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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Dirk Walters (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Mustafa Ebola (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both these guys have solid standup skills and neither is particularly fantastic on the ground, so let's hope for a nice standup war!
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192 lbs
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184 lbs
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BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Granite chin |
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BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
7 - 3 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Dirk Walters!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Mustafa Ebola!
The judges for this bout are Bart Greer, Santiago Holmes and Michael Johnstone.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Walters lands a slapping body shot.
Walters throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Ebola is on the wrong end of a nice combination from Walters.
Ebola misses with a straight right.
Ebola swings widly with a right hand
and Walters counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Ebola misses with a straight left.
Walters stuns Ebola with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Walters keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Oooooh!!! Walters has knocked Ebola down with a huge combo! Walters steps away and waves a wobbly Ebola back to his feet! This one might not go much longer!
Ebola is rocked!
It looks like Mustafa Ebola has been cut.
Ebola throws a series of punches but Walters avoids them all with ease.
Ebola looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights.
Ebola wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Ebola throws a poor cross that misses
and Walters connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Walters throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Ebola connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Walters momentarily.
Ebola tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Walters manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Walters moves out of range of the strikes.
A big left from Ebola misses.
Ebola throws a combination that misses
and Walters counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Walters seems to be moving with more speed, compared to his last bout. He must have been working on that in the gym.
Sloppy strikes from Walters. Those never looked like landing.
Walters misses with a wild combination.
Ebola uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Walters.
Walters misses with a wild combination.
The crowd cheers as Walters lands an impressive looking overhand right. Ebola doesn't seem phased though.
Walters slips a jab from Ebola.
Ebola slips a straight right by Walters.
Some wild striking there from Walters.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Walters scores with a three punch combo!
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Ebola is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Walters.
Ebola dips to his left and cracks Walters with an uppercut!
Walters lands a left and a right that send Ebola crashing to the mat, dazed. Walters thinks about following him to the mat but decides to wave him back up to his feet!
Ebola is still on wobbly legs! Can Walters finish him?
Ebola thows a left - swing and a miss!
Ebola seems to have recovered his senses.
Ebola throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Walters counters with a nice body shot.
Ebola takes a body punch but keeps moving.
A swing and a miss from Ebola.
Walters pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Ebola thows a body shot but no joy.
Ebola pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Walters keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Ebola.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
A looping hook to the body misses from Walters. Ebola does a little dance to reset his feet.
Ebola lands a jab to Walters's midsection.
Ebola on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Walters rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Ebola moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Ebola dodges the punch combination from Walters.
Ebola fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Walters manages to avoid it.
Walters is looking to wear down Ebola with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
Ebola misses with a few strikes there.
Walters lands three nice shots there - that looked like it hurt!
Ebola fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Walters manages to avoid it.
Walters is working the combinations to good effect here.
Ebola moves away from the strike by Walters.
Ebola takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
Walters is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Ebola thows a body shot but no joy.
Ebola misses with a series of wild punches.
Ebola looks to score with a jab to the body but Walters is just out of range.
Ebola just misses with a punch to the body.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Ebola connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
It looks like Dirk Walters has been cut.
Walters tests Ebola's chin there with a solid looking shot.
A telegraphed right hand from Ebola misses the target.
Walters avoids the body shot from Ebola.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Walters throws a body punch but Ebola moves out of range.
Nice uppercut there from Walters.
Ebola connects with a jab.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Dirk Walters dominated that round.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.
Walters scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Walters lands a left and a right that send Ebola crashing to the mat, dazed. Walters thinks about following him to the mat but decides to wave him back up to his feet!
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Nice uppercut lands for Walters. That snapped Ebola's head back.
Ebola throws out a loose jab but Walters uses good head movement to avoid it.
Walters misses with the combination.
Dirk Walters is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Walters swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Ebola scores with a punch to the head.
Walters lands the left hand.
Ebola misses with a right hand
and Walters counters with a stiff right hand.
Walters looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
Ebola showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Walters.
Ebola keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Ebola throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Walters sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Ebola tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Walters was well out of range. Poor timing from Ebola.
Ebola throws a lazy uppercut
and Walters counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
Walters scores with a one two! Ebola had his feet all tangled up there and couldn't avoid the strikes.
Ebola throws a lazy uppercut
and Walters counters with a lovely shot to the body.
Ebola ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Walters scores with a jab to the body.
Ebola showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Walters.
Ebola throws a right hand that misses
and Walters counters with a left to the body.
Walters tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Ebola was well out of range. Poor timing from Walters.
Ebola lands a really nice looking cross but Walters seems unphased.
Walters thows a body shot but no joy.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Ebola dips to his left and cracks Walters with an uppercut!
Walters misses the shot to the body.
Nice straight punches there by Ebola. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Ebola.
Walters fails to land with a series of punches.
Walters fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Ebola throws a hook to the side of Walters's head but Walters sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Ebola swings widly with a right hand
and Walters counters with a series of strikes. Ebola will be more careful next time no doubt.
Ebola ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Walters moves away.
Walters punishes Ebola's body with a nice straight punch.
Ebola takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Walters jabs at Ebola's body.
Walters moves out of range as Ebola strikes.
Walters misses with a series of wild punches.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Walters keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Walters throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Ebola fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Walters manages to avoid it.
Ebola throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Danga de danga de dang - Walters scores with a four punch combination!
Ebola throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Walters cracks Ebola with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
Ebola misses with a wild combination.
Ebola misses the shot to the body.
Walters jabs away that one connects to the head of his opponent.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Ebola misses with a wild body shot.
Ebola gets cracked there but stands up to it.
Ebola throws a hook but Walters avoids it easily.
Walters misses with a series of wild punches.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
A combination from Walters does no damage.
Walters cracks a nice hook into Ebola's ribs.
Ebola loads up on a big right hand but Walters slips the punch.
Ebola takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
Walters is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Ebola can do to turn this around?
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Jab by Ebola.
Walters misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Walters 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.
Dirk Walters dominated that second round.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action! The crowd applaud as we get ready to start the final round!
A punch combination from Walters misses.
Walters misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Ebola throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Ebola is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Walters.
Ebola misses with a body shot.
Walters fails to land with a series of punches.
Ebola missing with a left hand there. Walters was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Walters throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Walters lands a jab to Ebola's midsection.
Ebola throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Walters throws a combination that misses
and Walters takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Ebola, as that shot connected.
Walters scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Ebola slips a jab and a cross from Walters.
Ebola swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Walters throws a right hand that Ebola ducks under and follows up with a left that Ebola also avoids with ease.
Ebola throws a nice looking combination but Walters bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Walters swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Ebola lands a jab to Walters's midsection.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Walters uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Ebola.
Walters scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.
Ebola stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
Walters scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.
Ebola misses with a series of wild punches.
Ebola misses with a wild combination.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Ebola walks into a left hand.
Ebola lands with a good body shot.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Ebola misses the jab.
Walters tries to keep at a distance but Ebola has taken the fight into the clinch.
Ebola working aggressively here.
A right hook to the body lands for Walters.
Ebola tries to work over Walters's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Walters looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Walters tries to break the clinch but Ebola is controlling the position.
Walters wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
A head punch on the inside from Ebola fails to land.
Ebola misses with a punch to the body.
Ebola tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Ebola has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
Walters wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Ebola has him pressed against the cage.
Walters blocks a body shot from Ebola.
Walters wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Walters blocks an uppercut.
Ebola keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Walters's efforts to push away.
Walters escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
The fighters circling - Walters throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Dirk Walters is winning the standup battle so far.
Ebola throws an off balance right hand
and Walters counters with a three punch combo that has Ebola backing up. Ebola nods at Walters to acknowledge the strikes.
Nice defenses there by Walters.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Ebola throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Ebola swings for the body but Walters moves out of range.
Walters slips a jab from Ebola.
Walters throws a series of strikes that have Ebola backpedaling.
Ebola will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Ebola misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Walters.
Jab from Ebola.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Ebola misses the jab.
Dirk Walters is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Ebola fails in his attempt to clinch.
Ebola misses with a body punch
and Walters cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Mustafa Ebola has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Left hook, right uppercut from Walters.
And that's the end of the fight!
I would just about give that final round to Mustafa Ebola.
Well Walters 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 Bart Greer scores the fight for Dirk Walters!
Judge Santiago Holmes scores the fight for Dirk Walters!
Judge Michael Johnstone scores the fight for Dirk Walters!
Dirk Walters wins by unanimous decision!
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