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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Kendo Yanar (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Ryszard Duch (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Duch has chosen John Cage's 4'33" as his entrance music. Both these guys have really solid chins. Will we see a standup war or will they both decide that a knockout is unlikely and try to win the fight elsewhere?
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193 lbs
12 - 1 - 0 |
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191 lbs
12 - 7 - 0 |
Good wrestling
Solid boxing
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Good takedowns
Counter fighter
Granite chin |
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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
12 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Kendo Yanar!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
12 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Ryszard Duch!
The judges for this bout are Johanna Lukiainen, Matti Vanhoillinen and Ben Zyskovitsi.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Yanar scores with a takedown into Duch's guard.
The referee must be thinking about standing these guys back up.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Yanar's corner. There ya go! There ya go!
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Yanar pushing down on Duch's thigh, trying to pass to half guard. He's managed it... Nice work.
Duch looking to work for a kimura from the bottom.
Yanar is looking to advance position but Duch won't allow it.
Duch is staying active underneath Yanar, who seems content to just control the action from this position.
Duch looking for submissions from an awkward position here.
Duch is staying active underneath Yanar, who seems content to just control the action from this position.
Yanar thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Neither fighter is being very active at the moment, with Yanar in particular looking to stall.
Yanar wants to control but Duch is keeping him busy.
Ground and pound from Yanar.
Duch regains full guard. Nicely done.
Yanar wants to control from the top but Duch keeps moving.
Duch looking for submissions off his back, moving his hips, looking for an opening.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Duch is active off his back here, looking for submissions.
Duch working from the bottom, still in full guard. He's managed to get a loose triangle. Yanar doesn't seem to be doing much to defend here, obviously he feels comfortable in the position. Yanar manages to throw the legs off his shoulder and he's back into guard - no problem.
Yanar controls the pace of the fight for a moment.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The fighters are starting to get a bit slippery now, which will make submissions a bit more difficult.
Yanar lands a couple of digs.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Yanar lands a couple of decent looking shots.
Duch is looking for a triangle but Yanar pushes his legs off easily.
Duch is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.
Yanar's corner is telling him to maintain position.
Duch keeping moving, preventing Yanar from controlling successfully.
Yanar looking to control the position here, rather than advance.
Yanar might be looking to lock onto one of his opponent's long limbs for a submission, whilst we're on the ground.
Yanar advances to half guard.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Yanar is working hard to pass the guard. He's done it - he's now in full mount! Trouble for Duch!
Duch has found himself in a tricky position here. He's been working his transitions in training so let's see if he can work his way out of it.
Duch is bucking up trying to escape but Yanar cracks him with another couple of good strikes.
Duch really trying hard to get back to half guard here.
Yanar landing strikes from the mount and Duch is in trouble!
Duch is looking to get to half guard.
Yanar working away from the top, dropping strikes.
The crowd growing excited in anticipation of a finish here! Right on cue, Yanar cracks his opponent with a massive right hand that draws loud cheers!
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Yanar scores with a couple of good head shots there.
Yanar takes a little breather and maintains the position. The referee will be looking for him to stay active from such a dominant position though.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Yanar pausing momentarily but resumes with a couple of decent strikes that do a bit of damage.
It looks like Ryszard Duch has been cut.
Yanar controlling from the full mount.
Yanar tries to control but Duch wriggling away.
Yanar lands a couple of good shots and Duch has given up his back, trying to escape the position!
Yanar scores with punches from the back.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Duch can't escape the position.
Duch keeps trying to improve his position.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Kendo Yanar dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Ryszard Duch's cut.
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 throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Yanar throws a body punch but Duch moves out of range.
Yanar throws a jab when Duch was well out of range.
Duch takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
Yanar closes the distance and looks for a trip takedown... aaaand he's got it - Yanar lands in his opponent's guard.
Duch has momentary wrist control but Yanar slips an elbow through the middle.
Yanar trying to control but Duch is working from the bottom.
Duch working from the bottom, still in full guard. He's managed to get a loose triangle. Yanar doesn't seem to be doing much to defend here, obviously he feels comfortable in the position. Oh but Duch is tightening it up a little... Yanar has to be careful here... He's got his foot tucked under now, this looks tight! Yanar reacted too slowly and this one could be over in a matter of seconds! YES! Yanar taps out! Nice BJJ there by Duch!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:58 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Triangle Choke). Ryszard Duch!
Ryszard Duch is the new middleweight champion!
Ryszard Duch spent the whole post fight interview bigging himself up. It didn't go down that well with the fans after a while as they thought it was a bit arrogant.
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energy
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hype
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pop
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