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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Michael Van Roost (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Ground Guru (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Van Roost comes to the cage accompanied by Cypress Hill - How I Could Just Kill A Man. I'm sure you'll be fascinated to know that I was talking to some pointless Z list celebrity before the fight and he thought that Ground Guru was going to win. Let's see if he was right.
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190 lbs
15 - 10 - 0 |
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199 lbs
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Good wrestling
Great elbows
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Decent boxing
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
15 - 10 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Michael Van Roost!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
11 - 12 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Ground Guru!
The judges for this bout are Stewart Dunkirk, Robert Twigg and Frank Dennis.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Van Roost moves in looking to clinch but Guru pushes him off.
Nice straight punches there by Van Roost. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Van Roost.
Guru moves out of range of the strikes.
Michael Van Roost seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Guru gets tackled into the cage by Van Roost. Van Roost maintains the clinch.
The referee is keeping an eye on Van Roost - much more stalling and he will separate the fighters.
Van Roost blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Van Roost.
Guru misses with a hook from the clinch.
Van Roost stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.
Van Roost definitely looks more muscular than last time we saw him fight.
Nice elbow from Van Roost.
It looks like Ground Guru has been cut.
Guru misses with a punch to the body.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Guru misses with a punch to the body.
We can't be sure of the tactics at this early stage but we have heard that Guru has been working on his takedowns a lot in the buildup to the fight and we can only assume he's going to look to take this to the mat.
Van Roost blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Van Roost lands a damaging elbow.
Van Roost avoiding damage.
Guru throws a head punch that misses.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Van Roost blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Van Roost creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Guru takes a shot to the head.
Guru blocks an uppercut.
Van Roost is struggling to control the position.
Van Roost misses with the head strike.
A head punch on the inside from Guru fails to land.
Guru misses with a punch to the body.
Van Roost working aggressively here.
Van Roost blocks an uppercut.
A nice right hand lands inside from Van Roost.
Van Roost blocks an uppercut.
Van Roost throws a punch but it's blocked by Guru.
Van Roost lands a right hand that snaps the head of Guru backwards.
Van Roost lands a nice uppercut.
Van Roost misses with some punches.
A shot in the inside from Van Roost.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Guru tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Guru tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Van Roost gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Guru struggles to land a body shot inside as Van Roost controls his hands.
Van Roost lands an elbow just above Guru 's eye.
Guru tries to work over Van Roost's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Guru misses with a body punch.
Van Roost lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Van Roost lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Guru.
Van Roost is pushing Guru up against the cage, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.
Guru tries to throw a body punch but Van Roost avoids it by throwing Guru back against the cage.
Van Roost slowing the pace effectively.
Van Roost lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Guru backwards.
Van Roost is pushing Guru up against the cage, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.
Guru tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Van Roost's elbow.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Van Roost pushes Guru back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Guru misses with a hook from the clinch.
Guru tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Van Roost's elbow.
Guru doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Van Roost lands with a left to the head.
Van Roost softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Guru misses with a punch to the body.
Van Roost pressing his opponent against the cage.
Van Roost holding his opponent close, against the cage.
Van Roost gets a warning from the ref for wasting time.
A head punch on the inside from Van Roost fails to land.
Van Roost lands with a light punch inside.
Guru blocks an uppercut.
A shot in the inside from Van Roost.
Van Roost working aggressively here.
Van Roost swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Van Roost comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Come on Van Roost - let's have some action - none of this stalling nonsense.
Guru misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Van Roost tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Guru goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Van Roost misses with some punches.
Guru takes a shot to the head.
A nice right hand lands inside from Van Roost.
Van Roost is trying to stall.
Guru swings wildly with an uppercut but Van Roost uses good head movement to avoid it.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Van Roost.
Guru tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Van Roost lands a right hand that snaps the head of Guru backwards.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Van Roost.
Guru misses with a punch on the inside.
Van Roost lands with a left to the head.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Michael Van Roost dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Ground Guru's cut.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!
Guru looks for a takedown but Van Roost sprawls well.
Van Roost looks to land a left hand but Guru moved out of range nicely.
Van Roost connects with a right hand. Guru shakes it off.
Van Roost closes the distance and clinches.
Van Roost lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Van Roost is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Guru can do to turn this around?
Van Roost misses with the head strike.
Guru lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Van Roost lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Guru misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Van Roost stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.
Guru takes an elbow to the forehead.
Van Roost blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Van Roost misses with the head strike.
Van Roost throws a punch but it's blocked by Guru.
Van Roost lands an elbow inside.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Guru swings wildly with an uppercut but Van Roost uses good head movement to avoid it.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Guru working aggressively here.
Van Roost stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.
Van Roost is clearly stalling here... Pick up the pace son.
Van Roost seems to have come into the fight with the intention of avoiding any damage in the clinch, rather than actually showing any aggression.
Guru misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Guru doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Guru blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Van Roost creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Guru fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Van Roost gets through Guru's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
A short uppercut from Van Roost.
Guru doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
A short right from Van Roost on the inside.
Van Roost's corner are urging him to control the action in the clinch for a moment, rather than mount any serious offense. I'm sure the crowd appreciate those instructions... not.
Van Roost tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Guru tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Guru tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Van Roost's elbow.
Guru goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Van Roost blocks an uppercut.
Guru swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Guru lands a left hand that snaps the head of Van Roost backwards.
Guru misses with some punches.
Van Roost is pushing Guru up against the cage, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.
Van Roost avoiding damage.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Van Roost lands a right hand.
Guru working aggressively here.
Van Roost makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Van Roost lands a left hand that snaps the head of Guru backwards.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Guru.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Van Roost blocks an uppercut.
A head punch on the inside from Van Roost fails to land.
Guru avoids the elbow strike from Van Roost, against the cage.
Guru blocking some punches.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Guru.
Van Roost lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Guru backwards.
A nice left hand lands by Van Roost.
Guru blocks an uppercut.
Van Roost is struggling to control the position.
Van Roost blocking some punches.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Van Roost.
Van Roost lands a left hand that snaps the head of Guru backwards.
Van Roost scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Van Roost blocks a body shot from Guru.
Van Roost lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Guru takes an elbow to the forehead.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Van Roost will no doubt start fighting again in a minute but for now he's just having a little rest, leaning Guru up against the cage.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Van Roost blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Van Roost fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Guru misses with a body punch.
Van Roost content to slow the pace in the clinch.
Van Roost working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Guru tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Van Roost's elbow.
Guru blocks an uppercut.
Some stalling of biblical proportions here from Van Roost.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Guru as Van Roost tries to tie him up.
Guru takes an elbow to the forehead.
Van Roost blocking some punches.
A short uppercut from Van Roost.
Van Roost lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Van Roost.
Guru misses with the head strike.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Michael Van Roost dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Ground Guru's cut.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin! This is the final round!
Van Roost tries to close the distance and clinch but Guru swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Guru takes one to the chin there.
Van Roost moves into the clinch.
Van Roost has Guru pushed against the cage.
Guru blocks an uppercut.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Van Roost.
Van Roost stalling the fight.
Van Roost looking to stall.
Guru tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
A short uppercut from Guru.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Van Roost misses with a hook from the clinch.
Guru misses with a hook from the clinch.
Van Roost lands an uppercut.
Guru misses with a hook to the ribs.
Michael Van Roost has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Guru misses with a body punch.
Guru goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Guru misses with the head strike.
Van Roost lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Guru tries to throw a body punch but Van Roost avoids it by throwing Guru back against the cage.
Guru misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Van Roost throws a punch but it's blocked by Guru.
Guru misses with a punch to the body.
Van Roost slowing the pace effectively.
Van Roost looking to stall.
Guru blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Van Roost misses with a hook from the clinch.
Guru throws a punch but it's blocked by Van Roost.
Van Roost lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Guru backwards.
Van Roost throws a punch but it's blocked by Guru.
Van Roost lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Van Roost lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Van Roost swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Van Roost pushes Guru back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Guru misses with a hook from the clinch.
Van Roost lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Guru misses with some punches.
Van Roost lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Guru throws a head punch that misses.
Van Roost lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Guru.
Van Roost lands with a left to the head.
Guru blocking some punches.
A shot in the inside from Van Roost.
Van Roost pushes Guru back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
A head punch on the inside from Guru fails to land.
Van Roost throws a head punch that misses.
Van Roost lands an uppercut.
Van Roost creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Van Roost working some nice short punches in the clinch.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Van Roost blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Van Roost misses with a short punch on the inside.
Van Roost lands an elbow just above Guru 's eye.
Guru is looking to control Van Roost's arms but Van Roost gets an underhook and turns him. Now Guru has his back to the cage.
Van Roost scores with a shoulder strike.
Van Roost just leaning against Guru, taking a breather.
Van Roost misses with a hook from the clinch.
Guru fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Van Roost.
Ground Guru has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Van Roost lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Guru tries to work over Van Roost's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Van Roost softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Van Roost has Guru pushed against the cage.
Guru takes an elbow to the temple.
Van Roost taking a breather.
Nice elbow from Van Roost.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Guru throws a punch but it's blocked by Van Roost.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Guru swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Van Roost lands a damaging elbow.
Van Roost misses with the head strike.
Guru throws a punch but it's blocked by Van Roost.
Van Roost misses with the head strike.
Van Roost lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Van Roost lands a right hand.
Guru is rocked!
A shot in the inside from Van Roost.
Guru is still on wobbly legs! Can Van Roost finish him?
Guru misses with a hook from the clinch.
Guru tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Van Roost's elbow.
Guru misses with a body punch.
Van Roost blocks an uppercut.
Guru being controlled against the cage.
A shot in the inside from Van Roost.
Guru throws a head punch that misses.
Guru seems to have recovered his senses.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Guru.
Van Roost leaning his opponent against the cage.
Guru goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
And that's the end of the fight!
Michael Van Roost showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Van Roost 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 Stewart Dunkirk scores the fight 30:27
Judge Robert Twigg scores the fight 30:27
Judge Frank Dennis scores the fight 30:27
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Michael Van Roost!
After the big win, Michael Van Roost made sure to do all the important stuff like thanking his sponsors KnockOut and telling the interviewer how much he loves him.
Ground Guru spoke after the fight, saying 'thanks for coming out!'.
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