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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Spankda Yank (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Hakeem Berzevaco (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Yank comes to the cage accompanied by I was made for loving you baby. The crowd seem to be enjoying Berzevaco's choice of entrance music: Kaksi vanhaa hinttaria. I can't wait for this one - let's get the fighter introductions out of the way and get this one started!
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the welterweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
22 - 10 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Spankda Yank!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
18 - 9 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Hakeem Berzevaco!
The judges for this bout are Saam Ante, Nard Betker and Aafke Stam.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Yank misses with a wild combination.
Berzevaco waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Yank.
Berzevaco looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Yank is fending him off so far but Berzevaco persists. Nope, Yank circles away and we're back to standing.
Berzevaco lands a really nice looking cross but Yank seems unphased.
Berzevaco finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
Yank tries to clinch up.
Berzevaco walks into a left hand.
Berzevaco misses with a hook
and Yank makes him pay by landing a thudding low kick.
Yank with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Berzevaco cracks a nice hook into Yank's ribs.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Berzevaco avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Yank closes the distance and clinches.
Yank misses with a body punch.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Yank tries to throw a body punch but Berzevaco avoids it by throwing Yank back against the cage.
Berzevaco successfully pulls guard.
Yank stops Berzevaco from standing up.
Yank throws a big elbow that misses.
Yank throws a big elbow that misses.
Berzevaco is active off his back here, looking for submissions.
Berzevaco wants to stand and escape but Yank is having none of it.
Berzevaco keeping full guard, as Yank tries to pass.
Berzevaco throwing his legs up looking for a triangle.
Berzevaco is trying to control the position from the bottom.
Yank postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
Yank with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Berzevaco wants to stand but Yank is controlling the position.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Yank avoids a guillotine attempt easily.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Berzevaco looking to hit a scissor sweep but Yank is one step ahead there.
Yank wants to control from the top but Berzevaco keeps moving.
Berzevaco looking for a sweep. Not yet Berzevaco, not yet.
Yank trying to control the position from guard on top but Berzevaco is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Yank has to be careful here, sitting in the guard of a superior BJJ player.
Berzevaco is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.
Yank trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
The ref stands the fighters back up. Spankda Yank wasn't doing enough on the ground.
Berzevaco rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Yank moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Yank missing with a left hand there. Berzevaco was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Berzevaco pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Berzevaco pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Berzevaco wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Yank connects with a single shot there.
Berzevaco takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
Berzevaco tries to score with a low kick but Yank moves his leg out of the way.
Yank closes the distance and clinches.
A short uppercut from Yank.
Yank breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Berzevaco throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Yank steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Berzevaco.
Yank avoids the body shot from Berzevaco.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Berzevaco swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
A telegraphed right hand from Yank misses the target.
Yank tries to clinch but fails miserably
and Berzevaco counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
A lazy left from Yank finds it's target.
Berzevaco takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Berzevaco throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Yank avoids the body shot from Berzevaco.
Berzevaco throws a body punch but Yank moves out of range.
Berzevaco misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Yank.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Yank lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Berzevaco circles away quickly and effectively.
Berzevaco misses with an uppercut.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close round but I would say that Spankda Yank will probably get the nod.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!
Good standup being displayed there by Berzevaco as he connects with a hook.
Berzevaco throws a nice head kick!
It looks like Spankda Yank has been cut.
A lazy left from Yank finds it's target.
Berzevaco lands a big head kick that sends Yank to the canvas! Berzevaco follows up with strikes from the mount that forces the ref to step in and stop the fight!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:21 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Hakeem Berzevaco!
Hakeem Berzevaco is the new welterweight champion!
Hakeem Berzevaco very nearly forgot to thank Brute amongst all the excitement of his win but just as the interview came to a close, he screamed their name. Hopefully he'll get a few nice freebies in the mail as a thank you.
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hype
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