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Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Vladimir Van Kirkland (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Noz Gurreff (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Van Kirkland comes to the cage accompanied by DJ Vadim - The Terrorist. 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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164 lbs
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169 lbs
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Good wrestling
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Excellent boxer
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
25 - 17 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Vladimir Van Kirkland!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
10 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Noz Gurreff!
The judges for this bout are Robert Douchet, Dillan Fox and William Peck.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Gurreff throws a shot from downtown. Van Kirkland moves away and avoids it.
Sloppy strikes from Gurreff. Those never looked like landing.
Gurreff throws a looping overhand right but Van Kirkland ducks down to avoid it.
Van Kirkland scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
Gurreff takes a kick to the side of the head.
Gurreff swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Van Kirkland connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Gurreff looks to land a right hand but Van Kirkland moved out of range.
Gurreff getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
A slapping leg kick lands for Van Kirkland.
Van Kirkland misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Gurreff swings and misses with a hook to the body.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Gurreff throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Van Kirkland moves forwards but Gurreff connects with a nice, crisp jab.
Gurreff throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Van Kirkland uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Gurreff.
Van Kirkland is looking for a counter combo.
Gurreff gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Van Kirkland.
Gurreff takes the fight into the clinch.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Van Kirkland is leaning against Gurreff and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Gurreff breaks the clinch.
Van Kirkland scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Gurreff throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Gurreff throws a hook but Van Kirkland blocks it.
Gurreff throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Gurreff checks a leg kick nicely.
Gurreff moves out of range as Van Kirkland throws a body kick.
Van Kirkland throws a sloppy head kick and Gurreff moves out of range easily.
Van Kirkland takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Van Kirkland moves out of range as Gurreff strikes.
Van Kirkland lunges at Gurreff with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Gurreff's hand.
Gurreff is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Van Kirkland.
Van Kirkland scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Van Kirkland lands a leg kick that knocks Gurreff off balance momentarily.
Gurreff tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Van Kirkland manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Van Kirkland fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Gurreff.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Gurreff looks to land a right hand but Van Kirkland moved out of range.
Gurreff is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
Gurreff scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Van Kirkland doesn't seem bothered though.
A solid leg kick lands there for Van Kirkland.
Gurreff tries to check a leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
We've been informed that Gurreff has been sparring a lot of Muay Thai in the buildup to this fight so let's see if that has an impact on the result.
Gurreff misses with an uppercut.
Van Kirkland blocks a jab.
Gurreff fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Van Kirkland manages to avoid it.
Gurreff misses with a hook. Van Kirkland ducked under it nicely.
Gurreff misses with a jab to the body
and Van Kirkland counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Van Kirkland fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Good standup being displayed there by Gurreff as he connects with a hook.
Gurreff scores with a jab to the head.
A big left from Gurreff misses.
Gurreff comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
A looping hook to the body misses from Gurreff. Van Kirkland does a little dance to reset his feet.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Van Kirkland throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
Gurreff avoids the body shot from Van Kirkland.
Van Kirkland is using his height advantage well here, landing a good percentage of his punches.
Van Kirkland ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Van Kirkland moves out of range as Gurreff strikes.
Van Kirkland misses with an uppercut.
Van Kirkland tried to score with a low kick but Gurreff checks it.
Good standup being displayed there by Gurreff as he connects with a hook.
Gurreff bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Gurreff swings for the body but Van Kirkland moves out of range.
That's a knee to de groin and it's over and out! Gurreff crumples to the ground after an illegal strike from Van Kirkland - the referee stops the clock and Gurreff gets 5 minutes to recover from that one. "I'm sorry" says Van Kirkland. Gurreff manages to get back to his feet and the fight resumes.
Van Kirkland scoring well with a low kick there.
Gurreff swings widly with a right hand
and Van Kirkland counters with an outside leg kick.
Van Kirkland displaying good standup as he scores with a three punch combination.
Van Kirkland slips under a jab from Gurreff.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Gurreff throws a hook but Van Kirkland avoids it easily.
Gurreff tries to grapple but his opponent circles
and Van Kirkland counters with a slapping leg kick.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Gurreff throws a hook to the side of Van Kirkland's head but Van Kirkland sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Van Kirkland thows a left - swing and a miss!
Despite the aggression on Gurreff's face he doesn't fully commit to the counter.
Van Kirkland fakes the leg kick and cracks Gurreff in the body.
Van Kirkland misses with an uppercut.
Van Kirkland displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Gurreff throws out the jab.
Van Kirkland tries to work over Gurreff's front leg with a kick but Gurreff checks it.
Van Kirkland lands a nice shot to the body.
Gurreff scores with a nice strike.
Gurreff moves forwards but Van Kirkland connects with a nice, crisp jab.
Gurreff throws a right hand that misses
and Van Kirkland makes him pay by landing a thudding low kick.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Gurreff slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
Gurreff takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
Gurreff misses with a straight right.
Van Kirkland throws a nice inside leg kick.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Vladimir Van Kirkland dominated that round.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!
Gurreff lands a nice looking body shot.
Van Kirkland wants to slow Gurreff down by chopping away at his legs.
Gurreff misses with a straight right.
Van Kirkland throws a quick counter head kick but Gurreff was just out of range.
Gurreff dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Gurreff misses with an uppercut.
Van Kirkland scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
Gurreff chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Van Kirkland can pounce on him.
Van Kirkland scores with a punch to the head.
Gurreff comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Gurreff scores with a sloppy right hand. Van Kirkland should have avoided that one.
Gurreff tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Van Kirkland is looking to counter punch.
Van Kirkland slips under a jab.
Van Kirkland misses with a jab, cross combination.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
A good leg kick by Van Kirkland.
Jab by Gurreff.
Van Kirkland cracks the inside of Gurreff's front leg.
Gurreff swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
That's one minute gone in the round.
A head kick misses from Van Kirkland.
Gurreff throws out a counter right but Van Kirkland avoids it with no problem.
Van Kirkland connects with a leg kick. Gurreff looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
Van Kirkland is looking to score with low kicks.
Gurreff checks a leg kick nicely.
Van Kirkland attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
Gurreff looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Van Kirkland looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Gurreff throws a jab but it's blocked by Van Kirkland.
Van Kirkland slips a straight right by Gurreff.
Van Kirkland looked to counter that last move with a leg kick but didn't pull the trigger.
Van Kirkland throws a hook but Gurreff blocks it.
Gurreff throws out a counter right but Van Kirkland avoids it with no problem.
Van Kirkland slips under a jab from Gurreff.
Van Kirkland throws a sloppy head kick and Gurreff moves out of range easily.
Van Kirkland throws a quick inside leg kick.
An inside leg kick lands from Van Kirkland.
Gurreff throws a body punch but Van Kirkland moves out of range.
Gurreff takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Van Kirkland uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Gurreff.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Good leg kick by Van Kirkland there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Van Kirkland is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Gurreff can do to turn this around?
Gurreff uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Van Kirkland.
Gurreff ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Van Kirkland moves away.
Vladimir Van Kirkland is winning the standup battle so far.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Gurreff moves forwards but Van Kirkland connects with a nice, crisp jab.
Gurreff misses with a straight left.
Van Kirkland takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Van Kirkland buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Gurreff checks a low kick from Van Kirkland.
Van Kirkland connects with a jab.
Van Kirkland scores with a shot to the body.
Gurreff tries to clinch but Van Kirkland moves out of range.
Van Kirkland lands a leg kick that knocks Gurreff off balance momentarily.
Gurreff digs a good body shot into Van Kirkland's ribs.
Gurreff tries to clinch but fails miserably
and Van Kirkland counters with a straight right hand.
Gurreff is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Van Kirkland.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Gurreff throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Van Kirkland on the side of the head.
A shot to the liver by Gurreff. Beautiful body shot.
Gurreff goes to the watering hole and comes back with a big thumbs up from the judges as he scores a three punch combo.
Van Kirkland punishes Gurreff's body with a nice straight punch.
Van Kirkland looks to throw the jab but Gurreff is out of range.
Van Kirkland tries to land a leg kick but Gurreff saw it coming and moves away.
You can see that Gurreff has visibly slowed down as a result of the leg kicks
Van Kirkland blocks a jab.
Van Kirkland looked to counter that last move with a leg kick but didn't pull the trigger.
A swing and a miss from Gurreff.
Gurreff ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Van Kirkland moves away.
Van Kirkland connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Gurreff misses the shot to the body.
Van Kirkland scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Gurreff on the wrong end of a nice jab.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Gurreff scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Van Kirkland tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Thud! ouch! good body kick from Van Kirkland - that will leave a mark!
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Van Kirkland slips under a jab.
Van Kirkland throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Van Kirkland wants to land a leg kick but Gurreff is out of range.
Gurreff throws a series of punches but Van Kirkland moves out of range.
Van Kirkland swung with a counter punch to the body but it didn't connect.
Van Kirkland throws a front kick that sends Gurreff stumbling back into the cage.
Van Kirkland throws a head kick that Gurreff semi-blocks.
Van Kirkland pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Gurreff tries to clinch up
and Van Kirkland counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.
Gurreff misses with a body punch
and Van Kirkland counters with a nice low kick that buckles Gurreff's knee momentarily.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Van Kirkland digs a good body shot into Gurreff's ribs.
A bone on bone clash there as Gurreff blocks the leg kick.
Gurreff blocks a low kick nicely.
Van Kirkland lands a slapping body shot.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Vladimir Van Kirkland dominated that second round.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action! Ladies and gentlemen, this is the final round!
Van Kirkland scores with a spinning back kick!
Van Kirkland tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Gurreff lands with a shot to the body.
Van Kirkland misses with a head kick.
Gurreff misses the shot to the body.
Gurreff keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
Gurreff looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Gurreff lands the left hand.
Gurreff pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Van Kirkland moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Gurreff throws a jab when Van Kirkland was well out of range.
Gurreff throws a lazy uppercut
and Van Kirkland counters with a thumping low kick.
Gurreff's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Gurreff throws a big shot that misses.
Gurreff misses with a wild body shot.
Van Kirkland was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
Gurreff misses with a looping right.
Gurreff throws a hook to the side of Van Kirkland's head but Van Kirkland sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
A lazy body kick from Van Kirkland
and Gurreff counters with a nice body shot.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Gurreff misses with a hook
and Van Kirkland counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Gurreff thinking.
Gurreff throws a jab when Van Kirkland was well out of range.
A head kick misses from Van Kirkland.
A looping hook to the body misses from Gurreff. Van Kirkland does a little dance to reset his feet.
Gurreff lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Gurreff lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Van Kirkland scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Gurreff doesn't seem bothered though.
Van Kirkland swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Gurreff.
Van Kirkland misses with a kick to the body.
Nice jab there from Van Kirkland.
Gurreff tries to clinch but Van Kirkland moves out of range.
Gurreff pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Gurreff misses with an uppercut
and Van Kirkland counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.
Van Kirkland connects with a leg kick. Gurreff looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Van Kirkland takes one on the button.
Gurreff throws a hook but Van Kirkland blocks it.
Van Kirkland darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
The fight stays on the outside here - Gurreff looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Gurreff pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
An attempted straight right counter from Van Kirkland misses the target.
Van Kirkland throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Van Kirkland moves away from the strike by Gurreff.
Gurreff swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Van Kirkland takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
Van Kirkland throws a nice head kick!
Gurreff is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Van Kirkland.
Gurreff looks to score with a jab to the body but Van Kirkland is just out of range.
Van Kirkland is looking to counter with a shot to the body.
Gurreff avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
Gurreff punishes Van Kirkland's body with a nice straight punch.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
A slow jab from Gurreff misses its intended target.
Gurreff misses with an uppercut. Van Kirkland saw that one coming.
Gurreff throws a jab when Van Kirkland was well out of range.
Van Kirkland is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Gurreff.
Gurreff checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time.
Van Kirkland throws a leg kick that is checked
and Gurreff counters with a straight right hand.
Van Kirkland lands with a thumping leg kick.
Van Kirkland tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Noz Gurreff has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Gurreff has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Van Kirkland.
Van Kirkland uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Gurreff.
That kick from Van Kirkland tenderised Gurreff's leg. Gurreff is trying to keep his angry face on.
Van Kirkland walks into a jab.
A slow jab from Gurreff misses its intended target.
Jab from Van Kirkland.
Decent striking displayed by Van Kirkland there.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Van Kirkland misses with a wild body shot.
Gurreff appears to be waiting to throw a counter punch to the body.
Van Kirkland slips under a jab.
Gurreff loads up on a big right hand but Van Kirkland slips the punch.
Gurreff misses with a straight right.
Some wild striking there from Gurreff.
Vladimir Van Kirkland is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Van Kirkland connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Van Kirkland with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Van Kirkland throws a body kick that digs right into the meat.
Gurreff has developed a nice purple lump on his ribcage, as a result of some heavy body kicks from Van Kirkland.
Gurreff looks to land a combination but Van Kirkland avoids it well.
Gurreff throws a poor cross that misses
and Van Kirkland counters with a three punch combination, finished off with a leg kick. Nice work.
Gurreff misses with the combination.
Gurreff takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Van Kirkland dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
And that's the end of the fight!
That was a close round. You could make an argument for either fighter but I would give it to Vladimir Van Kirkland.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Van Kirkland, winning every round. Will the judges agree? They are the ones who matter, even if they are often depressingly incompetent. 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 Robert Douchet scores the fight 30:27
Judge Dillan Fox scores the fight 30:27
Judge William Peck scores the fight 29:28
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Vladimir Van Kirkland!
A less than humble Vladimir Van Kirkland 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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