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Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Clarence Van Gaal (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Heath Granger (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Granger has chosen Seed 2.0 - Roots as his entrance music. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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156 lbs
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BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent MT
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Solid Muay Thai
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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
4 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Clarence Van Gaal!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
2 - 2 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Heath Granger!
The judges for this bout are Aleksei Zolotukhin, Igor Prikhodko and Sergei Dronov.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Granger doesn't manage to clinch there - Van Gaal circles away.
A big left from Granger misses.
Granger throws a lazy right hand but Van Gaal sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Van Gaal cracks Granger with a good jab.
Van Gaal misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Granger misses with a hook. Van Gaal ducked under it nicely.
Van Gaal fails in his attempt to clinch.
Granger will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Van Gaal bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Granger's head.
Van Gaal has been working on his boxing with his coaches at Wilder MMA in the buildup to the fight.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
No luck for Granger with that takedown attempt.
Van Gaal uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Granger.
Van Gaal feints a jab promting Granger to slip. Van Gaal then demonstrates his capabilities by jabbing again. Granger slips again and ducks right into an uppercut.
It looks like Heath Granger has been cut.
Granger throws a body shot but no joy.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Van Gaal misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Granger.
Granger looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Granger moves to clinch but Van Gaal breaks away
and he gets countered with a snapping leg kick.
Nice sprawl there from Van Gaal as Granger shoots in.
Granger on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Van Gaal scores with a crisp jab that stopped Granger in his tracks.
Van Gaal slips a jab from Granger.
Granger lands a lovely overhand right.
Granger falls off balance throwing a combination
and Van Gaal counters with a thumping low kick.
Van Gaal cracks a nice hook into Granger's ribs.
Van Gaal closes the distance and clinches.
A shot in the inside from Van Gaal.
Van Gaal lands a nice shot to the body.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Van Gaal lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Granger misses with a short punch on the inside.
A head punch on the inside from Granger fails to land.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Granger is trying to break the clinch but Van Gaal is controlling him.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
Van Gaal is clearly stalling here... Pick up the pace son.
Granger struggles to land a body shot inside as Van Gaal controls his hands.
Granger struggles to land a body shot inside as Van Gaal controls his hands.
Granger throws an elbow that misses.
Granger misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Van Gaal.
Van Gaal lands a body shot.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Van Gaal as Granger tries to tie him up.
Granger trying to stall but Van Gaal improves his position.
Granger is persisting with his attempts to control the action in the clinch, rather than do any real damage.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Granger wants to break free but Van Gaal has control.
Granger working aggressively here.
Granger struggles to land a body shot inside as Van Gaal controls his hands.
Granger misses with some punches.
Granger is looking to break free of the clinch but Van Gaal has double underhooks.
Van Gaal avoiding damage.
A nice right hand lands inside from Van Gaal.
Van Gaal avoiding damage.
Granger can't break the clinch.
Van Gaal scores with a shoulder strike.
Granger is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
Van Gaal pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Van Gaal tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Granger paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Granger with a lazy takedown attempt
letting Van Gaal counter with a right hand.
Clarence Van Gaal has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Heath Granger.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
A left lands for Van Gaal.
Granger dives in for a single leg takedown but Van Gaal sprawls and the fighters end up clinched against the cage.
Granger with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Van Gaal to score with a decent uppercut.
Van Gaal uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
Granger is rocked!
Granger throws a right hand that misses
and Van Gaal counters with a straight right hand.
Granger is still on wobbly legs! Can Van Gaal finish him?
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Granger misses with a double jab.
The fighters circle, before Van Gaal throws a beautiful high kick that crashes into Granger's neck, sending him stumbling to the floor! Van Gaal lands more strikes and forces a referee stoppage! That one ended in an instant!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:35 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Kick & Punches). Clarence Van Gaal!
Our winner, Clarence Van Gaal, made sure he spent some time buttering up the crowd during his post fight interview, which will no doubt bring him a few more fans.
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energy
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hype
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pop
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FIGHT
RATING
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