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Undercard bout
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Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Anthony Pettis (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Peter Stinkstra (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.
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161 lbs
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165 lbs
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BJJ White Belt
Solid Muay Thai
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Anthony Pettis!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Peter Stinkstra!
The judges for this bout are Paul Aken, Nard Betker and Saam Ante.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Pettis.
Stinkstra moves into range and lands a nice body kick.
Stinkstra throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Stinkstra avoids the head kick by Pettis.
Pettis explodes with a nice body kick and back out of range. Nice work.
Stinkstra looks gassed!
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Stinkstra pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Stinkstra blocks a head kick by Pettis.
Stinkstra tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. Pettis manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Pettis moves into range and lands a nice body kick.
Pettis misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Pettis turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Pettis lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Pettis pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Pettis scores with a nice body kick.
The fighters circle, before Pettis throws a beautiful high kick that crashes into Stinkstra's neck, sending him stumbling to the floor! Pettis lands more strikes and forces a referee stoppage! That one ended in an instant!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:55 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Kick & Punches). Anthony Pettis!
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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Barry Weiss (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Harry Jack (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Weiss kept the crowd waiting but all that was forgotten when his ring entrance music started. The incomparable musical genius that is Beastie Boys - Make Some Noise. Barry Weiss has a significant reach advantage - let's see if he can make it count.
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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
3 - 2 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Barry Weiss!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
5 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Harry Jack!
The judges for this bout are Paul Aken, Albert Achterberg and Daniel Blasius.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Jack throws a sloppy head kick and Weiss moves out of range easily.
Jack tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Jack moves into the clinch.
Jack throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Weiss blocks it with crossed arms.
Jack lands an elbow that stopped Weiss in his tracks for a moment.
Weiss throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Jack blocks it with crossed arms.
Weiss swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Weiss landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Weiss avoids the elbow strike from Jack, against the cage.
Jack lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Jack pushes off an throws an elbow but Weiss leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Weiss managing to block the knees to the body from Jack.
Weiss lands a hook to the side of the head.
Weiss avoids the elbow strike from Jack, against the cage.
Jack with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Jack looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Jack looking to throw knees to the head but Weiss is blocking nicely.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Jack tries to land knees in the clinch but Weiss avoids the damage to the body.
Weiss lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Jack lands an elbow inside.
Weiss blocks the elbow strike.
Jack throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Weiss blocks it with crossed arms.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Jack throws an elbow that misses.
Jack with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Jack lands an elbow inside.
Jack lands an elbow inside.
Jack looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Weiss tries to work over Jack's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Weiss avoids a wild elbow strike from Jack.
Jack comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Weiss lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Jack backwards.
Weiss pushes Jack back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Jack lands a knee to the head.
Jack creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Jack with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Weiss pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Jack tries to clinch but Weiss is having none of it.
Harry Jack seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Jack misses with a low kick.
Jack tries to close the distance and clinch but Weiss swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Jack wants to clinch but Weiss slips to the side
and Weiss counters with a series of strikes. Jack will be more careful next time no doubt.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Weiss avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Weiss looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Jack throws a half hearted mid kick.
Weiss connects with an inside leg kick.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Jack is looking to clinch.
A decent looking body kick lands there for Weiss.
Jack tries to clinch up
and Weiss counters with a good, hard body kick but Jack shrugs it off.
Weiss scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
Jack is looking to clinch.
Weiss connects with a looping right hand.
Weiss scores with a nice body kick.
Jack is looking to clinch but Weiss is avoiding it.
Jack tries to clinch but Weiss moves away
and Weiss counters with a nice body kick.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Jack moves in looking to clinch but Weiss pushes him off.
Jack tries to clinch up but Weiss circles away and keeps his distance.
Weiss lands a glancing blow to the side of Jack's head.
Weiss is using his reach advantage well here, landing the more effective single shots from range.
Jack tries to clinch
and Weiss counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Jack thinking.
Weiss cracks the inside of Jack's front leg.
Jack tries to close the distance and clinch but Weiss swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Jack wants to clinch.
Jack takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
Jack fails in his attempt to clinch.
Weiss misses with a wild combination.
Weiss circles away from the clinch attempt
and Weiss counters with a lovely straight right hand!
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Weiss scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Jack fails with an attempt to clinch.
Jack tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Weiss paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Weiss takes a nasty kick to the mid section... That should keep him thinking. Does he try and block and risk a head kick landing?
Weiss misses with the combination.
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!
Jack tries to clinch but Weiss is having none of it.
Jack moves into the clinch successfully.
Jack with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Jack throws an elbow that misses.
Weiss blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Weiss doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Jack pushes off an throws an elbow but Weiss leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Weiss misses with the head strike.
Jack blocking some punches.
Weiss avoids the elbow strike from Jack, against the cage.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close round but Harry Jack will probably get the nod.
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.
A head kick by Jack misses
and Weiss counters with a body kick.
The fight stays on the outside here - Jack looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Jack tries to close the distance and clinch but Weiss swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Weiss circles away from the clinch attempt.
Jack throws a sloppy head kick
and Weiss counters with a nice body shot.
Jack darts in trying to clinch
and Weiss counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Jack tries to clinch up but Weiss circles away and keeps his distance.
Jack closes the distance looking to clinch
and Weiss counters with a one-two to the body.
Jack wants to clinch up but Weiss keeps it at a distance.
That's a knee to de groin and it's over and out! Jack crumples to the ground after an illegal strike from Weiss - the referee stops the clock and Jack gets 5 minutes to recover from that one. "I'm sorry" says Weiss. Jack manages to get back to his feet and the fight resumes.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Nice shot by Weiss.
Jack gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Weiss manages to break the clinch.
Jack wants to clinch
and Weiss finishes the little exchange by landing a big kick to the body.
Jack has developed a nice purple lump on his ribcage, as a result of some heavy body kicks from Weiss.
Jack tries to clinch but Weiss is having none of it.
Weiss is using his height advantage well here, landing a good percentage of his punches.
A jab lands there for Weiss.
Jack wants to land a leg kick but Weiss is out of range.
Weiss buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Jack darts in trying to clinch
and Weiss counters with a thumping low kick.
Jack clinches up with Weiss and pushes him back against the cage.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Jack just misses with a elbow thrown towards Weiss's brow.
Jack misses with a knee strike.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Jack is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Weiss is defending well for now.
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!
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Jack just misses with a elbow thrown towards Weiss's brow.
Jack tries to land a knee to the head but Weiss blocks with his arms.
Jack misses with an elbow over the top.
Weiss softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
It looks like Harry Jack has been cut.
Weiss pushes Jack back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Jack is breathing heavily.
Jack using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Weiss has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Jack keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Weiss's efforts to push away.
Jack takes a knee right on the jaw!
A quick uppercut on the inside from Weiss.
Jack working Weiss over with knees to the body.
With the fighters up against the cage, Jack throws an elbow but misses.
Jack with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Jack blocks a body shot from Weiss.
Weiss on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Jack creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Weiss wants to break the clinch but can't.
Jack gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Weiss has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Jack blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Jack looking to throw knees to the head but Weiss is blocking nicely.
Weiss lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Jack or not.
Weiss lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Weiss avoids a wild elbow strike from Jack.
Weiss pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Jack tries to clinch but Weiss moves out of range.
Jack tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Weiss paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Jack tried to score with a low kick but Weiss checks it.
Jack lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Jack misses with a leg kick
and Weiss counters with an outside leg kick.
Jack wants to clinch.
Jack throws a head kick that misses.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Jack fails in his attempt to clinch.
Weiss circles away from the clinch attempt
and Weiss counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.
Jack doesn't manage to clinch there - Weiss circles away.
Jack looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Jack closes the distance but Weiss moves to the side
and Jack takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Jack moves to clinch but Weiss breaks away
and Weiss counters with a low kick, right behind Jack 's knee.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Jack fails in his attempt to clinch.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Jack closes the distance and pushes Weiss back into the cage.
Jack on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Jack lands a good knee to the midsection. Weiss won't want to take too many of those.
Weiss throws a head punch that misses.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close second round but Harry Jack will probably get the nod - 10:9.
The cut man is working on Harry Jack's cut.
That's time! Weiss's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight. This is the final round!
Jack wants to clinch up but Weiss keeps it at a distance.
Weiss misses with a wild combination.
Jack moves into the clinch successfully.
Jack pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
A short left from Weiss.
A knee to the head by Jack.
Jack scores a nice knee to the body.
Weiss takes an elbow to the temple.
Weiss is looking to break free of the clinch but Jack has double underhooks.
Weiss managing to block the knees to the body from Jack.
Weiss lands a right hand that snaps the head of Jack backwards.
Weiss tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Jack's elbow.
Jack blocks an uppercut.
Jack gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Weiss misses with some punches.
Weiss throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Jack blocks it with crossed arms.
Jack gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Jack creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Jack obliges.
Jack misses with an elbow strike.
Jack tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Jack throws a knee to the head but misses.
Jack throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Jack prevents Weiss from breaking the clinch.
Jack throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Jack throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Jack gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Jack misses with a knee strike.
Jack blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Jack connects with a nasty looking knee right to Weiss's face.
Weiss can't break the clinch.
Jack connects with a nasty looking knee right to Weiss's face.
Harry Jack seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Weiss lands a shoulder strike.
Weiss tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Jack throws an elbow that misses.
Weiss blocks an elbow strike from Jack.
Weiss misses with a short punch on the inside.
Jack lands an elbow just above Weiss 's eye.
Weiss avoids a wild elbow strike from Jack.
Weiss blocks an elbow strike.
Jack misses with an elbow strike.
Jack has Weiss pressed against the cage, preventing Weiss from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Jack tries a knee to the head but Weiss blocks it.
Jack blocking some punches.
Jack lands an elbow that stopped Weiss in his tracks for a moment.
Jack trying to land knees to the body.
Jack looking to throw knees to the head but Weiss is blocking nicely.
Jack tries a knee to the head but Weiss blocks it.
Weiss blocks an elbow strike from Jack.
Jack throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Weiss tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Weiss manages to break the clinch.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Jack tries to grapple but his opponent circles
and Weiss counters with a low kick, right behind Jack 's knee.
Jack is looking to clinch.
Weiss tries to close the distance and clinch up but Jack swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Weiss lands a head shot.
Jab, jab by Weiss - just one landing.
Jack tries to clinch but Weiss moves out of range.
Weiss scoring well with a low kick there.
Weiss moves into the clinch successfully.
Barry Weiss has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Jack tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Jack tries to land knees in the clinch but Weiss avoids the damage to the body.
Jack missing with knees to the body.
Weiss lands a right hand that snaps the head of Jack backwards.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Nice body punch from Weiss.
Weiss is trying to push Jack away but Jack has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Weiss landing knees to the head.
Weiss tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Weiss wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Jack has him pressed against the cage.
Weiss landing knees 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!
Weiss is trying to force a seperation but Jack has the dominant position.
Jack misses with an elbow strike.
Weiss takes an elbow to the temple.
Jack lands a nice elbow.
Jack creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Jack using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Jack unloads a knee to the mid-section. Weiss lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Jack unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Jack lands an elbow inside that Weiss shrugs off.
Knees in the clinch landing for Jack.
Harry Jack is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.
Weiss blocks the elbow strike.
And that's the end of the fight!
Harry Jack comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I've got Jack winning every round here. Surely the decision will go his way and he'll pick up a well deserved decision victory. 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 Paul Aken scores the fight 27:30
Judge Albert Achterberg scores the fight 27:30
Judge Daniel Blasius scores the fight 27:30
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Harry Jack!
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Undercard bout
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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Owen Lee (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Gabriel Zing (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
9 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Owen Lee!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
11 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Gabriel Zing!
The judges for this bout are Paulsen Ambrosius, Radbod Blank and Paul Aken.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Zing with a lazy takedown attempt
and Lee counters with a slapping leg kick.
Lee lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Lee swinging wildly here.
Zing is trying hard to land a takedown here. Lee sprawls well and keeps this one on the feet.
A looping hook to the body misses from Lee. Zing does a little dance to reset his feet.
Lee connects with the punch.
It looks like Gabriel Zing has been cut.
Lee lands a jab to the nose.
Lee goes to the watering hole and comes back with a big thumbs up from the judges as he scores a three punch combo.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Zing with a poor takedown
and Lee counters with a crisp one two that drops Zing! Lee thinks about following him to the mat for a moment but instead steps back and waves Zing to his feet! Zing is in big trouble!
Zing is rocked!
Owen Lee has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Gabriel Zing.
Zing looks gassed!
Lee finds Zing's off switch, with a big overhand right that connects perfectly to the side of the head! Zing flops back against the cage, eyes gazing into the distance. Lee lands an unnecessary shot before the referee has time to step in and end the fight. Brutal stuff but I'm sure Zing will be OK.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:40 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Owen Lee!
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Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Shom Harnick (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Amir Dunham (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). The crowd seem to be enjoying Dunham's choice of entrance music: Omar Khairat - Alexandria . Shom Harnick has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?
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156 lbs
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
12 - 8 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Shom Harnick!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
11 - 8 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Amir Dunham!
The judges for this bout are Radbod Blank, Saam Ante and Albert Achterberg.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Dunham takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
Harnick misses with the combination.
Harnick throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Dunham checks the leg kick nicely there.
Dunham takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Harnick looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Dunham keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
Harnick tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. Dunham manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Harnick feints and then cracks Dunham's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Dunham down.
Harnick fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Shom Harnick seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Harnick gets taken down but at least he's managed to land in guard.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Dunham trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Dunham thinks about going for a leg but decides against it, in order to maintain the position.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Harnick is looking to stand up but Dunham isn't so interested in that idea.
Dunham lands a couple of elbows.
Dunham is looking to work some ground and pound but Harnick has wrist control.
Harnick wants to stand up but Dunham is controlling him.
Dunham wants to control from the top but Harnick keeps moving.
Dunham drops back for a leg! It's a sloppy attempt though and Dunham jumps back into guard quickly, to retain the dominant position.
Dunham drops back looking for a leg! Harnick is in trouble here! The fighters roll with the hold and Harnick manages to kick Dunham off! Dunham jumps back into Harnick's guard.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Harnick wants to get back to his feet but Dunham is in a dominant position and won't allow it.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Dunham in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Dunham accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Dunham wants to control from the top but Harnick keeps moving.
Dunham has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Dunham loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Dunham keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Harnick's head.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Dunham keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Harnick's head.
Dunham stops Harnick from standing up.
Dunham has gone for a leg lock! Harnick slips out almost immediately though and dives into Dunham's guard.
Dunham looking for a sweep. Not yet Dunham, not yet.
Dunham is looking for a guillotine. You can't force these things though and Harnick defends well.
Dunham is working an open guard so Harnick takes the opportunity to get back to his feet.
Harnick misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Harnick throws a good cross that connects.
Harnick throws a hook but Dunham avoids it easily.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Dunham uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Harnick.
Harnick lands with a kick to the ribs.
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!
Harnick stuffs the takedown attempt from Dunham. Dunham gets slowly back to his feet.
Dunham looks gassed!
Harnick fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Dunham checks it well.
Harnick misses with a head kick.
Harnick forces Dunham back against the cage and clinches.
Harnick misses with the head strike.
Dunham wants a takedown but no success here.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Dunham wants to take the fight to the mat but Harnick manages to get underhooks and keep the fight in the clinch.
Shom Harnick has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Amir Dunham.
Harnick misses with an elbow over the top.
Dunham avoiding damage as Harnick throws knees to the body.
Harnick breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Harnick misses with a body kick.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Shom Harnick dominated that round.
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.
Harnick fails with an attempt to clinch.
Dunham fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
Harnick fails to land with a series of punches.
Harnick tries to clinch but Dunham moves out of range.
Harnick tries to close the distance and clinch but Dunham swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Harnick throws a head kick that misses.
Harnick leaves Dunham with his face pressed against the mat as he sprawls beautifully, defending against a solid takedown attempt.
Harnick misses with a low kick.
Dunham tries to score a power double leg takedown but Harnick sees that one coming and sprawls well. That will dishearten Dunham somewhat.
Shom Harnick has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Amir Dunham.
Harnick throws a series of punches but Dunham avoids them all with ease.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Dunham scores a takedown into full mount!
Harnick is trying to stand.
Dunham swings around for an armbar but it's a sloppy attempt and Harnick is now in Dunham's guard. A big mistake from Dunham there, giving up the dominant position!
Harnick preventing the sweep.
Dunham has thrown up a leg looking for a triangle. Harnick doesn't defend quickly enough and Dunham has managed to lock this one up! Can Harnick escape?! NO! He's tapping out! Damn, that was a quick submission - congrats to Dunham on a fantastic submission victory.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:03 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Triangle). Amir Dunham!
Amir Dunham got down on his knees post fight and begged the management for a title shot. 'Please, I want that title shot so bad! Give it to me!'
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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Zakumi Jabulani (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Vitor Belfort (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Jabulani comes to the cage accompanied by K'naan - Wavin´ flag. These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
8 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Zakumi Jabulani!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
10 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Vitor Belfort!
The judges for this bout are Albert Achterberg, Paul Aken and Aafke Stam.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Left hook, right uppercut from Jabulani.
Belfort shoots and misses
and Jabulani counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Belfort with a lazy takedown attempt
and Jabulani counters with a shoot takedown. Belfort fights it but they end up in guard.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
The referee looks like he's ready to step in and stand the fighters back up.
Jabulani throws an elbow that misses. Belfort uses the momentum to reverse the position. He's now in Jabulani's guard. Nice move by Belfort!
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Jabulani wants to sweep here but Belfort controlling him for the moment.
Belfort advances to half guard.
Jabulani is trying to get back to full guard.
Jabulani is working hard here to advance position.
Belfort is sneakily working for an arm triangle but Jabulani sees it coming and defends easily.
Jabulani trying to control but Belfort postures up.
Jabulani wants to get back to his feet.
Jabulani trying to control from the bottom.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Jabulani keeping hold of Belfort's head, controlling as best he can.
Jabulani is working for an escape here. He's hooked one of Belfort's legs and he's managed to sneak out and take Belfort's back!
Jabulani trying to control.
Jabulani is working for the rear naked choke. He has one arm under the chin but Belfort has hold of the other arm. A bit of a stalemate here.
Jabulani working for the choke.
Jabulani controls the position.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Belfort looking to stop the rear naked choke attempt by controlling the hands.
Jabulani is riding his opponent, not letting Belfort buck him off.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Jabulani wants to control but Belfort is keeping busy.
Belfort is displaying good submission defense - not really looking in danger of submitting to the rear naked choke at the moment. That could change in an instant of course if Jabulani gets his way!
Belfort is defending well here and trying to improve his position.
Jabulani has Belfort flattened out and is raining down punches.
Belfort looking very determined here, making life difficult for Jabulani.
Belfort is trying to get back to his feet but Jabulani has full control of the position and if anything, Belfort has just worked his way into a worse spot.
Jabulani is working hard for the rear naked choke here.
Jabulani biding his time, controlling Belfort.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Belfort is trying to get back to his feet but he's not managed it yet.
Jabulani is working the ground and pound here and the referee is taking a close look at Belfort. He must escape soon or this one will be stopped.
Jabulani has his arm under Belfort's chin here. Game over son! Jabulani squeezes tightly and Belfort is forced to tap out!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:36 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (RNC). Zakumi Jabulani!
A less than humble Zakumi Jabulani misjudged his post fight interview somewhat and came across a little too arrogant whilst trying to hype up his own abilities.
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