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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Rob St Paul (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jon Van Halen (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). The crowd seem to be enjoying Van Halen's choice of entrance music: Here I Go Again. Jon Van Halen is the more experienced fighter, so let's see if that makes a difference tonight.
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BJJ Purple Belt
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Rob St Paul!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
0 - 1 - 1, fighting out of Hilo, Jon Van Halen!
The judges for this bout are , and .
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Van Halen shoots in for a takedown and gets it.
Van Halen is thwarting St Paul's attempts to control the position.
Van Halen is pressing down on St Paul's thigh, looking to free his foot. St Paul is holding on for now.
Van Halen prevents St Paul from improving his position.
Van Halen wants to stand up but St Paul has a hold of him and won't allow it.
St Paul is looking for a sweep. Van Halen is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
Van Halen wants to free his trapped foot but St Paul is holding on for dear life with his legs.
Van Halen thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed St Paul's head.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Well, the referee has seen enough. Neither fighter is active enough on the ground so he's stood them back up.
A head kick misses from Van Halen.
Van Halen shoots in and bounces St Paul off the cage to secure the takedown into guard.
Van Halen wants to pass the guard but St Paul is keeping the position.
Van Halen gets to his feet and steps away from his opponent.
St Paul is breathing heavily.
St Paul gets taken down but at least he's managed to land in guard.
St Paul lands a beautiful switch and he's in full mount! That could spell trouble for Van Halen!
Van Halen can't escape the position.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Van Halen really wants to buck St Paul off and get back to his feet.
Van Halen is writhing around trying to get back to his feet.
Van Halen bucks up and throws St Paul to the side - he's got back to his feet. Great escape!
Van Halen darts in and lands a nice takedown into half guard.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Van Halen missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
Van Halen trying to control the action but St Paul is working from the bottom.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Van Halen tries to stand but can't do so whilst St Paul controls his leg.
Van Halen sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. St Paul defending well though.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Van Halen works his way into full mount!
Van Halen looking to control but St Paul is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.
Van Halen is working on an americana here. Ooh, that looks pretty nasty! Nope, St Paul has managed to escape the submission attempt.
St Paul is looking to get to half guard.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
A few boos can be heard. I'm sure they will multiply if the fighters don't pick up the pace.
Van Halen controlling the position easily from mount.
Van Halen lands a couple of nice shots there from mount.
Van Halen scoring with some good ground and pound from mount here. Will he manage to finish St Paul?
St Paul is squirming around, avoiding Van Halen's attempts to control the action.
Van Halen is landing with some decent strikes but St Paul is trying to advance his position so the referee is letting the fight continue.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Jon Van Halen dominated that round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!
Van Halen scores with a takedown into St Paul's guard.
Van Halen stands up and waves to St Paul to follow him.
Van Halen has managed to clinch.
Van Halen is trying to trip St Paul. He has hold of a leg but St Paul is hopping around, keeping his balance for the moment. Van Halen persists though and gets the takedown into guard.
Van Halen seems content to control from guard here. He's going to have to remain active though if he doesn't want to get stood back up.
Van Halen is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
St Paul preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Van Halen gets to his feet - St Paul follows without any prompting.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Van Halen feints and then dives in with a takedown. That was a long way out but the feint bought him enough time to close the distance and complete the takedown. Now we'll play guard for a bit and see who can get the better of that position.
Van Halen controlling from the guard. I say controlling but really, he's stalling.
Van Halen advances position into side control!
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Van Halen controls the position.
St Paul is looking for a sweep.
Van Halen decides to stand up, so the ref orders St Paul to his feet.
Van Halen darts in and lands a nice takedown into half guard.
The referee calls for the fighters to work.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Ground and pound from Van Halen.
Van Halen works his way into side control.
Van Halen throws an elbow but St Paul slips to the side and avoids it well.
St Paul is looking to reverse the position.
Van Halen stands up.
Van Halen moves into the clinch.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Van Halen manages to pull guard. Let's see whether he can land a sub off his back.
Connects with an elbow from the bottom, proving to the judges that he's still active off his back.
Van Halen working from the bottom, still in full guard. He's managed to get a loose triangle. St Paul doesn't seem to be doing much to defend here, obviously he feels comfortable in the position. St Paul manages to throw the legs off his shoulder and he's back into guard - no problem.
Van Halen is trying to control the position from the bottom.
St Paul working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
St Paul is fighting to break Van Halen's control of his arms but Van Halen is doing a good job of controlling the position at the moment.
Van Halen is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Van Halen wants to pass the guard but St Paul is defending well.
Van Halen landing with strikes to the body and head, softening up his opponent.
St Paul slips a foot under and gets full guard. Nice work.
St Paul is working an open guard so Van Halen takes the opportunity to get back to his feet.
Van Halen shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Oh and he's advanced to full mount straight away.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
St Paul blocking the ground and pound.
Van Halen dominating with strikes here.
St Paul bucks up and manages to get a nice reversal! He's in guard on the top - nicely done!
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Jon Van Halen showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business. And we move into the final round!
St Paul feints and then dives in with a takedown. That was a long way out but the feint bought him enough time to close the distance and complete the takedown. Now we'll play guard for a bit and see who can get the better of that position.
Van Halen kicks St Paul off and gets to his feet.
Van Halen shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Let's see what he's got on the mat.
Van Halen is intent on slowing down the pace of the fight, simply looking to control.
St Paul keeping moving, preventing Van Halen from controlling successfully.
St Paul working a defensive guard here.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
St Paul keeping moving, preventing Van Halen from controlling successfully.
Van Halen trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
That's one minute gone in the round.
St Paul working a defensive guard here.
Van Halen drops back looking for a leg! St Paul is in trouble here! The fighters roll with the hold and St Paul manages to kick Van Halen off! Van Halen jumps back into St Paul's guard.
The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
The fight stays on the outside here - Van Halen looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Van Halen darts in and lands a nice takedown into half guard.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Van Halen scoring with strikes to the body and head.
Van Halen is looking to pass the guard... He's managed it - he's now in full mount!
Van Halen content just to control the position here.
St Paul in a bad spot here, taking shots to the head.
Van Halen breaks from St Paul's wrist control and lands an elbow.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Van Halen controlling from the full mount.
Van Halen lands a couple of nice shots there from mount.
St Paul is writhing around trying to get back to his feet.
Van Halen lands a nice shot to the head.
Van Halen sitting in mount, just looking to control for the moment.
Van Halen looking to ground and pound his opponent to a finish here.
St Paul can't escape the position.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Van Halen punishing his opponent with strikes.
Van Halen landing shots from mount.
St Paul is squirming around, avoiding Van Halen's attempts to control the action.
St Paul is writhing around trying to get back to his feet.
Van Halen is in full mount, looking to secure a guillotine but St Paul is surviving well by controlling Van Halen's body position as best he can.
Van Halen prevents St Paul from getting the reversal.
Rob St Paul has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Jon Van Halen is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Van Halen takes a little breather and maintains the position. The referee will be looking for him to stay active from such a dominant position though.
And that's the end of the fight!
Jon Van Halen comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Van Halen has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. 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 Andi Peters scores the fight 27:30
Judge Gordon Ramsey scores the fight 27:30
Judge Frank Skinner scores the fight 25:30
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Jon Van Halen!
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energy
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hype
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pop
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mgr
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FIGHT
RATING
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