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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Rodney Ang (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Van Damme (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Ang's entrance music is Long Way To The Top. A fine choice. Damme has chosen Fight to Survive as his entrance music. Both fighter's entrance songs getting the crowd jumping here.
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194 lbs
17 - 8 - 0 |
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199 lbs
11 - 1 - 0 |
Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
Cardio machine |
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BJJ Purple Belt
Lethal high kicks
Good gas tank |
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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
17 - 8 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Rodney Ang!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
11 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Van Damme!
The judges for this bout are Trevor Gratis, Ian Loll and Alec Ball.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Damme misses with a leg kick
letting Ang counter with a right hand.
Damme misses with an uppercut. Ang saw that one coming.
Damme wants to clinch
and Ang connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Ang swats away the attempt to clinch by Damme.
Van Damme seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Damme lands a kick to the ribs of his opponent. Nice work there - in and out in a flash.
Damme uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Ang.
Damme doesn't manage to clinch there - Ang circles away.
Ang wants to clinch up but Damme keeps it at a distance.
Damme tries to clinch up.
Damme avoids the body shot from Ang.
Ang tries to close the distance and clinch up but Damme swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Ang throws a right and a left that both miss.
Damme throws a low kick, looking for Ang's leg but Ang calmly moves out of range.
Damme tries to clinch up but Ang circles away and keeps his distance.
Damme lands a head kick. Ang smiles back at him and beckons him forward.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Damme throws a push kick but Ang slaps the foot to one side.
Damme tries to close the distance and clinch but Ang swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Ang lands with a good body shot.
Damme falls off balance throwing a combination
and Ang connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Ang connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
Ang misses with a body shot.
Ang has managed to clinch.
Ang blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Damme tries to throw a body punch but Ang avoids it by throwing Damme back against the cage.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Damme.
Ang tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Ang misses with an elbow over the top.
Damme blocks an elbow strike.
Damme is trying to break the clinch but Ang is controlling him.
Ang prevents a body shot from Damme.
Ang blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Ang lands a hook to the side of the head.
Ang trying to land knees to the body.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Damme scores with a nice hook to the head.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Damme being controlled against the cage.
A right handed body shot lands from Damme.
Ang misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Damme throws a punch but it's blocked by Ang.
Damme looking to slow down the pace here.
Damme managing to block the knees to the body from Ang.
Ang turns his back and goes for a hip toss. It's a bit messy but it gets the job done and Ang manages to end up in side control.
The referee is asking the fighters to pick up the pace.
Ang tries for a kimura but Damme is defending well.
Ang tries to land with some ground and pound but misses.
Ang is working Damme over with some ground and pound from side control.
Damme takes a nasty elbow to the side of the head.
Both fighters really going for it on the ground here!
Damme bucks up and manages to escape back to his feet!
Ang avoids the head kick by Damme.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Damme plants his feet and lands a nice head kick!
Damme throws a nice looking combination but Ang bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Ang lands a really nice looking cross but Damme seems unphased.
Damme misses the jab.
Damme throws a leg kick but Ang checks it.
Ang avoids the head kick by Damme.
Ang jabs at Damme's body.
Damme has Ang up against the cage in a clinch.
Ang leaning his opponent against the cage.
Damme tries to throw a body punch but Ang avoids it by throwing Damme back against the cage.
Damme misses with a hook from the clinch.
Ang misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Damme.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Damme struggles to land a body shot inside as Ang controls his hands.
Ang lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Damme.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
A right handed body shot lands from Ang.
Damme tries a body shot but Ang blocks it.
Ang lands a damaging elbow.
It looks like Van Damme has been cut.
Ang lands a right hand.
Damme is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Ang is keeping busy.
Damme tries to throw a body punch but Ang avoids it by throwing Damme back against the cage.
Ang tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Damme avoids it.
Ang lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Damme backwards.
Ang effectively controlling the action here.
Damme misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Ang lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Damme backwards.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Damme tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Ang wants to take the fight to the mat but Damme manages to get underhooks and keep the fight in the clinch.
Damme lands a nice uppercut.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Ang.
Ang is trying to trip Damme. He has hold of a leg but Damme is hopping around, keeping his balance for the moment. Ang persists though and gets the takedown into guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Rodney Ang dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Van Damme's cut.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action.
Damme walks into a jab.
Damme throws a hook but Ang blocks it.
Ang walks into a straight right hand from Damme.
Damme tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Damme swings for the body but Ang moves out of range.
Ang wants to clinch up but Damme keeps it at a distance.
Ang jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Damme dodges the punch combination from Ang.
Ang displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Damme throws out the jab.
Van Damme seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Ang swings for the body but Damme moves out of range.
Ang connects with the punch.
A nice leg kick lands there from Damme.
Ang moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Damme tries to clinch but Ang moves out of range.
Damme throws a nice head kick!
That's one minute gone in the round.
Nice defenses there by Damme.
Damme misses with a low kick.
Damme stuffs a takedown. It's all about dictating where the fight takes place and Damme wants it to stay on the feet.
Ang keeps the fight on the outside.
Damme fails with an attempt to clinch.
Ang connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Damme's hands.
Damme fails in his attempt to clinch.
Damme misses with a kick to the body.
Damme misses with a jab, cross combination.
Damme takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
The fight stays on the outside here - Damme looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Ang throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.
Damme cracks the inside of Ang's front leg.
Damme is looking to clinch but Ang is avoiding it.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Ang has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Damme.
Damme throws out a leg kick but Ang moves out of range and Damme only half commits.
Damme tries to clinch there but Ang circles away.
Damme looking to land some kicks to the body here.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Ang cracks the inside of Damme's front leg.
Damme misses with a two punch combination.
Ang moves into the clinch.
Damme tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Ang's elbow.
Damme swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Damme lands with a left to the head.
Damme pushes Ang back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Damme has a couple of punches blocked by Ang.
Damme working aggressively here.
Ang has Damme pressed against the cage, preventing Damme from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Damme takes an elbow to the forehead.
Damme lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Damme fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ang gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Damme wants to break free but Ang has control.
Ang manages to break the clinch.
Damme misses with a body shot.
Ang misses with a low kick.
Ang 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.
Ang uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Damme.
Damme throws a series of punches but Ang avoids them all with ease.
Damme throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Damme wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
A swing and a miss from Ang.
Damme moves to clinch but Ang breaks away
and Ang counters with a lovely shot to the body.
Ang closes the distance and clinches.
Ang misses with a knee to the head.
Rodney Ang has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Ang lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Damme backwards.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Damme misses with a hook to the ribs.
Damme fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Ang will no doubt start fighting again in a minute but for now he's just having a little rest, leaning Damme up against the cage.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Damme throws a head punch that misses.
Damme avoids a wild elbow strike from Ang.
Ang lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Ang lands an elbow inside that Damme shrugs off.
Damme blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Damme softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Damme doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Nice body punch from Damme - that landed with a thud.
Damme has had enough of the clinch but Ang keeps him there for the moment.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Damme creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Damme lands a body shot.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Still in the clinch, Damme scores with a nice short uppercut.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Van Damme showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Van Damme's cut.
That's time! Back to the action!
Ang looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Damme throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Ang tries to clinch up.
Ang swings for the body but Damme moves out of range.
Damme rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Ang connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Van Damme is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Damme moves into range and throws a lovely three punch combination.
Ang avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Damme is looking to slow Ang down with leg kicks.
Damme moves out of range as Ang strikes.
Ang clinches up against the cage.
Damme trying to control the position but instead, Ang has worked for underhooks and has pushed Damme into the cage.
Damme scores with a shot to the side of Ang's head.
Damme lands with a short shot to the head.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Ang is looking to take this one to the mat.
A short body shot lands from Ang as the two fighters clinch.
Ang is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Damme is defending well for now.
Damme tries to work over Ang's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Damme goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Ang is working for takedown but Damme is calmly controlling the position for now.
Ang is pushing Damme up against the cage, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.
Damme scores with a shoulder strike.
A left hand lands to the body for Ang.
Damme lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Damme misses with a short punch on the inside.
Ang swings wildly with an uppercut but Damme uses good head movement to avoid it.
Ang lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
A head punch on the inside from Damme fails to land.
Damme goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Damme lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Damme can't find room to land a body shot as Ang controls the action.
Ang utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Damme takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Damme misses with a hook from the clinch.
Ang tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Damme avoids it.
Damme lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Ang backwards.
Damme lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Ang misses with a short punch on the inside.
Ang lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Ang tries to stall but Damme uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Damme lands a body shot.
Damme lands on the inside with an uppercut.
A shot in the inside from Ang.
Ang works for the underhooks and manages to get a trip takedown into guard.
Damme wants to sweep but no luck.
Damme trying to control the position.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Damme keeping moving, preventing Ang from controlling successfully.
Ang working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Ang prevents Damme from getting back to his feet.
Ang looking to pass the guard.
Ang with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.
Damme wants to get back to his feet but Ang is in a dominant position and won't allow it.
Ang has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
Ang trying to control the position from guard on top but Damme is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Ang working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Ang preventing the sweep.
Damme is trying to keep Ang in close.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Ang is pushing down on Damme's leg trying to pass to half guard. Damme is fighting to maintain full guard but Ang has managed to sneak the leg through.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Ang is thinking about going for an arm triangle but he can't free his leg.
Ang working Damme over with strikes.
Ang working some ground and pound from close in. He's looking to maintain this position and strike for a while by the looks of things... although he'll probably advance to full mount in a minute now I've said that.
Rodney Ang overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Damme is trying to get back to full guard.
Ang thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Damme's head.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Ang trying to control the action but Damme is working from the bottom.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Damme won't allow Ang to pass to mount.
Damme controlling the leg, holding on to half guard.
Damme is looking for a sweep. Ang is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close round but Rodney Ang did the better work so I'd imagine he'll take it.
The cut man is working on Van Damme's cut.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.
A combination from Damme does no damage.
Damme is looking to clinch.
Ang is looking to clinch.
Ang forces Damme back against the cage and clinches.
Damme makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Ang lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Ang lands a left hand.
Ang changes levels and goes for a takedown here. Damme fights it off and pushes away nicely.
Ang tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Damme was well out of range. Poor timing from Ang.
Damme tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. Ang manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Damme moves out of range as Ang strikes.
Damme moves out of range as Ang strikes.
Damme throws a chopping leg kick but Ang manages to avoid taking any serious damage.
Damme fails in his attempt to clinch.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Damme takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Ang avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Damme thuds a mid kick into his opponent's body. That will wear on Ang if he has to take too many more of those.
Nice uppercut there from Damme.
Damme missing with a left hand there. Ang was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Damme buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Damme blocks a jab.
Damme tries to clinch up but Ang circles away and keeps his distance.
Ang swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Damme avoids the body shot from Ang.
Ang lands with a thumping leg kick.
Ang uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Damme.
Damme takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
Damme ducks under a wild hook from Ang.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Ang fails with a takedown attempt from distance.
Ang moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Ang circles away from the clinch attempt.
Ang throws a low kick but Damme avoids it.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Damme misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Damme tries to bum rush Ang with a series of wild strikes but Ang uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Damme throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Ang cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Damme darts in trying to clinch
and Ang counters with a nice uppercut.
Some wild striking there from Damme.
Ang lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Damme at a distance.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Damme checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time.
Damme rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Ang moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Ang connects with an inside leg kick.
Damme tries to clinch there but Ang circles away.
Damme throws a head kick but Ang moves out of range.
Damme is absolutely dripping with sweat - he looks exhausted.
Ang shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with Damme but Damme pushes him off and we're back to square one.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Rodney Ang. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Damme fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Ang, pushing him back against the cage.
A short right from Damme on the inside.
Ang is looking to control Damme's arms but Damme gets an underhook and turns him. Now Ang has his back to the cage.
Nice body punch from Ang - that landed with a thud.
A short right from Ang on the inside.
Ang has moved round to his opponent's back and is looking for a suplex! Oh snap! He's tossed Damme clear over his head and slammed him to the mat!
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
I really don't envy Damme right now.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here.
Damme wants to control his opponent's hands but Ang gets his hands free.
Ang trying to control.
Ang throwing sloppy strikes.
Ang throwing damaging strikes from the back! Damme could be in trouble here!
Damme trying to control the hands but Ang won't let him.
Damme looking very determined here, making life difficult for Ang.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Watch the back of the head! Comes the shout from the referee towards Ang.
Damme is trying to get back to his feet but he's not managed it yet.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Rodney Ang had his way with Van Damme in that round.
The cut man is working on Van Damme's cut.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin! The crowd applaud as we get ready to start the final round!
Damme ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Ang moves away.
Ang takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Ang takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Damme wants to clinch
and Ang counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Ang motions for Damme to come forward. Ang throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Ang throws a nice outside leg kick.
Ang lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Ang throws a shot from downtown. Damme moves away and avoids it.
Ang looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Damme is fending him off so far but Ang persists. Nope, Damme circles away and we're back to standing.
Ang lands a body shot.
Ang looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Damme tries to close the distance and clinch but Ang swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Damme instigates a clinch.
Ang trying to stall but Damme improves his position.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Damme lands an uppercut.
Damme working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Damme blocks a body shot from Ang.
Damme misses with the head strike.
Damme blocking some punches.
Ang is trying to maintain a safe position but Damme gets an underhook and turns Ang into the cage.
Ang throws a head punch that misses.
Damme misses with a hook to the ribs.
Damme throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Both of our modern day gladiators look out of it here - an gruelling 5 rounds of action taking it's toll on them, no doubt.
Damme blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Damme has Ang pressed against the cage, preventing Ang from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Ang takes a shot to the head.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Damme trying to control the position but instead, Ang has worked for underhooks and has pushed Damme into the cage.
Ang is looking to take this one to the mat.
Ang tries to work over Damme's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Damme misses with a short punch on the inside.
Damme stalling in the clinch.
Ang blocks an uppercut.
Damme tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Damme is trying to stall.
Damme swings wildly with an uppercut but Ang uses good head movement to avoid it.
Damme is trying to stall.
Ang tries to stall but Damme uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Damme scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Ang misses with the head strike.
Ang lands a nice knee to the body.
Ang misses with the head strike.
Ang prevents a body shot from Damme.
Damme misses with a body punch.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ang is looking to control Damme's arms but Damme gets an underhook and turns him. Now Ang has his back to the cage.
Ang lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Damme misses with a short punch on the inside.
A short right from Damme.
Ang doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Ang escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Damme tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Damme clinches up against the cage.
Ang prevents a body shot from Damme.
A short left from Damme.
Ang lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Damme lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Ang softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Damme tries to work over Ang's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Ang tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Ang landing knees to the body.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Damme is working Ang over against the cage.
Rodney Ang is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Ang blocks an uppercut.
Ang throws an elbow that misses.
Damme tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Ang's elbow.
Damme misses with a punch to the body.
Ang blocking some punches.
Van Damme has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Ang wants to break the clinch but can't.
Ang lands a left hand that snaps the head of Damme backwards.
Damme working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Ang blocking some punches.
Damme goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Ang keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Damme's efforts to push away.
And that's the end of the fight!
Van Damme comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think Ang 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 Trevor Gratis scores the fight 48:47
Judge Ian Loll scores the fight 48:47
Judge Alec Ball scores the fight 48:47
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Rodney Ang!
Rodney Ang retains his middleweight title!
Jumping up and down and very excited, Rodney Ang waved his t-shirt featuring Popeye’s Spinach - 159 + 158 Proof Supps's logo in front of the cameras.
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