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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Turbo Epicity (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jan Kriel (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Epicity's entrance music is Semi Charmed Life. A fine choice. Kriel has chosen Fokofpolisiekar - Fokofpolisiekar as his entrance music. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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177 lbs
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181 lbs
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Good wrestling
World class boxer
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BJJ Purple Belt
World class boxer
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the welterweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
11 - 1 - 0, fighting out of London, Turbo Epicity!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
9 - 3 - 0, fighting out of New York, Jan Kriel!
The judges for this bout are Igor Prikhodko, Fedor Mirinova and Ivan Kurochkin.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Epicity throws a leg kick that misses.
Epicity blocks a leg kick.
Epicity cracks the inside of Kriel's front leg.
Epicity drives through and clinches with Kriel against the cage.
Epicity lands with a short shot to the head.
Epicity misses with some punches.
Epicity swings away with an uppercut that misses.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Kriel just misses with a elbow thrown towards Epicity's brow.
A shot in the inside from Kriel.
Still in the clinch, Epicity scores with a nice short uppercut.
Kriel with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Epicity blocks an elbow strike from Kriel.
Kriel swings wildly with an uppercut but Epicity uses good head movement to avoid it.
Epicity lands a right hand.
Kriel blocks an uppercut.
Epicity softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
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!
Kriel tries to throw a body punch but Epicity avoids it by throwing Kriel back against the cage.
That's one minute gone in the round.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Kriel just misses with a elbow thrown towards Epicity's brow.
Epicity lands with a right to the head.
Kriel tries to throw a body punch but Epicity avoids it by throwing Kriel back against the cage.
A nice left hand lands by Epicity.
A short uppercut from Kriel.
Kriel digs a right hand into Epicity's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Epicity's gas tank.
Kriel works on Epicity's body with a couple of short punches.
Kriel stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Epicity misses with the head strike.
Kriel stalling against the cage.
Kriel scores with a shoulder strike.
Kriel lands an elbow just above Epicity 's eye.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Kriel.
Epicity blocking some punches.
Kriel takes a shot to the head.
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!
Kriel gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Epicity lands a left hand that snaps the head of Kriel backwards.
Kriel struggles to land a body shot inside as Epicity controls his hands.
Kriel tries to land knees in the clinch but Epicity avoids the damage to the body.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Kriel blocking some punches.
Epicity lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Kriel backwards.
Kriel misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Epicity fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Epicity goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Epicity blocks an elbow strike from Kriel.
Kriel tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Kriel tries to land a knee to the head but Epicity blocks with his arms.
Epicity blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Epicity misses with some punches.
Epicity misses with a punch on the inside.
Epicity lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Epicity misses with the head strike.
Kriel misses with a hook to the ribs.
Epicity blocks the elbow strike.
Kriel tries to throw a body punch but Epicity avoids it by throwing Kriel back against the cage.
A right hand to the body from Epicity.
Epicity lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Kriel landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Epicity blocks the elbow strike.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Epicity misses with a punch on the inside.
Kriel working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Kriel blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Kriel missing with knees to the body.
Kriel swings away with an uppercut that misses.
A head punch on the inside from Epicity fails to land.
Kriel lands with a light punch inside.
Epicity misses with a punch on the inside.
Kriel tries a body shot but Epicity blocks it.
Kriel misses with the head strike.
Kriel throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Epicity misses with the head strike.
Epicity lands an uppercut.
Kriel looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Kriel tries a body shot but Epicity blocks it.
Kriel pushes Epicity back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Epicity is breathing heavily.
Kriel blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Kriel scores with a shoulder strike.
Kriel is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Epicity is defending well for now.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Epicity goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Epicity tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Kriel with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
A left hand lands to the body for Epicity.
Knees in the clinch landing for Kriel.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Kriel just misses with a elbow thrown towards Epicity's brow.
Kriel connects with a knee to the head.
Kriel misses with a hook to the ribs.
A left hand lands to the body for Kriel.
A short uppercut from Kriel.
Kriel throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Epicity misses with a body punch.
Epicity misses with a short punch on the inside.
Kriel tries to throw a body punch but Epicity avoids it by throwing Kriel back against the cage.
Kriel struggles to land a body shot inside as Epicity controls his hands.
Kriel swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Epicity throws a punch but it's blocked by Kriel.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Epicity lands a left hand that snaps the head of Kriel backwards.
Kriel throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Kriel struggles to land a body shot inside as Epicity controls his hands.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close round but Jan Kriel will probably get the nod.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!
Epicity swings away with a leg kick that misses.
Kriel is looking for the big counter here.
Epicity looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Kriel lands the left hand.
Epicity takes a swing at Kriel's ribcage but misses.
Epicity throws a body shot but no joy.
A shot to the body from Epicity misses
and Kriel counters with a nice body shot.
A telegraphed right hand from Kriel misses the target.
Epicity scores with a hook to the body. Kriel takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Turbo Epicity seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Kriel looks to score with a jab to the body but Epicity is just out of range.
Epicity keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Kriel fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Epicity has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Kriel is looking to chop away at Epicity's legs.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Epicity looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Epicity lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Kriel at a distance.
The fight stays on the outside here - Epicity looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Epicity moves away from the strike by Kriel.
Kriel throws a series of strikes that have Epicity backpedaling.
Epicity throws a leg kick that misses.
Epicity lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
Epicity throws a sloppy head kick and Kriel moves out of range easily.
Epicity swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Epicity is looking to wear down Kriel with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Epicity misses with a right hand
and Kriel counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Epicity on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
Epicity misses with the combination.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Epicity swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Jan Kriel seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Epicity swings away with a leg kick that misses.
Kriel looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Epicity takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Epicity throws out a leg kick but Kriel moves out of range and Epicity only half commits.
A decent looking cross lands there for Epicity.
Kriel slips a straight right by Epicity.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Kriel looks to land a right hand but Epicity moved out of range.
Epicity tries to clinch there but Kriel circles away.
Despite the aggression on Kriel's face he doesn't fully commit to the counter.
Kriel moves forwards but Epicity connects with a nice, crisp jab.
Kriel takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Jab by Epicity.
Epicity misses with a body kick.
Epicity takes a swing at Kriel's ribcage but misses.
Epicity thuds his shin into the meat of Kriel's side.
Kriel blocks a head kick by Epicity.
Kriel looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
A swing and a miss from Epicity.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Epicity lands with a kick to the ribs.
Epicity misses with a hook. Kriel ducked under it nicely.
Epicity slips a straight right by Kriel.
Left hook, right uppercut from Kriel.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Epicity misses with a straight left.
Epicity feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Kriel's calf.
Kriel throws a nice outside leg kick.
Epicity fails in his attempt to clinch.
Epicity scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
Epicity fails with an attempt to clinch.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Kriel! But no joy.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close second round but I would say that Turbo Epicity will probably get the nod.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!
Epicity checks a low kick from Kriel.
A clash of legs there as Kriel blocks the low kick.
Jab from Epicity.
Kriel throws a leg kick but Epicity sees it coming and checks it nicely.
Kriel scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Kriel lands with a thumping leg kick.
Kriel works Epicity's body with a nice hook.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Kriel on the wrong end of a nice jab.
Epicity throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Epicity misses with an attempted mid kick.
Kriel throws out a counter right but Epicity avoids it with no problem.
Epicity missing with a left hand there. Kriel was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
That's one minute gone in the round.
A head kick misses from Epicity.
Epicity moves forwards but Kriel connects with a nice, crisp jab.
Epicity wants to clinch but Kriel slips to the side
and Kriel counters with a nice uppercut.
Kriel feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Epicity's calf.
Epicity throws a lazy body kick
and Kriel counters with a low kick, right behind Epicity 's knee.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Kriel throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Kriel misses with a looping right.
Kriel throws an overhand right that lands on Epicity's shoulder, as Epicity tries to avoid the shot.
Epicity connects with an inside leg kick.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Epicity tries to close the distance and clinch but Kriel swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Kriel tries a quick counter leg kick but Epicity is wise to it.
Epicity throws a combination that misses
and Kriel counters with a slapping leg kick.
Epicity pushes Kriel away with a front kick.
A nice leg kick lands there from Kriel.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Kriel scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Epicity throws a combination that misses
and Kriel counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Epicity on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Epicity swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Kriel misses with an uppercut.
Kriel showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Epicity.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Kriel throws out a powerful jab.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Kriel.
Nice body kick from Epicity.
Epicity throws a lazy right hand but Kriel sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Kriel punishes Epicity's body with a nice straight punch.
Epicity on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Kriel. Kriel obviously looking to wear him down.
Epicity swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Epicity goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Good exchange - Epicity coming out on top.
Epicity gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Kriel tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Epicity's elbow.
Epicity lands with a short shot to the head.
Kriel scores with a shot to the side of Epicity's head.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Kriel goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Kriel stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.
Kriel misses with a punch to the body.
Kriel throws an elbow that misses.
Epicity has a couple of punches blocked by Kriel.
Kriel lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Epicity backwards.
Epicity doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Epicity digs a right hand underneath Kriel's ribcage. Kriel let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Kriel pushes off an throws an elbow but Epicity leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Epicity misses with a punch to the body.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Jan Kriel really dominated that round.
That's time! Epicity's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.
A low kick from Epicity is predictable there
enabling Kriel to counter with a crisp jab.
Epicity darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
Kriel tries a head kick but it misses.
Epicity slips a straight right by Kriel.
Epicity was looking to counter that last move with a shot to the body but he didn't commit.
Epicity moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Epicity bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Kriel's head backwards.
Epicity connects with a solid leg kick.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Epicity lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Kriel scores with a jab to the head.
Epicity thuds a mid kick into his opponent's body. That will wear on Kriel if he has to take too many more of those.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Epicity tries to clinch up.
Epicity closes the distance but Kriel moves to the side
and Kriel counters with an inside leg kick.
Kriel uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Epicity.
Epicity throws a head kick that misses
and Kriel counters with a lovely shot to the body.
It's got to the stage where if one of these guys blows hard enough, the other might fall over.
Epicity misses with a hook
letting Kriel counter with a right hand.
Epicity fails in his attempt to clinch.
Kriel fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Epicity manages to avoid it.
Epicity misses with a looping left.
Epicity checks a leg kick nicely.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
A punch lands to the side of Epicity 's head but he takes it in his stride.
Kriel dodges the punch combination from Epicity.
Epicity throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
A big left from Kriel misses.
Kriel looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
Epicity tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Kriel moves into range and connects with a jab.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Epicity throws out a leg kick but Kriel moves out of range and Epicity only half commits.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Epicity takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Epicity is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
Kriel looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
Kriel takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
Epicity throws a nice head kick!
Kriel gets cracked there but stands up to it.
Kriel misses the shot to the body.
Epicity lands a body shot.
Kriel lands a leg kick that knocks Epicity off balance momentarily.
Kriel scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
A bone on bone clash there as Kriel blocks the leg kick.
A little jabbing left from Kriel on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Epicity ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
A slow jab from Epicity misses its intended target.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
The fighters circling - Kriel throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Nice uppercut lands for Epicity. That snapped Kriel's head back.
Epicity misses with a hook. Kriel ducked under it nicely.
Kriel cracks a nice hook into Epicity's ribs.
Epicity turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Epicity swings for the body but Kriel moves out of range.
It seemed like Kriel was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
A big left from Epicity misses.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close fourth round but I would say that Turbo Epicity will probably get the nod.
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!
Kriel moves out of range of the strikes.
A countering left hand to the body from Kriel misses.
Epicity on the wrong end of a nice jab.
Kriel scores with a shot to the body.
A big left from Epicity misses.
Epicity throws a leg kick
and Kriel counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
A looping hook to the body misses from Epicity. Kriel does a little dance to reset his feet.
Kriel unleashes a big counter combination but Epicity bobs and weaves and avoids any damage.
Nice defenses there by Kriel.
A nice side step and Kriel releases a counter shot to the body, but it doesn't find it's home.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Kriel misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Epicity.
That's a knee to de groin and it's over and out! Epicity crumples to the ground after an illegal strike from Kriel - the referee stops the clock and Epicity gets 5 minutes to recover from that one. "I'm sorry" says Kriel. Epicity manages to get back to his feet and the fight resumes.
Kriel tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and Epicity is able to avoid easily.
That's one minute gone in the round.
A shot to the body from Epicity misses
and Kriel counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
A head kick misses from Epicity.
Both of our modern day gladiators look out of it here - a gruelling 5 rounds of action taking it's toll on them, no doubt.
Kriel lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Epicity fails to land with a series of punches.
A jab from Epicity misses.
Kriel counters with a body kick.
Kriel lands a leg kick that knocks Epicity off balance momentarily.
Kriel ducks under a wild hook from Epicity.
Kriel swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Kriel throws a predictable looking body shot
enabling Epicity to counter with a crisp jab.
Epicity tries to close the distance and clinch up but Kriel swats him away and circles back towards the center.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Epicity throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Kriel is looking for the big counter here.
Epicity throws a right and a left that Kriel avoids nicely.
Kriel unleashes a big counter combination but Epicity bobs and weaves and avoids any damage.
A combination from Epicity does no damage.
Kriel lets it all go there with a big combo counter but none of the punches connected.
Epicity chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Kriel can pounce on him.
Epicity gets off balance looking for a body kick
and Kriel counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Kriel lands a really nice looking cross but Epicity seems unphased.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Epicity throws a low kick, looking for Kriel's leg but Kriel calmly moves out of range.
Epicity walks into a straight right hand from Kriel.
Kriel digs a good body shot into Epicity's ribs.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Epicity feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Kriel's calf.
Epicity is looking to clinch.
Kriel throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
Epicity throws a hook but Kriel avoids it easily.
Kriel swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Kriel goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
A telegraphed right hand from Epicity misses the target.
Epicity tries to clinch up but Kriel circles away and keeps his distance.
Kriel throws out a counter right but Epicity avoids it with no problem.
Kriel throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Epicity misses with a right hand
and Kriel counters with a stiff right hand.
Epicity thows a body kick. Kriel tries to catch it but that hurt him.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Kriel avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Epicity thows a leg kick but Kriel checks it
and Kriel counters with an outside leg kick.
Kriel thows a leg kick but Epicity checks it
and Epicity counters with a low kick, right behind Kriel 's knee.
Epicity tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Kriel dodges the punch combination from Epicity.
Epicity lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Kriel throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
And that's the end of the fight!
Jan Kriel comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Kriel has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 5 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Igor Prikhodko scores the fight 47:49
Judge Fedor Mirinova scores the fight 47:48
Judge Ivan Kurochkin scores the fight 45:50
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Jan Kriel!
Jan Kriel is the new welterweight champion!
Jan Kriel was full of energy after the big win and talked about how he thinks he can do big things in this sport. The crowd were appreciative of his determination to succeed.
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