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Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Vladimir Tomcic (ranked 1442 p4p, 611 weight class) and Daniel Mendoza (ranked 153 p4p, 61 weight class). Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.
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Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
Insanely flexible |
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BJJ Purple Belt
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 14 - 8 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Vladimir Tomcic!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 16 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Daniel Mendoza!
The judges for this bout are Taro Takaoka, Yasuomi Hirokawa and Tatsuya Matsuyama.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Mendoza misses with a hook. Tomcic ducked under it nicely.
Vladimir Tomcic seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Tomcic swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
We've been hearing reports that Tomcic has been drilling takedowns in recent sessions so let's see if that has an impact on the result of this fight.
Tomcic throws a head kick that looked like it stung.
Mendoza throws out a loose jab but Tomcic uses good head movement to avoid it.
Mendoza thows a left - swing and a miss!
Tomcic throws a sloppy head kick and Mendoza moves out of range easily.
Tomcic moves out of range of the strikes.
Tomcic looks to land a right hand but Mendoza moved out of range.
Tomcic looks to land a right hand but Mendoza moved out of range.
Mendoza throws the left hand but Tomcic avoids the punch easily.
Tomcic throws a body kick that sends a sickening thudding noise reverberating around the arena.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Mendoza looks to land a right hand but Tomcic moved out of range.
Tomcic feinted with a counter takedown.
Tomcic looks to land a right hand but Mendoza moved out of range.
Mendoza walks into a straight right hand from Tomcic.
Tomcic looks to clinch
and Mendoza counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Tomcic throws a nice outside leg kick.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Mendoza cracks Tomcic with an open hand slap.
Mendoza lands with a cross.
Nice jab there from Tomcic.
Mendoza slips under a jab from Tomcic.
Tomcic takes one to the chin there.
A good leg kick by Tomcic.
Tomcic connects with an inside leg kick.
Mendoza moves out of range of the leg kick from Tomcic.
Mendoza digs a good body shot into Tomcic's ribs.
Mendoza moves into range and connects with a jab.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
A good leg kick by Tomcic.
Tomcic bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Mendoza misses with an uppercut.
Tomcic cracks Mendoza with an open hand slap.
Tomcic throws a leg kick
and Mendoza counters with a stiff right hand.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Tomcic pivots, looking for a leg kick but Mendoza is out of range and Tomcic settles back down.
Tomcic swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Tomcic takes the fight into the clinch.
Mendoza prevents a takedown attempt there.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Mendoza.
Mendoza blocks a body shot from Tomcic.
Mendoza lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Mendoza lands an uppercut.
Mendoza lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Mendoza creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Mendoza breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Tomcic lands a head kick!
It looks like Daniel Mendoza has been cut.
Mendoza might want to mix his strikes up a bit more. He's just going for head shots at the moment and that can become a bit predictable.
Tomcic on the wrong end of a nice hook.
It looks like Vladimir Tomcic has been cut.
Mendoza misses with a hook. Tomcic ducked under it nicely.
It looked like Tomcic wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
Mendoza uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Tomcic.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Mendoza throws the left hand but Tomcic avoids the punch easily.
Tomcic swung with a counter punch to the body but it didn't connect.
Tomcic slips under a jab.
Mendoza misses with a double jab
and Tomcic counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Tomcic tries to clinch but Mendoza is having none of it.
Good shot there by Mendoza.
Tomcic slips a jab from Mendoza.
Tomcic lands a nice hook to Mendoza's body. Mendoza takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Tomcic clinches up against the cage.
Mendoza throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Tomcic lands a nice shot to the body.
Tomcic blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Tomcic swings wildly with an uppercut but Mendoza uses good head movement to avoid it.
Mendoza breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Daniel Mendoza is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Tomcic throws a sloppy head kick
letting Mendoza counter with a right hand.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Nice cross by Mendoza.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Tomcic lands a body shot.
Tomcic avoids a punch combination nicely.
Tomcic drops down looking for a counter takedown but Mendoza sprawls and moves away.
A nice leg kick lands there from Tomcic.
Mendoza scores with a jab to the jaw.
Mendoza lands a glancing blow to the side of Tomcic's head.
Tomcic fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Mendoza manages to avoid it.
Tomcic tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Mendoza manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Mendoza looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Tomcic tries a head kick but it misses.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Tomcic keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
Tomcic loads up on a big right hand but Mendoza slips the punch.
Tomcic with a nice cross.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
A close round but Daniel Mendoza will probably get the nod.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.
Tomcic closes the distance and clinches.
Tomcic trying to land knees to the body.
Mendoza lands a hook that snaps the head of Tomcic backwards.
Tomcic misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Tomcic misses with the head strike.
A right handed body shot lands from Mendoza.
Tomcic tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Tomcic blocks an uppercut.
Mendoza misses with a punch on the inside.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Tomcic.
Mendoza blocking some punches.
Mendoza misses with a hook from the clinch.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Mendoza.
Mendoza manages to break the clinch.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Mendoza keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Tomcic.
Tomcic walks into a left hand.
Decent striking displayed by Mendoza there.
Tomcic misses with a left hand
and Mendoza counters with a straight right hand.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Tomcic throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Tomcic fails in his attempt to clinch.
Tomcic has managed to clinch.
Tomcic lands a hook to the side of the head.
Tomcic blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Tomcic fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Tomcic misses with a body punch.
Mendoza pushes Tomcic back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Tomcic lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Mendoza working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Mendoza misses with the head strike.
Mendoza fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Tomcic.
A nice left hand lands by Mendoza.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Tomcic.
Mendoza breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Tomcic throws a leg kick that is checked
and Mendoza counters with a three punch combo that has Tomcic backing up. Tomcic nods at Mendoza to acknowledge the strikes.
Tomcic is rocked!
This has been an exciting period of action!
A head kick by Tomcic misses
and Mendoza counters with a nice body shot.
Mendoza takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Mendoza scores with a jab to the head.
Oh Tomcic is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Mendoza fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Tomcic seems to have got his legs back now.
A solid leg kick lands there for Tomcic.
Tomcic moves forwards but Mendoza connects with a nice, crisp jab.
Mendoza throws a shot from downtown. Tomcic moves away and avoids it.
Tomcic gets clipped by a big right hand and goes down spinning to the canvas! Mendoza gets the back mount and begins to drop bombs on his rocked foe! Tomcic is too out of it to defend against the strikes and the referee jumps in to save him from the beatdown!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:25 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Daniel Mendoza!
Our winner, Daniel Mendoza, made sure he spent some time buttering up the crowd during his post fight interview, which will no doubt bring him a few more fans.
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energy
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