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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Gert Muller (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Michal Kaznocki (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Michal Kaznocki will no doubt be looking to use his reach advantage to good effect.
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188 lbs
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182 lbs
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BJJ Blue Belt
Basic striking
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BJJ Blue Belt
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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
0 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Gert Muller!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Michal Kaznocki!
The judges for this bout are Aafke Stam, Patrick Alders and Saam Ante.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Kaznocki has a takedown stuffed.
Kaznocki closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Muller prevents the takedown attempt.
Kaznocki wants a takedown.
Gert Muller has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Michal Kaznocki.
Muller misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Muller working aggressively here.
Muller really is a fat lump.
Kaznocki turns his back and goes for a hip toss. It's a bit messy but it gets the job done and Kaznocki manages to end up in side control.
Muller is trying to control Kaznocki's posture but Kaznocki avoids it.
Kaznocki in side control, trying to ground and pound but not landing this time.
Kaznocki lands a few punches from side control.
Kaznocki wants to work for a kimura but he's foiled early by Muller, who protects the arm well.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Muller taking a bit of punishment here - Kaznocki scoring with strikes.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Sloppy strikes there by Kaznocki.
Kaznocki throws an elbow but Muller slips to the side and avoids it well.
Kaznocki is staying tight to Muller's torso, preventing him from escaping.
Kaznocki in the domination position with Muller hanging on.
Muller tries to work a leg under to get back to half guard but Kaznocki wriggles his own leg back out and remains in side control.
Kaznocki trying to control the position but Muller is working away.
Kaznocki is working Muller over with some ground and pound from side control.
Muller avoids any damage from the ground and pound of Kaznocki.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Kaznocki is working Muller over with some ground and pound from side control.
Kaznocki fails to land a wild elbow strike.
Kaznocki trying to control the action but Muller is working from the bottom.
Kaznocki throwing strikes but Muller manages to buck up and roll into a nice reversal - now he's on top in side control!
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Kaznocki manages to get back to half guard.
Muller perhaps working for something from half guard, or maybe not. It looks like he's just sitting there.
Muller is trying to control the action in half guard but Kaznocki is working away on the bottom, looking perhaps to get back to full guard.
Kaznocki wants to control but Muller is keeping busy and won't allow it.
Kaznocki has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Kaznocki is trying to stand.
Muller trying to mount his opponent but Kaznocki defends it.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Muller prevents Kaznocki from improving his position.
Kaznocki looks winded!
The referee decides to stand the fighters back up, due to lack of activity on the part of Gert Muller.
Muller closes the distance looking to clinch
and Kaznocki counters with a driving takedown into guard. Nice work there by Kaznocki.
Muller pushes Kaznocki off and scrambles back to his feet.
Muller throws a shot to the body.
Muller displaying good standup as he scores with a three punch combination.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Muller is looking to clinch but Kaznocki is avoiding it.
Muller moves to clinch but Kaznocki breaks away
and Kaznocki counters with a shoot takedown. Muller fights it but they end up in guard.
Muller controlling the position.
Muller might be looking to lock onto one of his opponent's long limbs for a submission, whilst we're on the ground.
Muller utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Kaznocki postures up.
Muller seems keen to control rather than go for a submission, at least for now.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
The referee decides to stand the fighters back up, due to lack of activity on the part of Gert Muller.
Kaznocki takes a body kick right on the floating rib. Ouchie.
Muller moves to clinch but Kaznocki breaks away
and Kaznocki counters with a body kick that stops Muller in his tracks momentarily.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Michal Kaznocki dominated that round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!
Muller throws a poor cross that misses
and Kaznocki counters by clinching up.
Kaznocki has dropped down and is looking to force the takedown but it's defended by Muller after a bit of a struggle.
Kaznocki dodges an elbow strike from Muller.
Muller breaks from the clinch.
Muller tries to clinch up but Kaznocki circles away and keeps his distance.
Kaznocki defending well as Muller loads up on a big left hand.
The fight stays on the outside here - Muller looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Muller thows a body shot but no joy.
Muller fails in his attempt to clinch.
Muller gets a clinch.
Muller misses with a punch to the body.
Muller misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Kaznocki.
Muller working hard to break the clinch.
Kaznocki has dropped down and is looking to force the takedown but it's defended by Muller after a bit of a struggle.
Muller tries a body shot but Kaznocki blocks it.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Kaznocki pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Muller tries to clinch but Kaznocki moves out of range.
Muller lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Kaznocki circles away quickly and effectively.
A chopping leg kick lands by Muller.
Kaznocki looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Muller is fending him off so far but Kaznocki persists. Nope, Muller circles away and we're back to standing.
Gert Muller has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Michal Kaznocki.
Muller is looking to clinch but Kaznocki is avoiding it.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Muller, right into the meat.
Muller tries to close the distance and clinch but Kaznocki swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Muller throws a body kick that misses.
No joy there for Muller, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Muller lands with a nice body kick.
Gert Muller is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Muller wants to clinch
and Kaznocki decides to take the opportunity to score a takedown. He's landed in Muller's guard.
Kaznocki is breathing heavily.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Kaznocki has gone for a leg lock! Muller slips out almost immediately though and dives into Kaznocki's guard.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Muller trying to stand up but can't free himself from Kaznocki's guard.
Muller controlling from the guard. I say controlling but really, he's stalling.
Muller wants to stand but Kaznocki has a closed guard, so he can't escape.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Kaznocki keeping moving, preventing Muller from controlling successfully.
The ref stands the fighters back up because Gert Muller just wasn't active enough.
Muller throws the kick towards the body but Kaznocki avoids it.
Muller tries to clinch but Kaznocki moves out of range.
Kaznocki tries for a takedown but Muller sees it coming a mile off and avoids it easily.
A jab from Muller misses.
Muller throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Muller tries to clinch but Kaznocki moves away
and Kaznocki counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Muller misses with a jab, cross combination.
Kaznocki blocks a head kick by Muller.
Kaznocki fails miserably with a takedown attempt.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Muller throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Kaznocki on the side of the head.
Kaznocki shoots in but no luck this time.
Muller clinches.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Kaznocki.
Muller is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Muller wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Muller struggles to land a body shot inside as Kaznocki controls his hands.
Muller is pressed up against the cage. Kaznocki has hold of a leg and is looking to drag Muller down to the mat. Muller avoids the attempt though and has circled away. We're back to striking at a distance.
Kaznocki shoots in looking for a double leg takedown. Muller defends it nicely.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Muller tries to clinch but Kaznocki moves out of range.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Gert Muller dominated that second round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action. This is the final round!
Muller misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Kaznocki gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Kaznocki wants a takedown but no success here.
Kaznocki breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
A head kick misses from Muller.
Muller connects with a solid leg kick.
Muller misses the jab.
Muller doesn't manage to clinch there - Kaznocki circles away.
Kaznocki fails with a takedown attempt.
Muller tries to close the distance and clinch up but Kaznocki swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Kaznocki takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Muller wants to clinch
and Kaznocki counters with a nice double leg into half guard.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Muller is concentrating on defense, preventing Kaznocki from advancing position.
Kaznocki working over Muller with some ground and pound. Muller looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable.
Muller tries to roll over but Kaznocki keeps him under control.
Kaznocki is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.
Kaznocki not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
Muller keeping control of the leg, stopping his opponent passing to mount.
Kaznocki takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Muller wants to get back to full guard.
Nice strikes from Kaznocki there.
Kaznocki missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
Kaznocki not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
Kaznocki throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
Muller trying to control from the bottom.
Muller makes his way to full guard. A much better position for Muller.
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!
Muller is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.
Michal Kaznocki has got the better of the ground game so far.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Muller preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Kaznocki trying to control the position from guard on top but Muller is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Kaznocki throwing strikes from guard but Muller blocks nicely.
Muller is trying to control the position but Kaznocki postures up.
Muller utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Kaznocki postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Kaznocki seems content to control from guard here. He's going to have to remain active though if he doesn't want to get stood back up.
Muller utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Kaznocki throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Kaznocki trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Kaznocki wants to control from the top but Muller keeps moving.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Muller is trying to control the position from the bottom.
And that's the end of the fight!
Michal Kaznocki comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think Kaznocki 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 Aafke Stam scores the fight 28:29
Judge Patrick Alders scores the fight 28:29
Judge Saam Ante scores the fight 28:29
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Michal Kaznocki!
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