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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Varg Veide (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and John Daniels (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Veide comes to the cage accompanied by Bachman-Turner Overdrive - Taking Care of Business. The crowd giving both fighters a great reception on their way into the arena. That's good to see.
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255 lbs
15 - 6 - 0 |
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198 cm
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257 lbs
23 - 5 - 1 |
Great wrestler
World class boxer
Granite chin |
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World class MT
Good gas tank |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the heavyweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
15 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Varg Veide!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
23 - 5 - 1, fighting out of Las Vegas, John Daniels!
The judges for this bout are , Jack Bonds and Timothy Bukovac.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Veide throws a nice looking combination but Daniels bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Veide swings for the body but Daniels moves out of range.
Daniels tries to clinch but Veide moves away
and Veide counters with a thumping low kick.
Veide throws a body kick that sends a sickening thudding noise reverberating around the arena.
Veide misses with a left hand
and Daniels counters by moving into the clinch.
I was talking to Veide's coach per-fight and he was telling me that they'd been working on the clinch in the runup to this fight.
Daniels blocks the elbow strike.
Daniels fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Daniels keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Veide's efforts to push away.
Daniels lands with a short punch from the clinch.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Veide is trying to break the clinch but Daniels is controlling him.
Daniels throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Veide breaks from the clinch.
Daniels looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights.
Daniels ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Daniels scores with a crisp jab that stopped Veide in his tracks.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Daniels catches Veide with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
Daniels blocks a head kick by Veide.
Daniels takes one to the chin there.
Veide throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Daniels avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
Daniels throws a leg kick but Veide sees it coming and checks it nicely.
Veide throws a jab but it's blocked by Daniels.
Daniels lands with a kick to the ribs.
Veide keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Veide takes a body kick right on the floating rib. Ouchie.
Veide misses with an uppercut. Daniels saw that one coming.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Veide stuns Daniels with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Daniels tries to clinch but Veide is having none of it.
Veide has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Veide there as he acknowledges the shot.
A low kick from Daniels misses
and Veide counters with a three punch combination, finished off with a leg kick. Nice work.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Daniels throws a leg kick that is checked
and he gets countered with a snapping leg kick.
Daniels throws a sloppy head kick and Veide moves out of range easily.
Veide lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Daniels uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Veide.
Veide throws a body kick that misses.
A leg kick checked by Veide.
Veide checks a low kick from Daniels.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Daniels misses with an attempted mid kick.
Veide tries to keep at a distance but Daniels has taken the fight into the clinch.
Veide on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Daniels misses with a hook from the clinch.
Daniels pushes off an throws an elbow but Veide leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Daniels lands with a light punch inside.
Daniels lands an uppercut.
Daniels blocks an uppercut.
Veide tries to circle away but Daniels has him pinned against the cage.
Veide tries to work over Daniels's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Veide pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Daniels chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Veide scores with a nice strike.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Daniels lands a vicious shot with the stealth of a sniper and the strength of a viper. Are vipers that strong? I can think of lots of things that are stronger than a viper - not many rhyme with sniper though.
An inside leg kick from Veide misses.
Veide misses with a wild body shot.
Daniels tries to clinch up.
Daniels throws a leg kick which misses Veide's front leg but catches the back leg as Veide tries to avoid it.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Veide throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
A nice inside leg kick there by Daniels. That's going to slow Veide down.
Daniels connects with a solid leg kick.
Daniels throws a leg kick that is checked
and Veide counters with a nice uppercut.
It looks like John Daniels has been cut.
Daniels connects with a looping right hand.
Daniels clinches with his opponent.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close round but John Daniels will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on John Daniels's cut.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.
Veide tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Daniels was well out of range. Poor timing from Veide.
A head kick misses from Veide.
Daniels scores with a leg kick.
A looping hook to the body misses from Veide. Daniels does a little dance to reset his feet.
That kick from Daniels tenderised Veide's leg. Veide is trying to keep his angry face on.
Veide throws a low kick but it's checked well by Daniels.
That kick from Daniels tenderised Veide's leg. Veide is trying to keep his angry face on.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Daniels, right into the meat.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Veide takes a head kick and shrugs it off.
Veide ducks under a wild hook from Daniels.
Veide gets cracked there but stands up to it.
Daniels is looking to slow Veide down with leg kicks.
That's one minute gone in the round.
A solid leg kick lands there for Daniels.
Daniels pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Veide moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Veide misses with an uppercut. Daniels saw that one coming.
Veide shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.
Daniels avoids the body shot from Veide.
Daniels tries to clinch there but Veide circles away.
Daniels cracks Veide with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
Daniels avoids the body shot from Veide.
Daniels gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Daniels lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Veide backwards.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Daniels pushes Veide back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Veide lands a shot to the body.
Veide misses with a body punch.
Veide tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Daniels doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Veide is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
Veide fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Daniels unloads a knee to the mid-section. Veide lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Daniels gets through Veide's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Daniels stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Daniels swings wildly with an uppercut but Veide uses good head movement to avoid it.
Veide escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Veide takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Daniels lands a jab.
Veide just misses with a punch to the body.
John Daniels seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
A head kick misses from Daniels.
John Daniels seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Daniels jabs. That one connects to the head of his opponent.
Veide takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Daniels misses with a low kick.
Veide buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Daniels goes for a high kick. It partially lands.
Veide throws a series of punches but Daniels moves out of range.
Veide drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Daniels gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Veide.
Daniels swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Daniels tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Daniels is looking to clinch.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Veide throws a right and a left that both miss.
Nice body kick from Daniels.
Daniels throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Veide avoids the body shot from Daniels.
Veide misses with a telegraphed body shot
and Daniels counters by moving into the clinch. Good anticipation by Daniels.
A head punch on the inside from Daniels fails to land.
Daniels throws an elbow but it's blocked.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
John Daniels showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on John Daniels's cut.
That's time! Back to the action!
Veide will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.
Daniels feints and then cracks Veide's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Veide down.
Veide looks to land a body kick but Daniels moved away.
Daniels lands a really nice looking cross but Veide seems unphased.
Daniels uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Veide.
Veide uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Daniels.
Veide lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Daniels moves out of range of the leg kick from Veide.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
A big left from Veide misses.
Daniels uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Veide.
Veide misses with a straight left.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Daniels throws a leg kick but Veide checks it.
Veide takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Daniels misses with a body shot.
Veide pivots, looking for a leg kick but Daniels is out of range and Veide settles back down.
Veide pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Daniels throws a body kick that misses.
Daniels throws a head kick that looked like it stung.
Daniels throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Daniels lands a nice leg kick that just misses Veide's sensitive parts.
Veide moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
The fighters circling - Veide throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Veide avoids the head kick by Daniels.
Daniels throws a sloppy head kick and Veide moves out of range easily.
Daniels lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Daniels has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Veide throws a low kick but it's checked well by Daniels.
Veide turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Daniels attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
Veide connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Some bone on bone action there as Veide checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
Veide throws a head kick that looked like it stung.
Daniels connects with a solid leg kick.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Daniels connects with an inside leg kick.
The fight stays on the outside here - Daniels looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Veide throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Daniels with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Veide moves away from the strike by Daniels.
Veide bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Daniels looks to land a left hand but Veide moved out of range nicely.
Veide chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Daniels can pounce on him.
Veide takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Daniels wants to clinch
and Veide counters with a nice body shot.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Veide scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
Veide connects with a solid leg kick.
Veide getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
Daniels throws a quick inside leg kick.
Daniels closes the distance looking to clinch
and Veide counters with a big right hand! Oh Daniels is in trouble here! Veide follows up with more strikes and that's it! The ref has stopped it!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:39 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Varg Veide!
Varg Veide retains his heavyweight title!
Varg Veide bigged himself up after the win. The crowd seemed to love it.
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hype
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