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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Van Damme (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jack Fall (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Damme comes to the cage accompanied by Fight to Survive. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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185 lbs
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Good wrestling
World class boxer
Insanely flexible |
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BJJ Red Belt
World class boxer
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
27 - 12 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Van Damme!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
17 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Jack Fall!
The judges for this bout are Don Winkell, Timothy Bukovac and Frank Antenori.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Fall misses with a hook
and Damme counters with a nice uppercut.
Damme feints and then cracks Fall's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Fall down.
Damme scores with a leg kick.
Fall looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Damme is fending him off so far but Fall persists. Nope, Damme circles away and we're back to standing.
Fall swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
A lazy left from Fall finds it's target.
Damme scores with a leg kick.
Good exchange - Fall coming out on top.
Fall scores with a nice strike.
Fall shoots in for a takedown! He's got it and he's managed to land in side control! That's better than Fall was expecting from the takedown attempt, I'm sure!
The referee claps his hands together and tells the fighters to work.
Damme is trying to get back to his feet.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Damme is not content to let Fall control the position.
Damme wants to get back to his feet but Fall drags him back down.
Fall is trying to get an arm triangle but Damme is defending well.
Fall tries for an arm triangle. That looks pretty tight to me. Is this one over!?! Possibly, maybe, no Fall has let go of the choke. Obviously it wasn't as tight as we thought!
Fall wants to work for a kimura but he's foiled early by Damme, who protects the arm well.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Damme is not content to let Fall control the position.
Fall is looking for a kimura. He might have it! No, Damme has escaped the position, nice work there.
Damme is looking to work his way out of this bad position but Fall is controlling him well.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Fall tries to advance to mount but Damme denies him.
Fall wants to control but Damme is keeping him busy.
Fall misses with the ground and pound.
Damme is looking to work his way out of this bad position but Fall is controlling him well.
Fall working hard here to secure a kimura but he's not really in the right position for it.
Damme wants to get back to his feet.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Fall landing with strikes to the head and body from side control.
Fall is trying to land an Americana. He has the arm isolated but Damme is keeping cool and he's avoided the danger for now.
The fighters are starting to get a bit slippery now, which will make submissions a bit more difficult.
Fall working hard here to secure a kimura but he's not really in the right position for it.
Damme explodes and escapes back to his feet! Nice escape there!
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
A thudding body kick lands there by Damme!
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Jack Fall dominated that round.
That's time! Back to the action!
Damme scores with a jab to the jaw.
Damme takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
Fall checks a leg kick nicely.
Fall shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has Damme pinned against the cage. Damme gets the underhooks and manages to circle away.
Damme misses with an uppercut.
Fall shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has Damme pinned against the cage. Damme gets the underhooks and manages to circle away.
Fall looks for a takedown. He's got it. We're now in half guard.
Damme wants to get back to his feet.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Fall is trying a forearm choke… I don't think that's going to do much at this level of the game.
Fall missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
Damme on the receiving end of some nice ground and pound.
Fall wants to take a breather but Damme is having none of it.
Fall might have to switch it up a bit here because his efforts to control Damme haven't been going to plan, at least at the current moment in time.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Fall is trying a forearm choke… I don't think that's going to do much at this level of the game.
Fall is trying to work for a kimura but Damme is defending well.
Fall is working for submissions here but there's nothing on.
Damme is looking to escape.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Fall is figuring out what he wants to do next.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Fall is looking to pass Damme's guard but actually Damme recovers to full guard.
Fall postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Damme working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Fall.
Fall stands and throws Damme's legs to the side, diving into side control.
Fall is looking to take a break and control but Damme is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Fall slows the pace down.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Fall goes for an armbar! This could be all over! Wait, no, Damme rolls with the submission and now he's on top in Fall's guard! Nice work there by Damme!
Fall tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Fall is doing well to control the posture of his opponent and prevent any damage.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Damme wants to get up but he can't break Fall's closed guard. He needs to be careful trying to break the legs open, as he's open to submissions here.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Jack Fall showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action. So, we enter the final round. Let's see if either fighter can bring us a finish, or whether we're going to the judges scorecards.
Fall ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Fall looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Damme connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Damme slips a jab from Fall.
Fall shoots in but no luck this time.
Damme connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Damme bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Fall's head backwards.
Fall takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
Damme pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Damme lands with an overhand left.
Damme gets caught napping as Fall dives in and scores a takedown. Damme manages to retain guard.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Fall postures up in Damme's guard and throws a big left but Damme blocks it.
Damme keeping moving, preventing Fall from controlling successfully.
Damme wants to stand up but Fall is controlling him.
Fall trying to control the position from guard on top but Damme is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Jack Fall has forced the referee to step in and restart the fight on the feet.
Fall takes a swing at Damme's ribcage but misses.
Fall scores with a body shot.
Damme throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Fall sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Damme throws a combination that misses
and Fall counters with a nice double leg into side control. Damme won't be happy with that.
Fall trying to control the position but Damme is working away.
Damme wants to get back to his feet.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Fall scoring with punches and elbows.
Fall lands a few punches from side control.
Jack Fall has got the better of the ground game so far.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Fall is trying to get an arm triangle but Damme is defending well.
Fall tries for a kimura. Not really close to a finish though.
Van Damme has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Fall is working for what looks like an arm triangle here. Damme is trying to escape and Fall transitions quickly into an armbar! He's slapped it on tight and Damme is forced to tap! Nice work there by Fall! Very nice indeed!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:47 of round 3, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Jack Fall!
After the fight, Jack Fall 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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