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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Matthew Kane (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Sami Holmn (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Man, I cannot wait for this one!
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270 lbs
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260 lbs
1 - 3 - 0 |
BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Granite chin |
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BJJ Blue Belt
Counter striker
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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
0 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Matthew Kane!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
1 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Sami Holmn!
The judges for this bout are Stewart Dunkirk, Gwen Towbar and Tiny Johnson.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Holmn checks a leg kick.
Kane misses with a double jab.
Holmn tries to clinch up.
Kane circles away from the clinch attempt.
Kane clinches but Holmn breaks the clinch
and Holmn counters with a straight right hand.
Kane fails to land with a series of punches.
Kane throws a leg kick
and Holmn counters by clinching up.
Holmn wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Kane has him pressed against the cage.
Holmn breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Holmn doesn't manage to clinch there - Kane circles away.
Kane looks to land a combination but Holmn avoids it well.
Kane is breathing heavily.
Kane is looking to clinch but Holmn is avoiding it.
Holmn dips to his left and cracks Kane with an uppercut!
Holmn tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Kane throws a combination. Holmn tries to block but a couple of punches get through.
Kane misses with a right hand
and Holmn makes the exchange count by landing a cracking kick to the body. Kane really felt that one!
Holmn forces Kane back against the cage and clinches.
Kane misses with a body punch.
Holmn is looking to control Kane's arms but Kane gets an underhook and turns him. Now Holmn has his back to the cage.
Kane wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Holmn trying to land knees to the body.
Kane wants to break the clinch but can't.
Kane misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Holmn.
Holmn is pressed up against the cage. Kane has hold of a leg and is looking to drag Holmn down to the mat. Holmn avoids the attempt though and has circled away. We're back to striking at a distance.
Kane misses with a combination
and Holmn counters with a thumping low kick.
Holmn throws a head kick that half lands.
Holmn is looking to clinch.
Kane throws a combination that misses
and Holmn counters with a head kick.
Kane misses with a jab, cross combination.
The fight moves into the clinch position.
Holmn breaks from the clinch.
Holmn clinches up against the cage.
Holmn stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.
Holmn misses with a knee to the head.
Holmn escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Kane tries to clinch up
and Holmn holds on and brings the fighters into a clinch.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Holmn can't break the clinch.
Holmn tries to land a knee to the head but Kane blocks with his arms.
Holmn trying to stall but Kane improves his position.
Holmn escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Kane gets off balance looking for a body kick
and Holmn counters with a nice leg kick.
The fight moves into the clinch position.
Holmn connects with a knee to the head.
Holmn leaning against his opponent.
Holmn should think about turning a few of those tyres round his middle into muscle if he wants people to take him seriously as an athlete.
Holmn breaks from the clinch.
Holmn throws a nice outside leg kick.
Holmn tries to clinch there but Kane circles away.
Holmn is looking to clinch.
Holmn darts in and clinches Kane up against the cage.
Holmn landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Holmn breaks from the clinch.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Kane, right into the meat.
Kane swats away the attempt to clinch by Holmn.
Kane keeps the fight on the outside.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Kane misses with a hook
and Holmn moves into the clinch.
Holmn lands a damaging elbow.
Kane is trying to break the clinch but Holmn has him pressed against the cage.
Holmn is trying to maintain a safe position but Kane gets an underhook and turns Holmn into the cage.
Holmn throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Holmn lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Kane letting Holmn take a breather here.
Holmn is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Kane prevents Holmn from breaking the clinch.
Holmn stalling in the clinch.
Holmn using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Holmn is looking to break free of the clinch but Kane has double underhooks.
Holmn scores a nice knee to the body.
Holmn stalls.
Holmn is trying to break the clinch but Kane has him pressed against the cage.
Holmn gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Holmn has had enough of the clinch but Kane keeps him there for the moment.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Kane is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Holmn breaks from the clinch.
Kane throws a right and a left that Holmn avoids nicely.
Kane slips a jab and a cross from Holmn.
Holmn fails in his attempt to clinch.
Holmn lands a head kick!
Holmn tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Holmn misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Sami Holmn is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Holmn avoids a punch combination nicely.
Holmn gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Holmn tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Holmn looking to throw knees to the head but Kane is blocking nicely.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Knees to the body from Holmn.
Holmn wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Kane has him pressed against the cage.
Holmn lands an elbow inside.
Holmn throws an elbow but it misses.
Kane on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Sami Holmn dominated that round.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.
Kane throws an overhand right that lands on Holmn's shoulder, as Holmn tries to avoid the shot.
Matthew Kane is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Holmn looks to land a combination but Kane avoids it well.
Holmn is looking to clinch but Kane is avoiding it.
Kane throws a leg kick that is checked
and Holmn moves into the clinch.
Holmn has had enough of the clinch but Kane keeps him there for the moment.
Kane wants to get back to striking at distance but Holmn won't allow it.
Holmn breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Holmn slips a jab and a cross from Kane.
Holmn throws a right hand that Kane ducks under and follows up with a left that Kane also avoids with ease.
Holmn rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Kane moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Holmn keeps the fight on the outside.
Holmn showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Kane.
Holmn fails with an attempt to clinch.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Kane misses with a wild combination.
Kane lands a jab. Then a cross. Then finally a nice hook to the body. Good work there by Kane.
Kane throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Holmn.
A nice leg kick lands there from Holmn.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Kane misses with a double jab
and Holmn counters by moving into the clinch.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Holmn is clearly stalling here... Pick up the pace son.
Holmn tries a knee to the head but Kane blocks it.
Holmn using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Kane wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Holmn has him pressed against the cage.
Holmn will no doubt start fighting again in a minute but for now he's just having a little rest, leaning Kane up against the cage.
Holmn breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Kane throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Kane throws a leg kick that is checked
and Holmn counters into the clinch. Nicely done.
Holmn scores a nice knee to the body.
Kane avoiding damage as Holmn throws knees to the body.
Holmn trying to stall but Kane improves his position.
Knees in the clinch landing for Holmn.
Holmn holding his opponent close, against the cage.
Holmn tries to land a knee to the head but Kane blocks with his arms.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Holmn is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Holmn wants to get back to striking at distance but Kane won't allow it.
Knees in the clinch landing for Holmn.
Holmn breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
No joy there for Kane, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Holmn doesn't manage to clinch there - Kane circles away.
Holmn clinches with his opponent.
Holmn using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Kane has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
A short body shot lands from Kane as the two fighters clinch.
Holmn wants to stall.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Holmn lands a knee to the body.
Come on Holmn - let's have some action - none of this stalling nonsense.
Holmn unloads a knee to the mid-section. Kane lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Holmn looking to throw knees to the head but Kane is blocking nicely.
Holmn content to slow the pace in the clinch.
Kane is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Holmn lands a knee to the body.
Holmn breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Holmn fails with an attempt to clinch.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Holmn fails in his attempt to clinch.
Kane throws a leg kick
and Holmn counters with a head kick. That will keep Kane thinking before he tries any more sloppy attacks!
Holmn tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Kane paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Holmn tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Kane looks to land a combination but Holmn avoids it well.
Kane takes a head kick and shrugs it off.
Holmn wants to clinch.
Kane drops Holmn with a nice combination! Kane dives into Holmn's guard, looking to finish!
Holmn is rocked!
Kane has to be careful here, sitting in the guard of a superior BJJ player.
Holmn is looking for a triangle but Kane pushes his legs off easily.
Holmn had isolated an arm as going for an omaplata. Kane is defending the submission well but is in a very vulnerable position. Holmn Is leaning forward trying to finish the omaplata but decides to abandon it, and take Kane's back instead.
Holmn somehow managing to miss with a strike from the back.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Holmn is working really hard to secure the rear naked choke. Kane defends successfully for a significant amount of time. Both fighters are looking very determined.
Kane is covering up but some of the strikes from Holmn are getting through and doing damage.
Kane looking to stop the rear naked choke attempt by controlling the hands.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Sami Holmn showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! This is the final round!
Kane misses with a double jab.
Kane throws a left and a right that both miss
and Holmn counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Holmn is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Kane tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Holmn paws at him with a jab and circles away.
The fight stays on the outside here - Holmn looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Holmn fails with an attempt to clinch.
Kane keeps the fight on the outside.
Holmn gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Kane changes levels and goes for a takedown here. Holmn fights it off and pushes away nicely.
Holmn scores with a jab to the head.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Holmn tries to clinch up.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Kane rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Holmn moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Kane throws an off balance right hand
and Holmn counters with a thumping low kick.
Kane swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Holmn counters with a nice leg kick.
Holmn darts in and clinches Kane up against the cage.
Holmn connects with a nasty looking knee right to Kane's face.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Kane wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Holmn has him pressed against the cage.
Holmn creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Holmn lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Holmn is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Holmn throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Kane is working Holmn over against the cage.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Holmn.
Holmn lands an elbow inside.
Kane breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Kane falls off balance throwing a combination
and Holmn counters with a low kick, right behind Kane 's knee.
Kane throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Holmn tries to clinch up.
Holmn stuffs the takedown.
Kane shoots in but Holmn avoids the takedown attempt easily.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Matthew Kane. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Kane fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Holmn.
Kane tries to grapple but his opponent circles
and Holmn counters with a low kick, right behind Kane 's knee.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Kane shoots in looking for a takedown. Holmn tries to sprawl out of it but Kane keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. Holmn manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.
Kane fails to land with a series of punches.
Kane wants to clinch
and Holmn makes the exchange count by landing a cracking kick to the body. Kane really felt that one!
Kane misses with a jab, cross combination.
Kane fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Holmn, pushing him back against the cage.
Kane breaks from the clinch.
Holmn tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
A head kick misses from Kane.
Holmn swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Holmn tries to close the distance and clinch but Kane swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Holmn avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Kane throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Holmn counters with a body kick that brings a smile to the face of both fighters.
Kane closes the distance and clinches.
Kane wants to break the clinch but can't.
Holmn looking to throw knees to the head but Kane is blocking nicely.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Holmn landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Holmn prevents Kane from breaking the clinch.
Holmn lands an elbow inside that Kane shrugs off.
Holmn landing knees to the body.
Holmn stalls.
Sami Holmn seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Kane can't break the clinch.
Kane missing with knees to the body.
Holmn tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Kane wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Holmn unloads a knee to the mid-section. Kane lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Holmn breaks the clinch.
Kane pivots, looking for a leg kick but Holmn is out of range and Kane settles back down.
Kane shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Oh and he's advanced to full mount straight away.
Holmn throwing punches from his back but nothing is landing.
Kane will need to keep those long limbs tucked in whilst he's on the ground, to prevent any submissions.
Holmn is working to get back to half guard.
Holmn has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Kane tucks in and makes sure he doesn't lose the dominant position.
Matthew Kane has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Kane pausing momentarily but resumes with a couple of decent strikes that do a bit of damage.
And that's the end of the fight!
That was a close round. You could make an argument for either fighter but I would give it to Matthew Kane.
I think Holmn has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. 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 Stewart Dunkirk scores the fight 28:29
Judge Gwen Towbar scores the fight 28:29
Judge Tiny Johnson scores the fight 28:29
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Sami Holmn!
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energy
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hype
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pop
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mgr
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FIGHT
RATING
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