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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Mamed Khalidovv (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Stefan Roosmalen (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the ring.
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200 lbs
16 - 3 - 0 |
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200 lbs
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Good wrestling
Solid boxing
Insanely flexible |
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Excellent MT
Granite chin |
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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
16 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Mamed Khalidovv!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
26 - 15 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Stefan Roosmalen!
The judges for this bout are Aafke Stam, Radbod Blank and Patrick Alders.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Khalidovv shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with Roosmalen but Roosmalen pushes him off and we're back to square one.
Khalidovv misses with a takedown
and Roosmalen counters with a three punch combo that has Khalidovv backing up. Khalidovv nods at Roosmalen to acknowledge the strikes.
Khalidovv needs to keep his hands up - Roosmalen had a free shot at his head there.
Khalidovv misses with a takedown
and Roosmalen counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Khalidovv thinking.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Mamed Khalidovv. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Khalidovv has his takedown stuffed
and Roosmalen counters with a takedown into side control.
Khalidovv is in a tricky position. We've heard reports from his gym mates at Midnight MMA that he's been drilling escapes, so let's see if he can get back to his feet.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Khalidovv seems a little lost for a moment, as Roosmalen dominates the positioning.
Khalidovv is not content to let Roosmalen control the position.
Khalidovv is looking for a sweep.
Khalidovv manages to get back to half guard.
Khalidovv looking for submissions from an awkward position here.
Roosmalen stalling.
Roosmalen looks to score some points with some ground and pound.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Khalidovv actively working from the bottom here.
Neither fighter is being very active at the moment, with Roosmalen in particular looking to stall.
Roosmalen wants to work for an arm triangle but Khalidovv is really keeping half guard well and defending the submission attempt.
Roosmalen lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.
Khalidovv is looking to sinch up a guillotine here but Roosmalen pulls his head out easily.
Khalidovv is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
Roosmalen throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
Roosmalen trying to mount his opponent but Khalidovv defends it.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Khalidovv looking to work for a kimura from the bottom.
Khalidovv looking for submissions off his back.
Roosmalen lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.
Khalidovv looking for submissions off his back.
Roosmalen is trying to control. Khalidovv wants to improve his position but can't escape this time.
Roosmalen prevents Khalidovv from improving his position.
Roosmalen wants to control but Khalidovv is keeping him busy.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Khalidovv looking for submissions off his back.
The fighters are battling for position here. Khalidovv manages to regain full guard. Nice work.
Roosmalen must be cautious of submissions here, given that his opponent has the superior Jiu Jitsu.
Roosmalen tries to free his leg and advance position but Khalidovv is retaining full guard.
Roosmalen engaging in some classic timewasting tactics.
Let's hope that Roosmalen has the urge to step up the pace any second now because for the last 15 or 20 seconds he's just been holding on tight.
Roosmalen postures up.
Khalidovv preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Well, the referee has seen enough. Neither fighter is active enough on the ground so he's stood them back up.
Roosmalen throws a quick inside leg kick.
Stefan Roosmalen is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Roosmalen connects with a leg kick. Khalidovv looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Khalidovv shoots in for a takedown but Roosmalen shows good takedown defense there and keeps this one on the feet.
Nice sprawl there from Roosmalen as Khalidovv shoots in.
Roosmalen misses with a double jab.
Khalidovv fails to land the takedown.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
A telegraphed takedown attempt from Khalidovv is defended easily by Roosmalen.
Khalidovv misses with a takedown attempt - Roosmalen sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
A thudding body kick lands there by Roosmalen!
Khalidovv is breathing heavily.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
A chopping leg kick lands by Roosmalen.
Khalidovv looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Roosmalen is fending him off so far but Khalidovv persists. Nope, Roosmalen circles away and we're back to standing.
Roosmalen misses with an attempted mid kick.
Roosmalen throws a head kick but Khalidovv moves out of range.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Stefan Roosmalen dominated that round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!
Khalidovv looking for a takedown here - he's got it.
Our spies down at at Dark Horse MMA Academy inform us that Roosmalen has really been working on his submissions in the buildup to this fight. Will it pay off?
Roosmalen is trying to keep Khalidovv in close.
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.
Khalidovv stopping the sweep attempt from Roosmalen.
Khalidovv looking to sit in guard and control but Roosmalen gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.
Khalidovv has a loose triangle. He'll be looking to tighten that up but Roosmalen can see exactly what he's planning and manages to posture up and free himself.
Roosmalen looking to pass the guard.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Roosmalen throws a big elbow that misses.
Khalidovv looking for submissions from the bottom here. Moving his hips around, possibly looking for an armbar.
Roosmalen controlling from the top position.
Khalidovv escapes his hips to the side and looks to be working for an armbar. Roosmalen gives him a little smile and shakes his head. No chance.
Khalidovv is looking for a guillotine. You can't force these things though and Roosmalen defends well.
Roosmalen thinks about going for a leg but decides against it, in order to maintain the position.
Khalidovv wants to control but instead he gets his guard passed and Roosmalen is now in half guard.
Khalidovv actively working from the bottom here.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Khalidovv is looking for a sweep. Roosmalen is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
Roosmalen is looking to take a break and control but Khalidovv is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Khalidovv is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
Roosmalen wants to control but Khalidovv is keeping him busy.
Roosmalen might have to switch it up a bit here because his efforts to control Khalidovv haven't been going to plan, at least at the current moment in time.
Khalidovv is looking to improve his position.
If this pace continues, the referee will definitely step in and force a standup.
Roosmalen is keen to just control but Khalidovv is a slippery customer.
Stefan Roosmalen has got the better of the ground game so far.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Roosmalen drops an elbow to the side of Khalidovv's head.
The fighters are tangled up in the ropes here. We might need a restart if the fighters can't break free themselves.
Khalidovv actively working from the bottom here.
Roosmalen frees up his trapped foot and advances to mount.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Roosmalen controlling from the full mount.
Khalidovv is looking to get to half guard.
Roosmalen raining down hammerfists from mount.
Roosmalen fakes a shot to the body and cracks his opponent in the head. Nice ground and pound there!
Khalidovv is writhing around trying to get back to his feet.
Roosmalen scoring with strikes but Khalidovv is staying in there.
Roosmalen is in the full mount, landing strikes.
Roosmalen tries to control but Khalidovv wriggling away.
Roosmalen has his opponent pinned against the ropes, landing some nasty ground and pound that is really making a bit of a mess out of Khalidovv's face.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Khalidovv is trying desperately to improve position.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Roosmalen lands with some vicious ground and pound - can Khalidovv hang on?
Khalidovv is working to get back to half guard.
Roosmalen fakes a shot to the body and cracks his opponent in the head. Nice ground and pound there!
Roosmalen lands a heavy elbow.
Roosmalen is in full mount, looking to secure a guillotine but Khalidovv is surviving well by controlling Roosmalen's body position as best he can.
Khalidovv is working to get back to half guard.
Roosmalen tries to control but Khalidovv wriggling away.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Khalidovv is desperately trying to improve his position but Roosmalen has a good base and remains in mount.
Khalidovv bucks up and manages to get a nice reversal! He's in guard on the top - nicely done!
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Stefan Roosmalen showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! Let's hear some noise people - this is the final round!
Roosmalen fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Khalidovv shoots in but Roosmalen avoids the takedown attempt easily.
Khalidovv shoots in but doesn't get the takedown
and Roosmalen counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Roosmalen goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Khalidovv fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Mamed Khalidovv. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Khalidovv fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Roosmalen manages to avoid it.
Khalidovv shoots in but no luck this time.
Roosmalen looks to land a combination but Khalidovv avoids it well.
Mamed Khalidovv seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Good leg kick by Roosmalen there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Khalidovv looking to score a takedown here. Roosmalen is defending well but Khalidovv drives through and ends up in Roosmalen's guard.
Roosmalen looking to control the pace of the fight rather than finish it.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Khalidovv trying to control but Roosmalen is working from the bottom.
Roosmalen 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.
Roosmalen keeping full guard, as Khalidovv tries to pass.
The ref calls for a clean break and stands the fighters back up. Stefan Roosmalen wasn't active enough on the ground.
Khalidovv misses with a takedown attempt
and Roosmalen finishes the little exchange by landing a big kick to the body.
Khalidovv doesn't succeed with the takedown
and Roosmalen counters with a right hand to the body.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Roosmalen scores with a spinning back kick!
Roosmalen scores with a jab to the jaw.
Roosmalen feints and then cracks Khalidovv's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Khalidovv down.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Roosmalen bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Khalidovv's head.
Roosmalen stuns Khalidovv with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
A thudding body kick lands there by Roosmalen!
Crunch! Roosmalen slams his shin into Khalidovv's torso.
Roosmalen closes the distance and lands a one-two.
Khalidovv tries to check the leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Roosmalen throws a head kick that half lands.
Khalidovv is rocked!
Roosmalen throws a quick inside leg kick.
Oh Khalidovv is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Roosmalen throws a series of punches but Khalidovv moves out of range.
Khalidovv with a lazy takedown attempt
and Roosmalen counters with a left to the body.
Roosmalen throws a quick inside leg kick.
Khalidovv seems to have got his legs back now.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
No luck with that takedown attempt from Khalidovv.
A lazy left from Roosmalen finds it's target.
Roosmalen thuds his shin into the meat of Khalidovv's side.
Khalidovv with a poor takedown
and Roosmalen counters with a good low kick that Khalidovv was not able to check.
Khalidovv looks to score with a jab to the body but Roosmalen is just out of range.
Khalidovv will be looking to protect his midsection after taking some solid kicks to the body.
Roosmalen feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Khalidovv's calf.
Khalidovv misses with a takedown
and Roosmalen counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Roosmalen has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Roosmalen connects with a leg kick. Khalidovv looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
A nice inside leg kick there by Roosmalen. That's going to slow Khalidovv down.
Roosmalen turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
A slapping leg kick lands for Roosmalen.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Roosmalen throws a head kick but Khalidovv moves out of range.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Roosmalen comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Roosmalen comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Khalidovv misses with a body shot
and Roosmalen counters with a good low kick that Khalidovv was not able to check.
Roosmalen throws the kick towards the body but Khalidovv avoids it.
A lazy left from Roosmalen finds it's target.
Khalidovv with a poor takedown
and Roosmalen counters with a stiff right hand.
Roosmalen throws a right and a left that both miss.
Roosmalen turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Khalidovv throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Khalidovv takes a body kick right on the floating rib. Ouchie.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Roosmalen fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Khalidovv has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Roosmalen.
Mamed Khalidovv has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Roosmalen scores with a push kick.
And that's the end of the fight!
Stefan Roosmalen comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Roosmalen 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 Aafke Stam scores the fight 27:30
Judge Radbod Blank scores the fight 27:30
Judge Patrick Alders scores the fight 27:30
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Stefan Roosmalen!
A loyal slave to those sponsorship dollars, Stefan Roosmalen made sure he mentioned DTK Designs (Laundry), along with how happy he was to win his fight.
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energy
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