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Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Cholo Van Gaal (ranked 436 p4p, 48 weight class) and Arshnoor Singh (ranked 241 p4p, 20 weight class). Singh has chosen 2Pac - Hit 'Em Up as his entrance music. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the featherweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
21 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Cholo Van Gaal!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
52 - 25 - 4, fighting out of Las Vegas, Arshnoor Singh!
The judges for this bout are Gwen Towbar, Robert Twigg and Chris Downing.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Good standup being displayed there by Van Gaal as he connects with a hook.
Singh misses with a low kick.
Van Gaal misses with a leg kick.
Singh appears to be waiting to throw a counter punch to the body.
Singh throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Van Gaal on the side of the head.
Van Gaal tries to clinch but Singh moves out of range.
Singh scores with a push kick.
Singh looks to land a right hand but Van Gaal moved out of range.
Singh slips under a jab.
Arshnoor Singh seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Singh misses with a low kick.
It appears Van Gaal was looking to counter with a kick there.
Van Gaal needs to keep his hands up - Singh had a free shot at his head there.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Singh throws a hook but Van Gaal blocks it.
Van Gaal moves out of range of the strikes.
Van Gaal tried to counter with a leg kick but Singh avoided it.
Van Gaal takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Singh looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights.
Van Gaal throws a shot from downtown. Singh moves away and avoids it.
Van Gaal fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Singh throws a counter combo.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Van Gaal missing with a left hand there. Singh was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Van Gaal checks the leg kick nicely there.
Singh uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Van Gaal.
Van Gaal takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
Singh scores with a hook.
Singh throws a sloppy body shot
and Van Gaal counters with a straight right hand.
Van Gaal avoids the body shot from Singh.
Singh misses with a hook. Van Gaal ducked under it nicely.
Van Gaal was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
Van Gaal throws a combination. Singh tries to block but a couple of punches get through.
It looks like Arshnoor Singh has been cut.
Van Gaal takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Singh lands with a hook. Van Gaal tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
This has been an exciting period of action!
A slow jab from Singh misses its intended target.
Van Gaal was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Singh throws a body shot but no joy.
Singh closes the distance and lands a one-two.
Singh lands a head shot.
Van Gaal is rocked!
Singh throws a nice outside leg kick.
Oh Van Gaal is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Van Gaal ducks under a wild hook from Singh.
Van Gaal swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Van Gaal.
Van Gaal seems to have got his legs back now.
Singh tries to work over Van Gaal's front leg with a kick but Van Gaal checks it.
As Singh looks to move away, Van Gaal throws a big counter combo but Singh just gets out of the way.
Van Gaal scores with a nice head shot.
A looping hook to the body misses from Singh. Van Gaal does a little dance to reset his feet.
Van Gaal appears to be looking for a big counter.
Van Gaal thows a left - swing and a miss!
Van Gaal is looking to score with low kicks.
Singh now looks to counter with a shot at the body.
Van Gaal looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
A looping hook to the body misses from Singh. Van Gaal does a little dance to reset his feet.
Van Gaal swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
Van Gaal cracks Singh with an open hand slap.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Van Gaal connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Van Gaal is looking to clinch but Singh is avoiding it.
Van Gaal lands with a nice body kick.
Singh misses with a body shot.
Van Gaal 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.
Van Gaal keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
A low kick from Singh misses
and Van Gaal counters with a low kick, right behind Singh 's knee.
Van Gaal tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Van Gaal smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
Singh slips under a jab.
Van Gaal misses the jab.
Singh wants to slow Van Gaal down by chopping away at his legs.
Van Gaal throws a looping overhand right but Singh ducks down to avoid it.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Singh ducks under a wild hook from Van Gaal.
Singh takes a swing at Van Gaal's ribcage but misses.
Van Gaal throwing a counter right hand but Singh manages to avoid it.
Van Gaal throws a wild body kick that Singh sees coming a mile off.
Van Gaal walks forward, straight into a front kick from Singh.
Singh is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Singh misses with a wild body shot.
A big right from Van Gaal misses.
Van Gaal throws a right hand that misses
enabling Singh to counter with a crisp jab.
Van Gaal tries to work over Singh's front leg with a kick but Singh checks it.
Van Gaal lands a vicious shot with the stealth of a sniper and the strength of a viper. Are vipers that strong? I can think of lots of things that are stronger than a viper - not many rhyme with sniper though.
Van Gaal missing with a left hand there. Singh was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Van Gaal backing away here, and Singh unleashes a leg kick that just misses.
Singh connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Van Gaal tries to score with a low kick but Singh moves his leg out of the way.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close round but Arshnoor Singh will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Arshnoor Singh's cut.
That's time! Van Gaal's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.
Van Gaal falls off balance throwing a combination
and Singh counters with a left to the body.
Singh lands a slapping body shot.
Van Gaal throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.
A little jabbing left from Singh on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
This entire fight has taken place on the feet so far and you wonder whether Van Gaal might be better served trying to take this one to the ground because he's losing the standup battle so far.
Singh finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
Singh throws a sloppy head kick and Van Gaal moves out of range easily.
Van Gaal scores with a jab. Singh acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
Van Gaal ducks under a wild hook from Singh.
Singh takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Some bone on bone action there as Van Gaal checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
Van Gaal appeared to be looking to counter that last move with a leg kick.
Singh lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Singh throws out a powerful jab.
Singh takes a swing at Van Gaal's ribcage but misses.
Arshnoor Singh seems to be getting the better of the standup.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Van Gaal staying out of range there.
A slow jab from Van Gaal misses its intended target.
A chopping leg kick lands by Singh.
Van Gaal throws a leg kick that misses.
Van Gaal's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Singh connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Van Gaal scrambles back to his feet.
Singh misses with a looping left.
A low kick from Singh misses
and Van Gaal connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Van Gaal checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time.
Singh lands the left hand.
Singh looks for the body kick but Van Gaal saw that one coming.
The fighters circling - Van Gaal throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Singh lands where it shouldn't have, right in the... well, you know what he did? He kicked him in the penis. He's injured, injured bad. The referee sends both fighters to their corners and Van Gaal has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Van Gaal and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Singh connects with the punch.
Singh throws a predictable looking body shot
and Van Gaal connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Singh wants to land a leg kick but Van Gaal is out of range.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Singh attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
Van Gaal was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
Van Gaal tries to bum rush Singh with a series of wild strikes but Singh uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Singh waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Van Gaal.
Van Gaal appears to be looking for a counter punch to the body.
Van Gaal uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Singh.
As Singh backs away, Van Gaal returns fire with a leg kick that just misses.
Van Gaal looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Van Gaal throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Singh sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Van Gaal throws a hook but Singh avoids it easily.
Van Gaal gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Singh punishes Van Gaal's body with a nice straight punch.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Van Gaal moves out of range as Singh strikes.
As Singh looks to move away, Van Gaal throws a big counter combo but Singh just gets out of the way.
A big right from Singh misses.
Singh has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Van Gaal lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
Singh wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Van Gaal uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Singh.
Van Gaal on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Singh throws a hook but Van Gaal blocks it.
Van Gaal jinks towards his opponent looking like he wants to counter with a mid kick but doesn't commit.
Singh throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Singh checks a leg kick nicely.
Van Gaal throws a hook but Singh avoids it easily.
Singh scores with a sloppy right hand. Van Gaal should have avoided that one.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Van Gaal attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
Van Gaal throws an overhand right that lands on Singh's shoulder, as Singh tries to avoid the shot.
Singh connects with a high kick.
Singh throws a hook to the side of Van Gaal's head but Van Gaal sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Singh lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Van Gaal looks to throw the jab but Singh is out of range.
Van Gaal on the wrong end of a nice hook.
A jab lands there for Singh.
Van Gaal blocks a leg kick.
Singh lands a leg kick that knocks Van Gaal off balance momentarily.
Van Gaal works Singh's body with a nice hook.
A jab from Singh misses.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Arshnoor Singh showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Arshnoor Singh's cut.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!
Van Gaal thows a left - swing and a miss!
Singh misses with a lunging right hand
and Singh takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Singh uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Van Gaal.
Van Gaal takes one on the button.
Van Gaal cracks Singh with a right hand to the side of the head.
Some bone on bone action there as Van Gaal checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
A slapping leg kick lands for Singh.
Singh looks to score with a jab to the body but Van Gaal is just out of range.
Van Gaal was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Van Gaal fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Van Gaal.
Singh tried to score with a low kick but Van Gaal checks it.
Van Gaal looks to land a right hand but Singh moved out of range.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Van Gaal misses with a leg kick.
Singh throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
Singh lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Van Gaal at a distance.
Singh scores with a nice head shot.
Van Gaal throws a nice inside leg kick.
Singh chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Van Gaal can pounce on him.
Van Gaal misses with a hook. Singh ducked under it nicely.
Singh misses with a body shot.
An attempted straight right counter from Van Gaal misses the target.
A slow jab from Van Gaal misses its intended target.
Van Gaal swings for the body but Singh moves out of range.
Van Gaal looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
Van Gaal scores with a punch to the head.
Van Gaal throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Singh sees it coming and avoids it easily.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Singh scoring well with a low kick there.
Singh misses with a leg kick.
Van Gaal takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Van Gaal connects with a single shot there.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Van Gaal misses with a hook.
Singh scores with a jab to the jaw.
Van Gaal throws a body kick that misses.
Singh is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
Singh punishes Van Gaal's body with a nice straight punch.
Van Gaal throws a leg kick but Singh sees it coming and moves out of range.
Singh tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and Van Gaal is able to avoid easily.
Van Gaal looks to land a right hand but Singh moved out of range.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
A looping hook to the body misses from Van Gaal. Singh does a little dance to reset his feet.
Singh misses with an uppercut. Van Gaal saw that one coming.
Singh uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Van Gaal.
Singh stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
Singh lands a left and a right that send Van Gaal crashing to the mat, dazed. Singh thinks about following him to the mat but decides to wave him back up to his feet!
A solid leg kick lands there for Van Gaal.
Singh throws a hook to the side of Van Gaal's head but Van Gaal sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Van Gaal tries to clinch but Singh is having none of it.
Singh connects with a crisp jab.
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!
Singh dodges the punch combination from Van Gaal.
Singh jabs at Van Gaal's body.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Van Gaal throws a body shot but no joy.
Singh is looking to score with low kicks.
Singh fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Van Gaal is out of range.
Van Gaal checks a leg kick nicely.
Singh thows a leg kick but Van Gaal checks it
and Van Gaal counters with a kick to the head that grazes his opponent. Singh is lucky that one didn't land flush.
Van Gaal has a nice red mark on his side after a thudding body kick by Singh.
Singh scoring well with a low kick there.
Singh pivots, looking for a leg kick but Van Gaal is out of range and Singh settles back down.
Van Gaal misses with a body shot.
Singh looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Singh misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Van Gaal.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Arshnoor Singh really dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Arshnoor Singh's cut.
That's time! Van Gaal's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.
Van Gaal drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
Singh misses the shot to the body.
Van Gaal scoring well with a low kick there.
Singh misses the jab.
Van Gaal moves out of range of the leg kick from Singh.
Singh avoids the body shot from Van Gaal.
Van Gaal misses with a body shot.
Van Gaal scores with a jab. Singh acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Singh ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Singh fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Van Gaal manages to avoid it.
Van Gaal appears to be looking for a big counter.
Singh throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.
Nice defenses there by Van Gaal.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Singh turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Singh bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
Singh throws a leg kick but Van Gaal checks it.
Van Gaal rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Singh connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Singh scores with the left hand. Van Gaal knows he should have avoided that one.
Van Gaal blocks a jab.
Van Gaal gets cracked there but stands up to it.
A low kick from Singh is predictable there
enabling Van Gaal to counter with a crisp jab.
An inside leg kick from Singh misses.
Singh ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Van Gaal moves away.
Van Gaal was looking to counter that last move with a shot to the body but he didn't commit.
Singh on the wrong end of a nice hook.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Singh throws out a loose jab but Van Gaal uses good head movement to avoid it.
Singh throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Singh scores with a decent looking hook.
Van Gaal is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
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!
Van Gaal with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Singh feints and then cracks Van Gaal's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Van Gaal down.
A big left from Singh misses.
Singh throws a big shot that misses.
Van Gaal throws a shot from downtown. Singh moves away and avoids it.
Singh lands a nice hook to Van Gaal's body. Van Gaal takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Singh swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Singh scores with a jab to the head.
Singh misses with a body shot.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Van Gaal throws a solid leg kick but Singh takes the impact on his shin and smiles at Van Gaal.
Singh moves out of range of the leg kick from Van Gaal.
Singh takes a swing at Van Gaal's ribcage but misses.
Van Gaal checks a leg kick.
Van Gaal fails with an attempt to clinch.
Van Gaal uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Singh.
Singh rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Van Gaal connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Singh throws out a loose jab but Van Gaal uses good head movement to avoid it.
Van Gaal misses with a two punch combination.
A little jabbing left from Singh on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Van Gaal checks the leg kick nicely there.
Singh takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Some wild striking there from Van Gaal.
Singh lands a nice shot that snaps Van Gaal's head back.
Van Gaal jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Van Gaal slips under a jab.
It looked like Van Gaal wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
Van Gaal throws a right and a left that both miss.
Singh blocks a jab.
Van Gaal connects with a body shot that sends Singh's belly button to the back.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Singh lands with a right hand.
Van Gaal takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Arshnoor Singh dominated that fourth round.
The cut man is working on Arshnoor Singh's cut.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action. This is the final round!
Van Gaal wants to land a leg kick but Singh is out of range.
Singh lands a nice shot that snaps Van Gaal's head back.
Singh works the jab nicely.
Singh tries a head kick but it misses.
Van Gaal misses with a hook
and Singh counters with a straight right hand.
Van Gaal lands with a hook. Singh tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
Singh with a jab.
Van Gaal defending well as Singh loads up on a big left hand.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Van Gaal clinches.
Van Gaal misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Singh doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
A short left from Van Gaal.
Van Gaal tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Van Gaal tries to work over Singh's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Van Gaal.
Singh misses with a hook to the ribs.
Van Gaal works on Singh's body with a couple of short punches.
Van Gaal trying to control the position but instead, Singh has worked for underhooks and has pushed Van Gaal into the cage.
A right hand to the body from Singh.
Singh lands a nice uppercut.
Singh lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Van Gaal lands a hook that snaps the head of Singh backwards.
Singh lands a left hand.
Singh tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Van Gaal misses with the head strike.
Van Gaal misses with a hook from the clinch.
Singh throws a big uppercut that drops Van Gaal! More strikes from Singh and the referee jumps in to stop the fight! Van Gaal lies dazed against the cage as Singh celebrates with his cornermen!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:58 of round 5, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Arshnoor Singh!
Arshnoor Singh is the new featherweight champion!
An out of breath Arshnoor Singh thanked his loyal fans in his post fight interview, giving them credit for his success over the course of his career.
The defeated Cholo Van Gaal had this to say: 'I ain't no terminator but... ILL BE BACK!'.
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