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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Kelvin Bang (ranked 3532 p4p, 458 weight class) and Liber Alderich (ranked 2104 p4p, 303 weight class). Alderich comes into a darkened arena with his song building. Stronger kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! Fingers crossed for an exciting fight - I'm sure both fighters are looking for a nice under the table bonus!
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176 lbs
10 - 8 - 0 |
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180 lbs
13 - 7 - 0 |
Abu Dhabi Champ
Excellent boxer
KO power |
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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 welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
10 - 8 - 0, fighting out of New York, Kelvin Bang!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
13 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Liber Alderich!
The judges for this bout are Sam Margolis, Steven Brown and Phil Schofield.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Alderich closes the distance and clinches.
Bang has hold of a leg and is looking for a trip takedown. Alderich avoids it nicely though and we remain in the clinch.
Alderich lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Alderich misses with a punch to the body.
Alderich misses with a hook to the ribs.
Bang is looking for a takedown.
A short left from Alderich.
Alderich makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Alderich pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Bang shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Alderich as he jumps to the side.
Bang has been working on his boxing with his coaches at Got Your 6 in the buildup to the fight.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Kelvin Bang. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Alderich lands a high kick!
Alderich darts in and clinches Bang up against the cage.
Alderich misses with a hook from the clinch.
Alderich stops a takedown attempt from Bang.
Bang has Alderich pressed up against the cage. He's trying to work for a single leg takedown. Bang pulls back from the cage and twists to the side, sending Alderich tumbling to the mat - Bang dives into Alderich's guard.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Alderich keeping moving, preventing Bang from controlling successfully.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Bang slows down the pace of the fight for a moment. He'll need to remain active if he doesn't want to see the fight stood back up.
Alderich looking to sweep using the butterfly guard but Bang puts pay to that idea as he passes nicely into half guard.
Bang content to sit in half guard and control for a moment.
Alderich wants to get back to his feet.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
A few boos can be heard. I'm sure they will multiply if the fighters don't pick up the pace.
Alderich is positioning himself well to prevent Bang advancing to mount.
Bang is thwarting Alderich's attempts to control the position.
The referee wants the fighters to be more active or he's going to reset them on the feet.
Bang prevents Alderich from standing back up.
The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Alderich leaves Bang with his face pressed against the mat as he sprawls beautifully, defending against a solid takedown attempt.
Alderich rushes Bang and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Alderich misses with a punch to the body.
Alderich misses with a hook to the ribs.
Alderich breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Alderich fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Bang, pushing him back against the cage.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Alderich pushes Bang back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Alderich scores with a nice hook to the head.
Alderich lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Bang breaks the clinch.
No luck for Bang with that takedown attempt.
Horrible takedown attempt by Bang or perhaps it was just good defense by Alderich, which made it look bad.
Alderich connects with the punch.
Bang misses with a takedown attempt - Alderich sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
Bang takes the fight into the clinch.
Alderich goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Alderich lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Bang prevents a body shot from Alderich.
A shot in the inside from Alderich.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Alderich swings away with an uppercut that misses.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Bang looking for a takedown.
Bang wants to take the fight to the mat but Alderich manages to get underhooks and keep the fight in the clinch.
Good body shot from Alderich.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Alderich.
Bang tries to throw a body punch but Alderich avoids it by throwing Bang back against the cage.
Alderich stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Alderich scores with a shot to the side of Bang's head.
Alderich working some nice short punches in the clinch.
A hook to the body from Alderich.
Bang is breathing heavily.
Alderich lands a left hand.
Bang tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Alderich avoids it.
Alderich manages to break the clinch.
Bang dives in and grabs Alderich's left leg, looking for a takedown. Alderich pushes down on Bang's head and hops out.
Alderich rushes Bang and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
A right handed body shot lands from Alderich.
Alderich lands a left hand.
Alderich tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Alderich pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Bang changes levels and looks for a double leg takedown. Alderich tries to avoid it but Bang manages to keep hold of a leg and drag Alderich to the ground. Alderich escapes though and pops straight back up to his feet.
Alderich raises up his leg as if looking to counter with a high kick.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Liber Alderich 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.
A jab from Alderich finds it's way through Bang's defenses.
Bang swats away the attempt to clinch by Alderich.
Bang seemed to be looking to counter by closing the distance.
Alderich pushes Bang up against the cage in a clinch.
Alderich misses with a hook from the clinch.
Bang is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Alderich fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Alderich lands with a right to the head.
Alderich working aggressively here.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Bang.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Alderich creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Alderich digs a right hand underneath Bang's ribcage. Bang let out a lung full of air as it connected.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Alderich misses with a punch on the inside.
Alderich misses with some punches.
Alderich lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Bang backwards.
Alderich swings wildly with an uppercut but Bang uses good head movement to avoid it.
Alderich pushes Bang back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Bang misses with a shot to the kidneys.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Alderich lands with a left to the head.
Alderich tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Alderich pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
A clash of legs there as Alderich blocks the low kick.
Bang moves into the clinch.
Alderich lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Bang is rocked!
Alderich makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Oh Bang is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Bang tries to pull guard but can't drag his opponent to the mat. Alderich just stands there and leans against the cage.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Alderich misses with the head strike.
Alderich breaks from the clinch.
Bang closes the distance and clinches.
Alderich swings wildly with an uppercut but Bang uses good head movement to avoid it.
Bang is looking to take this one to the mat.
Alderich swings away with an uppercut that misses.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Bang.
Bang blocks an uppercut.
Bang seems to have got his legs back now.
Liber Alderich seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Bang is looking to break free of the clinch but Alderich has double underhooks.
Alderich working aggressively here.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Alderich.
Bang breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Alderich closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Bang breaks from the clinch.
Alderich closes the distance and clinches.
Alderich has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
A left hand lands to the body for Alderich.
Alderich swings wildly with an uppercut but Bang uses good head movement to avoid it.
Alderich pushes Bang back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Bang blocks a body shot from Alderich.
Bang tries to land knees in the clinch but Alderich avoids the damage to the body.
Alderich lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Bang or not.
Bang escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Alderich throws a head kick but Bang moves out of range.
Bang rushes Alderich and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Alderich throws a head punch that misses.
Bang is leaning against Alderich and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Bang works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Alderich lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Bang or not.
Bang drops to a knee looking for a takedown but Alderich gets the underhooks and prevents it.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Kelvin Bang. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Alderich misses with the head strike.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Alderich scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Alderich stops a takedown attempt from Bang.
Alderich breaks from the clinch.
Bang looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Alderich is fending him off so far but Bang persists. Nope, Alderich circles away and we're back to standing.
Alderich pushes Bang up against the cage in a clinch.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Alderich.
Bang misses with a short punch on the inside.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Alderich.
Alderich lands a hook to the side of the head.
Alderich lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Alderich misses with some punches.
A right hand to the body from Alderich.
Alderich swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Bang blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Alderich throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Bangs head.
Alderich lands a shot to the body.
Alderich breaks the clinch.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Alderich has taken the fight to the clinch.
A short uppercut from Alderich.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Alderich breaks the clinch.
Kelvin Bang is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Alderich tries to close the distance and clinch up but Bang swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Bang tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Alderich moves into the clinch successfully.
Alderich escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Alderich scores with a decent looking hook.
Bang is looking to land body kicks.
Alderich has managed to clinch.
Alderich tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Alderich misses with a punch on the inside.
Alderich working aggressively here.
Alderich lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Alderich has Bang pressed against the cage, preventing Bang from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Alderich lands with a short shot to the head.
Alderich working some nice short punches in the clinch.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Alderich tries to work over Bang's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Alderich lands a big right hand that drops Bang! The killer instinct kicks in and Alderich finishes his opponent with a series of strikes from mount. A dominating finish by Alderich!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:57 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Liber Alderich!
Liber Alderich bigged himself up after the win. The crowd seemed to love it.
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energy
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hype
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pop
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RATING
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