily.
Selassie throws a looping overhand right but De Groot ducks down to avoid it.
De Groot misses with a straight right.
De Groot lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Selassie takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
Selassie connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed De Groot momentarily.
Selassie throws a body punch but De Groot moves out of range.
De Groot is looking to slow Selassie down with leg kicks.
De Groot showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Selassie.
De Groot lands a nice hook to Selassie's body. Selassie takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
De Groot bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Selassie's head backwards.
Selassie closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Selassie misses with a body shot.
Selassie takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
De Groot misses with an uppercut. Selassie saw that one coming.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Selassie keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
De Groot thows a left - swing and a miss!
Selassie shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with De Groot but De Groot pushes him off and we're back to square one.
Karl De Groot has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Haile Selassie.
Nice takedown defense from De Groot. No joy for Selassie on that attempt.
De Groot uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Selassie.
Karl De Groot is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
De Groot digs a good body shot into Selassie's ribs.
Selassie throws a right hand that De Groot ducks under and follows up with a left that De Groot also avoids with ease.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from De Groot.
De Groot lands a body shot.
Selassie looks gassed!
Selassie throws a looping overhand right but De Groot ducks down to avoid it.
De Groot lands a head shot.
Selassie moves away from the strike by De Groot.
De Groot connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Selassie momentarily.
Selassie chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before De Groot can pounce on him.
Selassie throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
De Groot misses with a series of wild punches.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
De Groot throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Selassie throws a body punch but De Groot moves out of range.
A head kick misses from De Groot.
Selassie gets cracked there but stands up to it.
De Groot scores with a nice strike.
Selassie is rocked!
De Groot cracks Selassie with a hook to the temple - Selassie is on wobbly legs here! De Groot swarms him with hook after hook, landing with each one! Selassie falls to the canvas face first and the referee dives in to stop the fight! De Groot wins by TKO!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:30 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Punches). Karl De Groot!
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hype
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