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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Ben Konu (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and David Mora (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Konu comes to the cage accompanied by Disturbed-Ten Thousand Fist . David Mora has the power to score a knockout today if he connects clean with Ben Konu's chin.
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179 lbs
1 - 1 - 0 |
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170 lbs
3 - 0 - 0 |
BJJ Blue Belt
Counter fighter
Cuts easily |
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Good wrestler
Counter fighter
Granite chin |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Ben Konu!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
3 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, David Mora!
The judges for this bout are Aafke Stam, Paulsen Ambrosius and Patrick Alders.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Mora closes the distance and clinches up, looking for a takedown. He shifts his weight and gets a nice trip into half guard.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Mora wants to free his trapped foot but Konu is holding on for dear life with his legs.
Nice strikes from Mora there.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Konu regains full guard. Nicely done.
Both fighters really going for it on the ground here!
Konu has a loose triangle. He'll be looking to tighten that up but Mora can see exactly what he's planning and manages to posture up and free himself.
Mora won't allow Konu to sweep him here.
Mora cracks Konu with a solid left hand.
Mora with a flurry of punches that miss.
Konu working a defensive guard here.
Mora preventing the sweep.
Mora chips away with some ground and pound.
Mora must be cautious of submissions here, given that his opponent has the superior Jiu Jitsu.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Mora trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Mora scoring with punches to the head and body.
Mora with a nice head shot there.
Mora lands a couple of decent looking shots.
Konu trying to strike off his back.
Mora trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Mora is intent on slowing down the pace of the fight, simply looking to control.
Mora throwing strikes from guard but Konu blocks nicely.
Konu looking to control.
Konu bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Mora's guard.
Konu postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Konu is looking to work some ground and pound but Mora has wrist control.
Konu throwing strikes from guard but Mora blocks nicely.
Konu postures up and lands a big shot to Mora's brow.
Mora looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Konu is fighting to break Mora's control of his arms but Mora is doing a good job of controlling the position at the moment.
Konu trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Mora keeping moving, preventing Konu from controlling successfully.
Konu 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.
Konu is in close to Mora's body, working some short punches and elbows.
Konu throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Mora works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Mora keeping moving, preventing Konu from controlling successfully.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Mora wants to sweep here but Konu controlling him for the moment.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Konu throws a big right hand that misses.
Konu wants to stand but Mora is controlling his posture from full guard.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Mora not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
Konu postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Konu trying to control but Mora is working from the bottom.
Mora tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Mora is throwing his legs up, looking for submissions. Konu is aware though and is defending well.
Mora should think about turning a few of those tyres round his middle into muscle if he wants people to take him seriously as an athlete.
Mora looking to control.
Konu advances position into side control!
Konu is looking to take a break and control but Mora is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Konu working the ground and pound.
Konu lands a knee to the body and follows it up with some ground and pound to the head. That will wear Mora down.
Konu cracks Mora with a big right hand but Mora just smiles back at him and invites him to have another go.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Konu lands some shots froms side control.
Konu working away diligently from side control. Landing strikes effectively there - that will score him some points on the judges scorecards.
Konu misses with an attempted head punch from side control.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Mora is positioning himself to get back to half guard.
Konu wants to lay and pray for a moment but Mora keeps working.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Ben Konu dominated that round.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action.
Mora misses with an uppercut
and Konu holds on and brings the fighters into a clinch.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Konu as Mora tries to tie him up.
Konu looks to be in better condition than last time we saw him fight. Obviously he's been working hard on his cardio.
Mora tries to score a body lock takedown but Konu shows good agility there to stay on his feet.
Konu keeps control of Mora as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Mora goes for a takedown in the clinch but Konu prevents it.
Konu lands an elbow inside that Mora shrugs off.
It looks like David Mora has been cut.
Konu throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Mora jumps guard but Konu turns him against the cage and keeps the fight standing.
Ben Konu has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of David Mora.
Mora can't get the takedown.
Konu goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Mora wants a takedown.
Konu blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Konu is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Mora is breathing heavily.
Konu is looking to control Mora's arms but Mora gets an underhook and turns him. Now Konu has his back to the cage.
Mora looking for a takedown.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Konu lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Konu lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Konu pushes Mora back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Konu lands an elbow inside.
That has opened up David Mora's cut even more.
Konu scores with an uppercut up the middle.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Konu.
The cut above David Mora's eye is starting to cause him problems now.
Nice elbow from Konu.
Mora takes an elbow to the temple.
David Mora's cut is absolute horrible now. This looks like something out of a horror film with blood covering both fighters.
The referee calls the doctor in to look at David Mora's cut. Oh no, the doctor has called an end to the bout!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:36 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Cut). Ben Konu!
Ben Konu thanked the fans post fight for their support.
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energy
A | B |
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hype
A | B |
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pop
A | B |
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mgr
A | B |
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FIGHT
RATING
92% |
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