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Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Andre Clay (ranked 1128 p4p, 55 weight class) and Fentz Straterloo (ranked 1277 p4p, 63 weight class). Clay comes to the cage accompanied by Believe. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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146 lbs
8 - 0 - 0 |
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179 cm
28
140 lbs
8 - 3 - 1 |
BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent boxer
KO power |
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BJJ White Belt
Lethal high kicks
Heavy handed |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the bantamweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
8 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Andre Clay!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
8 - 3 - 1, fighting out of Tokyo, Fentz Straterloo!
The judges for this bout are Daniel Franklin, Cecil Peabody and Gwen Towbar.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Clay throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Straterloo sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Clay looks to land a left hand but Straterloo moved out of range nicely.
Clay backing away here, and Straterloo unleashes a leg kick that just misses.
Clay throws a body punch but Straterloo moves out of range.
Straterloo shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.
Straterloo checks the leg kick.
Straterloo throws a half hearted mid kick.
Straterloo looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Straterloo gets a clinch.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Straterloo.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Clay.
With the fighters up against the cage, Straterloo throws an elbow but misses.
Clay tries to throw a body punch but Straterloo avoids it by throwing Clay back against the cage.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Clay wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Straterloo has him pressed against the cage.
Straterloo working aggressively here.
We've been hearing reports that Clay has been drilling takedowns in recent sessions so let's see if that has an impact on the result of this fight.
Straterloo lands an elbow inside.
Straterloo blocks an elbow strike.
Straterloo is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.
Clay jumps guard but Straterloo turns him against the cage and keeps the fight standing.
Clay wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Straterloo lands a damaging elbow.
It looks like Andre Clay has been cut.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Straterloo avoids a wild elbow strike from Clay.
Straterloo lands an elbow inside that Clay shrugs off.
Clay is trying to break the clinch but Straterloo is controlling him.
Clay's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Clay throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
Straterloo looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
The fighters circle momentarily. Straterloo darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.
Straterloo uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Clay.
Clay misses with a hook. Straterloo ducked under it nicely.
Clay takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
Clay misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Straterloo slips a straight right by Clay.
Straterloo swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Straterloo misses with a looping right.
Straterloo fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Clay.
Clay throws a looping overhand right but Straterloo ducks down to avoid it.
Clay throws an off balance right hand
and Straterloo counters with a nice low kick that buckles Clay's knee momentarily.
Clay takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Clay misses with a straight left.
Clay throws a body kick, spinning off balance
and Straterloo counters with a straight right hand.
Clay bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Straterloo's head.
Straterloo slips under a jab from Clay.
Straterloo avoids the body shot from Clay.
Straterloo ducks under a wild hook from Clay.
Straterloo misses with a looping right.
Clay scores with a jab. Straterloo acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
Clay misses with a body shot.
And Straterloo responds with a good body kick, but Clay manages to step out the way in time.
Clay throws a chopping leg kick but Straterloo manages to avoid taking any serious damage.
Straterloo throws out a counter right but Clay avoids it with no problem.
Straterloo thumps Clay with a low kick.
Clay ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Straterloo moves away.
Nice defenses there by Straterloo.
Clay loads up on a big right hand but Straterloo slips the punch.
Clay throws a low kick, looking for Straterloo's leg but Straterloo calmly moves out of range.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
An inside leg kick from Clay misses.
Clay throws a jab when Straterloo was well out of range.
Clay pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Straterloo with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Clay to score with a decent uppercut.
Clay misses with a double jab
letting Straterloo counter with a right hand.
Clay is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Straterloo.
Clay throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Straterloo lets it all go there with a big combo counter but none of the punches connected.
Straterloo ducks under a wild hook from Clay.
Clay throws a lazy uppercut
and Straterloo counters with a nice uppercut.
Straterloo with a hook.
Clay throws a jab but it's blocked by Straterloo.
Straterloo swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Straterloo lands with a nice body kick.
Clay digs a good body shot into Straterloo's ribs.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Straterloo displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Clay throws out the jab.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Straterloo wants to clinch up but Clay keeps it at a distance.
Clay swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
Clay lands with a nice body punch.
Straterloo shuffles to his left behind two crisp jabs. Clay eats them both and turns towards Straterloo to reposition himself and eats a stinging right hand-left hook combo.
Clay lands with an uppercut that bounces Straterloo off the cage and back into range.
Straterloo uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Clay.
Straterloo displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Clay throws out the jab.
Straterloo is on the wrong end of a nice combination from Clay.
Straterloo is rocked!
Clay fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Straterloo let fly with a counter punch to the body but it didn't land.
Clay throws an overhand right that lands on Straterloo's shoulder, as Straterloo tries to avoid the shot.
Straterloo feints a counter leg kick.
Clay is really struggling to find his range with his punches. Straterloo's reach advantage is clearly causing him problems.
A punch lands to the side of Clay 's head but he takes it in his stride.
Straterloo misses with a wild body shot.
Straterloo moves in looking to clinch but Clay pushes him off.
Straterloo missing with a left hand there. Clay was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Clay connects with a body shot that sends Straterloo's belly button to the back.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close round but I would say that Andre Clay will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Andre Clay's cut.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!
Straterloo blocks a jab.
A nice side step and Straterloo releases a counter shot to the body, but it doesn't find it's home.
A shot to the liver by Clay. Beautiful body shot.
Straterloo keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Clay.
Straterloo tries a quick counter leg kick but Clay is wise to it.
Clay steps to his left, right into the path of a big body kick from Straterloo. That one must have hurt.
Straterloo ducks under a wild hook from Clay.
Straterloo walks into a jab.
Clay throws a head kick that misses
and Straterloo counters with a nice low kick that buckles Clay's knee momentarily.
Straterloo takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Clay throws a hook to the side of Straterloo's head but Straterloo sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Clay ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Clay throws a lazy uppercut
and Straterloo counters with a nice leg kick.
Clay ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Straterloo fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Clay.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Clay dips to his left and cracks Straterloo with an uppercut!
Clay bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Straterloo's head backwards.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Straterloo tries to clinch but Clay is having none of it.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Straterloo, right into the meat.
Clay throws a poor cross that misses
and Straterloo counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Straterloo has used his reach advantage pretty well so far tonight.
Clay fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Straterloo checks it well.
Straterloo throws out a counter right but Clay avoids it with no problem.
Clay misses with a left hand
and Straterloo counters with a nice low kick that buckles Clay's knee momentarily.
Andre Clay is winning the standup battle so far.
The fighters circle momentarily. Clay darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.
Straterloo tries to bum rush Clay with a series of wild strikes but Clay uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
An attempted straight right counter from Clay misses the target.
Clay throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Andre Clay seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Nice defenses there by Straterloo.
Straterloo staying out of range there.
Clay throws a head kick but Straterloo moves out of range.
Straterloo paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
Clay misses the shot to the body.
Straterloo looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Clay darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
Clay throws a right hand that misses
and Straterloo counters with a nice uppercut.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Clay's jab looks to have found its range, popping Straterloo under the eye.
Clay ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Straterloo moves away.
Straterloo connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Clay misses the shot to the body.
Clay scores with a jab. Straterloo acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
Straterloo is still on wobbly legs! Can Clay finish him?
Clay is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
Clay misses with an uppercut.
Clay looks for the body kick but Straterloo saw that one coming.
Clay misses the jab.
Straterloo ducks under a wild hook from Clay.
Straterloo seems to have recovered his senses.
Clay looks to throw the jab but Straterloo is out of range.
Straterloo connects with an inside leg kick.
Straterloo bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
Straterloo slips a jab from Clay.
A nice leg kick lands there from Straterloo.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Clay misses with a wild body shot.
Straterloo feints a counter leg kick.
Clay loads up on a big right hand but Straterloo slips the punch.
Straterloo slips under a jab.
Clay swings widly with a right hand
and Straterloo counters with a body kick that brings a smile to the face of both fighters.
Clay misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Straterloo.
A big right from Straterloo misses.
Clay works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
Straterloo thuds his shin into the meat of Clay's side.
Clay throws an off balance right hand
and Straterloo counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Clay throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Straterloo counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Straterloo missing with a left hand there. Clay was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Clay throws out a loose jab but Straterloo uses good head movement to avoid it.
Straterloo scores with a punch to the head.
Good standup being displayed there by Straterloo as he connects with a hook.
Clay is rocked!
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Clay takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Oh Clay is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Clay takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Straterloo fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Clay works the jab nicely.
Clay swings away with a body shot that misses
and Straterloo counters with a good, hard body kick but Clay shrugs it off.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Clay misses with a right hand
and Straterloo counters with a body kick.
Clay will be looking to protect his midsection after taking some solid kicks to the body.
Clay doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Straterloo cracks Clay with a big right hand that sees him stumbling back against the cage! Clay falls to his knees and Straterloo doesn't need a second invitatation - he rushes in and fires off several unanswered shots that force the referee to stop the fight! This one is all over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:23 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Fentz Straterloo!
Fentz Straterloo bigged himself up after the win. The crowd seemed to love it.
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RATING
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