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Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Rico Salvacion (ranked 24766 p4p, 4451 weight class) and Klaas Jan Tijhoff (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 4 - 3 - 2, fighting out of Las Vegas, Rico Salvacion!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Klaas Jan Tijhoff!
The judges for this bout are Daniel Franklin, Stewart Dunkirk and Frank Dennis.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Tijhoff gets his takedown attempt stuffed easily
and Salvacion makes the exchange count by landing a cracking kick to the body. Tijhoff really felt that one!
Tijhoff drops down and drives through with a powerful takedown into guard.
Salvacion keeping moving, preventing Tijhoff from controlling successfully.
Tijhoff is holding a leg here, probably looking for an ankle lock - he drops back and goes for it! Salvacion is in trouble! Is it all over??? No! Salvacion has escaped and now he's on top!
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Tijhoff working for a triangle but Salvacion defends it easily.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Tijhoff has a loose triangle. He'll be looking to tighten that up but Salvacion can see exactly what he's planning and manages to posture up and free himself.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Salvacion slows down the pace of the fight, as he sits in guard.
Tijhoff is looking for a triangle here but Salvacion uses the submission attempt to pass into side control.
Tijhoff struggling a bit here.
Tijhoff is positioning himself to get back to half guard.
Tijhoff can't do much from the bottom here.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are hurling abuse towards the fighters... You can hardly blame them though because there isn't a lot going on in the fight.
Tijhoff might have to switch it up a bit here because his efforts to control Salvacion haven't been going to plan, at least at the current moment in time.
Salvacion knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Tijhoff on the ground.
Tijhoff is trying to improve his position.
Tijhoff is still trying to improve position.
Tijhoff struggling a bit here.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Tijhoff is looking for a sweep.
Tijhoff struggling a bit here.
Tijhoff tries to work a leg under to get back to half guard but Salvacion wriggles his own leg back out and remains in side control.
You can see the frustration on Tijhoff's face, being in this tough position on the bottom.
We must be close to a standup if these guys don't pick up the pace.
Tijhoff tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Tijhoff can't do much from the bottom here.
The ref stands the fighters back up due to a lack of activity.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
There's not a lot going on here and the crowd are letting the fighters know they're not willing to tolerate a lack of action.
Tijhoff with a poor takedown
and Salvacion finishes the little exchange by landing a big kick to the body.
Tijhoff misses with a takedown attempt
and Salvacion counters with a nice kick to the body.
Rico Salvacion has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Klaas Jan Tijhoff.
Tijhoff misses with a takedown
and Salvacion counters with a body kick that stops Tijhoff in his tracks momentarily.
Tijhoff shoots and misses
and Salvacion counters with a body kick that stops Tijhoff in his tracks momentarily.
Tijhoff tries for a takedown but Salvacion circles away easily
and Salvacion counters with a head kick.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Salvacion dives in and scores a takedown into Tijhoff's guard.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Rico Salvacion dominated that round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.
Tijhoff shoots in but doesn't get the takedown
and Salvacion counters with a nice low kick that buckles Tijhoff's knee momentarily.
Tijhoff shoots in but doesn't get the takedown
and Salvacion counters with a nice body kick.
Tijhoff doesn't succeed with the takedown
and Salvacion counters with a body kick.
Rico Salvacion has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Klaas Jan Tijhoff.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Salvacion bobs and weaves into range and then changes levels and scores with a nice takedown into side control.
The fighters are starting to get a bit slippery now, which will make submissions a bit more difficult.
Tijhoff can't do much from the bottom here.
Tijhoff tries to get back to half guard but can't.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Salvacion working away.
Tijhoff is looking for a sweep.
You can see the frustration on Tijhoff's face, being in this tough position on the bottom.
Salvacion working the ground and pound.
Tijhoff is looking to reverse the position.
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.
Salvacion just content to control the position.
Tijhoff is trying to control Salvacion's posture but Salvacion avoids it.
Tijhoff tries to work a leg under to get back to half guard but Salvacion wriggles his own leg back out and remains in side control.
Salvacion is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Tijhoff can do to turn this around?
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Tijhoff struggling a bit here.
The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Tijhoff has his takedown stuffed
and Salvacion finishes the little exchange by landing a big kick to the body.
Tijhoff gets his takedown attempt stuffed easily
and Salvacion counters with a good, hard body kick but Tijhoff shrugs it off.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Tijhoff misses with a takedown
and Salvacion counters with a kick to the head that grazes his opponent. Tijhoff is lucky that one didn't land flush.
Tijhoff shoots and misses
and Salvacion counters with a body kick that stops Tijhoff in his tracks momentarily.
Tijhoff gets his takedown attempt stuffed easily
and Salvacion counters with a kick to the head that grazes his opponent. Tijhoff is lucky that one didn't land flush.
Tijhoff is breathing heavily.
Salvacion scores a trip takedown into side control. Nice.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Tijhoff struggling a bit here.
Tijhoff is looking for a sweep.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Rico Salvacion dominated that second round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action. This is the final round!
Tijhoff has his takedown stuffed
and Salvacion counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Tijhoff thinking.
Salvacion lands a nice looking body kick.
Tijhoff looking to shoot here. He's gone for it and he's landed a takedown into side control! Oh, that's bad for Salvacion!
Tijhoff tries for an arm triangle. That looks pretty tight to me. Is this one over!?! Possibly, maybe, no Tijhoff has let go of the choke. Obviously it wasn't as tight as we thought!
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Tijhoff has hold of Salvacion's arm. He's looking for a kimura. Salvacion seems comfortable defending it but Tijhoff has shifted his position slighty and is cranking on the arm! Salvacion is real pain and he's forced to tap out! Salvacion is disgusted with himself for not defending it better but Tijhoff couldn't care less - he's delighted!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:47 of round 3, we have a winner by way of Submission (Kimura). Klaas Jan Tijhoff!
Klaas Jan Tijhoff seemed lost for words in his post fight interview but he remembered to thank his fans and directed everyone to his website.
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energy
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hype
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pop
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mgr
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FIGHT
RATING
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