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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Frank Slayer (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Nilton Fantoni (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Slayer comes to the cage accompanied by Ramallah - Kill a Celebrity . Fingers crossed for an exciting fight - I'm sure both fighters are looking for a nice under the table bonus!
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BJJ Purple Belt
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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 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Frank Slayer!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of New York, Nilton Fantoni!
The judges for this bout are Daniel Blasius, Albert Achterberg and Paulsen Ambrosius.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Some bone on bone action there as Fantoni checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
Fantoni connects with a jab.
A big right from Slayer misses.
Slayer tries a low kick but Fantoni avoids it.
Slayer throws a quick inside leg kick.
Fantoni misses with a looping right.
Fantoni jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Slayer rushes Fantoni and presses him up against the cage.
Slayer unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Slayer keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Fantoni's efforts to push away.
Slayer lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
A right handed body shot lands from Slayer.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Slayer landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
We've been informed that Fantoni 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.
Fantoni looks winded!
Slayer lands a shot to the body.
I was talking to Slayer's coach per-fight and he was telling me that they'd been working on the clinch in the runup to this fight.
Slayer gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Slayer lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Slayer landing knees to the head.
Slayer lands a knee to the head.
Slayer lands a knee to the head.
Slayer lands an elbow just above Fantoni 's eye.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Slayer lands a good knee to the midsection. Fantoni won't want to take too many of those.
A short body shot lands from Slayer as the two fighters clinch.
Slayer pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Slayer lands with a kick to the temple. Fantoni shrugs as if to say "is that all you've got?"
Slayer throws a sloppy head kick and Fantoni moves out of range easily.
Frank Slayer seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Slayer tries a head kick but it misses.
Fantoni has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Fantoni there as he acknowledges the shot.
Fantoni is rocked!
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Fantoni throws a hook but Slayer blocks it.
Slayer throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Fantoni chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Slayer can pounce on him.
Slayer connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Slayer goes for a high kick. It partially lands.
Fantoni is still on wobbly legs! Can Slayer finish him?
Fantoni throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Slayer throws a sloppy head kick and Fantoni moves out of range easily.
Fantoni seems to have recovered his senses.
Slayer stalks Fantoni and leaps in with a furious combination of punches. Uppercuts and crosses smash into Fantoni's face. Fantoni staggers backwards, shaken.
Slayer throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
Slayer misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Fantoni blocks the body kick.
Slayer blocks a head kick by Fantoni.
Slayer lands a jab-cross combination.
Slayer throws a sloppy head kick
and Fantoni counters with a nice uppercut.
Slayer is looking to slow Fantoni down with leg kicks.
Slayer thumps Fantoni with a low kick.
Slayer blocks a head kick by Fantoni.
Fantoni lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Slayer moves out of range as Fantoni strikes.
Slayer is looking to clinch but Fantoni is avoiding it.
Slayer tries for a takedown but Fantoni sees it coming a mile off and avoids it easily.
Fantoni takes a swing at Slayer's ribcage but misses.
Slayer throws a head kick but Fantoni moves out of range.
Fantoni looks to land a left hand but Slayer moved out of range nicely.
Fantoni pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Fantoni is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
Slayer misses with a head kick.
Fantoni wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Slayer tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Fantoni manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Fantoni takes a head kick and shrugs it off.
The crowd cheers as Fantoni lands an impressive looking overhand right. Slayer doesn't seem phased though.
Slayer gets cracked there but stands up to it.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Fantoni lands a head shot.
It looks like Frank Slayer has been cut.
Slayer finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
A clash of legs there as Fantoni blocks the low kick.
Slayer with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Fantoni cracks Slayer with an open hand slap.
Slayer displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Fantoni throws out the jab.
Nice cross by Fantoni.
Slayer is looking to clinch.
Fantoni might want to mix his strikes up a bit more. He's just going for head shots at the moment and that can become a bit predictable.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Slayer swings for the body but Fantoni moves out of range.
Slayer gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Fantoni.
Slayer on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
Slayer avoids the head kick by Fantoni.
Fantoni is landing a lot of head punches in this opening round! Slayer had better start moving his head a bit unless he wants his face to turn into pâté.
Fantoni with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Fantoni throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Fantoni stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Slayer.
Fantoni throws a poor cross that misses
and Slayer counters with an outside leg kick.
Slayer moves away from the strike by Fantoni.
Slayer lands a jab to the head.
Fantoni checks a leg kick.
Fantoni's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Slayer throws a good cross that connects.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
A swing and a miss from Fantoni.
Slayer throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Fantoni throws a one two combo.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Frank Slayer dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Frank Slayer's cut.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!
Slayer fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Fantoni.
Slayer takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
Fantoni tests Slayer's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Slayer scores with a hook to the body. Fantoni takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Fantoni blocks a head kick by Slayer.
Fantoni misses with a hook.
Fantoni checks a leg kick nicely.
A looping hook to the body misses from Slayer. Fantoni does a little dance to reset his feet.
Slayer closes the distance and clinches.
Slayer landing knees to the head.
Fantoni looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Slayer landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Slayer gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Slayer with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Slayer slows down the pace here.
Fantoni is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Slayer lands a knee to the head.
Fantoni is trying to break the clinch but Slayer has him pressed against the cage.
Slayer lands a body shot in the clinch.
Slayer creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Fantoni's defenses.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Slayer obliges.
Fantoni is breathing heavily.
Slayer lands a nice shot to the body.
Slayer using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Slayer lands a hook to the side of the head.
Fantoni takes an elbow to the forehead.
Slayer scores a nice knee to the body.
Slayer landing knees to the head.
Frank Slayer has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Slayer lands a good knee to the midsection. Fantoni won't want to take too many of those.
Slayer is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Slayer lands a knee to the body.
Slayer breaks from the clinch.
Slayer thumps Fantoni with a low kick.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
A right-left combo lands from Slayer.
A solid leg kick lands there for Slayer.
Slayer pulls out of a head kick attempt.
The fighters are starting to get sweaty, which will make takedowns a bit more tricky.
A nice leg kick lands there from Slayer.
Slayer tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
A shot to the body from Slayer misses
and Fantoni cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
A clash of legs there as Fantoni blocks the low kick.
Slayer is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Fantoni can do to turn this around?
Slayer turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Fantoni throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Slayer throws out a leg kick but Fantoni moves out of range and Slayer only half commits.
Slayer lands a jab. Then a cross. Then finally a nice hook to the body. Good work there by Slayer.
Fantoni sees a low kick coming and goes to check it, but it's actually a body kick and it thuds into his unprotected ribs.
Slayer digs a good hook to Fantoni's body.
Slayer walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Slayer uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Fantoni.
Slayer fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Fantoni, pushing him back against the cage.
Slayer lands an elbow just above Fantoni 's eye.
Fantoni takes a knee right on the jaw!
Slayer looking to throw knees to the head but Fantoni is blocking nicely.
Fantoni tries to circle away but Slayer has him pinned against the cage.
Fantoni stops a takedown attempt from Slayer.
Slayer pressing his opponent against the cage.
Slayer connects with a nasty looking knee right to Fantoni's face.
Fantoni wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Slayer has him pressed against the cage.
Slayer tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Slayer pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Fantoni throws a shot to the body.
Fantoni takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Nice defenses there by Fantoni.
Slayer takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
Fantoni misses with a looping right.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Slayer needs to keep his hands up - Fantoni had a free shot at his head there.
Frank Slayer is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Slayer lands with a head kick! That's gotta hurt.
Fantoni keeps the fight on the outside.
Fantoni avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Fantoni looks to land a right hand but Slayer moved out of range.
Fantoni throws a head kick that Slayer semi-blocks.
Slayer connects with a solid leg kick.
Fantoni throws a looping overhand right but Slayer ducks down to avoid it.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Slayer lands a front kick.
Slayer displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Fantoni throws out the jab.
Fantoni paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
Slayer checks a low kick from Fantoni.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Frank Slayer dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Frank Slayer's cut.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business. The crowd applaud as we get ready to start the final round!
Fantoni waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Slayer.
Frank Slayer is winning the standup battle so far.
Slayer will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Slayer pushes Fantoni away with a front kick.
Fantoni on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
Slayer looks to land a body kick but Fantoni moved away.
Fantoni throws a hook but Slayer blocks it.
Slayer ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Slayer throws a head kick that connects with a bit of head and a bit of hand.
Slayer tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Fantoni was well out of range. Poor timing from Slayer.
Fantoni is looking to chop away at Slayer's legs.
The fighters circling - Fantoni throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Slayer looks to clinch
and Fantoni counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Fantoni loads up on a big right hand but Slayer slips the punch.
Fantoni misses with a hook. Slayer ducked under it nicely.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Fantoni lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Slayer circles away quickly and effectively.
Fantoni takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Slayer scores with a leg kick.
Slayer scoring well with a low kick there.
Slayer walks into a jab.
Fantoni missing with a left hand there. Slayer was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Slayer lands a body shot.
Fantoni misses with a hook.
Slayer is looking to wear down Fantoni with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
Slayer lands a front kick.
Slayer lands with a slapping head kick.
Nice uppercut there from Slayer.
Slayer looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Slayer throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Fantoni on the side of the head.
Slayer moves away from the strike by Fantoni.
Slayer feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Fantoni's calf.
Slayer throws a leg kick which misses Fantoni's front leg but catches the back leg as Fantoni tries to avoid it.
Slayer pulls out of a head kick attempt.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Slayer is looking to clinch.
Fantoni misses the jab.
Slayer is using his height advantage well here, landing a good percentage of his punches.
Slayer uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Fantoni.
Fantoni scores with a jab to the jaw.
Slayer throws a low kick but it's checked well by Fantoni.
Fantoni throws a big shot that misses.
Slayer thows a left - swing and a miss!
Slayer drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
Fantoni connects with a jab.
Slayer keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Fantoni.
Slayer rushes Fantoni and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Fantoni tries to break the clinch but Slayer is controlling the position.
A knee to the head by Slayer.
Slayer landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Fantoni can't break the clinch.
Slayer breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Slayer pushes Fantoni up against the cage in a clinch.
Slayer lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Slayer with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Still in the clinch, Slayer scores with a nice short uppercut.
Slayer looking to throw knees to the head but Fantoni is blocking nicely.
Fantoni wants to break free but Slayer has control.
Fantoni breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Nilton Fantoni has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Fantoni takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
A head kick by Slayer misses
letting Fantoni counter with a right hand.
Fantoni misses with a body shot.
Fantoni avoids the body shot from Slayer.
Fantoni tests Slayer's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Fantoni bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Slayer misses with a wild combination.
Fantoni fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Fantoni throws a right hand that misses
and Slayer counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Slayer chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Slayer scoring well with a low kick there.
Fantoni looks to score with a jab to the body but Slayer is just out of range.
Fantoni lands a jab.
Fantoni blocks a low kick nicely.
Fantoni takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Nice cross by Fantoni.
Slayer throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Frank Slayer is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Slayer thows a body shot but no joy.
And that's the end of the fight!
Frank Slayer showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Slayer has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... 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 Daniel Blasius scores the fight 30:27
Judge Albert Achterberg scores the fight 30:27
Judge Paulsen Ambrosius scores the fight 30:27
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Frank Slayer!
Frank Slayer seemed lost for words in his post fight interview but he remembered to thank his fans and directed everyone to his website.
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energy
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hype
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