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Undercard bout
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Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Sean Stone (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and James Begeman (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Stone comes to the cage accompanied by The Impossible Dream. Begeman is bobbing his head along to his entrance song: Watcher. The key to victory for Sean Stone has got to be keeping the fight on the feet.
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290 lbs
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311 lbs
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BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent boxer
Very quick |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the super heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
4 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Sean Stone!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
4 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, James Begeman!
The judges for this bout are Radbod Blank, Paul Aken and Saam Ante.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Stone tries to clinch there but Begeman circles away.
Stone wants to clinch.
Stone swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Begeman rushes Stone and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Begeman drops down looking for an ankle pick but Stone pulls his leg out and moves away.
Stone avoids the body shot from Begeman.
Stone wants to clinch.
The fighters circling - Begeman throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Begeman tries to clinch up but Stone circles away and keeps his distance.
Stone takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
Stone tries to clinch but Begeman moves away
and Begeman counters with a head kick that drops Stone!
Stone is rocked!
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Begeman postures up, still in guard. A huge hammer fist lands that bounces Stone's head off the mat! Stone is out! He's out! Begeman jumps to his feet and celebrates with his corner!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:59 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Strikes). James Begeman!
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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Damian Hands (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Marc Overmars (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Damian Hands has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?
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195 lbs
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BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Damian Hands!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Marc Overmars!
The judges for this bout are Paul Aken, Daniel Blasius and Nard Betker.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Hands misses with an uppercut. Overmars saw that one coming.
Hands tries to bum rush Overmars with a series of wild strikes but Overmars uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Overmars is looking to clinch but Hands is avoiding it.
Some wild striking there from Hands.
Hands throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Overmars is looking to clinch but Hands is avoiding it.
Overmars ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Overmars defending well as Hands loads up on a big left hand.
Overmars tries to clinch but Hands moves out of range.
Overmars wants to clinch up but Hands keeps it at a distance.
Hands just misses with a punch to the body.
Hands stuns Overmars with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Hands throws a big shot that misses.
Damian Hands seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Hands keeps the fight on the outside.
Hands scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
It looks like Marc Overmars has been cut.
Overmars moves in looking to clinch but Hands pushes him off.
Nice defenses there by Overmars.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Hands scores with a decent looking hook.
Hands looks to score with a jab to the body but Overmars is just out of range.
Overmars bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Hands jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Hands connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Hands keeps the fight on the outside.
Overmars tries to close the distance and clinch but Hands swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Overmars tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Hands connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Overmars tries to clinch up.
Overmars tries to close the distance and clinch up but Hands swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Overmars tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Hands paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Hands cracks Overmars with a right hand to the side of the head.
Hands throws a looping overhand right but Overmars ducks down to avoid it.
The fighters circling - Hands throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Overmars walks into a left hand.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hands connects with a nice looking jab.
Overmars is rocked!
Overmars is holding his hands too far apart here. Hands throws a hard, straight punch right down the pipe and BOOM! Overmars is out! That punch landed square on the jaw - what a shot!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:11 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Damian Hands!
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Undercard bout
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Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Riley Johnson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Stavros Drivas (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Johnson comes to the cage accompanied by Super Freak. Drivas is bobbing his head along to his entrance song: Rob Hubbard - Commando. The fight MMA fans around the world have waited their entire lives for!
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295 lbs
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300 lbs
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BJJ Blue Belt
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the super heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
5 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Riley Johnson!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
7 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Stavros Drivas!
The judges for this bout are Paul Aken, Wagner Zegers and Paulsen Ambrosius.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Johnson swinging wildly here.
Drivas scores with a three punch combo!
It looks like Riley Johnson has been cut.
Johnson on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
Johnson swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Drivas counters with a good low kick that Johnson was not able to check.
Drivas throws a head kick but Johnson moves out of range.
Drivas comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Drivas decides to change it up a bit and drives through with a nice takedown into half guard.
Johnson is breathing heavily.
Nice strikes from Drivas there.
Drivas winds up and cracks Johnson with a swinging punch to the side of the head.
Drivas has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Drivas lands with a punch from half guard.
Drivas working over Johnson with some ground and pound. Johnson looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable.
Johnson is rocked!
Drivas lands strikes from half guard.
Oh Johnson is still in real trouble! Will he be able to recover?!!
Drivas takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.
Drivas lands a massive shot from half guard that has rocked Johnson! More strikes land and this one is all over! Drivas jumps to his feet and is applauded loudly by the crowd!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:58 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Stavros Drivas!
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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Melvin Manhoef (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and John Sagat (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). The fight MMA fans around the world have waited their entire lives for!
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195 lbs
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197 lbs
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BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
0 - 1 - 1, fighting out of Amsterdam, Melvin Manhoef!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, John Sagat!
The judges for this bout are Patrick Alders, Nard Betker and Aafke Stam.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Sagat moves into range and clinches up with Manhoef.
Sagat connects with a nasty looking knee right to Manhoef's face.
Sagat throws a knee to the head but misses.
Manhoef is trying to break the clinch but Sagat is controlling him.
Sagat landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Sagat has the Thai clinch. He lands a big knee to the head and Manhoef goes down! Sagat dives on top of him - Manhoef manages to get guard.
It looks like Melvin Manhoef has been cut.
Sagat throws and elbow that misses. Manhoef uses the momentum to reverse the position. He's now in Sagat's guard. Nice move by Manhoef!
Sagat working from the bottom, still in full guard. He's managed to get a loose triangle. Manhoef doesn't seem to be doing much to defend here, obviously he feels comfortable in the position. Manhoef manages to throw the legs off his shoulder and he's back into guard - no problem.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Sagat throwing his legs up looking for a triangle.
Manhoef trying to control but Sagat is working from the bottom.
Manhoef got a little sloppy there for a moment and Sagat has worked his way into a loose triangle - can he finish it?! No, Manhoef has managed to get both his arms back between Sagat's legs - danger averted.
Manhoef avoids a guillotine attempt easily.
Manhoef working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Sagat has a loose triangle. He'll be looking to tighten that up but Manhoef can see exactly what he's planning and manages to posture up and free himself.
Manhoef wants to get up but he can't break Sagat's closed guard. He needs to be careful trying to break the legs open, as he's open to submissions here.
Manhoef is breathing heavily.
Sagat has butterfly guard. He's looking to stand up here. He pushes Manhoef off him and springs to his feet nicely. The crowd applauds.
Sagat takes the fight into the clinch.
Manhoef swings wildly with an uppercut but Sagat uses good head movement to avoid it.
Sagat putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Manhoef in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Sagat unloads a knee to the mid-section. Manhoef lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Sagat gets double underhooks and manages to take the fight to the ground.
Sagat trying to control but Manhoef is working from the bottom.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Sagat looking to control the position here, rather than advance.
Manhoef looking to control.
Sagat advances position into side control!
This has been an exciting period of action!
Sagat working the ground and pound.
Manhoef taking punishment in the form of punches.
Manhoef is looking for a sweep.
Manhoef knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Sagat on the ground.
Manhoef managing to avoid any damage from the strikes thrown by Sagat.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Manhoef takes a nasty elbow to the side of the head.
Sagat cracks Manhoef with an elbow. That is naaassty.
Manhoef is not in a great position here, taking some shots.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Sagat works to advance to full mount. Manhoef defends for a few seconds but eventually he succumbs.
Sagat lands a big shot there that rocks Manhoef but he's holding on and managing to survive for now.
Sagat controlling the pace for now.
Sagat is in full mount, looking to secure a guillotine but Manhoef is surviving well by controlling Sagat's body position as best he can.
Manhoef is trying to escape the mount.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Sagat postures up and cracks his opponent a couple of times before moving back into close ground control. Manhoef looks a forlorn figure.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Sagat has hold of Manhoef's left arm, perhaps looking for a submission. The two fighters tussle over control of the isolated limb and Manhoef manages to get his arm back to his side and away from danger.
Sagat lands with some strikes.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Sagat is working on an americana here. Ooh, that looks pretty nasty! Nope, Manhoef has managed to escape the submission attempt.
Sagat dominating with strikes here.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
John Sagat dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Melvin Manhoef's cut.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.
Sagat is looking for a takedown here. He's shot in and has managed to get it, finishing up in Manhoef's half guard.
Manhoef won't allow Sagat to pass to mount.
Manhoef manages to escape and get back to his feet!
Sagat feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Manhoef's calf.
Sagat shoots in for a takedown from distance. He catches Manhoef napping and manages to drive through into side control!
Sagat wants to work for a kimura but he's foiled early by Manhoef, who protects the arm well.
Manhoef looks to move to half guard but instead Sagat has passed into mount! Damn!
Sagat has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Manhoef defends a decent attempt at a guillotine from Sagat.
Sagat looking for a guillotine from mount but Manhoef is having none of it.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Sagat is working on an americana here. Ooh, that looks pretty nasty! Nope, Manhoef has managed to escape the submission attempt.
Sagat looking to control but Manhoef is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.
Manhoef squirming around on the bottom, looking to escape.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Well. There's a bit of a lull in the action here and the crowd are starting to get restless.
Sagat looking for an armbar but decides to keep the dominant position instead.
Sagat landing punches.
Sagat looking to secure an arm triangle but Manhoef defends it well.
John Sagat has got the better of the ground game so far.
Sagat looks like he's working for a submission but he's not found anything just yet.
Manhoef really trying hard to get back to half guard here.
Sagat working Manhoef over with strikes here.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Manhoef is trying to stand up.
Sagat is controlling this nicely and is looking to make no mistakes. Manhoef is trying to wiggle out of this horrible position. Manhoef flips to his side and attempts to get a leg in for half guard. Sagat anticipates the leg and manages to get behind Manhoef and secures both hooks! This could be bad! Sagat slips an arm under Manhoef chin and tries to position for a rear naked choke. Sagat has worked the choke in now and it looks tight. Sagat is squeezing on Manhoef like an anaconda would it's prey. Manhoef fails to tap and has fallen unconscious! We've got ourselves a winner by way of a rear naked choke!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:32 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (RNC). John Sagat!
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Undercard bout
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Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Mohammed al Zawahiri (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and big boy (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Mohammed al Zawahiri has a significant reach advantage - let's see if he can make it count.
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300 lbs
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308 lbs
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BJJ Blue Belt
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the super heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
4 - 0 - 1, fighting out of Amsterdam, Mohammed al Zawahiri!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
4 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, big boy!
The judges for this bout are Aafke Stam, Daniel Blasius and Wagner Zegers.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
al Zawahiri lands a high kick!
boy takes a push kick to the midsection and stumbles backwards.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
al Zawahiri lands a high kick!
It looks like big boy has been cut.
al Zawahiri throws a nice outside leg kick.
boy looks gassed!
al Zawahiri keeps the fight on the outside.
al Zawahiri moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
al Zawahiri lands a big head kick that sends boy tumbling to the mat! al Zawahiri takes a step backwards and waves boy back to his feet - he wants the finish!
al Zawahiri connects with a solid leg kick.
al Zawahiri scores with a spinning back kick!
boy takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
boy takes a body kick right on the floating rib. Ouchie.
al Zawahiri scoring well with a low kick there.
al Zawahiri moves into range and lands a nice body kick.
al Zawahiri lands with a head kick! That's gotta hurt.
boy sees a low kick coming and goes to check it, but it's actually a body kick and it thuds into his unprotected ribs.
al Zawahiri lands a nice looking kick to the body. boy takes a step back to recover.
boy has developed a nice purple lump on his ribcage, as a result of some heavy body kicks from al Zawahiri.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from al Zawahiri, right into the meat.
al Zawahiri goes for a high kick. It partially lands.
al Zawahiri scoring well with a low kick there.
That's one minute gone in the round.
al Zawahiri scores with a head kick.
A thudding body kick lands there by al Zawahiri!
al Zawahiri lands a nice leg kick that just misses boy's sensitive parts.
al Zawahiri moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Nice body kick there by al Zawahiri.
Mohammed al Zawahiri is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
boy shoots in but no luck this time.
boy takes a kick to the body and keeps moving.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Nice takedown defense from al Zawahiri. No joy for boy on that attempt.
boy takes a head kick and keeps coming.
al Zawahiri moves into range and lands a nice body kick.
A decent looking body kick lands there for al Zawahiri.
A good leg kick by al Zawahiri.
boy takes a head kick and shrugs it off.
big boy seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
al Zawahiri connects with a solid leg kick.
al Zawahiri scores with a leg kick.
al Zawahiri lands with a nice body kick.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
al Zawahiri lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
al Zawahiri connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
boy takes a kick to the body and keeps moving.
al Zawahiri throws a head kick that boy semi-blocks.
al Zawahiri scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
al Zawahiri fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt boy.
al Zawahiri throws a quick inside leg kick.
al Zawahiri fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt boy.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by al Zawahiri.
A good leg kick by al Zawahiri.
al Zawahiri buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
al Zawahiri throws a leg kick which misses boy's front leg but catches the back leg as boy tries to avoid it.
al Zawahiri throws a nice inside leg kick.
boy is looking to clinch but al Zawahiri is avoiding it.
A thudding body kick lands there by al Zawahiri!
boy takes a nasty kick to the mid section... That should keep him thinking. Does he try and block and risk a head kick landing?
That's three minutes gone in the round.
A solid leg kick lands there for al Zawahiri.
al Zawahiri moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
al Zawahiri lands a nice looking body kick.
boy shoots in for a double leg but al Zawahiri sprawls well. That's going to sap some energy.
Mohammed al Zawahiri has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of big boy.
Crunch! al Zawahiri slams his shin into boy's torso.
Nice body kick there by al Zawahiri.
al Zawahiri with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
al Zawahiri connects with a solid leg kick.
al Zawahiri lands a front kick.
boy takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
boy takes a kick to the body and keeps moving.
A good leg kick by al Zawahiri.
boy steps to his left, right into the path of a big body kick from al Zawahiri. That one must have hurt.
boy is trying desperately to land a takedown but al Zawahiri is having absolutely none of it. This is turning into a bit of a nightmare for boy.
al Zawahiri throws a leg kick which misses boy's front leg but catches the back leg as boy tries to avoid it.
Thud! ouch! good body kick from al Zawahiri - that will leave a mark!
al Zawahiri throws a quick head kick that skims the top of boy's head.
al Zawahiri throws a head kick that half lands.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
boy shoots in looking for a takedown. al Zawahiri tries to sprawl out of it but boy keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. al Zawahiri manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.
boy takes a kick to the side of the head.
al Zawahiri fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt boy.
al Zawahiri scores with a spinning back kick!
boy takes a head kick and keeps coming.
al Zawahiri lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
al Zawahiri throws a leg kick which misses boy's front leg but catches the back leg as boy tries to avoid it.
boy walks forward, straight into a front kick from al Zawahiri.
boy takes a push kick to the midsection and stumbles backwards.
A nice leg kick lands there from al Zawahiri.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
al Zawahiri throws a quick inside leg kick.
al Zawahiri lands a nice looking kick to the body. boy takes a step back to recover.
al Zawahiri connects with a high kick.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Mohammed al Zawahiri dominated that round.
The cut man is working on big boy's cut.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!
boy on the wrong end of a kick to the body.
al Zawahiri swats away the attempt to clinch by boy.
al Zawahiri throws a feint and then finishes with a kick to the body.
Mohammed al Zawahiri is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
al Zawahiri moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
boy tries to check the leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
al Zawahiri with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
al Zawahiri connects with a solid leg kick.
al Zawahiri throws a right high kick that is partially blocked by boy.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
boy closes this distance looking for a takedown but al Zawahiri circles away.
boy sees a low kick coming and goes to check it, but it's actually a body kick and it thuds into his unprotected ribs.
al Zawahiri connects with a high kick.
boy's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
al Zawahiri throws a front kick that sends boy stumbling back into the cage.
al Zawahiri explodes with a nice body kick and back out of range. Nice work.
al Zawahiri thumps boy with a low kick.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
al Zawahiri cracks the inside of boy's front leg.
al Zawahiri is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that boy can do to turn this around?
al Zawahiri buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
That's one minute gone in the round.
al Zawahiri throws a head kick that boy semi-blocks.
An inside leg kick lands from al Zawahiri.
al Zawahiri throws a nice inside leg kick.
boy walks forward, straight into a front kick from al Zawahiri.
boy on the wrong end of a kick to the body.
Both these guys seem content to just stand up and trade with eachother but boy might want to think about changing up his gameplan a bit because over the course of the fight, al Zawahiri has got the better of the exchanges.
al Zawahiri turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
al Zawahiri scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
al Zawahiri turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
al Zawahiri lands a high kick!
Good leg kick by al Zawahiri there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
al Zawahiri lands a high kick!
al Zawahiri throws a nice inside leg kick.
boy is trying hard to land a takedown here. al Zawahiri sprawls well and keeps this one on the feet.
al Zawahiri thows a body kick. boy tries to catch it but that hurt him.
Mohammed al Zawahiri is winning the standup battle so far.
al Zawahiri connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
A slapping body kick lands there for al Zawahiri.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
al Zawahiri feints and then cracks boy's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow boy down.
al Zawahiri connects with a solid leg kick.
al Zawahiri fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt boy.
al Zawahiri lands with a kick to the temple. boy shrugs as if to say "is that all you've got?"
al Zawahiri lands with a nice body kick.
al Zawahiri chopping away at his opponent's legs.
al Zawahiri throws a head kick that half lands.
al Zawahiri lands with a thumping leg kick.
boy takes a push kick to the midsection and stumbles backwards.
A telegraphed takedown attempt from boy is defended easily by al Zawahiri.
Mohammed al Zawahiri has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of big boy.
al Zawahiri throws a head kick that half lands.
al Zawahiri throws a head kick that looked like it stung.
A head kick misses from al Zawahiri.
boy moves out of range as al Zawahiri throws a body kick.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
boy looks for a takedown. He's got it. We're now in half guard.
al Zawahiri looks like he's trying to stand up.
boy thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed al Zawahiri's head.
al Zawahiri is trying to defend against the ground and pound but boy scores with a couple of nice shots.
boy is just content to waste time from the top position. al Zawahiri takes advantage of the situation and regains full guard.
al Zawahiri wants to stand and escape but boy is having none of it.
boy has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
boy trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
boy postures up in al Zawahiri's guard and throws a big left but al Zawahiri blocks it.
Well, the referee has seen enough. Neither fighter is active enough on the ground so he's stood them back up.
al Zawahiri lands a nice leg kick that just misses boy's sensitive parts.
boy blocks a head kick by al Zawahiri.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
boy fakes an overhand right and shoots for a takedown. al Zawahiri sprawls well initially but boy persists and gets the takedown into half guard.
boy missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
boy stops al Zawahiri from getting back to his feet.
boy working the head and body with strikes.
boy trying to control the action but al Zawahiri is working from the bottom.
boy has freed up his trapped foot and advances to mount.
al Zawahiri wants to use the cage to get back to his feet here.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Mohammed al Zawahiri dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on big boy's cut.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action! This is the final round!
boy will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
al Zawahiri throws a body kick that sends a sickening thudding noise reverberating around the arena.
A solid leg kick lands there for al Zawahiri.
boy tries to check the leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
al Zawahiri cracks the inside of boy's front leg.
al Zawahiri connects with a solid leg kick.
al Zawahiri throws a nice outside leg kick.
al Zawahiri thuds his shin into the meat of boy's side.
This has been an exciting period of action!
al Zawahiri thuds his shin into the meat of boy's side.
boy fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
al Zawahiri lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
al Zawahiri fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt boy.
al Zawahiri throws a front kick that sends boy stumbling back into the cage.
boy takes a push kick to the midsection and stumbles backwards.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
al Zawahiri feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to boy's calf.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from al Zawahiri, right into the meat.
That's one minute gone in the round.
al Zawahiri throws a head kick that boy semi-blocks.
al Zawahiri thows a body kick. boy tries to catch it but that hurt him.
al Zawahiri throws a feint and then finishes with a kick to the body.
al Zawahiri buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
boy sees a low kick coming and goes to check it, but it's actually a body kick and it thuds into his unprotected ribs.
A good leg kick by al Zawahiri.
boy walks forward, straight into a front kick from al Zawahiri.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
al Zawahiri lands with a thumping leg kick.
Nice body kick there by al Zawahiri.
al Zawahiri lands a head kick!
al Zawahiri scores with a head kick.
al Zawahiri feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to boy's calf.
al Zawahiri scores with a spinning back kick!
al Zawahiri lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Good leg kick by al Zawahiri there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
boy takes a kick to the side of the head.
al Zawahiri cracks the inside of boy's front leg.
Crunch! al Zawahiri slams his shin into boy's torso.
al Zawahiri scoring well with a low kick there.
al Zawahiri scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
al Zawahiri feints and then cracks boy's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow boy down.
al Zawahiri lands a head kick. boy smiles back at him and beckons him forward.
al Zawahiri lands a front kick.
al Zawahiri plants his feet and lands a nice head kick!
Horrible takedown by boy or perhaps it was just good defense by al Zawahiri which made him look bad.
Mohammed al Zawahiri has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of big boy.
al Zawahiri throws a head kick that boy semi-blocks.
al Zawahiri delivers a nice body kick.
al Zawahiri lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
al Zawahiri throws a nice inside leg kick.
al Zawahiri connects with a high kick.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Both fighters circling a little - al Zawahiri finishes the exchange with a kick to the body.
al Zawahiri throws a mid kick that lands with a slap.
A decent looking body kick lands there for al Zawahiri.
al Zawahiri lands a nice looking body kick.
al Zawahiri lands with a slapping head kick.
boy shoots in and scores a nice double leg takedown into half guard.
boy not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
al Zawahiri wants to get back to his feet.
al Zawahiri taking some punishment here, with boy in his half guard.
al Zawahiri is trying to stand.
boy is thinking about going for an arm triangle but he can't free his leg.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
al Zawahiri pushes boy off looking to stand but boy dives back in and keeps control.
boy passes the half guard and he's now in mount! Big trouble for al Zawahiri!
al Zawahiri is trying to escape but when you're mounted that's not too easy.
boy working for a guillotine from mount but al Zawahiri is in no mood to give up.
al Zawahiri knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for boy on the ground.
boy fakes a shot to the body and cracks his opponent in the head. Nice ground and pound there!
Mohammed al Zawahiri is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
al Zawahiri trying desperately to get to his feet.
big boy has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
boy swings around for an armbar and he's got it! Wow, that came out of nowhere! What a finish!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:56 of round 3, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). big boy!
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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Jaim Grymaunch (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Mongo Ngassa (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Grymaunch comes into the arena with Into The Battle - Ensifurm blaring out of the sound system. Mongo Ngassa will no doubt be looking to use his reach advantage to good effect.
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270 lbs
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278 lbs
4 - 0 - 0 |
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Solid boxing
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
6 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Jaim Grymaunch!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
4 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Mongo Ngassa!
The judges for this bout are Nard Betker, Paul Aken and Saam Ante.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Grymaunch throws a right and a left that Ngassa avoids nicely.
A nice inside leg kick there by Ngassa. That's going to slow Grymaunch down.
Ngassa throws a nice inside leg kick.
Ngassa thows a body kick. Grymaunch tries to catch it but that hurt him.
Grymaunch is breathing heavily.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
A thudding body kick lands there by Ngassa!
Ngassa lands a high kick!
It looks like Jaim Grymaunch has been cut.
Ngassa lands a nice looking kick to the body. Grymaunch takes a step back to recover.
Ngassa thows a body kick. Grymaunch tries to catch it but that hurt him.
Ngassa scores with a leg kick.
Jaim Grymaunch seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Ngassa throws a nice outside leg kick.
Ngassa chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Ngassa is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.
Ngassa throws a head kick that looked like it stung.
Ngassa lands a big head kick that sends Grymaunch tumbling to the mat! Ngassa takes a step backwards and waves Grymaunch back to his feet - he wants the finish!
Ngassa thumps Grymaunch with a low kick.
Ngassa throws a quick head kick that skims the top of Grymaunch's head.
Ngassa lands a big head kick that sends Grymaunch tumbling to the mat! Ngassa takes a step backwards and waves Grymaunch back to his feet - he wants the finish!
Both fighters circling a little - Ngassa finishes the exchange with a kick to the body.
Grymaunch has a nice red mark on his side after a thudding body kick by Ngassa.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Both fighters circling a little - Ngassa finishes the exchange with a kick to the body.
Grymaunch takes a kick to the side of the head.
Ngassa throws a nice outside leg kick.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Grymaunch takes a nasty kick to the mid section... That should keep him thinking. Does he try and block and risk a head kick landing?
Ngassa throws a quick head kick that skims the top of Grymaunch's head.
Grymaunch takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Grymaunch will be looking to protect his midsection after taking some solid kicks to the body.
Grymaunch takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Mongo Ngassa is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Both fighters circling a little - Ngassa finishes the exchange with a kick to the body.
Good leg kick by Ngassa there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Ngassa.
Grymaunch on the wrong end of a kick to the body.
Grymaunch takes a head kick and keeps coming.
A solid leg kick lands there for Ngassa.
Ngassa bobs and weaves and then throws a good body kick.
Ngassa throws a nice head kick!
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Ngassa, right into the meat.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
A decent looking body kick lands there for Ngassa.
Ngassa lands a nice looking kick to the body. Grymaunch takes a step back to recover.
Grymaunch takes a head kick and shrugs it off.
Ngassa throws a front kick that sends Grymaunch stumbling back into the cage.
Grymaunch takes a head kick and shrugs it off.
Jaim Grymaunch's cut is getting worse.
A chopping leg kick lands by Ngassa.
Grymaunch stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Ngassa.
Grymaunch is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
Grymaunch has a nice red mark on his side after a thudding body kick by Ngassa.
Ngassa lands a big head kick that sends Grymaunch tumbling to the mat! Ngassa takes a step backwards and waves Grymaunch back to his feet - he wants the finish!
Ngassa scores with a nice body kick.
Ngassa throws a feint and then finishes with a kick to the body.
Ngassa fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Grymaunch.
Ngassa scores with a kick to the body.
Grymaunch misses with a looping right.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ngassa thows a body kick. Grymaunch tries to catch it but that hurt him.
Ngassa lands with a thumping leg kick.
Nice body kick there by Ngassa.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Ngassa throws a head kick that Grymaunch semi-blocks.
Ngassa throws a mid kick that lands with a slap.
Ngassa scores with a kick to the body.
Crunch! Ngassa slams his shin into Grymaunch's torso.
Ngassa lands a nice leg kick that just misses Grymaunch's sensitive parts.
Grymaunch takes a kick to the body and keeps moving.
Ngassa lands with a kick to the ribs.
Ngassa is looking to slow Grymaunch down with leg kicks.
Good leg kick by Ngassa there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Ngassa turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Grymaunch takes a head kick and shrugs it off.
Ooooh, nice body kick lands from Ngassa. Grymaunch shrugs it off though.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Ngassa lands a high kick!
Grymaunch on the wrong end of a kick to the body.
That's a knee to de groin and it's over and out! Grymaunch crumples to the ground after an illegal strike from Ngassa - the referee stops the clock and Grymaunch gets 5 minutes to recover from that one. "I'm sorry" says Ngassa. Grymaunch manages to get back to his feet and the fight resumes.
Grymaunch on the wrong end of a kick to the body.
Ngassa throws a head kick that half lands.
Ngassa throws a front kick that sends Grymaunch stumbling back into the cage.
Ngassa throws a head kick that Grymaunch semi-blocks.
Jaim Grymaunch's cut is bleeding quite badly. He's got to try and protect it.
Ngassa thows a body kick. Grymaunch tries to catch it but that hurt him.
Ngassa throws a head kick that half lands.
Ngassa lands a high kick!
Ngassa lands with a thumping leg kick.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Ngassa scores with a nice body kick.
Both fighters circling a little - Ngassa finishes the exchange with a kick to the body.
Ngassa lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Ngassa lands a head kick. Grymaunch smiles back at him and beckons him forward.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Mongo Ngassa dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Jaim Grymaunch's cut.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action.
Crunch! Ngassa slams his shin into Grymaunch's torso.
Ngassa lands with a thumping leg kick.
Ngassa lands a big head kick that sends Grymaunch tumbling to the mat! Ngassa takes a step backwards and waves Grymaunch back to his feet - he wants the finish!
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Ngassa turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Ngassa connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Ngassa lands a big head kick that sends Grymaunch tumbling to the mat! Ngassa takes a step backwards and waves Grymaunch back to his feet - he wants the finish!
Grymaunch is rocked!
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Ngassa.
Ngassa thows a body kick. Grymaunch tries to catch it but that hurt him.
Grymaunch on the wrong end of a kick to the body.
Ngassa lands a nice looking body kick.
Ngassa scores with a push kick.
Ngassa lands a big head kick that sends Grymaunch tumbling to the mat! Ngassa takes a step backwards and waves Grymaunch back to his feet - he wants the finish!
Ngassa chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Ngassa scores with a head kick.
Thud! ouch! good body kick from Ngassa - that will leave a mark!
That's one minute gone in the round.
Grymaunch takes a head kick and keeps coming.
Ohhhhh! A huge head kick from Ngassa! Grymaunch is out on his feet! Ngassa rushes in and throws more strikes. The ref is looking closely - Grymaunch is covering up but the punishment is just too much and the ref steps in to stop the fight! Grymaunch is staring into space, just thankful that the beatdown has ended. Brutal finish.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:10 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Mongo Ngassa!
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Undercard bout
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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Jamal Reis (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Ace Wasaki (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Reis's entrance music is Cry For the Moon - Epica. A fine choice. Wasaki has chosen Animal i have become as his entrance music. On his way into the cage it seems that Jamal Reis has been attacked by a crazed fan! It looks like it might have been the just bleed guy! Luckily Jamal Reis seems to be OK! I thought that lunatic was in prison!?
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18
187 lbs
1 - 0 - 0 |
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22
185 lbs
1 - 0 - 0 |
BJJ White Belt
Solid boxing
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Counter striker
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Jamal Reis!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Ace Wasaki!
The judges for this bout are Wagner Zegers, Paul Aken and Paulsen Ambrosius.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Reis scores with a hook.
Reis stalks Wasaki and leaps in with a furious combination of punches. Uppercuts and crosses smash into Wasaki's face. Wasaki staggers backwards, shaken.
Reis works the jab nicely.
Reis jabs at Wasaki's body.
Reis lands three nice shots there - that looked like it hurt!
Reis lands with a straight right. Wasaki didn't see that one coming.
Reis's corner calls for a 1-2. Reis obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
A decent looking cross lands there for Reis.
No luck for Wasaki with that takedown attempt.
Reis connects with a looping right hand.
Wasaki shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Reis as he jumps to the side.
Reis ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Reis is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
A jab lands there for Reis.
Reis paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
Reis cracks Wasaki with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
Reis connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Wasaki's hands.
Reis thuds a left hand into Wasaki's body.
Reis gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Reis escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Reis tries to clinch there but Wasaki circles away.
Good shot there by Reis.
Wasaki dodges the punch combination from Reis.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Wasaki shoots for a takedown but Reis saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.
Jamal Reis has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Ace Wasaki.
Wasaki shoots in and drives through. Reis sprawls well.
Nice cross by Reis.
Reis is really head hunting here, hardly looking to strike to the body at all.
A telegraphed takedown attempt from Wasaki is defended easily by Reis.
Wasaki looks gassed!
Reis scores with a body shot.
Reis cracks a nice hook into Wasaki's ribs.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Wasaki walks into a straight right hand from Reis.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Reis throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Reis lands with a good body shot.
Reis with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Reis scores to the head and body with a nice combination!
A cross from Reis lands.
Reis lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Wasaki drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
The crowd cheers as Reis lands an impressive looking overhand right. Wasaki doesn't seem phased though.
Wasaki is rocked!
Reis scores with a body shot.
Reis cracks Wasaki with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
Wasaki is still on wobbly legs! Can Reis finish him?
Wasaki tries to keep at a distance but Reis has taken the fight into the clinch.
Wasaki seems to have recovered his senses.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Reis's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Reis connects with a single shot there.
Reis scores with a jab to the body.
Reis fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Reis digs a good hook to Wasaki's body.
Good shot there by Reis.
Reis throws a combination. Wasaki tries to block but a couple of punches get through.
Reis throws out a powerful jab.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Reis connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Reis lands with a shot to the body.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Jamal Reis dominated that round.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!
Wasaki looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
Reis lands with a two punch combination before moving back out of range.
Wasaki gets cracked there but stands up to it.
Reis lands an uppercut out of nowhere! Wasaki falls backwards - clearly groggy! Reis dives in and finishes the fight with more strikes for a TKO finish!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:23 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Jamal Reis!
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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Forrest Ortiz (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Hans Gruber (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Ortiz comes to the cage accompanied by 2Pac - All Eyes On Me. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.
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180 lbs
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24
181 lbs
5 - 4 - 0 |
BJJ Purple Belt
Lethal high kicks
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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
8 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Forrest Ortiz!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
5 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Hans Gruber!
The judges for this bout are Radbod Blank, Wagner Zegers and Nard Betker.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Gruber fails to land the takedown.
Ortiz lands a nice leg kick that just misses Gruber's sensitive parts.
Forrest Ortiz seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Ortiz thuds his shin into the meat of Gruber's side.
Gruber fails with a takedown attempt from distance.
Ortiz connects with a solid leg kick.
Gruber looks gassed!
Ortiz with a jab.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Gruber takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Ortiz connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Gruber's hands.
Ortiz looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Gruber takes a push kick to the midsection and stumbles backwards.
Gruber takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
A good leg kick by Ortiz.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Ortiz steps into range and unloads a brutal right left combo! Gruber is out on his feet! Ortiz sets himself and nearly takes Gruber's head off with a straight right, sending him crashing to the mat! Wow, that was nasty... but awesome! Wooo!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:09 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Strikes). Forrest Ortiz!
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Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Mike Winfield (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Sebastien Chevalier (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Chevalier is bobbing his head along to his entrance song: The Final Countdown. Mike Winfield has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?
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167 lbs
5 - 0 - 0 |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the lightweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
10 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Mike Winfield!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
5 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Sebastien Chevalier!
The judges for this bout are Patrick Alders, Nard Betker and Paulsen Ambrosius.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Chevalier looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Chevalier instigates a clinch.
Chevalier lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
A short right from Chevalier on the inside.
Chevalier scores with a shoulder strike.
Chevalier lands a shot to the body.
Good body shot from Chevalier.
Winfield pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Nice uppercut there from Chevalier.
Winfield shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.
Winfield throws a quick head kick that skims the top of Chevalier's head.
Chevalier steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Winfield.
Chevalier tries to check the leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Chevalier thows a left - swing and a miss!
Winfield slips under a jab.
Chevalier thows a left - swing and a miss!
Chevalier keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Chevalier with a hook.
Chevalier lands a glancing blow to the side of Winfield's head.
No joy there for Chevalier, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Chevalier takes a head kick and shrugs it off.
Winfield tries to work over Chevalier's front leg with a kick but Chevalier checks it.
Winfield throws a front kick aimed at Chevalier's knee but Chevalier avoids it well.
Chevalier throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Chevalier avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
Winfield keeps the fight on the outside.
Chevalier fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Winfield manages to avoid it.
Winfield fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Chevalier checks it well.
Chevalier missing with a left hand there. Winfield was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Winfield avoids the body shot from Chevalier.
Winfield thuds a mid kick into his opponent's body. That will wear on Chevalier if he has to take too many more of those.
Chevalier lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Winfield blocks a jab.
Chevalier throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Winfield sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Winfield really does look like a pencil wearing a pair of gloves. Let's hope he has a gameplan to suit that ridiculous body shape.
Winfield does a little shimmy and throws a leg kick. The leg kick missed by a considerable margin though, making him look a little bit silly for doing the shimmy.
Chevalier misses the shot to the body.
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Chevalier, as that shot connected.
Chevalier lands a jab, followed by a cross and another cross, as Winfield backs up against the cage.
Nice takedown defense from Chevalier. No joy for Winfield on that attempt.
Chevalier missing with a left hand there. Winfield was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Chevalier might want to mix his strikes up a bit more. He's just going for head shots at the moment and that can become a bit predictable.
Winfield shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Chevalier as he jumps to the side.
Winfield looks to land a left hand but Chevalier moved out of range nicely.
Winfield takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
Chevalier throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Winfield throws a head kick that misses.
Winfield shoots for a takedown but Chevalier saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Mike Winfield. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Chevalier stuffs the takedown.
Chevalier tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Winfield was well out of range. Poor timing from Chevalier.
Sebastien Chevalier seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Winfield pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Chevalier swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Chevalier throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Chevalier misses with a hook.
Chevalier connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Winfield momentarily.
Winfield scoring well with a low kick there.
Winfield on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Winfield keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Chevalier stuffs a takedown. It's all about dictating where the fight takes place and Chevalier wants it to stay on the feet.
Nice defenses there by Winfield.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Chevalier throws a right and a left that Winfield avoids nicely.
Winfield slips under a jab from Chevalier.
Chevalier changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Chevalier misses with a looping right.
Winfield turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Chevalier darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
Chevalier thows a left - swing and a miss!
Chevalier changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Chevalier waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Winfield.
Winfield moves forwards but Chevalier connects with a nice, crisp jab.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Winfield lands with a thumping leg kick.
Chevalier pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Winfield with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Winfield lands a body shot.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Sebastien Chevalier dominated that round.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!
Chevalier uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Winfield has time to react.
Chevalier takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Winfield lands with a head kick! That's gotta hurt.
Chevalier misses with a wild body shot.
Chevalier moves into the clinch successfully.
Chevalier tries a body shot but Winfield blocks it.
Chevalier scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Chevalier throws a punch but it's blocked by Winfield.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Winfield.
Winfield has had enough of the clinch but Chevalier keeps him there for the moment.
Winfield looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Chevalier pushes Winfield back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Winfield is trying to force a seperation but Chevalier has the dominant position.
Chevalier lands a left hand that snaps the head of Winfield backwards.
Winfield is rocked!
Winfield taking a breather.
Chevalier lands a nice shot to the body.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Chevalier lands a nice shot to the body.
Winfield breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Chevalier lands a lovely overhand right.
Winfield lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Chevalier connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Winfield misses with a head kick.
Winfield takes a punch to the jaw and another one to the bread basket.
Oh Winfield is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Chevalier drops Winfield with a straight right hand, right on the button! Chevalier follows him down to the mat and pounds him out with hammerfists until the referee jumps in to end the fight!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:38 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Sebastien Chevalier!
Sebastien Chevalier is the new lightweight champion!
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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Sun Kato (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Charles Cheng (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Kato's entrance music is STILL BALLIN. A fine choice. The atmosphere really building for this one as we go over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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216 lbs
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212 lbs
6 - 2 - 0 |
BJJ Purple Belt
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the light heavyweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
11 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Sun Kato!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
6 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Charles Cheng!
The judges for this bout are Aafke Stam, Nard Betker and Saam Ante.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Kato checks the leg kick.
Kato checks the leg kick.
Kato checks a leg kick.
A telegraphed takedown attempt from Cheng is defended easily by Kato.
Cheng fails with a takedown attempt.
Charles Cheng seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Cheng misses with a low kick.
Cheng motions for Kato to come forward. Cheng throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Cheng misses with a low kick.
The fighters circle momentarily. Kato darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.
No luck for Cheng with that takedown attempt.
Sun Kato has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Charles Cheng.
Good leg kick by Cheng there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Cheng lands a jab. Then a cross. Then finally a nice hook to the body. Good work there by Cheng.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Kato, right into the meat.
Cheng moves in looking to clinch but Kato pushes him off.
Cheng misses with a leg kick.
Cheng will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
Cheng tries to check the leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Cheng throws a leg kick
and Kato counters with a stiff right hand.
Kato feints and then cracks Cheng's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Cheng down.
Kato throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
That's one minute gone in the round.
A nice inside leg kick there by Kato. That's going to slow Cheng down.
Cheng throws a leg kick
and Kato makes the exchange count by landing a cracking kick to the body. Cheng really felt that one!
Cheng looks gassed!
Cheng jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Kato lands a nice hook to Cheng's body. Cheng takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Kato pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Kato throws a nice inside leg kick.
Cheng is trying desperately to land a takedown but Kato is having absolutely none of it. This is turning into a bit of a nightmare for Cheng.
Kato plants his feet and lands a nice head kick!
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Kato throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Kato chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Kato moves into range and lands a nice body kick.
Kato lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Cheng stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Kato.
Kato scores with a jab. Cheng acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
Nice body punch from Kato.
Cheng takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
A chopping leg kick lands by Kato.
Kato scoring well with a low kick there.
Kato lands a high kick!
Kato fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Kato scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Kato turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Kato ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Cheng's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Kato buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Cheng takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Kato lands a nice leg kick that just misses Cheng's sensitive parts.
Cheng takes a kick to the body and keeps moving.
Kato connects with a high kick.
Cheng on the wrong end of a kick to the body.
Kato misses the shot to the body.
Kato lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
A nice leg kick lands there from Kato.
Cheng takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Kato thumps Cheng with a low kick.
Kato scores with a kick to the body.
Cheng tries to check the leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Kato misses the shot to the body.
Cheng throws a leg kick
and Kato counters with a slapping leg kick.
Cheng moves forwards but Kato connects with a nice, crisp jab.
Kato dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Cheng. That did some damage!
Sun Kato is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Kato throws a head kick that looked like it stung.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
A good leg kick by Kato.
A low kick from Cheng misses
and Kato counters with an outside leg kick.
That's a knee to de groin and it's over and out! Cheng crumples to the ground after an illegal strike from Kato - the referee stops the clock and Cheng gets 5 minutes to recover from that one. "I'm sorry" says Kato. Cheng manages to get back to his feet and the fight resumes.
Kato looks to land a combination. Cheng sees it coming but can only parry a couple of the shots.
Kato throws a head kick that looked like it stung.
Kato slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
Kato lands a head shot.
Cheng has developed a nice purple lump on his ribcage, as a result of some heavy body kicks from Kato.
Kato cracks the inside of Cheng's front leg.
Kato looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Kato works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
Kato misses with an attempted mid kick.
Cheng throws a leg kick that is checked
and he gets countered with a snapping leg kick.
Kato looks to land a body kick but Cheng moved away.
Kato plants his feet and lands a nice head kick!
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Kato throws a leg kick which misses Cheng's front leg but catches the back leg as Cheng tries to avoid it.
Cheng avoids the head kick by Kato.
Kato scores with a head kick.
Cheng keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
A slapping leg kick lands for Kato.
Kato with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Kato slips under a jab.
Kato is looking to slow Cheng down with leg kicks.
Jab by Kato.
Kato misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Kato wants to land a leg kick but Cheng is out of range.
Kato throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Kato feints and then cracks Cheng's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Cheng down.
A nice inside leg kick there by Kato. That's going to slow Cheng down.
A lazy body kick from Cheng
and he gets countered with a snapping leg kick.
Kato turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Kato throws a leg kick which misses Cheng's front leg but catches the back leg as Cheng tries to avoid it.
Kato lands with a cross.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Cheng throws a leg kick
and Kato counters with an inside leg kick.
A jab from Kato finds it's way through Cheng's defenses.
Kato connects with a jab.
Cheng chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Kato can pounce on him.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Sun Kato dominated that 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.
Cheng takes a push kick to the midsection and stumbles backwards.
Cheng fails with the takedown
and Kato counters with a low kick, right behind Cheng 's knee.
Cheng moves out of range of the body kick.
Cheng throws a leg kick
and Kato counters with a flying knee. Nice.
Cheng stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Kato.
Kato just misses with a punch to the body.
Cheng misses with a leg kick
and Kato counters with an outside leg kick.
Kato throws a low kick but it's checked well by Cheng.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Kato.
Cheng walks forward, straight into a front kick from Kato.
Kato dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Cheng. That did some damage!
Cheng gets cracked there but stands up to it.
Cheng throws a leg kick
and Kato counters with a head kick.
Kato scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Kato lands with a nice body punch.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Kato throws a head kick but Cheng moves out of range.
Sun Kato is winning the standup battle so far.
Cheng throws a leg kick
and Kato counters with a right hand to the body.
Kato cracks the inside of Cheng's front leg.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Kato scoring well with a low kick there.
Kato lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Cheng keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Kato lands with a thumping leg kick.
Kato fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Cheng.
Kato ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Kato throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
A good leg kick by Kato.
Kato thuds his shin into the meat of Cheng's side.
Kato lands a nice leg kick that just misses Cheng's sensitive parts.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Kato.
Cheng throws out a loose jab but Kato uses good head movement to avoid it.
Kato lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Kato, right into the meat.
Kato delivers a nice body kick.
Kato lands a nice leg kick that just misses Cheng's sensitive parts.
Kato scores with a kick to the midsection.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Kato lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Cheng at a distance.
Kato lands a nice leg kick that just misses Cheng's sensitive parts.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Kato.
Kato misses with a head kick.
Kato throws a body kick that digs right into the meat.
Kato lands a kick to the ribs of his opponent. Nice work there - in and out in a flash.
Jab by Kato.
Cheng thows a leg kick but Kato checks it
letting Kato counter with a right hand.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Kato lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Kato is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Cheng can do to turn this around?
Kato tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Cheng pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Cheng takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
A nice inside leg kick there by Kato. That's going to slow Cheng down.
Cheng lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Kato throws a body kick that sends a sickening thudding noise reverberating around the arena.
Cheng throws a leg kick that is checked
and Kato counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Cheng on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Kato lands a nice hook to Cheng's body. Cheng takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Kato feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Cheng's calf.
Kato connects with a body shot.
Kato lets the fists fly and connects with a left straight followed by a right hook.
Kato is looking to wear down Cheng with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
Cheng thows a leg kick but Kato checks it
and Kato counters with an inside leg kick.
Cheng has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Cheng there as he acknowledges the shot.
Cheng tries to grapple but his opponent circles
and Kato counters with a stiff right hand.
Kato throws a leg kick which misses Cheng's front leg but catches the back leg as Cheng tries to avoid it.
Both these guys seem content to just stand up and trade with eachother but Cheng might want to think about changing up his gameplan a bit because over the course of the fight, Kato has got the better of the exchanges.
Kato ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Kato turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Kato throws a head kick that Cheng semi-blocks.
Kato lands a nice looking body kick.
Kato scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Kato throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Cheng misses the jab.
A solid leg kick lands there for Cheng.
A big left from Kato misses.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Cheng with a poor takedown
and Kato cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Cheng takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Cheng throws a front kick aimed at Kato's knee but Kato avoids it well.
Kato explodes with a nice body kick and back out of range. Nice work.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Kato scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Kato pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Kato lands with a thumping leg kick.
A left and a right from Kato both land. Nice combination.
Kato scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Kato bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Cheng's head.
Kato throws a series of strikes that have Cheng backpedaling.
Cheng takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Cheng doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
A nice leg kick lands there from Kato.
Kato throws a nice inside leg kick.
Cheng thows a leg kick but Kato checks it
and Kato counters with a nice leg kick.
Kato lands the left hand.
A low kick from Cheng is predictable there
and he gets countered with a snapping leg kick.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Sun Kato dominated that second round.
That's time! Kato's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.
Cheng misses with a leg kick
and Kato counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Cheng thinking.
Cheng has his takedown stuffed
and Kato counters with a body kick that stops Cheng in his tracks momentarily.
Kato looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Kato stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
Kato throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Cheng avoids the head kick by Kato.
Cheng moves into the clinch.
Cheng breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Kato looks to land a body kick but Cheng moved away.
Cheng tries to score a power double leg takedown but Kato sees that one coming and sprawls well. That will dishearten Cheng somewhat.
A head kick misses from Kato.
Cheng throws the kick towards the body but Kato avoids it.
Kato scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Cheng misses with a leg kick
and Kato counters with an inside leg kick.
Cheng has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Cheng misses with a takedown attempt
and Kato counters with a solid body kick.
Sun Kato has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Charles Cheng.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Kato lands a jab to Cheng's midsection.
Kato keeps Cheng at a distance using the push kick.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Kato, right into the meat.
Kato thumps Cheng with a low kick.
Kato scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Kato thows a body shot but no joy.
Cheng throws a leg kick that is checked
and Kato counters with a left to the body.
Kato lands a nice looking body kick.
Kato looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Cheng shoots in but doesn't get the takedown
and Kato makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
A kick lands to the mid section there for Kato.
Kato connects with a solid leg kick.
Kato misses with a two punch combination.
Kato throws a head kick but Cheng moves out of range.
A left lands for Kato.
Cheng throws a leg kick that is checked
and Kato counters with a nice leg kick.
Kato feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Cheng's calf.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Kato goes for a high kick. It partially lands.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Kato throws a low kick but Cheng avoids it.
Cheng bobs and weaves into range and then changes levels and scores with a nice takedown into side control.
Cheng with the ground and pound but Kato regains half guard under the barage of strikes.
Kato is doing well to control the position and prevent Cheng from advancing to side control.
Cheng stalling away here and it's allowed Kato to slip out his trapped foot and regain full guard.
Cheng has gone for a leg lock! Kato slips out almost immediately though and dives into Cheng's guard.
Kato got a little sloppy there for a moment and Cheng has worked his way into a loose triangle - can he finish it?! No, Kato has managed to get both his arms back between Cheng's legs - danger averted.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Kato forces his way into half guard.
Cheng is looking to improve his position.
Kato is controlling the pace.
Kato wants to get back to his feet.
That's four 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.
Cheng tries to regain full guard. Instead though, Kato has advanced to mount. Uh oh.
Cheng tries to hold on but Kato pushes him away.
Kato looking to control and managing it successfully.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Cheng is wriggling around trying to escape.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Sun Kato clearly takes that round.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.
Cheng tries to clinch but Kato is having none of it.
Cheng throws a leg kick which misses Kato's front leg but catches the back leg as Kato tries to avoid it.
Kato tries a head kick but it misses.
Kato fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Cheng sizes up Kato with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
Kato throws a nice outside leg kick.
Cheng missing with a left hand there. Kato was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Kato is looking to slow Cheng down with leg kicks.
Cheng thows a leg kick but Kato checks it
and Kato counters with an inside leg kick.
Kato misses with a wild body shot.
Kato throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
A head kick misses from Kato.
Kato scores with a crisp jab that stopped Cheng in his tracks.
Kato throws a quick inside leg kick.
Cheng throws a leg kick
and Kato counters with a left to the body.
Cheng throws a solid leg kick but Kato takes the impact on his shin and smiles at Cheng.
Cheng is absolutely dripping with sweat - he looks exhausted.
Cheng tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Cheng checks a low kick from Kato.
Cheng shoots in but doesn't get the takedown
and Kato counters with a good, hard body kick but Cheng shrugs it off.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Good leg kick by Kato there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Kato lands with a kick to the temple. Cheng shrugs as if to say "is that all you've got?"
Kato throws a head kick that Cheng semi-blocks.
Kato lands a nice hook to Cheng's body. Cheng takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Kato pushes Cheng away with a front kick.
Kato lands a front kick.
Cheng takes a head kick and shrugs it off.
Kato lands with a thumping leg kick.
Kato lands with a kick to the temple. Cheng shrugs as if to say "is that all you've got?"
Kato connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Cheng takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
Cheng has a nice red mark on his side after a thudding body kick by Kato.
Crunch! Kato slams his shin into Cheng's torso.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
A nice leg kick lands there from Kato.
Cheng throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Kato explodes with a nice body kick and back out of range. Nice work.
Kato throws a body kick that digs right into the meat.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Kato tries a head kick but it misses.
A good leg kick by Kato.
Kato connects with a crisp jab.
A slapping leg kick lands for Kato.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Kato.
Cheng walks forward, straight into a front kick from Kato.
Kato lands with a slapping head kick.
Kato fakes the leg kick and cracks Cheng in the body.
Kato comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Kato buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Kato cracks the inside of Cheng's front leg.
Cheng stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Kato.
Cheng stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Kato.
Kato scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Cheng doesn't seem bothered though.
A low kick from Cheng is predictable there
and Kato counters with an inside leg kick.
Kato jabs at Cheng's body.
Cheng takes a shot to the body in his stride.
A shot to de liver by Kato. Beautiful body shot.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Cheng avoids the head kick by Kato.
Kato connects with a crisp jab.
Kato throws a head kick that looked like it stung.
Kato throws a right high kick that is partially blocked by Cheng.
Kato throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
A low kick from Cheng is predictable there
and Kato counters with a thumping low kick.
Kato checks a leg kick nicely.
Kato takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Kato tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Cheng was well out of range. Poor timing from Kato.
Cheng throws a leg kick
and Kato counters with a slapping leg kick.
Jab by Cheng.
Cheng misses with a leg kick
and Kato counters with a head kick. That will keep Cheng thinking before he tries any more sloppy attacks!
Kato thows a body shot but no joy.
Cheng uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Kato.
Cheng looks to throw the jab but Kato is out of range.
Cheng gets his takedown attempt stuffed easily
and Kato counters with a low kick, right behind Cheng 's knee.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
No joy there for Kato, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Cheng fails with the takedown
and Kato counters with a flying knee. Nice.
Sun Kato has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Charles Cheng.
Kato scoring well with a low kick there.
A slapping leg kick lands for Kato.
Kato looks to land a body kick but Cheng moved away.
Kato throws a sloppy head kick and Cheng moves out of range easily.
Cheng takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
An inside leg kick from Cheng misses.
Kato gets caught on his heels momentarily as he allows Cheng to score an easy takedown into full guard.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Cheng with a flurry of punches that miss.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Cheng wants to control from the top but Kato keeps moving.
Kato is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Sun Kato had his way with Charles Cheng in that round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action! Let's hear some noise people - this is the final round!
Cheng throws a leg kick that is checked
and Kato counters with a stiff right hand.
Cheng throws a quick inside leg kick.
Kato swings for the body but Cheng moves out of range.
Cheng doesn't succeed with the takedown
and Kato counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Cheng thinking.
Cheng throws a low kick, looking for Kato's leg but Kato calmly moves out of range.
Kato throws a sloppy head kick and Cheng moves out of range easily.
A head kick misses from Kato.
Cheng throws a leg kick that is checked
and Kato makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
A bone on bone clash there as Kato blocks the leg kick.
Cheng takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Cheng misses with a leg kick
and Cheng takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Cheng has his takedown stuffed
and Kato counters with a good low kick that Cheng was not able to check.
Cheng throws a leg kick that is checked
and Kato counters with a solid body kick.
Cheng throws a leg kick
and Kato counters with a nice body shot.
Kato's corner calls for a 1,2 combination and Kato duly obliges.
Kato lands with a slapping head kick.
Cheng is wobbling all over the place through exhaustion. Will he make it to the final bell?
Kato chopping away at his opponent's legs.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Thud! ouch! good body kick from Kato - that will leave a mark!
Cheng takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Cheng takes a kick to the side of the head.
Kato scores with a leg kick.
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Kato, as that shot connected.
Kato thuds his shin into the meat of Cheng's side.
Cheng ducks right into an uppercut from Kato.
Cheng takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Kato avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Cheng takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Kato lands a jab to the head.
Kato misses with a kick to the body.
Cheng gets a clinch.
Kato tries a knee to the head but Cheng blocks it.
Kato escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Cheng throws a leg kick
and Kato counters with a nice leg kick.
Cheng uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Kato.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Kato gets off balance looking for a body kick
and Cheng connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Cheng takes a push kick to the midsection and stumbles backwards.
Kato lands a nice shot that snaps Cheng's head back.
Kato dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Cheng throws a leg kick
and Cheng takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Cheng shoots and misses
and Kato counters with a stiff right hand.
Sun Kato has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Charles Cheng.
Kato misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Cheng throws a leg kick that is checked
and he gets countered with a snapping leg kick.
Kato lands a body shot.
Kato connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Kato goes for a high kick. It partially lands.
Kato misses with a head kick.
Kato with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Cheng gets his takedown attempt stuffed easily
and Kato counters with a right hand to the body.
Kato throws a right high kick that is partially blocked by Cheng.
Kato scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
A low kick from Cheng is predictable there
and Kato counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Kato comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Kato scores with a hook to the body. Cheng takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Kato throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Cheng stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Kato throws a head kick that connects with a bit of head and a bit of hand.
Cheng throws a leg kick that is checked
letting Kato counter with a right hand.
Kato feints and then cracks Cheng's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Cheng down.
Kato walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Cheng checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
Ooooh, nice body kick lands from Kato. Cheng shrugs it off though.
A combination from Kato does no damage.
A slapping leg kick lands for Kato.
Cheng misses with a leg kick
and Kato counters with a straight right hand.
Kato throws a body punch but Cheng moves out of range.
Kato misses with a head kick.
A low kick from Cheng misses
and Kato counters with a leg kick.
A slapping leg kick lands for Cheng.
Cheng shoots in for a takedown from distance. He catches Kato napping and manages to drive through into side control!
Kato manages to work his way to half guard, despite Cheng's best efforts.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Cheng landing with strikes to the body and head, softening up his opponent.
Cheng prevents Kato from improving his position.
Cheng looks to land a strike but Kato avoids it nicely and regains full guard.
Kato keeping full guard, as Cheng tries to pass.
Charles Cheng has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Cheng trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Kato is trying to control the position from the bottom.
Sun Kato is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Cheng throws a strike but Kato rolls with it and manages to sweep. Now he's in guard on top.
And that's the end of the fight!
Sun Kato showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Kato, winning every round. Will the judges agree? They are the ones who matter, even if they are often depressingly incompetent. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 5 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Aafke Stam scores the fight 50:43
Judge Nard Betker scores the fight 50:43
Judge Saam Ante scores the fight 50:43
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Sun Kato!
Sun Kato retains his light heavyweight title!
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