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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Les Grossman (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Johannes van Bruggen (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Grossman's ring entrance music is that housewives' favourite, Apple bottom jeans, boots with the fur.... I can't wait for this one - let's get the fighter introductions out of the way and get this one started!
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
18 - 11 - 1, fighting out of Hilo, Les Grossman!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
19 - 11 - 1, fighting out of Los Angeles, Johannes van Bruggen!
The judges for this bout are Damien Edna, Hugh Johnson and Steve Erwin.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Grossman fakes a jab and throws a low kick but van Bruggen checks it well.
Grossman scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. van Bruggen doesn't seem bothered though.
van Bruggen shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with Grossman but Grossman pushes him off and we're back to square one.
van Bruggen moves in looking to clinch but Grossman pushes him off.
Grossman throws a body punch but van Bruggen moves out of range.
van Bruggen slips under a jab.
van Bruggen avoids a punch combination nicely.
Grossman lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but van Bruggen circles away quickly and effectively.
Grossman throws a jab but it's blocked by van Bruggen.
Grossman keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Grossman.
A chopping leg kick lands by van Bruggen.
van Bruggen tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Grossman paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
A left lands for Grossman.
Grossman listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
van Bruggen is rocked!
It looks like Johannes van Bruggen has been cut.
That's one minute gone in the round.
van Bruggen has a takedown stuffed.
Les Grossman has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Johannes van Bruggen.
van Bruggen tries to clinch but Grossman moves out of range.
Grossman shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Grossman misses with a double jab
and van Bruggen counters with a nice uppercut.
Grossman thows a body shot but no joy.
van Bruggen keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.
An inside leg kick from van Bruggen misses.
Grossman displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as van Bruggen throws out the jab.
Grossman gets a double leg takedown into van Bruggen's guard.
Grossman throws a big right hand that misses.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Grossman with a flurry of punches that miss.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
van Bruggen preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Grossman trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Grossman postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
van Bruggen preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Grossman trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Grossman trying to control but van Bruggen is working from the bottom.
Grossman 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.
van Bruggen avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Grossman stands up over van Bruggen, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head.
Grossman loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
van Bruggen is trying to control the position from the bottom.
Grossman trying to control but van Bruggen is working from the bottom.
van Bruggen keeping full guard, as Grossman tries to pass.
Grossman loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
van Bruggen looking for a sweep. Not yet van Bruggen, not yet.
Grossman pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. van Bruggen is keeping the position for now.
Grossman trying to control the position from guard on top but van Bruggen is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Grossman wants to pass the guard but van Bruggen is keeping the position.
Grossman advances position into side control!
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
van Bruggen is not content to let Grossman control the position.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Les Grossman dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Johannes van Bruggen's cut.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.
van Bruggen tries to clinch up.
van Bruggen shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with Grossman but Grossman pushes him off and we're back to square one.
Johannes van Bruggen seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Grossman misses with a hook.
van Bruggen buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Les Grossman is winning the standup battle so far.
van Bruggen misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.
van Bruggen has taken the fight to the clinch.
A short body shot lands from Grossman as the two fighters clinch.
Grossman misses with a body punch.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Grossman.
Stalling in the clinch from Grossman.
van Bruggen is trying to work for a single leg takedown but Grossman pulls him back up using the underhooks.
Les Grossman has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Johannes van Bruggen.
van Bruggen is breathing heavily.
Grossman has hold of a leg and is looking for a trip takedown. van Bruggen avoids it nicely though and we remain in the clinch.
van Bruggen tries for a takedown. No joy.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Grossman scores with a shoulder strike.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Grossman working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
van Bruggen takes a shot to the head.
Grossman lands a right hand.
van Bruggen blocks a body shot from Grossman.
Grossman makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Grossman throws a punch but it's blocked by van Bruggen.
Grossman is trying to trip van Bruggen. He has hold of a leg but van Bruggen is hopping around, keeping his balance for the moment. Grossman persists though and gets the takedown into guard.
Grossman is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
van Bruggen is still in real trouble! Can Grossman finish him?
Grossman throws a big right hand that misses.
van Bruggen seems to have recovered his senses.
Grossman content to stall in guard here.
Grossman looking to sit in guard and control but van Bruggen gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
van Bruggen trying to control the position from guard on top but Grossman is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Grossman controls van Bruggen momentarily but van Bruggen frees himself.
Grossman bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in van Bruggen's guard.
Grossman in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Grossman slows down the pace of the fight for a moment. He'll need to remain active if he doesn't want to see the fight stood back up.
Grossman is looking to work some ground and pound but van Bruggen has wrist control.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Grossman working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Grossman preventing the sweep.
Grossman looking to pass the guard.
van Bruggen keeping moving, preventing Grossman from controlling successfully.
Grossman loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Grossman missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Grossman with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.
Grossman wants to control from the top but van Bruggen keeps moving.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
van Bruggen utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Grossman working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Grossman trying to control the position from guard on top but van Bruggen is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Grossman landing some decent shots from guard.
Grossman wants to control from the top but van Bruggen keeps moving.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Les Grossman dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Johannes van Bruggen's cut.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business. This is the final round!
Grossman gets cracked with a nice right hand there by van Bruggen.
van Bruggen tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Grossman paws at him with a jab and circles away.
A big left from Grossman misses.
A looping hook to the body misses from Grossman. van Bruggen does a little dance to reset his feet.
Grossman is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that van Bruggen can do to turn this around?
van Bruggen takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Grossman missing with a left hand there. van Bruggen was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
van Bruggen closes the distance and scores a nice trip takedown into half guard. Grossman did well to prevent van Bruggen getting side control.
van Bruggen is trying to control the action in half guard but Grossman is working away on the bottom, looking perhaps to get back to full guard.
Grossman looking for submissions from an awkward position here.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Grossman trying to control from the bottom.
van Bruggen prevents Grossman from improving his position.
Grossman wants to control but van Bruggen is keeping busy.
Les Grossman overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
That's one minute gone in the round.
van Bruggen trying to pass the guard but Grossman defending well.
van Bruggen trying to control the action but Grossman is working from the bottom.
van Bruggen takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
The referee claps his hands together and tells the fighters to work.
van Bruggen is looking to advance position but Grossman won't allow it.
Grossman is trying to control but can't.
Neither fighter is doing enough for the referee's liking and he's decided to stand them back up.
Grossman ducks down and throws a hook to the body but van Bruggen moves away.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Grossman stuffs the takedown.
van Bruggen takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
van Bruggen tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
A punch lands to the side of van Bruggen 's head but he takes it in his stride.
van Bruggen misses with the combination.
Les Grossman is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Decent striking displayed by Grossman there.
van Bruggen fails with an attempt to clinch.
Grossman clinches up against the cage.
A head punch on the inside from van Bruggen fails to land.
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 Bruggen is working for takedown but Grossman is calmly controlling the position for now.
van Bruggen takes a shot to the head.
van Bruggen turns his hips and lands a very nice judo throw into side control!
Grossman struggling a bit here.
Grossman is not content to let van Bruggen control the position.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Grossman can't do much from the bottom here.
Grossman is looking to regain half guard here but van Bruggen keeps moving and retains side control.
Johannes van Bruggen has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Grossman can't do much from the bottom here.
van Bruggen wants to lay and pray for a moment but Grossman keeps working.
Grossman 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.
van Bruggen working away.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
van Bruggen trying to control the action but Grossman is working from the bottom.
You can see the frustration on Grossman's face, being in this tough position on the bottom.
If this pace continues, the referee will definitely step in and force a standup.
van Bruggen is looking to take a break and control but Grossman is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
It looks like we're going to have a standup here. Neither fighter is doing enough on the ground.
van Bruggen takes one on the button.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Grossman pivots, looking for a leg kick but van Bruggen is out of range and Grossman settles back down.
Grossman scores with a hook.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Grossman lands where it shouldn't have, right in the... well, you know what he did? He kicked him in the penis. He's injured, injured bad. The referee sends both fighters to their corners and van Bruggen has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from van Bruggen and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
Grossman digs a good hook to van Bruggen's body.
And that's the end of the fight!
That was a close round. You could make an argument for either fighter but I would give it to Les Grossman.
Well Grossman 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 Damien Edna scores the fight 30:27
Judge Hugh Johnson scores the fight 30:27
Judge Steve Erwin scores the fight 30:27
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Les Grossman!
Les Grossman decided to hype himself up post fight. It was going well but he went on about it a bit too long and the crowd turned on him a little.
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