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Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Dan Sten (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Victor Szczęsny (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.
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150 cm
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140 lbs
19 - 14 - 0 |
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225 cm
33
135 lbs
27 - 14 - 0 |
Good wrestling
Dangerous knees
Cardio machine |
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BJJ Purple Belt
Great elbows
Good gas tank |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the bantamweight division. Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner. With a record of
19 - 14 - 0, fighting out of London, Dan Sten! And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner. With a record of
27 - 14 - 0, fighting out of London, Victor Szczęsny! The judges for this bout are Sam Margolis, Andrew Berry and Paul Tew.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway! Sten fails with an attempt to clinch.
We've been told by Sten's head coaches at ~T~ Troid - Gym that he's been working on his takedown defense in preparation for this fight. A left lands for Szczęsny. Sten blocks a head kick by Szczęsny.
Szczęsny fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Sten, pushing him back against the cage. Sten tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Sten misses with a knee strike.
Szczęsny avoiding damage as Sten throws knees to the body.
Sten landing knees to the body.
Sten tries to land knees in the clinch but Szczęsny avoids the damage to the body. Szczęsny pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage. Sten tries to land a knee to the head but Szczęsny blocks with his arms.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up. Sten tries to land knees in the clinch but Szczęsny avoids the damage to the body. A knee to the head by Sten.
It looks like Victor Szczęsny has been cut. Szczęsny avoiding damage as Sten throws knees to the body.
Szczęsny is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two. Sten unloads a knee to the mid-section.
That's one minute gone in the round. Sten tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Szczęsny avoids it. Sten tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Sten tries to land a knee to the head but Szczęsny blocks with his arms.
Sten missing with knees to the body.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Szczęsny. Sten with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Sten dodges an elbow strike from Szczęsny.
Sten tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Szczęsny avoids it. Sten with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Sten misses with a knee strike.
Sten with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Sten avoids a wild elbow strike from Szczęsny. Sten tries to land knees in the clinch but Szczęsny avoids the damage to the body. Szczęsny on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Sten tries to land a knee to the head but Szczęsny blocks with his arms.
That's two minutes gone in the round. Sten lands a nice knee to the body. Sten tries a knee to the head but Szczęsny blocks it.
Sten tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
With the fighters up against the cage, Szczęsny throws an elbow but misses. Sten tries a knee to the head but Szczęsny blocks it.
Szczęsny misses with an elbow over the top. Szczęsny looking to throw knees to the head but Sten is blocking nicely.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd. Sten using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Szczęsny has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Sten looking to throw knees to the head but Szczęsny is blocking nicely.
Szczęsny stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body. Sten tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Szczęsny tries to work over Sten's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target. Sten misses with a knee to the head. Szczęsny tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Sten trying to land knees to the body.
That's three minutes gone in the round. Sten misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Szczęsny.
Sten with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Sten blocks the elbow strike.
Sten looking to throw knees to the head but Szczęsny is blocking nicely.
Szczęsny lands a glancing elbow in the clinch. Szczęsny tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Sten tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Szczęsny on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Sten is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Szczęsny is defending well for now. Szczęsny blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning. Sten misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Szczęsny.
Sten missing with knees to the body.
Sten with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Sten throws a knee to the head but misses.
Sten tries to land a knee to the head but Szczęsny blocks with his arms.
That's four minutes gone in the round. Szczęsny throws an elbow but it misses.
Sten misses with a knee to the head. Szczęsny blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning. Sten takes an elbow to the temple. Sten looking to throw knees to the head but Szczęsny is blocking nicely.
Sten throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Szczęsny blocks it with crossed arms. Sten with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show! Sten misses with a knee to the head. Sten is breathing heavily. Sten blocks an elbow strike from Szczęsny.
Szczęsny avoiding damage as Sten throws knees to the body.
Sten blocks a body shot from Szczęsny. Sten with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Sten using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Szczęsny has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Sten tries to land a knee to the head but Szczęsny blocks with his arms.
Sten tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Dan Sten dominated that round. The cut man is working on Victor Szczęsny's cut. Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!
Szczęsny throws a nice head kick!
Sten throws a head kick but Szczęsny moves out of range.
Szczęsny bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now. Szczęsny clinches with his opponent.
Szczęsny misses with an elbow over the top. Sten throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Szczęsny blocks it with crossed arms. Szczęsny pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage. Sten is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Szczęsny can do to turn this around? Szczęsny avoiding damage as Sten throws knees to the body.
Sten missing with knees to the body.
Szczęsny blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning. Sten misses with a knee to the head. We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up. Sten trying to land knees to the body.
Szczęsny lands an elbow that stopped Sten in his tracks for a moment. Sten has not gone for a single takedown so far in this fight, which seems like a very strange tactic when you consider that he has the superior wrestling and BJJ. Sten blocks a body shot from Szczęsny. Sten throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Szczęsny blocks it with crossed arms. Sten tries to land knees in the clinch but Szczęsny avoids the damage to the body.
That's one minute gone in the round. Sten trying to land knees to the body.
Szczęsny lands a glancing elbow in the clinch. Sten using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Szczęsny has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Szczęsny misses with an elbow over the top. Sten missing with knees to the body.
Szczęsny misses with a body punch.
Sten missing with knees to the body.
Sten throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Szczęsny blocks it with crossed arms. Sten misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Szczęsny.
Sten prevents a body shot from Szczęsny. Szczęsny blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning. Szczęsny creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Sten's defenses. Sten missing with knees to the body.
Szczęsny doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
That's two minutes gone in the round. Sten throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Szczęsny blocks it with crossed arms. Sten prevents a body shot from Szczęsny. Sten missing with knees to the body.
Sten tries to land knees in the clinch but Szczęsny avoids the damage to the body. Szczęsny on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Szczęsny misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Sten with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Szczęsny can't find room to land a body shot as Sten controls the action.
Sten misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Szczęsny.
Szczęsny lands an elbow that stopped Sten in his tracks for a moment. Sten misses with a knee to the head. This has been an exciting period of action! Sten tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here. Sten tries to land knees in the clinch but Szczęsny avoids the damage to the body. Szczęsny throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Szczęsny misses with a body punch.
That's three minutes gone in the round. Sten tries to land knees in the clinch but Szczęsny avoids the damage to the body. Sten misses with a knee to the head. Sten blocks an elbow strike from Szczęsny.
Sten misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Szczęsny.
Sten takes an elbow to the forehead. Sten looking to throw knees to the head but Szczęsny is blocking nicely.
Szczęsny looks to throw an elbow but misses. Szczęsny blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning. Szczęsny managing to block the knees to the body from Sten.
Szczęsny tries a body shot but Sten blocks it.
Sten is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Szczęsny is defending well for now. Sten is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Szczęsny is defending well for now. Sten takes an elbow to the temple. Szczęsny creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Sten's defenses. Sten using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Szczęsny has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
That's four minutes gone in the round. Sten tries to land knees in the clinch but Szczęsny avoids the damage to the body. Szczęsny lands an elbow inside. Dan Sten has scored more points in the clinch so far. Sten missing with knees to the body.
Szczęsny misses with an elbow strike.
Sten misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Szczęsny.
This has been an exciting period of action! Sten blocks the elbow strike.
Sten tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Szczęsny blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning. Szczęsny cracks Sten with a nice body shot. Szczęsny tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Sten's elbow. Szczęsny lands an elbow inside that Sten shrugs off. Szczęsny creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses. Sten crunches a lovely knee into Szczęsny's ribcage. Szczęsny blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning. Szczęsny tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked. And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close second round but Victor Szczęsny will probably get the nod - 10:9. The cut man is working on Victor Szczęsny's cut. That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action. This is the final round!
Sten gets cracked there but stands up to it.
Szczęsny throws a mid kick that lands with a slap. Sten uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Szczęsny. Szczęsny misses with a jab, cross combination.
Szczęsny keeps the fight on the outside. Sten tries to grapple but his opponent circles letting Szczęsny counter with a right hand. That kick from Szczęsny tenderised Sten's leg. Sten is trying to keep his angry face on. Sten tries to clinch and Szczęsny counters with a two punch combo.
Sten is rocked! Szczęsny fakes the body blow, causing Sten to drop his hands! Left hook to the temple! Sten goes stiff, and falls face first into the mat. Goodnight!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:44 of round 3, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Victor Szczęsny! Victor Szczęsny took his opportunity to call for a title shot in his post fight interview.
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energy
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hype
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pop
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RATING
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