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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Ulrik Meyer (ranked 1310 p4p, 159 weight class) and Calabi Yau (ranked 937 p4p, 120 weight class). These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.
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180 lbs
25 - 11 - 2 |
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174 lbs
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Good wrestling
World class boxer
Insanely flexible |
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World class boxer
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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
25 - 11 - 2, fighting out of New York, Ulrik Meyer!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
13 - 8 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Calabi Yau!
The judges for this bout are James Glass, Sam Margolis and James Ackerman.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Meyer works Yau's body with a nice hook.
Yau has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Meyer.
A kick lands to the mid section there for Meyer.
Meyer throws a wild body kick that Yau sees coming a mile off.
Meyer chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Yau blocks a head kick by Meyer.
Meyer misses with a jab, cross combination.
Meyer throws a low kick, looking for Yau's leg but Yau calmly moves out of range.
Yau cracks Meyer with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
Meyer misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Yau.
Meyer throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Yau is trying to avoid his opponent's strikes and get into the clinch.
Yau has taken the fight to the clinch.
Yau blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Yau blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Meyer breaks the clinch.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Meyer swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Yau.
Meyer throws a nice inside leg kick.
Yau lands a nice leg kick that just misses Meyer's sensitive parts.
Yau throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Meyer thows a leg kick but Yau checks it
and Yau counters by clinching up.
A head punch on the inside from Meyer fails to land.
Meyer is trying to break the clinch but Yau has him pressed against the cage.
Yau stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Meyer blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Meyer swings wildly with an uppercut but Yau uses good head movement to avoid it.
Yau with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Meyer has a couple of punches blocked by Yau.
Meyer tries to break the clinch but Yau is controlling the position.
Meyer tries a body shot but Yau blocks it.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Yau.
Meyer misses with a short punch on the inside.
Meyer lands with a light punch inside.
Meyer working aggressively here.
Yau utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Meyer misses with a punch on the inside.
Yau misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Meyer.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Meyer can't find room to land a body shot as Yau controls the action.
Yau lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Meyer misses with the head strike.
Meyer throws a head punch that misses.
Yau lands with a short head shot on the inside.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Meyer.
Meyer is trying to break the clinch but Yau is controlling him.
Yau lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Meyer.
Meyer is trying to push Yau away but Yau has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Yau putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Meyer in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Meyer has a couple of punches blocked by Yau.
Meyer fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Meyer breaks the clinch.
Ulrik Meyer seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Yau fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Meyer on the side of the head.
Meyer tests Yau's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Yau clinches with his opponent.
Still in the clinch, Yau scores with a nice short uppercut.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Meyer tries to break free but Yau pushes him back against the cage.
Yau blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Meyer breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Meyer ducks under a wild hook from Yau.
Meyer scores with a head kick.
Yau misses with a looping left.
Meyer drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
Yau misses with the combination.
Yau throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
A slow jab from Yau misses its intended target.
Meyer throws a right and a left that Yau avoids nicely.
Meyer throws out a powerful jab.
Yau cracks a nice hook into Meyer's ribs.
Meyer rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Yau counters with a nice body shot.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Yau ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Meyer moves away.
A telegraphed right hand from Meyer misses the target.
Yau wants to counter the offense by Meyer and move into the clinch position.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Meyer slips under a jab from Yau.
Yau throws a body punch but Meyer moves out of range.
Yau throws a body punch but Meyer moves out of range.
Meyer throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Meyer pushes forward with a 1-2 combination that forces Yau back to the cage. Meyer follows up with a solid lead hook to the liver.
Meyer is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
Yau moves into the clinch.
Yau softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Meyer lands a shoulder strike.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Yau.
Meyer blocking some punches.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Meyer.
Meyer misses with some punches.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Meyer pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Meyer misses the shot to the body.
Nice uppercut lands for Meyer. That snapped Yau's head back.
Yau fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Meyer, pushing him back against the cage.
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 Ulrik Meyer will probably get the nod.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.
Meyer throws a jab when Yau was well out of range.
Yau blocks a jab.
Yau throws a good cross that connects.
Meyer takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Meyer looks to throw the jab but Yau is out of range.
Meyer avoids the body shot from Yau.
Meyer uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Yau.
Yau loads up on a big right hand but Meyer slips the punch.
Yau jabbing away but nothing is landing.
A clash of legs there as Yau blocks the low kick.
Yau ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Meyer moves away.
Yau misses with a low kick.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Meyer fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
A bone on bone clash there as Yau blocks the leg kick.
Meyer gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Meyer throws a hook but Yau blocks it.
Yau misses with a straight left.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Meyer fails to land with a series of punches.
Yau throws an overhand right that lands on Meyer's shoulder, as Meyer tries to avoid the shot.
Yau throws a hook to the side of Meyer's head but Meyer sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Yau slips a straight right by Meyer.
Yau avoids the head kick by Meyer.
Meyer throws a body kick that misses
and Yau counters with a stiff right hand.
Yau blocks a jab.
Yau throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Meyer feints a jab promting Yau to slip. Meyer then demonstrates his capabilities by jabbing again. Yau slips again and ducks right into an uppercut.
Yau rushes Meyer and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Yau.
Meyer misses with a short punch on the inside.
Meyer tries to break free but Yau pushes him back against the cage.
Meyer scores with an uppercut up the middle.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Yau keeps control of Meyer as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Meyer wants to get back to striking at distance but Yau won't allow it.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Meyer is trying to break free.
Yau throws a knee to the head but misses.
Yau lands an uppercut.
Meyer is looking to break free of the clinch but Yau has double underhooks.
Yau lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Meyer misses with a short punch on the inside.
Yau blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Meyer blocking some punches.
Meyer manages to break the clinch.
Meyer scores with a nice head shot.
Meyer throws a body kick, spinning off balance
and Yau counters with a stiff right hand.
Meyer throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Yau steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Meyer.
Yau tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Meyer was well out of range. Poor timing from Yau.
Meyer throws a nice outside leg kick.
Yau tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Meyer paws at him with a jab and circles away.
And Meyer counters with a quick kick to the body but Yau blocks it.
Yau avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Ulrik Meyer is winning the standup battle so far.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Yau dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Yau stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
Yau has managed to clinch.
Meyer misses with some punches.
Yau looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Yau landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Yau with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
A right hand to the body from Yau.
Meyer lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Yau lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Meyer working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Yau blocking some punches.
Meyer takes a knee right on the jaw!
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Meyer misses with a hook from the clinch.
Yau misses with a knee strike.
Meyer has had enough of the clinch but Yau keeps him there for the moment.
A nice left hand lands by Yau.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Yau blocking some punches.
Meyer swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Yau lands a body shot in the clinch.
Meyer can't break the clinch.
Meyer misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Meyer throws a head punch that misses.
Meyer fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Meyer is trying to break the clinch but Yau is controlling him.
Yau tries to land knees in the clinch but Meyer avoids the damage to the body.
A short right from Yau.
Knees in the clinch landing for Yau.
Meyer tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Yau tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Meyer is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Meyer tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Meyer working aggressively here.
Yau landing knees to the body.
With the fighters up against the cage, Yau throws an elbow but misses.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Calabi Yau showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! This is the final round!
Yau throws a body punch but Meyer moves out of range.
Meyer fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
A big left from Yau misses.
Meyer walks into a straight right hand from Yau.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Meyer.
Meyer ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Yau moves away.
Yau on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Meyer. Meyer obviously looking to wear him down.
Meyer throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Good shot there by Yau.
Yau lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
Meyer throws a right hand that Yau ducks under and follows up with a left that Yau also avoids with ease.
Yau tries to clinch but fails miserably
enabling Meyer to counter with a crisp jab.
Meyer keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Yau.
A swing and a miss from Yau.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Meyer.
Meyer throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Meyer throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Meyer displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Yau throws out the jab.
Yau misses with an uppercut
and Meyer counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Meyer swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Yau's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Yau ducks under a wild hook from Meyer.
It seemed like Yau was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Meyer avoids the body shot from Yau.
Yau ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Yau throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
The crowd cheers as Meyer lands an impressive looking overhand right. Yau doesn't seem phased though.
Meyer misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Meyer tries to land a leg kick but Yau saw it coming and moves away.
Meyer throws a push kick but Yau slaps the foot to one side.
Meyer avoids a punch combination nicely.
Yau misses with a looping left.
Meyer throws a lazy uppercut
and Yau counters with a straight right hand.
Yau misses with a looping right.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Meyer tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Yau was well out of range. Poor timing from Meyer.
Meyer blocks a jab.
Meyer uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Yau.
Yau throws a predictable looking body shot
and Yau takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Meyer looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Yau let fly with a counter punch to the body but it didn't land.
Yau pivots, looking for a leg kick but Meyer is out of range and Yau settles back down.
Yau takes a swing at Meyer's ribcage but misses.
Yau throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
Meyer uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Yau.
Meyer throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Yau.
Yau throws a body punch but Meyer moves out of range.
Yau ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Yau fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Meyer manages to avoid it.
Yau displaying good standup as he scores with a three punch combination.
Yau moves out of range of the leg kick from Meyer.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Yau fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Meyer manages to avoid it.
Meyer swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
A telegraphed right hand from Yau misses the target.
Meyer cracks Yau with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
A jab from Yau does it's job there.
Nice jab there from Meyer.
Yau moves out of range as Meyer throws a body kick.
Yau staying out of range there.
Meyer throws a jab but it's blocked by Yau.
Yau avoids a punch combination nicely.
Yau fails with an attempt to clinch.
No joy there for Meyer, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Yau misses with a looping right.
Meyer bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Meyer throws a body kick that misses
and Meyer takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Sloppy strikes from Meyer. Those never looked like landing.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Yau moves in looking to clinch but Meyer pushes him off.
Meyer pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Yau is clearly trying to counter these attacks from Meyer with a body shot.
Meyer looks to throw the jab but Yau is out of range.
Meyer throws a head kick that misses
and Yau counters with a nice body shot.
Yau connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Meyer shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.
Yau scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Yau looks to throw the jab but Meyer is out of range.
Meyer lands a nice shot that snaps Yau's head back.
Yau takes a swing at Meyer's ribcage but misses.
Decent striking displayed by Yau there.
Meyer with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Yau to score with a decent uppercut.
Meyer motions for Yau to come forward. Meyer throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Yau drives through and clinches with Meyer against the cage.
And that's the end of the fight!
I would just about give that final round to Calabi Yau.
I think Yau 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 James Glass scores the fight 28:29
Judge Sam Margolis scores the fight 27:30
Judge James Ackerman scores the fight 27:30
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Calabi Yau!
A relieved looking Calabi Yau thanked the fans for their support and gave the usual line about them being amazing. They seemed to believe that he actually meant it.
The defeated Ulrik Meyer had this to say: 'Boss couldn't see how I could beat this kid, he was right. I tried though.'.
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energy
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hype
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pop
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RATING
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