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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Raymond van der Gouw (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Casius Clay (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Casius Clay will no doubt be trying to keep this one on the feet, where he has a distinct advantage.
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205 lbs
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216 lbs
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BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
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BJJ White Belt
Decent boxing
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Raymond van der Gouw!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Casius Clay!
The judges for this bout are Tarja Halkonen, Johanna Lukiainen and Arvi Lind.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Clay wants to clinch.
van der Gouw tries to clinch there but Clay circles away.
Clay throws a right hand that van der Gouw ducks under and follows up with a left that van der Gouw also avoids with ease.
Left hook, right uppercut from Clay.
Clay is looking to clinch.
van der Gouw throws a nice looking combination but Clay bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Casius Clay seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
van der Gouw shoots in for a double leg but Clay sprawls well. That's going to sap some energy.
Clay throws a right and a left that van der Gouw avoids nicely.
Clay misses with a wild combination.
Clay circles away from the clinch attempt.
Clay throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Clay throws a series of punches but van der Gouw moves out of range.
van der Gouw wants to clinch.
Clay scores to the head and body with a nice combination!
van der Gouw gets a takedown into half guard.
Clay makes some distance and scrambles quickly back to his feet. Nice work!
That's one minute gone in the round.
van der Gouw shoots in but no luck this time.
Clay misses with a head kick.
van der Gouw tries to close the distance and clinch up but Clay swats him away and circles back towards the center.
van der Gouw darts in and clinches Clay up against the cage.
van der Gouw lands a nice uppercut.
Clay has had enough of the clinch but van der Gouw keeps him there for the moment.
van der Gouw goes for a takedown attempt but Clay pushes him away and we're back to fighting at a distance.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Raymond van der Gouw. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Clay darts in trying to clinch
and van der Gouw counters into the clinch. Nicely done.
A right hook to the body lands for van der Gouw.
van der Gouw tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
van der Gouw tries for a takedown. No joy.
van der Gouw goes for a takedown in the clinch but Clay prevents it.
Clay keeps control of van der Gouw as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Clay tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, van der Gouw just misses with a elbow thrown towards Clay's brow.
van der Gouw wants to break the clinch but can't.
van der Gouw has a body lock and is looking for a takedown. Clay is bouncing around trying to prevent the takedown and somehow he has indeed managed to stay on his feet.
van der Gouw is breathing heavily.
Clay avoiding damage as van der Gouw throws knees to the body.
Clay breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
A combination from Clay does no damage.
Clay swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
van der Gouw misses with a two punch combination.
Clay tries to close the distance and clinch but van der Gouw swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
The fight stays on the outside here - Clay looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Casius Clay is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Clay scores with a three punch combo!
Clay gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Clay avoiding damage as van der Gouw throws knees to the body.
van der Gouw has had enough of the clinch but Clay keeps him there for the moment.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Clay breaks from the clinch.
van der Gouw tries to close the distance and clinch up but Clay swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Clay fails to land with a series of punches.
van der Gouw throws a head kick that Clay semi-blocks.
van der Gouw shoots in for a double leg but Clay sprawls well. That's going to sap some energy.
Clay looks to land a combination. van der Gouw sees it coming but can only parry a couple of the shots.
Clay wants to clinch.
Clay misses with a few strikes there.
Clay scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.
Clay swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
van der Gouw showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Clay.
van der Gouw avoids a punch combination nicely.
van der Gouw tries to clinch but Clay moves out of range.
Clay circles away from the clinch attempt.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Left hook, right uppercut from van der Gouw.
Clay is working the combinations to good effect here.
van der Gouw fails to land the takedown.
Clay tries to bum rush van der Gouw with a series of wild strikes but van der Gouw uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Clay throws a right high kick that is partially blocked by van der Gouw.
van der Gouw shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says Clay as he avoids it easily.
Clay tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
A left and a right from van der Gouw both land. Nice combination.
A punch combination from Clay misses.
Clay is looking to clinch but van der Gouw is avoiding it.
van der Gouw shoots in for a takedown but Clay shows good takedown defense.
van der Gouw instigates a clinch.
Clay breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Clay avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Clay throws a right and a left that van der Gouw avoids nicely.
van der Gouw has managed to clinch.
van der Gouw is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Casius Clay dominated that round.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!
van der Gouw throws a looping overhand right but Clay ducks down to avoid it.
Clay throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and van der Gouw counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.
van der Gouw is looking to clinch.
van der Gouw instigates a clinch.
Clay manages to break the clinch.
van der Gouw has a takedown stuffed.
van der Gouw wants to clinch.
Clay lands a head kick. van der Gouw smiles back at him and beckons him forward.
van der Gouw bobs and weaves into range and then changes levels and scores with a nice takedown into side control.
van der Gouw stands up and beckons Clay to his feet.
Clay clinches up with van der Gouw and pushes him back against the cage.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Clay breaks the clinch.
That's one minute gone in the round.
van der Gouw throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Clay throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Clay tries a head kick but it misses.
van der Gouw has a takedown stuffed.
Clay thuds a left hand into van der Gouw's body.
Clay circles away from the clinch attempt.
Clay throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Clay throws a series of punches but van der Gouw avoids them all with ease.
van der Gouw fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Raymond van der Gouw is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Clay throws a sloppy head kick
and van der Gouw counters with a two punch combo.
Casius Clay seems to be getting the better of the standup.
van der Gouw shoots in but Clay avoids the takedown attempt easily.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Raymond van der Gouw. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Clay throws an uppercut from half a mile away. van der Gouw sees it coming and avoids it easily.
van der Gouw tries to clinch up.
van der Gouw tries to clinch up but Clay circles away and keeps his distance.
van der Gouw instigates a clinch.
Clay breaks from the clinch.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
My god... these two guys really need to pick up the pace or everyone will leave to go get a beer.
van der Gouw fails with a takedown attempt from distance.
van der Gouw takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Clay has closed the distance and engaged van der Gouw in a clinch.
van der Gouw tries to land knees in the clinch but Clay avoids the damage to the body.
Clay escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Clay lands a nice looking body shot.
van der Gouw is looking to clinch but Clay is avoiding it.
Clay swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by van der Gouw.
Clay looks for the body kick but van der Gouw saw that one coming.
Clay moves in looking to clinch but van der Gouw pushes him off.
Clay is looking to clinch.
van der Gouw tries to clinch there but Clay circles away.
A combination from Clay does no damage.
van der Gouw fakes an overhand right and shoots for a takedown. Clay sprawls well initially but van der Gouw persists and gets the takedown into half guard.
The two fighters exchange a few words. I couldn't hear what they were saying but maybe it's more fun if you make it up yourself. van der Gouw connects with a nice short shot to Clay's temple.
Clay really doesn't want to stay on the ground with van der Gouw. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
van der Gouw stands up from half guard.
Clay misses with a few strikes there.
van der Gouw displaying good standup as he scores with a three punch combination.
Clay lands with a head kick! That's gotta hurt.
Clay gets in close and instigates a clinch.
van der Gouw is trying to break free.
van der Gouw wants a takedown but no success here.
Clay tries a knee to the head but van der Gouw blocks it.
van der Gouw tries to jump guard but he falls flat on his backside. Clay smiles and moves away.
Clay wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Clay moves into the clinch successfully.
van der Gouw fails to pull the fight into his guard.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Clay keeps control of van der Gouw as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Clay breaks the clinch.
Clay tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Clay looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Clay stuffs the takedown.
Clay throws a head kick that misses.
Clay tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but van der Gouw paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Clay avoids the body shot from van der Gouw.
Clay misses with a double jab
and van der Gouw counters with a shoot takedown into half guard.
van der Gouw wants to lay and pray for a moment but Clay keeps working.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Raymond van der Gouw dominated that second round.
That's time! Back to the action! This is the final round!
Clay throws a head kick but van der Gouw moves out of range.
Clay swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Excellent takedown into side control there by van der Gouw.
van der Gouw wants to lay and pray for a moment but Clay keeps working.
van der Gouw looks up at the clock and then as Clay takes his cue and looks up at the clock too, van der Gouw smacks him right in the chops with a big elbow! How rude!
van der Gouw is chipping away with strikes.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
van der Gouw throwing strikes but missing, from side control.
van der Gouw has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
van der Gouw fails to land a wild elbow strike.
That's one minute gone in the round.
van der Gouw advances nicely into full mount.
van der Gouw landing strikes from the mount.
van der Gouw looking to control but Clay is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.
van der Gouw working Clay over with strikes here.
Clay taking shots to the head.
van der Gouw lands a nice shot to the head.
van der Gouw with shots to the head and body - Clay looks very uncomfortable down there.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
van der Gouw controlling the position easily from mount.
van der Gouw with some aggressive grappling here. He's looking for submissions here, rather than waiting for the opportunity to counter.
van der Gouw controlling the pace for now.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
van der Gouw trying to control but Clay is having none of it.
van der Gouw looking to ground and pound but Clay is blocking nicely.
Clay is squirming around, avoiding van der Gouw's attempts to control the action.
Clay is looking to get back to his feet - it's going to be hard from this position.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
A few boos can be heard. I'm sure they will multiply if the fighters don't pick up the pace.
van der Gouw working for a submission but Clay is keeping him at bay.
van der Gouw thowing strikes but they're hitting the gloves, not doing any damage.
van der Gouw throwing shots from mount but they're not landing.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
van der Gouw unloads with some shots from mount but Clay bucks and avoids them well.
van der Gouw throws some wild stikes that Clay manages to avoid easily.
And that's the end of the fight!
Raymond van der Gouw showed his dominance in that final round.
I think van der Gouw has won this one but let's see what the judges have to say. 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 Tarja Halkonen scores the fight 29:28
Judge Johanna Lukiainen scores the fight 29:28
Judge Arvi Lind scores the fight 29:28
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Raymond van der Gouw!
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energy
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