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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Vlad Drom (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Thaddeus Greco (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). The fight MMA fans around the world have waited their entire lives for!
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255 lbs
2 - 0 - 0 |
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265 lbs
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BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
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Excellent boxer
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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
2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Vlad Drom!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
3 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Thaddeus Greco!
The judges for this bout are , and .
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Drom misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Drom thows a body shot but no joy.
Drom thows a left - swing and a miss!
Drom lands a left and a right that send Greco crashing to the mat, dazed. Drom thinks about following him to the mat but decides to wave him back up to his feet!
It looks like Thaddeus Greco has been cut.
Vlad Drom seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Nice straight punches there by Greco. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Greco.
Drom swings for the body but Greco moves out of range.
Drom looks to throw the jab but Greco is out of range.
Greco uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Drom.
Drom misses the shot to the body.
Drom looks to score with a jab to the body but Greco is just out of range.
A punch combination from Drom misses.
Drom throws out a powerful jab.
Greco takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Greco throws out a loose jab but Drom uses good head movement to avoid it.
Drom lands with a shot to the body.
Greco looks gassed!
Greco slips under a jab.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Drom misses with a straight right.
Greco keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Greco scores with a punch to the head.
Greco thumps Drom with a low kick.
Drom throws a right and a left that Greco avoids nicely.
A punch combination from Drom misses.
Drom throws a shot from downtown. Greco moves away and avoids it.
Jab from Drom.
Drom walks forward, straight into a front kick from Greco.
Drom has his head slapped from side to side by a 3 punch combination. That must have hurt him.
Greco takes one to the chin there.
That has opened up Thaddeus Greco's cut even more.
Drom misses with a wild body shot.
Drom misses with a hook.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Drom fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Greco manages to avoid it.
Greco defending well as Drom loads up on a big left hand.
Drom swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Drom throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Greco sees it coming and avoids it easily.
A shot to the liver by Greco. Beautiful body shot.
Greco fails to land with a series of punches.
Drom uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Greco.
Drom takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
Drom throws a hook but Greco blocks it.
Drom pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Drom misses with a shot to the body
letting Greco counter with a right hand.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Drom misses with a hook to the body
and Greco counters with a straight right hand.
A big left from Drom misses.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Drom misses the body punch
and Greco counters with a three punch combination, finished off with a leg kick. Nice work.
A shot to the body from Drom misses
and Greco counters with a straight right hand.
Drom throws a combination that misses
and Greco makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Greco lands a nice looking body shot.
Greco lands with a hook. Drom tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
Drom misses the body punch
letting Greco counter with a right hand.
Drom is looking to wear down Greco with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
Greco keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Drom.
Nice body punch from Greco.
A jab from Greco finds it's way through Drom's defenses.
Greco has used his reach advantage pretty well so far tonight.
Greco moves into range and connects with a jab.
Drom misses with a body shot
and Greco counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
Drom has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Greco finds it's way round the side to connect with Drom's head.
Drom throws a predictable looking body shot
and Greco counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
Greco jabs at Drom's body.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Greco lands with a nice body kick.
Drom gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Greco paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
Greco bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Drom's head.
Drom takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Nice straight punches there by Greco. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Greco.
Drom shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Drom on the wrong end of a nice jab.
Drom misses with a combination
and Greco connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Greco scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.
Greco connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
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 Vlad Drom will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Thaddeus Greco's cut.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action.
Drom throws the left hand but Greco avoids the punch easily.
Drom takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Greco jabs away that one connects to the head of his opponent.
Greco scores with a body shot.
Drom misses with a body punch
and Greco counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Greco lands a two punch combo.
Greco scores with a leg kick.
Drom throws a predictable looking body shot
and Greco counters with a nice body kick.
Vlad Drom is winning the standup battle so far.
Drom misses the body punch
and Greco counters with a series of strikes. Drom will be more careful next time no doubt.
Drom throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Greco cracks Drom with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
Drom swings and misses with a shot to the body
and Greco counters with a nice uppercut.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Drom misses with a combination
and Greco makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Drom is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Greco.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Drom walks into a jab.
Drom misses with a double jab
letting Greco counter with a right hand.
Greco displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Drom throws out the jab.
Greco darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
Greco connects with a high kick.
Greco lands with a nice body punch.
Greco defending well as Drom loads up on a big left hand.
Drom has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Drom there as he acknowledges the shot.
Nice straight punches there by Greco. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Greco.
Greco staying out of range there.
Drom sees a low kick coming and goes to check it, but it's actually a body kick and it thuds into his unprotected ribs.
Nice jab there from Greco.
Greco moves away from the strike by Drom.
Greco is using his reach advantage to land shots from outside his opponent's range.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Drom misses with a shot to the body
and Greco counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Drom takes one on the button.
Drom swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Drom misses with a jab to the body
and Greco counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
Drom misses the body punch
and Greco counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Greco lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Drom walks into a straight right hand from Greco.
Drom takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Drom takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Left hook, right uppercut from Greco.
Drom swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Greco finishes the little exchange by landing a big kick to the body.
Drom looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
Greco lands with a right hand.
Nice uppercut there from Greco.
Drom misses with a looping right.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Drom takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Drom misses with a body punch
and Greco counters with a left to the body.
Greco's corner calls for a 1-2. Greco obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
Good shot there by Greco.
Greco lunges at Drom with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Drom's hand.
Greco lands a nice shot that snaps Drom's head back.
Greco scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
Drom throws out a loose jab but Greco uses good head movement to avoid it.
Greco closes the distance and lands a one-two.
It looks like Vlad Drom has been cut.
Greco scores with a sloppy right hand. Drom should have avoided that one.
Greco lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
Drom throws a predictable looking body shot
and Greco counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Drom walks forward, straight into a front kick from Greco.
Greco connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Drom momentarily.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Greco cracks the inside of Drom's front leg.
A punch lands to the side of Drom 's head but he takes it in his stride.
Greco lands a nice shot to the body.
Greco is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
Greco digs a good body shot into Drom's ribs.
Nice shot lands for Greco.
Drom walks into a left hand.
Greco scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Drom doesn't seem bothered though.
Greco blocks a jab.
Greco darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Drom misses with a hook. Greco ducked under it nicely.
Greco works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
Drom misses with a jab to the body
and Greco counters with a stiff right hand.
Greco lands with a shot to the body.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Thaddeus Greco showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin! This is the final round!
Greco connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Drom's hands.
Greco lands the left hand.
Greco keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Drom.
Drom will be looking to protect his midsection after taking some solid kicks to the body.
Greco throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Drom takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
Drom catches Greco with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
Greco cracks Drom with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
Drom has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Greco finds it's way round the side to connect with Drom's head.
Drom misses with a hook to the body
and Greco counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Greco changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Drom misses with a hook. Greco ducked under it nicely.
Greco scores with a jab to the jaw.
Drom throws a hook but Greco blocks it.
Drom throws a left and a right that both miss
enabling Greco to counter with a crisp jab.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Greco listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
That kick from Greco tenderised Drom's leg. Drom is trying to keep his angry face on.
Drom misses with a body shot
and Greco counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Greco stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
Drom misses with a combination
and Greco counters with a lovely shot to the body.
Drom misses with a body shot
and Greco counters with a straight right hand.
Jab, jab by Greco - just one landing.
Drom misses with a body shot
and Greco counters with a straight right hand.
Greco lands with a kick to the temple. Drom shrugs as if to say "is that all you've got?"
A shot to the liver by Greco. Beautiful body shot.
Greco scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Greco lands with a thumping leg kick.
Drom swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Greco counters with a leg kick.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Greco throws a front kick that sends Drom stumbling back into the cage.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Drom on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Greco lands a really nice looking cross but Drom seems unphased.
Drom gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Greco.
Greco digs a good body shot into Drom's ribs.
Good exchange - Greco coming out on top.
Greco lands with a shot to the body.
Left hook, right uppercut from Greco.
Greco cracks Drom with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
A shot to the liver by Greco. Beautiful body shot.
Greco connects with a crisp jab.
Drom gets cracked there but stands up to it.
Greco throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Drom stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Drom drops his hands momentarily and Greco takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Greco scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Greco moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
A chopping leg kick lands by Greco.
Greco jabs Drom right on the nose. Drom blinks but takes it well.
Greco lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Drom at a distance.
Greco comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Greco has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Greco throws a head kick that Drom semi-blocks.
Drom on the wrong end of a nice jab.
Greco takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
Drom takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Drom on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Greco, as that shot connected.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Greco connects with a nice looking jab.
Greco plants his feet and lands a nice head kick!
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Drom looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
Greco dips to his left and cracks Drom with an uppercut!
Greco moves out of range as Drom strikes.
Drom is really struggling to find his range with his punches. Greco's reach advantage is clearly causing him problems.
Greco scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Drom takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
Greco avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Greco comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Drom throws a combination that misses
and Greco counters with a left to the body.
Nice uppercut lands for Greco. That snapped Drom's head back.
Greco lands a head shot.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Drom throws a combination that misses
and Greco counters with a thumping low kick.
Greco stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
Greco connects with a body shot.
Greco lands a leg kick that knocks Drom off balance momentarily.
And that's the end of the fight!
Thaddeus Greco comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Greco has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. 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 Andi Peters scores the fight 26:29
Judge Gordon Ramsey scores the fight 26:29
Judge Frank Skinner scores the fight 26:29
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Thaddeus Greco!
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