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Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Mike Van Rijn (ranked 1116 p4p, 139 weight class) and Jan Jedrzejczyk (ranked 2549 p4p, 306 weight class). Both these guys have solid standup skills and neither is particularly fantastic on the ground, so let's hope for a nice standup war!
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Good wrestling
Excellent MT
Granite chin |
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BJJ Purple Belt
Lethal high kicks
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
13 - 8 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Mike Van Rijn!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
9 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Jan Jedrzejczyk!
The judges for this bout are Frank Antenori, Jack Bonds and Timothy Bukovac.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
A looping hook to the body misses from Van Rijn. Jedrzejczyk does a little dance to reset his feet.
Jedrzejczyk misses with a looping left.
Jedrzejczyk throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Jedrzejczyk tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Van Rijn was well out of range. Poor timing from Jedrzejczyk.
Jedrzejczyk shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Van Rijn misses with a head kick.
Van Rijn pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Van Rijn throws a body shot but no joy.
Jedrzejczyk is loading up here, looking for a big counter of his own.
Van Rijn fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Jedrzejczyk, pushing him back against the cage.
Van Rijn scores with a shot to the side of Jedrzejczyk's head.
Jedrzejczyk has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
We've been informed that Jedrzejczyk has been sparring a lot of Muay Thai in the buildup to this fight so let's see if that has an impact on the result.
Jedrzejczyk can't break the clinch.
Van Rijn keeps control of Jedrzejczyk as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Van Rijn lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Van Rijn working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Van Rijn lands with a short shot to the head.
Van Rijn misses with a punch to the body.
Van Rijn is working Jedrzejczyk over against the cage.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Jedrzejczyk has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Van Rijn lands a left hand that snaps the head of Jedrzejczyk backwards.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Jedrzejczyk is trying to break free.
Van Rijn tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Jedrzejczyk blocks a body shot from Van Rijn.
Jedrzejczyk's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Van Rijn rushes Jedrzejczyk and presses him up against the cage.
Van Rijn misses with a punch to the body.
Jedrzejczyk wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Van Rijn has him pressed against the cage.
Van Rijn lands a right hand that snaps the head of Jedrzejczyk backwards.
Jedrzejczyk takes a shot to the head.
Van Rijn swings away with an uppercut that misses.
A frustrated look appears on Jedrzejczyk's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Van Rijn fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Jedrzejczyk blocks an uppercut.
A right handed body shot lands from Van Rijn.
Still in the clinch, Van Rijn scores with a nice short uppercut.
Van Rijn scores with a nice hook to the head.
Jedrzejczyk tries to break free but Van Rijn pushes him back against the cage.
Jedrzejczyk breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Van Rijn lands a really nice looking cross but Jedrzejczyk seems unphased.
Van Rijn tries a head kick but it misses.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Van Rijn looking to land some kicks to the body here.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Jedrzejczyk blocks a head kick by Van Rijn.
Van Rijn is looking to clinch.
Van Rijn displaying good standup as he scores with a three punch combination.
Van Rijn misses with an uppercut.
Van Rijn clinches up with Jedrzejczyk and pushes him back against the cage.
Van Rijn tries to work over Jedrzejczyk's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Van Rijn keeps control of Jedrzejczyk as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Jedrzejczyk throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Van Rijn blocks the elbow strike.
Van Rijn lands a left hand that snaps the head of Jedrzejczyk backwards.
Jedrzejczyk blocking some punches.
Jedrzejczyk wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Van Rijn swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Van Rijn lands a shoulder strike.
Van Rijn lands a body punch in the clinch.
A short right from Van Rijn.
Van Rijn lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Jedrzejczyk backwards.
Jedrzejczyk throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Van Rijn fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Van Rijn can't find room to land a body shot as Jedrzejczyk controls the action.
Jedrzejczyk is trying to push Van Rijn away but Van Rijn has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Jedrzejczyk wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Jedrzejczyk wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Jedrzejczyk breaks the clinch.
Van Rijn looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Mike Van Rijn seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
A head kick from Van Rijn lands but Jedrzejczyk takes it in his stride.
Good exchange - Jedrzejczyk coming out on top.
Jedrzejczyk on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Van Rijn. Van Rijn obviously looking to wear him down.
Van Rijn gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Jedrzejczyk is trying to break the clinch but Van Rijn is controlling him.
Jedrzejczyk pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Jedrzejczyk throws a low kick but Van Rijn avoids it.
Van Rijn looks to score with a jab to the body but Jedrzejczyk is just out of range.
Van Rijn throws a hook but Jedrzejczyk blocks it.
Van Rijn's corner calls for a 1-2. Van Rijn obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
Nice body punch from Van Rijn.
Van Rijn throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Van Rijn moves into the clinch.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Nice body punch from Van Rijn - that landed with a thud.
Jedrzejczyk is looking to break free of the clinch but Van Rijn has double underhooks.
Jedrzejczyk wants to get back to striking at distance but Van Rijn won't allow it.
Van Rijn keeps control of Jedrzejczyk as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Jedrzejczyk wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Jedrzejczyk is trying to break the clinch but Van Rijn has him pressed against the cage.
Van Rijn lands a left hand.
Van Rijn keeps control of Jedrzejczyk as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Jedrzejczyk prevents a body shot from Van Rijn.
A right hand to the body from Van Rijn.
Van Rijn tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Jedrzejczyk breaks from the clinch.
Van Rijn scores with a head kick.
Van Rijn uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Jedrzejczyk.
Jedrzejczyk uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Van Rijn.
Van Rijn scores with a leg kick.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Jedrzejczyk tries a head kick but it misses.
Van Rijn throws a head kick that looked like it stung.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Mike Van Rijn dominated that round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!
Van Rijn blocks the body kick.
Jedrzejczyk steps to his left, right into the path of a big body kick from Van Rijn. That one must have hurt.
Jedrzejczyk throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Van Rijn fails in his attempt to clinch.
Mike Van Rijn is winning the standup battle so far.
Van Rijn jabs at Jedrzejczyk's body.
Nice defenses there by Van Rijn.
Van Rijn scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Van Rijn bobs and weaves and then throws a good body kick.
Jedrzejczyk takes a kick to the side of the head.
Van Rijn is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Jedrzejczyk can do to turn this around?
Van Rijn throws a body kick that misses.
Jedrzejczyk blocks a head kick by Van Rijn.
Van Rijn wants to clinch up but Jedrzejczyk keeps it at a distance.
Van Rijn looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Van Rijn tries to clinch but Jedrzejczyk is having none of it.
Van Rijn misses with an attempted mid kick.
Jedrzejczyk throws a hook but Van Rijn blocks it.
Van Rijn takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Jedrzejczyk shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Van Rijn moves out of range as Jedrzejczyk strikes.
Van Rijn is using his height advantage well here, landing a good percentage of his punches.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Van Rijn scores with a jab. Jedrzejczyk acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
Van Rijn blocks a jab.
An attempted straight right counter from Van Rijn misses the target.
Jedrzejczyk cracks the inside of Van Rijn's front leg.
A head kick from Van Rijn lands but Jedrzejczyk takes it in his stride.
Nice uppercut there from Van Rijn.
Van Rijn lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Van Rijn dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Jedrzejczyk. That did some damage!
Van Rijn moves into range and clinches up with Jedrzejczyk.
Van Rijn throws a punch but it's blocked by Jedrzejczyk.
Van Rijn keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Jedrzejczyk's efforts to push away.
Van Rijn tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Jedrzejczyk is trying to break the clinch but Van Rijn is controlling him.
A frustrated look appears on Jedrzejczyk's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Jedrzejczyk is really struggling to land any decent head shots against his taller opponent.
Van Rijn lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Jedrzejczyk backwards.
Mike Van Rijn has scored more points in the clinch so far.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Van Rijn.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Jedrzejczyk tries to break the clinch but Van Rijn is controlling the position.
A left hand lands to the body for Van Rijn.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Van Rijn throws a head punch that misses.
Van Rijn tries to throw a body punch but Jedrzejczyk avoids it by throwing Van Rijn back against the cage.
Van Rijn struggles to land a body shot inside as Jedrzejczyk controls his hands.
Van Rijn cracks Jedrzejczyk with a nice body shot.
Van Rijn lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Jedrzejczyk.
Van Rijn lands an uppercut.
Van Rijn struggles to land a body shot inside as Jedrzejczyk controls his hands.
Van Rijn lands a nice uppercut.
Jedrzejczyk is trying to break free.
Van Rijn stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Van Rijn has a couple of punches blocked by Jedrzejczyk.
A nice left hand lands by Van Rijn.
Jedrzejczyk's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Van Rijn ducks under a wild hook from Jedrzejczyk.
Jedrzejczyk tries to keep at a distance but Van Rijn has taken the fight into the clinch.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Van Rijn creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Jedrzejczyk breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Van Rijn avoids the body shot from Jedrzejczyk.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Van Rijn moves into the clinch.
Van Rijn lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Jedrzejczyk or not.
Van Rijn working aggressively here.
Van Rijn scores with a shot to the side of Jedrzejczyk's head.
Van Rijn misses with a hook to the ribs.
Jedrzejczyk tries to break the clinch but Van Rijn is controlling the position.
Van Rijn lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Jedrzejczyk has had enough of the clinch but Van Rijn keeps him there for the moment.
Jedrzejczyk wants to break free but Van Rijn has control.
Van Rijn keeps control of Jedrzejczyk as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Van Rijn tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Jedrzejczyk prevents a body shot from Van Rijn.
Jedrzejczyk blocking some punches.
A right hook to the body lands for Van Rijn.
A hook to the body from Van Rijn.
A nice left hand lands by Van Rijn.
Van Rijn scores with a nice hook to the head.
Van Rijn scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Van Rijn lands a left hand.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Van Rijn tries a body shot but Jedrzejczyk blocks it.
Jedrzejczyk tries to circle away but Van Rijn has him pinned against the cage.
Jedrzejczyk tries to break free but Van Rijn pushes him back against the cage.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Van Rijn creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Jedrzejczyk blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Jedrzejczyk tries to break free but Van Rijn pushes him back against the cage.
Van Rijn pushes Jedrzejczyk back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Jedrzejczyk working aggressively here.
Van Rijn misses with a hook from the clinch.
Jedrzejczyk manages to break the clinch.
Van Rijn throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Jedrzejczyk throws out a counter right but Van Rijn avoids it with no problem.
Van Rijn takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
Jedrzejczyk swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Van Rijn scores with a leg kick.
Jedrzejczyk takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Van Rijn looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Van Rijn lands a jab to Jedrzejczyk's midsection.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Van Rijn tries a head kick but it misses.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Mike Van Rijn dominated that second round.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action. Let's hear some noise people - this is the final round!
Van Rijn moves into range and clinches up with Jedrzejczyk.
Jedrzejczyk breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Van Rijn misses with a straight right.
Van Rijn is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
Van Rijn moves out of range of the leg kick from Jedrzejczyk.
The fighters circling - Van Rijn throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Van Rijn moves out of range of the strikes.
Jedrzejczyk connects with a single shot there.
Van Rijn wants to clinch.
Van Rijn displaying good standup as he scores with a three punch combination.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
A shot to the liver by Jedrzejczyk. Beautiful body shot.
Jedrzejczyk throws a head kick that misses.
Jedrzejczyk on the wrong end of a kick to the body.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Jedrzejczyk lunges at Van Rijn with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Van Rijn's hand.
Jedrzejczyk misses with a wild body shot.
Van Rijn fails to land with a series of punches.
Van Rijn uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Jedrzejczyk.
Van Rijn throws a front kick that sends Jedrzejczyk stumbling back into the cage.
Jedrzejczyk steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Van Rijn.
Jedrzejczyk sees a low kick coming and goes to check it, but it's actually a body kick and it thuds into his unprotected ribs.
Van Rijn tries a head kick but it misses.
A jab from Van Rijn finds it's way through Jedrzejczyk's defenses.
Nice uppercut lands for Van Rijn. That snapped Jedrzejczyk's head back.
Van Rijn tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Some wild striking there from Jedrzejczyk.
Jedrzejczyk lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Jedrzejczyk swings and misses with a hook to the body.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The fight moves into the clinch position.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Van Rijn scores with a nice hook to the head.
Van Rijn tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Van Rijn lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Jedrzejczyk.
Jedrzejczyk breaks the clinch.
Jedrzejczyk throws out a loose jab but Van Rijn uses good head movement to avoid it.
Van Rijn has taken the fight to the clinch.
Van Rijn is leaning against Jedrzejczyk and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Van Rijn doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
A shot in the inside from Van Rijn.
Jedrzejczyk wants to get back to striking at distance but Van Rijn won't allow it.
A head punch on the inside from Van Rijn fails to land.
Van Rijn misses with a punch to the body.
Jedrzejczyk working hard to break the clinch.
A head punch on the inside from Van Rijn fails to land.
A right hook to the body lands for Van Rijn.
Jedrzejczyk takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Van Rijn misses with the head strike.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Van Rijn fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Jedrzejczyk is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Jedrzejczyk looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Van Rijn can't find room to land a body shot as Jedrzejczyk controls the action.
A left hand lands to the body for Van Rijn.
Van Rijn presses Jedrzejczyk against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Van Rijn tries a body shot but Jedrzejczyk blocks it.
Good body shot from Van Rijn.
Van Rijn lands a shoulder strike.
Van Rijn lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Jedrzejczyk backwards.
Van Rijn lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Van Rijn scores with a hook to the body.
A frustrated look appears on Jedrzejczyk's face as he tries to break the clinch.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Van Rijn.
Van Rijn works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Jedrzejczyk blocks a body shot from Van Rijn.
Still in the clinch, Van Rijn scores with a nice short uppercut.
Van Rijn gets through Jedrzejczyk's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Van Rijn lands a left hand.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Van Rijn swings wildly with an uppercut but Jedrzejczyk uses good head movement to avoid it.
Van Rijn keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Jedrzejczyk's efforts to push away.
A nice left hand lands by Van Rijn.
Van Rijn is working Jedrzejczyk over against the cage.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Jedrzejczyk just misses with a elbow thrown towards Van Rijn's brow.
Jedrzejczyk blocks an uppercut.
Jedrzejczyk has had enough of the clinch but Van Rijn keeps him there for the moment.
Jan Jedrzejczyk has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Van Rijn doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Van Rijn misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Jedrzejczyk lands a left hand that snaps the head of Van Rijn backwards.
Van Rijn misses with some punches.
A short uppercut from Van Rijn.
Van Rijn scores with a shoulder strike.
Van Rijn scores with a shoulder strike.
Jedrzejczyk is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Jedrzejczyk just misses with a elbow thrown towards Van Rijn's brow.
Van Rijn lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
And that's the end of the fight!
Mike Van Rijn showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Van Rijn has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... 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 Frank Antenori scores the fight 30:27
Judge Jack Bonds scores the fight 30:27
Judge Timothy Bukovac scores the fight 30:27
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Mike Van Rijn!
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RATING
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