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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Barry Van Harrie (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Liam Hoch (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Hoch is bobbing his head along to his entrance song: ganja cowboy. The key to victory for Barry Van Harrie has got to be keeping the fight on the feet.
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190 lbs
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183 cm
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170 lbs
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BJJ Blue Belt
Dangerous knees
KO power |
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BJJ Brown Belt
Counter striker
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
4 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Barry Van Harrie!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Liam Hoch!
The judges for this bout are Paulsen Ambrosius, Paul Aken and Nard Betker.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Van Harrie circles away from the clinch attempt.
Van Harrie has taken the fight to the clinch.
Hoch drops down looking for an ankle pick but Van Harrie pulls his leg out and moves away.
Van Harrie displays good takedown defense there as he swats away a double leg from Hoch.
Hoch shoots in and drives through. Van Harrie sprawls well.
Barry Van Harrie has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Liam Hoch.
Hoch looks for a takedown but Van Harrie sprawls well.
Hoch shoots in and drives through. Van Harrie sprawls well.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Hoch fails with a takedown attempt.
Van Harrie has taken the fight to the clinch.
Hoch is working on a leg, looking for a takedown but Van Harrie is defending well.
Hoch looking for a takedown.
Van Harrie wants to break free but Hoch has control.
Van Harrie landing some nice looking knees to the body.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hoch changes levels and goes for a takedown here. Van Harrie fights it off and pushes away nicely.
Both fighters are looking to counter, which isn't making for the most exciting fight in the world.
Hoch tries to keep at a distance but Van Harrie has taken the fight into the clinch.
Van Harrie working Hoch over with knees to the body.
Hoch goes for a takedown attempt but Van Harrie pushes him away and we're back to fighting at a distance.
Van Harrie clinches with his opponent.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hoch takes a knee to the side of the body.
Hoch is working for a takedown up against the cage. He can't get it on this occasion though.
Hoch looks gassed!
Van Harrie is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Hoch is keeping busy.
Hoch takes a knee to the side of the body.
Hoch jumps guard but Van Harrie turns him against the cage and keeps the fight standing.
Van Harrie connects with a knee to the head.
Van Harrie connects with a knee to the head.
Hoch tries for a takedown. No joy.
Hoch is working for takedown but Van Harrie is calmly controlling the position for now.
Van Harrie looking to slow down the pace here.
Van Harrie using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Van Harrie landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Van Harrie can't break the clinch.
Hoch prevents Van Harrie from breaking the clinch.
Van Harrie stalling the fight.
Van Harrie misses with a knee to the head.
Van Harrie connects with a nasty looking knee right to Hoch's face.
Knees in the clinch landing for Van Harrie.
Van Harrie is struggling to control the position.
Van Harrie is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Van Harrie landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Van Harrie scores a nice knee to the body.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Van Harrie scores with a knee to the head.
Van Harrie tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Van Harrie tries to land knees in the clinch but Hoch avoids the damage to the body.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Barry Van Harrie dominated that round.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.
Van Harrie gets a clinch.
Van Harrie tries to break free but Hoch pushes him back against the cage.
Van Harrie wants to break free but Hoch has control.
Barry Van Harrie has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Van Harrie wants to break the clinch but can't.
Van Harrie wants to break free but Hoch has control.
Van Harrie tries a knee to the head but Hoch blocks it.
Van Harrie gets double underhooks to prevent a takedown attempt from Hoch.
Van Harrie could do with losing a few pounds - he looks very soft around the mid section, to put it politely.
Hoch looking for a takedown.
Van Harrie wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Hoch jumps guard but his hands slip and he falls flat on his back. Well, he's made himself look a right mug there, as Van Harrie walks away with a smile on his face. Hoch gets slowly back to his feet and shakes his head.
Barry Van Harrie has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Liam Hoch.
Hoch dives in and grabs Van Harrie's left leg, looking for a takedown. Van Harrie pushes down on Hoch's head and hops out.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Van Harrie displays good takedown defense there as he swats away a double leg from Hoch.
Hoch gets tackled into the cage by Van Harrie. Van Harrie maintains the clinch.
Van Harrie landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Van Harrie using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Hoch is breathing heavily.
Hoch tries to pull guard but can't drag his opponent to the mat. Van Harrie just stands there and leans against the cage.
Van Harrie manages to break the clinch.
Van Harrie has taken the fight to the clinch.
Hoch jumps guard but Van Harrie turns him against the cage and keeps the fight standing.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Van Harrie utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Hoch is trying to drag Van Harrie to the mat but Van Harrie just about manages to keep his footing. He used the cage to his advantage there.
Van Harrie tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Van Harrie connects with a nasty looking knee right to Hoch's face.
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!
Van Harrie working Hoch over with knees to the body.
Van Harrie misses with a knee to the head.
Van Harrie using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Hoch wants a takedown.
Van Harrie is looking to break free of the clinch but Hoch has double underhooks.
Van Harrie landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Van Harrie is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Van Harrie manages to break the clinch.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Van Harrie moves into the clinch.
Van Harrie working Hoch over with knees to the body.
A knee to the head by Van Harrie.
Van Harrie leaning against his opponent.
Van Harrie is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Hoch can do to turn this around?
Van Harrie unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Van Harrie landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Van Harrie landing knees to the head.
Hoch drops down for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Van Harrie landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Van Harrie landing some nice looking knees to the body.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Hoch is trying to pull guard but Van Harrie turns him against the cage and we stay in the clinch.
Van Harrie gets the body lock takedown. After a quick scramble, Hoch regains guard.
We could do with one of the fighters taking the initiative a bit more on the ground - they're both waiting to capitalize on a mistake.
Hoch keeping full guard, as Van Harrie tries to pass.
Hoch looking for submissions off his back, moving his hips, looking for an opening.
Van Harrie trying to control but Hoch is working from the bottom.
Van Harrie drops back for a leg but he's not going to get it - he lets go and Hoch dives on top into guard.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Hoch content to strike from guard, landing some decent shots.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Barry Van Harrie 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. Ladies and gentlemen, this is the final round!
Hoch shoots in looking for a takedown but Van Harrie manages to keep the fight standing, pushing Hoch's face into the canvas for good measure before circling away.
Hoch shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Van Harrie as he jumps to the side.
Van Harrie uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Hoch.
Hoch fails in his attempt to clinch.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Van Harrie moves out of range as Hoch strikes.
Van Harrie moves into the clinch.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Van Harrie unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Van Harrie wants to get back to striking at distance but Hoch won't allow it.
Van Harrie landing knees to the body.
Hoch takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Van Harrie connects with a knee to the head.
Van Harrie scores with a knee to the head.
Hoch is trying to work for a single leg takedown but Van Harrie pulls him back up using the underhooks.
Barry Van Harrie has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Liam Hoch.
Van Harrie with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Van Harrie throws a knee to the head but misses.
Van Harrie gets control of Hoch's arms and successfully pulls guard. Van Harrie will no doubt be looking for submissions off his back.
Hoch tries to free his leg and advance position but Van Harrie is retaining full guard.
Van Harrie looking for submissions off his back, moving his hips, looking for an opening.
Van Harrie is looking for a triangle but Hoch pushes his legs off easily.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hoch engaging in some classic timewasting tactics.
Hoch passes Van Harrie's right leg, so he's now in half guard.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Hoch is controlling the pace.
Hoch working Van Harrie over with strikes.
Van Harrie trying to control here.
The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. Hoch lands a nice short elbow.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hoch looking for a kimura but he'll have to free his other leg if he wants to finish that. Perhaps he's just using it as a distraction technique.
Van Harrie is trying to control but can't.
Hoch is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.
Van Harrie trying to control but Hoch postures up.
Hoch looks over to his corner - he wants some instructions but his corner are not responding.
Van Harrie wants to control the action here but instead Hoch manages to pass to full mount!
Hoch breaks from Van Harrie's wrist control and lands an elbow.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Hoch can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Van Harrie is looking to escape.
Liam Hoch has got the better of the ground game so far.
Hoch punishing his opponent with strikes.
Van Harrie tries to hold on but Hoch postures up.
Hoch has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Hoch is landing with some decent strikes but Van Harrie is trying to advance his position so the referee is letting the fight continue.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Hoch unloading with bombs!
Van Harrie is rocked!
Hoch sitting in mount, just looking to control for the moment.
Oh Van Harrie is still in real trouble! Will he be able to recover?!!
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
A nice elbow there by Hoch.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Hoch looking to finish here with some ground and pound. He lands one big shot that has Van Harrie 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 4:59 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Liam Hoch!
Our winner, Liam Hoch, made sure he spent some time buttering up the crowd during his post fight interview, which will no doubt bring him a few more fans.
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energy
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hype
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