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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Samurai Oceans (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Dick van Greeven (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). van Greeven has chosen Tom Waits - Telephone call from Istanbul as his entrance music. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.
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257 lbs
5 - 2 - 0 |
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205 cm
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284 lbs
8 - 8 - 1 |
Decent wrestler
Decent elbows
Cardio machine |
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Decent boxing
Solid chin |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
5 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Samurai Oceans!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
8 - 8 - 1, fighting out of Las Vegas, Dick van Greeven!
The judges for this bout are Frank Dennis, Tiny Johnson and George Francis.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Oceans ducks down and throws a hook to the body but van Greeven moves away.
van Greeven tries to shoot in for a takedown. He's got hold of a leg but Oceans swivels and escapes.
van Greeven shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.
van Greeven shoots in for a takedown but Oceans shows good takedown defense there and keeps this one on the feet.
Samurai Oceans has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Dick van Greeven.
van Greeven shoots in looking for a takedown. Oceans tries to sprawl out of it but van Greeven keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. Oceans manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.
Oceans fails in his attempt to clinch.
Oceans throws a jab when van Greeven was well out of range.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Oceans tries to clinch there but van Greeven circles away.
Oceans wants to slow van Greeven down by chopping away at his legs.
Oceans leaves van Greeven with his face pressed against the mat as he sprawls beautifully, defending against a solid takedown attempt.
van Greeven swats away the attempt to clinch by Oceans.
That's one minute gone in the round.
van Greeven swats away the attempt to clinch by Oceans.
Oceans will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
van Greeven dodges the punch combination from Oceans.
Oceans uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by van Greeven.
van Greeven tries for a takedown but Oceans sees it coming a mile off and avoids it easily.
That's two 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.
Oceans closes the distance and pushes van Greeven back into the cage.
Oceans tries to land a knee to the head but van Greeven blocks with his arms.
Oceans prevents a takedown attempt there.
Oceans leaning against his opponent.
Oceans looking to throw knees to the head but van Greeven is blocking nicely.
Come on Oceans - let's have some action - none of this stalling nonsense.
Oceans throws an elbow that misses.
Oceans pushes off an throws an elbow but van Greeven leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
van Greeven can't get the takedown.
Oceans can't find room to land a body shot as van Greeven controls the action.
Oceans throws an elbow that misses.
Oceans is pushing van Greeven up against the cage, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.
van Greeven blocks the elbow strike.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
van Greeven blocks an elbow strike.
The pace really dropping off here, momentarily.
van Greeven tries for a takedown but Oceans manages to get underhooks.
Oceans is clearly stalling here... Pick up the pace son.
van Greeven avoiding damage as Oceans throws knees to the body.
Oceans throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Oceans's corner are urging him to control the action in the clinch for a moment, rather than mount any serious offense. I'm sure the crowd appreciate those instructions... not.
Oceans tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and van Greeven avoids it.
van Greeven blocks the elbow strike.
van Greeven blocks the elbow strike.
Oceans throws an elbow that misses.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
van Greeven avoiding damage as Oceans throws knees to the body.
Oceans pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Oceans pushes off an throws an elbow but van Greeven leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Oceans looks to throw an elbow but misses.
van Greeven wants a takedown.
Oceans misses with an elbow strike.
van Greeven on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
van Greeven tries for a takedown but Oceans manages to get underhooks.
Oceans has a couple of punches blocked by van Greeven.
van Greeven gets the body lock takedown. After a quick scramble, Oceans regains guard.
Oceans is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
van Greeven is looking to work some ground and pound but Oceans has wrist control.
Oceans might be looking to lock onto one of his opponent's long limbs for a submission, whilst we're on the ground.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
van Greeven wants to pass the guard but Oceans is keeping the position.
van Greeven is persisting with the attempt to improve his position.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Samurai Oceans dominated that round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!
van Greeven moves out of range of the strikes.
van Greeven circles away from the clinch attempt.
Oceans stuffs the takedown.
van Greeven shoots in for a takedown and gets it.
van Greeven trying to control from Oceans's half guard. Oceans has other ideas though and has regained full guard.
Oceans is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.
Oceans is working for submissions here but there's nothing on.
That's one minute gone in the round.
van Greeven wants to improve his position but Oceans is controlling well.
van Greeven tries to regain full guard. Instead though, Oceans has advanced to mount. Uh oh.
Oceans looking to control but van Greeven is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.
van Greeven can't escape the position.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Oceans thowing shots but they're missing.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Neither fighter has done anything of merit for a good minute or two here and the crowd are not happy about it.
van Greeven avoids a series of strikes thrown by Oceans.
van Greeven working to try and regain half guard.
Oceans can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as van Greeven is looking to escape.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
van Greeven is in all sorts of trouble here.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Oceans trying to control but van Greeven is having none of it.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
van Greeven is wriggling around trying to escape.
van Greeven manages to regain half guard. Good work.
Oceans wants to take a breather but van Greeven is having none of it.
Oceans keeping composed on the top, looking to control the action.
van Greeven tries to get to full guard but Oceans has control of the leg.
That's four 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.
Oceans trying to control from half guard but van Greeven is working away.
The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Oceans tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
van Greeven moves away from the strike by Oceans.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Dick van Greeven showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action. The crowd applaud as we get ready to start the final round!
van Greeven fails with a takedown attempt from distance.
van Greeven shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with Oceans but Oceans pushes him off and we're back to square one.
Oceans on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
A telegraphed takedown attempt from van Greeven is defended easily by Oceans.
Samurai Oceans has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Dick van Greeven.
Oceans fails in his attempt to clinch.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Oceans wants to clinch.
van Greeven shoots in but Oceans avoids the takedown attempt easily.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Oceans throws a leg kick but van Greeven sees it coming and checks it nicely.
Oceans stuffs a takedown. It's all about dictating where the fight takes place and Oceans wants it to stay on the feet.
Oceans fails with an attempt to clinch.
Oceans tries to clinch up.
Oceans throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
van Greeven gets a takedown into half guard.
van Greeven takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
van Greeven not landing any meaningful shots this time.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
van Greeven is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.
Oceans is trying to get back to full guard.
Oceans moves his hips nicely and gets into full guard.
van Greeven stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Oceans swivels though and keeps the full guard.
van Greeven wants to control from the top but Oceans keeps moving.
van Greeven throws a big right hand that misses.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
van Greeven postures up.
Oceans keeping full guard, as van Greeven tries to pass.
van Greeven trying to control but Oceans is working from the bottom.
Well, the referee has seen enough. Neither fighter is active enough on the ground so he's stood them back up.
The fight stays on the outside here - Oceans looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Oceans misses with a telegraphed body shot
and van Greeven counters with a driving takedown into guard. Nice work there by van Greeven.
van Greeven wants to control from the top but Oceans keeps moving.
There's a bit of a scramble here and now Oceans is on top in guard.
van Greeven looking for submissions from the bottom here. Moving his hips around, possibly looking for an armbar.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
van Greeven looking to hit a scissor sweep but Oceans is one step ahead there.
van Greeven avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
van Greeven manages to land a sweep and now he's in mount on top!
Oceans is in a horrible position here, under a barrage of strikes, he's managing to avoid any damage.
Oceans is trying desperately to improve position.
And that's the end of the fight!
Dick van Greeven comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think van Greeven has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. 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 Frank Dennis scores the fight 28:29
Judge Tiny Johnson scores the fight 28:29
Judge George Francis scores the fight 28:29
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Dick van Greeven!
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energy
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hype
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pop
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mgr
A | B |
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RATING
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