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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Corem Van De Van (ranked 25216 p4p, 25255 weight class) and Michal Tefcole (ranked 432 p4p, 415 weight class). Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.
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BJJ Purple Belt
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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 0 - 5 - 0, fighting out of London, Corem Van De Van!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 5 - 1, fighting out of Los Angeles, Michal Tefcole!
The judges for this bout are Chris Edwards, Andrew Berry and Colin Fotheringham.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
The fighters circle momentarily. Van De Van darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.
Tefcole cracks Van De Van with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
Tefcole looks to score with a jab to the body but Van De Van is just out of range.
Van De Van moves out of range of the strikes.
Van De Van was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
Tefcole lands a lovely overhand right.
Michal Tefcole seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Tefcole keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Van De Van.
Van De Van rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Tefcole moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Tefcole connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
A looping hook to the body misses from Tefcole. Van De Van does a little dance to reset his feet.
Tefcole thows a left - swing and a miss!
Van De Van walks into a left hand.
A slow jab from Tefcole misses its intended target.
Van De Van throws a big counter combination but Tefcole scrambles out of danger and avoids any damage.
Van De Van keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Tefcole.
Van De Van appears to be looking for a big counter.
The fight moves into the clinch position.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Van De Van lands an elbow that stopped Tefcole in his tracks for a moment.
Van De Van's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Van De Van moves out of range of the strikes.
Van De Van misses with a body kick.
Van De Van fakes the leg kick and cracks Tefcole in the body.
Good shot there by Tefcole.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Tefcole misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Van De Van.
Van De Van throws a body kick that sends a sickening thudding noise reverberating around the arena.
Tefcole checks the leg kick nicely there.
Van De Van swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Tefcole lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Tefcole dodges the punch combination from Van De Van.
Van De Van pushes Tefcole away with a front kick.
Tefcole uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
Van De Van tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Van De Van throws a series of punches but Tefcole avoids them all with ease.
Tefcole feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Van De Vans jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!
Tefcole throws a body shot but no joy.
Van De Van misses with a body kick.
Tefcole fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Van De Van manages to avoid it.
Van De Van ducks under a wild hook from Tefcole.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Nice shot by Tefcole.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Tefcole misses with a straight left.
Van De Van defending well as Tefcole loads up on a big left hand.
The crowd cheers as Tefcole lands an impressive looking overhand right. Van De Van doesn't seem phased though.
Van De Van tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Tefcole manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Tefcole lands with a nice body punch.
Tefcole throws a shot to the body.
Tefcole lands a right hook to the body.
Van De Van fails with the takedown.
Van De Van throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Tefcole slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
Van De Van doesn't manage to clinch there - Tefcole circles away.
Tefcole lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
Tefcole lands a vicious shot with the stealth of a sniper and the strength of a viper. Are vipers that strong? I can think of lots of things that are stronger than a viper - not many rhyme with sniper though.
Van De Van throws a wild body kick that Tefcole sees coming a mile off.
Tefcole swings for the body but Van De Van moves out of range.
Tefcole throws a looping overhand right but Van De Van ducks down to avoid it.
Van De Van tries to clinch up but Tefcole circles away and keeps his distance.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Danga de danga de dang - Van De Van scores with a four punch combination!
Tefcole misses with a wild body shot.
Van De Van is looking to counter with a body kick.
Van De Van clinches with his opponent.
Tefcole gets control of Van De Van's arms and successfully pulls guard. Tefcole will no doubt be looking for submissions off his back.
Van De Van stops Tefcole from standing up.
Tefcole wants to get back to his feet but he's too absorbed in his own little project and Van De Van manages to pass to side control.
Well, if Van De Van is going to just lie there, perhaps we should talk about what we're having for dinner tonight… I'm having a ham and pineapple pizza… Yum. Can't wait.
Van De Van escapes and gets back to his feet.
Tefcole stuns Van De Van with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Van De Van throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Van De Van throws a right and a left that Tefcole avoids nicely.
Tefcole scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Tefcole lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Van De Van at a distance.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Van De Van lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Van De Van closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Van De Van's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Tefcole fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Tefcole misses with a body shot.
Tefcole cracks Van De Van with a good jab.
Van De Van ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
A looping hook to the body misses from Van De Van. Tefcole does a little dance to reset his feet.
Tefcole jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Tefcole with a nice cross.
Tefcole moves out of range as Van De Van throws a body kick.
Tefcole works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
Tefcole moves into range and connects with a jab.
Tefcole's jab looks to have found its range, popping Van De Van under the eye.
Van De Van misses with the combination.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Tefcole fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Van De Van looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Tefcole getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Michal Tefcole dominated that round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!
Van De Van tries a head kick but it misses.
Tefcole has been working his punching technique in the buildup to the fight and it appears to be paying off.
Nice shot lands for Tefcole.
Tefcole ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Tefcole misses with an uppercut. Van De Van saw that one coming.
It looked like Van De Van was trying to counter with a body shot coming off that last attack from Tefcole.
Van De Van gets a clinch.
Tefcole decides to pull guard.
Van De Van gets to his feet and steps away from his opponent.
Tefcole scores with a body shot.
Van De Van connects with the punch.
Van De Van is looking to clinch.
The fighters circle momentarily. Van De Van darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.
Tefcole throws a hook but Van De Van avoids it easily.
Van De Van throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Tefcole scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Van De Van avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Van De Van wants to take advantage of his opponent's missed offense by moving into the clinch.
Van De Van will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Van De Van throws a body kick that misses.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Van De Van lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
Tefcole just misses with a punch to the body.
Tefcole misses with an uppercut.
Jab by Tefcole.
Tefcole has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Tefcole throws a body punch but Van De Van moves out of range.
Van De Van throws a counter high kick but Tefcole was just alert enough to avoid it.
Van De Van loads up on a big right hand but Tefcole slips the punch.
Tefcole throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Tefcole lands a nice shot to the body.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Van De Van lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Van De Van moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Tefcole throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Tefcole scores with a jab. Van De Van acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
Tefcole lands a vicious shot with the stealth of a sniper and the strength of a viper. Are vipers that strong? I can think of lots of things that are stronger than a viper - not many rhyme with sniper though.
Decent striking displayed by Van De Van there.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Tefcole misses with a looping right.
Tefcole scores with a body shot.
Tefcole takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Tefcole misses with a looping right.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Tefcole misses with a looping left.
A swing and a miss from Tefcole.
Tefcole throws a lazy uppercut
and Van De Van makes the exchange count by landing a cracking kick to the body. Tefcole really felt that one!
Tefcole jabs at Van De Van's body.
Corem Van De Van is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Tefcole throws a body punch but Van De Van moves out of range.
Tefcole ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Tefcole misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Van De Van.
Tefcole throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Van De Van is looking to land body kicks.
Van De Van throws a nice looking combination but Tefcole bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Tefcole thuds a left hand into Van De Van's body.
Van De Van misses the shot to the body.
The fight stays on the outside here - Van De Van looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Van De Van scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.
Van De Van throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Good standup being displayed there by Tefcole as he connects with a hook.
Tefcole throws a shot to the body.
Van De Van scores with a crisp jab that stopped Tefcole in his tracks.
Van De Van has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Tefcole finds it's way round the side to connect with Van De Van's head.
Tefcole lands with an overhand left.
Tefcole lands a nice hook to Van De Van's body. Van De Van takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Tefcole misses with a straight right.
As Tefcole tries to get set, Van De Van tries to push him back and clinch up but Tefcole manages to avoid the attempt.
Van De Van's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Tefcole connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Van De Van scrambles back to his feet.
Van De Van throws a body kick that misses.
Tefcole takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Tefcole takes a nasty kick to the mid section... That should keep him thinking. Does he try and block and risk a head kick landing?
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Tefcole slips a jab and a cross from Van De Van.
A decent looking cross lands there for Tefcole.
Van De Van misses with a straight right.
Van De Van swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
A little jabbing left from Tefcole on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Tefcole jabs Van De Van to the body, keeping him at a distance.
Michal Tefcole is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Tefcole misses the shot to the body.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Van De Van just misses with a punch to the body.
Good shot there by Tefcole.
Tefcole uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Van De Van.
Michal Tefcole seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Tefcole bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Van De Van's head.
Van De Van drives through and clinches with Tefcole against the cage.
Van De Van breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Tefcole scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
Van De Van misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Tefcole.
Tefcole moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Tefcole slips a jab and a cross from Van De Van.
Tefcole circles away from the clinch attempt.
Tefcole blocks a head kick by Van De Van.
Van De Van tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Tefcole paws at him with a jab and circles away.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Van De Van walks into a jab.
Tefcole lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Tefcole checks the leg kick nicely there.
Tefcole misses the shot to the body.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Michal Tefcole showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action! Ladies and gentlemen, this is the final round!
Tefcole throws a jab but it's blocked by Van De Van.
Tefcole bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
Van De Van tries to close the distance and clinch but Tefcole swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Van De Van throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Tefcole avoids the head kick by Van De Van.
Tefcole tries to move into range but Van De Van moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
Van De Van blocks a jab.
Van De Van misses with an attempted mid kick.
Van De Van rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Tefcole moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Tefcole defending well as Van De Van loads up on a big left hand.
Van De Van tries to bum rush Tefcole with a series of wild strikes but Tefcole uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Tefcole looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Tefcole scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Tefcole thuds a left hand into Van De Van's body.
Van De Van is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
Van De Van is trying hard to land a takedown here. Tefcole sprawls well and keeps this one on the feet.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Van De Van misses with a looping right.
Jab from Tefcole.
Tefcole avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Tefcole connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Tefcole throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Van De Van tries to grapple but his opponent circles
and Tefcole counters with a nice uppercut.
Van De Van looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
Tefcole misses the body punch
and Van De Van counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Tefcole thinking.
Van De Van walks into a stiff left hand from Tefcole.
Van De Van avoids the body shot from Tefcole.
Tefcole lands a nice hook to Van De Van's body. Van De Van takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
A big left from Van De Van misses.
Van De Van keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Van De Van tries to counter by moving into the clinch but Tefcole manages to circle out of the way.
Tefcole lands with an overhand left.
Tefcole loads up on a big right hand but Van De Van slips the punch.
A nice inside leg kick there by Van De Van. That's going to slow Tefcole down.
Van De Van tries to move into range but Tefcole moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Van De Van shoots in but no luck this time.
Van De Van moves away from the strike by Tefcole.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Van De Van walks into a jab.
Tefcole just misses with a punch to the body.
Van De Van moves forwards but Tefcole connects with a nice, crisp jab.
Tefcole slips a straight right by Van De Van.
Tefcole lands with a hook. Van De Van tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
Tefcole throws a big shot that misses.
Tefcole lands a jab to the head.
Van De Van misses with a series of wild punches.
Van De Van takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Van De Van gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Van De Van bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Van De Van swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
Tefcole misses with a looping right.
Van De Van connects with a body shot that sends Tefcole's belly button to the back.
Tefcole scores with the left hand. Van De Van knows he should have avoided that one.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
A jab from Tefcole does it's job there.
Van De Van ducks under a wild hook from Tefcole.
Tefcole lands with an uppercut that bounces Van De Van off the cage and back into range.
Tefcole throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
It looked like Van De Van wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
Van De Van misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Tefcole digs a good body shot into Van De Van's ribs.
Van De Van swinging wildly here.
Tefcole uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
Tefcole throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Van De Van misses with a wild combination.
Van De Van wants to clinch up but Tefcole keeps it at a distance.
Van De Van takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Tefcole lands a nice shot to the body.
Tefcole misses with a wild body shot.
Corem Van De Van has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Van De Van takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Van De Van on the wrong end of a nice jab.
Van De Van is looking to land body kicks.
Tefcole lands a nice hook to Van De Van's body. Van De Van takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Van De Van takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Tefcole connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
A slow jab from Tefcole misses its intended target.
Tefcole scores with a nice strike.
Van De Van tries to clinch up.
Van De Van keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Tefcole.
Van De Van scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!
A head kick misses from Van De Van.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Tefcole connects with a body shot that sends Van De Van's belly button to the back.
Nice takedown defense from Tefcole. No joy for Van De Van on that attempt.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Corem Van De Van. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Tefcole lands a jab to Van De Van's midsection.
Michal Tefcole is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Van De Van.
And that's the end of the fight!
Michal Tefcole comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I've got Tefcole 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 Chris Edwards scores the fight 27:30
Judge Andrew Berry scores the fight 27:30
Judge Colin Fotheringham scores the fight 27:30
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Michal Tefcole!
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