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Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Jihadi Joseph (ranked 1010 p4p, 4893 weight class) and Wietse Dellemans (ranked 103 p4p, 415 weight class). Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.
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Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
Insanely flexible |
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Great elbows
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 4 - 1 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Jihadi Joseph!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Wietse Dellemans!
The judges for this bout are Steve Erwin, Darius Henderson and Ben Hemmingworth.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Joseph scores with a nice right hand.
Joseph looks to land a right hand but Dellemans moved out of range.
Dellemans takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Dellemans tries to clinch up.
Dellemans uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Joseph.
Dellemans uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Joseph.
Dellemans throws a half hearted mid kick.
Joseph throws a leg kick
and Dellemans counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Joseph pushes Dellemans up against the cage in a clinch.
Joseph throws a punch but it's blocked by Dellemans.
Joseph lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Dellemans or not.
Joseph blocks the elbow strike.
Joseph lands a body punch in the clinch.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Dellemans just misses with a elbow thrown towards Joseph's brow.
Joseph misses with the head strike.
Dellemans lands with a light punch inside.
Dellemans breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Dellemans throws a hook but Joseph avoids it easily.
Good standup being displayed there by Joseph as he connects with a hook.
Jihadi Joseph seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Joseph throws a half hearted mid kick.
Joseph fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Dellemans looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Dellemans checks a low kick from Joseph.
Dellemans connects with a high kick.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Joseph looks to land a combination but Dellemans avoids it well.
As Joseph backs off Dellemans throws a huge counter combo but Joseph manages to avoid it all.
Joseph throws a poor cross that misses
and Dellemans counters with a straight right hand.
Dellemans tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Joseph paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Joseph throws a body shot but no joy.
Dellemans throws a head kick but Joseph moves out of range.
Joseph swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Dellemans tries to clinch but Joseph is having none of it.
Joseph moves out of range of the body kick.
Dellemans goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Dellemans avoids a kick to the body.
Joseph throws a lazy right hand but Dellemans sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Joseph swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Dellemans was about to counter that last move with a leg kick but changes his mind.
Dellemans tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and Joseph is able to avoid easily.
Joseph stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Dellemans.
Joseph fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Dellemans looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Joseph misses the shot to the body.
Dellemans drops his hands momentarily and Joseph takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
Joseph throws a low kick but Dellemans avoids it.
A low kick lands for Joseph.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Joseph lands a nice hook to Dellemans's body. Dellemans takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Dellemans stuns Joseph with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Dellemans takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Joseph throws a body shot but no joy.
Dellemans will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.
Dellemans clinches up with Joseph and pushes him back against the cage.
Joseph throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Dellemanss head.
Dellemans blocks a body shot from Joseph.
Joseph lands with a short shot to the head.
Dellemans pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Dellemans connects with a knee to the head.
Joseph avoids a wild elbow strike from Dellemans.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Joseph.
Joseph dodges an elbow strike from Dellemans.
Dellemans lands on the inside with an uppercut.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Dellemans.
Joseph misses with the head strike.
I was talking to Joseph's coach per-fight and he was telling me that they'd been working on the clinch in the runup to this fight.
Dellemans pushes off an throws an elbow but Joseph leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Joseph lands with a short shot to the head.
Dellemans throws an elbow but it misses.
Joseph lands a shot to the body.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Joseph creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Dellemans.
Joseph can't find room to land a body shot as Dellemans controls the action.
Dellemans misses with a punch on the inside.
Dellemans pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Joseph lands a right hand.
Dellemans creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Dellemans lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Dellemans throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Joseph blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Joseph lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
A shot in the inside from Joseph.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Dellemans.
Joseph avoids a wild elbow strike from Dellemans.
Dellemans looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Joseph tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Dellemans's elbow.
Joseph misses with a short punch on the inside.
Dellemans with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Dellemans blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Joseph misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Joseph lands a left hand.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Joseph struggles to land a body shot inside as Dellemans controls his hands.
Joseph doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Dellemans gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Dellemans fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Dellemans throws an elbow that misses.
Dellemans throws an elbow that misses.
Dellemans scores with a shot to the side of Joseph's head.
Joseph has a couple of punches blocked by Dellemans.
Joseph goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Dellemans lands a nice elbow.
Joseph tries to work over Dellemans's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Joseph lands an uppercut.
Joseph misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Nice elbow from Dellemans.
Joseph is working Dellemans over against the cage.
Joseph blocks an elbow strike from Dellemans.
Dellemans pushes off an throws an elbow but Joseph leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Dellemans throws a punch but it's blocked by Joseph.
Joseph blocking some punches.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Joseph lands a nice uppercut.
Joseph misses with a hook to the ribs.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Joseph doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Dellemans looks to throw an elbow but misses.
A shot in the inside from Joseph.
Joseph tries a body shot but Dellemans blocks it.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close round but I would say that Jihadi Joseph will probably get the nod.
That's time! Back to the action!
Good exchange - Joseph coming out on top.
Dellemans tries to clinch but Joseph is having none of it.
Joseph uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Dellemans has time to react.
Jihadi Joseph is winning the standup battle so far.
Dellemans misses with a body shot.
Dellemans blocks a low kick nicely.
Dellemans is clearly looking to counter with head kicks.
Dellemans gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Dellemans ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Joseph misses the jab.
A nice leg kick from Joseph, right into the meat of the thigh.
Joseph lands an overhand right.
Dellemans moves into the clinch.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Dellemans.
Joseph fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Joseph fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Dellemans pushes off an throws an elbow but Joseph leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Wietse Dellemans seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Dellemans breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
A looping hook to the body misses from Dellemans. Joseph does a little dance to reset his feet.
A telegraphed right hand from Joseph misses the target.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Joseph gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Joseph fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Joseph misses with some punches.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Joseph throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Dellemanss head.
Joseph avoids the elbow strike from Dellemans, against the cage.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Dellemans just misses with a elbow thrown towards Joseph's brow.
Joseph misses with a hook from the clinch.
Joseph fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Joseph throws a head punch that misses.
With the fighters up against the cage, Dellemans throws an elbow but misses.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Dellemans creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Joseph blocks an elbow strike from Dellemans.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Dellemans.
Joseph lands a body shot in the clinch.
Joseph swings wildly with an uppercut but Dellemans uses good head movement to avoid it.
Joseph misses with some punches.
Joseph misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Dellemans lands a damaging elbow.
It looks like Jihadi Joseph has been cut.
Dellemans throws an elbow but it misses.
Joseph tries a body shot but Dellemans blocks it.
Joseph tries to throw a body punch but Dellemans avoids it by throwing Joseph back against the cage.
Joseph tries to throw a body punch but Dellemans avoids it by throwing Joseph back against the cage.
Joseph lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Dellemans throws an elbow but it misses.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Joseph lands a body shot in the clinch.
This has been an exciting period of action!
A frustrated look appears on Dellemans's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Dellemans creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Joseph's defenses.
Dellemans breaks from the clinch.
Dellemans avoids the body shot from Joseph.
Dellemans throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Joseph scores with the left hand. Dellemans knows he should have avoided that one.
Joseph wants to land a leg kick but Dellemans is out of range.
Dellemans connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Dellemans throws a leg kick but Joseph sees it coming and checks it nicely.
Joseph looks to land a right hand but Dellemans moved out of range.
A clash of legs there as Joseph blocks the low kick.
Dellemans throws out a loose jab but Joseph uses good head movement to avoid it.
A nice inside leg kick there by Joseph. That's going to slow Dellemans down.
Joseph swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Dellemans scoring well with a low kick there.
Jab from Joseph.
Dellemans connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Dellemans looks to land a right hand but Joseph moved out of range.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Dellemans lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Joseph throws out a leg kick but Dellemans moves out of range and Joseph only half commits.
Joseph misses with a hook. Dellemans ducked under it nicely.
Dellemans throws a front kick aimed at Joseph's knee but Joseph avoids it well.
Joseph misses with a few strikes there.
Dellemans lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Joseph connects with a good right hand that stumbles Dellemans. Dellemans circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
A left lands for Joseph.
Joseph misses with an uppercut. Dellemans saw that one coming.
Dellemans is looking to chop away at Joseph's legs.
Dellemans lands with a hook. Joseph tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
Joseph lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Joseph connects with a right hand. Dellemans shakes it off.
Sloppy strikes from Joseph. Those never looked like landing.
Joseph looks to land a left hand but Dellemans moved out of range nicely.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Dellemans with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Joseph has not gone for a single takedown so far in this fight, which seems like a very strange tactic when you consider that he has the superior wrestling and BJJ.
Joseph misses with a looping left.
Dellemans throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Joseph thows a left - swing and a miss!
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Joseph darts in and clinches Dellemans up against the cage.
Dellemans blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Joseph blocks the elbow strike.
Joseph misses with the head strike.
Joseph lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Joseph tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Dellemans misses with an elbow strike.
Joseph lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Joseph goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Joseph lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Joseph is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Dellemans can do to turn this around?
Dellemans blocking some punches.
Dellemans pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Dellemans pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Joseph keeps control of Dellemans as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Joseph blocks an elbow strike.
Joseph fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Dellemans.
A hook to the body from Joseph.
Joseph throws a punch but it's blocked by Dellemans.
Joseph blocks an elbow strike from Dellemans.
Joseph fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Jihadi Joseph dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Jihadi Joseph's cut.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin! This is the final round!
Joseph dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Dellemans takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
Joseph throws a low kick but Dellemans moves out of range easily.
Joseph throws a body punch but Dellemans moves out of range.
Nice jab there from Joseph.
Dellemans fails in his attempt to clinch.
Dellemans avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Dellemans pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Joseph throws out a powerful jab.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Joseph.
Dellemans is clearly looking to counter with head kicks.
Dellemans takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
Joseph stuns Dellemans with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Dellemans uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Joseph.
Joseph connects with a good right hand that stumbles Dellemans. Dellemans circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
Dellemans takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Joseph checks a low kick from Dellemans.
Dellemans lands a leg kick that knocks Joseph off balance momentarily.
Dellemans throws a big shot that misses.
Joseph closes the distance and clinches.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Joseph lands with a light punch inside.
Joseph lands a shoulder strike.
Dellemans escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Joseph tests Dellemans's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Joseph looks to land a right hand but Dellemans moved out of range.
Dellemans takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Joseph ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Dellemans moves away.
Joseph lunges at Dellemans with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Dellemans's hand.
Dellemans tries to clinch up.
Joseph misses with a body shot.
Joseph drops his hands momentarily and Dellemans takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
Joseph scores with a push kick.
Dellemans swings for the body but Joseph moves out of range.
Joseph misses with a body shot.
Joseph throws a hook to the side of Dellemans's head but Dellemans sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Dellemans displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Joseph throws out the jab.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Dellemans is looking to clinch but Joseph is avoiding it.
Dellemans takes a jab right on the kisser.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Dellemans throws out a leg kick but Joseph moves out of range and Dellemans only half commits.
Dellemans takes a swing at Joseph's ribcage but misses.
Joseph lands with a good body shot.
Dellemans moves out of range as Joseph strikes.
Dellemans appeared to try and counter that last move with a leg kick.
Joseph uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Dellemans.
A swing and a miss from Joseph.
Joseph throws out a leg kick but Dellemans moves out of range and Joseph only half commits.
Dellemans pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Dellemans has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
Dellemans throws a head kick but Joseph moves out of range.
A telegraphed right hand from Joseph misses the target.
Dellemans uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Joseph.
Dellemans takes one to the chin there.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Dellemans checks a leg kick.
Dellemans keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Joseph.
Joseph fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Dellemans has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Joseph is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
Joseph avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
Joseph slips a jab from Dellemans.
Joseph fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Dellemans, pushing him back against the cage.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Joseph avoids a wild elbow strike from Dellemans.
With the fighters up against the cage, Dellemans throws an elbow but misses.
Joseph lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Dellemans misses with an elbow strike.
Joseph lands with a left to the head.
Joseph misses with a hook from the clinch.
Joseph misses with some punches.
A shot in the inside from Joseph.
Joseph lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Dellemans.
Dellemans lands a hook to the side of the head.
Dellemans lands a nice elbow.
Joseph lands with a right to the head.
Joseph lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Dellemans backwards.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Joseph.
A short right from Joseph.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Dellemans just misses with a elbow thrown towards Joseph's brow.
Dellemans throws an elbow but it misses.
Joseph lands a left hand.
Joseph doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Joseph working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Dellemans throws an elbow but it misses.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Joseph lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Dellemans takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Joseph blocks an elbow strike.
Joseph lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Joseph makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Dellemans with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Dellemans misses with an elbow strike.
Joseph tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Dellemans's elbow.
Joseph can't find room to land a body shot as Dellemans controls the action.
Joseph scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Joseph works on Dellemans's body with a couple of short punches.
A nice right hand lands inside from Joseph.
Nice elbow from Dellemans.
Wietse Dellemans has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Dellemans lands an elbow just above Joseph 's eye.
Joseph lands a left hand that snaps the head of Dellemans backwards.
Joseph softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Joseph fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Joseph scores with a nice hook to the head.
Joseph lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Dellemans throws an elbow that misses.
Dellemans working aggressively here.
Dellemans's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
And that's the end of the fight!
Jihadi Joseph showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Joseph has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... 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 Steve Erwin scores the fight 30:27
Judge Darius Henderson scores the fight 30:27
Judge Ben Hemmingworth scores the fight 30:27
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Jihadi Joseph!
A victorious Jihadi Joseph thanked his army of followers in his post fight interview, telling people to make sure they follow him on Twitter.
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