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Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Johan den Hollander (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jan Zelenka (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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179 cm
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168 lbs
17 - 8 - 1 |
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182 cm
24
163 lbs
6 - 0 - 0 |
Good wrestling
World class boxer
Insanely flexible |
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Good wrestler
World class MT
Good gas tank |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division. Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner. With a record of
17 - 8 - 1, fighting out of London, Johan den Hollander! And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner. With a record of
6 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Jan Zelenka! The judges for this bout are Chris Edwards, Daniel Bishop and William Gold.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway! Zelenka takes a kick to the side of the head. Zelenka moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross. Zelenka closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so. Jab, cross, leg kick. Nice combination by den Hollander!
Zelenka is looking to score with low kicks. Zelenka throws a leg kick but den Hollander moved away. den Hollander throws out a token jab with nothing on it. den Hollander scores with a sloppy right hand. Zelenka should have avoided that one. den Hollander is looking to clinch but Zelenka is avoiding it.
den Hollander throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle. Zelenka connects with a right hand. den Hollander shakes it off. Zelenka keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Zelenka displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as den Hollander throws out the jab. Zelenka swings away with a leg kick that misses. This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff! Zelenka keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from den Hollander. Johan den Hollander seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout. den Hollander has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Zelenka finds it's way round the side to connect with den Hollander's head.
That's one minute gone in the round. Zelenka throws a leg kick but den Hollander sees it coming and moves out of range. Zelenka takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
den Hollander wants to slow Zelenka down by chopping away at his legs. Zelenka thuds his shin into the meat of den Hollander's side. den Hollander misses with a looping right. den Hollander throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Zelenka throws a body kick but he was well out of range there. Zelenka scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business. den Hollander misses with a wild body shot. Zelenka throws a leg kick which misses den Hollander's front leg but catches the back leg as den Hollander tries to avoid it. Zelenka avoids a lazy jab quite easily. den Hollander blocks the body kick.
den Hollander connects with the punch. Zelenka is looking to land body kicks.
That's two minutes gone in the round. den Hollander fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Zelenka has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage. Zelenka feints and then cracks den Hollander's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow den Hollander down. We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out! Nice defenses there by den Hollander. Zelenka blocks the body kick.
den Hollander tries to close the distance and clinch but Zelenka swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away. Zelenka misses with a body kick. Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Zelenka.
den Hollander tries a head kick but it misses.
den Hollander takes a swing at Zelenka's ribcage but misses. Zelenka jabs den Hollander to the body, keeping him at a distance. Zelenka misses with a low kick.
den Hollander changes levels and scores with a jab to the body. den Hollander moves out of range of the leg kick from Zelenka.
That's three minutes gone in the round. den Hollander throws a quick inside leg kick. Zelenka lands a jab to the nose. Zelenka scores with a nice body kick.
Zelenka misses with a leg kick letting den Hollander counter with a right hand. den Hollander uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Zelenka. Good exchange - den Hollander coming out on top. That kick from Zelenka tenderised den Hollander's leg. den Hollander is trying to keep his angry face on. Zelenka stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush. den Hollander fails with an attempt to clinch.
A shot to the liver by Zelenka. Beautiful body shot. The crowd are loving this. Great action here. Zelenka takes a body punch but keeps moving. Zelenka throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Zelenka.
That's four minutes gone in the round. Zelenka jabs away that one connects to the head of his opponent.
den Hollander blocks a head kick by Zelenka.
Zelenka misses with a leg kick and den Hollander moves into the clinch. Nice body punch from Zelenka. Zelenka lands a shoulder strike. den Hollander swings away with an uppercut that misses.
den Hollander lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage. den Hollander misses with the head strike.
Zelenka lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards. den Hollander misses with some punches.
den Hollander misses with a short punch on the inside. The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action! den Hollander doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
den Hollander misses with a hook from the clinch. den Hollander misses with a knee strike.
den Hollander misses with a punch on the inside.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close round but Jan Zelenka will probably get the nod. The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!
den Hollander tries to score with a low kick but Zelenka moves his leg out of the way. den Hollander connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt. A big right from Zelenka misses. Zelenka throws a low kick but it's checked well by den Hollander. den Hollander sees a low kick coming and goes to check it, but it's actually a body kick and it thuds into his unprotected ribs. den Hollander misses with a looping right. den Hollander misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Zelenka.
den Hollander misses with an uppercut. Zelenka fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches den Hollander on the side of the head. A head kick misses from den Hollander. The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as den Hollander checks a leg kick. Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from den Hollander 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 Zelenka has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Zelenka and we're back underway with a touch of gloves. Zelenka scoring well with a low kick there.
den Hollander just misses with a punch to the body.
That's one minute gone in the round. Zelenka lands a nice leg kick that just misses den Hollander's sensitive parts. den Hollander moves into range and lands a nice leg kick. Zelenka lands with a shot to the body. Zelenka throws a right high kick that is partially blocked by den Hollander. Zelenka sends den Hollander crashing to the mat with a devastating uppercut! Zelenka is motioning to the referee to let den Hollander up. He wants to try and finish this one on the feet!
den Hollander is rocked! This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff! den Hollander is looking to clinch but Zelenka is avoiding it.
Oh den Hollander is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!! den Hollander gets hit by the mother of all head kicks and drops to the canvas in a crumpled heap! Woooow, the Internet is going to be talking about this one for weeks!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:33 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Head Kick). Jan Zelenka! Jan Zelenka seemed lost for words in his post fight interview but he remembered to thank his fans and directed everyone to his website.
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energy
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hype
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pop
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mgr
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RATING
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