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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Congo Ashantie (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Dustin Douglas (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Ashantie kept the crowd waiting but all that was forgotten when his ring entrance music started. The incomparable musical genius that is Congo Ashanti. The crowd seem to be enjoying Douglas's choice of entrance music: La La La - Snoop Lion. Congo Ashantie had a look across the cage there at his opponent. He definitely means business
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230 lbs
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283 lbs
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Good wrestling
World class boxer
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the heavyweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
27 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Congo Ashantie!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
22 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Dustin Douglas!
The judges for this bout are Timothy Bukovac, and Jack Bonds.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Douglas looks to score with a jab to the body but Ashantie is just out of range.
Ashantie misses with a low kick.
Douglas misses with a looping left.
Ashantie moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Ashantie misses with a head kick.
Ashantie misses with a body shot.
Ashantie throws a feint and then finishes with a kick to the body.
Ashantie thows a left - swing and a miss!
Ashantie takes a swing at Douglas's ribcage but misses.
Douglas lands a slapping body shot.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Douglas wants to clinch up but Ashantie keeps it at a distance.
Douglas walks into a straight right hand from Ashantie.
A looping hook to the body misses from Ashantie. Douglas does a little dance to reset his feet.
Ashantie wants to clinch.
Douglas keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Douglas ducks under a wild hook from Ashantie.
A leg kick checked by Douglas.
Ashantie tries to bum rush Douglas with a series of wild strikes but Douglas uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Douglas throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Ashantie throws a lazy uppercut
and Douglas counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
It looks like Congo Ashantie has been cut.
Ashantie takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
Ashantie fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Douglas manages to avoid it.
Ashantie lands a leg kick that knocks Douglas off balance momentarily.
Douglas takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Douglas tries a low kick but Ashantie avoids it.
Douglas on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
Ashantie defending well as Douglas loads up on a big left hand.
Congo Ashantie seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Douglas is looking to clinch but Ashantie is avoiding it.
Douglas throws a body kick despite being completely out of range
and Ashantie connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Douglas fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Ashantie checks it well.
Douglas blocks a head kick by Ashantie.
Ashantie moves out of range as Douglas strikes.
A head kick misses from Ashantie.
Douglas steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Ashantie.
Douglas avoids a kick to the body.
Ashantie looks to land a left hand but Douglas moved out of range nicely.
Douglas tries a head kick but it misses.
Ashantie waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Douglas.
Douglas takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Ashantie scores with a nice head shot.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ashantie is looking to slow Douglas down with leg kicks.
Ashantie scoring well with a low kick there.
Ashantie ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Douglas moves away.
Ashantie ducks under a wild hook from Douglas.
Ashantie lands a jab to the head.
Ashantie lands with a kick to the ribs.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Ashantie moves into range and lands a nice body kick.
Douglas looks winded!
Ashantie works Douglas's body with a nice hook.
Ashantie feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Douglas's calf.
Ashantie wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Douglas stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Ashantie.
Ashantie lands a front kick.
Ashantie just misses with a punch to the body.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Ashantie scores with a jab. Douglas acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
A shot to the body from Ashantie misses
and Douglas counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Ashantie scores with a jab to the jaw.
Ashantie feints and then cracks Douglas's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Douglas down.
Douglas throws a sloppy head kick and Ashantie moves out of range easily.
Ashantie ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
A right-left combo lands from Ashantie.
It looks like Dustin Douglas has been cut.
Ashantie turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Douglas on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Ashantie. Ashantie obviously looking to wear him down.
Douglas takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Douglas takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Ashantie misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Douglas.
Ashantie scores with a nice right hand.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Congo Ashantie dominated that round.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.
Douglas throws a low kick, looking for Ashantie's leg but Ashantie calmly moves out of range.
Ashantie looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Ashantie with a body punch. A glancing blow.
A slapping leg kick lands for Ashantie.
Douglas takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
A head kick misses from Ashantie.
Congo Ashantie is winning the standup battle so far.
Nice jab there from Ashantie.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Douglas takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Ashantie misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Douglas.
Both these guys seem content to just stand up and trade with eachother but Douglas might want to think about changing up his gameplan a bit because over the course of the fight, Ashantie has got the better of the exchanges.
Ashantie is looking to land body kicks.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Ashantie.
Ashantie misses with a looping right.
Douglas is breathing heavily.
Nice straight punches there by Ashantie. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Ashantie.
Ashantie fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Ashantie gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Ashantie holding his opponent close, against the cage.
Ashantie lands a nice knee to the body.
Ashantie stalling in the clinch.
Ashantie misses with a hook to the ribs.
Ashantie lands an uppercut.
Ashantie landing knees to the body.
Ashantie misses with an elbow over the top.
Douglas misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Ashantie.
Ashantie throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Douglass head.
Ashantie lands a nice uppercut.
Ashantie lands a knee to the body.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Ashantie tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Douglas avoids it.
Ashantie lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Ashantie lands a nice knee to the body.
Ashantie is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Douglas can do to turn this around?
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Ashantie tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Ashantie working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Nice body punch from Ashantie - that landed with a thud.
It really doesn't seem like the step up in weight is hurting Ashantie here at all. He's more than holding his own against the bigger man.
Ashantie misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Ashantie looking to throw knees to the head but Douglas is blocking nicely.
Ashantie blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Ashantie breaks from the clinch.
Ashantie is looking to land body kicks.
Ashantie scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Douglas doesn't seem bothered though.
Ashantie throws a sloppy head kick and Douglas moves out of range easily.
Douglas takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Ashantie swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Douglas.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Ashantie.
Ashantie lands a jab. Then a cross. Then finally a nice hook to the body. Good work there by Ashantie.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ashantie changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Ashantie throws a nice outside leg kick.
Thud! ouch! good body kick from Ashantie - that will leave a mark!
Ashantie misses with an attempted mid kick.
Ashantie scores with a kick to the body.
Ashantie fakes the leg kick and cracks Douglas in the body.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Ashantie with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Ashantie, as that shot connected.
Ashantie throws a leg kick which misses Douglas's front leg but catches the back leg as Douglas tries to avoid it.
Ashantie scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Ashantie lands with a cross.
Douglas closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
Douglas's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Ashantie thows a body shot but no joy.
Douglas closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
Ashantie with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Ashantie fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Douglas manages to avoid it.
Douglas misses with a lunging right hand
and Ashantie counters with a nice uppercut.
Ashantie jabs Douglas to the body, keeping him at a distance.
Ashantie throws a push kick but Douglas slaps the foot to one side.
Ashantie throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Douglas takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Nice body kick there by Ashantie.
Douglas takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
Ashantie thuds a left hand into Douglas's body.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Congo Ashantie dominated that second round.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!
Jab, jab by Ashantie - just one landing.
Douglas throws a head kick but Ashantie moves out of range.
Ashantie cracks a nice hook into Douglas's ribs.
A nice inside leg kick there by Ashantie. That's going to slow Douglas down.
Ashantie throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Ashantie chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Ashantie throws a sloppy head kick and Douglas moves out of range easily.
A looping hook to the body misses from Ashantie. Douglas does a little dance to reset his feet.
Douglas moves forwards but Ashantie connects with a nice, crisp jab.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Douglas stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Ashantie.
Douglas takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Ashantie delivers a nice body kick.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Ashantie.
Ashantie lands with a cross.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Ashantie thumps Douglas with a low kick.
Ashantie clobbers Douglas with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
Ashantie fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Douglas has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Ashantie throws a head kick that connects with a bit of head and a bit of hand.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Ashantie tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Douglas paws at him with a jab and circles away.
A telegraphed right hand from Douglas misses the target.
Ashantie scores with a jab.
Ashantie throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Ashantie misses with a jab, cross combination.
Ashantie punishes Douglas's body with a nice straight punch.
Ashantie tries to clinch but Douglas is having none of it.
Douglas avoids the head kick by Ashantie.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Ashantie scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
Ashantie misses with a few strikes there.
Douglas displaying good standup as he scores with a three punch combination.
Douglas avoids the body shot from Ashantie.
Ashantie bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Ashantie throws a shot to the body.
Ashantie lands a nice leg kick that just misses Douglas's sensitive parts.
Ashantie throws a head kick but Douglas moves out of range.
Douglas scores with a head kick. Ashantie tried to block it but didn't get his arm up in time.
Ashantie moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Ashantie lands with a cross.
Ashantie changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ashantie feints and then cracks Douglas's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Douglas down.
Ashantie lands a nice hook to Douglas's body. Douglas takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Douglas takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Ashantie scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Ashantie scores with a jab to the jaw.
Ashantie throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Ashantie scores with a three punch combo!
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Ashantie stuns Douglas with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Ashantie sizes up Douglas with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
Douglas misses with a head kick.
Ashantie scores with a punch to the head.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Ashantie listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Douglas has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
Ashantie wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Oooooh!!! Ashantie has knocked Douglas down with a huge combo! Ashantie steps away and waves a wobbly Douglas back to his feet! This one might not go much longer!
Douglas is rocked!
Douglas wants to stay close but Ashantie steps back to make room for something. Douglas seems frozen to the spot and bam! huge swing of the leg from Ashantie and Douglas drops like he has been shot! A huge head kick and it's all over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:22 of round 3, we have a winner by way of KO (Head Kick). Congo Ashantie!
Congo Ashantie retains his heavyweight title!
After winning the bout, Congo Ashantie thanked all his fans and promised he'd do even better in his next fight. The crowd seemed to love his humility.
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