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Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Hillary Trump (ranked 457 p4p, 17 weight class) and Eksem Von Ketler (ranked 798 p4p, 35 weight class). Von Ketler has chosen Bonecracker- Shocore as his entrance music. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.
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149 lbs
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139 lbs
21 - 10 - 0 |
Great wrestler
World class boxer
Insanely flexible |
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Excellent grappler
World class boxer
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, in the bantamweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
15 - 8 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Hillary Trump!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
21 - 10 - 0, fighting out of New York, Eksem Von Ketler!
The judges for this bout are Fedor Mirinova, Vladimir Khabensky and Aleksandr Martynov.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Von Ketler looking for a takedown here - he's got it.
Von Ketler throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Trump works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Trump is doing well to control the posture of his opponent and prevent any damage.
Trump is trying to control the position but Von Ketler postures up.
Trump seems to have improved his submission grappling technique since last time we saw him. Let's see if he can pull off a submission.
Von Ketler throws a big right hand that misses.
Von Ketler postures up.
Trump is active off his back here, looking for submissions.
Trump utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Trump avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Von Ketler missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Von Ketler looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights.
Von Ketler thinks about going for a leg but decides against it, in order to maintain the position.
Von Ketler postures up in Trump's guard and throws a big left but Trump blocks it.
Von Ketler throws a big elbow that misses.
Von Ketler with a flurry of punches that miss.
Von Ketler in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Von Ketler is fighting to break Trump's control of his arms but Trump is doing a good job of controlling the position at the moment.
Trump is trying to control the position from the bottom.
Trump is throwing his legs up, looking for submissions. Von Ketler is aware though and is defending well.
Von Ketler throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Trump works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Von Ketler landing with the ground and pound.
Von Ketler is fighting to break Trump's control of his arms but Trump is doing a good job of controlling the position at the moment.
Trump has a loose triangle. He'll be looking to tighten that up but Von Ketler can see exactly what he's planning and manages to posture up and free himself.
Trump is looking for a guillotine. You can't force these things though and Von Ketler defends well.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Trump keeping moving, preventing Von Ketler from controlling successfully.
Von Ketler is sitting in guard, working some ground and pound.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Trump can't keep his opponent in guard - Von Ketler advances to half guard, no doubt looking to mount.
Trump moves his hips nicely and gets into full guard.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Von Ketler accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Trump keeping moving, preventing Von Ketler from controlling successfully.
Von Ketler drops back looking for a leg! Trump is in trouble here! The fighters roll with the hold and Trump manages to kick Von Ketler off! Von Ketler jumps back into Trump's guard.
Trump pulls Von Ketler in to control the position.
Von Ketler advances to half guard.
Von Ketler takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.
Von Ketler wants to take a breather but Trump is having none of it.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Trump is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
Trump is trying to maintain the position but Von Ketler is very close to passing his half guard.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Trump on the receiving end of some nice ground and pound.
Von Ketler is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.
Von Ketler looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Trump with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
Ground and pound from Von Ketler.
Von Ketler winds up and cracks Trump with a swinging punch to the side of the head.
Von Ketler missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
Von Ketler working the head and body with strikes.
Von Ketler lands with a punch from half guard.
Von Ketler is trying to work for a kimura but Trump is defending well.
Von Ketler throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
Nice strikes from Von Ketler there.
Von Ketler not landing any meaningful shots this time.
Von Ketler lands strikes from half guard.
Von Ketler is working for submissions here but there's nothing on.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Nice strikes from Von Ketler there.
Von Ketler thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Trump's head.
Trump wants to control but Von Ketler is keeping busy.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Trump wants to improve his position but Von Ketler is controlling well.
Von Ketler thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Trump's head.
Nice strikes from Von Ketler there.
Trump wants to get back to full guard.
Trump slips a foot under and gets full guard. Nice work.
Von Ketler scoring with punches to the head and body.
Von Ketler advances to half guard.
Trump is trying to maintain the position but Von Ketler is very close to passing his half guard.
Trump wants to get back to full guard.
Von Ketler landing with strikes to the body and head, softening up his opponent.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Eksem Von Ketler dominated that round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!
Von Ketler gets a double leg takedown into Trump's guard.
Trump wants to control but instead he gets his guard passed and Von Ketler is now in half guard.
Trump manages to get to full guard.
Von Ketler scoring with punches to the head and body.
Von Ketler scores with a decent looking elbow strike.
Trump trying to control the position.
Trump is really struggling to control Von Ketler but he's trying to hold on to the position.
Trump had isolated an arm as going for a kimura. Von Ketler defends it easily.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Trump working a defensive guard here.
Von Ketler scores with a decent looking elbow strike.
Von Ketler being controlled here momentarily.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Trump throws his legs up looking for a submission but Von Ketler uses it to pass to side control.
Von Ketler scoring with punches from side control.
Von Ketler wants to lay and pray for a moment but Trump keeps working.
Trump struggling a bit here.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Trump takes an elbow right on the bridge of the nose and winces in pain.
Von Ketler cracks Trump with a big elbow.
You can see the frustration on Trump's face, being in this tough position on the bottom.
Von Ketler has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Von Ketler wants to lay and pray for a moment but Trump keeps working.
Eksem Von Ketler has got the better of the ground game so far.
Trump takes a nasty elbow to the side of the head.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Trump is looking for a sweep.
Trump wants to control but Von Ketler postures up.
Von Ketler cracks Trump with an elbow. That is naaassty.
Trump takes a big shot right to the temple there but he's taken it well.
Von Ketler working the ground and pound.
Von Ketler is putting a hurting on Trump here, landing some big shots from side control.
Trump is positioning himself to get back to half guard.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Von Ketler trying to control the action but Trump is working from the bottom.
Trump sneaks back into half guard.
Von Ketler passes to side control.
Trump manages to work his way to half guard, despite Von Ketler's best efforts.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Von Ketler thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
Von Ketler looking to pass the half guard. Not this time.
Trump actively working from the bottom here.
Trump wants to control but Von Ketler is keeping busy.
Trump actively working from the bottom here.
Von Ketler is trying to control. Trump wants to improve his position but can't escape this time.
Trump tries to get to full guard but Von Ketler has control of the leg.
Trump on the receiving end of some nice ground and pound.
Trump trying to control but Von Ketler postures up.
Von Ketler drops an elbow to the side of Trump's head.
Von Ketler wants to work for an arm triangle but Trump is really keeping half guard well and defending the submission attempt.
Von Ketler scores with a couple of good hammerfists.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Trump has his hands clasped together around Von Ketler's back. He's all about the action.
Trump is looking to control Von Ketler's leg but it's slowly edging free. Can Trump avoid being mounted?
Trump is doing well to control the position and prevent Von Ketler from advancing to side control.
Von Ketler throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
Trump controlling the position for now.
Von Ketler thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
Von Ketler not landing any meaningful shots this time.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Von Ketler looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Trump with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
Trump is looking to sinch up a guillotine here but Von Ketler pulls his head out easily.
Von Ketler thows a huge punch but Trump dodges it nicely.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Eksem Von Ketler 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.
Trump gets taken down but at least he's managed to land in guard.
Von Ketler in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Trump escapes his hips to the side and looks to be working for an armbar. Von Ketler gives him a little smile and shakes his head. No chance.
Trump keeping moving, preventing Von Ketler from controlling successfully.
Trump has his foot on Von Ketler's thigh. He's trying to push off and get in position for a triangle, I think. Von Ketler works his way back into a safe position though.
Von Ketler loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Von Ketler slips effortlessly into side control - very nice.
Trump is looking for a sweep.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Von Ketler working away diligently from side control. Landing strikes effectively there - that will score him some points on the judges scorecards.
Trump is not content to let Von Ketler control the position.
Von Ketler tries for an arm triangle. That looks pretty tight to me. Is this one over!?! Possibly, maybe, no Von Ketler has let go of the choke. Obviously it wasn't as tight as we thought!
That's one minute gone in the round.
Von Ketler is putting a hurting on Trump here, landing some big shots from side control.
Trump is moving his hips around well on the bottom and has managed to get back to half guard.
Von Ketler seems to be looking for submissions.
Von Ketler seems very keen to just sit and control from half guard but Trump does not like that idea so much and is remaining active off his back.
Trump is looking to sinch up a guillotine here but Von Ketler pulls his head out easily.
Trump is pressing down on Von Ketler's left leg trying to get back to full guard. He's managed it.
Trump had isolated an arm as going for a kimura. Von Ketler defends it easily.
Trump is controlling Von Ketler's posture.
Von Ketler tries to free his leg and advance position but Trump is retaining full guard.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Trump trying to keep a closed guard but Von Ketler is proving a slippery customer.
Trump preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Von Ketler keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Trump's head.
Von Ketler throwing strikes from guard but Trump blocks nicely.
Von Ketler connects with a couple of short punches.
Von Ketler lands a couple of digs.
Trump is doing well to control the posture of his opponent and prevent any damage.
Trump working a defensive guard here.
Von Ketler advances to half guard.
Von Ketler scores with a couple of good hammerfists.
Trump is doing well to control the position and prevent Von Ketler from advancing to side control.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Von Ketler looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Trump with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
Trump wants to improve his position but Von Ketler is controlling well.
Trump keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Trump taking some punishment here, with Von Ketler in his half guard.
Nice strikes from Von Ketler there.
Trump won't allow Von Ketler to pass to mount.
Trump blocking the ground and pound attempt from Von Ketler.
Von Ketler thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
Von Ketler scores with a couple of good hammerfists.
Trump is looking to improve his position.
Von Ketler has freed up his trapped foot and advances to mount.
Von Ketler with the ground and pound from mount.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Trump sneaks a leg back under and regains half guard and is working straight away to try and get back to guard. He hasn't managed just yet though.
Von Ketler drops an elbow to the side of Trump's head.
The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. Von Ketler lands a nice short elbow.
Von Ketler has freed up his trapped foot and advances to mount.
Both fighters have adopted an aggressive gameplan on the ground!
This has been an exciting period of action!
Von Ketler scoring with some good ground and pound from mount here. Will he manage to finish Trump?
Von Ketler is working on an americana here. Ooh, that looks pretty nasty! Nope, Trump has managed to escape the submission attempt.
Trump is desperately trying to get back to half guard.
Von Ketler in mount throwing good strikes here, bouncing his opponent's head off the canvas.
Von Ketler lands a shot to the body, followed up by a shot to the exposed head of his trapped opponent.
Trump is writhing around trying to get back to his feet.
Trump takes a big shot to the head but keeps on trying to improve his position.
Trump is rocked!
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Eksem Von Ketler really dominated that round.
That's time! Trump's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.
Trump uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Von Ketler.
Hillary Trump is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Von Ketler throws a right hand that misses
letting Trump counter with a right hand.
Von Ketler throws a nice looking combination but Trump bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Von Ketler misses with a wild body shot.
Trump swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
Trump ducks under a wild hook from Von Ketler.
Von Ketler takes one on the chin but seems OK.
Trump throws the left hand but Von Ketler avoids the punch easily.
Von Ketler with a lazy takedown attempt
enabling Trump to counter with a crisp jab.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Von Ketler fails to land the takedown.
Trump is looking for a counter combo.
Von Ketler darts in trying to clinch
and Trump counters with a stiff right hand.
Hillary Trump is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Trump circles away from the clinch attempt.
Trump is looking to counter punch.
Von Ketler walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Trump checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
Trump takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
Trump throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Von Ketler wants to counter with a clinch but Trump pushes him away.
Von Ketler with a lazy takedown attempt
and Von Ketler takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Hillary Trump has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Eksem Von Ketler.
Von Ketler scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Von Ketler misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.
Trump uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Von Ketler.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Trump lands a really nice looking cross but Von Ketler seems unphased.
Von Ketler misses with a hook.
A little feinted left hand from Trump on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
Von Ketler connects with a body shot that sends Trump's belly button to the back.
Trump keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Von Ketler looks for a takedown but Trump sprawls well.
Trump throws a big counter combination but Von Ketler scrambles out of danger and avoids any damage.
A swing and a miss from Trump.
Von Ketler ducks under a wild hook from Trump.
Von Ketler lands with a shot to the body.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Trump keeps the fight on the outside.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Von Ketler lands with a nice body punch.
Trump gets caught napping as Von Ketler dives in and scores a takedown. Trump manages to retain guard.
Von Ketler distracts Trump with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.
Von Ketler with a flurry of punches that miss.
Trump throwing his legs up looking for a triangle.
Trump keeping moving, preventing Von Ketler from controlling successfully.
Trump throwing his legs up looking for a triangle.
Trump keeping moving, preventing Von Ketler from controlling successfully.
Trump has momentary wrist control but Von Ketler slips an elbow through the middle.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Trump is adopting a defensive guard.
Von Ketler throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Von Ketler with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.
Von Ketler content to strike from guard, landing some decent shots.
Trump looking for a guillotine here but Von Ketler defends easily.
Trump is trying to control the position but Von Ketler postures up.
Von Ketler lands a couple of decent looking shots.
Von Ketler with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.
Von Ketler slips effortlessly into side control - very nice.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Von Ketler lands a knee to the body and a forearm to the face.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Eksem Von Ketler dominated that fourth round.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action. This is the final round!
Von Ketler moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Trump showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Von Ketler.
The fight stays on the outside here - Von Ketler looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Trump is really head hunting here, hardly looking to strike to the body at all.
Von Ketler ducks under a wild hook from Trump.
Von Ketler throws a low kick, looking for Trump's leg but Trump calmly moves out of range.
Von Ketler closes the distance and clinches.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Trump misses with some punches.
Von Ketler has dropped down and is looking to force the takedown but it's defended by Trump after a bit of a struggle.
Von Ketler is leaning against Trump and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Trump avoids a wild elbow strike from Von Ketler.
Von Ketler lands with a left to the head.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Von Ketler lands an elbow inside that Trump shrugs off.
Trump blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Von Ketler misses with an elbow strike.
Von Ketler just leaning against Trump, taking a breather.
Von Ketler creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Trump's defenses.
Von Ketler blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Trump lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Trump lands with a right to the head.
Trump lands a body punch in the clinch.
Trump swings away with an uppercut that misses.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Von Ketler.
Trump throws a punch but it's blocked by Von Ketler.
Trump has a couple of punches blocked by Von Ketler.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as Von Ketler takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.
Von Ketler scores with a shot to the side of Trump's head.
Trump scores with a nice hook to the head.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Von Ketler blocks an uppercut.
A head punch on the inside from Trump fails to land.
Hillary Trump has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
That's two minutes gone in the round.
A head punch on the inside from Trump fails to land.
Trump working aggressively here.
Von Ketler misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Von Ketler blocks an uppercut.
Von Ketler lands a damaging elbow.
Von Ketler throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Von Ketler presses Trump against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Trump lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Trump's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Von Ketler doesn't manage to clinch there - Trump circles away.
Von Ketler throws a lazy right hand but Trump sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Trump swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
Von Ketler scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
Von Ketler pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Trump ducks under a wild hook from Von Ketler.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Trump circles away from the clinch attempt.
Von Ketler throws a combination that misses
and Trump counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Von Ketler throws a shot to the body.
Nice shot lands for Von Ketler.
Von Ketler throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around Trump's waist but Trump gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing Von Ketler off to one side.
Von Ketler has his takedown stuffed
and Trump counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Hillary Trump has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Eksem Von Ketler.
Trump stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Von Ketler.
Von Ketler goes for a double leg but Trump avoids the attempt and the two fighters end up clinched against the cage as Trump continues to drive forward.
A little feinted left hand from Trump on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
Trump needs to keep his hands up - Von Ketler had a free shot at his head there.
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from Von Ketler.
Eksem Von Ketler is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.
Eksem Von Ketler seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Von Ketler misses with a leg kick.
Von Ketler catches Trump with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
Von Ketler ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Von Ketler with a body punch. A glancing blow.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Trump's corner calls for a 1, 2 combination and Trump duly obliges.
Von Ketler scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!
Trump takes one to the side of the head.
Von Ketler throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Von Ketler closes the distance, clinches up and gets a nice trip takedown into side control. Very smooth.
And that's the end of the fight!
Eksem Von Ketler comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Von Ketler has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 5 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Fedor Mirinova scores the fight 45:50
Judge Vladimir Khabensky scores the fight 45:50
Judge Aleksandr Martynov scores the fight 45:50
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Eksem Von Ketler!
Eksem Von Ketler managed to slip a mention for his sponsors, Sin City Allstars, into his post fight interview.
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