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Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Van Pol (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Roman Yakimyuk (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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165 lbs
15 - 3 - 1 |
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177 cm
32
167 lbs
23 - 14 - 2 |
Abu Dhabi Champ
World class MT
Insanely flexible |
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Olympic wrestler
World class boxer
Good gas tank |
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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
15 - 3 - 1, fighting out of Sydney, Van Pol!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
23 - 14 - 2, fighting out of Sydney, Roman Yakimyuk!
The judges for this bout are Ben Watson, Steve Erwin and Chris Dean.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Yakimyuk moves out of range of the body kick from Pol.
Crunch! Yakimyuk slams his shin into Pol's torso.
Pol scores with a shot to the body.
Pol throws a head kick that Yakimyuk semi-blocks.
It looks like Roman Yakimyuk has been cut.
Nice shot lands for Yakimyuk.
Yakimyuk pushes Pol away with a front kick.
Yakimyuk throws a head kick that misses.
Yakimyuk takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Yakimyuk misses with a wild body shot.
Pol throws out a loose jab but Yakimyuk uses good head movement to avoid it.
The fighters circling - Pol throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Pol clinches with his opponent.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Pol swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Pol throws a head punch that misses.
Yakimyuk tries to score a body lock takedown but Pol shows good agility there to stay on his feet.
Yakimyuk has a couple of punches blocked by Pol.
Pol lands a right hand that snaps the head of Yakimyuk backwards.
Yakimyuk misses with a body punch.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Yakimyuk misses with a hook from the clinch.
Yakimyuk scores with a nice hook to the head.
Pol throws a punch but it's blocked by Yakimyuk.
A right hand to the body from Pol.
Yakimyuk lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Pol lands a hook to the side of the head.
Pol is working Yakimyuk over against the cage.
Yakimyuk lands with a short shot to the head.
Pol blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Pol goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Yakimyuk has a couple of punches blocked by Pol.
Pol is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Pol trying to control the position but instead, Yakimyuk has worked for underhooks and has pushed Pol into the cage.
Pol pushes Yakimyuk back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
A short right from Pol.
Yakimyuk blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Pol misses with some punches.
Yakimyuk has a couple of punches blocked by Pol.
Pol blocks an uppercut.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Pol lands a left hand.
Yakimyuk is leaning against Pol and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Pol can't find room to land a body shot as Yakimyuk controls the action.
Yakimyuk tries to work over Pol's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Yakimyuk throws a head punch that misses.
Pol scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Yakimyuk gets through Pol's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Pol tries a body shot but Yakimyuk blocks it.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Yakimyuk.
Pol fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
I was talking to Pol's coach per-fight and he was telling me that they'd been working on the clinch in the runup to this fight.
Pol misses with a short punch on the inside.
Yakimyuk swings wildly with an uppercut but Pol uses good head movement to avoid it.
Pol stalling in the clinch but Yakimyuk improves position.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Yakimyuk swings away with an uppercut that misses.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
Pol misses with a short punch on the inside.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Pol.
Yakimyuk blocking some punches.
Pol lands a right hand that snaps the head of Yakimyuk backwards.
Yakimyuk misses with a punch on the inside.
Pol leaning his opponent against the cage.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Pol.
Pol misses with a hook from the clinch.
A right handed body shot lands from Yakimyuk.
Yakimyuk lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Yakimyuk misses with a hook from the clinch.
Yakimyuk blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Yakimyuk lands a body shot in the clinch.
Pol is stalling here.
Yakimyuk lands a left hand.
Pol trying to stall but Yakimyuk improves his position.
A right hook to the body lands for Pol.
Pol misses with a punch on the inside.
A bit of stalling here from Pol.
Pol swings wildly with an uppercut but Yakimyuk uses good head movement to avoid it.
Pol prevents the takedown attempt.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Yakimyuk.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Yakimyuk jumps into guard, dragging Pol to the mat.
Yakimyuk working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Pol.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Yakimyuk throws some sloppy strikes off his back.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close round but I would say that Van Pol will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Roman Yakimyuk's cut.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!
Pol lands a lovely overhand right.
Pol throws a body shot but no joy.
Pol lands with a nice body kick.
Pol is looking to clinch.
Yakimyuk swats away the attempt to clinch by Pol.
A head kick misses from Pol.
Yakimyuk on the wrong end of a nice jab.
Yakimyuk throws a low kick but Pol avoids it.
Yakimyuk smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
Pol throws a hook but Yakimyuk blocks it.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
A punch lands to the side of Yakimyuk 's head but he takes it in his stride.
Pol connects with a leg kick. Yakimyuk looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
Yakimyuk fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Yakimyuk getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
Pol lands a slapping body shot.
A lazy left from Pol finds it's target.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Yakimyuk misses with a body shot.
A left lands for Yakimyuk.
Yakimyuk is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
Yakimyuk is rocked!
Pol throws a head kick but Yakimyuk moves out of range.
Yakimyuk is still on wobbly legs! Can Pol finish him?
Pol checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time.
Yakimyuk fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Yakimyuk blocks a head kick by Pol.
Pol drops Yakimyuk with a big left hand! Yakimyuk is injured, injured bad! Pol jumps in and finished him with strikes! The fight is over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:29 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Van Pol!
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energy
A | B |
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hype
A | B |
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pop
A | B |
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mgr
A | B |
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FIGHT
RATING
58% |
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