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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between SB Yol (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Travis Herald (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Yol comes to the cage accompanied by Spectre: Scorpion Intro. Travis Herald is staring across the cage at his opponent, tweaking his nipples.
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193 cm
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194 lbs
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36
191 lbs
16 - 7 - 1 |
Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
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World class MT
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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
6 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, SB Yol! And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner. With a record of
16 - 7 - 1, fighting out of Amsterdam, Travis Herald! The judges for this bout are Daniel Blasius, Aafke Stam and Paul Aken.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway! Yol scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard. Herald lands a nice shot to the body.
Herald has been spending a lot of time sparring his boxing in the run up to the fight, trying to sharpen up those hands and look for a knockout. Yol throws a hook to the side of Herald's head but Herald sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully. Herald forces Yol back against the cage and clinches. Herald breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Herald.
Herald lands a lovely overhand right. Yol misses with a right hand and Herald counters with a left to the body. Herald misses with a straight left. Herald scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Yol doesn't seem bothered though. Yol swinging wildly here.
Herald scores with a shot to the body.
This has been an exciting period of action! Herald tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Yol was well out of range. Poor timing from Herald. Herald slips a jab and a cross from Yol.
Herald throws a body shot but no joy. Herald buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
That's one minute gone in the round. Herald defending well as Yol loads up on a big left hand. Herald catches Yol with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong! Yol doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body. Nice body punch from Yol. Herald tries to clinch and Yol counters with a nice uppercut. Herald missing with a left hand there. Yol was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one. Yol throws a hook to the side of Herald's head but Herald sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully. Herald gets cracked there but stands up to it.
A nice combination there by Herald.
A jab from Yol misses. It seemed like Herald was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it. Herald is looking to score with low kicks. SB Yol seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout. This has been an exciting period of action! Yol is looking to take this fight into the clinch. Yol takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
That's two minutes gone in the round. Yol shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it. Yol's corner calls for a 1-2. Yol obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range. Herald fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Yol manages to avoid it. Yol avoids the body shot from Herald.
Herald ducks under a wild hook from Yol. Yol keeps the fight on the outside. Yol wants to clinch enabling Herald to counter with a crisp jab. Yol misses with a hook. Herald is throwing a lot of body shots here, looking to wear down Yol rather than just go for the knockout. Nice defenses there by Herald. Herald pushing out the jab but it's not landing. A big right from Herald misses. Yol went nuts there looking for a big combo counter but none of the flurry connected. Yol throws a series of punches but Herald avoids them all with ease. Herald raises up his leg as if looking to counter with a high kick. Herald throws a low kick but it's checked well by Yol. Herald lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
That's three minutes gone in the round. Herald looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Herald moves out of range as Yol strikes. A punch combination from Herald misses. Yol dips to his left and cracks Herald with an uppercut! Yol lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
A telegraphed right hand from Yol misses the target. Herald stuns Yol with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range. Yol misses with a series of wild punches.
Yol takes a jab right on the kisser.
Yol throws a lazy right hand but Herald sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily. And an attempted straight right on the counter from Herald! But no joy. Herald changes levels and scores with a jab to the body. A big left from Yol misses. Herald let fly with a counter punch to the body but it didn't land. Yol lands with a right hand.
That's four minutes gone in the round. The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so! Herald scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent. Yol tries to clinch but Herald is having none of it. Yol misses with a lunging right hand
and Herald counters with an outside leg kick.
Yol throws a big shot that misses. Yol looks to throw the jab but Herald is out of range. Herald lands a jab to Yol's midsection. Yol smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button. Herald misses with a wild body shot. Yol throws an off balance right hand
and Herald counters with a straight right hand. Yol throws a jab when Herald was well out of range. Yol is really head hunting here, hardly looking to strike to the body at all. Jab from Yol. The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end. Yol feints a jab promting Herald to slip. Yol then demonstrates his capabilities by jabbing again. Herald slips again and ducks right into an uppercut. Yol needs to keep his hands up - Herald had a free shot at his head there. Yol misses with a hook
and Herald counters with a body kick that stops Yol in his tracks momentarily. And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Travis Herald dominated that round. 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.
Yol misses with a straight left. Yol misses with an uppercut
and Herald counters with a left and a right that stings Yol. Travis Herald seems to be getting the better of the standup. Yol tries to clinch up but Herald circles away and keeps his distance. Yol throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Herald counters with a good low kick that Yol was not able to check. Herald scores with a jab. Yol throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Herald counters with a nice uppercut.
Yol is rocked! Yol throws an off balance right hand
and Herald counters with a huge left! Yol is in big trouble! He's backing up but Herald isn't giving him chance to recover. Under a barage of punches the ref has to step in to save Yol from any more damage. A dominating finish by Herald!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:29 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Travis Herald! Travis Herald decided to go for the less than humble approach in his post fight interview, telling everyone how he is going to conquer the world. The crowd seemed to like it when really that sort of approach could have gone either way. The defeated SB Yol had this to say: 'Vengeance will be mine'.
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energy
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hype
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pop
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