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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Dick van Greeven (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Muay Thai (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). van Greeven comes to the cage accompanied by Tom Waits - Telephone call from Istanbul. Thai comes into a darkened arena with his song building. Town Called Malice kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! This should be a great matchup!
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205 cm
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284 lbs
28 - 21 - 1 |
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191 cm
23
249 lbs
12 - 6 - 0 |
Good wrestling
Solid boxing
Insanely flexible |
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BJJ Purple Belt
World class MT
Good gas tank |
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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
28 - 21 - 1, fighting out of Las Vegas, Dick van Greeven! And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner. With a record of
12 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Muay Thai! The judges for this bout are Frank Dennis, Chris Downing and Alan Glass.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway! van Greeven fails miserably with a takedown attempt. Thai throws a jab but it's blocked by van Greeven. Dick van Greeven seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout. Thai slips under a jab. van Greeven shoots in but Thai avoids the takedown attempt easily. van Greeven misses with an uppercut. Thai saw that one coming. van Greeven misses with a combination
and Thai counters with an inside leg kick. Both fighters circling a little - Thai finishes the exchange with a kick to the body. 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! Thai misses with an attempted mid kick.
van Greeven throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Thai counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt. van Greeven is breathing heavily. Thai misses with a head kick.
A chopping leg kick lands by Thai.
That's one minute gone in the round. Thai connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there. van Greeven on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those. Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Thai.
Thai connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there. The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here. A solid leg kick lands there for Thai.
Thai digs a good hook to van Greeven's body.
Thai fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and van Greeven has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage. van Greeven tries to check the leg kick but that clearly hurt him. van Greeven takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh. Thai connects with a single shot there.
It looks like Dick van Greeven has been cut. Thai lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise. Thai cracks a nice hook into van Greeven's ribs.
That's two minutes gone in the round. Thai throws a nice inside leg kick. van Greeven moves forwards but Thai connects with a nice, crisp jab. van Greeven gets cracked there but stands up to it.
Nice body kick there by Thai. Thai lands a brutal head kick. van Greeven looks out on his feet and Thai throws more strikes until the ref is forced to stop the fight!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:29 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Kick and Punches). Muay Thai! An out of breath Muay Thai thanked his loyal fans in his post fight interview, giving them credit for his success over the course of his career.
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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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FIGHT
RATING
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