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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Dirk Diggler (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Erick Rootmans (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Diggler's entrance music is acdc back in black. A fine choice. Rootmans has chosen Busta Rhymes - Put your hands where my eyes can see as his entrance music, which hasn't gone down very well with the crowd. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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200 lbs
16 - 14 - 0 |
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202 lbs
6 - 3 - 0 |
BJJ Brown Belt
Excellent MT
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BJJ Purple Belt
Dangerous knees
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 1 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
16 - 14 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Dirk Diggler!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
6 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Erick Rootmans!
The judges for this bout are Daniel Franklin, George Francis and Frank Dennis.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Diggler misses with a lunging right hand
and Rootmans counters by moving into the clinch. Good anticipation by Rootmans.
Rootmans misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Diggler.
Rootmans using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Diggler has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Diggler putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Rootmans in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
Rootmans landing knees to the head.
Diggler using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Rootmans has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Rootmans misses with a knee to the head.
Diggler tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Rootmans avoids it.
Rootmans's corner are urging him to control the action in the clinch for a moment, rather than mount any serious offense. I'm sure the crowd appreciate those instructions... not.
Rootmans landing knees to the head.
Rootmans is clearly stalling here... Pick up the pace son.
Diggler tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Diggler trying to land knees to the body.
Rootmans is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the ropes.
Diggler throws an elbow that misses.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Diggler with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Rootmans looking to stall.
Rootmans tries to land a knee to the head but Diggler blocks with his arms.
Diggler is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Rootmans is defending well for now.
Rootmans tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Diggler avoids it.
Rootmans connects with a knee to the head.
Diggler throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Rootmans looking to throw knees to the head but Diggler is blocking nicely.
Rootmans with a knee to the head.
Rootmans landing knees to the body.
Diggler with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Rootmans misses with a knee strike.
Rootmans tries a knee to the head but Diggler blocks it.
Rootmans tries to land a knee to the head but Diggler blocks with his arms.
Diggler misses with a knee strike.
Diggler misses with a knee to the head.
Diggler's corner are urging him to control the action in the clinch for a moment, rather than mount any serious offense. I'm sure the crowd appreciate those instructions... not.
Rootmans on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Rootmans connects with a knee to the head.
Diggler using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Rootmans has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Rootmans tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Diggler tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Rootmans avoids it.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Diggler is trying to stall.
Rootmans on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Rootmans throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Diggler blocks it with crossed arms.
Rootmans with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Diggler tries to land a knee to the head but Rootmans blocks with his arms.
Rootmans scores with a knee to the head.
Rootmans with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Diggler is rocked!
Rootmans tries to land a knee to the head but Diggler blocks with his arms.
Oh Diggler is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Rootmans tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Rootmans throws a knee to the head but misses.
Rootmans tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Rootmans tries a knee to the head but Diggler blocks it.
Rootmans misses with a knee to the head.
Rootmans looks winded!
Rootmans using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Diggler has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Rootmans throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Diggler blocks it with crossed arms.
Rootmans misses with a knee to the head.
Diggler tries a knee to the head but Rootmans blocks it.
Rootmans with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Rootmans looking to throw knees to the head but Diggler is blocking nicely.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Rootmans avoids a wild elbow strike from Diggler.
Rootmans managing to block the knees to the body from Diggler.
Diggler tries to land knees in the clinch but Rootmans avoids the damage to the body.
Rootmans using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Diggler has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Diggler is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Rootmans is keeping busy.
Rootmans using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Diggler has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Rootmans with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Rootmans on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Rootmans blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Diggler with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Rootmans tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Rootmans tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Rootmans dodges an elbow strike from Diggler.
Diggler seems to have got his legs back now.
Rootmans throws a knee to the head but misses.
Diggler missing with knees to the body.
Diggler throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Rootmans blocks it with crossed arms.
Rootmans is stalling here.
Diggler misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Rootmans.
With the two fighters working up against the ropes, Diggler just misses with a elbow thrown towards Rootmans's brow.
Diggler lands a good knee to the midsection. Rootmans won't want to take too many of those.
Rootmans utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Diggler missing with knees to the body.
Diggler creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Diggler blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Diggler pushes off an throws an elbow but Rootmans leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the ropes.
Rootmans looking to throw knees to the head but Diggler is blocking nicely.
Rootmans avoiding damage as Diggler throws knees to the body.
Diggler tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Rootmans avoids it.
A knee to the head by Rootmans.
Diggler trying to land knees to the body.
Rootmans blocks the elbow strike.
Rootmans wants to stall.
Rootmans lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Knees in the clinch landing for Rootmans.
Rootmans avoids the elbow strike from Diggler, against the ropes.
Diggler trying to land knees to the body.
Rootmans missing with knees to the body.
Diggler throws a knee to the head but misses.
Rootmans using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Diggler has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
That's five minutes gone in the round.
Diggler misses with an elbow strike.
Rootmans tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Diggler tries to land knees in the clinch but Rootmans avoids the damage to the body.
Rootmans throws a knee to the head but misses.
Rootmans lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Diggler misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Rootmans.
Diggler tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Rootmans blocks an elbow strike.
Rootmans connects with a nasty looking knee right to Diggler's face.
Rootmans tries a knee to the head but Diggler blocks it.
Rootmans using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Diggler landing knees to the body.
Diggler utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Rootmans with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Diggler looking to throw knees to the head but Rootmans is blocking nicely.
Rootmans looking to throw knees to the head but Diggler is blocking nicely.
Diggler throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
That's six minutes gone in the round.
Rootmans throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Diggler blocks it with crossed arms.
Diggler with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Diggler blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Rootmans managing to block the knees to the body from Diggler.
Knees to the body from Rootmans.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Rootmans with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Rootmans throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Diggler blocks it with crossed arms.
Diggler lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Rootmans using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Diggler has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Rootmans misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Diggler.
Diggler tries to land knees in the clinch but Rootmans avoids the damage to the body.
Rootmans with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Rootmans on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
With the two fighters working up against the ropes, Diggler just misses with a elbow thrown towards Rootmans's brow.
Diggler tries to land knees in the clinch but Rootmans avoids the damage to the body.
A knee to the head by Rootmans.
Diggler looks to throw an elbow but misses.
That's seven minutes gone in the round.
Rootmans blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Diggler with a knee to the head.
Rootmans with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Diggler avoiding damage as Rootmans throws knees to the body.
Diggler crunches a lovely knee into Rootmans's ribcage.
Rootmans misses with a knee to the head.
Rootmans dodges an elbow strike from Diggler.
Diggler throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Rootmans tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Rootmans looking to throw knees to the head but Diggler is blocking nicely.
Rootmans misses with a knee strike.
Rootmans with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Rootmans throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Diggler blocks it with crossed arms.
Rootmans tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Diggler connects with a knee to the head.
Diggler creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Rootmans's defenses.
The two fighters are working to gain dominance in the clinch.
That's eight minutes gone in the round.
Rootmans avoiding damage as Diggler throws knees to the body.
Diggler on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Rootmans on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Diggler trying to land knees to the body.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Rootmans tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Diggler avoiding damage as Rootmans throws knees to the body.
Diggler landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Diggler using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Rootmans has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Diggler missing with knees to the body.
Rootmans misses with a knee to the head.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Diggler.
Rootmans misses with a knee strike.
Diggler tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Rootmans avoids it.
Rootmans misses with a knee strike.
Diggler tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Rootmans avoids it.
Diggler tries to land knees in the clinch but Rootmans avoids the damage to the body.
Rootmans putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Diggler in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
That's nine minutes gone in the round.
Diggler lands a good knee to the midsection. Rootmans won't want to take too many of those.
Diggler comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Diggler missing with knees to the body.
Diggler putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Rootmans in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Rootmans tries to land knees in the clinch but Diggler avoids the damage to the body.
Diggler tries to land knees in the clinch but Rootmans avoids the damage to the body.
Diggler misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Rootmans.
Diggler trying to land knees to the body.
Rootmans lands a knee to the head.
Rootmans is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Diggler is keeping busy.
Diggler throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Diggler avoiding damage as Rootmans throws knees to the body.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Rootmans scores with a knee to the head.
Rootmans tries a knee to the head but Diggler blocks it.
Rootmans misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Diggler.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Diggler using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Rootmans has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
And that's the end of the fight!
I would just about give that final round to Erick Rootmans.
I think Rootmans has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1 round of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Daniel Franklin scores the fight for Erick Rootmans!
Judge George Francis scores the fight for Erick Rootmans!
Judge Frank Dennis scores the fight for Erick Rootmans!
Erick Rootmans wins by unanimous decision!
In his post fight interview, Erick Rootmans started talking himself up. Luckily his charisma kept the crowd on side and gave him a good reception.
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