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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Keast Gaard (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jean Claude Overeem (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Gaard comes to the cage accompanied by Otto Brandenburg - Når en Sailor Går i Land. Overeem comes into a darkened arena with his song building. Bangarang kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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178 lbs
22 - 8 - 1 |
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183 lbs
7 - 3 - 0 |
Good wrestling
World class boxer
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BJJ Purple Belt
Lethal high kicks
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the welterweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
22 - 8 - 1, fighting out of London, Keast Gaard!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
7 - 3 - 0, fighting out of London, Jean Claude Overeem!
The judges for this bout are Andrew Berry, Richard Clark and Phil Schofield.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
No joy there for Gaard, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Overeem moves out of range of the leg kick from Gaard.
Overeem misses with a looping right.
Gaard cracks Overeem with a good jab.
Overeem doesn't manage to clinch there - Gaard circles away.
Gaard scores with a one two! Overeem had his feet all tangled up there and couldn't avoid the strikes.
Overeem tries to clinch there but Gaard circles away.
Overeem tries to clinch but Gaard is having none of it.
Nice sprawl there from Gaard as Overeem shoots in.
Overeem throws a wild body kick that Gaard sees coming a mile off.
Gaard fails to land with a series of punches.
Overeem tries to close the distance and clinch up but Gaard swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Gaard throws a leg kick
and Overeem moves into the clinch.
Gaard has had enough of the clinch but Overeem keeps him there for the moment.
Gaard breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Overeem darts in trying to clinch
and Gaard makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Jean Claude Overeem is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Overeem showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Gaard.
Gaard scores with the left hand. Overeem knows he should have avoided that one.
Overeem throws a head kick that misses.
Overeem misses with a low kick.
Overeem tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Gaard paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Overeem looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Overeem avoids a punch combination nicely.
Gaard misses with a series of wild punches.
Overeem gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Gaard is trying to break the clinch but Overeem has him pressed against the cage.
Gaard wants to get back to striking at distance but Overeem won't allow it.
Gaard wants to get back to striking at distance but Overeem won't allow it.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Gaard wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Overeem lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Overeem trying to control the position but instead, Gaard has worked for underhooks and has pushed Overeem into the cage.
Gaard blocking some punches.
Overeem tries to land a knee to the head but Gaard blocks with his arms.
Gaard can't break the clinch.
Gaard breaks from the clinch.
Overeem connects with a good right hand that stumbles Gaard. Gaard circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Overeem connects with a looping right hand.
Gaard throws a right and a left that Overeem avoids nicely.
Overeem wants to clinch up but Gaard keeps it at a distance.
Overeem tries to clinch but Gaard moves out of range.
Overeem rushes Gaard and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Overeem gets underhooks to prevent Gaard's takedown attempt.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Overeem with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Gaard blocking some punches.
Overeem stalling against the cage.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Gaard.
Gaard tries to break the clinch but Overeem is controlling the position.
Gaard has had enough of the clinch but Overeem keeps him there for the moment.
Overeem throws a knee to the head but misses.
Gaard looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Gaard wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Overeem has him pressed against the cage.
Overeem misses with a knee strike.
Gaard has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Overeem tries a body shot but Gaard blocks it.
Gaard's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Gaard with a hook.
Jean Claude Overeem seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Overeem misses with a body shot.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Gaard takes a swing at Overeem's ribcage but misses.
Gaard lands a right hook to the body.
Gaard checks a leg kick nicely.
Gaard lets his hands go wild with a nice combination. Left! Right! Uppercut! Spinning backfist! Overeem goes down and covers up as Gaard starts wailing on him! The ref watches the action closely before stepping in and putting a stop to the fight!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:18 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Keast Gaard!
Keast Gaard retains his welterweight title!
Keast Gaard was full of energy after the big win and talked about how he thinks he can do big things in this sport. The crowd were appreciative of his determination to succeed.
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energy
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hype
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pop
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