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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Muay Thai Spar (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Diego Arteta (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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189 lbs
11 - 4 - 0 |
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179 lbs
21 - 7 - 0 |
Good wrestling
World class MT
Granite chin |
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World class boxer
Heavy handed |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the middleweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
11 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Muay Thai Spar!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
21 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Diego Arteta!
The judges for this bout are Radbod Blank, Albert Achterberg and Wagner Zegers.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Arteta misses the jab.
Spar throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Arteta takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Arteta throws out a powerful jab.
It looks like Muay Thai Spar has been cut.
Spar lands a leg kick that knocks Arteta off balance momentarily.
Spar drops his hands momentarily and Arteta takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
Spar tries to land a front kick but Arteta steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
Decent striking displayed by Arteta there.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Arteta stuffs a takedown. It's all about dictating where the fight takes place and Arteta wants it to stay on the feet.
Spar throws a hook but Arteta blocks it.
Arteta looks to land a right hand but Spar moved out of range.
Arteta fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Spar manages to avoid it.
Spar ducks under a wild hook from Arteta.
Arteta walks forward, straight into a front kick from Spar.
Spar throws a sloppy head kick and Arteta moves out of range easily.
Spar pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Spar goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Good leg kick by Spar there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Spar lands a kick to the ribs of his opponent. Nice work there - in and out in a flash.
Arteta misses with a series of wild punches.
Arteta lands a vicious shot with the stealth of a sniper and the strength of a viper. Are vipers that strong? I can think of lots of things that are stronger than a viper - not many rhyme with sniper though.
Arteta swings and misses with a hook to the body.
A bone on bone clash there as Arteta blocks the leg kick.
Spar 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.
Spar with a nice cross.
Spar slips a straight right by Arteta.
Arteta sees a low kick coming and goes to check it, but it's actually a body kick and it thuds into his unprotected ribs.
Arteta misses with a wild body shot.
Spar slips a jab and a cross from Arteta.
Arteta throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Arteta thuds a left hand into Spar's body.
Spar thows a body kick. Arteta tries to catch it but that hurt him.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Spar throws the kick towards the body but Arteta avoids it.
Arteta tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Spar was well out of range. Poor timing from Arteta.
Arteta lands with a good body shot.
Arteta cracks Spar with a good jab.
Arteta circles away from the clinch attempt.
Spar tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Arteta paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Spar looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Spar rushes Arteta and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Arteta lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Arteta avoids the elbow strike from Spar, against the cage.
Arteta is trying to push Spar away but Spar has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Arteta lands a shoulder strike.
Spar is looking to take this one to the mat.
Arteta misses with a hook from the clinch.
Arteta misses with some punches.
Spar creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Arteta's defenses.
Spar with an attempt at a knee that misses.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Spar.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
With the fighters up against the cage, Spar throws an elbow but misses.
Arteta blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Arteta goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Arteta lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Spar's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Arteta tries a body shot but Spar blocks it.
Spar misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Arteta.
Spar blocking some punches.
Spar misses with an elbow strike.
Spar unloads a knee to the mid-section. Arteta lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Spar creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Arteta's defenses.
Arteta stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Spar blocks a body shot from Arteta.
Arteta lands a right hand.
Spar pushes off an throws an elbow but Arteta leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Spar lands an elbow just above Arteta 's eye.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Spar.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Spar using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Arteta has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Spar using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Arteta has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Arteta working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Spar using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Arteta has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Arteta misses with the head strike.
A short right from Arteta.
Spar is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Arteta is defending well for now.
Arteta blocks an elbow strike.
A short right from Arteta on the inside.
Arteta using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Spar is breathing heavily.
Arteta tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Spar's elbow.
Arteta works on Spar's body with a couple of short punches.
Spar takes a shot to the head.
Arteta blocks the elbow strike.
Arteta lands a good knee to the midsection. Spar won't want to take too many of those.
Arteta tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Arteta wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Spar has him pressed against the cage.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Arteta lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Spar.
Arteta lands with a short head shot on the inside.
A short uppercut from Arteta.
Arteta scores with a nice hook to the head.
Arteta lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close round but Diego Arteta will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Muay Thai Spar's cut.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.
Arteta lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Spar throws a sloppy head kick and Arteta moves out of range easily.
Arteta moves out of range as Spar throws a body kick.
Spar changes levels and looks for a double leg takedown. Arteta tries to avoid it but Spar manages to keep hold of a leg and drag Arteta to the ground. Arteta escapes though and pops straight back up to his feet.
Spar dodges the punch combination from Arteta.
Arteta looks to land a right hand but Spar moved out of range.
Arteta blocks a head kick by Spar.
Spar throws out a leg kick but Arteta moves out of range and Spar only half commits.
Arteta swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Arteta swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Diego Arteta is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Spar uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Arteta.
Arteta looks to land a left hand but Spar moved out of range nicely.
Spar scores with a head kick.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Spar swings for the body but Arteta moves out of range.
Spar throws a sloppy head kick and Arteta moves out of range easily.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Spar throws a body punch but Arteta moves out of range.
Arteta works Spar's body with a nice hook.
The step up in weight doesn't seem to be a problem for Arteta. He's performing admirably here against the bigger man.
Spar scores with a kick to the midsection.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
A leg kick checked by Arteta.
Nice defenses there by Spar.
Spar throws a head kick that connects with a bit of head and a bit of hand.
Muay Thai Spar is winning the standup battle so far.
The fighters are starting to get sweaty, which will make takedowns a bit more tricky.
Spar misses with a leg kick.
Spar lands a kick to the ribs of his opponent. Nice work there - in and out in a flash.
Arteta lands with a hook. Spar tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
Arteta swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Arteta throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Arteta misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Spar.
Spar wants to land a leg kick but Arteta is out of range.
Spar throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Arteta has developed a nice purple lump on his ribcage, as a result of some heavy body kicks from Spar.
Arteta throws an overhand right that lands on Spar's shoulder, as Spar tries to avoid the shot.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Spar pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Spar ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Arteta moves away.
Spar tries to work over Arteta's front leg with a kick but Arteta checks it.
A shot to the liver by Arteta. Beautiful body shot.
Spar throws a leg kick
and Arteta counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Arteta connects with a nice looking jab.
Sloppy strikes from Arteta. Those never looked like landing.
Arteta scores with a jab.
Spar drives through and clinches with Arteta against the cage.
Arteta tries a body shot but Spar blocks it.
Spar lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Arteta swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Arteta lands with a short shot to the head.
Spar throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Arteta blocks it with crossed arms.
Spar looking to throw knees to the head but Arteta is blocking nicely.
Arteta avoids the elbow strike from Spar, against the cage.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Arteta lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Arteta throws a head punch that misses.
A head punch on the inside from Arteta fails to land.
Arteta tries to work over Spar's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Arteta struggles to land a body shot inside as Spar controls his hands.
Arteta gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
A nice left hand lands by Spar.
Spar tries to land a knee to the head but Arteta blocks with his arms.
Spar throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Arteta on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Spar wants to take the fight to the mat but Arteta manages to get underhooks and keep the fight in the clinch.
Arteta lands a shoulder strike.
Spar really does look like a pencil wearing a pair of gloves. Let's hope he has a gameplan to suit that ridiculous body shape.
Arteta avoids a wild elbow strike from Spar.
Arteta lands a body shot in the clinch.
Diego Arteta seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Arteta lands with a right to the head.
Muay Thai Spar's cut is getting worse.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Nice body punch from Arteta.
Arteta scores with a shot to the side of Spar's head.
Arteta throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Arteta pushes Spar back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
A short right from Arteta.
Arteta misses with a hook to the ribs.
Arteta scores with a shot to the side of Spar's head.
Spar is rocked!
Arteta manages to break the clinch.
Oh Spar is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Spar looks up at the clock. Bad move! Arteta lands a right hand from hell, dropping Spar. Arteta pounces and finishes the fight with a flurry of punches and elbows.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:19 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Diego Arteta!
Diego Arteta is the new middleweight champion!
Diego Arteta decided to go for the less than humble approach in his post fight interview, telling everyone how he is going to conquer the world. The crowd seemed to like it when really that sort of approach could have gone either way.
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energy
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