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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Kendo Yanar (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Koopa Troopa (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Troopa has chosen Koopa Troopa as his entrance music. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.
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193 lbs
10 - 1 - 0 |
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195 lbs
12 - 5 - 1 |
Good wrestling
Basic striking
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Good kicks
Good gas tank |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the middleweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
10 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Kendo Yanar!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
12 - 5 - 1, fighting out of Hilo, Koopa Troopa!
The judges for this bout are Ben Zyskovitsi, Arvi Lind and Anni Minnemäki.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Troopa's jab looks to have found its range, popping Yanar under the eye.
Yanar shoots in from a long way out. He's driving through with the takedown attempt and he eventually gets it, landing in Troopa's guard.
We've had a lack of effective grappling in the last minute or so, which could well see a referee standup.
Troopa looking for submissions off his back, moving his hips, looking for an opening.
Yanar in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Yanar throws a big elbow that misses.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Yanar trying to control the position from guard on top but Troopa is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Troopa throwing his legs up looking for a triangle.
Troopa looking to hit a scissor sweep but Yanar is one step ahead there.
Yanar stays in close to Troopa's body and controls the position.
Yanar is working Troopa over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Yanar controls from within his opponent's guard.
Troopa looking for a guillotine here but Yanar defends easily.
Yanar with a flurry of punches that miss.
Troopa trying to control the position.
Troopa keeping moving, preventing Yanar from controlling successfully.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Yanar scoring with some ground and pound.
Yanar wants to control from the top but Troopa keeps moving.
Troopa managing to control the position.
Yanar is stalling in the full guard.
Troopa not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
Well, the referee has seen enough. Neither fighter is active enough on the ground so he's stood them back up.
Troopa throws a push kick but Yanar slaps the foot to one side.
Troopa gets cracked there but stands up to it.
Yanar takes a swing at Troopa's ribcage but misses.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Nice sprawl there from Troopa as Yanar shoots in.
Troopa throws a body punch but Yanar moves out of range.
Yanar listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Yanar moves into the clinch.
Troopa misses with a hook to the ribs.
Yanar is trying to force a seperation but Troopa has the dominant position.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Yanar as Troopa tries to tie him up.
Yanar blocking some punches.
Yanar's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Troopa throws out a leg kick but Yanar moves out of range and Troopa only half commits.
Horrible takedown by Troopa or perhaps it was just good defense by Yanar which made him look bad.
Troopa misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Troopa waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Yanar.
Troopa throws a poor cross that misses
and Yanar counters with a nice double leg into half guard.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Yanar wants to pass to mount but Troopa is defending the position.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Yanar controlling the action here.
Troopa regains full guard, whilst avoiding punches from Yanar.
Yanar wants to control from the top but Troopa keeps moving.
Troopa looking for submissions off his back, moving his hips, looking for an opening.
Yanar's corner is telling him to maintain position.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Troopa wants to sweep but no luck.
Yanar working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Kendo Yanar dominated that round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!
Yanar fakes high and shoots in for a takedown but Troopa avoids it really well and circles away.
Yanar slips a straight right by Troopa.
Yanar throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Yanar looks to throw the jab but Troopa is out of range.
Troopa thuds his shin into the meat of Yanar's side.
Troopa slips under a jab from Yanar.
Yanar fails with a takedown attempt.
Yanar changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Yanar throws a hook to the side of Troopa's head but Troopa sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Troopa throws a head kick but Yanar moves out of range.
Yanar connects with a right hand. Troopa shakes it off.
Troopa looks to score with a jab to the body but Yanar is just out of range.
Troopa misses with a looping right.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Troopa dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Yanar. That did some damage!
Yanar steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Troopa.
Troopa misses with a lunging right hand
and Yanar counters with a straight right hand.
Troopa throws a hook but Yanar avoids it easily.
Troopa throws a jab but it's blocked by Yanar.
Yanar has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Troopa finds it's way round the side to connect with Yanar's head.
Troopa misses with a body kick.
Troopa misses with a straight left.
Yanar fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Kendo Yanar. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Troopa throws a looping overhand right but Yanar ducks down to avoid it.
Jab, jab by Troopa - just one landing.
Yanar takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Yanar takes one on the button.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Troopa slips a straight right by Yanar.
Yanar throws a jab when Troopa was well out of range.
A jab from Troopa misses.
Yanar looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
Koopa Troopa seems to be getting the better of the standup.
A jab from Troopa does it's job there.
Yanar throws a big shot that misses.
Yanar misses the jab.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Yanar with a nice cross.
Troopa uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Yanar.
Yanar is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Troopa throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Yanar sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Yanar throws a body punch but Troopa moves out of range.
Yanar walks into a stiff left hand from Troopa.
Troopa throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Yanar walks into a left hand.
Troopa avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Yanar ducks right into an uppercut from Troopa.
Yanar bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
No luck with that takedown attempt from Yanar.
Yanar is really head hunting here, hardly looking to strike to the body at all.
Yanar tries for a takedown but Troopa circles away easily
and Troopa counters with a nice double leg into side control. Yanar won't be happy with that.
Troopa working the head with strikes.
Troopa wants to control but Yanar is keeping him busy.
Troopa creates some space and throws a big elbow, but Yanar sees it coming and moves his head just enough to avoid the strike.
Yanar takes an elbow right on the bridge of the nose and winces in pain.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Troopa grinds an elbow into Yanar's temple.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Yanar is not in a great position here, taking some shots.
Yanar regains half guard.
Yanar is trying to defend against the ground and pound but Troopa scores with a couple of nice shots.
Troopa sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Yanar defending well though.
Troopa is just content to waste time from the top position. Yanar takes advantage of the situation and regains full guard.
Yanar looking to hit a scissor sweep but Troopa is one step ahead there.
Troopa slips nicely into half guard.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Yanar tries to roll over but Troopa keeps him under control.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Koopa Troopa showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.
A head kick misses from Troopa.
Yanar takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Yanar steps to his left, right into the path of a big body kick from Troopa. That one must have hurt.
Yanar misses with an uppercut.
Troopa shoots in but Yanar avoids the takedown attempt easily.
Troopa is looking to land body kicks.
Troopa bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
Yanar shoots in for a takedown! He's got it and he's managed to land in side control! That's better than Yanar was expecting from the takedown attempt, I'm sure!
Yanar tries to advance to mount but Troopa denies him.
Yanar lands a decent elbow from side control.
Kendo Yanar overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Yanar working the body and head with strikes.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Troopa is not content to let Yanar control the position.
Troopa struggling a bit here.
Troopa is not content to let Yanar control the position.
Troopa is letting Yanar control him for a moment.
Yanar has knee on belly and now moves to full mount! Trouble for Troopa!
Yanar trying to control but he's not successful this time.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Yanar lands with some vicious ground and pound - can Troopa hang on?
Yanar looking to control and managing it successfully.
Yanar prevents Troopa from getting the reversal.
Yanar landing strikes from the mount.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Yanar is landing with some decent strikes but Troopa is trying to advance his position so the referee is letting the fight continue.
Troopa is trying to escape the mount.
Yanar with a couple of short strikes.
Yanar landing strikes from the mount and Troopa is in trouble!
Yanar breaks from Troopa's wrist control and lands an elbow.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Yanar lands a couple of good shots and Troopa has given up his back, trying to escape the position!
Yanar is throwing strikes from the back here. Oh that last one was to the back of the head. Yanar gets a warning from the referee. He throws another strike to the back of the head straight away though and the referee has seen enough. He breaks up the two fighters and stands them back up. Yanar gets a real talking to here and is lucky not to get a point deducted. Yanar apologises and we restart here on the feet.
Troopa uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Yanar.
Yanar decides to change it up a bit and drives through with a nice takedown into half guard.
Yanar throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
Yanar stalling away here and it's allowed Troopa to slip out his trapped foot and regain full guard.
Yanar is working Troopa over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes.
Troopa keeping moving, preventing Yanar from controlling successfully.
Yanar with a nice head shot there.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Troopa trying to keep a closed guard but Yanar is proving a slippery customer.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Yanar with a flurry of punches that miss.
Yanar with a flurry of punches that miss.
Yanar trying to control the position from guard on top but Troopa is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Yanar throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Troopa works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Yanar controls the pace of the fight for a moment.
Troopa keeping full guard, as Yanar tries to pass.
Yanar in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Troopa keeping moving, preventing Yanar from controlling successfully.
Yanar looking to pass the guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Kendo Yanar clearly takes that round.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.
Yanar loads up on a big right hand but Troopa slips the punch.
Yanar shoots in for a takedown but Troopa shows good takedown defense.
Yanar wants to clinch.
Troopa connects with a jab.
Troopa ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Yanar ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Troopa slaps away a takedown attempt from Yanar, before circling back to the center of the mat.
Yanar lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
Troopa scores with a hook to the body. Yanar takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Horrible takedown by Yanar or perhaps it was just good defense by Troopa which made him look bad.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Kendo Yanar. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Troopa misses with a body shot.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Yanar gets the takedown into side control.
Yanar lands an elbow.
Yanar wants to lay and pray for a moment but Troopa keeps working.
Troopa is trying to get back to half guard. He's pushing on Yanar's leg. He's managed it. Nice work.
Troopa manages to get to full guard.
Troopa looking for a guillotine here but Yanar defends easily.
Yanar wants to control from the top but Troopa keeps moving.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Yanar is looking to work some ground and pound but Troopa has wrist control.
Yanar is looking to pass into half guard but Troopa pushes him away with his feet and jumps on top - now Troopa is in guard.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Troopa throws a big right hand that misses.
Troopa trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Troopa is working Yanar over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes.
Yanar utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Yanar is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.
Troopa sitting in guard here, content to control.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Troopa's corner. There ya go! There ya go!
Troopa pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Yanar is keeping the position for now.
Troopa loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Troopa has gone for a leg lock! Yanar slips out almost immediately though and dives into Troopa's guard.
Yanar wants to control from the top but Troopa keeps moving.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Yanar slows down the pace of the fight for a moment. He'll need to remain active if he doesn't want to see the fight stood back up.
Troopa looking for a sweep. Not yet Troopa, not yet.
Yanar looking to sit in guard and control but Troopa gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.
Troopa throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Troopa trying to control the position from guard on top but Yanar is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Yanar looking for a sweep. Not yet Yanar, not yet.
Yanar utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Koopa Troopa dominated that fourth round.
That's time! Back to the action! This is the final round!
Yanar moves out of range of the strikes.
Yanar shoots and misses
and Troopa decides to take the opportunity to score a takedown. He's landed in Yanar's guard.
Troopa trying to control the position from guard on top but Yanar is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Yanar wants to sweep but no luck.
Troopa looking to pass the guard.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Troopa accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Troopa throws a big elbow that misses.
Yanar manages to land a sweep and now he's in mount on top!
Troopa can't escape the position.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Troopa is persisting with the attempt to improve his position.
Yanar has his opponent pinned against the cage, landing some nasty ground and pound that is really making a bit of a mess out of Troopa's face.
Yanar working away from the top, dropping strikes.
Yanar is landing with some decent strikes but Troopa is trying to advance his position so the referee is letting the fight continue.
Yanar wants to control the pace but Troopa is squirming around nicely.
Yanar has his opponent pinned against the cage, landing some nasty ground and pound that is really making a bit of a mess out of Troopa's face.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Yanar breaks from Troopa's wrist control and lands an elbow.
Troopa is squirming around, avoiding Yanar's attempts to control the action.
Yanar working Troopa over with strikes here.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Troopa is in a horrible position here. Yanar smacks him with another shot as he tries to escape the position.
Yanar landing strikes, looking to finish!
Yanar dominating with strikes here.
Troopa tries to get back to half guard but can't.
A nice elbow there by Yanar.
Troopa is squirming around, avoiding Yanar's attempts to control the action.
Troopa takes a big shot to the head but keeps on trying to improve his position.
Troopa is rocked!
Yanar lands a big elbow - Troopa is in trouble! More strikes from the mount and Troopa is forced to tap out!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:59 of round 5, we have a winner by way of Submission (Strikes). Kendo Yanar!
Kendo Yanar retains his middleweight title!
After the fight, Kendo Yanar was humble in paying tribute to his opponent but made it clear he wants to go on to bigger and better things. It seemed to go down well with the crowd who cheered him loudly.
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