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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Wendel Clark (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Manolito Damhuis (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Clark comes to the cage accompanied by Funeral Hymn - Exodus. Rumors backstage are that the fighters have been paid to keep it standing but we know that would never happen in MMA!
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200 lbs
11 - 2 - 0 |
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182 lbs
9 - 3 - 0 |
Good wrestling
Lethal high kicks
Insanely flexible |
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Good wrestler
Excellent MT
Granite chin |
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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
11 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Wendel Clark!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
9 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Manolito Damhuis!
The judges for this bout are Ben Zyskovitsi, Arvi Lind and Matti Vanhoillinen.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Damhuis throws a shot from downtown. Clark moves away and avoids it.
Damhuis is looking to slow Clark down with leg kicks.
Damhuis throws out a powerful jab.
Damhuis throws a poor cross that misses
and Clark counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Damhuis shoots in and scores a nice double leg takedown into half guard.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Clark tries to roll over but Damhuis keeps him under control.
Clark is working hard here to advance position.
Clark has hold of Damhuis's hands but Damhuis slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Clark wants to control but Damhuis is keeping busy.
Clark is looking to improve his position.
Clark is not content to let Damhuis control the position.
We could do with one of the fighters taking the initiative a bit more on the ground - they're both waiting to capitalize on a mistake.
Damhuis throws a strike but Clark avoids it easily and moves to full guard.
Clark is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.
Clark is looking for a kimura but he's never going to get it from there.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Damhuis wants to get back to full guard.
Damhuis won't allow Clark to pass to mount.
Damhuis wants to control but Clark is keeping busy and won't allow it.
Damhuis tries to roll over but Clark keeps him under control.
Damhuis trying to control here.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Clark is working for a kimura but Damhuis is defending it quite comfortably.
Damhuis is trying to control but can't.
Clark works his way into full mount!
The fighters are starting to get a bit slippery now, which will make submissions a bit more difficult.
Clark landing strikes, looking to finish!
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Damhuis can't escape the position.
Clark trying to control but he's not successful this time.
Damhuis keeping his composure momentarily, calmly looking to get back to half guard.
Damhuis prevents Clark from taking his back.
Damhuis keeping his composure momentarily, calmly looking to get back to half guard.
Damhuis is in a horrible position here, under a barrage of strikes, he's managing to avoid any damage.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Poor strikes thrown by Clark there. More accuracy and less frantic strikes would help!
Clark swings around for an armbar but it's a sloppy attempt and Damhuis is now in Clark's guard. A big mistake from Clark there, giving up the dominant position!
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close round but I would say that Wendel Clark will probably get the nod.
That's time! Back to the action!
Damhuis scores with a jab. Clark acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
Damhuis connects with a leg kick. Clark looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
Damhuis listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Damhuis throws a head kick that misses.
Damhuis cracks Clark with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
Damhuis throws a quick inside leg kick.
Damhuis avoids the body shot from Clark.
Clark throws a jab but it's blocked by Damhuis.
Clark buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Clark misses the jab.
Damhuis goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Some bone on bone action there as Damhuis checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
Damhuis throws a lazy uppercut
and Clark counters with a low kick, right behind Damhuis 's knee.
Manolito Damhuis seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Clark fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Clark takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Damhuis connects with a high kick.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Damhuis throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Clark.
Damhuis is looking to land body kicks.
Clark takes a swing at Damhuis's ribcage but misses.
Damhuis avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Damhuis lands a nice looking body shot.
Clark feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Damhuis's calf.
Damhuis pushes Clark away with a front kick.
Damhuis tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Damhuis bobs and weaves and then throws a good body kick.
Damhuis misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.
A quick step to the side and Clark tries to counter with a shot to the body but it doesn't connect.
Damhuis connects with a good right hand that stumbles Clark. Clark circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
Donk. Clark catches Damhuis right on the button with a cross.
Damhuis tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Clark was well out of range. Poor timing from Damhuis.
Damhuis throws a hook but Clark avoids it easily.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Damhuis looks for the body kick but Clark saw that one coming.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Damhuis fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Clark.
Damhuis thuds a mid kick into his opponent's body. That will wear on Clark if he has to take too many more of those.
Clark stuffs the takedown.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Damhuis.
Damhuis tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Damhuis throws a head kick that Clark semi-blocks.
Clark clinches up with Damhuis and pushes him back against the cage.
A right hand to the body from Clark.
Damhuis looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
A hook to the body from Damhuis.
Clark misses with some punches.
Damhuis blocks a body shot from Clark.
Clark lands a right hand that snaps the head of Damhuis backwards.
Damhuis lands a body punch.
Damhuis tries to throw a body punch but Clark avoids it by throwing Damhuis back against the cage.
Damhuis lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Damhuis doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Damhuis tries a body shot but Clark blocks it.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Damhuis lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Clark works on Damhuis's body with a couple of short punches.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Clark.
Clark pushes Damhuis back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Damhuis is breathing heavily.
Clark softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Clark misses with a punch to the body.
Damhuis tries to score a body lock takedown but Clark shows good agility there to stay on his feet.
Wendel Clark has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Manolito Damhuis.
Clark softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Damhuis breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Clark throws a leg kick but Damhuis checks it.
A jab from Clark does it's job there.
Damhuis tries to bum rush Clark with a series of wild strikes but Clark uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Clark tries to clinch but Damhuis is having none of it.
Clark goes for a double leg but Damhuis avoids the attempt and the two fighters end up clinched against the cage as Damhuis continues to drive forward.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Clark lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Damhuis throws a leg kick that is checked
and Clark connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Damhuis changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Clark moves into the clinch successfully.
Damhuis blocking some punches.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Damhuis.
Clark misses with a hook to the ribs.
Clark misses with a hook to the ribs.
Wendel Clark has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Clark misses with a shot to the kidneys.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Damhuis.
Clark swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Clark prevents a body shot from Damhuis.
Clark blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Damhuis stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Damhuis stalls.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Damhuis tries a body shot but Clark blocks it.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Manolito Damhuis showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action! The crowd applaud as we get ready to start the final round!
Clark throws a looping overhand right but Damhuis ducks down to avoid it.
Damhuis is definitely looking for the counter takedowns here.
Clark lands with a thumping leg kick.
A jab from Clark finds it's way through Damhuis's defenses.
Damhuis throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
That's a knee to de groin and it's over and out! Clark crumples to the ground after an illegal strike from Damhuis - the referee stops the clock and Clark gets 5 minutes to recover from that one. "I'm sorry" says Damhuis. Clark manages to get back to his feet and the fight resumes.
Clark is looking for a takedown here. He's shot in and has managed to get it, finishing up in Damhuis's half guard.
Damhuis trying to control but Clark postures up.
Damhuis is defending against the submission attempts here by Clark.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Clark working to pass to mount. He's got his hand pressing down on Damhuis's thigh. Damhuis counters though and makes it back to full guard.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Clark passes easily into side control. Nice work.
Clark is trying to get an arm triangle but Damhuis is defending well.
Clark is looking to take a break and control but Damhuis is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Clark thinks about going for a far side armbar but bails out and retains the dominant position instead.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Neither fighter has done anything of merit for a good minute or two here and the crowd are not happy about it.
Clark tries for a kimura. Not really close to a finish though.
Damhuis is looking to regain half guard here but Clark keeps moving and retains side control.
Clark working the ground and pound but Damhuis is defending the strikes.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Clark in side control, trying to ground and pound but not landing this time.
Clark goes for an armbar! This could be all over! Wait, no, Damhuis rolls with the submission and now he's on top in Clark's guard! Nice work there by Damhuis!
Damhuis scores with a decent looking elbow strike.
Damhuis stands up over Clark, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head.
Damhuis tries to free his leg and advance position but Clark is retaining full guard.
Clark not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
Damhuis scoring with some ground and pound.
Damhuis postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
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.
Damhuis trying to control but Clark is working from the bottom.
Damhuis throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
The referee has decided to stand the fighters back up, so we'll restart on the feet.
Damhuis lands a nice looking body kick.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Clark looks to score with a jab to the body but Damhuis is just out of range.
Damhuis changes levels for a counter takedown but doesn't follow through with his attempt.
Damhuis checks a leg kick.
Clark lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
And that's the end of the fight!
Wendel Clark showed his dominance in that final round.
I think Clark has won this one but let's see what the judges have to say. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Ben Zyskovitsi scores the fight 29:28
Judge Arvi Lind scores the fight 29:28
Judge Matti Vanhoillinen scores the fight 29:28
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Wendel Clark!
A relieved looking Wendel Clark thanked the fans for their support and gave the usual line about them being amazing. They seemed to believe that he actually meant it.
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hype
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