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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Felipe Lopez (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Juris Linde (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). We have two fighters making their debuts here, so let's see who comes out of this one with their first professional victory.
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175 lbs
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180 lbs
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Good wrestling
Basic striking
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BJJ Blue Belt
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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
0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Felipe Lopez!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Juris Linde!
The judges for this bout are Daniel Blasius, Saam Ante and Radbod Blank.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
A telegraphed takedown attempt from Linde is defended easily by Lopez.
Linde wants to clinch.
Lopez is trying hard to land a takedown here. Linde sprawls well and keeps this one on the feet.
Lopez looks for a takedown. He's got it. We're now in half guard.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
The referee claps his hands together and tells the fighters to work.
Lopez not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
Lopez thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
Lopez takes a deep breath and rests his weight momentarily on top of his opponent, to control the position.
Lopez passes to side control.
Lopez is maintaining the dominant position - no doubt Linde will start to get frustrated soon if he's not already.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Lopez working the ground and pound but he's contacting the mat, not the fighter.
The referee tells the fighters to keep busy.
Linde is working to avoid the ground and pound but Lopez connects with a decent elbow.
Lopez controlling the position from side mount.
Lopez has controlled the position for a good 20 seconds, which will no doubt be starting to frustrate his opponent.
You can see the frustration on Linde's face, being in this tough position on the bottom.
Lopez working away diligently from side control. Landing strikes effectively there - that will score him some points on the judges scorecards.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Lopez takes a little break here. Linde wants to take advantage but he is being controlled well.
Lopez lands a nice forearm strike.
This has been an exciting period of action!
The referee tells the fighters to keep busy.
Lopez working the ground and pound from side control.
Lopez controlling the position from side mount.
Lopez seems to have a rather negative gameplan on the ground. He seems keen to just score the takedown and hold down Linde for as long as he can get away with.
Lopez scores with a couple of nice shots to the head there. The referee takes a look at Linde to see if he's OK.
Linde takes an elbow right on the bridge of the nose and winces in pain.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Lopez controls the position.
Lopez in side control lands a decent elbow.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Lopez scoring with punches and elbows.
Linde is looking for a sweep.
Lopez controls the position from side control.
Lopez cracks Linde with an elbow. That is naaassty.
Lopez lands an elbow.
Lopez working the head and body with strikes.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Lopez is putting a hurting on Linde here, landing some big shots from side control.
Lopez is pausing for a moment. What's he doing? It looks like he's clearing his nose. Oh dude! He's shot a load of snot all down Linde's shoulder. That is not cool.
Lopez lands an elbow.
Linde on the wrong end of some ground and pound.
Lopez scores with a couple of nice shots to the head there. The referee takes a look at Linde to see if he's OK.
Lopez taking a breather here.
Linde tries to strike from the bottom but misses.
Linde is letting Lopez control him for a moment.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Linde takes a couple of big shots there - the referee warns him that he has to defend himself better.
Linde looks to move to half guard but instead Lopez has passed into mount! Damn!
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Felipe Lopez dominated that round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!
Lopez closes the distance, clinches up and gets a nice trip takedown into side control. Very smooth.
Lopez is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Linde can do to turn this around?
Lopez lands a knee to the body and follows it up with some ground and pound to the head. That will wear Linde down.
Linde trying to remain calm as Lopez controls from the top position.
Linde manages to land a sweep and he's now on top! Lovely Jiu Jitsu!
Lopez is pressing down on Linde's left leg trying to get back to full guard. He's managed it.
Lopez scrambles and gets back to his feet.
Lopez shoots in looking for a takedown. Linde tries to sprawl out of it but Lopez keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. Linde manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.
Linde looks to land a body kick but Lopez moved away.
Linde gets taken down but at least he's managed to land in guard.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Linde is trying to keep Lopez in close.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Lopez scoring with some ground and pound.
Lopez controlling from the guard. I say controlling but really, he's stalling.
Lopez stands and throws Linde's legs to the side, diving into side control.
Lopez looks up at the clock and then as Linde takes his cue and looks up at the clock too, Lopez smacks him right in the chops with a big elbow! How rude!
Lopez staying calm.
Linde is trying to improve his position.
Linde is being controlled here.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Lopez lands a knee to the body and a forearm to the face.
Lopez moving around in side mount but really he's just happy to control for now.
Lopez working the head with strikes.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Linde is letting Lopez control him for a moment.
The referee looks like he's ready to step in and stand the fighters back up.
The ref stands the fighters back up. Felipe Lopez wasn't doing enough on the ground.
Lopez drives through with a takedown into guard.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Linde utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Felipe Lopez overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Lopez controlling from the top position.
Lopez postures up and lands a big shot to Linde's brow.
Lopez is in close to Linde's body, working some short punches and elbows.
Linde has momentary wrist control but Lopez slips an elbow through the middle.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Lopez accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Lopez controlling from the guard. I say controlling but really, he's stalling.
Linde is breathing heavily.
Lopez keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Linde's head.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Lopez content to stall in guard here.
It looks like the ref is thinking about a standup.
Lopez won't allow Linde to sweep him here.
Lopez is frustrating his opponent with some stalling tactics from top position.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
We're going to have a standup here because Felipe Lopez wasn't active enough for the referee's liking.
Lopez looks for a takedown but Linde sprawls well.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Lopez bobs and weaves into range and then changes levels and scores with a nice takedown into side control.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Felipe Lopez dominated that second round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action. The crowd applaud as we get ready to start the final round!
Lopez closes the distance and clinches up with Linde, looking for a takedown. Lopez pushes Linde against the cage but Linde circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.
Lopez closes the distance and gets a trip takedown into side control. Linde quickly recovers to half guard.
Lopez slows the pace down in 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. Lopez connects with a nice short shot to Linde's temple.
Lopez is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.
The referee calls for the fighters to work.
Lopez is looking for the mount but instead finds himself back in full guard.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Lopez throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Linde works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Lopez slows down the pace of the fight, as he sits in guard.
The ref stands the fighters back up. Felipe Lopez wasn't doing enough on the ground.
Nice sprawl there from Lopez as Linde shoots in.
Linde misses with a takedown attempt - Lopez sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
Linde takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Lopez misses with a takedown
and Linde counters by clinching up.
Linde breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Lopez closes the distance, clinches up and gets a nice trip takedown into side control. Very smooth.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Lopez taking a breather here.
Lopez grinds an elbow into Linde's temple.
Linde is looking to reverse the position.
Lopez lands a few punches from side control.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Linde is trying to escape the position but Lopez is controlling the position.
Lopez working the ground and pound.
Lopez happy to just control the position for now.
Lopez lands an elbow.
Lopez creates a bit of distance and throws down some hard shots.
Lopez working the ground and pound from side control.
You can see the frustration on Linde's face as Lopez controls the position.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Lopez landing with strikes to the head and body from side control.
Lopez controls the position.
Lopez lands an elbow.
Lopez is chipping away with strikes.
Lopez scoring with punches and elbows.
Lopez is working Linde over with some ground and pound from side control.
Linde trying to remain calm as Lopez controls from the top position.
Lopez scoring with punches and elbows.
Lopez is pausing for a moment. What's he doing? It looks like he's clearing his nose. Oh dude! He's shot a load of snot all down Linde's shoulder. That is not cool.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Lopez is putting a hurting on Linde here, landing some big shots from side control.
Linde takes a big shot right to the temple there but he's taken it well.
Lopez looks up at the clock and then as Linde takes his cue and looks up at the clock too, Lopez smacks him right in the chops with a big elbow! How rude!
Lopez scores with a couple of short elbows.
Linde being controlled for a moment.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Lopez lands a nice forearm strike.
The referee tells the fighters to keep busy.
Felipe Lopez is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Lopez works to advance to full mount. Linde defends for a few seconds but eventually he succumbs.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Linde is in a horrible position here. Lopez smacks him with another shot as he tries to escape the position.
Lopez controlling from mount.
And that's the end of the fight!
Felipe Lopez showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Lopez, winning every round. Will the judges agree? They are the ones who matter, even if they are often depressingly incompetent. 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 30:25
Judge Saam Ante scores the fight 30:25
Judge Radbod Blank scores the fight 30:25
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Felipe Lopez!
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energy
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hype
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pop
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mgr
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RATING
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