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Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Hannibal Butrovic (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Vash The Stampede (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). There are an array of beautiful celebrities at ringside tonight! I wonder if any of them paid for their tickets.
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168 lbs
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170 lbs
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Good wrestling
Solid boxing
Cardio machine |
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Counter striker
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
5 - 0 - 0, fighting out of London, Hannibal Butrovic!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
8 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Vash The Stampede!
The judges for this bout are Aafke Stam, Radbod Blank and Wagner Zegers.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Butrovic with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Butrovic shoots in looking for a double leg takedown. The Stampede defends it nicely.
The Stampede takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
A clash of legs there as Butrovic blocks the low kick.
The Stampede gets caught on his heels momentarily as he allows Butrovic to score an easy takedown into full guard.
Butrovic in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Butrovic tries to free his leg and advance position but The Stampede is retaining full guard.
Butrovic in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Butrovic content to stall in guard here.
Butrovic pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. The Stampede is keeping the position for now.
That's one minute gone in the round.
The Stampede looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
The Stampede working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Butrovic.
The Stampede looking for a sweep. Not yet The Stampede, not yet.
The Stampede kicks Butrovic off and gets to his feet.
Butrovic tries for a takedown but The Stampede sees it coming a mile off and avoids it easily.
Butrovic scores with a jab to the body.
Butrovic shoots in and gets a takedown into The Stampede's guard.
Butrovic throws a big elbow that misses.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Butrovic accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Butrovic 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.
The Stampede trying to keep a closed guard but Butrovic is proving a slippery customer.
The Stampede throws a couple of weedy looking strikes off his back.
A real slowdown in the pace of the fight for a moment, as The Stampede holds on and takes a little breather.
Butrovic is looking to work some ground and pound but The Stampede has wrist control.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Butrovic trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Butrovic is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
Butrovic wants to control from the top but The Stampede keeps moving.
Butrovic postures up and lands a big shot to The Stampede's brow.
Butrovic postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Butrovic seems content to control from guard here. He's going to have to remain active though if he doesn't want to get stood back up.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Butrovic throwing strikes from guard but The Stampede blocks nicely.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Butrovic accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Butrovic won't allow The Stampede to sweep him here.
Butrovic wants to control from the top but The Stampede keeps moving.
Butrovic throwing strikes from guard but The Stampede blocks nicely.
The Stampede has his hands on Butrovic's head, controlling the position.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Butrovic throws a big right hand that misses.
Butrovic throws an elbow that misses. The Stampede uses the momentum to reverse the position. He's now in Butrovic's guard. Nice move by The Stampede!
The Stampede wants to control from the top but Butrovic keeps moving.
Butrovic tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Butrovic is avoiding any damage by keeping wrist control.
The Stampede wants to control from the top but Butrovic keeps moving.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
The referee is pacing around the two fighters - he looks like he's thinking about a standup.
It looks like we're going to have a standup here. Neither fighter is doing enough on the ground.
The Stampede displays good takedown defense there as he swats away a double leg from Butrovic.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Hannibal Butrovic dominated that round.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.
Butrovic tries to shoot in for a takedown. He's got hold of a leg but The Stampede swivels and escapes.
Butrovic shoots in and drives through. The Stampede sprawls well.
Butrovic has his takedown stuffed
and The Stampede counters with a driving takedown into guard. Nice work there by The Stampede.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Hannibal Butrovic. That's going to take a lot out of him.
The Stampede drops back for a leg but he's not going to get it - he lets go and Butrovic dives on top into guard.
The Stampede keeping moving, preventing Butrovic from controlling successfully.
Butrovic is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
Butrovic wants to control from the top but The Stampede keeps moving.
This has been an exciting period of action!
The Stampede is trying to keep Butrovic in close.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Butrovic missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
The Stampede is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.
Butrovic working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Butrovic postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
Butrovic landing with the ground and pound.
Butrovic wants to control from the top but The Stampede keeps moving.
The Stampede looking for submissions from the bottom here. Moving his hips around, possibly looking for an armbar.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The Stampede looking to control.
Butrovic wants to control from the top but The Stampede keeps moving.
The Stampede trying to control the position.
Butrovic trying to control the position from guard on top but The Stampede is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
The Stampede trying to punch from his back but it's not doing any damage.
Butrovic wants to control from the top but The Stampede keeps moving.
Butrovic throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Butrovic with a flurry of punches that miss.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Butrovic is in close to The Stampede's body, working some short punches and elbows.
Butrovic preventing the sweep.
Butrovic stands up over The Stampede, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head.
The Stampede avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
The Stampede is looking to sweep but instead, Butrovic has passed into half guard.
The Stampede is trying to maintain the position but Butrovic is very close to passing his half guard.
Butrovic drops an elbow to the side of The Stampede's head.
The Stampede is looking to improve his position.
Butrovic controlling the pace.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Butrovic tries to pass the half guard into mount. The Stampede knows what he's doing though and prevents the attempt.
The Stampede is staying active underneath Butrovic, who seems content to just control the action from this position.
Butrovic missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
The Stampede blocking the ground and pound attempt from Butrovic.
Butrovic takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
The Stampede is trying to maintain the position but Butrovic is very close to passing his half guard.
The Stampede blocking the ground and pound attempt from Butrovic.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
The Stampede avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Butrovic.
Butrovic stalling away here and it's allowed The Stampede to slip out his trapped foot and regain full guard.
Butrovic content to strike from guard, landing some decent shots.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Hannibal Butrovic dominated that second 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. This is the final round!
No luck for Butrovic with that takedown attempt.
Butrovic throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Butrovic clinches up with The Stampede and pushes him back against the cage.
The Stampede misses with a hook to the ribs.
Butrovic has hold of a leg and is looking for a trip takedown. The Stampede avoids it nicely though and we remain in the clinch.
The Stampede wants to stall.
The Stampede prevents a takedown attempt there.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Hannibal Butrovic. That's going to take a lot out of him.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Butrovic breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
The Stampede misses with a takedown attempt
and Butrovic counters with a nice double leg into guard.
Butrovic throws a strike but The Stampede rolls with it and manages to sweep. Now he's in guard on top.
The Stampede scoring with punches to the head and body.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The Stampede is just sitting in guard, looking to avoid any submissions.
The Stampede postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
The Stampede trying to control the position from guard on top but Butrovic is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Hannibal Butrovic is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
The Stampede throwing strikes from guard but Butrovic blocks nicely.
The Stampede throwing strikes from guard but Butrovic blocks nicely.
This has been an exciting period of action!
The Stampede trying to control the position from guard on top but Butrovic is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Butrovic is doing well to control the posture of his opponent and prevent any damage.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
The Stampede throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Butrovic works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Butrovic has The Stampede pulled in close to control his posture.
The Stampede sitting in guard, not really doing much.
The referee has ruled that neither fighter is active enough on the ground and has stood them back up.
Butrovic bobs and weaves into range and then changes levels and scores with a nice takedown into side control.
The referee tells the fighters to keep busy.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Butrovic working away.
The referee claps his hands together and tells the fighters to work.
The Stampede tries to work a leg under to get back to half guard but Butrovic wriggles his own leg back out and remains in side control.
Butrovic looks up at the clock and then as The Stampede takes his cue and looks up at the clock too, Butrovic smacks him right in the chops with a big elbow! How rude!
This has been an exciting period of action!
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
You can see the frustration on The Stampede's face as Butrovic controls the position.
The Stampede sneaks a leg under to get back to half guard.
Vash The Stampede has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Butrovic wants to lay and pray for a moment but The Stampede keeps working.
And that's the end of the fight!
Hannibal Butrovic showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Butrovic has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... 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 Aafke Stam scores the fight 30:27
Judge Radbod Blank scores the fight 30:27
Judge Wagner Zegers scores the fight 30:27
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Hannibal Butrovic!
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