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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Zebaztian Nord (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Abe De Vries (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Chooooooooon! I think Nord might be my favorite fighter, now he's come out to Linkin Park - Bleed It Out. De Vries comes into a darkened arena with his song building. Sigur Ros - Svefn-g-englar kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! Zebaztian Nord could well score a knockout today. He has the power to get to Abe De Vries's chin.
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250 lbs
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BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
5 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Zebaztian Nord!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
6 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Abe De Vries!
The judges for this bout are Jeff Smith, Roger Salmon and Ryoma Takatsuka.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Nord lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but De Vries circles away quickly and effectively.
De Vries keeps Nord at a distance using the push kick.
Nord throws a series of punches but De Vries moves out of range.
Nord fails to land with a series of punches.
De Vries moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Nord moves into range and clinches up with De Vries.
De Vries connects with a nasty looking knee right to Nord's face.
It looks like Zebaztian Nord has been cut.
Nord definitely looks more muscular than last time we saw him fight.
Nord wants to get back to striking at distance but De Vries won't allow it.
Nord avoiding damage as De Vries throws knees to the body.
De Vries tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Nord avoids it.
De Vries is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Nord is defending well for now.
Nord looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
De Vries lands an elbow that stopped Nord in his tracks for a moment.
Nord on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Nord blocks an elbow strike.
De Vries's coach down at Island Warriors -13 ELITE Coaches was telling us pre-fight that they have been working on De Vries's balance. Obviously they view that as a key factor in the outcome of this fight.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Nord wants to get back to striking at distance but De Vries won't allow it.
De Vries looking to throw knees to the head but Nord is blocking nicely.
De Vries looking to throw knees to the head but Nord is blocking nicely.
De Vries tries to land knees in the clinch but Nord avoids the damage to the body.
De Vries tries to land knees in the clinch but Nord avoids the damage to the body.
Nice body punch from De Vries - that landed with a thud.
Nord avoids a wild elbow strike from De Vries.
De Vries lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
De Vries misses with an elbow strike.
Nord avoiding damage as De Vries throws knees to the body.
De Vries gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
De Vries swings wildly with an uppercut but Nord uses good head movement to avoid it.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, De Vries just misses with a elbow thrown towards Nord's brow.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
De Vries lands an elbow inside.
De Vries lands an elbow inside.
De Vries lands an elbow that stopped Nord in his tracks for a moment.
Nord breaks from the clinch.
Nord throws a hook but De Vries blocks it.
De Vries is trying to avoid his opponent's strikes and get into the clinch.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Nord throws a right hand that De Vries ducks under and follows up with a left that De Vries also avoids with ease.
Nord cracks De Vries with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
Nord clinches with his opponent.
De Vries throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Nord wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Nord avoids the elbow strike from De Vries, against the cage.
De Vries keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Nord's efforts to push away.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Nord managing to block the knees to the body from De Vries.
De Vries utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
De Vries lands a knee to the body.
De Vries throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Nord blocks it with crossed arms.
De Vries misses with a body punch.
Nord is trying to break free.
A frustrated look appears on Nord's face as he tries to break the clinch.
A knee to the head by De Vries.
De Vries tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
De Vries throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Nord managing to block the knees to the body from De Vries.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Nord tries to break the clinch but De Vries is controlling the position.
De Vries throws a knee to the head but misses.
De Vries gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Nord escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Nord throws a nice looking combination but De Vries bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
De Vries wants to counter with a clinch but Nord pushes him away.
Nord swinging wildly here.
De Vries lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Nord drives through and clinches with De Vries against the cage.
Nord avoids a wild elbow strike from De Vries.
Nord tries to circle away but De Vries has him pinned against the cage.
De Vries tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Nord avoids it.
Nord working hard to break the clinch.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Abe De Vries dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Zebaztian Nord's cut.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.
Nord has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from De Vries.
A chopping leg kick lands by De Vries.
Nord throws a right and a left that both miss.
Zebaztian Nord is winning the standup battle so far.
A left lands for Nord.
Zebaztian Nord seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Nord misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
De Vries looks like he wanted to counter with a high kick but didn't throw it.
Nord looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
De Vries tries to counter by closing the distance.
De Vries has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
A combination from Nord does no damage.
Nord throws a right hand that misses
and De Vries counters with a stiff right hand.
Nord throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
De Vries counters with a body kick.
De Vries has taken the fight to the clinch.
De Vries lands a nice elbow.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
De Vries misses with a knee to the head.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
De Vries lands an elbow inside that Nord shrugs off.
De Vries keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Nord's efforts to push away.
De Vries prevents Nord from breaking the clinch.
That's one minute gone in the round.
De Vries lands an elbow just above Nord 's eye.
Zebaztian Nord's cut is getting worse.
De Vries working Nord over with knees to the body.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Knees in the clinch landing for De Vries.
De Vries throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Nord managing to block the knees to the body from De Vries.
De Vries throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
De Vries trying to land knees to the body.
De Vries misses with a short punch on the inside.
Nord blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
De Vries lands an elbow that stopped Nord in his tracks for a moment.
De Vries unloads a knee to the mid-section.
De Vries looking to throw knees to the head but Nord is blocking nicely.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
De Vries misses with a knee strike.
De Vries utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
De Vries lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
De Vries trying to land knees to the body.
Nice elbow from De Vries.
Nord blocks an elbow strike from De Vries.
De Vries lands a nice elbow.
De Vries lands a damaging elbow.
Zebaztian Nord's cut is bleeding quite badly. He's got to try and protect it.
De Vries scores with a knee to the head.
Nord avoiding damage as De Vries throws knees to the body.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
De Vries tries a knee to the head but Nord blocks it.
De Vries with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
De Vries utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
De Vries throws a knee to the head but misses.
De Vries landing knees to the body.
De Vries creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Nord's defenses.
Nord has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
De Vries utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
De Vries throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
De Vries gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
A short right hand to the side of the head by De Vries.
De Vries throws a head punch that misses.
De Vries throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Nord blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Nord on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
De Vries pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
De Vries connects with a knee to the head.
Abe De Vries seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
De Vries prevents Nord from breaking the clinch.
Nord is trying to force a seperation but De Vries has the dominant position.
Nord blocks an elbow strike.
Nord is trying to break the clinch but De Vries has him pressed against the cage.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Abe De Vries showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Zebaztian Nord's cut.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action! Let's get this one finished - here comes the final round!
De Vries scoring well with a low kick there.
De Vries goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Nord seem to be loading up, looking for a big counter.
De Vries ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
As Nord backs off De Vries throws a huge counter combo but Nord manages to avoid it all.
De Vries has his head slapped from side to side by a 3 punch combination. That must have hurt him.
It looks like Abe De Vries has been cut.
Nord misses with a combination
and De Vries counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.
Nord throws out a powerful jab.
Nord misses with a series of wild punches.
Nord looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Nord throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and De Vries counters with a body kick that brings a smile to the face of both fighters.
A slapping body kick lands there for De Vries.
De Vries throws a nice outside leg kick.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
De Vries throws a nice outside leg kick.
De Vries lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Nord lands a jab, followed by a cross and another cross, as De Vries backs up against the cage.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
A slapping body kick lands there for De Vries.
That's one minute gone in the round.
De Vries moves into the clinch successfully.
De Vries stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Nord on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Nord blocks an elbow strike.
A nice glancing elbow lands by De Vries.
Nord can't break the clinch.
Nord takes a knee right on the jaw!
De Vries misses with an elbow strike.
De Vries is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Nord is defending well for now.
De Vries missing with knees to the body.
De Vries swings wildly with an uppercut but Nord uses good head movement to avoid it.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
De Vries lands an elbow inside.
De Vries working Nord over with knees to the body.
Nord wants to break the clinch but can't.
Nice elbow from De Vries.
Nord is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
De Vries lands an elbow that stopped Nord in his tracks for a moment.
De Vries throws an elbow but it's blocked.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
De Vries throws a head punch that misses.
Nord takes an elbow to the forehead.
With the fighters up against the cage, De Vries throws an elbow but misses.
De Vries tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
De Vries tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Nord avoids it.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
De Vries trying to land knees to the body.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. De Vries obliges.
De Vries using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Nord has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
De Vries throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Nord is trying to break the clinch but De Vries has him pressed against the cage.
Abe De Vries is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.
De Vries misses with a hook to the ribs.
De Vries tries a knee to the head but Nord blocks it.
Nord avoiding damage as De Vries throws knees to the body.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Nord avoiding damage as De Vries throws knees to the body.
De Vries throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Nord blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Nord takes a knee to the side of the body.
Zebaztian Nord has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
De Vries keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Nord's efforts to push away.
And that's the end of the fight!
Abe De Vries comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I've got De Vries winning every round here. Surely the decision will go his way and he'll pick up a well deserved decision victory. 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 Jeff Smith scores the fight 27:30
Judge Roger Salmon scores the fight 27:30
Judge Ryoma Takatsuka scores the fight 27:30
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Abe De Vries!
An out of breath Abe De Vries thanked his loyal fans in his post fight interview, giving them credit for his success over the course of his career.
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hype
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