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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Pvt. Mullen (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Andre Van der Laan (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Mullen and Andre Van der Laan. Van der Laan comes into a darkened arena with his song building. Eazy-E ft. Tupac, The Game - How We Do kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! I'm sure you'll be fascinated to know that I was talking to some pointless Z list celebrity before the fight and he thought that Andre Van der Laan was going to win. Let's see if he was right.
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195 lbs
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195 lbs
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Good wrestling
World class boxer
Insanely flexible |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
15 - 6 - 1, fighting out of Amsterdam, Pvt. Mullen!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
28 - 13 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Andre Van der Laan!
The judges for this bout are William Gold, Sam Margolis and Andrew Berry.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Mullen misses with a two punch combination.
Mullen throws a series of punches but Van der Laan moves out of range.
Pvt. Mullen seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Mullen tries to close the distance and clinch but Van der Laan swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Mullen lands a nice shot that snaps Van der Laan's head back.
Van der Laan tries to clinch there but Mullen circles away.
Van der Laan misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Mullen.
Van der Laan goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Mullen throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Mullen moves out of range of the body kick from Van der Laan.
Mullen takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Van der Laan throws a right and a left that both miss.
Mullen pushes Van der Laan up against the cage in a clinch.
Van der Laan throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Mullen lands an elbow just above Van der Laan 's eye.
Van der Laan tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Mullen avoids it.
Mullen blocks an elbow strike.
Van der Laan is pushing Mullen 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 der Laan misses with an elbow strike.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Mullen misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Mullen takes a knee right on the jaw!
Van der Laan trying to stall but Mullen improves his position.
The fighters are pressed against the cage, as the pace of the fight slows.
Van der Laan misses with a knee to the head.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Mullen taking a breather.
Van der Laan trying to land knees to the body.
Van der Laan slowing the pace effectively.
Mullen breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Mullen misses with a looping right.
Mullen checks a low kick from Van der Laan.
Mullen throws out a loose jab but Van der Laan uses good head movement to avoid it.
Van der Laan throws a right and a left that Mullen avoids nicely.
Mullen misses with a low kick.
Mullen throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Mullen tries to land a leg kick but Van der Laan saw it coming and moves away.
A head kick misses from Van der Laan.
Mullen moves out of range as Van der Laan throws a body kick.
Mullen throws an ugly left hook that misses
letting Van der Laan counter with a right hand.
Van der Laan throws a sloppy head kick and Mullen moves out of range easily.
Van der Laan looks to score with a jab to the body but Mullen is just out of range.
Van der Laan connects with a solid leg kick.
Mullen scores with a hook to the body. Van der Laan takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
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!
Mullen needs to keep his hands up - Van der Laan had a free shot at his head there.
A head kick from Van der Laan lands but Mullen takes it in his stride.
Van der Laan throws a nice inside leg kick.
Van der Laan scores with a nice body kick.
Mullen misses with a hook. Van der Laan ducked under it nicely.
Mullen scores with a jab.
A solid leg kick lands there for Van der Laan.
Van der Laan moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Van der Laan throws a nice inside leg kick.
Van der Laan tries to close the distance and clinch up but Mullen swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Van der Laan looks for the body kick but Mullen saw that one coming.
Van der Laan throws a jab when Mullen was well out of range.
Mullen tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. Van der Laan manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Van der Laan scores with a leg kick.
Good work by Van der Laan as he checks the leg kick.
Van der Laan scoring well with a low kick there.
Van der Laan lands with a straight right. Mullen didn't see that one coming.
Mullen misses with the combination.
Van der Laan misses with a looping left.
Mullen throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Some bone on bone action there as Van der Laan checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
Van der Laan avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Van der Laan lands a body shot.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Van der Laan 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 Mullen has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Mullen and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
Van der Laan avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Van der Laan throws a right hand that misses
and Mullen counters by moving into the clinch. Good anticipation by Mullen.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Mullen just misses with a elbow thrown towards Van der Laan's brow.
Van der Laan looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Van der Laan misses with a knee to the head.
Van der Laan escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Van der Laan lands a kick to the ribs of his opponent. Nice work there - in and out in a flash.
Van der Laan throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Van der Laan takes a swing at Mullen's ribcage but misses.
A kick lands to the mid section there for Van der Laan.
Mullen misses with a two punch combination.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Nice shot lands for Van der Laan.
Van der Laan misses with a low kick.
Mullen throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Van der Laan slips under a jab from Mullen.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Andre Van der Laan dominated that round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!
Van der Laan ducks under a wild hook from Mullen.
Van der Laan pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
The fight moves into the clinch position.
Mullen swings wildly with an uppercut but Van der Laan uses good head movement to avoid it.
Mullen is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Van der Laan looking to stall.
Van der Laan tries to land a knee to the head but Mullen blocks with his arms.
Van der Laan tries to land knees in the clinch but Mullen avoids the damage to the body.
Van der Laan breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
A big right from Mullen misses.
Mullen blocks a head kick by Van der Laan.
Mullen just misses with a punch to the body.
Van der Laan misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Mullen throws a body punch but Van der Laan moves out of range.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Van der Laan thows a body shot but no joy.
Mullen just misses with a punch to the body.
Mullen avoids the head kick by Van der Laan.
Van der Laan feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Mullen's calf.
Van der Laan throws a right hand that Mullen ducks under and follows up with a left that Mullen also avoids with ease.
Mullen throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Jab from Mullen.
Mullen keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Mullen misses with a wild body shot.
Mullen drops his hands momentarily and Van der Laan takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
Van der Laan fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Mullen has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Mullen avoids the head kick by Van der Laan.
Mullen is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
Van der Laan fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Van der Laan throws a leg kick but Mullen sees it coming and moves out of range.
Van der Laan takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Van der Laan tries a low kick but Mullen avoids it.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Van der Laan dips to his left and cracks Mullen with an uppercut!
Mullen thows a leg kick but Van der Laan checks it
and Van der Laan counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Mullen throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Van der Laan stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Van der Laan takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
Van der Laan checks a leg kick.
Mullen swats away the attempt to clinch by Van der Laan.
Van der Laan takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
Van der Laan slips a jab from Mullen.
A head kick misses from Van der Laan.
Mullen tries to clinch up but Van der Laan circles away and keeps his distance.
The fighters circling - Mullen throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
A big right from Mullen misses.
A head kick misses from Van der Laan.
Van der Laan throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Mullen fails to land with a series of punches.
Van der Laan misses with a leg kick.
Mullen lands with a straight right. Van der Laan didn't see that one coming.
Van der Laan throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Van der Laan lands a jab to Mullen's midsection.
Mullen's corner calls for a 1, 2 combination and Mullen duly obliges.
Van der Laan pushes Mullen away with a front kick.
Van der Laan uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Mullen.
Mullen misses with an uppercut. Van der Laan saw that one coming.
Van der Laan tries a head kick but it misses.
Van der Laan misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Mullen.
Mullen slips under a jab from Van der Laan.
Van der Laan scores with a hook to the body. Mullen takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Mullen scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.
Pvt. Mullen is winning the standup battle so far.
Mullen connects with a jab.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Mullen avoids the body shot from Van der Laan.
Van der Laan is throwing a lot of body shots here, looking to wear down Mullen rather than just go for the knockout.
Van der Laan lands with an uppercut that bounces Mullen off the cage and back into range.
Mullen keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Mullen misses with a looping left.
Mullen walks into a left hand.
Van der Laan misses with the body kick
and Mullen counters with a stiff right hand.
Nice uppercut there from Mullen.
Van der Laan scores with a head kick.
Mullen forces Van der Laan back against the cage and clinches.
Van der Laan trying to control the position but instead, Mullen has worked for underhooks and has pushed Van der Laan into the cage.
Van der Laan prevents Mullen from breaking the clinch.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Van der Laan using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Mullen has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Van der Laan working Mullen over with knees to the body.
Van der Laan misses with a knee strike.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close second round but I would say that Pvt. Mullen will probably get the nod.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action! The crowd applaud as we get ready to start the final round!
Van der Laan throws a leg kick but Mullen sees it coming and moves out of range.
Van der Laan tries to land a leg kick but Mullen saw it coming and moves away.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Mullen, right into the meat.
Mullen is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Van der Laan.
Mullen moves in looking to clinch but Van der Laan pushes him off.
Van der Laan moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
Mullen swings for the body but Van der Laan moves out of range.
Mullen connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Van der Laan's hands.
Mullen misses with a wild body shot.
Van der Laan swats away the attempt to clinch by Mullen.
Crunch! Van der Laan slams his shin into Mullen's torso.
Van der Laan misses with a few strikes there.
Mullen throws a hook but Van der Laan avoids it easily.
Van der Laan swings and misses with a hook to the body.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Mullen staying out of range there.
Van der Laan fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Mullen manages to avoid it.
Van der Laan looks to score with a jab to the body but Mullen is just out of range.
Van der Laan throws a head kick that misses.
Van der Laan fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Mullen manages to avoid it.
Van der Laan throws a good cross that connects.
The fighters circling - Van der Laan throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Mullen takes one on the chin but seems OK.
Van der Laan avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Van der Laan comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Van der Laan looks to score with a jab to the body but Mullen is just out of range.
A big left from Mullen misses.
Van der Laan misses with a low kick as Mullen jumps back.
Van der Laan moves forwards but Mullen connects with a nice, crisp jab.
Mullen misses with a wild combination.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Van der Laan lands with a slapping head kick.
Van der Laan with a jab.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Van der Laan scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Mullen doesn't seem bothered though.
Mullen will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Van der Laan lands a head kick!
Van der Laan avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Mullen with a jab.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Van der Laan.
Van der Laan blocks a leg kick.
Mullen moves in looking to clinch but Van der Laan pushes him off.
Mullen throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Van der Laan.
Van der Laan moves in looking to clinch but Mullen pushes him off.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Van der Laan moves away from the strike by Mullen.
Van der Laan cracks Mullen with an open hand slap.
Mullen misses with a hook.
Mullen throws a big shot that misses.
Van der Laan goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Mullen looks to score with a jab to the body but Van der Laan is just out of range.
Mullen moves out of range of the strikes.
Mullen looks to land a right hand but Van der Laan moved out of range.
Van der Laan tests Mullen's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Mullen misses with an uppercut. Van der Laan saw that one coming.
Mullen scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Van der Laan slips a straight right by Mullen.
Van der Laan misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Van der Laan lands a nice looking body kick.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Van der Laan takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
Mullen smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
Mullen lands with a shot to the body.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Mullen misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Van der Laan.
Mullen pivots, looking for a leg kick but Van der Laan is out of range and Mullen settles back down.
Van der Laan misses with an uppercut. Mullen saw that one coming.
Van der Laan throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Mullen throws a nice inside leg kick.
Mullen fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Van der Laan thows a leg kick but Mullen checks it
and Mullen counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Mullen cracks Van der Laan with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
Van der Laan throws a quick head kick that skims the top of Mullen's head.
Van der Laan takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Mullen chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Van der Laan can pounce on him.
Van der Laan misses the shot to the body.
And that's the end of the fight!
That was a close round. You could make an argument for either fighter but I would give it to Pvt. Mullen.
I think Mullen has won this one but let's see what the judges have to say. 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 William Gold scores the fight 27:30
Judge Sam Margolis scores the fight 29:29
Judge Andrew Berry scores the fight 29:28
The fight is ruled a draw!
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hype
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