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Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Alphons Draclau (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Steinar Sting (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.
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143 lbs
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148 lbs
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Abu Dhabi Champ
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Lethal high kicks
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
25 - 7 - 1, fighting out of Las Vegas, Alphons Draclau!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
37 - 23 - 1, fighting out of New York, Steinar Sting!
The judges for this bout are Jack Bonds, Timothy Bukovac and Frank Antenori.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Draclau stuns Sting with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Draclau scoring well with a low kick there.
A shot to the liver by Sting. Beautiful body shot.
Good leg kick by Draclau there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Draclau is looking to land body kicks.
Sting misses the shot to the body.
Sting pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Draclau is looking to land body kicks.
Sting takes a swing at Draclau's ribcage but misses.
Sting waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Draclau.
Sting ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Draclau moves away.
Sting ducks under a wild hook from Draclau.
Sting pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
A leg kick checked by Sting.
Draclau connects with a right hand. Sting shakes it off.
Draclau avoids a kick to the body.
Sting takes a swing at Draclau's ribcage but misses.
Draclau throws a leg kick which misses Sting's front leg but catches the back leg as Sting tries to avoid it.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Draclau connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Sting momentarily.
Draclau looks for the body kick but Sting saw that one coming.
Draclau fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Sting manages to avoid it.
Sting looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights.
Alphons Draclau seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Draclau connects with a body shot that sends Sting's belly button to the back.
Draclau throws a sloppy head kick and Sting moves out of range easily.
Sting scores with a spinning back kick!
Sting is throwing a lot of body shots here, looking to wear down Draclau rather than just go for the knockout.
Horrible takedown by Sting or perhaps it was just good defense by Draclau which made him look bad.
Alphons Draclau is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Sting throws a low kick but it's checked well by Draclau.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Draclau.
Draclau misses with a low kick.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Draclau.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Sting checks a leg kick.
Draclau tries to check the leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Sting misses with a low kick as Draclau jumps back.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Sting throws a lazy body kick
and Draclau counters with a flying knee. Nice.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Draclau swings and misses with a shot to the body
and Sting counters with a nice low kick that buckles Draclau's knee momentarily.
Draclau scoring well with a low kick there.
Sting lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
A right-left combo lands from Draclau.
Draclau wants to clinch up but Sting keeps it at a distance.
That's a knee to de groin and it's over and out! Sting crumples to the ground after an illegal strike from Draclau - the referee stops the clock and Sting gets 5 minutes to recover from that one. "I'm sorry" says Draclau. Sting manages to get back to his feet and the fight resumes.
Draclau sizes up Sting with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
Sting manages to get an easy takedown there - catching Draclau on his heels. He'll look to pass Draclau's guard now, I'm sure.
Sting trying to control but Draclau is working from the bottom.
Sting preventing the sweep.
Draclau is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
Sting wants to pass the guard but Draclau is keeping the position.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Draclau looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Sting throwing strikes but missing.
Draclau wants to control the position but Sting says "no thanks buddy" and passes to half guard.
Sting tries to pass to full mount but Draclau defends it.
Sting not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
Draclau moves his hips nicely and gets into full guard.
Draclau not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
Sting working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of Draclau's head.
Sting throwing strikes from guard but Draclau blocks nicely.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Draclau is controlling Sting's posture.
Draclau controls Sting momentarily but Sting frees himself.
Sting controlling from the top position.
The fighters are starting to get a bit slippery now, which will make submissions a bit more difficult.
Draclau trying to control the position.
Sting looking to sit in guard and control but Draclau gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Sting keeping moving, preventing Draclau from controlling successfully.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close round but I would say that Alphons Draclau will probably get the nod.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!
Draclau throws a head kick that connects with a bit of head and a bit of hand.
Sting avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
Sting on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Draclau. Draclau obviously looking to wear him down.
Draclau thumps Sting with a low kick.
Draclau feints and then cracks Sting's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Sting down.
Alphons Draclau is winning the standup battle so far.
Draclau looks to score with a jab to the body but Sting is just out of range.
Draclau takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Draclau avoids the body shot from Sting.
Draclau moves out of range as Sting throws a body kick.
Sting throws a nice outside leg kick.
Draclau lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Sting's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Draclau misses with a wild body shot.
Draclau thows a body shot but no joy.
Sting keeps Draclau at a distance using the push kick.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Sting takes a kick to the side of the head.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Nice shot lands for Draclau.
Draclau lands a jab to Sting's midsection.
Draclau fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Sting manages to avoid it.
Sting keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
Sting lands a nice shot that snaps Draclau's head back.
Draclau moves out of range as Sting throws a body kick.
Sting blocks a head kick by Draclau.
Sting misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Draclau.
Draclau lands the left hand.
Draclau throws a low kick but Sting moves out of range easily.
A looping hook to the body misses from Sting. Draclau does a little dance to reset his feet.
Draclau has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Sting.
Sting scores with a body shot.
Draclau connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Sting ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Draclau misses with a body shot.
Sting tries a head kick but it misses.
Sting throws a body kick that digs right into the meat.
Sting is trying hard to land a takedown here. Draclau sprawls well and keeps this one on the feet.
Sting cracks Draclau with a good jab.
That kick from Draclau tenderised Sting's leg. Sting is trying to keep his angry face on.
Draclau tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Sting manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Sting misses with a two punch combination.
Draclau swings for the body but Sting moves out of range.
Draclau closes the distance but Sting moves to the side
and Sting counters with an inside leg kick.
Sting misses with a body shot.
Sting throws a wild body kick that Draclau sees coming a mile off.
Sting gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sting keeps Draclau at a distance using the push kick.
Nice cross by Sting.
Sting on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Draclau. Draclau obviously looking to wear him down.
Sting throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Sting throws a body kick that misses.
Draclau walks into a left hand.
Sting fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Draclau is out of range.
Sting throws a body kick despite being completely out of range
and Draclau counters with a nice low kick that buckles Sting's knee momentarily.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Draclau.
Draclau moves forwards but Sting connects with a nice, crisp jab.
Sting looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Sting blocks a head kick by Draclau.
Draclau misses with a low kick.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Sting throws a leg kick which misses Draclau's front leg but catches the back leg as Draclau tries to avoid it.
Sting slips under a jab.
Draclau throws a front kick aimed at Sting's knee but Sting avoids it well.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Sting throws the kick towards the body but Draclau avoids it.
Sting walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Draclau checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
Draclau misses with an attempted mid kick.
Draclau misses with the body kick
and Sting counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Draclau connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
A punch lands to the side of Sting 's head but he takes it in his stride.
Draclau takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Draclau connects with a jab.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Sting tries to clinch up but Draclau circles away and keeps his distance.
Sting bobs and weaves and then throws a good body kick.
Sting swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close second round but Steinar Sting will probably get the nod - 10:9.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business. Ladies and gentlemen, this is the final round!
Sting misses with the body kick
and Draclau counters by moving into the clinch. Good anticipation by Draclau.
Draclau lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Sting or not.
A left hand lands to the body for Draclau.
Draclau struggles to land a body shot inside as Sting controls his hands.
Draclau is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Sting misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Draclau swings away with an uppercut that misses.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
Draclau working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Sting trying to stall but Draclau improves his position.
Draclau misses with a body punch.
Draclau is trying to stall.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Draclau can't seem to implement his control oriented gameplan at the moment. That's no bad thing of course, for those of us who want to see a good fight.
Sting struggles to land a body shot inside as Draclau controls his hands.
Sting lands with a light punch inside.
Sting looking to stall.
Sting lands with a left to the head.
Sting is stalling here. The referee will be looking to step in if he doesn't pick up the pace.
Draclau gets double underhooks to prevent a takedown attempt from Sting.
Sting goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Draclau lands a nice uppercut.
Draclau blocks a body shot from Sting.
Draclau tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Sting's elbow.
Sting tries to throw a body punch but Draclau avoids it by throwing Sting back against the cage.
Draclau prevents a body shot from Sting.
Sting lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Draclau tries a body shot but Sting blocks it.
Draclau lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Nice body punch from Sting - that landed with a thud.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Sting is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
Draclau leaning against his opponent.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sting struggles to land a body shot inside as Draclau controls his hands.
Sting stalls.
Sting misses with a hook from the clinch.
Sting tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Draclau's elbow.
Draclau taking a breather.
Draclau manages to get underhooks and slows down the pace for a moment.
Sting holding his opponent close, against the cage.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
A head punch on the inside from Draclau fails to land.
Draclau goes for a takedown in the clinch but Sting prevents it.
Draclau is defending well against a takedown attempt.
Draclau throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Stings head.
Draclau lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Sting struggles to land a body shot inside as Draclau controls his hands.
Sting wants to get back to striking at distance but Draclau won't allow it.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Sting tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Draclau's elbow.
Sting breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
And that's the end of the fight!
That was a close round. You could make an argument for either fighter but I would give it to Alphons Draclau.
I think Draclau 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 Jack Bonds scores the fight 29:28
Judge Timothy Bukovac scores the fight 29:29
Judge Frank Antenori scores the fight 29:28
In favor of your winner, by majority decision... Alphons Draclau!
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