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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Rulon Gardener Jr (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Marko Santovski (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). We have two fighters making their debuts here, so let's see who comes out of this one with their first professional victory.
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245 lbs
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260 lbs
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BJJ Blue Belt
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BJJ Blue Belt
Counter fighter
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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
0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Rulon Gardener Jr!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Marko Santovski!
The judges for this bout are Nard Betker, Patrick Alders and Radbod Blank.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Santovski gets tackled into the cage by Gardener Jr. Gardener Jr maintains the clinch.
Gardener Jr tightens his grip and picks Santovski up, before dumping him to the ground. Santovski manages to land in guard.
The referee must be thinking about standing these guys back up.
Gardener Jr won't allow Santovski to get back to his feet.
Gardener Jr tries to free his leg and advance position but Santovski is retaining full guard.
Gardener Jr trying to control the position from guard on top but Santovski is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Santovski avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Santovski looking to control.
Gardener Jr stopping the sweep attempt from Santovski.
Gardener Jr with a nice head shot there.
Gardener Jr trying to control but Santovski is working from the bottom.
Santovski is looking to stand up but Gardener Jr isn't so interested in that idea.
Gardener Jr missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Gardener Jr lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Gardener Jr accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Gardener Jr throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Santovski is adopting a defensive guard.
Gardener Jr has to be careful here, sitting in the guard of a superior BJJ player.
Santovski avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Gardener Jr with a nice head shot there.
Santovski looking for submissions off his back, moving his hips, looking for an opening.
Santovski wriggles free and stands up.
A combination from Gardener Jr does no damage.
Gardener Jr clinches with his opponent.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Gardener Jr changes levels and goes for a takedown here. Santovski fights it off and pushes away nicely.
Gardener Jr closes the distance and clinches.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Gardener Jr slows down the pace here.
Santovski wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Gardener Jr has him pressed against the cage.
Santovski pulls Gardener Jr into guard.
Gardener Jr throws a big elbow that misses.
Gardener Jr keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Santovski's head.
Gardener Jr trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Gardener Jr wants to control from the top but Santovski keeps moving.
Gardener Jr connects with a couple of short punches.
Gardener Jr throwing strikes from guard but Santovski blocks nicely.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Gardener Jr pushing down on Santovski's thigh, trying to pass to half guard. He's managed it... Nice work.
Gardener Jr is looking to advance position but Santovski won't allow it.
Santovski keeping hold of Gardener Jr's head, controlling as best he can.
Santovski trying to control here.
The two fighters exchange a few words. I couldn't hear what they were saying but maybe it's more fun if you make it up yourself. Gardener Jr connects with a nice short shot to Santovski's temple.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Gardener Jr working some ground and pound from close in. He's looking to maintain this position and strike for a while by the looks of things... although he'll probably advance to full mount in a minute now I've said that.
Gardener Jr is trying to control the action in half guard but Santovski is working away on the bottom, looking perhaps to get back to full guard.
Santovski blocking the ground and pound attempt from Gardener Jr.
Santovski gets back to full guard.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Santovski trying to keep a closed guard but Gardener Jr is proving a slippery customer.
Gardener Jr trying to control the position from guard on top but Santovski is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Gardener Jr loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Santovski has momentary wrist control but Gardener Jr slips an elbow through the middle.
Gardener Jr scores with a decent looking elbow strike.
Santovski is trying to control the position but Gardener Jr postures up.
Gardener Jr works over Santovski with some ground and pound from guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Rulon Gardener Jr dominated that round.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!
Gardener Jr bobs and weaves into range and then changes levels and scores with a nice takedown into side control.
Gardener Jr landing a few strikes.
Gardener Jr wants to control but Santovski is keeping him busy.
An elbow from Gardener Jr crashes against the mat.
Santovski managing to avoid any damage from the strikes thrown by Gardener Jr.
Gardener Jr landing with strikes to the head and body from side control.
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!
Gardener Jr controlling the position from side mount.
Gardener Jr is chipping away with strikes.
Gardener Jr connects with a decent looking elbow from side control that caused Santovski some visible discomfort.
Santovski is sneaking out the side here. He's bucked Gardener Jr off and has taken his back!
Santovski tries to keep control of the position but Gardener Jr is staying busy.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Santovski avoiding Gardener Jr 's attempts to control his hands.
Gardener Jr is going to have to think about doing something other than just controlling because Santovski is managing to avoid having the position dictated to him.
Gardener Jr covers up after taking a massive shot to the side of the head.
Santovski doesn't have the hooks in and Gardener Jr manages to turn into his guard.
Santovski wants to stand up but Gardener Jr is controlling him.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Santovski is trying to control the position but Gardener Jr postures up.
Santovski is breathing heavily.
Gardener Jr in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Gardener Jr wants to control from the top but Santovski keeps moving.
Santovski is looking to get back to his feet but can't, whilst Gardener Jr is controlling him.
Gardener Jr stopping the sweep attempt from Santovski.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Gardener Jr advances position into side control!
Gardener Jr is putting a hurting on Santovski here, landing some big shots from side control.
Gardener Jr lands a few punches from side control.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Gardener Jr scores with punches from side control.
Gardener Jr working away diligently from side control. Landing strikes effectively there - that will score him some points on the judges scorecards.
Santovski defending against the ground and pound.
Rulon Gardener Jr overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Gardener Jr scoring with punches and elbows.
Gardener Jr lands a decent elbow from side control.
Santovski prevents Gardener Jr from moving into mount.
Gardener Jr works a knee to the body and follows up with a nice elbow to the head.
Gardener Jr working the head and body with strikes.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Gardener Jr creates a bit of distance and throws down some hard shots.
Santovski takes a nasty elbow to the side of the head.
Gardener Jr scoring with punches and elbows.
Santovski manages to land a sweep and he's now on top! Lovely Jiu Jitsu!
Santovski is trying a forearm choke… I don't think that's going to do much at this level of the game.
Gardener Jr wants to get back to full guard.
Gardener Jr is controlling Santovski's position as best he can from this difficult position.
Gardener Jr's ground tactics aren't going to win him many fans. Let's hope he's got fireworks for us if he gets back to his feet because he's not doing much on the ground.
Gardener Jr is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
Santovski not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Gardener Jr is trying to stand up here but Santovski is controlling him well.
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!
Gardener Jr trying to control but Santovski postures up.
Gardener Jr is trying to stand back up but Santovski is controlling him
Gardener Jr is looking for a sweep. Santovski is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
Nice strikes from Santovski there.
Gardener Jr regains full guard. Nicely done.
Gardener Jr keeping moving, preventing Santovski from controlling successfully.
Santovski is in a good position here but he's just trying to control... And he's not even managing to do that successfully.
Gardener Jr on his back here. We all know that wrestlers don't like being on their back so let's see if Gardener Jr tries to get out of the position.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Gardener Jr looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Santovski trying to control the position from guard on top but Gardener Jr is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Rulon Gardener Jr dominated that second round.
That's time! Gardener Jr's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight. This is the final round!
Gardener Jr gets a takedown into half guard.
Santovski is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
Santovski is trying to maintain the position but Gardener Jr is very close to passing his half guard.
Gardener Jr stops Santovski from getting back to his feet.
Gardener Jr drops an elbow to the side of Santovski's head.
Gardener Jr throwing shots but Santovski is blocking nicely.
Gardener Jr is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.
Santovski takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
The fighters are battling for position here. Santovski manages to regain full guard. Nice work.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Gardener Jr trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Gardener Jr trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Gardener Jr pushing down on Santovski's thigh, trying to pass to half guard. He's managed it... Nice work.
Gardener Jr thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
Gardener Jr is controlling the pace.
Santovski wants to get back to full guard but Gardener Jr has passed into side control.
Gardener Jr misses with the ground and pound.
Gardener Jr lands a few punches from side control.
Gardener Jr scores with a couple of nice shots to the head there. The referee takes a look at Santovski to see if he's OK.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Gardener Jr has knee on belly and moves into mount.
Gardener Jr breaks from Santovski's wrist control and lands an elbow.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Santovski tries to reverse the position but Gardener Jr maintains control.
Gardener Jr looking to finish Santovski with some ground and pound. This is bad for Santovski!
Gardener Jr working Santovski over with strikes here.
Gardener Jr lands a couple of nice shots there from mount.
Gardener Jr lands a big elbow.
Gardener Jr pausing momentarily but resumes with a couple of decent strikes that do a bit of damage.
Santovski takes a big shot to the head but keeps on trying to improve his position.
Gardener Jr won't let Santovski get back to his feet... He wants to keep the fight where it is for now.
Gardener Jr cracks Santovski with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.
Gardener Jr landing strikes from the mount.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Gardener Jr dominating with strikes here.
Santovski is rocked!
Gardener Jr breaks from Santovski's wrist control and lands an elbow.
Santovski is still in real trouble! Can Gardener Jr finish him?
Gardener Jr lands a couple of nice shots there from mount.
Gardener Jr lands with some strikes.
Gardener Jr pausing momentarily but resumes with a couple of decent strikes that do a bit of damage.
Santovski wants to control but Gardener Jr is having none of it.
Gardener Jr loads up on a couple of big shots to the head that have Santovski scrambling to escape. He can't get free though and several more unanswered shots from Gardener Jr land to the head. The referee has no choice but to stop the fight. Gardener Jr stands and salutes the crowd.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:44 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Rulon Gardener Jr!
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RATING
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