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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Tong Van damm (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Dane Hoy (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Hoy comes into a darkened arena with his song building. - kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.
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198 cm
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200 lbs
11 - 11 - 0 |
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190 cm
29
199 lbs
24 - 8 - 0 |
Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
KO power |
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Good wrestler
Good kicks
Powerful |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division. Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner. With a record of
11 - 11 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Tong Van damm! And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner. With a record of
24 - 8 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Dane Hoy! The judges for this bout are Alec Ball, Dillan Fox and Trevor Gratis.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway! Van damm tries to clinch but Hoy moves away and Hoy counters with a lovely straight right hand! Hoy throws a body kick, spinning off balance and Van damm counters with a quick right hand to the jaw. Hoy cracks Van damm with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd. Nice uppercut there from Hoy. Van damm with a body punch. A glancing blow. Hoy will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts. Van damm walks into a stiff left hand from Hoy. Hoy gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Van damm. The crowd are loving this. Great action here. Van damm tries to clinch there but Hoy circles away.
Hoy tries to check the leg kick but that clearly hurt him. Hoy takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor. Van damm throws a sloppy head kick and Hoy moves out of range easily. Hoy has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Hoy there as he acknowledges the shot. Hoy gets the takedown into side control. Van damm manages to work his way to half guard, despite Hoy's best efforts.
That's one minute gone in the round. The fighters are battling for position here. Van damm manages to regain full guard. Nice work. Van damm is pulling down on Hoy's head. It's preventing any offense from Hoy, at least for the moment. Hoy trying to control but Van damm is working from the bottom. Van damm is controlling Hoy's posture. Van damm utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound. Hoy in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time. Van damm is looking to sweep but instead, Hoy has passed into half guard.
Hoy throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man. Van damm tries to get to full guard but Hoy has control of the leg. Hoy with the ground and pound but Van damm uses the opportunity to regain guard.
That's two minutes gone in the round. Hoy looking to pass the guard. Hoy wants to control from the top but Van damm keeps moving. Hoy loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry. Van damm looking for a sweep. Not yet Van damm, not yet. Hoy is sitting in guard, working some ground and pound. The crowd are loving this. Great action here. Hoy is looking to work some ground and pound but Van damm has wrist control. Hoy trying to control but Van damm is working from the bottom.
That's three minutes gone in the round. Hoy working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage. Van damm working a defensive guard but Hoy manages to pass into side control anyway.
Hoy in side control lands a nice looking series of punches and elbows. Hoy is working Van damm over with some ground and pound from side control. Hoy tries to land with some ground and pound but misses. Hoy wants to work for a kimura but he's foiled early by Van damm, who protects the arm well. Hoy working the head and body with strikes. Van damm prevents Hoy from moving into mount. Hoy wants to control but Van damm is keeping him busy.
That's four minutes gone in the round. Van damm throws his opponent off and manages to get back to his feet! Nicely done! Van damm throws a head kick that misses. Hoy shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down. Van damm scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction. This has been an exciting period of action! Hoy shoots in for a takedown but Van damm shows good takedown defense there and keeps this one on the feet. A big left from Van damm misses. Van damm slips under a jab from Hoy. Hoy pulls out of a head kick attempt.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action! Hoy dips down and scores with a jab to the body. Van damm misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Hoy blocks the body kick.
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 Tong Van damm will probably get the nod. The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!
Van damm blocks a head kick by Hoy.
Jab by Hoy. Van damm takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Van damm misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Tong Van damm is winning the standup battle so far. Van damm has managed to clinch.
Van damm avoids a wild elbow strike from Hoy. Hoy managing to block the knees to the body from Van damm.
Van damm escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Hoy throws an off balance right hand
and Van damm counters with a nice low kick that buckles Hoy's knee momentarily. Hoy throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Jab by Hoy. Hoy scores with a decent looking hook. Van damm tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. Hoy manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat. Left hook, right uppercut from Van damm. 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! Hoy lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Van damm circles away quickly and effectively.
That's one minute gone in the round. Van damm fails with an attempt to clinch.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Van damm.
Hoy finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
Hoy blocks a low kick nicely. Van damm tries to clinch up and Hoy counters with a shoot takedown into half guard. Van damm trying to hold on to Hoy's head to control him but Hoy postures up.
Van damm makes his way to full guard. A much better position for Van damm. The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work. Hoy postures up and lands a big shot to Van damm's brow. Hoy throws a strike but Van damm rolls with it and manages to sweep. Now he's in guard on top.
That's two minutes gone in the round. Hoy keeping moving, preventing Van damm from controlling successfully. This has been an exciting period of action! Van damm avoids a guillotine attempt easily.
Hoy is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move. Hoy passes the half guard and he's now in mount! Big trouble for Van damm! Van damm is desperately trying to improve his position but Hoy has a good base and remains in mount. Hoy looking to control but Van damm is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.
That's three minutes gone in the round. Hoy dominating with strikes here. Hoy lands an elbow that was bordering on illegal but the referee lets it go with a warning. Hoy cracks Van damm with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.
Hoy trying to control but Van damm is having none of it. Hoy lands with some vicious ground and pound - can Van damm hang on?
Van damm is rocked! 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! Van damm is in a horrible position here, under a barrage of strikes, he's managing to avoid any damage.
Hoy scoring with some good ground and pound from mount here. Will he manage to finish Van damm?
Oh Van damm is still in real trouble! Will he be able to recover?!!
That's four minutes gone in the round. Van damm keeping his composure momentarily, calmly looking to get back to half guard.
Van damm wants to hold on but Hoy pushes him away. Hoy lands a heavy shot. That's hurt Van damm! Hoy sees the opportunity and turns up the heat - strike after strike land to the defenseless Van damm and the ref dives in to save him! This one is all over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:32 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Strikes). Dane Hoy!
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energy
A | B |
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hype
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pop
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mgr
A | B |
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RATING
55% |
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