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Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Casey Van Sanders (ranked 25432 p4p, 25975 weight class) and Top Basketball (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both fighters look pumped up here. Let's hope this is a good fight!
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BJJ Purple Belt
Solid boxing
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Good takedowns
Dangerous knees
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the bantamweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 4 - 9 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Casey Van Sanders!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Top Basketball!
The judges for this bout are Saam Ante, Albert Achterberg and Paulsen Ambrosius.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Van Sanders tries to grapple but his opponent circles
and Basketball decides to take the opportunity to score a takedown. He's landed in Van Sanders's guard.
Basketball trying to control but Van Sanders is working from the bottom.
Van Sanders looking for a sweep. Not yet Van Sanders, not yet.
Van Sanders is looking to stand up but Basketball isn't so interested in that idea.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Basketball tries to free his leg and advance position but Van Sanders is retaining full guard.
Van Sanders looking for submissions from the bottom here. Moving his hips around, possibly looking for an armbar.
Van Sanders being controlled here, momentarily.
Basketball must be cautious of submissions here, given that his opponent has the superior Jiu Jitsu.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Basketball stops Van Sanders from standing up.
Van Sanders is adopting a defensive guard.
Basketball won't allow Van Sanders to sweep him here.
Van Sanders looking for submissions from the bottom here. Moving his hips around, possibly looking for an armbar.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
Basketball postures up.
Van Sanders looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Van Sanders throwing some rather feeble looking strikes off his back.
Basketball throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Van Sanders has managed to wall walk up one of the corner posts to get back to his feet. Basketball is pushing him up against the cage, looking to control the position.
Van Sanders pulls Basketball into guard.
Basketball trying to control but Van Sanders is working from the bottom.
Van Sanders pulls Basketball in close to prevent any damage.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Basketball preventing the sweep.
Van Sanders seems keen to control rather than go for a submission, at least for now.
Van Sanders kicks Basketball off and gets to his feet.
Van Sanders clinches up with Basketball and pushes him back against the cage.
Van Sanders stalling in the clinch.
Van Sanders prevents the takedown attempt.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Van Sanders tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Basketball avoids it.
Basketball tries to jump guard but he falls flat on his backside. Van Sanders smiles and moves away.
Basketball gets caught on his heels momentarily as he allows Van Sanders to score an easy takedown into full guard.
Van Sanders trying to stand up but can't free himself from Basketball's guard.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Van Sanders decides he's had enough of playing guard and decides to stand. Come on Basketball, up you get!
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Casey Van Sanders dominated that round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!
Van Sanders wants to clinch.
Basketball replies with a solid counter kick to the body but Van Sanders blocks it well.
Basketball gets caught flat footed, as Van Sanders shoots in with a quick takedown into guard.
Van Sanders controls from within his opponent's guard.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Van Sanders wants to stand but Basketball has a closed guard, so he can't escape.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Basketball looking for a sweep. Not yet Basketball, not yet.
Basketball has momentary wrist control but Van Sanders slips an elbow through the middle.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Van Sanders controls the pace of the fight for a moment.
Van Sanders throwing strikes from guard but Basketball blocks nicely.
Van Sanders seems content to control from guard here. He's going to have to remain active though if he doesn't want to get stood back up.
The referee has stepped in and called for a break in the action. We'll restart on the feet.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
There's not a lot going on here and the crowd are letting the fighters know they're not willing to tolerate a lack of action.
Van Sanders shoots in for a takedown but Basketball shows good takedown defense there and keeps this one on the feet.
Basketball misses with a takedown attempt
and Van Sanders counters with a three punch combo that has Basketball backing up. Basketball nods at Van Sanders to acknowledge the strikes.
Basketball keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.
And Basketball responds with a good body kick, but Van Sanders manages to step out the way in time.
Van Sanders just misses with a punch to the body.
Despite the aggression on Basketball's face he doesn't fully commit to the counter.
Nice sprawl there from Basketball as Van Sanders shoots in.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Casey Van Sanders. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Horrible takedown attempt by Van Sanders or perhaps it was just good defense by Basketball, which made it look bad.
Basketball raises up his leg as if looking to counter with a high kick.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Van Sanders scores with a head kick.
Van Sanders fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
Basketball is trying to counter with his kicks.
A punch combination from Van Sanders misses.
Van Sanders backing away here, and Basketball unleashes a leg kick that just misses.
Casey Van Sanders seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Van Sanders moves in looking to clinch but Basketball pushes him off.
And Basketball responds with a good body kick, but Van Sanders manages to step out the way in time.
Van Sanders fails with a takedown attempt.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Van Sanders shoots in but no luck this time.
Basketball steps in looking to counter with the mid kick but it doesn't connect.
Van Sanders moves to clinch but Basketball breaks away
and Basketball counters with a shoot takedown into half guard.
Casey Van Sanders overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Van Sanders strikes from the bottom but Basketball uses the opportunity to move to side control.
Van Sanders is looking to regain half guard here but Basketball keeps moving and retains side control.
Basketball really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Van Sanders. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Van Sanders wants to control but Basketball postures up.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Casey Van Sanders dominated that second round.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action! This is the final round!
Van Sanders fails with a takedown attempt.
Nice takedown defense from Basketball. No joy for Van Sanders on that attempt.
Basketball swats away the attempt to clinch by Van Sanders.
Basketball follows through with a counter body kick but it doesn't land.
Van Sanders is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Basketball can do to turn this around?
Van Sanders closes the distance and clinches.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Basketball gets double underhooks to prevent a takedown attempt from Van Sanders.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Casey Van Sanders. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Van Sanders breaks from the clinch.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Van Sanders goes for a double leg but Basketball avoids the attempt and the two fighters end up clinched against the cage as Basketball continues to drive forward.
Basketball steps in looking to counter with the mid kick but it doesn't connect.
Van Sanders tries to score a body lock takedown but Basketball shows good agility there to stay on his feet.
Van Sanders taking a break, stalling in the clinch.
Van Sanders jumps guard.
Basketball wants to control from the top but Van Sanders keeps moving.
Van Sanders working a defensive guard here.
Basketball looking to control the position here, rather than advance.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Van Sanders wants to get back to his feet but he's too absorbed in his own little project and Basketball manages to pass to side control.
Van Sanders is trying to control but can't.
Van Sanders controlling the leg, holding on to half guard.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Van Sanders tries to kick Basketball off but Basketball keeps his base steady and stays in half guard.
The referee has stepped in and called for a break in the action. We'll restart on the feet.
Van Sanders tries to clinch up
and Basketball counters with a good, hard body kick but Van Sanders shrugs it off.
Van Sanders shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Basketball as he jumps to the side.
Basketball steps in looking to counter with the mid kick but it doesn't connect.
Van Sanders tries to score a power double leg takedown but Basketball sees that one coming and sprawls well. That will dishearten Van Sanders somewhat.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Well. There's a bit of a lull in the action here and the crowd are starting to get restless.
Van Sanders tries to clinch but Basketball is having none of it.
Van Sanders shoots for a takedown but Basketball saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.
Top Basketball has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Basketball swats away the attempt to clinch by Van Sanders.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Van Sanders gets the takedown into side control.
And that's the end of the fight!
I would just about give that final round to Top Basketball.
I think Van Sanders has won this one but let's see what the judges have to say. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Saam Ante scores the fight 30:28
Judge Albert Achterberg scores the fight 30:27
Judge Paulsen Ambrosius scores the fight 29:28
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Casey Van Sanders!
Casey Van Sanders bigged himself up after the win. The crowd seemed to love it.
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energy
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hype
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RATING
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