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Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Hakeem Olajawon (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Robinson Mina (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Rumors backstage are that the fighters have been paid to keep it standing but we know that would never happen in MMA!
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BJJ White Belt
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the super heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of London, Hakeem Olajawon!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Robinson Mina!
The judges for this bout are Saam Ante, Paul Aken and Wagner Zegers.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Mina throws a mid kick that lands with a slap.
Olajawon throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Mina keeps the fight on the outside.
A right-left combo lands from Olajawon.
Olajawon on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
Mina misses with a body kick.
Mina connects with a solid leg kick.
Olajawon misses with a double jab.
Olajawon works over Mina's head and body with a nice combination.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Olajawon on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Mina. Mina obviously looking to wear him down.
Olajawon looks to score with a jab to the body but Mina is just out of range.
Olajawon loads up on a big right hand but Mina slips the punch.
That's a knee to de groin and it's over and out! Olajawon crumples to the ground after an illegal strike from Mina - the referee stops the clock and Olajawon gets 5 minutes to recover from that one. "I'm sorry" says Mina. Olajawon manages to get back to his feet and the fight resumes.
Danga de danga de dang - Olajawon scores with a four punch combination!
Olajawon tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Olajawon tries to close the distance and clinch up but Mina swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Mina lands with a kick to the ribs.
That kick from Mina tenderised Olajawon's leg. Olajawon is trying to keep his angry face on.
Mina lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Olajawon has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Mina.
Mina lands a kick to the ribs of his opponent. Nice work there - in and out in a flash.
Olajawon is breathing heavily.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Mina throws a mid kick that lands with a slap.
Olajawon throws a left and a right that both miss
and Mina counters with a nice body kick.
Mina lands a head kick. Olajawon smiles back at him and beckons him forward.
Mina lands a kick to the ribs of his opponent. Nice work there - in and out in a flash.
Mina feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Olajawon's calf.
That's a knee to de groin and it's over and out! Olajawon crumples to the ground after an illegal strike from Mina - the referee stops the clock and Olajawon gets 5 minutes to recover from that one. "I'm sorry" says Mina. Olajawon manages to get back to his feet and the fight resumes.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Mina lands a high kick!
Mina bobs and weaves and then throws a good body kick.
Mina plants his feet and lands a nice head kick!
Mina plants his feet and lands a nice head kick!
Mina lands with a head kick! That's gotta hurt.
Olajawon lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Mina circles away quickly and effectively.
Olajawon swings widly with a right hand
and Mina counters with a nice low kick that buckles Olajawon's knee momentarily.
A kick lands to the mid section there for Mina.
Olajawon will be looking to protect his midsection after taking some solid kicks to the body.
Mina lands with a nice body kick.
Olajawon takes a kick to the side of the head.
Mina throws a head kick that connects with a bit of head and a bit of hand.
Mina lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Olajawon takes a nasty kick to the mid section... That should keep him thinking. Does he try and block and risk a head kick landing?
Mina throws a head kick that half lands.
Mina throws a leg kick which misses Olajawon's front leg but catches the back leg as Olajawon tries to avoid it.
Mina throws a nice inside leg kick.
Mina connects with a high kick.
Olajawon throws a right hand that Mina ducks under and follows up with a left that Mina also avoids with ease.
Mina thows a body kick. Olajawon tries to catch it but that hurt him.
Olajawon takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Mina fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Olajawon has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Mina plants his feet and lands a nice head kick!
Mina throws a mid kick that lands with a slap.
Mina throws a head kick that looked like it stung.
Olajawon steps to his left, right into the path of a big body kick from Mina. That one must have hurt.
Nice defenses there by Mina.
Olajawon lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Mina circles away quickly and effectively.
Mina plants his feet and lands a nice head kick!
Mina tries a head kick but it misses.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Mina avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Olajawon takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Olajawon throws a jab when Mina was well out of range.
Olajawon throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Mina.
Mina lands a leg kick that knocks Olajawon off balance momentarily.
Mina throws a nice outside leg kick.
Mina lands with a kick to the temple. Olajawon shrugs as if to say "is that all you've got?"
Olajawon throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Mina.
Olajawon throws a right and a left that both miss.
Olajawon lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Mina circles away quickly and effectively.
Mina moves into range and lands a nice body kick.
Olajawon takes a head kick and keeps coming.
Mina throws a nice outside leg kick.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Mina feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Olajawon's calf.
Mina keeps Olajawon at a distance using the push kick.
Olajawon takes a kick to the side of the head.
Olajawon on the wrong end of a kick to the body.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
An inside leg kick lands from Mina.
Mina turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
A head kick misses from Mina.
Olajawon throws a right and a left that Mina avoids nicely.
Mina throws a nice head kick!
Hakeem Olajawon seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Mina showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Olajawon.
Mina lands with a head kick! That's gotta hurt.
Mina throws a head kick that half lands.
Olajawon tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Ooooh, nice body kick lands from Mina. Olajawon shrugs it off though.
Mina connects with a solid leg kick.
Mina throws a head kick that half lands.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Mina throws a nice head kick!
Olajawon is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
Mina throws a head kick but Olajawon moves out of range.
Mina throws a body kick that sends a sickening thudding noise reverberating around the arena.
Mina connects with a solid leg kick.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Robinson Mina dominated that round.
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.
A nice inside leg kick there by Mina. That's going to slow Olajawon down.
Olajawon throws a series of punches but Mina avoids them all with ease.
Olajawon tries to clinch up but Mina circles away and keeps his distance.
Mina thuds his shin into the meat of Olajawon's side.
We are yet to see a takedown attempt from Mina in the fight. On paper you would think he is the more dominant ground fighter so let's see if these unusual tactics pay off.
Olajawon blocks a head kick by Mina.
Mina is looking to land body kicks.
Olajawon tries to clinch but Mina moves away
and Mina counters with a big head kick but Olajawon shrugs it off.
Olajawon tries to check the leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Mina has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Olajawon jabs at Mina's body.
Robinson Mina seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Olajawon tries to clinch but Mina is having none of it.
Olajawon thows a body shot but no joy.
Olajawon sees a low kick coming and goes to check it, but it's actually a body kick and it thuds into his unprotected ribs.
Olajawon wants to clinch
and Mina counters with a solid body kick.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Olajawon misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
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!
Olajawon lunges at Mina with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Mina's hand.
Mina with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Mina avoids a punch combination nicely.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Olajawon throws a series of punches but Mina moves out of range.
Olajawon avoids the head kick by Mina.
Olajawon on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
Mina circles away from the clinch attempt
and Mina makes him pay by landing a thudding low kick.
Mina slips a jab and a cross from Olajawon.
Mina lands a head kick!
Olajawon throws a right and a left that Mina avoids nicely.
That's a knee to de groin and it's over and out! Olajawon crumples to the ground after an illegal strike from Mina - the referee stops the clock and Olajawon gets 5 minutes to recover from that one. "I'm sorry" says Mina. Olajawon manages to get back to his feet and the fight resumes.
A head kick misses from Mina.
Olajawon takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Olajawon tries to clinch but Mina moves away
and Mina counters with a nice low kick that buckles Olajawon's knee momentarily.
Mina thuds a mid kick into his opponent's body. That will wear on Olajawon if he has to take too many more of those.
Mina lands a kick to the ribs of his opponent. Nice work there - in and out in a flash.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Olajawon tries to clinch up
and Mina counters with a kick to the head that grazes his opponent. Olajawon is lucky that one didn't land flush.
Hakeem Olajawon is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
A nice leg kick lands there from Mina.
Mina throws a head kick that Olajawon semi-blocks.
Olajawon throws an overhand right that lands on Mina's shoulder, as Mina tries to avoid the shot.
Olajawon dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
A chopping leg kick lands by Mina.
Mina moves into range and lands a nice body kick.
Olajawon rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Mina moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Olajawon takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Mina lets loose with a powerful body kick. Olajawon will feel that in the morning.
Olajawon walks forward, straight into a front kick from Mina.
Olajawon throws a right hand that Mina ducks under and follows up with a left that Mina also avoids with ease.
Mina throws a right high kick that is partially blocked by Olajawon.
Mina throws a nice outside leg kick.
Mina keeps Olajawon at a distance using the push kick.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Mina turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
That's a knee to de groin and it's over and out! Olajawon crumples to the ground after an illegal strike from Mina - the referee stops the clock and Olajawon gets 5 minutes to recover from that one. "I'm sorry" says Mina. Olajawon manages to get back to his feet and the fight resumes.
Mina scores with a head kick. Olajawon tried to block it but didn't get his arm up in time.
Mina connects with a solid leg kick.
Olajawon blocks a head kick by Mina.
Mina lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Mina keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
A combination from Olajawon does no damage.
That kick from Mina tenderised Olajawon's leg. Olajawon is trying to keep his angry face on.
Mina scoring well with a low kick there.
Mina throws a quick inside leg kick.
Olajawon missing with a left hand there. Mina was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Mina explodes with a nice body kick and back out of range. Nice work.
Good leg kick by Mina there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Mina thuds his shin into the meat of Olajawon's side.
Mina throws a right high kick that is partially blocked by Olajawon.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Mina cracks the inside of Olajawon's front leg.
A nice inside leg kick there by Mina. That's going to slow Olajawon down.
Mina throws a head kick that Olajawon semi-blocks.
Olajawon swinging wildly here.
Mina feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Olajawon's calf.
Olajawon throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Mina avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Olajawon throws a series of punches but Mina avoids them all with ease.
Mina delivers a nice body kick.
Mina connects with a leg kick. Olajawon looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
Mina connects with a solid leg kick.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Mina pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Sloppy strikes from Olajawon. Those never looked like landing.
Mina lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
A thudding body kick lands there by Mina!
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Robinson Mina showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action! This is the final round!
A head kick from Mina lands but Olajawon takes it in his stride.
Olajawon takes a head kick and shrugs it off.
Olajawon looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Olajawon moves out of range of the body kick from Mina.
The fight stays on the outside here - Olajawon looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Mina fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Olajawon misses with a series of wild punches.
Olajawon wants to clinch
and Mina counters with a slapping leg kick.
Olajawon misses with a double jab.
Olajawon takes a nasty kick to the mid section... That should keep him thinking. Does he try and block and risk a head kick landing?
Olajawon will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Olajawon takes a body kick right on the floating rib. Ouchie.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Olajawon on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Mina. Mina obviously looking to wear him down.
Olajawon tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Mina paws at him with a jab and circles away.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Good leg kick by Mina there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Mina showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Olajawon.
Mina moves away from the strike by Olajawon.
Mina connects with a leg kick. Olajawon looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
Mina throws a head kick that connects with a bit of head and a bit of hand.
Mina connects with an inside leg kick.
Olajawon doesn't manage to clinch there - Mina circles away.
Olajawon tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. Mina manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Mina misses with a head kick.
Mina pushes Olajawon away with a front kick.
Olajawon blocks a head kick by Mina.
Olajawon tries to clinch but fails miserably
and Mina makes him pay by landing a thudding low kick.
Olajawon tries to close the distance and clinch but Mina swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Olajawon wants to clinch
and Mina counters with a body kick.
Nice body kick there by Mina.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Olajawon throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Mina fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Mina lands with a kick to the temple. Olajawon shrugs as if to say "is that all you've got?"
Mina lands a nice looking kick to the body. Olajawon takes a step back to recover.
Olajawon looks to land a combination but Mina avoids it well.
Olajawon is looking to clinch.
Mina scores with a push kick.
The fight stays on the outside here - Olajawon looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Mina.
Mina lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Mina takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
Mina throws a sloppy head kick and Olajawon moves out of range easily.
Mina showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Olajawon.
A nice inside leg kick there by Mina. That's going to slow Olajawon down.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Olajawon swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Mina throws a front kick that sends Olajawon stumbling back into the cage.
Mina explodes with a nice body kick and back out of range. Nice work.
Mina dodges the punch combination from Olajawon.
Mina buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Mina lands a nice leg kick that just misses Olajawon's sensitive parts.
Robinson Mina is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.
Olajawon throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Mina swats away the attempt to clinch by Olajawon.
Mina keeps Olajawon at a distance using the push kick.
Olajawon tries to bum rush Mina with a series of wild strikes but Mina uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Olajawon fails to land with a series of punches.
Olajawon on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
Olajawon takes a nasty kick to the mid section... That should keep him thinking. Does he try and block and risk a head kick landing?
Mina bobs and weaves and then throws a good body kick.
Hakeem Olajawon has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Nice body kick from Mina.
Mina is looking to slow Olajawon down with leg kicks.
Mina throws a head kick that looked like it stung.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Mina scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Crunch! Mina slams his shin into Olajawon's torso.
Mina lets loose with a powerful body kick. Olajawon will feel that in the morning.
A decent looking body kick lands there for Mina.
Olajawon throws a nice looking combination but Mina bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Olajawon is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Olajawon looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Olajawon tries to clinch
and Mina counters with a thumping low kick.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Mina slips a jab from Olajawon.
Mina lands a nice leg kick that just misses Olajawon's sensitive parts.
Olajawon sees a low kick coming and goes to check it, but it's actually a body kick and it thuds into his unprotected ribs.
Mina turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
And that's the end of the fight!
Robinson Mina comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Mina has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. 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 Saam Ante scores the fight 27:30
Judge Paul Aken scores the fight 27:30
Judge Wagner Zegers scores the fight 27:30
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Robinson Mina!
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