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Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Skoal Citrus (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Bjj Spar (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the featherweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
20 - 9 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Skoal Citrus!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
12 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Bjj Spar!
The judges for this bout are Paul Aken, Saam Ante and Radbod Blank.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Spar shoots in for a takedown! He's got it and he's managed to land in full mount! That's better than Spar was expecting from the takedown attempt, I'm sure!
Spar prevents Citrus from getting the reversal.
The fighters are tangled up in the ropes here. We might need a restart if the fighters can't break free themselves.
Spar lands an elbow that was bordering on illegal but the referee lets it go with a warning.
Spar in mount throwing good strikes here, bouncing his opponent's head off the canvas.
The fighters are trapped in the ropes so we're going to have a reposition here. The ref calls for a break and repositions the fighters in the center of the ring.
Spar cracks Citrus with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Citrus working to try and regain half guard.
Spar content just to control the position here.
Spar lands a heavy elbow.
Citrus is rocked!
Citrus is looking to get to half guard.
Citrus regains half guard.
Both fighters really going for it on the ground here!
That's one minute gone in the round.
Spar works his way into full mount!
Citrus working to try and regain half guard.
Citrus tries to hold on but Spar postures up.
Citrus is working to get back to half guard.
Spar postures up and cracks his opponent a couple of times before moving back into close ground control. Citrus looks a forlorn figure.
Citrus is looking to get to half guard.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Spar controlling from the full mount.
Spar putting on the heat here with some good ground and pound!
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Spar lands a big shot there that rocks Citrus but he's holding on and managing to survive for now.
Spar wants to control the pace but Citrus is squirming around nicely.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Citrus is writhing around trying to get back to his feet.
Citrus is working to get back to half guard.
Citrus is working hard here to advance position.
Spar pausing momentarily but resumes with a couple of decent strikes that do a bit of damage.
Oh Citrus is still in real trouble! Will he be able to recover?!!
Citrus is looking to improve his position but Spar isn't that keen on the idea.
Citrus seems to have got his legs back now.
Spar scores with a couple of good head shots there.
Spar has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Citrus tries to lock up and control but Spar gives him a forearm to the face and pushes him away.
Spar looking to control but Citrus is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Citrus wants to hold on but Spar pushes him away.
Spar with good strikes from the mount here!
Citrus can't escape the position.
Spar can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Citrus is looking to escape.
Citrus really trying hard to get back to half guard here.
Spar looking to ground and pound his opponent to a finish here.
Spar is in the full mount, landing strikes.
Citrus takes a big shot to the head but keeps on trying to improve his position.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Spar is in the full mount, landing strikes.
Citrus is desperately trying to improve his position but Spar has a good base and remains in mount.
Citrus is squirming around, avoiding Spar's attempts to control the action.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Citrus is desperately trying to improve his position but Spar has a good base and remains in mount.
Spar is still in mount, landing shots to his trapped opponent. Citrus can't stay in a position like this for much longer.
Citrus really trying hard to get back to half guard here.
Spar avoids the attempt from Citrus to control.
Spar working the ground and pound effectively.
Citrus keeping his composure momentarily, calmly looking to get back to half guard.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Spar working Citrus over with strikes here.
Spar lands with some vicious ground and pound - can Citrus hang on?
Spar with a couple of short strikes.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Bjj Spar dominated that round.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the ring so we can get back down to business.
Citrus throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Citrus throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Spar.
Spar avoids a punch combination nicely.
A jab from Citrus misses.
Jab, jab by Citrus - just one landing.
Citrus misses with a wild combination.
Spar wants to slow Citrus down by chopping away at his legs.
A left lands for Citrus.
Citrus swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Spar is on the wrong end of a nice combination from Citrus.
Spar swings for the body but Citrus moves out of range.
Citrus throws a series of punches but Spar avoids them all with ease.
Citrus will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Spar lands with a thumping leg kick.
Citrus throws an overhand right that lands on Spar's shoulder, as Spar tries to avoid the shot.
Citrus misses with a lunging right hand
and Spar counters with a lovely shot to the body.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Citrus tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Spar was well out of range. Poor timing from Citrus.
Spar shoots for a takedown but Citrus saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.
Citrus swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Spar.
Citrus throws a nice looking combination but Spar bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Citrus lands with an overhand left.
Citrus looks to land a combination but Spar avoids it well.
Spar misses with a low kick.
A lazy left from Citrus finds it's target.
Spar goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Spar misses with a head kick.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Citrus uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Spar has time to react.
Spar shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Spar takes a shot right to the bread basket.
No joy there for Citrus, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Citrus avoids the body shot from Spar.
Citrus lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Spar circles away quickly and effectively.
Spar misses with a low kick.
Citrus jabs Spar to the body, keeping him at a distance.
Skoal Citrus seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Citrus keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
The crowd cheers as Citrus lands an impressive looking overhand right. Spar doesn't seem phased though.
Citrus scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Citrus lands a jab. Then a cross. Then finally a nice hook to the body. Good work there by Citrus.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Citrus throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Spar.
Citrus throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Spar counters with a nice shoot takedown that brings the fighters to the ground.
Spar pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Citrus is keeping the position for now.
Spar avoids a guillotine attempt easily.
Citrus has a loose triangle. He'll be looking to tighten that up but Spar can see exactly what he's planning and manages to posture up and free himself.
Citrus throwing his legs up looking for a triangle.
Spar wants to control from the top but Citrus keeps moving.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Spar pushing down on Citrus's thigh, trying to pass to half guard. He's managed it... Nice work.
Spar throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Citrus is trying to maintain the position but Spar is very close to passing his half guard.
Citrus wants to improve his position but Spar is controlling well.
Spar lands with a punch from half guard.
Spar trying to control the action but Citrus is working from the bottom.
Citrus is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Spar looking to pass the half guard. Not this time.
Citrus is looking to sinch up a guillotine here but Spar pulls his head out easily.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Skoal Citrus dominated that second round.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the ring so we can get back down to business.
Citrus misses with a two punch combination.
Donk. Citrus catches Spar right on the button with a cross.
Citrus fails to land with a series of punches.
Citrus misses with the combination.
A jab from Citrus finds it's way through Spar's defenses.
Citrus swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Citrus waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Spar.
Citrus looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Citrus keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Citrus thows a body shot but no joy.
Citrus misses with a jab, cross combination.
A slow jab from Citrus misses its intended target.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Spar throws a body kick that misses.
Spar needs to keep his hands up - Citrus had a free shot at his head there.
Citrus looks to land a combination but Spar avoids it well.
Citrus lands with a cross.
Citrus misses with a jab, cross combination.
Citrus misses with a hook.
Citrus throws a right and a left that Spar avoids nicely.
Citrus throws a right and a left that both miss.
Citrus throws a right hand that Spar ducks under and follows up with a left that Spar also avoids with ease.
Skoal Citrus is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Spar smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
Citrus on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Spar shoots in looking for a takedown. Citrus tries to sprawl out of it but Spar keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the ropes. Citrus manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.
Citrus swings widly with a right hand
and Spar connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Spar misses with a low kick.
Citrus fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Citrus lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Spar at a distance.
Citrus rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Spar moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Spar misses the shot to the body.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Citrus misses with a combination
and Spar counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Citrus scores with a jab.
Spar lands a head kick!
Citrus gets taken down but at least he's managed to land in guard.
Citrus has his foot on Spar's thigh. He's trying to push off and get in position for a triangle, I think. Spar works his way back into a safe position though.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Spar is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
Citrus controls Spar momentarily but Spar frees himself.
Spar lands a couple of digs.
Spar postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Citrus working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Spar.
Spar postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Citrus is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.
Spar makes his way to full guard. A much better position for Spar.
Citrus in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Citrus keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Spar's head.
Citrus scoring with punches to the head and body.
Spar is looking for a guillotine. You can't force these things though and Citrus defends well.
Spar looking to control but Citrus passes into half guard.
Bjj Spar has got the better of the ground game so far.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Citrus wants to take a breather but Spar is having none of it.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Citrus working over Spar with some ground and pound. Spar looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable.
Spar wants to improve his position but Citrus is controlling well.
Spar is persisting with the attempt to improve his position.
Citrus working over Spar with some ground and pound. Spar looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable.
Citrus thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Spar's head.
Citrus is keen to just control but Spar is a slippery customer.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Spar moves his hips nicely and gets into full guard.
Spar keeping moving, preventing Citrus from controlling successfully.
Spar has a loose triangle. He'll be looking to tighten that up but Citrus can see exactly what he's planning and manages to posture up and free himself.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close round but Skoal Citrus did the better work so I'd imagine he'll take it.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.
Citrus fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Skoal Citrus is winning the standup battle so far.
A slow jab from Citrus misses its intended target.
Citrus throws a right and a left that both miss.
Citrus tries to bum rush Spar with a series of wild strikes but Spar uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Citrus misses with a shot to the body
and Spar counters with a nice single leg takedown and he's in Citrus's guard now.
Spar pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Citrus is keeping the position for now.
Citrus looking for submissions from the bottom here. Moving his hips around, possibly looking for an armbar.
Citrus has a loose triangle. He'll be looking to tighten that up but Spar can see exactly what he's planning and manages to posture up and free himself.
Spar chips away with some ground and pound.
It's got to the stage where if one of these guys blows hard enough, the other might fall over.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Citrus had isolated an arm as going for a kimura. Spar defends it easily.
Citrus had isolated an arm as going for a kimura. Spar defends it easily.
Spar working some strikes from top position.
Spar trying to control the position from guard on top but Citrus is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Spar trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Spar trying to control but Citrus is working from the bottom.
Spar got a little sloppy there for a moment and Citrus has worked his way into a loose triangle - can he finish it?! No, Spar has managed to get both his arms back between Citrus's legs - danger averted.
Citrus working from the bottom, still in full guard. He's managed to get a loose triangle. Spar doesn't seem to be doing much to defend here, obviously he feels comfortable in the position. Spar manages to throw the legs off his shoulder and he's back into guard - no problem.
Spar trying to control but Citrus is working from the bottom.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Spar lands a couple of digs.
Spar landing with the ground and pound.
Spar trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Spar is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
Citrus throwing his legs up looking for a triangle.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Citrus keeping moving, preventing Spar from controlling successfully.
Spar looking to pass the guard.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Spar landing some decent shots from guard.
Citrus is working actively off his back, looking to secure an arm or perhaps work for a triangle.
Spar avoids a guillotine attempt easily.
Spar got a little sloppy there for a moment and Citrus has worked his way into a loose triangle - can he finish it?! No, Spar has managed to get both his arms back between Citrus's legs - danger averted.
Spar makes a bit of distance and scores with some ground and pound, still in guard.
Spar throwing strikes but missing.
Spar throws a big elbow that misses.
Spar trying to control the position from guard on top but Citrus is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Citrus looking for a guillotine here but Spar defends easily.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Spar landing with the ground and pound.
Spar scores with a decent looking elbow strike.
Citrus throwing his legs up looking for a triangle.
Citrus keeping full guard, as Spar tries to pass.
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!
Citrus looking for submissions from the bottom here. Moving his hips around, possibly looking for an armbar.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Spar content to strike from guard, landing some decent shots.
Spar stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Citrus swivels though and keeps the full guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Bjj Spar dominated that fourth round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! This is the final round!
Spar throws a body kick that misses.
Citrus scores with a jab. Spar acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
Citrus misses with a body shot.
Citrus throws a right hand that Spar ducks under and follows up with a left that Spar also avoids with ease.
Spar shoots for a takedown but Citrus saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.
Spar lands a slapping body shot.
Citrus shuffles to his left behind two crisp jabs. Spar eats them both and turns towards Citrus to reposition himself and eats a stinging right hand-left hook combo.
Spar misses with a low kick.
Spar is wobbling all over the place through exhaustion. Will he make it to the final bell?
Citrus moves into range and throws a combination. A nice jab followed by a hook to the body.
Citrus lands with a straight right. Spar didn't see that one coming.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Citrus's jab looks to have found its range, popping Spar under the eye.
Spar is rocked!
Citrus tries to bum rush Spar with a series of wild strikes but Spar uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Spar is still on wobbly legs! Can Citrus finish him?
Citrus throws a combination that misses
and Spar counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Citrus feints a jab promting Spar to slip. Citrus then demonstrates his capabilities by jabbing again. Spar slips again and ducks right into an uppercut.
Spar takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Citrus connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
Citrus swinging wildly here.
Citrus misses with a jab to the body
and Spar counters with a good low kick that Citrus was not able to check.
Citrus misses with a few strikes there.
Citrus jabs away that one connects to the head of his opponent.
Citrus stuffs the takedown attempt from Spar. Spar gets slowly back to his feet.
Citrus throws a right hand that Spar ducks under and follows up with a left that Spar also avoids with ease.
Nice cross by Citrus.
Citrus misses with a series of wild punches.
Spar seems to have recovered his senses.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
A punch combination from Citrus misses.
Citrus thows a body shot but no joy.
Spar walks into a stiff left hand from Citrus.
Citrus swings for the body but Spar moves out of range.
Spar fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
Skoal Citrus has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Bjj Spar.
Citrus misses with a jab, cross combination.
Spar takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Citrus throws a right hand that Spar ducks under and follows up with a left that Spar also avoids with ease.
Citrus misses with a shot to the body
and Spar counters with a nice low kick that buckles Citrus's knee momentarily.
Spar will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Citrus misses with a double jab
and Spar makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Spar dodges the punch combination from Citrus.
Spar throws out a leg kick but Citrus moves out of range and Spar only half commits.
Citrus misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Spar.
Skoal Citrus is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Citrus lands with a two punch combination before moving back out of range.
Spar tests Citrus's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Spar has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
Citrus lands a slapping body shot.
Citrus throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Citrus misses with the combination.
Citrus misses with a wild combination.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Citrus throws a hook but Spar blocks it.
Citrus misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Spar.
Citrus throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Spar counters with a driving takedown into guard. Nice work there by Spar.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Spar wants to pass the guard but Citrus is keeping the position.
Citrus lands a beautiful switch and he's in full mount! That could spell trouble for Spar!
Spar wants to control but Citrus is having none of it.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Spar working to try and regain half guard.
Citrus lands a big shot there that rocks Spar but he's holding on and managing to survive for now.
And that's the end of the fight!
Skoal Citrus showed his dominance in that final round.
I think Citrus 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 Paul Aken scores the fight for Bjj Spar!
Judge Saam Ante scores the fight as a draw!
Judge Radbod Blank scores the fight for Bjj Spar!
Bjj Spar wins by majority decision!
Bjj Spar is the new featherweight champion!
During a confident post fight interview, Bjj Spar thanked all his fans. He seemed very genuine when describing how motivated his fans keep him.
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