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Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Toki Umbaka (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Tvrtko Nujic (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Umbaka comes to the cage accompanied by Anthem for the Underdog. We have two fighters making their debuts here, so let's see who comes out of this one with their first professional victory.
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300 lbs
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290 lbs
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BJJ Blue Belt
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Solid Muay Thai
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the super heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Toki Umbaka!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Tvrtko Nujic!
The judges for this bout are , and .
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Umbaka throws a nice looking combination but Nujic bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Toki Umbaka seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Umbaka throws the overhand right but ducks down into a quick takedown attempt. Nujic was covering up waiting for the punch and Umbaka finishes the takedown easily into guard.
The referee looks like he's ready to step in and stand the fighters back up.
Nujic kicks Umbaka off and gets to his feet.
Nujic looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Nujic instigates a clinch.
Nujic misses with a knee to the head.
Umbaka tries to pull guard but Nujic forces him back to his feet, against the cage.
Umbaka tries for a takedown. No joy.
Umbaka can't break the clinch.
Umbaka pulls Nujic into guard.
Nujic prevents Umbaka from getting back to his feet.
Nujic works a leg free and moves into half guard.
Umbaka avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Nujic.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Nujic decides he's had enough of the ground and stands up.
Nujic misses with a takedown attempt - Umbaka sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Umbaka closes the distance and pushes Nujic back into the cage.
Umbaka is defending well against a takedown attempt.
Nujic manages to break the clinch.
Umbaka misses with the combination.
Nujic pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Umbaka closes the distance and clinches.
Nujic lands a hook that snaps the head of Umbaka backwards.
Umbaka is working for a takedown up against the cage. He can't get it on this occasion though.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Toki Umbaka. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Nujic pulls guard successfully.
Nujic has his foot on Umbaka's thigh. He's trying to push off and get in position for a triangle, I think. Umbaka works his way back into a safe position though.
Nujic tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Umbaka has to be careful here, sitting in the guard of a superior BJJ player.
Nujic pulls Umbaka in close to prevent any damage.
Nujic avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Umbaka throws a big right hand that misses.
Umbaka postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Nujic working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Umbaka.
Umbaka missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Nujic tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Umbaka missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Umbaka sitting in guard, not really doing much.
Nujic working a defensive guard here.
We must be close to a standup if these guys don't pick up the pace.
Umbaka working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.
Umbaka is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
Nujic preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Nujic trying to control the position here.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Umbaka wants to get up but he can't break Nujic's closed guard. He needs to be careful trying to break the legs open, as he's open to submissions here.
Nujic tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Nujic is trying to stand up but he's not managed so far.
Nujic looks winded!
Umbaka trying to control but Nujic is working from the bottom.
Umbaka landing with the ground and pound.
Nujic keeping moving, preventing Umbaka from controlling successfully.
Umbaka controls the pace of the fight for a moment.
Umbaka trying to control but Nujic is working from the bottom.
Toki Umbaka has forced the referee to step in and bring the fight back to the feet.
Umbaka misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Sloppy strikes from Umbaka. Those never looked like landing.
Nujic shoots in for a takedown but Umbaka shows good takedown defense there and keeps this one on the feet.
Umbaka dives in and grabs Nujic's left leg, looking for a takedown. Nujic pushes down on Umbaka's head and hops out.
The fight stays on the outside here - Umbaka looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Umbaka throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around Nujic's waist but Nujic gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing Umbaka off to one side.
Umbaka has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Umbaka there as he acknowledges the shot.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Nujic shoots in looking for a takedown but Umbaka manages to keep the fight standing, pushing Nujic's face into the canvas for good measure before circling away.
Umbaka looks to land a body kick but Nujic moved away.
No luck for Umbaka with that takedown attempt.
Nujic throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Umbaka closes the distance and clinches up, looking for a takedown. He shifts his weight and gets a nice trip into half guard.
Umbaka knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Nujic on the ground.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Nujic wants to control but Umbaka is keeping busy and won't allow it.
Umbaka not doing much here.
Nujic trying to control from the bottom.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Toki Umbaka dominated that round.
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.
Nujic goes for a double leg but Umbaka avoids the attempt and the two fighters end up clinched against the cage as Umbaka continues to drive forward.
Umbaka wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Umbaka stalling.
Umbaka jumps guard but his hands slip and he falls flat on his back. Well, he's made himself look a right mug there, as Nujic walks away with a smile on his face. Umbaka gets slowly back to his feet and shakes his head.
Nujic doesn't manage to clinch there - Umbaka circles away.
Umbaka darts in looking for a takedown but Nujic gets double underhooks and turns Umbaka into the cage.
Nujic taking a breather.
Umbaka is looking to break free of the clinch but Nujic has double underhooks.
Umbaka has dropped down and is looking to force the takedown but it's defended by Nujic after a bit of a struggle.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Toki Umbaka. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Umbaka is trying to force a seperation but Nujic has the dominant position.
Nujic breaks the clinch.
Umbaka throws a leg kick that is checked
and Nujic counters by moving into the clinch.
Nujic breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Nujic shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Umbaka wants to clinch up but Nujic keeps it at a distance.
Nujic tries to score a power double leg takedown but Umbaka sees that one coming and sprawls well. That will dishearten Nujic somewhat.
Umbaka shoots in for a takedown. He's persisting with it as Nujic sprawls well. Nujic wins this battle and keeps the fight standing. Umbaka gets slowly back to his feet.
Nujic fails miserably with a takedown attempt.
Nujic is breathing heavily.
Nujic has a takedown stuffed.
Umbaka closes the distance and clinches up with Nujic, looking for a takedown. Umbaka pushes Nujic against the cage but Nujic circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.
Umbaka fails with an attempt to clinch.
Nujic shoots in for a takedown but Umbaka shows good takedown defense.
Nujic avoids the head kick by Umbaka.
Umbaka drives through with a really nice takedown into side control.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Nujic is not content to let Umbaka control the position.
Umbaka decides to take the fight back to the feet.
Umbaka fails to land the takedown.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Nujic fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Umbaka tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
No luck with that takedown attempt from Nujic.
Umbaka tries to clinch but Nujic moves out of range.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Umbaka scores with a nice takedown into half guard. Let's see what he's got on the ground.
Umbaka is thwarting Nujic's attempts to control the position.
Nujic wants to improve his position but Umbaka is controlling well.
Umbaka winds up and cracks Nujic with a swinging punch to the side of the head.
Umbaka is trying to control the action in half guard but Nujic is working away on the bottom, looking perhaps to get back to full guard.
Umbaka sitting and controlling from the half guard.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Umbaka is stalling here. Nujic is in no mood to hang around though. He's locked up a kimura from the bottom! Umbaka seems to be keeping calm but he's forced to roll out of the hold and Nujic has ended up in side control on the top. Nice work.
Umbaka is looking to work his way out of this bad position but Nujic is controlling him well.
Nujic tries to advance to mount but Umbaka denies him.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Umbaka tries to escape but Nujic is in control.
Nujic working hard here to secure a kimura but he's not really in the right position for it.
Umbaka is trying to escape and get back to his feet.
Toki Umbaka overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Umbaka is positioning himself to get back to half guard.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Umbaka is working hard here to advance position.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Toki Umbaka dominated that second round.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action. And we move into the final round!
Umbaka looks for a takedown. He's got it. We're now in half guard.
Nujic is doing well to control the position and prevent Umbaka from advancing to side control.
Nujic wants to get back to full guard.
Nujic actively working from the bottom here.
Nujic trying to control but Umbaka postures up.
Umbaka seems to have lost interest with the ground game and is thinking about standing back up.
Nujic gets full guard.
Nujic bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Umbaka's guard.
Umbaka throwing some rather feeble looking strikes off his back.
Nujic takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Umbaka striking off his back but it's not causing Nujic any problems.
Umbaka punching from the bottom - just letting Nujic know he's still in a fight.
Nujic stands and steps away. Umbaka gets to his feet too and we're back to the striking game.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Nujic is trying hard to land a takedown here. Umbaka sprawls well and keeps this one on the feet.
Umbaka fails with an attempt to clinch.
Nujic is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Nujic tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Umbaka tries to clinch but Nujic is having none of it.
Umbaka has a takedown stuffed.
Umbaka shoots in looking for a takedown. Nujic tries to sprawl out of it but Umbaka keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. Nujic manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.
Nujic clinches.
Nujic lands a nice shot to the body.
Nujic tries to break free but Umbaka pushes him back against the cage.
Umbaka manages to break the clinch.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Umbaka dives in for a single leg takedown but Nujic sprawls and the fighters end up clinched against the cage.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Toki Umbaka. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Umbaka breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Umbaka pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Umbaka tries to drive through with a takedown attempt but Nujic defends well and Umbaka ends up having to push Nujic into the cage where they will battle it out in the clinch.
Umbaka wants to stall.
Nujic is trying to drag Umbaka to the mat but Umbaka just about manages to keep his footing. He used the cage to his advantage there.
Nujic jumps into guard, dragging Umbaka to the mat.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Umbaka controlling from the guard. I say controlling but really, he's stalling.
Umbaka trying to control but Nujic is working from the bottom.
Umbaka stays in close to Nujic's body and controls the position.
Nujic not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
The ref stands the fighters back up. Toki Umbaka wasn't doing enough on the ground.
Nujic shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has Umbaka pinned against the cage. Umbaka gets the underhooks and manages to circle away.
Umbaka pushes Nujic up against the cage in a clinch.
Umbaka has hold of a leg and is looking for a trip takedown. Nujic avoids it nicely though and we remain in the clinch.
Nujic stalls.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Umbaka has managed to pull guard. Let's see whether he can work an aggressive guard. It will also be interesting to see what tactics Nujic uses from the top position.
Nujic won't allow Umbaka to get back to his feet.
Umbaka can't keep his opponent in guard - Nujic advances to half guard, no doubt looking to mount.
Umbaka is looking to escape.
Nujic wants to take a breather but Umbaka is having none of it.
Nujic prevents Umbaka from standing back up.
Umbaka trying desperately to get back to his feet here but he's not having any joy at all. He's going to tire himself out if he's not careful.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Nujic is nestled in close to Umbaka, controlling him well. He's worked in a nice elbow to the side of the head as well, for good measure.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Umbaka pushes Nujic off looking to stand but Nujic dives back in and keeps control.
Tvrtko Nujic has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Toki Umbaka is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Nujic is trying to work for a kimura but Umbaka is defending well.
And that's the end of the fight!
That was a close round. You could make an argument for either fighter but I would give it to Toki Umbaka.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Umbaka, winning every round. Will the judges agree? They are the ones who matter, even if they are often depressingly incompetent. 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 30:28
Judge Gordon Ramsey scores the fight 30:28
Judge Frank Skinner scores the fight 29:28
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Toki Umbaka!
Toki Umbaka took to the mic in his post fight interview and said 'It was a great war, I was horored to fight you man, I'd like to thank the QFC for this opportunity, and I hope to win my next fight.'.
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energy
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