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Coming up we have a super heavyweight kickboxing rules bout between Stefan Van Der Sar (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Dean Gibson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Gibson is bobbing his head along to his entrance song: The Smiths - Is It Really So Strange. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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294 lbs
10 - 5 - 0 |
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305 lbs
29 - 9 - 0 |
World class boxer
Insanely flexible
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Dangerous knees
Granite chin
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, in the super heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
10 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Stefan Van Der Sar !
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
29 - 9 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Dean Gibson!
The judges for this bout are Albert Achterberg, Saam Ante and Aafke Stam.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Gibson fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Van Der Sar has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Gibson throws a leg kick that is checked
and Van Der Sar counters with a good, hard body kick but Gibson shrugs it off.
Dean Gibson seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Gibson tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Van Der Sar thinks about countering with a head kick.
Gibson works the jab nicely.
Van Der Sar has been working on his boxing with his coaches at IMMA Gym of Elite ASS in the buildup to the fight.
Gibson changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Gibson throws a lazy right hand but Van Der Sar sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Van Der Sar uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Gibson.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Gibson turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Gibson throws an overhand right that lands on Van Der Sar 's shoulder, as Van Der Sar tries to avoid the shot.
It looked like Van Der Sar wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
Gibson 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.
Gibson tries to grapple but his opponent circles
and Van Der Sar counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Gibson gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Van Der Sar is trying to stall.
Gibson prevents Van Der Sar from breaking the clinch.
Van Der Sar stalling in the clinch but Gibson improves position.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Gibson.
Gibson prevents Van Der Sar from breaking the clinch.
Gibson is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Van Der Sar is defending well for now.
Gibson pushes Van Der Sar back against the ropes and lands a hook to the side of the head.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Van Der Sar avoids a wild elbow strike from Gibson.
Gibson goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Gibson scores a nice knee to the body.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Van Der Sar .
Van Der Sar stalling the fight.
Van Der Sar tries to break free but Gibson pushes him back against the ropes.
Van Der Sar blocks the elbow strike.
Van Der Sar can't break the clinch.
Van Der Sar avoids a wild elbow strike from Gibson.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Gibson with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Gibson content to slow the pace in the clinch.
Gibson tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Van Der Sar avoids it.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Dean Gibson dominated that round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!
Gibson throws a good cross that connects.
It looks like Stefan Van Der Sar has been cut.
Van Der Sar walks into a straight right hand from Gibson.
Gibson has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Gibson moves into the clinch successfully.
Van Der Sar looking to stall.
Van Der Sar blocks an elbow strike.
Gibson lands a right hand.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Van Der Sar wants to get back to striking at distance but Gibson won't allow it.
A right handed body shot lands from Gibson.
Gibson with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Van Der Sar is trying to force a seperation but Gibson has the dominant position.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Van Der Sar avoids the elbow strike from Gibson, against the ropes.
Gibson scores with a shoulder strike.
Gibson gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Gibson.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Gibson lands with a right to the head.
Van Der Sar tries to break the clinch but Gibson is controlling the position.
Gibson tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Van Der Sar avoids it.
Van Der Sar wants to stall.
Gibson lands a nice elbow.
Gibson has a couple of punches blocked by Van Der Sar .
Van Der Sar being controlled against the ropes.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
With the two fighters working up against the ropes, Gibson just misses with a elbow thrown towards Van Der Sar 's brow.
Van Der Sar wants to break the clinch but can't.
A frustrated look appears on Van Der Sar 's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Gibson creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Gibson swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Van Der Sar avoids the elbow strike from Gibson, against the ropes.
Gibson missing with knees to the body.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Gibson trying to land knees to the body.
Van Der Sar working hard to break the clinch.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Dean Gibson showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Stefan Van Der Sar 's cut.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!
A low kick from Gibson misses
and Van Der Sar finishes the little exchange by landing a big kick to the body.
Good leg kick by Gibson there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Gibson misses with a low kick.
Van Der Sar throwing a counter right hand but Gibson manages to avoid it.
Gibson has taken the fight to the clinch.
Gibson tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Van Der Sar avoids it.
Van Der Sar can't break the clinch.
Gibson scores with a nice hook to the head.
Stefan Van Der Sar 's cut is getting worse.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Gibson scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Dean Gibson seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Van Der Sar wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Gibson tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Van Der Sar has had enough of the clinch but Gibson keeps him there for the moment.
Van Der Sar tries to stall but Gibson uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Van Der Sar is trying to force a seperation but Gibson has the dominant position.
Gibson goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Gibson working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Gibson is trying to stall.
Van Der Sar wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Gibson scores with a nice hook to the head.
Gibson misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Van Der Sar .
Gibson misses with a knee to the head.
Van Der Sar working hard to break the clinch.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Gibson throws an elbow but it misses.
Gibson misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Van Der Sar .
Gibson missing with knees to the body.
Gibson lands a nice shot to the body.
Gibson prevents Van Der Sar from breaking the clinch.
Gibson swings wildly with an uppercut but Van Der Sar uses good head movement to avoid it.
Van Der Sar wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Gibson utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Gibson lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Van Der Sar backwards.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Dean Gibson really dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Stefan Van Der Sar 's cut.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.
Gibson's jab looks to have found its range, popping Van Der Sar under the eye.
Gibson scores with a jab to the jaw.
Gibson connects with a solid leg kick.
Gibson is looking to clinch.
Van Der Sar throws a counter high kick but Gibson was just alert enough to avoid it.
Gibson closes the distance and pushes Van Der Sar back into the ropes.
The referee is keeping an eye on Gibson - much more stalling and he will separate the fighters.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
A short body shot lands from Gibson as the two fighters clinch.
Gibson misses with a short punch on the inside.
Van Der Sar looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Gibson throws an elbow but it misses.
Gibson tries to work over Van Der Sar 's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Gibson struggles to land a body shot inside as Van Der Sar controls his hands.
Van Der Sar can't break the clinch.
Gibson stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.
Van Der Sar pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Van Der Sar on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Gibson misses with a jab to the body
and Van Der Sar counters with a big head kick but Gibson shrugs it off.
Van Der Sar checks a low kick from Gibson.
Van Der Sar lifts his leg as if looking to counter with a high kick.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The fighters circling - Gibson throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Van Der Sar avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
It appears Van Der Sar was looking to counter with a kick there.
Van Der Sar avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Van Der Sar is looking to counter with head kicks.
Van Der Sar uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Gibson.
Van Der Sar is looking to counter with a body kick.
Van Der Sar slips under a jab from Gibson.
Gibson is looking to clinch but Van Der Sar is avoiding it.
Gibson lands with a nice body punch.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Gibson misses with an uppercut. Van Der Sar saw that one coming.
Van Der Sar is looking to counter with head kicks.
Gibson wants to clinch but Van Der Sar slips to the side
The fighters are starting to get sweaty, which will make takedowns a bit more tricky.
and Van Der Sar counters with a nice body kick.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Dean Gibson dominated that fourth round.
The cut man is working on Stefan Van Der Sar 's cut.
That's time! Back to the action! This is the final round!
Van Der Sar checks the leg kick nicely there.
Van Der Sar was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
An inside leg kick lands from Gibson.
Gibson misses with a body shot
and Van Der Sar counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Gibson looks to land a left hand but Van Der Sar moved out of range nicely.
Dean Gibson seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Gibson moves to clinch but Van Der Sar breaks away
and Van Der Sar counters with a big head kick but Gibson shrugs it off.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Gibson misses with a leg kick
and Van Der Sar counters with a head kick.
Gibson scores with a jab to the body.
Van Der Sar ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Gibson lands a slapping body shot.
Gibson motions for Van Der Sar to come forward. Gibson throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Gibson looks to score with a jab to the body but Van Der Sar is just out of range.
Gibson tries to clinch but Van Der Sar moves out of range.
Gibson tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Van Der Sar was well out of range. Poor timing from Gibson.
Gibson just manages to avoid a counter high kick fromVan Der Sar .
Van Der Sar tries to keep at a distance but Gibson has taken the fight into the clinch.
Gibson misses with some punches.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Van Der Sar is trying to break the clinch but Gibson is controlling him.
Van Der Sar avoids the elbow strike from Gibson, against the ropes.
Gibson digs a right hand into Van Der Sar 's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Van Der Sar 's gas tank.
Gibson lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Van Der Sar blocking some punches.
Gibson crunches a lovely knee into Van Der Sar 's ribcage.
Both of our modern day gladiators look out of it here - a gruelling 5 rounds of action taking it's toll on them, no doubt.
Gibson lands an elbow just above Van Der Sar 's eye.
Gibson displaying some good clinch control by pressing Van Der Sar up against the ropes.
Gibson throws an elbow that misses.
And that's the end of the fight!
Dean Gibson comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Gibson 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 5 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Albert Achterberg scores the fight 44:50
Judge Saam Ante scores the fight 44:50
Judge Aafke Stam scores the fight 44:50
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Dean Gibson!
Dean Gibson really struggled to get his t-shirt on before his hand was raised. Making sure that Urban Fighter logo gets some air time is pretty tricky when you're all sweaty.
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energy
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