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Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Ricardo Lopez (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Kevin Hardy (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). We have two fighters making their debuts here, so let's see who comes out of this one with their first professional victory.
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BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Ricardo Lopez!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Kevin Hardy!
The judges for this bout are Nard Betker, Aafke Stam and Wagner Zegers.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Hardy fails to land with a series of punches.
Hardy uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Lopez.
Hardy looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Hardy connects with a single shot there.
Lopez throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Hardy swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Hardy sizes up Lopez with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
Lopez lands a body shot.
Lopez misses the jab.
Lopez misses with a straight right.
A telegraphed right hand from Lopez misses the target.
Hardy is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.
Hardy slips a jab from Lopez.
Hardy avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Hardy swats away the attempt to clinch by Lopez.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Hardy misses with a wild combination.
Lopez moves to clinch but Hardy breaks away
and Hardy counters with a nice uppercut.
Lopez is really struggling to find his range with his punches. Hardy's reach advantage is clearly causing him problems.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Lopez swings and misses with a shot to the body
and Hardy counters with a nice uppercut.
Nice shot lands for Hardy.
Lopez misses the shot to the body.
Hardy misses with an uppercut.
Lopez throwing a counter right hand but Hardy manages to avoid it.
Hardy walks into a straight right hand from Lopez.
Hardy misses with a body shot.
Hardy misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Lopez.
Hardy blocks a jab.
Hardy thows a left - swing and a miss!
Lopez swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Lopez misses with a two punch combination.
Lopez throws a series of punches but Hardy avoids them all with ease.
Ricardo Lopez seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Lopez tries to clinch but Hardy is having none of it.
Lopez throws an ugly left hook that misses
letting Hardy counter with a right hand.
Lopez wants to clinch up but Hardy keeps it at a distance.
A nice side step and Hardy releases a counter shot to the body, but it doesn't find it's home.
Hardy throws a nice looking combination but Lopez bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hardy lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
A jab from Hardy misses.
Hardy fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Lopez manages to avoid it.
Lopez dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Lopez scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Sloppy strikes from Hardy. Those never looked like landing.
Hardy swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Lopez comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Hardy looks winded!
Hardy drops his hands momentarily and Lopez takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
Hardy keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Lopez.
Hardy throws a big shot that misses.
Lopez throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Lopez connects with a crisp jab.
Hardy is using his reach advantage to land shots from outside his opponent's range.
Lopez fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Hardy manages to avoid it.
Lopez loads up on a big right hand but Hardy slips the punch.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Lopez ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Hardy moves away.
Lopez throws a body shot but no joy.
Hardy swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Hardy uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Lopez.
Lopez throws a big shot that misses.
A swing and a miss from Lopez.
Lopez scores with a jab to the head.
Lopez is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Hardy.
Hardy slips under a jab.
Hardy cracks a nice hook into Lopez's ribs.
Hardy blocks a jab.
Lopez fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Lopez looks to clinch
and Hardy counters with a lovely shot to the body.
Lopez throws a right and a left that Hardy avoids nicely.
Hardy looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Lopez throws a looping overhand right but Hardy ducks down to avoid it.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Hardy throws a hook but Lopez blocks it.
Lopez just misses with a punch to the body.
Lopez ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Hardy misses with a wild combination.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Hardy moves out of range as Lopez strikes.
Lopez lands with a right hand.
Lopez looks to land a right hand but Hardy moved out of range.
Lopez jabs. That one connects to the head of his opponent.
Lopez needs to keep his hands up - Hardy had a free shot at his head there.
A shot to the body from Hardy misses
and Lopez counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Hardy slips under a jab.
Lopez tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Lopez misses with an uppercut. Hardy saw that one coming.
Hardy slips a jab from Lopez.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Ricardo Lopez dominated that round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.
Hardy slips a straight right by Lopez.
The fighters circling - Hardy throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Lopez is looking to counter punch.
Lopez is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Hardy can do to turn this around?
Hardy with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Lopez to score with a decent uppercut.
Hardy misses with a few strikes there.
Hardy throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Lopez throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Hardy is loading up here, looking for a big counter of his own.
Hardy keeps the fight on the outside.
Lopez lands with a cross.
A telegraphed right hand from Lopez misses the target.
Both these guys seem content to just stand up and trade with eachother but Hardy might want to think about changing up his gameplan a bit because over the course of the fight, Lopez has got the better of the exchanges.
Lopez tries to clinch there but Hardy circles away.
Lopez throws an overhand right that lands on Hardy's shoulder, as Hardy tries to avoid the shot.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Hardy rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Lopez moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Lopez misses with a few strikes there.
Lopez connects with a body shot.
Hardy tries to bum rush Lopez with a series of wild strikes but Lopez uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Lopez misses with a double jab.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Lopez moves out of range of the strikes.
Lopez looks to land a right hand but Hardy moved out of range.
Hardy throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Lopez misses with a body shot.
Lopez throws a lazy right hand but Hardy sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Lopez tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Hardy paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Lopez throws an off balance right hand
and Hardy counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Hardy bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Lopez keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Lopez looks to score with a jab to the body but Hardy is just out of range.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Hardy! But no joy.
Hardy misses with a two punch combination.
Hardy is breathing heavily.
Lopez ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Hardy moves away.
Lopez swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Lopez loads up on a big right hand but Hardy slips the punch.
Hardy doesn't fully commit to the body shot counter.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Lopez throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Lopez wants to clinch.
Hardy is loading up here, looking for a big counter of his own.
Ricardo Lopez is winning the standup battle so far.
Lopez tries to close the distance and clinch but Hardy swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Hardy misses with a wild body shot.
Hardy throws a nice looking combination but Lopez bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Nice body punch from Lopez.
Hardy swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Hardy walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Lopez sizes up Hardy with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
A combination from Lopez does no damage.
Hardy just misses with a punch to the body.
Lopez misses with a wild body shot.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Nice body punch from Lopez.
Lopez swinging wildly here.
Lopez throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Lopez throws out a loose jab but Hardy uses good head movement to avoid it.
Hardy fails to land with a series of punches.
Lopez connects with a nice looking jab.
Hardy rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Lopez moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Lopez throwing a counter right hand but Hardy manages to avoid it.
Lopez ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Hardy moves away.
Lopez scores with a jab to the body.
Hardy avoids the body shot from Lopez.
Hardy uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Lopez.
Hardy bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Hardy tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Lopez was well out of range. Poor timing from Hardy.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The fight stays on the outside here - Lopez looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Hardy swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Jab, jab by Lopez - just one landing.
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!
Hardy circles away from the clinch attempt.
Lopez throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Lopez closes the distance and pushes Hardy back into the cage.
Lopez tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Lopez struggles to land a body shot inside as Hardy controls his hands.
Lopez lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Lopez tries to work over Hardy's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Lopez scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Lopez lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Hardy backwards.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Ricardo Lopez dominated that second round.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action. This is the final round!
Hardy gets cracked there but stands up to it.
Lopez dodges the punch combination from Hardy.
Lopez moves in looking to clinch but Hardy pushes him off.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Hardy! But no joy.
Lopez fails with an attempt to clinch.
Hardy throws a shot to the body.
A big left from Lopez misses.
Hardy drops his hands momentarily and Lopez takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
Hardy misses with a jab, cross combination.
Hardy moves out of range of the strikes.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Hardy swings away with a body shot that misses
and Lopez connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Hardy is rocked!
Lopez misses with a hook.
Hardy is still on wobbly legs! Can Lopez finish him?
Hardy swings for the body but Lopez moves out of range.
Lopez throws a big shot that misses.
Hardy uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Lopez.
Lopez throws a body shot but no joy.
Hardy defending well as Lopez loads up on a big left hand.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Lopez misses with a body shot.
Hardy takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Lopez throws the left hand but Hardy avoids the punch easily.
Hardy now looks to counter with a shot at the body.
Hardy seems to have recovered his senses.
Hardy looks to throw the jab but Lopez is out of range.
A punch lands to the side of Hardy 's head but he takes it in his stride.
Lopez misses with a body shot.
Hardy misses with a jab, cross combination.
Hardy blocks a jab.
Hardy uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Lopez.
Lopez takes a swing at Hardy's ribcage but misses.
Some wild striking there from Hardy.
Lopez throws out a powerful jab.
Lopez misses with a series of wild punches.
Kevin Hardy has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Lopez swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Lopez uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Hardy has time to react.
Hardy fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Lopez manages to avoid it.
A little feinted left hand from Lopez on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
Lopez bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Lopez paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Hardy throws a predictable looking body shot
and Lopez counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Hardy missing with a left hand there. Lopez was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Lopez tries to clinch there but Hardy circles away.
Lopez with a jab.
Lopez stuns Hardy with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Lopez fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Hardy looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Lopez connects with a crisp jab.
Nice body punch from Lopez.
Lopez throws a body shot but no joy.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Lopez stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
Hardy misses with a straight left.
Lopez lands a right hook to the body.
Hardy circles away from the clinch attempt.
Lopez misses with a double jab.
Lopez throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Hardy stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Lopez pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
It seemed like Hardy was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Lopez lands a slapping body shot.
Lopez scores with a decent looking hook.
Lopez throws a nice looking combination but Hardy bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Hardy blocks a jab.
Lopez looks to land a combination but Hardy avoids it well.
Lopez looks to score with a jab to the body but Hardy is just out of range.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Lopez defending well as Hardy loads up on a big left hand.
Lopez misses with a straight left.
Hardy slips a jab from Lopez.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Hardy looks to land a left hand but Lopez moved out of range nicely.
Hardy misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Lopez.
The fighters circling - Lopez throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Hardy doesn't fully commit to the body shot counter.
Lopez moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Lopez looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Lopez throws a jab when Hardy was well out of range.
Lopez misses the jab.
Lopez tries to clinch but Hardy is having none of it.
Hardy keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Ricardo Lopez is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Lopez uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Hardy.
And that's the end of the fight!
Ricardo Lopez showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Lopez 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 Nard Betker scores the fight 30:27
Judge Aafke Stam scores the fight 30:27
Judge Wagner Zegers scores the fight 30:27
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Ricardo Lopez!
During a confident post fight interview, Ricardo Lopez thanked all his fans. He seemed very genuine when describing how motivated his fans keep him.
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energy
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hype
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