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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Zangief Yoledo (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Sjaak de West (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). de West has chosen Can i play with madness (Iron Maiden) as his entrance music. The key to victory for Zangief Yoledo has got to be keeping the fight on the feet.
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200 cm
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270 lbs
3 - 1 - 0 |
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200 cm
22
250 lbs
4 - 2 - 0 |
BJJ Blue Belt
Good kicks
Prefers standup |
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BJJ Blue Belt
Basic striking
Solid chin |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division. Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner. With a record of
3 - 1 - 0, fighting out of London, Zangief Yoledo! And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner. With a record of
4 - 2 - 0, fighting out of London, Sjaak de West! The judges for this bout are Richard Clark, Donald Grub and Steven Brown.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway! Yoledo gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here. Yoledo lands an elbow inside. Yoledo is pressed up against the ropes. de West has hold of a leg and is looking to drag Yoledo down to the mat. Yoledo avoids the attempt though and has circled away. We're back to striking at a distance. Yoledo has managed to clinch.
Yoledo using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
de West looks gassed! This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff! de West's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button! Yoledo misses with a knee strike.
Yoledo gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head. A knee to the head by Yoledo.
Yoledo misses with a knee to the head. de West gets a trip takedown into half guard. de West is trying for a guillotine from the top but the pressure isn't in the right place so Yoledo is just riding it out for now. de West eventually gives up the hold. Yoledo is trying to stand up here but de West is controlling him well. de West performing his best blanket impression for a moment. Yoledo is trying to stand back up but de West is controlling him
That's one minute gone in the round. de West wants to control but Yoledo is keeping him busy. Yoledo on the receiving end of some nice ground and pound. The fighters are tangled up in the ropes here. We might need a restart if the fighters can't break free themselves. Yoledo is not content to let de West control the position.
The referee decides to stand the fighters back up. de West tries to clinch and Yoledo counters by clinching up. Yoledo throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but de West blocks it with crossed arms. de West is trying to maintain a safe position but Yoledo gets an underhook and turns de West into the ropes. A short right from Yoledo. Yoledo tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
de West tries to work over Yoledo's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target. de West drops down for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Yoledo is trying to maintain a safe position but de West gets an underhook and turns Yoledo into the ropes. de West is working for a takedown up against the ropes. He can't get it on this occasion though. Zangief Yoledo has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Sjaak de West. de West lands an uppercut. Nice elbow from Yoledo. de West landing knees to the body.
de West drops to a knee looking for a takedown but Yoledo gets the underhooks and prevents it.
de West tries to throw a body punch but Yoledo avoids it by throwing de West back against the cage. de West tries for a takedown but Yoledo manages to get underhooks.
Yoledo scores with an uppercut up the middle.
That's two minutes gone in the round. de West is working for takedown but Yoledo is calmly controlling the position for now. Yoledo prevents de West from breaking the clinch. Yoledo looking to throw knees to the head but de West is blocking nicely.
de West wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Yoledo has him pressed against the ropes. Yoledo gets underhooks to prevent de West's takedown attempt.
de West tries for a takedown. No joy.
de West tries to pull guard but can't drag his opponent to the mat. Yoledo just stands there and leans against the ropes. Yoledo is pressed up against the ropes. de West has hold of a leg and is looking to drag Yoledo down to the mat. Yoledo avoids the attempt though and has circled away. We're back to striking at a distance. Nice takedown defense from Yoledo. No joy for de West on that attempt. Yoledo misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
de West scores a trip takedown into side control. Nice. de West prevents Yoledo from escaping the position. Both fighters really going for it on the ground here! de West tries to cartwheel into mount but he doesn't manage it. Yoledo is sneaking out the side here. He's bucked de West off and has taken his back! Yoledo is punishing de West with strikes - can he finish him?!
That's three minutes gone in the round. de West prevents Yoledo from getting a body triangle. de West tries to escape the position.
Yoledo is riding his opponent, not letting de West buck him off. Yoledo trying to control momentarily.
de West can't escape the position.
de West is covering up but some of the strikes from Yoledo are getting through and doing damage.
de West trying to control the action but Yoledo just sinks the hooks in. Yoledo is throwing strikes from the back here. Oh that last one was to the back of the head. Yoledo gets a warning from the referee. He throws another strike to the back of the head straight away though and the referee has seen enough. He breaks up the two fighters and stands them back up. Yoledo gets a real talking to here and is lucky not to get a point deducted. Yoledo apologises and we restart here on the feet.
Zangief Yoledo is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs. Yoledo tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
That's four minutes gone in the round. The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action. de West closes the distance but Yoledo moves to the side and Yoledo counters with a left and a right that hurts de West! He wobbles and falls to the floor - he's in big trouble! Yoledo jumps into full mount!
de West is rocked! Yoledo looking to control but de West is working nicely, looking to advance position himself. Yoledo controlling the position easily from mount. Yoledo can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as de West is looking to escape. de West is trying to get to the ropes to help him get back to his feet.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action. Yoledo is stalling here but it's allowed de West to get half guard.
The referee stands the fighters back up. Zangief Yoledo just wasn't active enough from the dominant position. de West tries to clinch but Yoledo moves away and Yoledo counters by moving into the clinch. A knee to the head by Yoledo.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Zangief Yoledo dominated that round. That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the ring so we can get back down to business.
de West closes the distance and clinches up with Yoledo, looking for a takedown. de West pushes Yoledo against the ropes but Yoledo circles to the side and manages to break the clinch. Zangief Yoledo is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things. de West fails with the takedown. de West keeps the fight on the outside. Yoledo is looking to clinch but de West is avoiding it.
de West tries to close the distance and clinch up but Yoledo swats him away and circles back towards the center. Yoledo is looking to clinch but de West is avoiding it.
de West looking to shoot here. He's gone for it and he's landed a takedown into mount! Oh, that's bad for Yoledo! Yoledo tries to reverse the position but de West maintains control. You get the feeling that Yoledo really doesn't like being in this position too much.
de West content just to control the position here. de West looking to control but Yoledo is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.
That's one minute gone in the round. Yoledo is writhing around trying to get back to his feet. Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here. de West is in the full mount, landing strikes. de West lands with some vicious ground and pound - can Yoledo hang on?
Yoledo is rocked! de West lands a big shot there that rocks Yoledo but he's holding on and managing to survive for now.
Oh Yoledo is still in real trouble! Will he be able to recover?!! The referee warns Yoledo that he has to improve his position here as he takes two more clean shots to the head.
de West controlling from the full mount. de West landing strikes from the mount. de West looking to finish here with some ground and pound. He lands one big shot that has Yoledo covering up... and two more big strikes land, forcing the referee to step in and put and end to proceedings! This fight is all over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:56 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Sjaak de West!
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energy
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hype
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pop
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mgr
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RATING
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