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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Guido Gloom (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Bismarck De Jager (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). De Jager is bobbing his head along to his entrance song: Afrikanerhart. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.
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192 cm
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222 lbs
21 - 11 - 0 |
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189 cm
28
210 lbs
16 - 9 - 1 |
Abu Dhabi Champ
World class boxer
Insanely flexible |
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Good wrestler
World class MT
Good gas tank |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division. Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner. With a record of
21 - 11 - 0, fighting out of London, Guido Gloom! And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner. With a record of
16 - 9 - 1, fighting out of New York, Bismarck De Jager! The judges for this bout are Sam Margolis, Colin Fotheringham and Steven Brown.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway! Gloom digs a good body shot into De Jager's ribs. A jab from Gloom does it's job there. De Jager leaves Gloom with his face pressed against the mat as he sprawls beautifully, defending against a solid takedown attempt. De Jager lets it all go there with a big combo counter but none of the punches connected. Gloom looks to throw the jab but De Jager is out of range. De Jager feints a counter leg kick. A head kick misses from Gloom. Gloom is looking to slow De Jager down with leg kicks. Gloom missing with a left hand there. De Jager was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one. We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up. Gloom connects with a high kick. A nice inside leg kick there by De Jager. That's going to slow Gloom down. Gloom thumps De Jager with a low kick.
That's one minute gone in the round. De Jager looks to land a right hand but Gloom moved out of range. A shot to the liver by Gloom. Beautiful body shot. Nice takedown defense from De Jager. No joy for Gloom on that attempt. De Jager let fly with a counter punch to the body but it didn't land. Gloom just misses with a punch to the body.
De Jager finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
De Jager throws out a token jab with nothing on it. Bismarck De Jager is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs. Gloom jabbing away but nothing is landing. A little jabbing left from De Jager on the counter but it doesn't find it's target. Nice body punch from De Jager.
That's two minutes gone in the round. Gloom works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance. Guido Gloom seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout. Gloom lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range. De Jager on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those. Gloom throws a big shot that misses. De Jager is clearly trying to counter these attacks from Gloom with a body shot. De Jager lands a lovely overhand right.
It looks like Guido Gloom has been cut. Gloom has been working on his balance at ~T~ Troid - Gym, so perhaps that has help him stuff some of the takedown attempts by De Jager. Gloom fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt De Jager. This has been an exciting period of action! A jab from De Jager does it's job there. Gloom misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from De Jager.
Gloom throws a head kick that connects with a bit of head and a bit of hand.
That's three minutes gone in the round. Gloom stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush. A jab from Gloom misses. Nice uppercut lands for De Jager. That snapped Gloom's head back.
De Jager misses with an uppercut. Gloom saw that one coming. Gloom misses with a low kick. De Jager flicks out a counter leg kick but Gloom steps away. Gloom lands a glancing blow to the side of De Jager's head. Gloom uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from De Jager. Gloom attempts a counter takedown but De Jager avoids it well and moves away. Gloom throws a leg kick letting De Jager counter with a right hand. Gloom throws a nice head kick!
That's four minutes gone in the round. De Jager throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Gloom half commits to a counter takedown before pushing away, out of range. Gloom dodges the punch combination from De Jager.
De Jager blocks a low kick nicely. De Jager takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
De Jager looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it. Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show! Gloom tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but De Jager was well out of range. Poor timing from Gloom. Gloom swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by De Jager. Gloom feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to De Jager's calf. De Jager moves out of range of the strikes. And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Guido Gloom dominated that round. The cut man is working on Guido Gloom's cut. The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!
Gloom lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw. De Jager displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Gloom throws out the jab. De Jager looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it. A lazy body kick from Gloom and De Jager counters with a lovely shot to the body. Both these guys seem content to just stand up and trade with eachother but De Jager might want to think about changing up his gameplan a bit because over the course of the fight, Gloom has got the better of the exchanges. Gloom scores to the head and body with a nice combination! Gloom misses with a hook to the body
and De Jager counters with a three punch combination, finished off with a leg kick. Nice work. Gloom scores with a jab. De Jager acknowledges it with a nod of the head. Gloom fakes a jab and throws a low kick but De Jager checks it well. Gloom throws a right hand that misses
and De Jager counters with a nice low kick that buckles Gloom's knee momentarily. De Jager listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
That's one minute gone in the round. A looping hook to the body misses from De Jager. Gloom does a little dance to reset his feet. A slow jab from Gloom misses its intended target. Gloom is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that De Jager can do to turn this around? De Jager connects with a jab, followed by a picture perfect straight right that sends Gloom to the canvas, out cold! What a finish by De Jager!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:22 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Punches). Bismarck De Jager! A relieved looking Bismarck De Jager thanked the fans for their support and gave the usual line about them being amazing. They seemed to believe that he actually meant it.
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energy
A | B |
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hype
A | B |
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pop
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mgr
A | B |
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RATING
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