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Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between David Van Driesen (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Julian Thompson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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141 lbs
5 - 1 - 0 |
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168 cm
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144 lbs
0 - 2 - 0 |
Good takedowns
Basic striking
Self confident |
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BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent boxer
Granite chin |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the bantamweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
5 - 1 - 0, fighting out of London, David Van Driesen!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
0 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Julian Thompson!
The judges for this bout are Roosa Järviläinen, Johanna Lukiainen and Anni Minnemäki.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Thompson lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
Van Driesen fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Thompson throws out a counter right but Van Driesen avoids it with no problem.
Thompson blocks a jab.
We've been hearing reports that Van Driesen has been drilling takedowns in recent sessions so let's see if that has an impact on the result of this fight.
A jab from Thompson finds it's way through Van Driesen's defenses.
Van Driesen shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says Thompson as he avoids it easily.
Van Driesen is looking for a takedown here. He's shot in and has managed to get it, finishing up in Thompson's half guard.
Van Driesen uses his free foot to push down on Thompson's thigh. Eventually he works his other foot free and he's advanced to mount - this is trouble for Thompson.
Van Driesen can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Thompson is looking to escape.
Thompson wants to try and get back to his feet.
Van Driesen looking for a guillotine from mount but Thompson is having none of it.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Thompson really wants to buck Van Driesen off and get back to his feet.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Van Driesen in mount throwing good strikes here, bouncing his opponent's head off the canvas.
Thompson is not a happy chappy… he wants out of there.
Van Driesen sends his fist crashing into the mat - the crowd let out a collective ooooooh. Let's hope he's not broken it!
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Thompson is trying to get back to his feet but can't.
Van Driesen tucks in and makes sure he doesn't lose the dominant position.
Poor strikes thrown by Van Driesen there. More accuracy and less frantic strikes would help!
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Van Driesen trying to control but Thompson is having none of it.
Thompson taking shots to the head.
Van Driesen unloading with bombs!
A nice elbow there by Van Driesen.
Van Driesen tries to control but Thompson wriggling away.
Thompson is trying to get to the cage to help him get back to his feet.
Van Driesen with some aggressive grappling here. He's looking for submissions here, rather than waiting for the opportunity to counter.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Thompson tries to buck Van Driesen off but he can't manage it.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Van Driesen tries to control but Thompson wriggling away.
Van Driesen has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
Van Driesen lands a heavy elbow.
Thompson squirming around on the bottom, looking to escape.
Van Driesen tries to control but Thompson wriggling away.
Thompson is trying to escape but when you're mounted that's not too easy.
Thompson taking shots to the head.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Van Driesen misses with a series of strikes from mount. He'll no doubt be working on his ground and pound when he gets back to the gym.
BOOM! Van Driesen connects with a massive shot to the dome!
Thompson wants to try and get back to his feet.
Van Driesen lands a nice shot to the head.
Thompson really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Van Driesen. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Thompson trying desperately to get to his feet.
Van Driesen controlling the pace for now.
Thompson tries to buck Van Driesen off but he can't manage it.
Van Driesen breaks from Thompson's wrist control and lands an elbow.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Van Driesen trying to control but Thompson is having none of it.
Thompson is looking to get back to his feet - it's going to be hard from this position.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
David Van Driesen dominated that round.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!
Thompson fails with an attempt to clinch.
Van Driesen feinted with a counter takedown.
Van Driesen looks to throw the jab but Thompson is out of range.
Van Driesen misses with a takedown
letting Thompson counter with a right hand.
Thompson tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Van Driesen manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
It appears Van Driesen was looking to counter with a kick there.
Thompson fails in his attempt to clinch.
Thompson stuffs the takedown.
Van Driesen tries to move into range but Thompson moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
Thompson has tried to improve his agility in the runup to this fight.
Van Driesen misses with a lunging right hand
enabling Thompson to counter with a crisp jab.
Van Driesen swings widly with a right hand
and Thompson moves into the clinch.
Thompson breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Van Driesen throws a hook but Thompson avoids it easily.
Van Driesen misses with a takedown attempt
and Thompson counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Van Driesen is rocked!
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for David Van Driesen. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Thompson ducks down into range and throws a picture perfect right hook that connects with Van Driesen's jaw. Van Driesen's eyes stare off into space as he falls to the mat, out cold! Thompson does the decent thing and steps back, rather than landing any shots to his unconscious opponent.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:57 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Julian Thompson!
A relieved looking Julian Thompson thanked the fans for their support and gave the usual line about them being amazing. They seemed to believe that he actually meant it.
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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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