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Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Joe Dekkers (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Mic Krilla (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). We have two fighters making their debuts here, so let's see who comes out of this one with their first professional victory.
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175 cm
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154 lbs
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169 cm
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158 lbs
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BJJ White Belt
World class MT
Very strong |
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BJJ Blue Belt
World class MT
Good gas tank |
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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
0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Joe Dekkers! And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner. With a record of
0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Mic Krilla! The judges for this bout are Skip Squint, Donatello Bradman and Eliza Hachem.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway! Dekkers tries to close the distance and clinch up but Krilla swats him away and circles back towards the center. Krilla rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Dekkers moves out of range and avoids them all easily. Krilla shoots in for a takedown but Dekkers shows good takedown defense. Krilla tries to clinch up but Dekkers circles away and keeps his distance. Dekkers tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. Krilla manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat. Dekkers tries to clinch but Krilla moves out of range. Dekkers gets a clinch. Dekkers pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage. Krilla blocks the elbow strike.
Krilla on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Krilla takes an elbow to the temple. Dekkers gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head. Krilla tries to pull guard but Dekkers won't allow it.
Dekkers leaning his opponent against the cage. Krilla tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked. Dekkers lands a nice elbow.
It looks like Mic Krilla has been cut.
That's one minute gone in the round. Dekkers lands a glancing elbow in the clinch. Dekkers putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Krilla in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body. Dekkers lands an elbow just above Krilla 's eye. Krilla looks gassed! Dekkers prevents Krilla from breaking the clinch. Krilla tries to pull guard but Dekkers forces him back to his feet, against the cage. Joe Dekkers has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Mic Krilla. Krilla blocks an elbow strike. Krilla drops down for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Krilla stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.
Dekkers lands an elbow that stopped Krilla in his tracks for a moment. Dekkers lands an elbow that stopped Krilla in his tracks for a moment. Krilla blocks the elbow strike.
Dekkers creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Krilla's defenses. Come on Krilla - let's have some action - none of this stalling nonsense.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd. Krilla jumps guard.
That's two minutes gone in the round. We've had a lack of effective grappling in the last minute or so, which could well see a referee standup. Krilla is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent. Dekkers trying to control the position from guard on top but Krilla is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can. Krilla has his feet on Dekkers's hips. He pushes off and gets to his feet. Nice work. Krilla shoots in but no luck this time. Dekkers tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion. Dekkers throws a half hearted mid kick. Krilla tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Dekkers paws at him with a jab and circles away. Krilla circles away from the clinch attempt.
Dekkers scores with a nice body kick.
That's three minutes gone in the round. Dekkers is looking to take this fight into the clinch. Dekkers throws a nice inside leg kick. Dekkers closes the distance and pushes Krilla back into the cage. Dekkers lands an elbow inside. Dekkers prevents a takedown attempt there.
Krilla dodges an elbow strike from Dekkers.
Krilla is trying to break free. Krilla tries to jump guard but he falls flat on his backside. Dekkers smiles and moves away.
Dekkers instigates a clinch. Krilla looking to stall.
Dekkers creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
That's four minutes gone in the round. Dekkers throws an elbow that misses.
Krilla's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does. Dekkers closes the distance and pushes Krilla back into the cage. Dekkers creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Krilla's defenses. Dekkers throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Dekkers lands an elbow that stopped Krilla in his tracks for a moment. Krilla avoids the elbow strike from Dekkers, against the cage.
Krilla fails to pull guard.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff! Krilla blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning. Dekkers throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Krilla avoiding damage as Dekkers throws knees to the body.
Krilla on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Krilla blocks the elbow strike.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action. With the fighters up against the cage, Dekkers throws an elbow but misses. Dekkers lands a nice elbow from the clinch. Dekkers gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head. Krilla avoiding damage as Dekkers throws knees to the body.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Joe Dekkers dominated that round. The cut man is working on Mic Krilla's cut. That's time! Dekkers's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.
Krilla fakes high and shoots in for a takedown but Dekkers avoids it really well and circles away. Dekkers wants to clinch. Krilla avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Krilla tries to close the distance and clinch but Dekkers swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away. Dekkers tries to clinch up but Krilla circles away and keeps his distance. We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up. Krilla tries to clinch but Dekkers is having none of it. Krilla fails miserably with a takedown attempt. Krilla misses with a low kick. Krilla 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.
That's one minute gone in the round. Krilla looks frustrated there after his takedown attempt is stuffed easily. Joe Dekkers has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Mic Krilla. Krilla circles away from the clinch attempt and Krilla holds on and brings the fighters into a clinch. Krilla scores with an uppercut up the middle. Dekkers creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Krilla's defenses. Dekkers tries to land knees in the clinch but Krilla avoids the damage to the body. Krilla dodges an elbow strike from Dekkers.
Krilla breaks from the clinch.
Krilla fails with the takedown. Dekkers is looking to take this fight into the clinch. Dekkers closes the distance and clinches. Dekkers tries to land knees in the clinch but Krilla avoids the damage to the body.
That's two minutes gone in the round. Dekkers looks to throw an elbow but misses. Krilla avoids the elbow strike from Dekkers, against the cage.
Nice elbow from Dekkers. Krilla jumps guard but Dekkers turns him against the cage and keeps the fight standing. A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors. Dekkers creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses. With the fighters up against the cage, Dekkers throws an elbow but misses. Dekkers pushes off an throws an elbow but Krilla leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage. Dekkers throws an elbow but it misses.
Dekkers will no doubt start fighting again in a minute but for now he's just having a little rest, leaning Krilla up against the cage. Joe Dekkers has scored more points in the clinch so far. 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! Dekkers stops a takedown attempt from Krilla.
Dekkers trying to land knees to the body.
Dekkers misses with an elbow strike.
Dekkers missing with knees to the body.
Dekkers trying to land knees to the body.
That's three minutes gone in the round. Nice elbow from Dekkers. Dekkers prevents a takedown attempt there.
Dekkers tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Krilla avoids it. Dekkers looks to throw an elbow but misses. Krilla blocks the elbow strike.
Krilla on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Krilla tries to pull guard but Dekkers forces him back to his feet, against the cage. Dekkers is trying to maintain a safe position but Krilla gets an underhook and turns Dekkers into the cage. Krilla dodges an elbow strike from Dekkers.
Krilla drops to a knee looking for a takedown but Dekkers gets the underhooks and prevents it.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as Krilla takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life. Krilla manages to pull guard.
That's four minutes gone in the round. Dekkers wants to control from the top but Krilla keeps moving. Krilla wants to stand and escape but Dekkers is having none of it. Krilla is breathing heavily. Dekkers wants to control from the top but Krilla keeps moving. Krilla keeping full guard, as Dekkers tries to pass. Krilla pulls Dekkers in to control the position. The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
We're going to have a standup here because Joe Dekkers wasn't active enough for the referee's liking. Dekkers gets tackled into the cage by Krilla. Krilla maintains the clinch. Dekkers trying to control the position but instead, Krilla has worked for underhooks and has pushed Dekkers into the cage. This has been an exciting period of action! Dekkers missing with knees to the body.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Joe Dekkers dominated that second round. The cut man is working on Mic Krilla's cut. The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business. This is the final round!
Krilla throws a sloppy head kick and Dekkers moves out of range easily. Krilla shoots in for a takedown. He's persisting with it as Dekkers sprawls well. Dekkers wins this battle and keeps the fight standing. Krilla gets slowly back to his feet. Dekkers has Krilla up against the cage in a clinch.
Both fighters working to control the clinch. Krilla escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
No luck for Krilla with that takedown attempt. Dekkers keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl. Joe Dekkers has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Mic Krilla. Dekkers misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Dekkers is looking to take this fight into the clinch. Krilla takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
That's one minute gone in the round. Krilla wants to clinch up but Dekkers keeps it at a distance. Dekkers tries to clinch but Krilla moves out of range. Krilla tries for a takedown but Dekkers sees it coming a mile off and avoids it easily. Dekkers clinches. Krilla avoiding damage as Dekkers throws knees to the body.
Krilla fails to pull the fight into his guard.
Krilla blocks an elbow strike. Krilla blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning. Dekkers pressing his opponent against the cage. Dekkers tries to land knees in the clinch but Krilla avoids the damage to the body. Dekkers throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Dekkers lands a nice elbow. Dekkers pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage. Joe Dekkers is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
That's two minutes gone in the round. Krilla tries to score a body lock takedown but Dekkers shows good agility there to stay on his feet. Krilla tries to break free but Dekkers pushes him back against the cage. Nice elbow from Krilla. With the fighters up against the cage, Dekkers throws an elbow but misses. The referee is keeping an eye on Krilla - much more stalling and he will separate the fighters.
Krilla looking to stall.
Krilla blocks an elbow strike. Krilla jumps guard but Dekkers stands there with Krilla around his waist. Krilla gives up and drops back to his feet. We remain in the clinch.
Dekkers throws an elbow that misses.
That's three minutes gone in the round. Krilla has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate. Krilla blocks the elbow strike.
Dekkers managing to block the knees to the body from Krilla.
Dekkers missing with knees to the body.
Dekkers misses with an elbow over the top. Krilla has hold of a leg and is looking for a trip takedown. Dekkers avoids it nicely though and we remain in the clinch. Krilla is trying to pull guard but being pressed up against the cage enables Dekkers to keep the fight standing. Dekkers missing with knees to the body.
Dekkers prevents the takedown attempt.
Dekkers looks to throw an elbow but misses. Dekkers prevents a takedown attempt there.
Krilla on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
That's four minutes gone in the round. With the two fighters working up against the cage, Dekkers just misses with a elbow thrown towards Krilla's brow. Krilla on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Krilla is looking for a takedown. Krilla taking a breather. Dekkers pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage. Dekkers lands a nice elbow. Dekkers lands a nice elbow from the clinch. Dekkers throws an elbow but it misses.
Dekkers lands a glancing elbow in the clinch. The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end. Dekkers throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Dekkers is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Krilla is defending well for now. Mic Krilla has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here! Krilla avoids a wild elbow strike from Dekkers. Krilla tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Dekkers avoids it.
And that's the end of the fight! Joe Dekkers showed his dominance in that final round. Well I reckon that's a shut out for Dekkers, winning every round. Will the judges agree? They are the ones who matter, even if they are often depressingly incompetent. 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 Skip Squint scores the fight 30:27 Judge Donatello Bradman scores the fight 30:27 Judge Eliza Hachem scores the fight 30:27
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Joe Dekkers!
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energy
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