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Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Lash Yu (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Maniek Krol (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). This should be a great matchup!
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160 lbs
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150 lbs
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BJJ Blue Belt
Basic striking
Granite chin |
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BJJ Blue Belt
Solid Muay Thai
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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
3 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Lash Yu!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
4 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Maniek Krol!
The judges for this bout are Arvi Lind, Johanna Lukiainen and Tarja Halkonen.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Krol displays good takedown defense there as he swats away a double leg from Yu.
Krol clinches up against the ropes.
Krol landing knees to the body.
Yu is trying to work for a single leg takedown but Krol pulls him back up using the underhooks.
Yu is breathing heavily.
Krol lands a nice knee to the body.
Yu tries for a takedown. No joy.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Lash Yu. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Krol lands a good knee to the midsection. Yu won't want to take too many of those.
Krol working Yu over with knees to the body.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Yu blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Nice elbow from Krol.
Krol utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Krol lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Krol is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.
Krol comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Krol lands an elbow inside that Yu shrugs off.
Krol lands an elbow that stopped Yu in his tracks for a moment.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Krol obliges.
Knees to the body from Krol.
Krol lands an elbow inside.
Krol unloads a knee to the mid-section. Yu lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Krol landing knees to the head.
Krol crunches a lovely knee into Yu's ribcage.
Krol is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Krol landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Krol creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Yu's defenses.
Krol with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Krol.
Krol lands an elbow just above Yu 's eye.
Yu changes levels and goes for a takedown here. Krol fights it off and pushes away nicely.
Krol tries to clinch up but Yu circles away and keeps his distance.
Krol keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.
Krol tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Krol tries to close the distance and clinch but Yu swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Yu misses with a takedown attempt - Krol sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
Krol wants to clinch.
Krol is looking to clinch but Yu is avoiding it.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Krol tries to clinch but Yu is having none of it.
Yu shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has Krol pinned against the ropes. Krol gets the underhooks and manages to circle away.
Krol is looking to clinch.
Krol rushes Yu and presses him up against the ropes.
Krol lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Krol missing with knees to the body.
Krol scores with a knee to the head.
Krol pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the ropes.
Yu wants a takedown but no success here.
Yu avoiding damage as Krol throws knees to the body.
Krol trying to land knees to the body.
Krol prevents the takedown attempt.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Krol lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Yu managing to block the knees to the body from Krol.
Krol gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Krol pushes off an throws an elbow but Yu leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the ropes.
Yu blocks an elbow strike from Krol.
Krol pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the ropes.
Krol prevents the takedown attempt.
Krol missing with knees to the body.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Krol lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Krol trying to land knees to the body.
Yu has hold of a leg and is looking for a trip takedown. Krol avoids it nicely though and we remain in the clinch.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Maniek Krol 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.
Krol tries to close the distance and clinch but Yu swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
The fight stays on the outside here - Krol looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Krol tries to clinch up against the ropes, rushing in the close the distance. Yu manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Krol fails with an attempt to clinch.
Krol tries to clinch there but Yu circles away.
Yu closes the distance and gets a trip takedown into side control. Krol quickly recovers to half guard.
The referee is pacing around the two fighters - he looks like he's thinking about a standup.
Krol wants to get back to his feet.
Yu scores with a couple of good hammerfists.
Yu lands with a punch from half guard.
Krol tries to kick Yu off but Yu keeps his base steady and stays in half guard.
Yu landing with strikes to the body and head, softening up his opponent.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Yu tries to pass to full mount but Krol defends it.
Yu lands with a punch from half guard.
Yu lands a big shot. The thud that echoes around the arena is like music to the fans' ears.
Krol wants to get back to his feet.
The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. Yu lands a nice short elbow.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Krol wants to get back to his feet.
The fighters are trapped in the ropes so we're going to have a reposition here. The ref calls for a break and repositions the fighters in the center of the ring.
Yu landing with strikes to the body and head, softening up his opponent.
Yu seems to be taking a bit of a break to think of his next move. He lands a short punch in the meantime.
Yu working some ground and pound from close in. He's looking to maintain this position and strike for a while by the looks of things... although he'll probably advance to full mount in a minute now I've said that.
Nice strikes from Yu there.
Yu not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
Yu throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
Yu thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
Krol wants to get back to his feet.
Yu working some ground and pound from close in. He's looking to maintain this position and strike for a while by the looks of things... although he'll probably advance to full mount in a minute now I've said that.
Krol on the receiving end of some nice ground and pound.
Both fighters really going for it on the ground here!
Yu looks to score some points with some ground and pound.
Yu prevents Krol from standing back up.
Krol has hold of Yu's hands but Yu slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.
Yu prevents Krol from standing back up.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Krol pushes Yu off and gets back to his feet.
Krol tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Yu tries to score a power double leg takedown but Krol sees that one coming and sprawls well. That will dishearten Yu somewhat.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Krol fails in his attempt to clinch.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Yu throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around Krol's waist but Krol gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing Yu off to one side.
Yu circles away from the clinch attempt.
The fight moves into the clinch position.
Yu on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Yu tries for a takedown but Krol manages to get underhooks.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Lash Yu. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Krol is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Yu is defending well for now.
Yu wants a takedown but no success here.
Krol misses with a knee strike.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Krol is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Yu is defending well for now.
Krol throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Yu blocks it with crossed arms.
Krol pushes off an throws an elbow but Yu leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the ropes.
Krol missing with knees to the body.
Krol tries a knee to the head but Yu blocks it.
Krol misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Yu.
Yu has moved round to his opponent's back and is looking for a suplex! Oh snap! He's tossed Krol clear over his head and slammed him to the mat!
Yu lands punches and elbows.
Krol is trying to get back to his feet but he's not managed it yet.
Yu scores with punches and elbows.
Yu lands strikes to the head.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Yu has his opponent's back but Krol is looking to stand. He manages to get to his feet and shakes off Yu.
Krol tries to close the distance and clinch up against the ropes but Yu paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Yu shoots in for a double leg but Krol sprawls well. That's going to sap some energy.
Yu shoots in but no luck this time.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Krol moves in looking to clinch but Yu pushes him off.
Maniek Krol is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Krol is looking to clinch but Yu is avoiding it.
Krol keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.
Yu shoots in for a takedown and gets it.
Krol wants to get back to his feet.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Yu scores with a couple of good hammerfists.
Yu looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Krol with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
Krol is looking to escape.
Yu is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Lash Yu dominated that second round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! This is the final round!
The fight stays on the outside here - Krol looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Krol doesn't manage to clinch there - Yu circles away.
Yu shoots in for a takedown. He's persisting with it as Krol sprawls well. Krol wins this battle and keeps the fight standing. Yu gets slowly back to his feet.
Yu shoots in and scores a nice double leg takedown into half guard.
Krol is looking to escape.
Yu lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.
Krol has one foot on Yu's thigh - he pushes off and manages to get back to his feet.
No luck with that takedown attempt from Yu.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Krol tries to clinch there but Yu circles away.
Krol clinches with his opponent.
Krol landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Krol tries to land a knee to the head but Yu blocks with his arms.
Krol connects with a nasty looking knee right to Yu's face.
Yu tries for a takedown but Krol manages to get underhooks.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Lash Yu. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Yu avoids the elbow strike from Krol, against the ropes.
Krol connects with a nasty looking knee right to Yu's face.
Yu drops down for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Krol unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Krol lands a nice knee to the body.
With the two fighters working up against the ropes, Krol just misses with a elbow thrown towards Yu's brow.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Yu wants to take the fight to the mat but Krol manages to get underhooks and keep the fight in the clinch.
Krol trying to land knees to the body.
Krol tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Yu avoiding damage as Krol throws knees to the body.
Yu avoids the elbow strike from Krol, against the ropes.
Yu on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Yu wants a takedown.
Krol lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Krol misses with a knee to the head.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Krol.
Yu avoiding damage as Krol throws knees to the body.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Krol working Yu over with knees to the body.
Krol trying to land knees to the body.
Krol looking to throw knees to the head but Yu is blocking nicely.
Yu takes an elbow to the temple.
Krol missing with knees to the body.
Yu drops down looking for an ankle pick but Krol pulls his leg out and moves away.
Krol closes the distance and pushes Yu back into the ropes.
Krol tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Krol comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Yu wants a takedown but no success here.
Yu on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Krol tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Yu avoids it.
Yu wants the takedown. Krol is fighting it off but Yu persists and manages to bring the fight to the ground, ending up in Krol's guard against the ropes.
Yu postures up and lands a big shot to Krol's brow.
Krol is looking to stand up but Yu isn't so interested in that idea.
Yu works over Krol with some ground and pound from guard.
Yu stops Krol from standing up.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Yu postures up and lands a big shot to Krol's brow.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Yu is working Krol over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes.
Krol wants to stand up but Yu is controlling him.
Lash Yu has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
And that's the end of the fight!
Maniek Krol comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think Krol 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 Arvi Lind scores the fight for Maniek Krol!
Judge Johanna Lukiainen scores the fight for Maniek Krol!
Judge Tarja Halkonen scores the fight for Maniek Krol!
Maniek Krol wins by unanimous decision!
During a confident post fight interview, Maniek Krol thanked all his fans. He seemed very genuine when describing how motivated his fans keep him.
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energy
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hype
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FIGHT
RATING
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