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Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Seymour Birkhoff (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Hano Bilkerken (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Hano Bilkerken told me before the fight that he's been watching a lot of DVDs so let's see if that helps him in this one! I can't wait to find out!
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BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
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BJJ Blue Belt
Solid Muay Thai
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the bantamweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Seymour Birkhoff!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Hano Bilkerken!
The judges for this bout are Nard Betker, Wagner Zegers and Radbod Blank.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Birkhoff looks to score with a jab to the body but Bilkerken is just out of range.
Bilkerken chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Birkhoff throws a looping overhand right but Bilkerken ducks down to avoid it.
Bilkerken ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Birkhoff moves away.
Birkhoff fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Bilkerken manages to avoid it.
Bilkerken doesn't manage to clinch there - Birkhoff circles away.
Bilkerken closes the distance but Birkhoff moves to the side
and Birkhoff counters with a nice uppercut.
Bilkerken fails in his attempt to clinch.
A looping hook to the body misses from Birkhoff. Bilkerken does a little dance to reset his feet.
Birkhoff throws out a loose jab but Bilkerken uses good head movement to avoid it.
A leg kick checked by Bilkerken.
Birkhoff throws a hook but Bilkerken blocks it.
Bilkerken tries to close the distance and clinch but Birkhoff swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Birkhoff throws a looping overhand right but Bilkerken ducks down to avoid it.
Birkhoff digs a good body shot into Bilkerken's ribs.
Bilkerken wants to clinch up but Birkhoff keeps it at a distance.
Bilkerken tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Birkhoff paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Bilkerken drives through and clinches with Birkhoff against the cage.
Birkhoff looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Birkhoff misses with some punches.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Bilkerken putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Birkhoff in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Bilkerken trying to land knees to the body.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Birkhoff avoiding damage as Bilkerken throws knees to the body.
Birkhoff blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Bilkerken unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Birkhoff blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Birkhoff blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Birkhoff swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Birkhoff on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Bilkerken tries to land knees in the clinch but Birkhoff avoids the damage to the body.
Birkhoff throws a head punch that misses.
Bilkerken tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Birkhoff avoids it.
Birkhoff blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Bilkerken missing with knees to the body.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Bilkerken.
Birkhoff misses with the head strike.
Bilkerken misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Birkhoff.
Birkhoff can't find room to land a body shot as Bilkerken controls the action.
Birkhoff throws a punch but it's blocked by Bilkerken.
Bilkerken tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Birkhoff avoids it.
Bilkerken misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Birkhoff.
Birkhoff lands a right hand that snaps the head of Bilkerken backwards.
Bilkerken lands a good knee to the midsection. Birkhoff won't want to take too many of those.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Bilkerken missing with knees to the body.
Birkhoff avoiding damage as Bilkerken throws knees to the body.
Birkhoff swings wildly with an uppercut but Bilkerken uses good head movement to avoid it.
Bilkerken tries to land knees in the clinch but Birkhoff avoids the damage to the body.
Bilkerken looks gassed!
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Birkhoff avoiding damage as Bilkerken throws knees to the body.
Birkhoff scores with a shot to the side of Bilkerken's head.
Birkhoff on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Birkhoff misses with the head strike.
Birkhoff blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Birkhoff doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Birkhoff doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Birkhoff throws a punch but it's blocked by Bilkerken.
Birkhoff is trying to break free.
A head punch on the inside from Birkhoff fails to land.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Birkhoff.
Birkhoff wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Birkhoff misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Bilkerken tries a knee to the head but Birkhoff blocks it.
Bilkerken is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.
Birkhoff managing to block the knees to the body from Bilkerken.
Bilkerken missing with knees to the body.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Birkhoff working hard to break the clinch.
Birkhoff lands a nice uppercut.
Birkhoff managing to block the knees to the body from Bilkerken.
Birkhoff has a couple of punches blocked by Bilkerken.
Birkhoff stalling against the cage.
Birkhoff lands with a left to the head.
Bilkerken is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Birkhoff is defending well for now.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Birkhoff.
Birkhoff managing to block the knees to the body from Bilkerken.
Bilkerken tries to land knees in the clinch but Birkhoff avoids the damage to the body.
Bilkerken landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Birkhoff misses with a hook from the clinch.
Birkhoff lands with a short shot to the head.
Birkhoff lands a nice uppercut.
Bilkerken trying to land knees to the body.
Birkhoff is trying to break the clinch but Bilkerken has him pressed against the cage.
Bilkerken tries to land knees in the clinch but Birkhoff avoids the damage to the body.
Bilkerken blocks an uppercut.
Birkhoff lands a hook that snaps the head of Bilkerken backwards.
Birkhoff working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Bilkerken blocking some punches.
Birkhoff is trying to break the clinch but Bilkerken is controlling him.
Birkhoff gets through Bilkerken's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Birkhoff is leaning against Bilkerken and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Birkhoff swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Birkhoff avoiding damage as Bilkerken throws knees to the body.
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!
Birkhoff tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Birkhoff misses with some punches.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Birkhoff misses with the head strike.
Bilkerken tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Birkhoff avoids it.
Bilkerken misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Birkhoff.
Birkhoff misses with a short punch on the inside.
Bilkerken blocks an uppercut.
Birkhoff on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Birkhoff lands with a left to the head.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Birkhoff throws a punch but it's blocked by Bilkerken.
Bilkerken is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Birkhoff is defending well for now.
Birkhoff working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Birkhoff swings wildly with an uppercut but Bilkerken uses good head movement to avoid it.
Birkhoff scores with an uppercut up the middle.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close round but I would say that Seymour Birkhoff will probably get the nod.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.
Birkhoff misses with a wild body shot.
Bilkerken avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Bilkerken moves in looking to clinch but Birkhoff pushes him off.
Birkhoff throws out a loose jab but Bilkerken uses good head movement to avoid it.
Birkhoff thows a body shot but no joy.
Birkhoff throws a big shot that misses.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Bilkerken tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Birkhoff paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Birkhoff misses with an uppercut.
Birkhoff is really struggling to find his range with his punches. Bilkerken's reach advantage is clearly causing him problems.
Bilkerken ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Birkhoff loads up on a big right hand but Bilkerken slips the punch.
Birkhoff throws a shot from downtown. Bilkerken moves away and avoids it.
Birkhoff misses the jab.
Birkhoff keeps the fight on the outside.
Bilkerken tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Birkhoff paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Bilkerken wants to clinch
and Birkhoff counters with a right hand to the body.
Birkhoff misses with a wild body shot.
Bilkerken avoids the body shot from Birkhoff.
The fight stays on the outside here - Bilkerken looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Bilkerken slips under a jab.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Birkhoff scores with a nice strike.
Birkhoff looks to score with a jab to the body but Bilkerken is just out of range.
A good leg kick by Bilkerken.
Bilkerken is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Bilkerken tries to clinch but Birkhoff is having none of it.
Bilkerken is looking to clinch.
Bilkerken moves in looking to clinch but Birkhoff pushes him off.
Bilkerken tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Birkhoff paws at him with a jab and circles away.
An inside leg kick lands from Bilkerken.
A swing and a miss from Birkhoff.
Hano Bilkerken seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Bilkerken on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Bilkerken closes the distance looking to clinch
enabling Birkhoff to counter with a crisp jab.
Bilkerken closes the distance and clinches.
Birkhoff managing to block the knees to the body from Bilkerken.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Birkhoff managing to block the knees to the body from Bilkerken.
Bilkerken tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Birkhoff avoids it.
Birkhoff blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Bilkerken is breathing heavily.
A short right from Birkhoff.
Birkhoff wants to stall.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Birkhoff on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Birkhoff misses with some punches.
Birkhoff is leaning against Bilkerken and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Bilkerken lands a nice knee to the body.
Bilkerken scores a nice knee to the body.
Birkhoff scores with a shoulder strike.
Birkhoff working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Bilkerken blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Bilkerken tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Birkhoff avoids it.
Bilkerken blocking some punches.
Birkhoff blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Birkhoff managing to block the knees to the body from Bilkerken.
Birkhoff is looking to break free of the clinch but Bilkerken has double underhooks.
Bilkerken missing with knees to the body.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bilkerken trying to land knees to the body.
Birkhoff misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Birkhoff managing to block the knees to the body from Bilkerken.
A nice right hand lands inside from Birkhoff.
Birkhoff wants to stall.
Birkhoff lands with a right to the head.
Bilkerken has Birkhoff pressed against the cage, preventing Birkhoff from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Seymour Birkhoff has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Birkhoff working hard to break the clinch.
Birkhoff wants to break free but Bilkerken has control.
Birkhoff doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
A short right from Birkhoff on the inside.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Birkhoff.
Birkhoff managing to block the knees to the body from Bilkerken.
Birkhoff lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Bilkerken tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Birkhoff avoids it.
Birkhoff lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Birkhoff misses with some punches.
Birkhoff lands a nice uppercut.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Birkhoff looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Birkhoff throws a head punch that misses.
Birkhoff misses with a punch on the inside.
Bilkerken is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Birkhoff is defending well for now.
Birkhoff managing to block the knees to the body from Bilkerken.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Birkhoff creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Birkhoff is trying to break free.
Birkhoff wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Bilkerken has him pressed against the cage.
Bilkerken trying to land knees to the body.
Birkhoff lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Bilkerken backwards.
Birkhoff taking a breather.
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!
Bilkerken prevents Birkhoff from breaking the clinch.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Bilkerken.
Bilkerken keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Birkhoff's efforts to push away.
Birkhoff swings away with an uppercut that misses.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Birkhoff avoiding damage as Bilkerken throws knees to the body.
Birkhoff avoiding damage as Bilkerken throws knees to the body.
Birkhoff misses with some punches.
A short uppercut from Birkhoff.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Seymour Birkhoff dominated that second round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action. This is the final round!
Bilkerken gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Birkhoff.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Bilkerken, right into the meat.
Birkhoff swats away the attempt to clinch by Bilkerken.
Bilkerken avoids the body shot from Birkhoff.
Bilkerken wants to clinch.
Bilkerken is looking to clinch but Birkhoff is avoiding it.
Bilkerken scoring well with a low kick there.
Birkhoff throws a jab when Bilkerken was well out of range.
Birkhoff keeps the fight on the outside.
Bilkerken fails in his attempt to clinch.
Bilkerken instigates a clinch.
Birkhoff doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Birkhoff wants to break the clinch but can't.
Bilkerken trying to land knees to the body.
Birkhoff misses with a short punch on the inside.
Bilkerken unloads a knee to the mid-section. Birkhoff lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Birkhoff blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Birkhoff on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Bilkerken takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Bilkerken tries to land knees in the clinch but Birkhoff avoids the damage to the body.
Birkhoff misses with a hook from the clinch.
Birkhoff avoiding damage as Bilkerken throws knees to the body.
Birkhoff on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Bilkerken misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Birkhoff.
Bilkerken tries a knee to the head but Birkhoff blocks it.
Birkhoff lands with a light punch inside.
Birkhoff fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Birkhoff lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Birkhoff doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Birkhoff swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Bilkerken's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Birkhoff scores with a nice hook to the head.
Birkhoff misses with a hook from the clinch.
A nice right hand lands inside from Birkhoff.
Birkhoff goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Birkhoff has had enough of the clinch but Bilkerken keeps him there for the moment.
Bilkerken tries to land knees in the clinch but Birkhoff avoids the damage to the body.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Birkhoff lands with a left to the head.
Birkhoff softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Birkhoff lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Birkhoff has a couple of punches blocked by Bilkerken.
Bilkerken missing with knees to the body.
Bilkerken tries to land knees in the clinch but Birkhoff avoids the damage to the body.
Bilkerken is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Birkhoff is defending well for now.
Birkhoff lands with a short shot to the head.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Birkhoff lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Birkhoff manages to get underhooks and slows down the pace for a moment.
Bilkerken tries to land knees in the clinch but Birkhoff avoids the damage to the body.
Bilkerken with an attempt at a knee that misses.
A short left from Birkhoff.
Birkhoff trying to stall but Bilkerken improves his position.
Birkhoff lands a hook that snaps the head of Bilkerken backwards.
Birkhoff taking a break, stalling in the clinch.
Birkhoff has a couple of punches blocked by Bilkerken.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bilkerken tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Birkhoff avoids it.
Bilkerken being controlled against the cage.
A short right from Birkhoff on the inside.
A short left from Birkhoff.
Birkhoff lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Bilkerken is rocked!
Birkhoff looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Bilkerken's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Bilkerken is still on wobbly legs! Can Birkhoff finish him?
Birkhoff swings wildly with an uppercut but Bilkerken uses good head movement to avoid it.
Bilkerken seems to have recovered his senses.
Birkhoff lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Birkhoff working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Bilkerken is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Birkhoff is defending well for now.
Birkhoff swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Birkhoff lands with a short shot to the head.
A shot in the inside from Birkhoff.
Birkhoff lands with a right to the head.
Birkhoff throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Bilkerkens head.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Birkhoff blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Birkhoff cracks Bilkerken with a nice body shot.
Bilkerken's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
A right hook to the body lands for Birkhoff.
Birkhoff is looking to break free of the clinch but Bilkerken has double underhooks.
Bilkerken trying to land knees to the body.
A nice left hand lands by Birkhoff.
Birkhoff lands with a left to the head.
Birkhoff avoiding damage as Bilkerken throws knees to the body.
Birkhoff is looking to break free of the clinch but Bilkerken has double underhooks.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Birkhoff tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Birkhoff lands a body shot in the clinch.
Bilkerken trying to land knees to the body.
Birkhoff misses with a hook from the clinch.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Birkhoff is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
Birkhoff lands a hook to the side of the head.
Hano Bilkerken has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Birkhoff tries to circle away but Bilkerken has him pinned against the cage.
Birkhoff tries to throw a body punch but Bilkerken avoids it by throwing Birkhoff back against the cage.
And that's the end of the fight!
Seymour Birkhoff showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Birkhoff, 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 Nard Betker scores the fight 30:27
Judge Wagner Zegers scores the fight 30:27
Judge Radbod Blank scores the fight 30:27
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Seymour Birkhoff!
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