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Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between mitchell van der schans (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and musashi minamoto (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). van der schans comes to the cage accompanied by husselin. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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150 lbs
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145 lbs
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BJJ White Belt
Brawler
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Good kicks
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, mitchell van der schans!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, musashi minamoto!
The judges for this bout are , and .
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
van der schans shoots in and gets a takedown into half guard. van der schans showed some decent athleticism there.
van der schans is nestled in close to minamoto, controlling him well. He's worked in a nice elbow to the side of the head as well, for good measure.
minamoto wants to improve his position but van der schans is controlling well.
van der schans wants to lay and pray for a moment but minamoto keeps working.
minamoto actively working from the bottom here.
van der schans wants to get back to his feet.
van der schans is looking for the mount but instead finds himself back in full guard.
That's one minute gone in the round.
van der schans tries to stand but minamoto is controlling from the bottom.
minamoto not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
minamoto looks gassed!
minamoto is controlling van der schans's posture.
Well, the referee has seen enough. Neither fighter is active enough on the ground so he's stood them back up.
minamoto fails with a takedown attempt from distance.
van der schans shoots in but minamoto avoids the takedown attempt easily.
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from minamoto.
van der schans moves into the clinch.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Neither fighter has done anything of merit for a good minute or two here and the crowd are not happy about it.
van der schans breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
van der schans clinches up against the cage.
van der schans jumps guard but his hands slip and he falls flat on his back. Well, he's made himself look a right mug there, as minamoto walks away with a smile on his face. van der schans gets slowly back to his feet and shakes his head.
van der schans drives through with a really nice takedown into side control.
van der schans lands a decent elbow from side control.
van der schans wants to stand but minamoto has his arm trapped.
van der schans wants to lay and pray for a moment but minamoto keeps working.
minamoto is trying to improve his position.
van der schans tries to stand but minamoto is controlling his head.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
minamoto is positioning himself to get back to half guard.
van der schans wants to stand but minamoto has his arm trapped.
van der schans laying and praying for a moment but minamoto takes advantage and regains half guard.
The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
minamoto keeps the fight on the outside.
That's four 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.
van der schans tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but minamoto paws at him with a jab and circles away.
The fight stays on the outside here - van der schans looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
van der schans throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around minamoto's waist but minamoto gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing van der schans off to one side.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for mitchell van der schans. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Nice sprawl there from van der schans as minamoto shoots in.
The fight stays on the outside here - minamoto looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
van der schans looks for a takedown but minamoto sprawls well.
van der schans shoots in and gets a takedown into half guard. van der schans showed some decent athleticism there.
minamoto manages to get to full guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
mitchell van der schans dominated that round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.
van der schans shoots in but minamoto avoids the takedown attempt easily.
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from minamoto.
van der schans really does look like a pencil wearing a pair of gloves. Let's hope he has a gameplan to suit that ridiculous body shape.
minamoto misses with a takedown
and van der schans counters by clinching up.
van der schans wants a takedown.
van der schans is trying to break the clinch but minamoto has him pressed against the cage.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
van der schans wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
van der schans jumps guard but minamoto stands there with van der schans around his waist. van der schans gives up and drops back to his feet. We remain in the clinch.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for mitchell van der schans. That's going to take a lot out of him.
van der schans tries to score a body lock takedown but minamoto shows good agility there to stay on his feet.
minamoto pulls guard successfully.
van der schans will need to keep those long limbs tucked in whilst he's on the ground, to prevent any submissions.
van der schans trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
That's one minute gone in the round.
van der schans tries to free his leg and advance position but minamoto is retaining full guard.
van der schans has to be careful here, sitting in the guard of a superior BJJ player.
van der schans won't allow minamoto to sweep him here.
van der schans trying to control but minamoto is working from the bottom.
van der schans is taking a break and basically stalling. The referee will not allow him to do that for long.
minamoto manages to sweep nicely, so he's now on top. van der schans manages to get himself to full guard.
minamoto decides he's had enough of playing guard and decides to stand. Come on van der schans, up you get!
That's two minutes gone in the round.
van der schans fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
minamoto wants to clinch.
minamoto looks frustrated there after his takedown attempt is stuffed easily.
minamoto fails with the takedown.
Good work by van der schans as he checks the leg kick.
van der schans misses with a jab, cross combination.
minamoto misses with a jab, cross combination.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
van der schans is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
van der schans looking to shoot here. He's gone for it and he's landed a takedown into mount! Oh, that's bad for minamoto!
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
minamoto wants to hold on but van der schans pushes him away.
minamoto sneaks a leg under to get to half guard.
minamoto is trying to stand back up but van der schans is controlling him
van der schans is looking to pass minamoto's guard but actually minamoto recovers to full guard.
minamoto seems keen to control rather than go for a submission, at least for now.
We get told so often about how wrestlers don't like to be on their backs. Let's see if minamoto can do anything to dispel that myth.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
van der schans pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. minamoto is keeping the position for now.
minamoto has his feet on van der schans's hips. He pushes off and gets to his feet. Nice work.
minamoto shoots and misses
and van der schans decides to take the opportunity to score a takedown. He's landed in minamoto's guard.
minamoto has van der schans pulled in close to control his posture.
van der schans trying to control but minamoto is working from the bottom.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close second round but I would say that mitchell van der schans will probably get the nod.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action! This is the final round!
minamoto shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with van der schans but van der schans pushes him off and we're back to square one.
Nice shot by van der schans.
van der schans tries to clinch
and minamoto counters with a nice low kick that buckles van der schans's knee momentarily.
van der schans changes levels and drives through with a really nice takedown into side control. minamoto looks really pissed at himself for not defending that better.
van der schans working away.
van der schans knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for minamoto on the ground.
van der schans tries for an arm triangle. That looks pretty tight to me. Is this one over!?! Possibly, maybe, no van der schans has let go of the choke. Obviously it wasn't as tight as we thought!
minamoto tries to improve position but can't.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
That's one minute gone in the round.
van der schans is looking to take a break and control but minamoto is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
minamoto trying his best to control but van der schans has mounted him.
minamoto tries to hold on but van der schans pushes him away.
van der schans working for a submission but minamoto is keeping him at bay.
van der schans goes for an armbar but he's fallen flat on his backside there and now minamoto is on top in guard.
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.
minamoto decides he's had enough of playing guard and decides to stand. Come on van der schans, up you get!
minamoto keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.
van der schans avoids the head kick by minamoto.
van der schans ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
van der schans shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Oh and he's advanced to full mount straight away.
van der schans has his opponent pinned against the cage, landing some nasty ground and pound that is really making a bit of a mess out of minamoto's face.
minamoto is desperately trying to improve his position but van der schans has a good base and remains in mount.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
minamoto is persisting with the attempt to improve his position.
minamoto tries to hold on but van der schans pushes him away.
minamoto is trying desperately to improve position.
van der schans has his opponent pinned against the cage, landing some nasty ground and pound that is really making a bit of a mess out of minamoto's face.
minamoto manages to regain half guard. Good work.
van der schans is looking to stall here but minamoto recovers full guard.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
My god... these two guys really need to pick up the pace or everyone will leave to go get a beer.
minamoto working a defensive guard here.
van der schans throws and elbow that misses. minamoto uses the momentum to reverse the position. He's now in van der schans's guard. Nice move by minamoto!
van der schans striking off his back but it's not causing minamoto any problems.
van der schans is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
van der schans looking for submissions from the bottom but instead minamoto passes into side control.
And that's the end of the fight!
That was a close round. You could make an argument for either fighter but I would give it to mitchell van der schans.
Well van der schans 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 Andi Peters scores the fight 30:27
Judge Gordon Ramsey scores the fight 30:27
Judge Frank Skinner scores the fight 30:27
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... mitchell van der schans!
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energy
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hype
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pop
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mgr
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FIGHT
RATING
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