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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Andre Van der Laan (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Dwight Moody (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Chooooooooon! I think Van der Laan might be my favorite fighter, now he's come out to Eazy-E ft. Tupac, The Game - How We Do. Andre Van der Laan is staring across the cage at his opponent, tweaking his nipples... Tweaking his own nipples that is.
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185 cm
38
195 lbs
34 - 19 - 1 |
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185 cm
33
195 lbs
17 - 11 - 0 |
Good wrestling
World class MT
Insanely flexible |
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Good wrestler
World class 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
34 - 19 - 1, fighting out of Helsinki, Andre Van der Laan! And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner. With a record of
17 - 11 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Dwight Moody! The judges for this bout are Johanna Lukiainen, Matti Vanhoillinen and Tarja Halkonen.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway! Moody connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt. Van der Laan scores with a slapping inside leg kick. Moody 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. We've been informed that Moody has been sparring a lot of Muay Thai in the buildup to this fight so let's see if that has an impact on the result. Moody tries to land a front kick but Van der Laan steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed. Moody tries a switch kick but it misses it's target. Van der Laan throws a leg kick but Moody moved away. Van der Laan slips under a jab from Moody. Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Moody. Van der Laan tries to land a front kick but Moody steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed. Van der Laan swings for the body but Moody moves out of range.
Moody misses with a looping right. Van der Laan connects with a single shot there. Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd. Moody takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
A solid body kick from Moody.
That's one minute gone in the round. Van der Laan lands a head kick!
Van der Laan throws a body kick that digs right into the meat. Moody throws a predictable looking body shot
and Van der Laan moves into the clinch. Moody wants to break the clinch but can't.
Moody tries to circle away but Van der Laan has him pinned against the cage. Moody struggles to land a body shot inside as Van der Laan controls his hands.
Nice body punch from Moody - that landed with a thud.
A short right from Moody. I was talking to Van der Laan's coach per-fight and he was telling me that they'd been working on the clinch in the runup to this fight. Moody wants to break the clinch but can't.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show! Moody wants to get back to striking at distance but Van der Laan won't allow it.
Moody looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now. Moody is looking to break free of the clinch but Van der Laan has double underhooks. Moody tries to break the clinch but Van der Laan is controlling the position. Van der Laan lands a nice elbow from the clinch. Van der Laan tries a knee to the head but Moody blocks it.
Moody tries to circle away but Van der Laan has him pinned against the cage. Van der Laan unloads a knee to the mid-section. Moody looks winded! Moody struggles to land a body shot inside as Van der Laan controls his hands.
That's two minutes gone in the round. Moody looking to slow down the pace here. Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Van der Laan obliges. Van der Laan lands a nice elbow. Van der Laan misses with a knee strike.
Van der Laan lands an elbow inside. Van der Laan scores a nice knee to the body.
Van der Laan stalling against the cage.
Van der Laan lands a knee to the body.
Van der Laan lands a nice knee to the body. Van der Laan with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head. Van der Laan landing knees to the body.
Van der Laan has the Thai clinch. He lands a big knee to the head that stumbles Moody - he's in trouble! Another big knee to the head from Van der Laan, and another! Moody is out on his feet - the ref jumps in to save him and ends the fight!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:48 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Knees). Andre Van der Laan! Andre Van der Laan was full of energy after the big win and talked about how he thinks he can do big things in this sport. The crowd were appreciative of his determination to succeed.
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energy
A | B |
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hype
A | B |
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pop
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mgr
A | B |
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FIGHT
RATING
82% |
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