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Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Zorg Grabowski (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Ong Bak (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Bak has chosen you've lost that loving feeling as his entrance music. Both these guys have solid standup skills and neither is particularly fantastic on the ground, so let's hope for a nice standup war!
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200 cm
27
275 lbs
11 - 6 - 0 |
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225 cm
32
289 lbs
14 - 15 - 0 |
BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Big right hand |
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BJJ Purple Belt
Great elbows
Powerful |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the super heavyweight championship of the world! Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner. With a record of
11 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Zorg Grabowski! And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner. With a record of
14 - 15 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Ong Bak! The judges for this bout are Radbod Blank, Aafke Stam and Daniel Blasius.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway! Bak tries to clinch but Grabowski is having none of it. Bak is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two. The fight stays on the outside here - Bak looks like he's thinking about clinching though. Bak tries to clinch but Grabowski moves out of range. Grabowski stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Bak. Bak is looking to clinch but Grabowski is avoiding it.
Ong Bak seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout. Grabowski throws out a loose jab but Bak uses good head movement to avoid it. Grabowski has been working on his boxing with his coaches at Dark Horse MMA Academy in the buildup to the fight. Bak uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Grabowski.
Bak is looking to take this fight into the clinch. Bak ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Grabowski moves away. Bak closes the distance and clinches. Bak is clearly stalling here... Pick up the pace son.
Grabowski takes an elbow to the forehead. Bak lands a nice elbow. Bak using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show! A nice glancing elbow lands by Bak.
It looks like Zorg Grabowski has been cut. Grabowski blocks the elbow strike.
That's one minute gone in the round. Bak lands an elbow that stopped Grabowski in his tracks for a moment. Bak lands an elbow inside that Grabowski shrugs off. Bak tries to land knees in the clinch but Grabowski avoids the damage to the body. Bak lands a nice elbow. Grabowski takes an elbow to the temple. Grabowski avoids a wild elbow strike from Bak. Bak creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Grabowski's defenses. Bak lands an elbow that stopped Grabowski in his tracks for a moment. Bak throws an elbow that misses.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Bak.
Grabowski is rocked! Bak throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Bak lands an elbow inside. Oh Grabowski is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!! Grabowski blocks an elbow strike. Bak pushes off an throws an elbow but Grabowski leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage. Grabowski avoids a wild elbow strike from Bak. Bak misses with an elbow over the top. Grabowski avoids the elbow strike from Bak, against the cage.
With the fighters up against the cage, Bak throws an elbow but misses. Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show! Grabowski avoids a wild elbow strike from Bak. Bak has been looking to improve his clinch game in recent weeks. So far he's outscoring his opponent in the clinch so it seems to have been worthwhile. Bak pushes off an throws an elbow but Grabowski leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage. Grabowski blocks the elbow strike.
That's two minutes gone in the round. Grabowski can't break the clinch.
With the fighters up against the cage, Bak throws an elbow but misses. Bak looks to throw an elbow but misses. Grabowski seems to have got his legs back now. Bak pulls back and lands a big elbow that stuns Grabowski! Bak unloads with more strikes and Grabowski sinks to his knees! This one is all over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:12 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Ong Bak! Ong Bak is the new super heavyweight champion! During a confident post fight interview, Ong Bak thanked all his fans. He seemed very genuine when describing how motivated his fans keep him.
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energy
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hype
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pop
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mgr
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FIGHT
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81% |
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