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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Elvis Astrok (ranked 7323 p4p, 0 weight class) and Bert Starius (ranked 3825 p4p, 0 weight class). Bert Starius acknowledges the crowd's support as he enters the cage.
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230 lbs
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Good wrestling
World class boxer
Insanely flexible |
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World class boxer
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
13 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Elvis Astrok!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
18 - 9 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Bert Starius!
The judges for this bout are Saam Ante, Paulsen Ambrosius and Paul Aken.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Astrok moves into the clinch.
Astrok throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Stariuss head.
Astrok digs a right hand into Starius's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Starius's gas tank.
Astrok lands a left hand that snaps the head of Starius backwards.
Astrok blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Starius misses with a body punch.
Astrok is trying to push Starius away but Starius has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Astrok.
Astrok presses Starius against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Starius working aggressively here.
Astrok blocking some punches.
Astrok scores with a nice hook to the head.
Starius misses with a punch on the inside.
Starius has a couple of punches blocked by Astrok.
Astrok breaks from the clinch.
Starius misses with a hook
and Astrok counters by clinching up.
Starius works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Astrok lands with a right to the head.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Astrok scores with a hook to the body.
Astrok breaks the clinch.
Astrok takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Starius misses with an uppercut.
Astrok uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Starius.
Starius takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
Starius is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Astrok throws a nice outside leg kick.
Astrok throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Starius.
Astrok throws a series of punches but Starius moves out of range.
Astrok with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Good standup being displayed there by Astrok as he connects with a hook.
Elvis Astrok seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
A swing and a miss from Starius.
Astrok drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
Starius jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Astrok throwing a counter right hand but Starius manages to avoid it.
Astrok slips under a jab.
Starius just misses with a punch to the body.
Astrok seems to be moving with more speed, compared to his last bout. He must have been working on that in the gym.
Astrok fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Starius checks it well.
Starius swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Starius tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Astrok was well out of range. Poor timing from Starius.
Starius throws a jab when Astrok was well out of range.
Starius is really struggling to land any decent head shots against his taller opponent.
Astrok fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Starius manages to avoid it.
Starius takes a kick to the body and keeps moving.
Starius throws a hook to the side of Astrok's head but Astrok sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Astrok scores with a body shot.
Astrok works the jab nicely.
A big left from Starius misses.
Starius rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Astrok moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Astrok is looking for a counter combo.
Astrok on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
Starius takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Starius misses the jab.
Astrok fires out a quick counter leg kick but Starius just manages to avoid it.
Astrok dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Starius. That did some damage!
Astrok misses the shot to the body.
Astrok blocks a jab.
Astrok swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
Starius throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Astrok.
Astrok rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Starius moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Starius misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Astrok.
Astrok cracks a nice hook into Starius's ribs.
Starius tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Astrok paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Astrok jinks towards his opponent looking like he wants to counter with a mid kick but doesn't commit.
Astrok tries a head kick but it misses.
Starius let fly with a counter punch to the body but it didn't land.
Astrok is using his height advantage well here, landing a good percentage of his punches.
Astrok shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Starius misses with a straight left.
Starius throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Astrok gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Astrok just misses with a elbow thrown towards Starius's brow.
Starius swings wildly with an uppercut but Astrok uses good head movement to avoid it.
Starius tries a body shot but Astrok blocks it.
Astrok swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Astrok creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Astrok softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Astrok makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Starius throws a head punch that misses.
Astrok scores with an uppercut up the middle.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Astrok wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Astrok scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Starius fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Starius fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Astrok lands with a left to the head.
Astrok escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
A punch lands to the side of Starius 's head but he takes it in his stride.
Astrok pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Astrok getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
That's a knee to de groin and it's over and out! Starius crumples to the ground after an illegal strike from Astrok - the referee stops the clock and Starius gets 5 minutes to recover from that one. "I'm sorry" says Astrok. Starius manages to get back to his feet and the fight resumes.
Astrok gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Starius lands with a left to the head.
With the fighters up against the cage, Astrok throws an elbow but misses.
Astrok throws an elbow but it misses.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Starius tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Astrok throws a head punch that misses.
Astrok looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Astrok lands a hook that snaps the head of Starius backwards.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Elvis Astrok dominated that round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.
Starius throws a shot from downtown. Astrok moves away and avoids it.
Astrok takes a shot to the body in his stride.
The fight moves into the clinch position.
Astrok breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Astrok circles away from the clinch attempt.
Starius avoids a kick to the body.
Astrok feints and then cracks Starius's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Starius down.
Astrok tries to move into range but Starius moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
We are yet to see a takedown attempt from Starius in the fight. On paper you would think he is the more dominant ground fighter so let's see if these unusual tactics pay off.
Astrok lands a nice leg kick that just misses Starius's sensitive parts.
Astrok bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Starius's head backwards.
Astrok keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Starius.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Starius misses the shot to the body.
Astrok misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Starius.
Astrok moves into range and lands a nice body kick.
Astrok is using his reach advantage well here, landing the more effective single shots from range.
Starius changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Bert Starius is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Starius misses with a jab, cross combination.
Astrok keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Starius.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Starius rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Astrok counters with a crisp one two that drops Starius! Astrok thinks about following him to the mat for a moment but instead steps back and waves Starius to his feet! Starius is in big trouble!
Astrok throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
A lazy left from Astrok finds it's target.
Starius is rocked!
Astrok explodes with a nice body kick and back out of range. Nice work.
Starius is still on wobbly legs! Can Astrok finish him?
Starius is breathing heavily.
Astrok connects with a solid leg kick.
Astrok connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
Astrok scores with a kick to the midsection.
Astrok lands with a massive overhand right! Stick a fork in Starius - he's out cold! Ermm... I think I just mixed my metaphors but yeah... That was a nice KO! Big win for Astrok!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:26 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Elvis Astrok!
Elvis Astrok bigged himself up after the win. The crowd seemed to love it.
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RATING
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