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Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Jonni Van Der Bash (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Leandro Marcus (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). The crowd seem to be enjoying Marcus's choice of entrance music: Sampled Beats - Pokémon Theme (Re-Upload). Jonni Van Der Bash has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?
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BJJ Blue Belt
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the featherweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Jonni Van Der Bash!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Leandro Marcus!
The judges for this bout are , and .
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Marcus is looking to clinch.
The fight stays on the outside here - Van Der Bash looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Van Der Bash tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Marcus paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Marcus shoots in for a double leg but Van Der Bash sprawls well. That's going to sap some energy.
Van Der Bash closes the distance and clinches.
Marcus looking for a takedown.
Marcus has hold of a leg and is looking for a trip takedown. Van Der Bash avoids it nicely though and we remain in the clinch.
Jonni Van Der Bash has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Leandro Marcus.
Van Der Bash lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Van Der Bash lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Van Der Bash unloads a knee to the mid-section. Marcus lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Marcus pushes off an throws an elbow but Van Der Bash leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Marcus tries to pull guard but Van Der Bash won't allow it.
Van Der Bash with a knee to the head.
Van Der Bash landing knees to the head.
Van Der Bash using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Marcus has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Van Der Bash landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Van Der Bash trying to land knees to the body.
Van Der Bash lands a nice knee to the body.
Marcus wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Marcus tries to take the fight to the ground by pulling guard but can't manage it.
Van Der Bash connects with a nasty looking knee right to Marcus's face.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Van Der Bash with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Marcus is trying to work for a single leg takedown but Van Der Bash pulls him back up using the underhooks.
Van Der Bash gets underhooks to prevent Marcus's takedown attempt.
Marcus looks gassed!
Van Der Bash lands a nice elbow.
A hook to the body from Van Der Bash.
Van Der Bash landing knees to the body.
Van Der Bash unloads a knee to the mid-section. Marcus lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Van Der Bash scores with a knee to the head.
Marcus takes a knee right on the jaw!
Marcus trying to stall but Van Der Bash improves his position.
Marcus tries to pull guard but can't drag his opponent to the mat. Van Der Bash just stands there and leans against the cage.
Marcus managing to block the knees to the body from Van Der Bash.
Van Der Bash drags the fight down to the ground.
Marcus pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Van Der Bash is keeping the position for now.
Marcus 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.
Marcus throwing strikes but missing.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Van Der Bash looking for submissions from the bottom here. Moving his hips around, possibly looking for an armbar.
Marcus looking to pass the guard.
Van Der Bash looking for submissions off his back, moving his hips, looking for an opening.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Marcus works over Van Der Bash with some ground and pound from guard.
Marcus trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Van Der Bash is working actively off his back, looking to secure an arm or perhaps work for a triangle.
Van Der Bash wants to sweep but no luck.
Van Der Bash has a loose triangle. He'll be looking to tighten that up but Marcus can see exactly what he's planning and manages to posture up and free himself.
Marcus postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.
Marcus lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.
Van Der Bash trying to strike from the bottom but really, it's not the best position to be doing that from!
Van Der Bash wants to sweep here but Marcus controlling him for the moment.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Van Der Bash working for a triangle but Marcus defends it easily.
Marcus trying to control the position from guard on top but Van Der Bash is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
The referee has ruled that neither fighter is active enough on the ground and has stood them back up.
Marcus fakes an overhand right and shoots for a takedown. Van Der Bash sprawls well initially but Marcus persists and gets the takedown into half guard.
Van Der Bash is trying to get back to full guard.
Marcus decides to stand and escape the position.
Van Der Bash wants to clinch but Marcus slips to the side
and Marcus counters with a takedown into side control.
Van Der Bash parries the strikes from Marcus easily there. Marcus is wary of posturing up too much because it might enable Van Der Bash to escape.
Van Der Bash sneaks a leg under to get back to half guard.
Marcus working the head and body with strikes.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Marcus is tying to control. Van Der Bash wants to improve his position but can't escape this time.
Marcus drops an elbow to the side of Van Der Bash's head.
Van Der Bash gets back to full guard.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Marcus postures up in Van Der Bash's guard and throws a big left but Van Der Bash blocks it.
Marcus trying to control the position from guard on top but Van Der Bash is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Marcus stopping the sweep attempt from Van Der Bash.
Van Der Bash trying to punch from his back but it's not doing any damage.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
It looks like we're going to have a standup here. Neither fight is doing enough on the ground.
Marcus circles away from the clinch attempt.
Marcus avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Marcus swats away the attempt to clinch by Van Der Bash.
Marcus drives through with a really nice takedown into side control.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close round but Leandro Marcus 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 Bash forces Marcus back against the cage and clinches.
Van Der Bash tries to land knees in the clinch but Marcus avoids the damage to the body.
Knees in the clinch landing for Van Der Bash.
Van Der Bash missing with knees to the body.
Van Der Bash throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Marcus blocks it with crossed arms.
Marcus looking to slow down the pace here.
Van Der Bash is pressed up against the cage. Marcus has hold of a leg and is looking to drag Van Der Bash down to the mat. Van Der Bash avoids the attempt though and has circled away. We're back to striking at a distance.
Van Der Bash tries to clinch there but Marcus circles away.
Van Der Bash moves into range and clinches up with Marcus.
A knee to the head by Van Der Bash.
Marcus avoiding damage as Van Der Bash throws knees to the body.
Marcus wants to break the clinch but can't.
Van Der Bash prevents a takedown attempt there.
Marcus on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Marcus tries for a takedown. No joy.
Jonni Van Der Bash has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Leandro Marcus.
Van Der Bash comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Van Der Bash landing knees to the body.
Van Der Bash connects with a nasty looking knee right to Marcus's face.
Van Der Bash lands a nice knee to the body.
Van Der Bash with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Marcus wants a takedown.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Van Der Bash connects with a knee to the head.
Van Der Bash tries to land knees in the clinch but Marcus avoids the damage to the body.
Van Der Bash misses with a knee to the head.
Van Der Bash prevents the takedown attempt.
Van Der Bash landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Van Der Bash gets double underhooks to prevent a takedown attempt from Marcus.
Van Der Bash crunches a lovely knee into Marcus's ribcage.
Van Der Bash misses with some punches.
Van Der Bash with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Marcus turns his hips and lands a very nice judo throw into side control!
Van Der Bash manages to land a sweep and he's now on top! Lovely Jiu Jitsu!
Marcus wants to sweep but Van Der Bash has passed to side control!
Van Der Bash is trying to land an Americana. He has the arm isolated but Marcus is keeping cool and he's avoided the danger for now.
Van Der Bash swings around for an armbar but Marcus sees it coming a mile off and turns beautifully into Van Der Bash's guard.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Marcus postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.
Marcus trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Van Der Bash has his foot on Marcus's thigh. He's trying to push off and get in position for a triangle, I think. Marcus works his way back into a safe position though.
Van Der Bash wants to improve his position but instead Marcus has moved into half guard.
Van Der Bash tries to get to full guard but Marcus has control of the leg.
Van Der Bash looking for submissions off his back.
Marcus postures up and decides to stand up, from the half guard. The ref calls for Van Der Bash to stand up.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Van Der Bash rushes Marcus and presses him up against the cage.
Van Der Bash throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Marcus blocks it with crossed arms.
Van Der Bash trying to land knees to the body.
Van Der Bash misses with a knee to the head.
Stalling in the clinch from Marcus.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Van Der Bash trying to land knees to the body.
Van Der Bash is pressed up against the cage. Marcus has hold of a leg and is looking to drag Van Der Bash down to the mat. Van Der Bash avoids the attempt though and has circled away. We're back to striking at a distance.
Van Der Bash closes the distance and clinches.
Marcus fails to pull guard.
Van Der Bash stops a takedown attempt from Marcus.
Marcus takes a knee right on the jaw!
Van Der Bash gets double underhooks to prevent a takedown attempt from Marcus.
Van Der Bash misses with a knee strike.
Van Der Bash crunches a lovely knee into Marcus's ribcage.
Van Der Bash trying to land knees to the body.
Van Der Bash using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Marcus has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Marcus wants a takedown.
Van Der Bash lands a damaging elbow.
Marcus using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Van Der Bash has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Marcus drops to a knee looking for a takedown but Van Der Bash gets the underhooks and prevents it.
Van Der Bash stalling.
Marcus avoiding damage as Van Der Bash throws knees to the body.
A short right from Marcus on the inside.
Marcus takes a knee right on the jaw!
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Van Der Bash tries to land knees in the clinch but Marcus avoids the damage to the body.
Marcus tries to pull guard but Van Der Bash won't allow it.
Marcus wants the takedown. Van Der Bash is fighting it off but Marcus persists and manages to bring the fight to the ground, ending up in Van Der Bash's guard against the cage.
Marcus gets to his feet - Van Der Bash follows without any prompting.
Van Der Bash moves in looking to clinch but Marcus pushes him off.
Marcus shoots in from a long way out. He's driving through with the takedown attempt and he eventually gets it, landing in Van Der Bash's guard.
Van Der Bash had isolated an arm as going for an omaplata. Marcus is defending the submission well but is in a very vulnerable position. Van Der Bash Is leaning forward trying to finish the omaplata but decides to abandon it, and take Marcus's back instead.
Van Der Bash is trying to stick to Marcus's back but Marcus is turning into Van Der Bash. He's managed to reverse the position - now he's in Van Der Bash's guard. Polite applause from the crowd in appreciation of some nice Jiu Jitsu by Marcus.
Leandro Marcus has got the better of the ground game so far.
Van Der Bash looking for submissions from the bottom here. Moving his hips around, possibly looking for an armbar.
Marcus working some strikes from top position.
Van Der Bash looking to sweep using the butterfly guard but Marcus puts pay to that idea as he passes nicely into half guard.
Marcus works his way into full mount!
This has been an exciting period of action!
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Van Der Bash can't escape the position.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close second round but Leandro Marcus will probably get the nod - 10:9.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!
Marcus fails in his attempt to clinch.
Marcus shoots in for a double leg but Van Der Bash sprawls well. That's going to sap some energy.
Van Der Bash is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Van Der Bash is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Marcus fails with a takedown attempt.
Van Der Bash is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Marcus shoots in for a double leg but Van Der Bash sprawls well. That's going to sap some energy.
Jonni Van Der Bash has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Leandro Marcus.
Van Der Bash is looking to clinch.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Van Der Bash gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Van Der Bash with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Van Der Bash tries to score a body lock takedown but Marcus shows good agility there to stay on his feet.
Van Der Bash connects with a knee to the head.
Van Der Bash lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Marcus is trying to break the clinch but Van Der Bash has him pressed against the cage.
Marcus tries for a takedown but Van Der Bash manages to get underhooks.
Knees to the body from Van Der Bash.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Van Der Bash unloads a knee to the mid-section. Marcus lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Van Der Bash lands with a left to the head.
Marcus drops to a knee looking for a takedown but Van Der Bash gets the underhooks and prevents it.
Van Der Bash lands a damaging elbow.
Van Der Bash using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Marcus has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Van Der Bash tries to land knees in the clinch but Marcus avoids the damage to the body.
Marcus managing to block the knees to the body from Van Der Bash.
Van Der Bash tries to land knees in the clinch but Marcus avoids the damage to the body.
Van Der Bash misses with a knee to the head.
Marcus breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Marcus swats away the attempt to clinch by Van Der Bash.
Van Der Bash keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.
Jonni Van Der Bash is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Van Der Bash is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Van Der Bash doesn't manage to clinch there - Marcus circles away.
Van Der Bash tries to clinch but Marcus is having none of it.
Van Der Bash tries to clinch but Marcus is having none of it.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are showing their displeasure at the lack of action as loud boos ring out around the arena.
Van Der Bash is looking to clinch but Marcus is avoiding it.
Marcus fails with a takedown attempt from distance.
Marcus closes the distance and clinches up, looking for a takedown. He shifts his weight and gets a nice trip into half guard.
Marcus working the head and body with strikes.
Marcus sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Van Der Bash defending well though.
Van Der Bash landing small, sideways elbows.
Van Der Bash actively working from the bottom here.
Van Der Bash is looking to control Marcus's leg but it's slowly edging free. Can Van Der Bash avoid being mounted?
Marcus is looking to advance position but Van Der Bash won't allow it.
The fighters are battling for position here. Van Der Bash manages to regain full guard. Nice work.
Van Der Bash working from the bottom, still in full guard. He's managed to get a loose triangle. Marcus doesn't seem to be doing much to defend here, obviously he feels comfortable in the position. Marcus manages to throw the legs off his shoulder and he's back into guard - no problem.
Van Der Bash keeping moving, preventing Marcus from controlling successfully.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Marcus wants to pass the guard but Van Der Bash is keeping the position.
Van Der Bash looking for submissions off his back, moving his hips, looking for an opening.
Marcus pushes down on Van Der Bash's leg and manages to get into half guard.
Marcus seems very keen to just sit and control from half guard but Van Der Bash does not like that idea so much and is remaining active off his back.
Marcus looking to pass the half guard. Not this time.
Marcus wants to stand up but Van Der Bash is controlling the position.
Van Der Bash wants to improve his position but Marcus is controlling well.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are showing their displeasure at the lack of action as loud boos ring out around the arena.
Van Der Bash looking for submissions from an awkward position here.
Marcus passes the guard and advances to mount!
Marcus landing strikes, looking to finish!
Marcus wants to control the pace but Van Der Bash is squirming around nicely.
Van Der Bash is trying to escape the mount.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Van Der Bash regains half guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close round but Jonni Van Der Bash did the better work so I'd imagine he'll take it.
That's time! Back to the action!
Van Der Bash tries to clinch but Marcus moves away
and Marcus counters by moving into the clinch.
Van Der Bash lands a nice knee to the body.
Van Der Bash missing with knees to the body.
Marcus controlling the action here for a moment.
Van Der Bash lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Van Der Bash landing knees to the head.
Marcus fails to pull the fight into his guard.
Marcus is looking for a takedown up against the cage. Van Der Bash gets underhooks though and prevents the takedown attempt.
Van Der Bash lands a knee to the head.
Van Der Bash stops a takedown attempt from Marcus.
Jonni Van Der Bash has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Leandro Marcus.
Van Der Bash landing knees to the body.
Marcus wants to stall.
Van Der Bash lands an elbow that stopped Marcus in his tracks for a moment.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Marcus stalling in the clinch but Van Der Bash improves position.
Van Der Bash landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Marcus avoiding damage as Van Der Bash throws knees to the body.
Van Der Bash looking to throw knees to the head but Marcus is blocking nicely.
Marcus fails to pull guard.
It's got to the stage where if one of these guys blows hard enough, the other might fall over.
Van Der Bash using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Marcus fails to pull the fight into his guard.
Van Der Bash misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Marcus.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Marcus has Van Der Bash pressed up against the cage and is working for takedown. Van Der Bash manages to improve position though and keeps the fight standing.
Marcus on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Van Der Bash misses with a knee to the head.
Marcus is working for takedown but Van Der Bash is calmly controlling the position for now.
Knees in the clinch landing for Van Der Bash.
Marcus avoiding damage as Van Der Bash throws knees to the body.
Van Der Bash trying to land knees to the body.
Marcus changes levels and goes for a takedown here. Van Der Bash fights it off and pushes away nicely.
Van Der Bash fails with an attempt to clinch.
Marcus avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Marcus scores a trip takedown into side control. Nice.
Van Der Bash tries to improve position but can't.
Van Der Bash taking punishment in the form of punches.
Van Der Bash is looking to reverse the position.
Marcus tries to move to mount but Van Der Bash blocks the move with his legs.
Van Der Bash is trying to get back to half guard. He's pushing on Marcus's leg. He's managed it. Nice work.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Marcus passes to full mount!
Van Der Bash is in all sorts of trouble here.
Van Der Bash is working hard here to advance position.
Marcus fakes a shot to the body and cracks his opponent in the head. Nice ground and pound there!
Marcus has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Marcus looking for a guillotine from mount but Van Der Bash is having none of it.
Van Der Bash is wriggling around trying to escape.
Marcus scoring with some good ground and pound from mount here. Will he manage to finish Van Der Bash?
Van Der Bash is in a horrible position here, under a barrage of strikes, he's managing to avoid any damage.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Marcus looking to finish with strikes here!
Van Der Bash tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Van Der Bash slips a leg in and gets back to half guard.
Marcus is trying to work for a kimura. He's got his hands clasped together - this could be trouble! No, Van Der Bash has managed to free his arm - good work.
Marcus is trying to work for a kimura. He's got his hands clasped together - this could be trouble! No, Van Der Bash has managed to free his arm - good work.
Van Der Bash is working for an escape here. He's hooked one of Marcus's legs and he's managed to sneak out and take Marcus's back!
Marcus is in bad spot here.
Van Der Bash is working on the RNC. He looks like he's got it but Marcus won't tap... Oh, he's out! The ref rips Van Der Bash off his unconscious opponent!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:01 of round 4, we have a winner by way of Submission (RNC). Jonni Van Der Bash!
Jonni Van Der Bash retains his featherweight title!
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