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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Jacques La Haine (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Emilio Izturis (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). La Haine's entrance music is Cut Killer - Nique La Police. A fine choice. These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.
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182 cm
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203 lbs
10 - 3 - 0 |
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190 cm
26
190 lbs
15 - 10 - 0 |
Abu Dhabi Champ
World class MT
Insanely flexible |
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Olympic wrestler
World class boxer
Good gas tank |
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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
10 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Jacques La Haine! And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner. With a record of
15 - 10 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Emilio Izturis! The judges for this bout are Daniel Blasius, Paulsen Ambrosius and Patrick Alders.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway! Izturis bobs and weaves and then throws a good body kick. La Haine slips a straight right by Izturis. Izturis misses with a body shot.
La Haine ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face. La Haine avoids the body shot from Izturis.
Izturis looking to land some kicks to the body here.
La Haine throws a big shot that misses. La Haine misses with the combination.
Izturis bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut. We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up. Good standup being displayed there by La Haine as he connects with a hook. La Haine takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily. La Haine throws a good cross that connects.
La Haine throws out a powerful jab.
That's one minute gone in the round. La Haine moves out of range of the body kick. Izturis swings and misses with a hook to the body.
La Haine is looking to counter with a shot to the body. Izturis walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. La Haine checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side. As Izturis tries to get set, La Haine tries to push him back and clinch up but Izturis manages to avoid the attempt. La Haine ducks down and throws a hook to the body. La Haine throws out a loose jab but Izturis uses good head movement to avoid it. Izturis throws a body punch but La Haine moves out of range. La Haine is looking to take this fight into the clinch. La Haine throws the left hand but Izturis avoids the punch easily. Izturis swings for the body but La Haine moves out of range.
Izturis just misses with a punch to the body.
La Haine was looking to counter that last move with a shot to the body but he didn't commit. A shot to the body from Izturis misses and La Haine counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw. Izturis uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from La Haine.
That's two minutes gone in the round. Izturis misses the jab. This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Izturis. La Haine lands a head shot. A jab from Izturis finds it's way through La Haine's defenses. This has been an exciting period of action! Izturis gets cracked with a nice right hand there by La Haine. La Haine lands with a shot to the body. Izturis has been spending a lot of time sparring his boxing in the run up to the fight, trying to sharpen up those hands and look for a knockout. Izturis lands with a good body shot. La Haine scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent. A jab from La Haine misses. La Haine stuffs the takedown attempt from Izturis. Izturis gets slowly back to his feet. La Haine swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect. La Haine swings away with a body shot that misses
and Izturis counters with a lovely straight right hand! Izturis misses the body punch and La Haine counters with a series of strikes. Izturis will be more careful next time no doubt.
Izturis is rocked!
That's three minutes gone in the round. La Haine gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here. Izturis is still on wobbly legs! Can La Haine finish him? A short uppercut from La Haine. La Haine creates some distance and fires off a vicious elbow that drops Izturis! He pounces and finishes the fight with more strikes! Nice KO for La Haine.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:12 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Jacques La Haine! A less than humble Jacques La Haine misjudged his post fight interview somewhat and came across a little too arrogant whilst trying to hype up his own abilities.
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energy
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hype
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pop
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mgr
A | B |
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