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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Dirk Zeldenthuis (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Huey Freeman (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Freeman has chosen Leverage - Mister Universe as his entrance music. Man, I cannot wait for this one!
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180 lbs
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177 cm
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177 lbs
26 - 13 - 1 |
Abu Dhabi Champ
World class MT
Insanely flexible |
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ADCC Champion
World class boxer
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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
24 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Dirk Zeldenthuis!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
26 - 13 - 1, fighting out of Amsterdam, Huey Freeman!
The judges for this bout are Don Winkell, and Timothy Bukovac.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Freeman scores with a body shot.
Zeldenthuis lands a body shot.
Zeldenthuis takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Freeman clobbers Zeldenthuis with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
Zeldenthuis rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Freeman moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Zeldenthuis misses with a kick to the body.
Freeman throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Freeman staying out of range there.
Freeman misses with a leg kick.
Zeldenthuis tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Freeman was well out of range. Poor timing from Zeldenthuis.
Zeldenthuis throws a big shot that misses.
Freeman scores with a jab. Zeldenthuis acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
Freeman circles away from the clinch attempt.
Zeldenthuis pivots, looking for a leg kick but Freeman is out of range and Zeldenthuis settles back down.
Freeman uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Zeldenthuis.
Freeman just misses with a punch to the body.
Zeldenthuis is looking to slow Freeman down with leg kicks.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Zeldenthuis fails in his attempt to clinch.
Zeldenthuis looks to land a right hand but Freeman moved out of range.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Zeldenthuis throws a hook but Freeman blocks it.
Freeman uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Zeldenthuis.
Freeman connects with an inside leg kick.
Zeldenthuis misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Freeman closes the distance and lands a one-two.
Dirk Zeldenthuis seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Zeldenthuis checks a low kick from Freeman.
Zeldenthuis keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Zeldenthuis tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Freeman misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Zeldenthuis throws a predictable looking body shot
and Freeman makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Zeldenthuis tries to score with a low kick but Freeman moves his leg out of the way.
Zeldenthuis throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
Freeman takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
Zeldenthuis throws a body kick that misses.
Some wild striking there from Freeman.
Freeman throws a head kick that misses.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Zeldenthuis dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Zeldenthuis throws a low kick, looking for Freeman's leg but Freeman calmly moves out of range.
Zeldenthuis throws a body kick that misses.
Zeldenthuis looks frustrated there after his takedown attempt is stuffed easily.
Zeldenthuis throws a low kick but Freeman moves out of range easily.
Freeman fails to land with a series of punches.
Zeldenthuis connects with a body shot that sends Freeman's belly button to the back.
A low kick from Zeldenthuis is predictable there
and Freeman counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Zeldenthuis just misses with a punch to the body.
Nice shot by Zeldenthuis.
Freeman shoots in looking for a takedown but Zeldenthuis manages to keep the fight standing, pushing Freeman's face into the canvas for good measure before circling away.
Freeman defends well against a solid takedown attempt from Zeldenthuis.
Zeldenthuis moves into range and lands a nice body kick.
Freeman bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Freeman lunges at Zeldenthuis with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Zeldenthuis's hand.
Zeldenthuis throws a lazy body kick
and Freeman counters with an outside leg kick.
Freeman is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Zeldenthuis.
Zeldenthuis ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Freeman moves away.
Zeldenthuis misses with a hook. Freeman ducked under it nicely.
Freeman scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Zeldenthuis throws a head kick that connects with a bit of head and a bit of hand.
Zeldenthuis tries to land a leg kick but Freeman saw it coming and moves away.
Freeman fails miserably with a takedown attempt.
Zeldenthuis lands a nice looking body kick.
No luck with that takedown attempt from Freeman.
Dirk Zeldenthuis has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Huey Freeman.
Freeman checks a low kick from Zeldenthuis.
Zeldenthuis tries to land a front kick but Freeman steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
Freeman gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Zeldenthuis.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Zeldenthuis tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Freeman throws a big shot that misses.
Zeldenthuis looks to land a body kick but Freeman moved away.
Zeldenthuis throws a nice outside leg kick.
Freeman throws a head kick that misses.
Zeldenthuis keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Freeman.
Zeldenthuis feints and then cracks Freeman's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Freeman down.
Freeman throws a low kick but Zeldenthuis avoids it.
Zeldenthuis scores with a jab to the head.
Zeldenthuis moves into the clinch.
Zeldenthuis lands a body shot.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Freeman lands a right hand.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Zeldenthuis as Freeman tries to tie him up.
Freeman softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Dirk Zeldenthuis 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.
Zeldenthuis moves away from the strike by Freeman.
Zeldenthuis uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Freeman.
Zeldenthuis tries to work over Freeman's front leg with a kick but Freeman checks it.
Freeman throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Zeldenthuis on the side of the head.
Freeman throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.
Dirk Zeldenthuis is winning the standup battle so far.
Zeldenthuis tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Zeldenthuis lands a jab to Freeman's midsection.
Freeman misses the jab.
Zeldenthuis takes a swing at Freeman's ribcage but misses.
Zeldenthuis swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Freeman.
Freeman shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says Zeldenthuis as he avoids it easily.
Zeldenthuis tries to land a front kick but Freeman steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
Zeldenthuis scores with a leg kick.
Freeman misses with a leg kick.
Freeman staying out of range there.
Freeman rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Zeldenthuis moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Freeman blocks the body kick.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Freeman ducks under a wild hook from Zeldenthuis.
Freeman blocks a low kick nicely.
Zeldenthuis throws a shot to the body.
Zeldenthuis looks to land a body kick but Freeman moved away.
Zeldenthuis throws a low kick but Freeman moves out of range easily.
Zeldenthuis throws a leg kick
and Freeman counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
Freeman paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
Zeldenthuis misses with a looping left.
Zeldenthuis throws a jab but it's blocked by Freeman.
Freeman chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Zeldenthuis can pounce on him.
A decent looking cross lands there for Freeman.
Freeman takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Freeman scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.
Zeldenthuis fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Freeman, pushing him back against the cage.
Freeman misses with some punches.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
A frustrated look appears on Zeldenthuis's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Freeman is trying to break the clinch but Zeldenthuis is controlling him.
Zeldenthuis prevents Freeman from breaking the clinch.
A short uppercut from Freeman.
Freeman's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
A slow jab from Freeman misses its intended target.
Zeldenthuis takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Freeman on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Zeldenthuis. Zeldenthuis obviously looking to wear him down.
Zeldenthuis misses with a leg kick.
Freeman ducks right into an uppercut from Zeldenthuis.
Zeldenthuis misses with a wild body shot.
Zeldenthuis avoids the body shot from Freeman.
Freeman attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
Zeldenthuis tries a head kick but it misses.
Nice uppercut there from Zeldenthuis.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Freeman misses the jab.
The fighters are starting to get sweaty, which will make takedowns a bit more tricky.
Zeldenthuis tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. Freeman manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Zeldenthuis misses with a hook.
Zeldenthuis tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
A shot to the liver by Freeman. Beautiful body shot.
Freeman showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Zeldenthuis.
A swing and a miss from Freeman.
Freeman displaying good standup as he scores with a three punch combination.
Freeman connects with a crisp jab.
Freeman scores with a jab. Zeldenthuis acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
Freeman moves out of range of the body kick.
Zeldenthuis throws a nice outside leg kick.
Zeldenthuis thows a body kick. Freeman tries to catch it but that hurt him.
A looping hook to the body misses from Zeldenthuis. Freeman does a little dance to reset his feet.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Zeldenthuis thumps Freeman with a low kick.
Zeldenthuis misses with a low kick.
Zeldenthuis uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Freeman.
Freeman with a jab.
Freeman just misses with a punch to the body.
Good standup being displayed there by Zeldenthuis as he connects with a hook.
Zeldenthuis keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Freeman.
Freeman misses with a wild body shot.
Zeldenthuis misses with a body kick.
Freeman swings away with a leg kick that misses.
Freeman has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Zeldenthuis finds it's way round the side to connect with Freeman's head.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Freeman throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Freeman's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
That kick from Zeldenthuis tenderised Freeman's leg. Freeman is trying to keep his angry face on.
Freeman throws a chopping leg kick but Zeldenthuis manages to avoid taking any serious damage.
Zeldenthuis has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Zeldenthuis there as he acknowledges the shot.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close second round but I would say that Dirk Zeldenthuis will probably get the nod.
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. And we move into the final round!
Zeldenthuis fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Zeldenthuis digs a good body shot into Freeman's ribs.
Zeldenthuis thows a body shot but no joy.
Freeman gets cracked there but stands up to it.
Zeldenthuis moves into the clinch.
Freeman is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Freeman tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Zeldenthuis's elbow.
Zeldenthuis cracks Freeman with a nice body shot.
Zeldenthuis tries to work over Freeman's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Zeldenthuis doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Freeman.
Zeldenthuis misses with a punch on the inside.
Zeldenthuis lands a body shot in the clinch.
Freeman lands a hook that snaps the head of Zeldenthuis backwards.
Freeman breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Zeldenthuis looks to score with a jab to the body but Freeman is just out of range.
Zeldenthuis takes a kick to the side of the head.
Freeman throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Zeldenthuis fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Freeman manages to avoid it.
An inside leg kick from Zeldenthuis misses.
Zeldenthuis throws a right hand that misses
and Freeman counters with a nice uppercut.
Zeldenthuis shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Zeldenthuis finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
Zeldenthuis dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Zeldenthuis scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Freeman doesn't seem bothered though.
Zeldenthuis lands with an overhand left.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Freeman closes this distance looking for a takedown but Zeldenthuis circles away.
Zeldenthuis tries to score with a low kick but Freeman moves his leg out of the way.
Freeman misses with a straight right.
Freeman steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Zeldenthuis.
Dirk Zeldenthuis is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Zeldenthuis lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Freeman at a distance.
Zeldenthuis slips under a jab.
Zeldenthuis ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Zeldenthuis throws a half hearted mid kick.
Freeman throws a head kick that half lands.
Zeldenthuis clobbers Freeman with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
Zeldenthuis connects with a body shot that sends Freeman's belly button to the back.
Zeldenthuis with a hook.
Freeman shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says Zeldenthuis as he avoids it easily.
Huey Freeman has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Freeman takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
A head kick misses from Freeman.
Freeman throws a right and a left that both miss.
Zeldenthuis with a nice cross.
Zeldenthuis scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Nice uppercut there from Zeldenthuis.
Freeman punishes Zeldenthuis's body with a nice straight punch.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Zeldenthuis connects with an inside leg kick.
Zeldenthuis jabs at Freeman's body.
Freeman takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Zeldenthuis feints and then cracks Freeman's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Freeman down.
Zeldenthuis shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Freeman takes a push kick to the midsection and stumbles backwards.
A looping hook to the body misses from Zeldenthuis. Freeman does a little dance to reset his feet.
Freeman looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
Zeldenthuis feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Freeman's calf.
Zeldenthuis thumps Freeman with a low kick.
Zeldenthuis avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
Zeldenthuis dives in and scores a takedown into Freeman's guard.
The referee is asking the fighters to pick up the pace.
Freeman looking for subs off his back but Zeldenthuis has passed one foot through into half guard.
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!
Freeman is looking to improve his position.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Freeman actively working from the bottom here.
Zeldenthuis controlling the pace.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Freeman tries to get to full guard but Zeldenthuis has control of the leg.
And that's the end of the fight!
Dirk Zeldenthuis showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Zeldenthuis 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 Don Winkell scores the fight 30:27
Judge Percy O'Donnell scores the fight 30:27
Judge Timothy Bukovac scores the fight 30:27
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Dirk Zeldenthuis!
After winning the bout, Dirk Zeldenthuis thanked all his fans and promised he'd do even better in his next fight. The crowd seemed to love his humility.
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