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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Kamil Tomcik (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Andre Van der Laan (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Tomcik's entrance music is We Were Fighters. A fine choice. 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! Andre Van der Laan has the power to score a knockout today if he connects clean with Kamil Tomcik's chin.
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191 lbs
34 - 16 - 1 |
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185 cm
36
195 lbs
32 - 15 - 1 |
Abu Dhabi Champ
World class boxer
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Good wrestler
World class MT
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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
34 - 16 - 1, fighting out of Amsterdam, Kamil Tomcik!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
32 - 15 - 1, fighting out of Helsinki, Andre Van der Laan!
The judges for this bout are Steven Brown, James Ackerman and Richard Clark.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Tomcik takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
Tomcik takes one to the side of the head.
Van der Laan slips under a jab from Tomcik.
Kamil Tomcik seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Tomcik lands a vicious shot with the stealth of a sniper and the strength of a viper. Are vipers that strong? I can think of lots of things that are stronger than a viper - not many rhyme with sniper though.
Van der Laan takes one to the side of the head.
A decent looking cross lands there for Tomcik.
Tomcik scores with a jab to the body.
Tomcik lands with a cross.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Van der Laan moves in looking to clinch but Tomcik pushes him off.
Tomcik throws a leg kick that is checked
and Van der Laan counters by moving into the clinch.
A shot in the inside from Tomcik.
A body shot lands from Tomcik.
Van der Laan avoiding damage.
Tomcik is trying to work for a single leg takedown but Van der Laan pulls him back up using the underhooks.
Tomcik avoiding damage as Van der Laan throws knees to the body.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Van der Laan crunches a lovely knee into Tomcik's ribcage.
Van der Laan just leaning against Tomcik, taking a breather.
Tomcik working hard to break the clinch.
Tomcik is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
Van der Laan with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Van der Laan lands a good knee to the midsection. Tomcik won't want to take too many of those.
Van der Laan is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Tomcik is defending well for now.
Tomcik misses with a hook from the clinch.
Tomcik takes an elbow to the temple.
Tomcik dodges an elbow strike from Van der Laan.
Tomcik avoids the elbow strike from Van der Laan, against the cage.
Van der Laan looking to throw knees to the head but Tomcik is blocking nicely.
Van der Laan tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Tomcik misses with some punches.
Tomcik working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Tomcik lands a nice shot to the body.
Tomcik lands with a short shot to the head.
Van der Laan tries to land knees in the clinch but Tomcik avoids the damage to the body.
Van der Laan scores with a knee to the head.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Tomcik working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Van der Laan has Tomcik pressed against the cage, preventing Tomcik from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Van der Laan throws an elbow but it misses.
Van der Laan prevents a takedown attempt there.
Tomcik is trying to push Van der Laan away but Van der Laan has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Van der Laan creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Tomcik's defenses.
Tomcik is trying to break the clinch but Van der Laan has him pressed against the cage.
Tomcik avoiding damage as Van der Laan throws knees to the body.
Tomcik is trying to break free.
Tomcik's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
A chopping leg kick lands by Van der Laan.
A solid leg kick lands there for Van der Laan.
A head kick by Tomcik misses
and Tomcik takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Van der Laan takes one to the chin there.
Tomcik fails miserably with a takedown attempt.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Kamil Tomcik. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Tomcik turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Van der Laan connects with a solid leg kick.
Van der Laan fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Tomcik lands a high kick!
Tomcik throws a shot from downtown. Van der Laan moves away and avoids it.
Van der Laan displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Tomcik throws out the jab.
Tomcik paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
Van der Laan on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
Tomcik waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Van der Laan.
Van der Laan will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.
Tomcik misses with a two punch combination.
Andre Van der Laan is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Tomcik lands a kick to the ribs of his opponent. Nice work there - in and out in a flash.
Nice uppercut there from Tomcik.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Tomcik lands with an uppercut that bounces Van der Laan off the cage and back into range.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Van der Laan looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Van der Laan keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Tomcik is really peppering his opponent's head with punches.
Tomcik misses with an attempted mid kick.
Van der Laan gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Tomcik.
Van der Laan gets a clinch.
Knees to the body from Van der Laan.
Van der Laan stalling in the clinch but Tomcik improves position.
A frustrated look appears on Tomcik's face as he tries to break the clinch.
A shot in the inside from Tomcik.
Tomcik throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Van der Laan avoiding damage.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Van der Laan crunches a lovely knee into Tomcik's ribcage.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Van der Laan just misses with a elbow thrown towards Tomcik's brow.
Van der Laan with a knee to the head.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close round but Andre Van der Laan will probably get the nod.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.
Van der Laan checks a low kick from Tomcik.
It looks like Kamil Tomcik has been cut.
Van der Laan uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Tomcik.
Tomcik connects with an inside leg kick.
Van der Laan scores with a leg kick.
Van der Laan doesn't manage to clinch there - Tomcik circles away.
Van der Laan takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Tomcik blocks a head kick by Van der Laan.
Tomcik looks to land a combination but Van der Laan avoids it well.
Van der Laan missing with a left hand there. Tomcik was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Van der Laan lands a kick to the ribs of his opponent. Nice work there - in and out in a flash.
Van der Laan misses with a low kick.
Tomcik lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
Tomcik thows a left - swing and a miss!
Van der Laan tries to clinch but Tomcik is having none of it.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Nice body punch from Tomcik.
Tomcik takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
A chopping leg kick lands by Tomcik.
Kamil Tomcik is winning the standup battle so far.
Tomcik throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Van der Laan sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Tomcik misses with the body kick
and Van der Laan holds on and brings the fighters into a clinch.
Tomcik has managed to pull guard. Let's see whether he can work an aggressive guard. It will also be interesting to see what tactics Van der Laan uses from the top position.
Tomcik has a closed guard, preventing Van der Laan from standing up.
Van der Laan stands and steps away. Tomcik gets to his feet too and we're back to the striking game.
Van der Laan keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Tomcik.
Nice straight punches there by Van der Laan. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Van der Laan.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Van der Laan with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Tomcik to score with a decent uppercut.
Tomcik lands with a hook. Van der Laan tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Tomcik tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Van der Laan was well out of range. Poor timing from Tomcik.
Van der Laan attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
Van der Laan ducks under a wild hook from Tomcik.
Van der Laan throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Tomcik connects with an inside leg kick.
Tomcik connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Van der Laan momentarily.
Tomcik's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Van der Laan connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Tomcik scrambles back to his feet.
Van der Laan lands with a shot to the body.
Tomcik lands a really nice looking cross but Van der Laan seems unphased.
Tomcik blocks a head kick by Van der Laan.
Van der Laan throws a body punch but Tomcik moves out of range.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Tomcik, right into the meat.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Van der Laan defends well against a solid takedown attempt from Tomcik.
A nice inside leg kick there by Tomcik. That's going to slow Van der Laan down.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Tomcik 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 Van der Laan has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Van der Laan and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
Tomcik connects with a body shot.
Van der Laan throws a left and a right that both miss
and Tomcik counters with a thumping low kick.
Van der Laan stuffs a takedown. It's all about dictating where the fight takes place and Van der Laan wants it to stay on the feet.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Tomcik misses with a body shot.
Tomcik throws a front kick aimed at Van der Laan's knee but Van der Laan avoids it well.
Tomcik throws a head kick that misses.
Van der Laan looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Van der Laan scores with a leg kick.
Tomcik throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Tomcik throws a right and a left that both miss.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Van der Laan ducks right into an uppercut from Tomcik.
A left lands for Tomcik.
Van der Laan takes a swing at Tomcik's ribcage but misses.
Van der Laan lands a nice leg kick that just misses Tomcik's sensitive parts.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Tomcik misses with a straight left.
Van der Laan tries to land a front kick but Tomcik steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
Tomcik throws a quick inside leg kick.
Tomcik looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Van der Laan throws a nice outside leg kick.
Van der Laan's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Van der Laan connects with an inside leg kick.
Van der Laan tries to close the distance and clinch up but Tomcik swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Tomcik fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Van der Laan.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close second round but Andre Van der Laan will probably get the nod - 10:9.
The cut man is working on Kamil Tomcik's cut.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action! And we move into the final round!
Tomcik fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Van der Laan is out of range.
Tomcik checks a leg kick.
A leg kick checked by Van der Laan.
Van der Laan throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Tomcik looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Van der Laan throws a leg kick that misses.
A solid leg kick lands there for Van der Laan.
Van der Laan chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Van der Laan throws a body punch but Tomcik moves out of range.
Van der Laan ducks under a wild hook from Tomcik.
A nice leg kick lands there from Tomcik.
Van der Laan 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.
Van der Laan moves out of range of the strikes.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Van der Laan avoids the body shot from Tomcik.
A head kick misses from Van der Laan.
Tomcik just misses with a punch to the body.
Tomcik takes a swing at Van der Laan's ribcage but misses.
Van der Laan blocks a head kick by Tomcik.
Van der Laan avoids a kick to the body.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Van der Laan moves out of range of the strikes.
Tomcik misses with a jab, cross combination.
Van der Laan uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Tomcik.
Tomcik circles away from the clinch attempt.
Van der Laan checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time.
Tomcik slips under a jab from Van der Laan.
Van der Laan throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Van der Laan avoids the head kick by Tomcik.
Van der Laan misses with a head kick.
Van der Laan defending well as Tomcik loads up on a big left hand.
Tomcik thows a body shot but no joy.
Tomcik is looking to score with low kicks.
Tomcik takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
Tomcik stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Van der Laan.
Tomcik throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Van der Laan sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Van der Laan keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
Tomcik throws a looping overhand right but Van der Laan ducks down to avoid it.
Van der Laan lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Tomcik throws a body kick that misses.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Tomcik stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Van der Laan.
Van der Laan misses with a low kick.
Kamil Tomcik has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Van der Laan connects with a solid leg kick.
Tomcik lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Tomcik takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Van der Laan avoids the body shot from Tomcik.
Van der Laan checks the leg kick.
Tomcik throws a combination that misses
and Van der Laan counters with a stiff right hand.
Van der Laan uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
Van der Laan checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time.
Tomcik ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Van der Laan moves away.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
A nice leg kick lands there from Van der Laan.
Tomcik throws a leg kick but Van der Laan sees it coming and checks it nicely.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Tomcik throws a lazy right hand but Van der Laan sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Tomcik throws out a powerful jab.
Tomcik misses with a straight left.
Tomcik connects with the punch.
Van der Laan fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Tomcik has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Van der Laan is on the wrong end of a nice combination from Tomcik.
Donk. Van der Laan catches Tomcik right on the button with a cross.
Tomcik checks a leg kick nicely.
Tomcik lands a nice looking body kick.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Van der Laan tries to close the distance and clinch but Tomcik swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Decent striking displayed by Tomcik there.
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Tomcik, as that shot connected.
And that's the end of the fight!
I would just about give that final round to Andre Van der Laan.
I've got Van der Laan winning every round here. Surely the decision will go his way and he'll pick up a well deserved decision victory. 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 Steven Brown scores the fight 29:28
Judge James Ackerman scores the fight 27:30
Judge Richard Clark scores the fight 27:30
In favor of your winner, by split decision... Andre Van der Laan!
Andre Van der Laan decided to go for the less than humble approach in his post fight interview, telling everyone how he is going to conquer the world. The crowd seemed to like it when really that sort of approach could have gone either way.
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