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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Dan Gerous (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Muay Thai Spar (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.
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202 lbs
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189 lbs
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Abu Dhabi Champ
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World class MT
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the middleweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
20 - 8 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Dan Gerous!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
17 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Muay Thai Spar!
The judges for this bout are Aafke Stam, Wagner Zegers and Paulsen Ambrosius.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Spar wants to clinch.
A thudding body kick lands there by Spar!
Gerous avoids the head kick by Spar.
Gerous walks into a left hand.
Spar tries a low kick but Gerous avoids it.
Gerous shoots in for a double leg but Spar sprawls well. That's going to sap some energy.
Gerous will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
Gerous takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
A nice leg kick lands there from Spar.
Gerous checks a leg kick nicely.
Spar throws a leg kick that misses.
Gerous darts in and lands a nice takedown into half guard.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Spar looking for submissions off his back.
Spar trying to control from the bottom.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Gerous is looking for an arm triangle, whilst trying to pass to side control. Spar doesn't seem that keen to cooperate though. No luck this time Gerous.
Gerous is working for a submission of some sort.
Spar looking for a kimura from the bottom but Gerous passes into side control!
Spar manages to get back to half guard.
Gerous prevents Spar from improving his position.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Gerous is looking for an arm triangle, whilst trying to pass to side control. Spar doesn't seem that keen to cooperate though. No luck this time Gerous.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Gerous is working for submissions here but there's nothing on.
Spar is looking to sinch up a guillotine here but Gerous pulls his head out easily.
Gerous is trying to work for a kimura but Spar is defending well.
Spar trying to control from the bottom.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Spar is not content to let Gerous control the position.
Spar wants to control but Gerous is keeping busy.
Gerous passes to side control.
Spar is trying to improve his position.
Gerous remains in side control and seems content to stay there. It's a versatile position from which he can work both strikes and submissions, whilst maintaining that control, so maybe he'll sit here for a while.
Gerous thinks about going for a far side armbar but bails out and retains the dominant position instead.
Gerous advances to full mount.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Gerous landing strikes from the mount and Spar is in trouble!
Spar is trying desperately to improve position.
Gerous working for a guillotine from mount but Spar is in no mood to give up.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Gerous has hold of Spar's left arm, perhaps looking for a submission. The two fighters tussle over control of the isolated limb and Spar manages to get his arm back to his side and away from danger.
Gerous working for a guillotine from mount but Spar is in no mood to give up.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Spar is in a horrible position here. Gerous smacks him with another shot as he tries to escape the position.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Dan Gerous dominated that round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!
Spar avoids the body shot from Gerous.
Spar fails with an attempt to clinch.
Spar drives through and clinches with Gerous against the cage.
With the fighters up against the cage, Spar throws an elbow but misses.
Gerous tries to take the fight to the ground by pulling guard but can't manage it.
Gerous is trying to pull guard but Spar has him pressed against the cage.
Spar lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Gerous blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Spar misses with an elbow strike.
Spar is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.
Gerous successfully pulls guard.
Spar avoids a guillotine attempt easily.
Spar trying to control the position from guard on top but Gerous is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Spar 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.
Gerous looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Gerous looking for submissions off his back, moving his hips, looking for an opening.
Gerous keeping moving, preventing Spar from controlling successfully.
Gerous is active off his back here, looking for submissions.
Spar trying to control but Gerous is working from the bottom.
Spar is just sitting in guard, looking to avoid any submissions.
Gerous had isolated an arm as going for a kimura. Spar defends it easily.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Spar tries to free his leg and advance position but Gerous is retaining full guard.
Spar trying to control the position from guard on top but Gerous is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Spar is in a good position here but he's just trying to control... And he's not even managing to do that successfully.
The ref calls for a clean break and stands the fighters back up. Muay Thai Spar wasn't active enough on the ground.
Spar tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. Gerous manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Spar misses with a low kick.
Gerous misses with the combination.
Muay Thai Spar seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Gerous keeps the fight on the outside.
Gerous looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Spar is fending him off so far but Gerous persists. Nope, Spar circles away and we're back to standing.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Dan Gerous. That's going to take a lot out of him.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Gerous shoots in and gets a takedown into half guard. Gerous showed some decent athleticism there.
Spar wants to improve his position but Gerous is controlling well.
Gerous is trying for a guillotine from the top but the pressure isn't in the right place so Spar is just riding it out for now. Gerous eventually gives up the hold.
Gerous wants to work for an arm triangle but Spar is really keeping half guard well and defending the submission attempt.
Spar is trying to control but can't.
Gerous is looking for a kimura. It's going to be difficult to finish that from half guard though and Spar defends it well.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Spar is looking for a sweep. Gerous is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
Spar actively working from the bottom here.
Spar is trying to maintain the position but Gerous is very close to passing his half guard.
Spar is trying to get back to full guard.
Dan Gerous overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Gerous 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.
Spar looking for submissions from an awkward position here.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close second round but Muay Thai Spar will probably get the nod - 10:9.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.
Gerous shoots in for a takedown but Spar shows good takedown defense there and keeps this one on the feet.
Ooooh, nice body kick lands from Spar. Gerous shrugs it off though.
Spar avoids a punch combination nicely.
Spar forces Gerous back against the cage and clinches.
Spar pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Spar tries to close the distance and clinch up but Gerous swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Spar throws a mid kick that lands with a slap.
Spar fails in his attempt to clinch.
Spar tries to clinch but Gerous moves out of range.
Spar pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Spar shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.
Spar gets taken down but at least he's managed to land in guard.
Spar is looking for a guillotine. You can't force these things though and Gerous defends well.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Gerous content to stall in guard here.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Spar looking for submissions off his back, moving his hips, looking for an opening.
Gerous in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Gerous loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Gerous trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Gerous thinks about going for a leg but decides against it, in order to maintain the position.
Spar looking for a guillotine here but Gerous defends easily.
Gerous tries to free his leg and advance position but Spar is retaining full guard.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Spar has a loose triangle. He'll be looking to tighten that up but Gerous can see exactly what he's planning and manages to posture up and free himself.
Spar is throwing his legs up, looking for submissions. Gerous is aware though and is defending well.
Gerous trying to control the position from guard on top but Spar is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Gerous works over Spar with some ground and pound from guard.
Gerous drops back for a leg! It's a sloppy attempt though and Gerous jumps back into guard quickly, to retain the dominant position.
Spar is looking for a triangle here but Gerous uses the submission attempt to pass into side control.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Spar manages to get back to half guard.
Spar wants to control but Gerous is keeping busy.
Spar is defending against the submission attempts here by Gerous.
Gerous is looking for a kimura but he's never going to get it from there.
Gerous is looking for a kimura but Spar is holding onto that half guard position, so it's hard for Gerous to get the leverage.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Spar has no desire to be mounted, so is trying to control. Gerous is working away from the top position though.
Spar moves into full guard.
Gerous preventing the sweep.
Gerous throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Spar works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Gerous looking to pass the guard.
Gerous landing some decent shots from guard.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Gerous sneaks a leg through and gets to half guard. That was like a knife through butter how easily he passed Spar's guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close round but Dan Gerous did the better work so I'd imagine he'll take it.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!
Spar gets caught on his heels momentarily as he allows Gerous to score an easy takedown into full guard.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Gerous's corner. There ya go! There ya go!
Spar keeping moving, preventing Gerous from controlling successfully.
Gerous might be looking to lock onto one of his opponent's long limbs for a submission, whilst we're on the ground.
Gerous working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.
Spar lands a beautiful switch and he's in full mount! That could spell trouble for Gerous!
Spar controlling from the full mount.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Spar tries to control but Gerous wriggling away.
Gerous is in all sorts of trouble here.
Gerous takes a big shot to the head but keeps on trying to improve his position.
Spar looking to control and managing it successfully.
Gerous is wriggling around trying to escape.
Spar controlling from mount.
Spar trying to control but he's not successful this time.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Gerous is wriggling around trying to escape.
Spar wants to control the pace but Gerous is squirming around nicely.
Gerous can't escape the position.
Spar content just to control the position here.
Spar trying to control but he's not successful this time.
Spar content just to control the position here.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Spar trying to control but Gerous is having none of it.
Muay Thai Spar has forced the referee to step in and restart the fight on the feet.
Spar throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
A jab from Gerous does it's job there.
A head kick misses from Gerous.
Gerous shoots in looking for a takedown but Spar manages to keep the fight standing, pushing Gerous's face into the canvas for good measure before circling away.
Spar throws a two punch combo that lands nicely.
Spar swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Spar throws a leg kick but Gerous sees it coming and moves out of range.
Gerous throws a sloppy head kick and Spar moves out of range easily.
Good leg kick by Spar there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Spar tries to close the distance and clinch up but Gerous swats him away and circles back towards the center.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Gerous shoots in but no luck this time.
It's got to the stage where if one of these guys blows hard enough, the other might fall over.
Gerous closes the distance, clinches up and gets a nice trip takedown into side control. Very smooth.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Spar gets back to half guard.
Spar is looking to improve his position.
Gerous wants to lay and pray for a moment but Spar keeps working.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Spar with the active half guard here but Gerous passes nicely into side control.
Gerous tries for an arm triangle. That looks pretty tight to me. Is this one over!?! Possibly, maybe, no Gerous has let go of the choke. Obviously it wasn't as tight as we thought!
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Gerous tries for an arm triangle. That looks pretty tight to me. Is this one over!?! Possibly, maybe, no Gerous has let go of the choke. Obviously it wasn't as tight as we thought!
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close fourth round but Muay Thai Spar will probably get the nod - 10:9.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! This is the final round!
Spar buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
A punch combination from Gerous misses.
Gerous blocks a leg kick.
Spar throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
Gerous stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Spar.
Gerous throws a shot to the body.
Gerous shoots in but no luck this time.
Spar blocks a jab.
Gerous misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.
Gerous misses the shot to the body.
Both of our modern day gladiators look out of it here - an gruelling 5 rounds of action taking it's toll on them, no doubt.
Nice shot by Spar.
Spar is looking to land body kicks.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Spar tries to clinch there but Gerous circles away.
Gerous shoots for a takedown but Spar saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Dan Gerous. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Spar stuffs a takedown. It's all about dictating where the fight takes place and Spar wants it to stay on the feet.
Spar tries to clinch up
enabling Gerous to counter with a crisp jab.
Muay Thai Spar seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Gerous takes one on the chin but seems OK.
Spar connects with an inside leg kick.
Spar tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Spar takes the fight into the clinch.
Spar misses with an elbow over the top.
Spar breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Spar looks to land a body kick but Gerous moved away.
Gerous misses with a straight right.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Spar lands with a straight right. Gerous didn't see that one coming.
Gerous throws a shot from downtown. Spar moves away and avoids it.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Spar slaps away a takedown attempt from Gerous, before circling back to the center of the mat.
Gerous thows a left - swing and a miss!
Spar throws a leg kick but Gerous moved away.
Gerous chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Spar can pounce on him.
Spar lands with a kick to the ribs.
Gerous avoids the head kick by Spar.
That kick from Spar tenderised Gerous's leg. Gerous is trying to keep his angry face on.
Spar throws a body kick that digs right into the meat.
Gerous fails with a takedown attempt.
Gerous tries to check the leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
That's a knee to de groin and it's over and out! Gerous crumples to the ground after an illegal strike from Spar - the referee stops the clock and Gerous gets 5 minutes to recover from that one. "I'm sorry" says Spar. Gerous manages to get back to his feet and the fight resumes.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Spar with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Gerous will be looking to protect his midsection after taking some solid kicks to the body.
Spar fails with an attempt to clinch.
Gerous sees a low kick coming and goes to check it, but it's actually a body kick and it thuds into his unprotected ribs.
Gerous is looking for a takedown here. He's shot in and has managed to get it, finishing up in Spar's half guard.
Gerous is trying to work for a kimura but Spar is defending well.
Spar is trying to control but can't.
Gerous seems very keen to just sit and control from half guard but Spar does not like that idea so much and is remaining active off his back.
Gerous prevents Spar from improving his position.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Gerous is trying to work for a kimura but Spar is defending well.
Spar is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
Gerous is looking for a kimura but he's never going to get it from there.
Spar slips a foot under and gets full guard. Nice work.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Gerous looking to pass the guard.
And that's the end of the fight!
Muay Thai Spar comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think Spar 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 5 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Aafke Stam scores the fight for Muay Thai Spar!
Judge Wagner Zegers scores the fight for Muay Thai Spar!
Judge Paulsen Ambrosius scores the fight for Muay Thai Spar!
Muay Thai Spar wins by unanimous decision!
Muay Thai Spar is the new middleweight champion!
A victorious Muay Thai Spar thanked his army of followers in his post fight interview, telling people to make sure they follow him on Twitter.
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energy
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hype
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