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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Florencio Dragovich (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Anthony Almeida (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Chooooooooon! I think Dragovich might be my favorite fighter, now he's come out to Black Mages - Assault of the Silver Dragons. The crowd seem to be enjoying Almeida's choice of entrance music: 24 theme song. Both fighter's entrance songs getting the crowd jumping here.
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180 lbs
4 - 1 - 0 |
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148 lbs
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Good takedowns
Solid boxing
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BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent MT
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
4 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Florencio Dragovich!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
11 - 9 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Anthony Almeida!
The judges for this bout are , and .
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Almeida misses with a body kick.
The fighters circling - Dragovich throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
A solid leg kick lands there for Almeida.
Dragovich throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Almeida counters with a flying knee. Nice.
Dragovich misses with a takedown attempt - Almeida sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
Dragovich gets his takedown attempt stuffed easily
and Almeida counters with a nice body shot.
Almeida goes for a high kick. It partially lands.
Dragovich misses with a telegraphed body shot
and Almeida counters with a big head kick but Dragovich shrugs it off.
Dragovich throws a poor cross that misses
and Almeida cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Almeida lands with a nice body kick.
Dragovich gets his takedown attempt stuffed easily
and Almeida counters with a flying knee. Nice.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Florencio Dragovich. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Almeida lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Dragovich misses with a hook
and Almeida counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Dragovich shoots in for a takedown but Almeida shows good takedown defense.
Dragovich throws a sloppy body shot
and Almeida counters with a good, hard body kick but Dragovich shrugs it off.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Dragovich throws a right hand that misses
and Almeida counters with a flying knee. Nice.
A nice inside leg kick there by Almeida. That's going to slow Dragovich down.
Dragovich with a poor takedown
and Almeida counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Florencio Dragovich seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Dragovich pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Dragovich throws a series of punches but Almeida avoids them all with ease.
Dragovich misses with a left hand
and Almeida counters with a nice body kick.
Almeida scores with a spinning back kick!
Dragovich tries to clinch up.
Dragovich throws an off balance right hand
and Almeida counters with an inside leg kick.
Dragovich throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Almeida counters with a body kick that brings a smile to the face of both fighters.
Almeida tries a head kick but it misses.
Dragovich doesn't succeed with the takedown
and Almeida counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Almeida throws a head kick that half lands.
Dragovich swings widly with a right hand
and Almeida counters with a kick to the head that grazes his opponent. Dragovich is lucky that one didn't land flush.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Dragovich throws a one two combo.
Dragovich misses with a right hand
and Dragovich takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Almeida throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Dragovich slips a straight right by Almeida.
Dragovich misses with a takedown
and Almeida counters with a kick to the head that grazes his opponent. Dragovich is lucky that one didn't land flush.
Dragovich is really head hunting here, hardly looking to strike to the body at all.
Dragovich throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Almeida counters with a nice uppercut.
Almeida looks to land a right hand but Dragovich moved out of range.
Dragovich swings widly with a right hand
and Almeida counters with a good, hard body kick but Dragovich shrugs it off.
Almeida misses with a looping right.
Almeida sizes up Dragovich with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
Dragovich will be looking to protect his midsection after taking some solid kicks to the body.
Almeida scores with a head kick. Dragovich tried to block it but didn't get his arm up in time.
Anthony Almeida is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Dragovich misses with a right hand
enabling Almeida to counter with a crisp jab.
Dragovich is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Dragovich on the wrong end of a kick to the body.
Dragovich throws an off balance right hand
and Almeida makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Dragovich rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Almeida counters with a head kick. That will keep Dragovich thinking before he tries any more sloppy attacks!
Dragovich throws an off balance right hand
and Almeida counters with a stiff right hand.
Almeida waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Dragovich.
Almeida misses with a wild body shot.
This is turning into a torrid day at the office for Dragovich. He's trying desperately to land a takedown but he's failing miserably and getting slapped silly on the feet to compound his misery.
Dragovich misses with a lunging right hand
and Almeida counters with a leg kick.
Dragovich doesn't succeed with the takedown
and Almeida makes him pay by landing a thudding low kick.
Dragovich ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Almeida moves away.
Dragovich thows a left - swing and a miss!
Dragovich tests Almeida's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Dragovich has his takedown stuffed
enabling Almeida to counter with a crisp jab.
Almeida scores with a jab to the body.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Dragovich closes the distance and scores a nice trip takedown into half guard. Almeida did well to prevent Dragovich getting side control.
Dragovich throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
Dragovich missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
Dragovich keeping composed on the top, looking to control the action.
Dragovich thows a huge punch but Almeida dodges it nicely.
Almeida is looking to escape.
Dragovich sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Almeida defending well though.
Dragovich missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
Dragovich throws a strike but Almeida avoids it easily and moves to full guard.
Almeida avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Dragovich stops Almeida from standing up.
Dragovich throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Dragovich lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Anthony Almeida dominated that round.
That's time! Dragovich's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.
Dragovich jabs Almeida to the body, keeping him at a distance.
Dragovich misses with a right hand
and Almeida counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Almeida throws a shot from downtown. Dragovich moves away and avoids it.
Almeida pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Almeida misses with an attempted mid kick.
Dragovich cracks Almeida with an open hand slap.
Almeida slips under a jab.
Dragovich fails with a takedown attempt.
The step up in weight doesn't seem to be a problem for Almeida. He's performing admirably here against the bigger man.
Dragovich shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says Almeida as he avoids it easily.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Dragovich rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Almeida counters with a solid body kick.
Dragovich swings widly with a right hand
and Almeida counters with a right hand to the body.
Almeida changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Dragovich throws a shot from downtown. Almeida moves away and avoids it.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Almeida lands a nice looking kick to the body. Dragovich takes a step back to recover.
Almeida works over Dragovich's head and body with a nice combination.
Dragovich closes the distance, clinches up and gets a nice trip takedown into side control. Very smooth.
Almeida is trying to buck Dragovich off.
Dragovich looking to punish the body of his opponent here but Almeida is avoiding damage well.
Dragovich throws a knee to the body but it doesn't do much damage.
Dragovich is putting a hurting on Almeida here, landing some big shots from side control.
Almeida bucks up and manages to escape back to his feet!
Dragovich swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Almeida counters with an inside leg kick.
Almeida slaps away a takedown attempt from Dragovich, before circling back to the center of the mat.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Florencio Dragovich. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Almeida staying out of range there.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Dragovich misses with an uppercut
and Almeida counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Dragovich misses the shot to the body.
Dragovich throws a poor cross that misses
and Almeida counters with a nice body shot.
Almeida bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Dragovich's head backwards.
Almeida walks into a stiff left hand from Dragovich.
Anthony Almeida seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Almeida lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Dragovich is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Almeida.
Almeida throws a sloppy head kick and Dragovich moves out of range easily.
Dragovich slips a jab from Almeida.
Almeida moves away from the strike by Dragovich.
Almeida connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Dragovich's hands.
Almeida takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
Dragovich shoots in for a double leg but Almeida sprawls well. That's going to sap some energy.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Dragovich rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Almeida counters with a big head kick but Dragovich shrugs it off.
Dragovich misses with a hook
and Almeida counters with a slapping leg kick.
Dragovich avoids the head kick by Almeida.
Almeida ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Dragovich moves away.
A head kick misses from Almeida.
Almeida swats away the attempt to clinch by Dragovich.
A head kick misses from Almeida.
Dragovich misses with a straight right.
Almeida lands with a kick to the temple. Dragovich shrugs as if to say "is that all you've got?"
Dragovich thows a left - swing and a miss!
Dragovich looks to score with a jab to the body but Almeida is just out of range.
Dragovich throws a hook but Almeida avoids it easily.
Almeida throws a sloppy head kick and Dragovich moves out of range easily.
That's four 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.
Almeida uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Dragovich.
Dragovich swings widly with a right hand
and Dragovich takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Dragovich tries to bum rush Almeida with a series of wild strikes but Almeida uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Dragovich misses with a hook
and Almeida counters with a good, hard body kick but Dragovich shrugs it off.
Dragovich misses with an uppercut
and Almeida counters with a nice low kick that buckles Dragovich's knee momentarily.
Dragovich misses with a hook
and Almeida counters with a body kick that brings a smile to the face of both fighters.
Almeida ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Dragovich stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
A swing and a miss from Almeida.
Dragovich misses with a hook
and Almeida counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
Almeida scores with a push kick.
Dragovich swings widly with a right hand
and Almeida makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Dragovich swings widly with a right hand
and Almeida counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.
Almeida misses with a looping left.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Anthony Almeida showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
That's time! Back to the action! So, we enter the final round. Let's see if either fighter can bring us a finish, or whether we're going to the judges scorecards.
Almeida keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.
Nice sprawl there from Almeida as Dragovich shoots in.
Almeida lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
Dragovich will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
A slow jab from Dragovich misses its intended target.
Almeida lands with a straight right. Dragovich didn't see that one coming.
Dragovich misses with a lunging right hand
and Almeida counters with a kick to the head that grazes his opponent. Dragovich is lucky that one didn't land flush.
Dragovich missing with a left hand there. Almeida was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Almeida is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Dragovich.
Dragovich closes this distance looking for a takedown but Almeida circles away.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Florencio Dragovich. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Dragovich misses with a hook
and Almeida counters with a straight right hand.
Dragovich throws a poor cross that misses
and Dragovich takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Almeida goes for a high kick. It partially lands.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Dragovich takes a head kick and keeps coming.
Dragovich misses with an uppercut
letting Almeida counter with a right hand.
Dragovich throws a big shot that misses.
Dragovich misses with a hook
enabling Almeida to counter with a crisp jab.
Almeida misses with a head kick.
Dragovich throws an off balance right hand
and Almeida counters with a slapping leg kick.
Dragovich misses with a double jab
and Almeida counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Almeida moves out of range of the strikes.
Dragovich throws a lazy uppercut
and Almeida makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Almeida lands a nice looking kick to the body. Dragovich takes a step back to recover.
Dragovich misses with a takedown attempt - Almeida sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
Dragovich ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Almeida moves away.
Anthony Almeida is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Crunch! Almeida slams his shin into Dragovich's torso.
Dragovich looks to score with a jab to the body but Almeida is just out of range.
Dragovich smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
Dragovich misses with a left hand
and Almeida counters with an outside leg kick.
Dragovich looks to clinch
and Almeida counters with a nice uppercut.
Dragovich blocks a head kick by Almeida.
Dragovich misses with an uppercut
and Almeida counters with a left to the body.
Dragovich blocks the body kick.
Dragovich shoots in for a takedown! He's got it and he's managed to land in full mount! That's better than Dragovich was expecting from the takedown attempt, I'm sure!
Dragovich punishing his opponent with strikes.
Almeida is trying to stand.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Almeida avoids a series of strikes thrown by Dragovich.
Dragovich thowing strikes but they're hitting the gloves, not doing any damage.
Dragovich throws some wild stikes that Almeida manages to avoid easily.
The fighters are trapped in the ropes so we're going to have a reposition here. The ref calls for a break and repositions the fighters in the center of the ring.
BOOM! Dragovich connects with a massive shot to the dome!
Dragovich lands an elbow that was bordering on illegal but the referee lets it go with a warning.
You get the feeling that Almeida really doesn't like being in this position too much.
Florencio Dragovich has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Dragovich lands a big shot there that rocks Almeida but he's holding on and managing to survive for now.
Dragovich thowing shots but they're missing.
Dragovich lands a shot to the body, followed up by a shot to the exposed head of his trapped opponent.
Almeida is rocked!
Dragovich dominating with strikes here.
Almeida is still in real trouble! Can Dragovich finish him?
Dragovich working away from the top, dropping strikes.
Almeida takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Dragovich is still in mount, landing shots to his trapped opponent. Almeida can't stay in a position like this for much longer.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Dragovich looking to finish here with some ground and pound. He lands one big shot that has Almeida 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 4:25 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Florencio Dragovich!
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energy
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hype
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pop
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