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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Bobi Snakes (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Matt Van Buren (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Man, I cannot wait for this one!
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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
0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Bobi Snakes!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Matt Van Buren!
The judges for this bout are Jeff Smith, Ryoma Takatsuka and Roger Salmon.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Van Buren wants to clinch up but Snakes keeps it at a distance.
Van Buren changes levels and looks for a double leg takedown. Snakes tries to avoid it but Van Buren manages to keep hold of a leg and drag Snakes to the ground. Snakes escapes though and pops straight back up to his feet.
Van Buren moves in looking to clinch but Snakes pushes him off.
Van Buren gets a double leg takedown into Snakes's guard.
Snakes pulls Van Buren in to control the position.
Snakes has a closed guard, preventing Van Buren from standing up.
Snakes is working actively off his back, looking to secure an arm or perhaps work for a triangle.
Snakes has a closed guard, preventing Van Buren from standing up.
Van Buren with a flurry of punches that miss.
Van Buren tries to stand but Snakes is controlling from the bottom.
Van Buren gets to his feet. Snakes looking to butt scoot but the ref puts an end to that. On your feet son!
That's one minute gone in the round.
Van Buren is trying hard to land a takedown here. Snakes sprawls well and keeps this one on the feet.
Van Buren shoots in for a double leg but Snakes sprawls well. That's going to sap some energy.
Bobi Snakes has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Matt Van Buren.
Van Buren looks gassed!
Snakes looking to score a takedown here. Van Buren is defending well but Snakes drives through and ends up in Van Buren's guard.
Van Buren keeping moving, preventing Snakes from controlling successfully.
Van Buren 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 fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Van Buren keeping moving, preventing Snakes from controlling successfully.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Bobi Snakes has forced the referee to step in and bring the fight back to the feet.
Snakes stuffs a takedown. It's all about dictating where the fight takes place and Snakes wants it to stay on the feet.
Van Buren tries to close the distance and clinch up but Snakes swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Van Buren tries to keep at a distance but Snakes has taken the fight into the clinch.
Snakes pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Van Buren fails in his attempt to clinch.
Snakes ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Snakes clinches with his opponent.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Snakes tries to pull guard but Van Buren won't allow it.
Snakes wants to break free but Van Buren has control.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Van Buren utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Van Buren tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Snakes working Van Buren over with knees to the body.
Van Buren has dropped down and is looking to force the takedown but it's defended by Snakes after a bit of a struggle.
Van Buren throws a knee to the head but misses.
A bit of stalling here from Snakes.
Snakes looking to slow down the pace here.
Snakes 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 Buren walks away with a smile on his face. Snakes gets slowly back to his feet and shakes his head.
Van Buren fails in his attempt to clinch.
Snakes gets a clinch.
Snakes manages to pull guard.
Snakes trying to control the position here.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Van Buren preventing the sweep.
Van Buren decides he's had enough of playing guard and decides to stand. Come on Snakes, up you get!
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Snakes stuffs the takedown.
Snakes fails to land the takedown.
Van Buren closes the distance and clinches up with Snakes, looking for a takedown. Van Buren pushes Snakes against the cage but Snakes circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Snakes drives through and clinches with Van Buren against the cage.
Snakes breaks the clinch.
Snakes throws a nice outside leg kick.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close round but I would say that Bobi Snakes 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.
Snakes has closed the distance and engaged Van Buren in a clinch.
Van Buren gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Snakes has a body lock and is looking for a takedown. Van Buren is bouncing around trying to prevent the takedown and somehow he has indeed managed to stay on his feet.
Van Buren will no doubt start fighting again in a minute but for now he's just having a little rest, leaning Snakes up against the cage.
Van Buren trying to stall but Snakes improves his position.
Snakes is trying to pull guard but being pressed up against the cage enables Van Buren to keep the fight standing.
Snakes is looking to control Van Buren's arms but Van Buren gets an underhook and turns him. Now Snakes has his back to the cage.
Van Buren using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Snakes has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Van Buren lands an elbow that stopped Snakes in his tracks for a moment.
Snakes trying to stall but Van Buren improves his position.
Van Buren tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Snakes goes for a takedown attempt but Van Buren pushes him away and we're back to fighting at a distance.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Bobi Snakes. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Van Buren closes the distance but Snakes moves to the side
and Snakes counters with a two punch combo.
Van Buren is breathing heavily.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Snakes tries to clinch up but Van Buren circles away and keeps his distance.
Van Buren closes the distance looking to clinch
and Snakes counters with a nice leg kick.
Snakes fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
Snakes tries to clinch but Van Buren moves out of range.
Snakes punishes Van Buren's body with a nice straight punch.
Van Buren slaps away a takedown attempt from Snakes, before circling back to the center of the mat.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Van Buren clinches with his opponent.
Van Buren breaks from the clinch.
Van Buren moves into the clinch.
Van Buren lands a right hand that snaps the head of Snakes backwards.
Snakes blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Van Buren connects with a knee to the head.
Van Buren is pushing Snakes up against the cage, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.
Van Buren misses with an elbow strike.
Van Buren misses with a knee to the head.
Snakes tries to circle away but Van Buren has him pinned against the cage.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Snakes avoids a wild elbow strike from Van Buren.
Snakes dodges an elbow strike from Van Buren.
Snakes has Van Buren pressed up against the cage and is working for takedown. Van Buren manages to improve position though and keeps the fight standing.
Van Buren breaks from the clinch.
Snakes is trying hard to land a takedown here. Van Buren sprawls well and keeps this one on the feet.
Bobi Snakes seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Van Buren tries to keep at a distance but Snakes has taken the fight into the clinch.
Van Buren using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Snakes has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Van Buren displaying some good clinch control by pressing Snakes up against the cage.
Snakes wants a takedown.
Snakes ties up his opponent against the cage and manages to drag the fight down to the ground. Snakes no doubt will be looking to work submissions from his guard.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Van Buren with a flurry of punches that miss.
Van Buren gets to his feet. Snakes looking to butt scoot but the ref puts an end to that. On your feet son!
Van Buren clinches with his opponent.
Van Buren manages to get underhooks and slows down the pace for a moment.
Van Buren jumps guard.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Van Buren has butterfly guard. He's looking to stand up here. He pushes Snakes off him and springs to his feet nicely. The crowd applauds.
Snakes tries to bum rush Van Buren with a series of wild strikes but Van Buren uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Van Buren gets the takedown into side control.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Matt Van Buren showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business. Let's hear some noise people - this is the final round!
Van Buren shoots in and drives through. Snakes sprawls well.
Snakes fails to land the takedown.
Van Buren closes the distance and clinches.
Snakes tries to pull guard but Van Buren holds him up against the cage and eventually Snakes drops back down to his feet.
Van Buren looking to throw knees to the head but Snakes is blocking nicely.
Van Buren stops a takedown attempt from Snakes.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Bobi Snakes. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Van Buren is trying to maintain a safe position but Snakes gets an underhook and turns Van Buren into the cage.
With the fighters up against the cage, Van Buren throws an elbow but misses.
Van Buren misses with a knee to the head.
Matt Van Buren seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Van Buren tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Van Buren takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Van Buren throws a knee to the head but misses.
Snakes pulls guard successfully.
Van Buren prevents Snakes from getting back to his feet.
Van Buren in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Van Buren wants to get up but he can't break Snakes's closed guard. He needs to be careful trying to break the legs open, as he's open to submissions here.
Van Buren is fighting to break Snakes's control of his arms but Snakes is doing a good job of controlling the position at the moment.
Snakes working a defensive guard here.
We've had a lack of effective grappling in the last minute or so, which could well see a referee standup.
Van Buren sitting in guard, not really doing much.
The ref stands the fighters back up. Bobi Snakes wasn't doing enough on the ground.
Snakes throws a body punch but Van Buren moves out of range.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Snakes shoots in for a takedown but Van Buren shows good takedown defense there and keeps this one on the feet.
Snakes has a takedown stuffed.
Van Buren rushes Snakes and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Van Buren with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Van Buren throws a knee to the head but misses.
Van Buren gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Snakes is trying to pull guard but being pressed up against the cage enables Van Buren to keep the fight standing.
Van Buren lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Van Buren is looking for a takedown up against the cage. Snakes gets underhooks though and prevents the takedown attempt.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Snakes breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Van Buren forces Snakes back against the cage and clinches.
Van Buren looking to throw knees to the head but Snakes is blocking nicely.
Snakes dodges an elbow strike from Van Buren.
Snakes is clearly stalling here... Pick up the pace son.
Snakes is trying to pull guard but being pressed up against the cage enables Van Buren to keep the fight standing.
Van Buren is pushing Snakes up against the cage, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.
Van Buren escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Van Buren tries to close the distance and clinch up but Snakes swats him away and circles back towards the center.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Snakes shoots in looking for a double leg takedown. Van Buren defends it nicely.
Bobi Snakes is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Van Buren has taken the fight to the clinch.
Snakes is pressed up against the cage. Van Buren has hold of a leg and is looking to drag Snakes down to the mat. Snakes avoids the attempt though and has circled away. We're back to striking at a distance.
Van Buren fails with an attempt to clinch.
Snakes shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has Van Buren pinned against the cage. Van Buren gets the underhooks and manages to circle away.
Snakes falls off balance throwing a combination
and Van Buren holds on and brings the fighters into a clinch.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Van Buren leaning against his opponent.
And that's the end of the fight!
Matt Van Buren comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think Van Buren has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. 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 Jeff Smith scores the fight 28:29
Judge Ryoma Takatsuka scores the fight 28:29
Judge Roger Salmon scores the fight 28:29
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Matt Van Buren!
Matt Van Buren decided to go for the less than humble approach in his post fight interview, telling everyone how he is going to conquer the world. The crowd seemed to like it when really that sort of approach could have gone either way.
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FIGHT
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