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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Jima Jammy (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Zorba The Greek (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.
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183 lbs
9 - 4 - 0 |
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183 cm
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181 lbs
10 - 7 - 0 |
BJJ Purple Belt
Great low kicks
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Good wrestler
Excellent boxer
Good gas tank |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
9 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Jima Jammy!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
10 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Zorba The Greek!
The judges for this bout are Aafke Stam, Radbod Blank and Albert Achterberg.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
The Greek drops Jammy with a beautiful combination! Jammy stares up at his opponent, who ushers him back to his feet - The Greek is looking for the KO!
It looks like Jima Jammy has been cut.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
The Greek misses with a double jab
and Jammy counters with an inside leg kick.
The Greek throws a nice looking combination but Jammy bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
The Greek misses with a lunging right hand
and Jammy counters with a slapping leg kick.
Jammy plants his feet and lands a nice head kick!
Jammy shoots in looking for a takedown but The Greek manages to keep the fight standing, pushing Jammy's face into the canvas for good measure before circling away.
Good exchange - The Greek coming out on top.
The Greek misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Jammy gets a double leg takedown into The Greek's guard.
We get told so often about how wrestlers don't like to be on their backs. Let's see if The Greek can do anything to dispel that myth.
Jammy thinks about going for a leg but decides against it, in order to maintain the position.
Jammy throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
The Greek pulls Jammy in to control the position.
Jammy postures up in The Greek's guard and throws a big left but The Greek blocks it.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Jammy lands a couple of digs.
Jammy working some strikes from top position.
The Greek controlling Jammy's posture.
The Greek 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.
The Greek has control of Jammy's left arm, preventing Jammy from doing any damage.
The ref stands the fighters back up, due to lack of action by Zorba The Greek.
Nice defenses there by Jammy.
Jammy clinches with his opponent.
Jammy has The Greek pressed up against the cage and is working for takedown. The Greek manages to improve position though and keeps the fight standing.
Jammy is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. The Greek is defending well for now.
Jammy tries for a takedown. No joy.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Jima Jammy. That's going to take a lot out of him.
The Greek blocks the elbow strike.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Jammy missing with knees to the body.
The Greek drops to a knee looking for a takedown but Jammy gets the underhooks and prevents it.
The Greek gets double underhooks to prevent a takedown attempt from Jammy.
The Greek prevents a takedown attempt there.
The Greek can't get the takedown.
The Greek prevents the takedown attempt.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Jammy misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from The Greek.
Jammy throws an elbow that misses.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Jammy is working for a takedown up against the cage. He can't get it on this occasion though.
Jammy misses with a hook to the ribs.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Jammy obliges.
The Greek gets a trip takedown into half guard.
Jammy tries to get to full guard but The Greek has control of the leg.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
The Greek controlling the action here.
Jammy is looking for a sweep. The Greek is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
The Greek decides to stand up and try his luck on the feet.
Jammy tries to clinch there but The Greek circles away.
The Greek misses with a double jab.
Zorba The Greek is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
The Greek swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Jammy finishes the little exchange by landing a big kick to the body.
The Greek misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Jammy lands a jab to the head.
Jammy moves out of range as The Greek strikes.
The Greek takes a punch to the jaw and another one to the bread basket.
The Greek missing with a left hand there. Jammy was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Jammy scoring well with a low kick there.
Nice takedown defense from The Greek. No joy for Jammy on that attempt.
The Greek's corner calls for a 1, 2 combination and The Greek duly obliges.
Jammy shoots in for a takedown. He's persisting with it as The Greek sprawls well. The Greek wins this battle and keeps the fight standing. Jammy gets slowly back to his feet.
The Greek throws a right and a left that Jammy avoids nicely.
Zorba The Greek seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
The Greek throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
letting Jammy counter with a right hand.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Jammy throws a head kick that The Greek semi-blocks.
A punch combination from The Greek misses.
The Greek misses with a double jab
and Jammy counters with a slapping leg kick.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Zorba The Greek dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Jima Jammy's cut.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.
Jammy darts in and clinches The Greek up against the cage.
Jammy misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from The Greek.
Jammy missing with knees to the body.
The Greek is defending well against a takedown attempt.
Jammy has a body lock and is looking for a takedown. The Greek is bouncing around trying to prevent the takedown and somehow he has indeed managed to stay on his feet.
Jammy has dropped down and is looking to force the takedown but it's defended by The Greek after a bit of a struggle.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Jima Jammy. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Jammy stalling in the clinch but The Greek improves position.
The Greek gets underhooks to prevent Jammy's takedown attempt.
Jammy trying to land knees to the body.
Knees in the clinch landing for Jammy.
The Greek tries to pull guard but Jammy holds him up against the cage and eventually The Greek drops back down to his feet.
Jammy goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Jammy has picked The Greek up - he's going for a ride! Jammy dumps his opponent to the mat with a thud and settles into half guard.
The Greek slips a foot under and gets full guard. Nice work.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Jammy controlling from the guard. I say controlling but really, he's stalling.
The Greek has a closed guard, preventing anything of note from happening. Perhaps he's looking to stall.
Jammy trying to control the position from guard on top but The Greek is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
The Greek really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Jammy. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
The Greek looking to control the pace of the fight rather than finish it.
There's a bit of a scramble here and now The Greek is on top in guard.
Jammy 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 Greek preventing the sweep.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The Greek stays in close to Jammy's body and controls the position.
Jammy seems keen to control The Greek's posture.
The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Jammy throws a head kick that misses.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Jammy is looking to slow The Greek down with leg kicks.
The Greek tries to bum rush Jammy with a series of wild strikes but Jammy uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Zorba The Greek is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Jammy rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but The Greek moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
The Greek lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Jammy circles away quickly and effectively.
Zorba The Greek seems to be getting the better of the standup.
The Greek chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Jammy can pounce on him.
The Greek swats away the attempt to clinch by Jammy.
The Greek misses with a wild combination.
The Greek misses with a double jab.
Jammy throws an ugly left hook that misses
letting The Greek counter with a right hand.
Jima Jammy's cut is getting worse.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Jammy looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? The Greek is fending him off so far but Jammy persists. Nope, The Greek circles away and we're back to standing.
The Greek misses with a series of wild punches.
The Greek misses with a combination
and Jammy counters with a kick to the head that grazes his opponent. The Greek is lucky that one didn't land flush.
The Greek swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Jammy counters with a nice double leg into half guard.
Jammy wants to control but The Greek is keeping him busy.
Jima Jammy overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
The Greek wants to improve his position but Jammy is controlling well.
The Greek is trying is best to control the position here.
Jammy not landing any meaningful shots this time.
The Greek wants to improve his position but Jammy is controlling well.
The Greek wants to get back to his feet.
The Greek is breathing heavily.
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!
The Greek is trying to control but can't.
We must be close to a standup if these guys don't pick up the pace.
The Greek is staying active underneath Jammy, who seems content to just control the action from this position.
The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
The Greek pushes forward with a 1-2 combination that forces Jammy back to the cage. The Greek follows up with a solid lead hook to the liver.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Sloppy strikes from The Greek. Those never looked like landing.
The fight stays on the outside here - Jammy looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Jammy tries to clinch up but The Greek circles away and keeps his distance.
Jammy gets the takedown into side control.
Jammy throws a strike aimed at the side of The Greek's head but The Greek avoids it well.
Jammy working away.
The Greek is trying to avoid being dragged into an even worse position than he's already in but Jammy is staying active.
Jammy working the ground and pound but he's contacting the mat, not the fighter.
The Greek takes an elbow right on the bridge of the nose and winces in pain.
Jammy lands a decent elbow from side control.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Jammy scoring with punches from side control.
The Greek is looking for a sweep.
The Greek is not content to let Jammy control the position.
The Greek struggling a bit here.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Jima Jammy dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Jima Jammy's cut.
That's time! Back to the action! This is the final round!
Jammy fails miserably with a takedown attempt.
Jammy connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
The Greek throws a nice looking combination but Jammy bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
The Greek misses with a hook
and Jammy counters with a thumping low kick.
The Greek misses with a double jab.
Jammy fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
The Greek moves out of range of the body kick from Jammy.
Jammy connects with a leg kick. The Greek looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
Jammy shoots in for a takedown but The Greek shows good takedown defense.
The Greek swinging wildly here.
Jammy changes levels and looks for a double leg takedown. The Greek tries to avoid it but Jammy manages to keep hold of a leg and drag The Greek to the ground. The Greek escapes though and pops straight back up to his feet.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Jima Jammy. That's going to take a lot out of him.
A nice leg kick lands there from Jammy.
Jammy slips under a jab from The Greek.
That's one minute gone in the round.
The Greek fails to land with a series of punches.
Jammy is on the wrong end of a nice combination from The Greek.
The Greek throws a series of punches but Jammy moves out of range.
The Greek takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Jammy shoots in looking for a double leg takedown. The Greek defends it nicely.
Jammy throws a nice head kick!
Nice body kick there by Jammy.
Jammy gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Jammy has a body lock and is looking for a takedown. The Greek is bouncing around trying to prevent the takedown and somehow he has indeed managed to stay on his feet.
The Greek tries to pull guard but Jammy won't allow it.
Jammy putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has The Greek in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
The Greek wants to take the fight to the mat but Jammy manages to get underhooks and keep the fight in the clinch.
Jammy lands an elbow just above The Greek 's eye.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The Greek has had enough of the clinch but Jammy keeps him there for the moment.
Jammy putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has The Greek in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Jammy with a knee to the head.
Jammy keeps control of The Greek as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Jammy throws an elbow but it misses.
Jammy tries to score a body lock takedown but The Greek shows good agility there to stay on his feet.
Jammy wants a takedown.
Jammy misses with an elbow strike.
The Greek gets double underhooks to prevent a takedown attempt from Jammy.
Jima Jammy has scored more points in the clinch so far.
The Greek avoids the elbow strike from Jammy, against the cage.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Jammy tries to pull guard but The Greek holds him up against the cage and eventually Jammy drops back down to his feet.
The Greek blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Jammy has dropped down and is looking to force the takedown but it's defended by The Greek after a bit of a struggle.
The Greek jumps guard but his hands slip and he falls flat on his back. Well, he's made himself look a right mug there, as Jammy walks away with a smile on his face. The Greek gets slowly back to his feet and shakes his head.
The Greek throws a series of punches but Jammy avoids them all with ease.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Jammy.
The Greek falls off balance throwing a combination
enabling Jammy to counter with a crisp jab.
A punch combination from The Greek misses.
Jammy moves in looking to clinch but The Greek pushes him off.
Jammy shoots in for a takedown but The Greek shows good takedown defense there and keeps this one on the feet.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The Greek will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
The Greek throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Jammy fails with an attempt to clinch.
The Greek swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
The Greek throws a series of punches but Jammy avoids them all with ease.
The Greek tries to keep at a distance but Jammy has taken the fight into the clinch.
The Greek takes a knee right on the jaw!
Jammy landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Jammy scores with a shot to the side of The Greek's head.
The Greek stops a takedown attempt from Jammy.
Jammy lands an elbow inside that The Greek shrugs off.
And that's the end of the fight!
Jima Jammy showed his dominance in that final round.
I think Jammy has won this one but let's see what the judges have to say. 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 29:28
Judge Radbod Blank scores the fight 29:28
Judge Albert Achterberg scores the fight 29:28
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Jima Jammy!
A loyal slave to those sponsorship dollars, Jima Jammy made sure he mentioned BioPharm Nutrition, along with how happy he was to win his fight.
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energy
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hype
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pop
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RATING
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