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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Giorgios Finlitis (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Mathias Djuric (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). The fight MMA fans around the world have waited their entire lives for!
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203 lbs
11 - 7 - 0 |
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200 lbs
6 - 5 - 1 |
Good wrestling
Solid boxing
Very strong |
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BJJ Purple Belt
Decent boxing
Knockout power |
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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
11 - 7 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Giorgios Finlitis!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
6 - 5 - 1, fighting out of St Petersburg, Mathias Djuric!
The judges for this bout are Konstantin Menshow, Sergei Dronov and Aleksei Zolotukhin.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Djuric misses with a straight left.
Djuric shoots and misses
and Finlitis connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Nice defenses there by Finlitis.
Finlitis slips a jab and a cross from Djuric.
Finlitis steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Djuric.
A left and a right from Djuric both land. Nice combination.
It looks like Giorgios Finlitis has been cut.
Djuric throws the overhand right but ducks down into a quick takedown attempt. Finlitis was covering up waiting for the punch and Djuric finishes the takedown easily into guard.
Djuric tries to free his leg and advance position but Finlitis is retaining full guard.
Djuric is persisting with the attempt to improve his position.
Finlitis keeping moving, preventing Djuric from controlling successfully.
Djuric must be cautious of submissions here, given that his opponent has the superior Jiu Jitsu.
Djuric throws a strike but Finlitis rolls with it and manages to sweep. Now he's in guard on top.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Djuric has his foot on Finlitis's thigh. He's trying to push off and get in position for a triangle, I think. Finlitis works his way back into a safe position though.
Finlitis postures up in Djuric's guard and throws a big left but Djuric blocks it.
Finlitis with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.
Finlitis is intent on slowing down the pace of the fight, simply looking to control.
Finlitis slips effortlessly into side control - very nice.
Djuric is letting Finlitis control him for a moment.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Finlitis is looking for a kimura. He might have it! No, Djuric has escaped the position, nice work there.
Djuric tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Finlitis is pausing for a moment. What's he doing? It looks like he's clearing his nose. Oh dude! He's shot a load of snot all down Djuric's shoulder. That is not cool.
Finlitis is trying to land an Americana. He has the arm isolated but Djuric is keeping cool and he's avoided the danger for now.
Finlitis moves into full mount!
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Djuric is trying to escape the mount.
Finlitis wants to control the pace but Djuric is squirming around nicely.
Finlitis avoids the attempt from Djuric to control.
The crowd growing excited in anticipation of a finish here! Right on cue, Finlitis cracks his opponent with a massive right hand that draws loud cheers!
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Finlitis looking to finish here with some ground and pound. He lands one big shot that has Djuric covering up... and two more big strikes land, forcing the referee to step in and put and end to proceedings! This fight is all over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:29 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Giorgios Finlitis!
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energy
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hype
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pop
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mgr
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FIGHT
RATING
49% |
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