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Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Robin Robben (ranked 361 p4p, 794 weight class) and Maurice Myers (ranked 43 p4p, 87 weight class). Myers comes into a darkened arena with his song building. In The Hall Of The Mountain King kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! Maurice Myers has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?
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Good wrestling
Solid boxing
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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 11 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Robin Robben!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 5 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Maurice Myers!
The judges for this bout are Steven Brown, Phil Schofield and Chris Edwards.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
The crowd cheers as Myers lands an impressive looking overhand right. Robben doesn't seem phased though.
Robben misses with a wild body shot.
Robben takes a nasty kick to the mid section... That should keep him thinking. Does he try and block and risk a head kick landing?
Robben darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
Myers fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Good leg kick by Myers.
Robben takes a body kick right on the floating rib. Ouchie.
Myers steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Robben.
Myers lands a jab to the head.
Robben misses with a looping left.
Myers ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Myers moves into range and lands a nice body kick.
Decent striking displayed by Myers there.
Robben blocks a head kick by Myers.
Myers misses with a series of wild punches.
Robin Robben seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Nice jab there from Myers.
Robben throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Robben works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
Robben cracks Myers with an open hand slap.
Nice straight punches there by Myers. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Myers.
Robben lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
A big left from Robben misses.
Myers scores with a sloppy right hand. Robben should have avoided that one.
Robben misses with an uppercut
and Myers counters with a good low kick that Robben was not able to check.
Robben closes the distance but Myers moves to the side
and Myers counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Robben throws a jab when Myers was well out of range.
Robben swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Myers scores with a jab to the jaw.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Myers lands a head shot.
Myers connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
Robben clinches up against the cage.
Robben cracks Myers with a nice body shot.
Nice elbow from Myers.
Myers lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
It looks like Robin Robben has been cut.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
A right hook to the body lands for Myers.
Robben misses with some punches.
A nice right hand lands inside from Robben.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Robben.
Robben working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Myers blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Myers digs a right hand underneath Robben's ribcage. Robben let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Myers told us before the fight that he's been working on his elbows. An under utilised technique these days - let's see if it can sway the outcome of the fight.
Myers lands an elbow just above Robben 's eye.
Still in the clinch, Myers scores with a nice short uppercut.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Myers.
Robben misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Myers can't find room to land a body shot as Robben controls the action.
Myers doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Robben prevents a body shot from Myers.
Myers lands an elbow that stopped Robben in his tracks for a moment.
Myers blocks an uppercut.
Myers blocks an uppercut.
Myers throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Myers working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Robben swings wildly with an uppercut but Myers uses good head movement to avoid it.
Robben misses with a short punch on the inside.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Robben working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Myers misses with a punch to the body.
Robben lands a hook that snaps the head of Myers backwards.
Myers has used his reach advantage pretty well so far tonight.
Robben throws a punch but it's blocked by Myers.
Myers blocking some punches.
Myers gets through Robben's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Myers.
Robben misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Robben misses with a body punch.
Robben tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Myers's elbow.
Myers works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Robben blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Robben lands a nice uppercut.
Robben tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Myers misses with a body punch.
Robben misses with a hook from the clinch.
Myers lands a nice uppercut.
Robben has a couple of punches blocked by Myers.
A short right from Myers on the inside.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Robben.
Myers lands a damaging elbow.
Robben's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
That's four minutes gone in the round.
A short uppercut from Myers.
Robben takes a shot to the head.
Myers doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Robben dodges an elbow strike from Myers.
Robben definitely looks more muscular than last time we saw him fight.
A nice right hand lands inside from Myers.
Myers is working Robben over against the cage.
Robben struggles to land a body shot inside as Myers controls his hands.
Robben pushes Myers back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Myers doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Myers swings wildly with an uppercut but Robben uses good head movement to avoid it.
Robben misses with a punch on the inside.
Myers lands a damaging elbow.
Robben throws a head punch that misses.
Myers cracks Robben with a nice body shot.
Myers lands an elbow inside that Robben shrugs off.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Myers misses with a punch to the body.
Robben is working Myers over against the cage.
Robben misses with a short punch on the inside.
Myers working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Myers works on Robben's body with a couple of short punches.
Robben tries to throw a body punch but Myers avoids it by throwing Robben back against the cage.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Maurice Myers dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Robin Robben's cut.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!
Robben tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Myers paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Myers scores with a nice strike.
Good standup being displayed there by Myers as he connects with a hook.
Robben looks to score with a jab to the body but Myers is just out of range.
Myers slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
Robben tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Myers paws at him with a jab and circles away.
A jab lands there for Myers.
Robben is rocked!
Jab from Myers.
Oh Robben is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Myers steps in with a hook that catches Robben right on the chin and knocks him to the floor! Myers follows him down with more strikes and that's all she wrote! Robben looks absolutely devastated.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:34 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Maurice Myers!
A very excited looking Maurice Myers made sure he remembered to thank all the fans both in the arena and on the internet. He said all the coolest people spend all day on MMA websites, which got a big reaction.
Robin Robben spoke after the fight, saying 'i win by belt back one day'.
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energy
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hype
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pop
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RATING
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