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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Konstantinos Karamitroudis (ranked 5106 p4p, 4500 weight class) and Mat Tree (ranked 602 p4p, 435 weight class). Both fighter's entrance songs getting the crowd jumping here.
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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 2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Konstantinos Karamitroudis!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Mat Tree!
The judges for this bout are Daniel Blasius, Paulsen Ambrosius and Wagner Zegers.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Karamitroudis gets a clinch.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Tree.
Karamitroudis misses with an elbow strike.
Tree avoids the elbow strike from Karamitroudis, against the cage.
Karamitroudis throws an elbow that misses.
Karamitroudis pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Nice body punch from Tree.
Tree lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Tree pressing his opponent against the cage.
Karamitroudis looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Karamitroudis lands a damaging elbow.
Tree breaks the clinch.
Karamitroudis has taken the fight to the clinch.
Tree stalling against the cage.
Tree missing with knees to the body.
Tree scores with a shoulder strike.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Tree blocks the elbow strike.
Tree cracks Karamitroudis with a nice body shot.
Tree content to slow the pace in the clinch.
Tree lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Karamitroudis backwards.
That's one minute gone in the round.
A hook to the body from Tree.
Karamitroudis is breathing heavily.
Karamitroudis takes a shot to the head.
A bit of stalling here from Tree.
Tree cracks Karamitroudis with a nice body shot.
Tree lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Tree creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Tree escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Oh, that's a big right hand from Tree and Karamitroudis goes tumbling to the canvas! Tree follows him to the ground and looks to finish from half guard.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Karamitroudis trying to control from the bottom.
Tree is just sitting in half guard, waiting for something to happen.
Karamitroudis tries to get to full guard but Tree has control of the leg.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Tree stands up out of the half guard.
Tree lands a nice hook to Karamitroudis's body. Karamitroudis takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
A jab from Tree finds it's way through Karamitroudis's defenses.
Tree lands a jab to the nose.
Karamitroudis takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Karamitroudis on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Tree stuns Karamitroudis with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Tree digs a good body shot into Karamitroudis's ribs.
Tree fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
Tree tests Karamitroudis's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Tree moves into range and throws a big uppercut. OH! Karamitroudis goes down! Can Tree finish him!?
Karamitroudis is rocked!
Tree stands up and waves to Karamitroudis to follow him.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Tree drops his shoulder and cracks Karamitroudis with a huge uppercut! Karamitroudis goes down! Can Tree finish him?
Oh Karamitroudis is still in real trouble! Will he be able to recover?!!
Karamitroudis is trying to stand up but he's not managed so far.
Karamitroudis seems to have got his legs back now.
Karamitroudis not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
Karamitroudis looking to hit a scissor sweep but Tree is one step ahead there.
Karamitroudis is trying to control the position from the bottom.
Karamitroudis is going to have to think about doing something other than just controlling because Tree is managing to avoid having the position dictated to him.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Tree not doing a lot at the moment. He'll have to show some more aggression or the fight will get stood up.
The fighters are starting to get a bit slippery now, which will make submissions a bit more difficult.
There's a bit of a scramble here and now Karamitroudis is on top in guard.
Karamitroudis trying to control the position from guard on top but Tree is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Karamitroudis decides he's had enough of playing guard and decides to stand. Come on Tree, up you get!
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Mat Tree 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.
Karamitroudis misses with a few strikes there.
Karamitroudis clinches up with Tree and pushes him back against the cage.
Tree putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Karamitroudis in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Karamitroudis misses with an elbow over the top.
The referee is keeping an eye on Tree - much more stalling and he will separate the fighters.
With the fighters up against the cage, Karamitroudis throws an elbow but misses.
Tree lands a body shot in the clinch.
Tree lands a right hand.
Tree gets through Karamitroudis's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Karamitroudis being controlled against the cage.
Tree lands a good knee to the midsection. Karamitroudis won't want to take too many of those.
Tree unloads a knee to the mid-section. Karamitroudis lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Tree pushes Karamitroudis back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Tree putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Karamitroudis in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Tree has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Tree utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Tree lands a hook that snaps the head of Karamitroudis backwards.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Tree breaks from the clinch.
Karamitroudis takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Konstantinos Karamitroudis seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Tree cracks Karamitroudis with an uppercut from hell and Karamitroudis crumples to the canvas, he's out! Oh no, he's recovered and he's grabbed one of Tree's legs and pulled him into guard. The ref thought about stopping it there but he's let it go - good reffing!
Tree looking to control the position here, rather than advance.
Tree must be cautious of submissions here, given that his opponent has the superior Jiu Jitsu.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Karamitroudis controls Tree momentarily but Tree frees himself.
Tree gets to his feet. Karamitroudis looking to butt scoot but the ref puts an end to that. On your feet son!
Karamitroudis throws a predictable looking body shot
and Tree makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Karamitroudis takes one on the chin but seems OK.
Karamitroudis closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Tree works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Tree utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Tree.
Tree pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Tree lands with a nice body punch.
Tree drops Karamitroudis with a nice combination! Tree dives into Karamitroudis's guard, looking to finish!
Karamitroudis working for a triangle but Tree defends it easily.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Karamitroudis wants to control but Tree passes easily into half guard.
Tree escapes and gets back to his feet.
Karamitroudis moves into the clinch.
A bit of stalling here from Tree.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Tree obliges.
Tree lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as Tree takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.
Tree lands a hook that snaps the head of Karamitroudis backwards.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Knees to the body from Tree.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Tree.
Karamitroudis takes a knee to the side of the body.
Tree scores a nice knee to the body.
Tree manages to break the clinch.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Karamitroudis rushes Tree and presses him up against the cage.
Karamitroudis is looking to control Tree's arms but Tree gets an underhook and turns him. Now Karamitroudis has his back to the cage.
Tree tries to land knees in the clinch but Karamitroudis avoids the damage to the body.
Some stalling of biblical proportions here from Tree.
Karamitroudis throws an elbow but it misses.
Karamitroudis misses with an elbow strike.
Karamitroudis pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Karamitroudis throws an elbow that misses.
Karamitroudis lands a nice elbow.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Tree blocks an elbow strike from Karamitroudis.
Tree works on Karamitroudis's body with a couple of short punches.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Mat Tree showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action! This is the final round!
Tree bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
Karamitroudis rushes Tree and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Tree lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Karamitroudis looks to throw an elbow but misses.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Karamitroudis just misses with a elbow thrown towards Tree's brow.
Tree escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Tree is using his reach advantage to land shots from outside his opponent's range.
Karamitroudis walks into a jab.
Tree lands a left and a right that sends Karamitroudis crashing to the canvas! Tree dives into mount looking to finish!
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Karamitroudis is trying to get back to his feet but can't.
Karamitroudis is trying to escape the mount.
Tree sitting in mount, just looking to control for the moment.
Tree avoids the attempt from Karamitroudis to control.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Karamitroudis keeping his composure momentarily, calmly looking to get back to half guard.
Karamitroudis wants to hold on but Tree pushes him away.
Karamitroudis sneaks a leg back under and regains half guard and is working straight away to try and get back to guard. He hasn't managed just yet though.
Karamitroudis is looking to control Tree's leg but it's slowly edging free. Can Karamitroudis avoid being mounted?
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Neither fighter has done anything of merit for a good minute or two here and the crowd are not happy about it.
Tree stands up from half guard.
Tree changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Tree scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Tree lands a lovely overhand right.
Mat Tree seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Karamitroudis misses with an uppercut
and Tree counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Tree drops Karamitroudis with a left and a right! Oh, Karamitroudis is hurt - Tree dives into side control looking to finish!
Karamitroudis tries to work a leg under to get back to half guard but Tree wriggles his own leg back out and remains in side control.
Karamitroudis is working hard here to advance position.
Karamitroudis might be looking to lock onto one of his opponent's long limbs for a submission, whilst we're on the ground.
Tree stands up and we're back to a striking position.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Tree lands with a nice body punch.
Tree lands with a shot to the body.
Tree lands a jab, followed by a cross and another cross, as Karamitroudis backs up against the cage.
A jab from Tree finds it's way through Karamitroudis's defenses.
The fight moves into the clinch position.
Tree dodges an elbow strike from Karamitroudis.
Tree blocks an elbow strike from Karamitroudis.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Tree obliges.
Tree missing with knees to the body.
Karamitroudis throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Tree lands a shot to the body.
Tree throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Tree lands a shoulder strike.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
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!
Karamitroudis wants to stall.
Karamitroudis throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Knees to the body from Tree.
Karamitroudis creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Tree breaks the clinch.
Tree with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Karamitroudis gets a clinch.
Konstantinos Karamitroudis has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Tree is trying to maintain a safe position but Karamitroudis gets an underhook and turns Tree into the cage.
Tree blocks an elbow strike.
Karamitroudis creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Karamitroudis misses with an elbow strike.
Karamitroudis pushes off an throws an elbow but Tree leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Tree blocks the elbow strike.
Karamitroudis throws an elbow that misses.
Mat Tree is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Karamitroudis misses with an elbow over the top.
And that's the end of the fight!
Mat Tree comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Tree has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Daniel Blasius scores the fight for Mat Tree!
Judge Paulsen Ambrosius scores the fight for Mat Tree!
Judge Wagner Zegers scores the fight for Mat Tree!
Mat Tree wins by unanimous decision!
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