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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Sly Striker (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Gerard van Duyven (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). van Duyven has chosen I Like It Loud as his entrance music. We have two fighters making their debuts here, so let's see who comes out of this one with their first professional victory.
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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
0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Sly Striker!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Gerard van Duyven!
The judges for this bout are Valeri Chadov, Vladimir Khabensky and Aleksandr Martynov.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
The fight stays on the outside here - Striker looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Striker shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts van Duyven as he jumps to the side.
van Duyven throws a front kick aimed at Striker's knee but Striker avoids it well.
van Duyven slips under a jab from Striker.
Striker misses the shot to the body.
van Duyven feints and as Striker raises his hands in defense, van Duyven changes levels and drives through with a takedown into guard.
Striker wants to sweep here but van Duyven controlling him for the moment.
van Duyven postures up.
van Duyven gets to his feet. Striker looking to butt scoot but the ref puts an end to that. On your feet son!
Striker shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Oh and he's advanced to full mount straight away.
van Duyven tries to lock up and control but Striker gives him a forearm to the face and pushes him away.
van Duyven is hanging on here. He's in a desperate position.
That's one minute gone in the round.
van Duyven is trying desperately to improve position.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
van Duyven tries to lock up and control but Striker gives him a forearm to the face and pushes him away.
Striker wants to control the pace but van Duyven is squirming around nicely.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
van Duyven tries to hold on but Striker pushes him away.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are hurling abuse towards the fighters... You can hardly blame them though because there isn't a lot going on in the fight.
Striker is stalling here but it's allowed van Duyven to get half guard.
Striker wants to lay and pray for a moment but van Duyven keeps working.
The referee has ruled that neither fighter is active enough on the ground and has stood them back up.
van Duyven avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
van Duyven keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
Striker shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Let's see what he's got on the mat.
van Duyven keeping moving, preventing Striker from controlling successfully.
Striker is breathing heavily.
van Duyven pushes Striker off for just long enough to get back to his feet. Very athletic spring there.
Gerard van Duyven seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
van Duyven feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Striker's calf.
van Duyven misses with a double jab.
van Duyven shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has Striker pinned against the cage. Striker gets the underhooks and manages to circle away.
van Duyven gets taken down but at least he's managed to land in guard.
van Duyven uses the cage to get back to his feet.
van Duyven tries to keep at a distance but Striker has taken the fight into the clinch.
van Duyven wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Striker prevents van Duyven from breaking the clinch.
van Duyven breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Striker swings for the body but van Duyven moves out of range.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
van Duyven misses with a wild combination.
Striker looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? van Duyven is fending him off so far but Striker persists. Nope, van Duyven circles away and we're back to standing.
van Duyven throws a two punch combo that lands nicely.
Striker lands a nice shot to the body.
Striker fakes an overhand right and shoots for a takedown. van Duyven sprawls well initially but Striker persists and gets the takedown into half guard.
van Duyven won't allow Striker to pass to mount.
van Duyven is trying to control but can't.
Striker trying to control from half guard but van Duyven is working away.
van Duyven is trying to get back to full guard.
Neither fighter is being very active at the moment, with Striker in particular looking to stall.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Sly Striker dominated that round.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.
van Duyven scores with a takedown into Striker's guard.
van Duyven stays in close to Striker's body and controls the position.
Striker has an active guard here but van Duyven has managed to pass into half guard.
Striker makes his way to full guard. A much better position for Striker.
van Duyven lands a couple of elbows.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Striker is looking to stand up but van Duyven isn't so interested in that idea.
van Duyven is stalling in the full guard.
Striker has control of van Duyven's left arm, preventing van Duyven from doing any damage.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
van Duyven is just sitting in guard, looking to avoid any submissions.
van Duyven preventing the sweep.
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.
van Duyven being controlled here momentarily.
van Duyven is trying to work a guillotine from the top, or something like that? Don't know how he thinks he's going to get a finish from there.
Striker pulls van Duyven in close to prevent any damage.
van Duyven controlling from the guard. I say controlling but really, he's stalling.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Striker trying to strike from the bottom but really, it's not the best position to be doing that from!
Striker controls van Duyven momentarily but van Duyven frees himself.
van Duyven showing good wrestling skills to control the position.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
There's not a lot going on here and the crowd are letting the fighters know they're not willing to tolerate a lack of action.
van Duyven won't allow Striker to sweep him here.
Striker is looking to get back to his feet but can't, whilst van Duyven is controlling him.
Striker is active off his back here, looking for submissions.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
van Duyven stands and steps away. Striker gets to his feet too and we're back to the striking game.
van Duyven shoots and misses
and Striker counters with a nice single leg takedown and he's in van Duyven's guard now.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close second round but Gerard van Duyven will probably get the nod - 10:9.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business. This is the final round!
Striker misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.
van Duyven misses with a series of wild punches.
Striker tries to clinch there but van Duyven circles away.
Striker moves away from the strike by van Duyven.
Striker throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and van Duyven counters with a takedown into full mount! That could mean trouble for Striker!
Striker really trying hard to get back to half guard here.
Striker slips a leg in and gets back to half guard.
Striker is looking to control van Duyven's leg but it's slowly edging free. Can Striker avoid being mounted?
van Duyven controlling the pace.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Striker makes his way to full guard. A much better position for Striker.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Striker working from the bottom, still in full guard. He's managed to get a loose triangle. van Duyven doesn't seem to be doing much to defend here, obviously he feels comfortable in the position. van Duyven manages to throw the legs off his shoulder and he's back into guard - no problem.
Striker tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Gerard van Duyven has got the better of the ground game so far.
Striker isolates an arm and boxes in a triangle. van Duyven stacks Striker on his neck as he steps over and passes to the side. He's now in a much more dominant position where he can look to do some serious damage. Nice move by van Duyven!
van Duyven controlling the position.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are showing their displeasure at the lack of action as loud boos ring out around the arena.
Striker throws his opponent off and manages to get back to his feet! Nicely done!
van Duyven avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
van Duyven gets taken down but at least he's managed to land in guard.
Striker cracks van Duyven with a solid left hand.
Striker trying to control but van Duyven is working from the bottom.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
van Duyven has his hands on Striker's head, controlling the position.
van Duyven is looking to stand up but Striker isn't so interested in that idea.
Striker wants to control from the top but van Duyven keeps moving.
van Duyven controlling Striker's posture.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
Striker trying to control the position from guard on top but van Duyven is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
It looks like we're going to have a standup here. Neither fight is doing enough on the ground.
van Duyven throws a combination that misses
and Striker holds on and brings the fighters into a clinch.
van Duyven wants to break the clinch but can't.
van Duyven managing to block the knees to the body from Striker.
van Duyven tries to break the clinch but Striker is controlling the position.
Striker wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Knees in the clinch landing for van Duyven.
Striker looking for a takedown.
Striker has hold of a leg and is looking for a trip takedown. van Duyven avoids it nicely though and we remain in the clinch.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Sly Striker. That's going to take a lot out of him.
van Duyven wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
van Duyven tries to break the clinch but Striker is controlling the position.
And that's the end of the fight!
I would just about give that final round to Gerard van Duyven.
I think van Duyven has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Valeri Chadov scores the fight 28:29
Judge Vladimir Khabensky scores the fight 29:29
Judge Aleksandr Martynov scores the fight 28:29
In favor of your winner, by majority decision... Gerard van Duyven!
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