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Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Koa Bouddi (ranked 775 p4p, 862 weight class) and Koos Van Asch (ranked 53 p4p, 58 weight class). These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.
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Good wrestling
World class boxer
Insanely flexible |
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Olympic wrestler
World class MT
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the bantamweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 18 - 7 - 1, fighting out of Los Angeles, Koa Bouddi!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 15 - 9 - 1, fighting out of New York, Koos Van Asch!
The judges for this bout are Phil Schofield, Donald Grub and Colin Fotheringham.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
The fight stays on the outside here - Bouddi looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Van Asch throws a counter combo.
Bouddi tries to clinch up but Van Asch circles away and keeps his distance.
Bouddi gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Bouddi looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Van Asch misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Van Asch avoids a wild elbow strike from Bouddi.
Van Asch takes an elbow to the forehead.
Van Asch has had enough of the clinch but Bouddi keeps him there for the moment.
Van Asch avoids a wild elbow strike from Bouddi.
Van Asch pushes Bouddi back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Van Asch breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Bouddi closes the distance and clinches.
Van Asch blocks an elbow strike.
Bouddi creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Bouddi's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Van Asch breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Bouddi is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
It seemed like Van Asch was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Bouddi has been working on his boxing with his coaches at Crapollas Gym in the buildup to the fight.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Bouddi fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Van Asch, pushing him back against the cage.
Van Asch doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Bouddi pushes off an throws an elbow but Van Asch leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Bouddi throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Van Asch blocks the elbow strike.
Van Asch scores with a hook to the body.
Van Asch avoids a wild elbow strike from Bouddi.
Van Asch looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Van Asch blocks the elbow strike.
Van Asch blocks an elbow strike from Bouddi.
Van Asch misses with a short punch on the inside.
Van Asch avoids a wild elbow strike from Bouddi.
Van Asch pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Bouddi has Van Asch up against the cage in a clinch.
Van Asch dodges an elbow strike from Bouddi.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Bouddi misses with an elbow over the top.
Van Asch avoids the elbow strike from Bouddi, against the cage.
Van Asch lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Bouddi backwards.
Van Asch misses with a body punch.
Van Asch blocks an elbow strike.
Bouddi looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Bouddi throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Van Asch struggles to land a body shot inside as Bouddi controls his hands.
Bouddi misses with an elbow strike.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Van Asch tries to throw a body punch but Bouddi avoids it by throwing Van Asch back against the cage.
With the fighters up against the cage, Bouddi throws an elbow but misses.
Van Asch makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Van Asch tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Bouddi's elbow.
With the fighters up against the cage, Bouddi throws an elbow but misses.
Van Asch breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Bouddi wants to clinch.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bouddi moves in looking to clinch but Van Asch pushes him off.
Bouddi tries to clinch up.
Bouddi forces Van Asch back against the cage and clinches.
Bouddi throws an elbow that misses.
Bouddi throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Van Asch misses with a punch on the inside.
Van Asch blocks an elbow strike.
Van Asch stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Van Asch works on Bouddi's body with a couple of short punches.
Bouddi throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Van Asch lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Bouddi backwards.
Van Asch blocks an elbow strike.
Van Asch is trying to force a seperation but Bouddi has the dominant position.
Bouddi blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Van Asch struggles to land a body shot inside as Bouddi controls his hands.
Bouddi prevents a body shot from Van Asch.
Van Asch lands with a short punch from the clinch.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Van Asch blocks the elbow strike.
Van Asch blocks the elbow strike.
Van Asch breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Van Asch keeps the fight on the outside.
Bouddi doesn't manage to clinch there - Van Asch circles away.
The fight stays on the outside here - Bouddi looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Van Asch raises up his leg as if looking to counter with a high kick.
Bouddi fails with an attempt to clinch.
The fight stays on the outside here - Bouddi looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Bouddi tries to close the distance and clinch up but Van Asch swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Van Asch throws a big shot that misses.
Bouddi is looking to clinch but Van Asch is avoiding it.
Van Asch swats away the attempt to clinch by Bouddi.
Van Asch steps in looking to counter with the mid kick but it doesn't connect.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
A close round but Koos Van Asch will probably get the nod.
That's time! Back to the action!
Good leg kick by Van Asch.
Van Asch throws a nice outside leg kick.
Koa Bouddi seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Bouddi is looking to clinch but Van Asch is avoiding it.
Bouddi is looking to clinch but Van Asch is avoiding it.
Bouddi fails in his attempt to clinch.
Bouddi clinches.
Van Asch swings wildly with an uppercut but Bouddi uses good head movement to avoid it.
Van Asch manages to break the clinch.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Van Asch misses with a series of wild punches.
Bouddi tries to clinch but Van Asch moves out of range.
Bouddi wants to clinch but Van Asch slips to the side
and Bouddi takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Bouddi tries to clinch up but Van Asch circles away and keeps his distance.
Bouddi tries to clinch but Van Asch moves away
and Bouddi takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Bouddi avoids the head kick by Van Asch.
Bouddi wants to take advantage of his opponent's missed offense by moving into the clinch.
Bouddi steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Van Asch.
Bouddi tries to clinch but Van Asch is having none of it.
Van Asch appears to be waiting to throw a counter punch to the body.
Bouddi tries to clinch there but Van Asch circles away.
A nice side step and Van Asch releases a counter shot to the body, but it doesn't find it's home.
Bouddi is looking to clinch.
It seemed like Van Asch was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Van Asch swats away the attempt to clinch by Bouddi.
Van Asch swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
A looping hook to the body misses from Van Asch. Bouddi does a little dance to reset his feet.
Bouddi has taken the fight to the clinch.
Van Asch works on Bouddi's body with a couple of short punches.
Bouddi looks to throw an elbow but misses.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Van Asch blocks an elbow strike.
Van Asch tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Bouddi's elbow.
Van Asch struggles to land a body shot inside as Bouddi controls his hands.
Van Asch swings wildly with an uppercut but Bouddi uses good head movement to avoid it.
Koa Bouddi has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Van Asch scores with a shot to the side of Bouddi's head.
A nice right hand lands inside from Van Asch.
Van Asch tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
A right hand to the body from Van Asch.
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!
Van Asch takes an elbow to the temple.
Van Asch dodges an elbow strike from Bouddi.
Bouddi creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Van Asch's defenses.
Bouddi blocks an uppercut.
Bouddi looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Bouddi throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Van Asch has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Van Asch misses with the head strike.
Van Asch works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Van Asch takes an elbow to the forehead.
Van Asch dodges an elbow strike from Bouddi.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bouddi blocking some punches.
Bouddi misses with an elbow over the top.
Van Asch tries a body shot but Bouddi blocks it.
Bouddi throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Bouddi throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Van Asch avoids a wild elbow strike from Bouddi.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Van Asch.
Bouddi pushes off an throws an elbow but Van Asch leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Van Asch lands a hook that snaps the head of Bouddi backwards.
Good body shot from Van Asch.
A short right from Van Asch.
Van Asch scores with a shot to the side of Bouddi's head.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Bouddi.
Van Asch tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Van Asch lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Van Asch's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Bouddi moves in looking to clinch but Van Asch pushes him off.
Bouddi clinches with his opponent.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Van Asch manages to break the clinch.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Bouddi closes the distance looking to clinch
and Van Asch counters with a three punch combination, finished off with a leg kick. Nice work.
Bouddi fails in his attempt to clinch.
Van Asch doesn't fully commit to the body shot counter.
Bouddi darts in trying to clinch
and Van Asch counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Van Asch keeps the fight on the outside.
Bouddi tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Van Asch paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Bouddi uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Van Asch.
Bouddi fails in his attempt to clinch.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Koos Van Asch showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action! This is the final round!
Bouddi fails in his attempt to clinch.
A nice side step and Van Asch releases a counter shot to the body, but it doesn't find it's home.
Bouddi tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Van Asch manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
A countering left hand to the body from Van Asch misses.
Bouddi tries to clinch but Van Asch moves out of range.
Bouddi is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Van Asch misses with an uppercut.
Bouddi tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Bouddi tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Van Asch manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Bouddi tries to close the distance and clinch but Van Asch swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Van Asch misses with a hook.
Bouddi tries to clinch up.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Van Asch! But no joy.
Nice body punch from Van Asch.
The fight stays on the outside here - Bouddi looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Van Asch! But no joy.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Bouddi wants to clinch.
Koos Van Asch seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Bouddi doesn't manage to clinch there - Van Asch circles away.
Bouddi tries to clinch up.
Bouddi moves to clinch but Van Asch breaks away
and Van Asch counters with a good low kick that Bouddi was not able to check.
Van Asch scores with a sloppy right hand. Bouddi should have avoided that one.
Bouddi tries to clinch up
enabling Van Asch to counter with a crisp jab.
Koa Bouddi has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Bouddi tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Van Asch manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Van Asch swats away the attempt to clinch by Bouddi.
Van Asch keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Bouddi closes the distance looking to clinch
and Van Asch cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Van Asch throws a sloppy head kick and Bouddi moves out of range easily.
Bouddi doesn't manage to clinch there - Van Asch circles away.
Van Asch avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Van Asch jabs at Bouddi's body.
Van Asch avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bouddi fails in his attempt to clinch.
Van Asch throws a right hand that Bouddi ducks under and follows up with a left that Bouddi also avoids with ease.
Van Asch misses with a straight right.
Bouddi slips a straight right by Van Asch.
Bouddi moves to clinch but Van Asch breaks away
and Van Asch counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Bouddi fails with an attempt to clinch.
The fight stays on the outside here - Bouddi looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Bouddi is looking to clinch but Van Asch is avoiding it.
It seemed like Van Asch was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Van Asch circles away from the clinch attempt
and Van Asch counters with a nice uppercut.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Bouddi tries to clinch but fails miserably
and Van Asch counters with a crisp one two that drops Bouddi! Van Asch thinks about following him to the mat for a moment but instead steps back and waves Bouddi to his feet! Bouddi is in big trouble!
Bouddi is rocked!
Bouddi wants to clinch
and Bouddi takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Oh Bouddi is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
This has been an exciting period of action!
Bouddi throws a body punch but Van Asch moves out of range.
Koos Van Asch is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.
The fight stays on the outside here - Bouddi looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Van Asch throws out a counter right but Bouddi avoids it with no problem.
Bouddi seems to have got his legs back now.
A big left from Van Asch misses.
Bouddi tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Bouddi moves in looking to clinch but Van Asch pushes him off.
Bouddi doesn't manage to clinch there - Van Asch circles away.
Van Asch swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Van Asch throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Bouddi sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Bouddi is trying to close the distance and clinch up, after that failed offence from Van Asch.
And that's the end of the fight!
Koos Van Asch comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I've got Van Asch winning every round here. Surely the decision will go his way and he'll pick up a well deserved decision victory. 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 Phil Schofield scores the fight 26:30
Judge Donald Grub scores the fight 27:30
Judge Colin Fotheringham scores the fight 26:30
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Koos Van Asch!
During a confident post fight interview, Koos Van Asch thanked all his fans. He seemed very genuine when describing how motivated his fans keep him.
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energy
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hype
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pop
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RATING
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