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Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Steven de Pina (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Brian Blessed (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Blessed is bobbing his head along to his entrance song: Alive - P.O.D. Brian Blessed has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?
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152 lbs
12 - 9 - 0 |
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175 cm
28
153 lbs
12 - 5 - 1 |
BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent boxer
Very quick |
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Decent wrestler
Excellent boxer
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
12 - 9 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Steven de Pina!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
12 - 5 - 1, fighting out of Amsterdam, Brian Blessed!
The judges for this bout are Daniel Blasius, Saam Ante and Paul Aken.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Blessed thows a left - swing and a miss!
de Pina jabbing away but nothing is landing.
de Pina throws out a loose jab but Blessed uses good head movement to avoid it.
A lazy left from de Pina finds it's target.
de Pina walks into a straight right hand from Blessed.
Blessed misses with a hook.
Blessed jabs away that one connects to the head of his opponent.
Blessed checks the leg kick nicely there.
Steven de Pina seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
de Pina misses the jab.
Blessed throws a jab but it's blocked by de Pina.
de Pina misses with an uppercut. Blessed saw that one coming.
de Pina moves away from the strike by Blessed.
de Pina throws a lazy uppercut
and Blessed counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Blessed misses with a hook
and de Pina counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Blessed throws an off balance right hand
and de Pina counters with a nice uppercut.
Nice defenses there by Blessed.
de Pina keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Blessed.
Good standup being displayed there by Blessed as he connects with a hook.
That's one minute gone in the round.
de Pina misses with a straight right.
de Pina misses with an uppercut.
Blessed bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Blessed throws an uppercut from half a mile away. de Pina sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Blessed uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from de Pina.
Blessed ducks under a wild hook from de Pina.
de Pina is breathing heavily.
Blessed throws a combination but it was largely blocked by de Pina.
de Pina has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from de Pina there as he acknowledges the shot.
de Pina throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Blessed.
de Pina throws a jab when Blessed was well out of range.
Blessed moves out of range as de Pina strikes.
Blessed scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Nice uppercut lands for Blessed. That snapped de Pina's head back.
Blessed fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
de Pina takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
Blessed slips under a jab.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Blessed slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
Blessed lands three nice shots there - that looked like it hurt!
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!
Blessed throws a looping overhand right but de Pina ducks down to avoid it.
de Pina throws a right hand that misses
and Blessed counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Blessed throws a hook to the side of de Pina's head but de Pina sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Blessed cracks de Pina with a good jab.
Blessed looks to land a left hand but de Pina moved out of range nicely.
de Pina slips a jab and a cross from Blessed.
de Pina misses with a double jab.
de Pina throws a lazy right hand but Blessed sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Blessed lands a really nice looking cross but de Pina seems unphased.
Blessed looks to land a right hand but de Pina moved out of range.
Blessed tests de Pina's chin there with a solid looking shot.
de Pina stalks Blessed and leaps in with a furious combination of punches. Uppercuts and crosses smash into Blessed's face. Blessed staggers backwards, shaken.
A telegraphed right hand from de Pina misses the target.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Blessed takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
de Pina avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
de Pina uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Blessed.
Blessed connects with a nice looking jab.
Blessed works the jab nicely.
de Pina fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Blessed manages to avoid it.
A punch combination from Blessed misses.
A big left from Blessed misses.
Blessed pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
de Pina ducks under a wild hook from Blessed.
de Pina walks into a straight right hand from Blessed.
de Pina scores with the left hand. Blessed knows he should have avoided that one.
A swing and a miss from de Pina.
Blessed takes a shot right to the bread basket.
de Pina throws a jab but it's blocked by Blessed.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
de Pina looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Jab by Blessed.
Blessed misses with a hook.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
de Pina throws an overhand right that lands on Blessed's shoulder, as Blessed tries to avoid the shot.
Nice defenses there by de Pina.
de Pina pushes Blessed away with a front kick.
de Pina misses with a looping right.
Blessed throws a hook to the side of de Pina's head but de Pina sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
de Pina throws out a loose jab but Blessed uses good head movement to avoid it.
de Pina ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
de Pina ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
de Pina on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
Blessed throws a hook but de Pina avoids it easily.
The fighters circling - Blessed throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Blessed throws an uppercut from half a mile away. de Pina sees it coming and avoids it easily.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Brian Blessed dominated that round.
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.
de Pina walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
Blessed staying out of range there.
de Pina scoring well with a low kick there.
de Pina takes one on the button.
Blessed lands a head shot.
de Pina is rocked!
de Pina throws a head kick but Blessed moves out of range.
Oh de Pina is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
de Pina takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
Nice defenses there by de Pina.
Brian Blessed seems to be getting the better of the standup.
de Pina throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Blessed throws the left hand but de Pina avoids the punch easily.
Blessed might want to mix his strikes up a bit more. He's just going for head shots at the moment and that can become a bit predictable.
Blessed looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Nice shot lands for de Pina.
A leg kick checked by Blessed.
Blessed closes the distance and lands a one-two.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
de Pina uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Blessed.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Blessed connects with a good straight punch right through the guard and follows up with a right hook and a left hook! That last one sent de Pina tumbling to the canvas! Blessed pours on the pressure with more strikes and the referee has no hesitation diving in to stop the fight! de Pina was done - good stoppage!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:53 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Punches). Brian Blessed!
Brian Blessed opened up his post fight interview with a scream to camera that he wants a title shot! Whether he deserves the shot will be up to the management of the organization, so I guess he'll have to wait and see.
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energy
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hype
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pop
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