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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Osvaldo Floyd (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Danilo Selimovic (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Danilo Selimovic has the eye of the tiger tonight.
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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
1 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Osvaldo Floyd!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Danilo Selimovic!
The judges for this bout are Saam Ante, Nard Betker and Patrick Alders.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Selimovic darts in and lands a nice takedown into half guard.
Selimovic looking to pass the half guard. Not this time.
Floyd manages to get to full guard.
Selimovic is trying to work a guillotine from the top, or something like that? Don't know how he thinks he's going to get a finish from there.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Selimovic accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Selimovic trying to control the position from guard on top but Floyd is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Floyd throws some sloppy strikes off his back.
Floyd is trying to control the position from the bottom.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Selimovic trying to control but Floyd is working from the bottom.
Floyd is trying to keep Selimovic in close.
The ref stands the fighters back up. Osvaldo Floyd wasn't doing enough on the ground.
Floyd swats away the attempt to clinch by Selimovic.
Floyd tries to keep at a distance but Selimovic has taken the fight into the clinch.
Floyd changes levels and goes for a takedown here. Selimovic fights it off and pushes away nicely.
Floyd could do with losing a few pounds - he looks very soft around the mid section, to put it politely.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Selimovic tries to clinch up
and Floyd counters with a big head kick but Selimovic shrugs it off.
Floyd throws a right and a left that both miss.
Selimovic closes the distance and gets a trip takedown into side control. Floyd quickly recovers to half guard.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
The referee calls for the fighters to work.
Floyd is staying active underneath Selimovic, who seems content to just control the action from this position.
Floyd is looking for a sweep. Selimovic is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Selimovic wants to control but Floyd is keeping him busy.
Danilo Selimovic has forced the referee to step in and restart the fight on the feet.
Selimovic tries to close the distance and clinch but Floyd swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Floyd tries to sprawl but Selimovic drives through with a takedown into half guard.
Selimovic passes to side control.
Floyd is looking for a sweep.
Selimovic decides to stand up, so the ref orders Floyd to his feet.
Selimovic clinches.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Selimovic wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Floyd has him pressed against the cage.
Floyd tries for a takedown but Selimovic manages to get underhooks.
Selimovic breaks from the clinch.
Excellent takedown into side control there by Selimovic.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Floyd dodges the ground and pound from Selimovic.
Selimovic trying to control the action but Floyd is working from the bottom.
Floyd can't do much from the bottom here.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Selimovic is looking to take a break and control but Floyd is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Danilo Selimovic dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Osvaldo Floyd'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.
Floyd fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Selimovic feints and then dives in with a takedown. That was a long way out but the feint bought him enough time to close the distance and complete the takedown. Now we'll play guard for a bit and see who can get the better of that position.
Selimovic gets to his feet and steps away from his opponent.
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from Floyd.
Excellent takedown into side control there by Selimovic.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Floyd is positioning himself to get back to half guard.
Selimovic thinks about going for a far side armbar but bails out and retains the dominant position instead.
Selimovic advances nicely into full mount.
Selimovic jumps to side control looking for an arm triangle but Floyd manages to avoid the submission attempt.
Selimovic in side control, throwing shots but Floyd defends.
Selimovic decides to take the fight back to the feet.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Floyd gets caught on his heels momentarily as he allows Selimovic to score an easy takedown into full guard.
Selimovic is breathing heavily.
Floyd trying to punch from his back but it's not doing any damage.
Floyd trying to strike off his back.
Floyd keeping moving, preventing Selimovic from controlling successfully.
Floyd trying to control the position.
Selimovic stopping the sweep attempt from Floyd.
Danilo Selimovic has got the better of the ground game so far.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Floyd doesn't do any damage with a couple of strikes from the bottom.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Selimovic stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Floyd swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Floyd scores with a couple of body punches from the bottom.
Selimovic drops back for a leg! It's a sloppy attempt though and Selimovic jumps back into guard quickly, to retain the dominant position.
Floyd throwing strikes off his back to little effect.
Selimovic won't allow Floyd to get back to his feet.
Floyd trying to strike off his back.
Floyd looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Floyd working a defensive guard here.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Selimovic trying to control the position from guard on top but Floyd is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
The referee is pacing around the two fighters - he looks like he's thinking about a standup.
Floyd is trying to keep Selimovic in close.
It looks like we're going to have a standup here. Neither fighter is doing enough on the ground.
Selimovic misses with the combination.
Floyd circles away from the clinch attempt
and Floyd moves into the clinch.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Danilo Selimovic showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Osvaldo Floyd's cut.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business. This is the final round!
Selimovic gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Floyd jumps guard but Selimovic stands there with Floyd around his waist. Floyd gives up and drops back to his feet. We remain in the clinch.
Selimovic is looking to control Floyd's arms but Floyd gets an underhook and turns him. Now Selimovic has his back to the cage.
Floyd tries to pull guard but Selimovic won't allow it.
Selimovic lands a takedown into guard.
Floyd has a butterfly guard looking to sweep but Selimovic has passed into side control.
The strikes coming from Selimovic are missing the target in this wave of attacks.
Floyd is looking for a sweep.
Selimovic working away.
Floyd is in a bad position, trying to hold on for dear life but he is really struggling to maintain any sort of control.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Floyd is going to have to think about doing something other than just controlling because Selimovic is managing to avoid having the position dictated to him.
Selimovic working the ground and pound but he's contacting the mat, not the fighter.
Floyd is not content to let Selimovic control the position.
Selimovic decides to stand up, so the ref orders Floyd to his feet.
Floyd avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Floyd swats away the attempt to clinch by Selimovic.
Floyd swats away the attempt to clinch by Selimovic.
Selimovic throws a head kick but Floyd moves out of range.
Selimovic throws a head kick that misses.
Floyd throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Floyd blocks a head kick by Selimovic.
Selimovic dodges the punch combination from Floyd.
Floyd darts in looking for a takedown but Selimovic gets double underhooks and turns Floyd into the cage.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Osvaldo Floyd. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Floyd tries to jump guard but he falls flat on his backside. Selimovic smiles and moves away.
Selimovic lands a jab. Then a cross. Then finally a nice hook to the body. Good work there by Selimovic.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Selimovic with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Selimovic shoots in and scores a nice double leg takedown into half guard.
Floyd trying to control but Selimovic postures up.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Floyd is trying to get back to full guard.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Floyd is working hard here to advance position.
And that's the end of the fight!
Danilo Selimovic comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Selimovic 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 Saam Ante scores the fight 27:30
Judge Nard Betker scores the fight 27:30
Judge Patrick Alders scores the fight 27:30
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Danilo Selimovic!
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