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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Dino Medvidovic (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Petteri Katayamaki (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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205 lbs
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190 cm
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205 lbs
1 - 1 - 0 |
BJJ Blue Belt
Basic striking
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BJJ Blue Belt
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
4 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Dino Medvidovic!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Petteri Katayamaki!
The judges for this bout are Sosuke Kotani, Ren Mimura and Yukihiro Shimada.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Medvidovic decides to change it up a bit and drives through with a nice takedown into half guard.
Katayamaki wants to get back to his feet.
Medvidovic is pressing down on Katayamaki's thigh, looking to free his foot. Katayamaki is holding on for now.
Katayamaki is in trouble now - Medvidovic has advanced to mount!
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Katayamaki wants to control but Medvidovic is having none of it.
Medvidovic sitting in mount, just looking to control for the moment.
Katayamaki wants to control but Medvidovic is having none of it.
Medvidovic content just to control the position here.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Medvidovic lands a couple of nice shots there from mount.
Katayamaki is writhing around trying to get back to his feet.
Katayamaki holds on to Medvidovic as tight as he can, avoiding damage.
Katayamaki wants to control but Medvidovic is having none of it.
Medvidovic content just to control the position here.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Katayamaki is trying desperately to improve position.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Katayamaki tries to lock up and control but Medvidovic gives him a forearm to the face and pushes him away.
Medvidovic content just to control the position here.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Medvidovic throwing strikes here but Katayamaki is writhing around nicely and avoiding any serious damage.
Medvidovic sitting in mount, just looking to control for the moment.
Medvidovic working Katayamaki over with strikes here.
Medvidovic avoids the attempt from Katayamaki to control.
Medvidovic postures up and cracks his opponent a couple of times before moving back into close ground control. Katayamaki looks a forlorn figure.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are showing their displeasure at the lack of action as loud boos ring out around the arena.
Medvidovic looking to finish with strikes here!
Medvidovic jumps to the side looking to secure the arm triangle…. Ooooh, that looks tight… Katayamaki is gargling but he's managed to escape! Nice work there by Katayamaki and Medvidovic has given up the dominant position trying to land that submission.
Medvidovic wants to lay and pray for a moment but Katayamaki keeps working.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Medvidovic wants to take a breather but Katayamaki manages to regain guard - a lesson learnt for Medvidovic.
Katayamaki looking to sweep using the butterfly guard but Medvidovic puts pay to that idea as he passes nicely into half guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Dino Medvidovic dominated that round.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.
The fight stays on the outside here - Medvidovic looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Medvidovic shoots in looking for a takedown. Katayamaki tries to sprawl out of it but Medvidovic keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. Katayamaki manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.
Katayamaki has his takedown stuffed
and Medvidovic counters with a shoot takedown into half guard.
Katayamaki is not content to let Medvidovic control the position.
Katayamaki blocking the ground and pound attempt from Medvidovic.
Katayamaki is controlling Medvidovic's position as best he can from this difficult position.
Katayamaki trying to control here.
Medvidovic decides to stand up and try his luck on the feet.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Medvidovic looks for a takedown but Katayamaki sprawls well.
No joy there for Katayamaki, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Katayamaki is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
Medvidovic is rocked!
Medvidovic tries to clinch up but Katayamaki circles away and keeps his distance.
Katayamaki has taken the fight to the clinch.
The referee calls for Katayamaki to work.
Katayamaki wants to break the clinch but can't.
Medvidovic prevents Katayamaki from breaking the clinch.
Katayamaki throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Medvidovics head.
Medvidovic tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Medvidovic fails to pull guard.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Dino Medvidovic. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Katayamaki jumps guard and drags Medvidovic to the mat. He's obviously going to be looking for submissions off his back.
Medvidovic wants to control from the top but Katayamaki keeps moving.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Medvidovic throws a big right hand that misses.
Medvidovic could do with loosing a few pounds - he looks very soft around the mid section, to put it politely.
Medvidovic is looking to stand up but Katayamaki won't let him.
Katayamaki seems keen to control Medvidovic's posture.
Katayamaki is looking to get back to his feet but can't, whilst Medvidovic is controlling him.
A real slowdown in the pace of the fight for a moment, as Katayamaki holds on and takes a little breather.
Medvidovic stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Katayamaki swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Katayamaki keeping moving, preventing Medvidovic from controlling successfully.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
It looks like we're going to have a standup here. Neither fight is doing enough on the ground.
Katayamaki fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Medvidovic moves into the clinch successfully.
Katayamaki goes for a takedown attempt but Medvidovic pushes him away and we're back to fighting at a distance.
Medvidovic has Katayamaki up against the cage in a clinch.
Medvidovic wants a takedown but no success here.
Katayamaki is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Medvidovic looking for a takedown.
Medvidovic is trying to work for a single leg takedown but Katayamaki pulls him back up using the underhooks.
Katayamaki wants to get back to striking at distance but Medvidovic won't allow it.
Katayamaki manages to break the clinch.
Medvidovic shoots in and drives through. Katayamaki sprawls well.
Medvidovic shoots in for a takedown! He's got it and he's managed to land in full mount! That's better than Medvidovic was expecting from the takedown attempt, I'm sure!
Medvidovic tries to control but Katayamaki wriggling away.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Katayamaki tries to reverse the position but Medvidovic maintains control.
Medvidovic landing strikes from the mount.
Katayamaki has given up his back here.
Katayamaki prevents Medvidovic from getting a body triangle.
Katayamaki is taking damage to the body and head.
Katayamaki staying busy and making it hard for Medvidovic to control.
Katayamaki showing good submission defense here.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Medvidovic looking for the choke but no joy.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Dino Medvidovic dominated that second round.
That's time! Medvidovic's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight. This is the final round!
Katayamaki doesn't succeed with the takedown
so Medvidovic counters with a double leg into guard. Good agility.
Katayamaki 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.
Medvidovic content to stall in guard here.
Katayamaki keeping moving, preventing Medvidovic from controlling successfully.
Medvidovic pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Katayamaki is keeping the position for now.
Medvidovic stands up over Katayamaki, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head.
Dino Medvidovic overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Medvidovic wants to pass the guard but Katayamaki is keeping the position.
Katayamaki takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Medvidovic sneaks a leg through and gets to half guard. That was like a knife through butter how easily he passed Katayamaki's guard.
Medvidovic has hold of the far side arm. He's working for the Kimura, can Katayamaki defend it? Medvidovic steps over the head and cranks it - Katayamaki is tapping out! That was textbook stuff right there - nice submission victory for Medvidovic!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:23 of round 3, we have a winner by way of Submission (Kimura). Dino Medvidovic!
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