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Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Jami Balkan (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Herkules Nowacki (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). The crowd seem to be enjoying Nowacki's choice of entrance music: Moby - Flower. Jami Balkan is staring across the cage at his opponent, tweaking his nipples... Tweaking his own nipples that is.
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162 lbs
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165 lbs
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Abu Dhabi Champ
World class boxer
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World class MT
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
16 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Jami Balkan!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
14 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Herkules Nowacki!
The judges for this bout are Felipe Paraventi, Leandro Rodrigues and Matheus Silva.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Nowacki moves out of range of the body kick.
Balkan scores with a leg kick.
Balkan fails in his attempt to clinch.
Nowacki throws a looping overhand right but Balkan ducks down to avoid it.
Balkan misses with a kick to the body.
Nowacki blocks a low kick nicely.
Balkan checks a low kick from Nowacki.
Nowacki misses with a wild body shot.
Nowacki slips under a jab from Balkan.
Balkan throws a leg kick that misses.
Balkan looks to throw a body kick
and Nowacki makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Balkan tests Nowacki's chin there with a solid looking shot.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Nowacki throws a leg kick but Balkan sees it coming and checks it nicely.
Balkan throws a leg kick but Nowacki moved away.
Good leg kick by Balkan there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Balkan feints and then cracks Nowacki's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Nowacki down.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Nowacki throws a looping overhand right but Balkan ducks down to avoid it.
Jami Balkan seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Nowacki moves out of range of the leg kick from Balkan.
Nice cross by Balkan.
Good leg kick by Balkan there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Nowacki throws a leg kick but Balkan moved away.
Nowacki keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Balkan.
Balkan looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Nowacki throws a push kick but Balkan slaps the foot to one side.
Balkan with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Balkan staying out of range there.
Nowacki throws a nice outside leg kick.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Balkan.
Balkan throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Balkan cracks Nowacki with a right hand to the side of the head.
Balkan throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Balkan jabbing away but nothing is landing.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Nowacki throws a body punch but Balkan moves out of range.
Nowacki closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
Balkan throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Nowacki tries to clinch but Balkan moves out of range.
Nowacki scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
Balkan walks forward, straight into a front kick from Nowacki.
Nowacki throws a push kick but Balkan slaps the foot to one side.
Balkan throws a hook but Nowacki blocks it.
Nowacki blocks a low kick nicely.
Balkan misses with a body shot.
A looping hook to the body misses from Balkan. Nowacki does a little dance to reset his feet.
Balkan throws a body punch but Nowacki moves out of range.
Nowacki keeps the fight on the outside.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Balkan misses the shot to the body.
Nowacki avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
Nowacki drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
Nowacki walks into a stiff left hand from Balkan.
Balkan misses with an uppercut.
Nowacki moves in looking to clinch but Balkan pushes him off.
A big right from Nowacki misses.
Nowacki walks into a straight right hand from Balkan.
Balkan swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Balkan connects with a leg kick. Nowacki looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
Balkan swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Nowacki throws a head kick that connects with a bit of head and a bit of hand.
It looks like Jami Balkan has been cut.
Nowacki throws a good cross that connects.
Nowacki checks the leg kick nicely there.
Balkan is really peppering his opponent's head with punches.
A looping hook to the body misses from Balkan. Nowacki does a little dance to reset his feet.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Nowacki tries to clinch up but Balkan circles away and keeps his distance.
Nowacki is looking to clinch but Balkan is avoiding it.
A looping hook to the body misses from Balkan. Nowacki does a little dance to reset his feet.
Balkan misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Nowacki.
Balkan works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
Balkan avoids the body shot from Nowacki.
Balkan fakes the leg kick and cracks Nowacki in the body.
Nowacki misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Balkan.
Nice body kick from Nowacki.
Nowacki scoring well with a low kick there.
Nowacki tries to clinch there but Balkan circles away.
Nowacki is looking to slow Balkan down with leg kicks.
Nowacki throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Nowacki uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Balkan.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Jami Balkan dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Jami Balkan's cut.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!
Balkan misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Nowacki.
Nowacki is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Balkan will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.
Balkan 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 Balkan.
Nowacki listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Nowacki connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Nowacki lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Nowacki ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Balkan thuds his right hand into Nowacki's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.
Balkan throws a wild body kick that Nowacki sees coming a mile off.
Balkan tries a low kick but Nowacki avoids it.
Balkan motions for Nowacki to come forward. Balkan throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Nowacki moves out of range of the body kick.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Balkan takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
A slow jab from Balkan misses its intended target.
Jab from Nowacki.
Balkan throws an overhand right that lands on Nowacki's shoulder, as Nowacki tries to avoid the shot.
Balkan is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Nowacki can do to turn this around?
Balkan throws an off balance right hand
and Nowacki cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Nowacki looks to land a combination. Balkan sees it coming but can only parry a couple of the shots.
Nowacki takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
Balkan throws a head kick but Nowacki moves out of range.
Balkan is looking to chop away at Nowacki's legs.
Balkan scores with a sloppy right hand. Nowacki should have avoided that one.
Balkan throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Balkan stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Nowacki.
Balkan misses with a hook.
Nowacki takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Balkan throws a chopping leg kick but Nowacki manages to avoid taking any serious damage.
Jami Balkan is winning the standup battle so far.
Balkan throws a lazy body kick
and Nowacki counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
Nowacki lands with a good body shot.
Nowacki works over Balkan's head and body with a nice combination.
Nowacki moves out of range of the leg kick from Balkan.
A swing and a miss from Nowacki.
Balkan lands a right hook to the body.
Good exchange - Nowacki coming out on top.
Both these guys seem content to just stand up and trade with eachother but Nowacki might want to think about changing up his gameplan a bit because over the course of the fight, Balkan has got the better of the exchanges.
A bone on bone clash there as Nowacki blocks the leg kick.
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Nowacki, as that shot connected.
Nowacki takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Balkan doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
A telegraphed right hand from Balkan misses the target.
A lazy left from Nowacki finds it's target.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Nowacki throws a leg kick that misses.
Nowacki scores with a jab. Balkan acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
Balkan misses the jab.
Nowacki ducks under a wild hook from Balkan.
Balkan misses with a hook.
Balkan keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
Balkan lands a nice leg kick that just misses Nowacki's sensitive parts.
Balkan chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Nowacki chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Balkan can pounce on him.
Nowacki takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Nowacki's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Nowacki staying out of range there.
Nowacki uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Balkan.
Balkan misses with a body shot.
Balkan cracks Nowacki with an open hand slap.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Balkan lands with an overhand left.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Nowacki displaying good standup as he scores with a three punch combination.
A shot to the liver by Balkan. Beautiful body shot.
Nowacki moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Nowacki throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Balkan.
Balkan swings for the body but Nowacki moves out of range.
Balkan throws out a powerful jab.
Balkan throws a leg kick that is checked
and Nowacki counters with a straight right hand.
Nowacki throws a quick inside leg kick.
A big right from Nowacki misses.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Balkan wants to land a leg kick but Nowacki is out of range.
Nowacki scores with a crisp jab that stopped Balkan in his tracks.
Balkan throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close second round but Herkules Nowacki will probably get the nod - 10:9.
The cut man is working on Jami Balkan's cut.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action! And we move into the final round!
Nowacki looks to score with a jab to the body but Balkan is just out of range.
Some wild striking there from Nowacki.
Balkan throws a front kick aimed at Nowacki's knee but Nowacki avoids it well.
Nowacki turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Nowacki misses with a straight left.
Balkan throws a leg kick
and Nowacki counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.
Good standup being displayed there by Balkan as he connects with a hook.
A telegraphed right hand from Nowacki misses the target.
Nowacki slips a straight right by Balkan.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Balkan finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
Nowacki throws a hook but Balkan blocks it.
Nowacki throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Balkan looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Balkan misses with the combination.
Nowacki scores with a nice body kick.
A leg kick checked by Nowacki.
Nowacki has been working his punching technique in the buildup to the fight and it appears to be paying off.
Nowacki with a nice cross.
Nowacki misses with a few strikes there.
Nowacki misses with a looping left.
Balkan thows a leg kick but Nowacki checks it
and Nowacki counters with a good low kick that Balkan was not able to check.
Balkan is looking to score with low kicks.
Nowacki fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
Balkan misses with a lunging right hand
and Nowacki counters by moving into the clinch.
Balkan scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Nowacki lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Balkan tries a body shot but Nowacki blocks it.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Balkan misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Nowacki is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
Nowacki scores with a shot to the side of Balkan's head.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Balkan misses with an elbow over the top.
Nowacki controlling the action here for a moment.
Balkan tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Nowacki's elbow.
Balkan scores with a shoulder strike.
Nowacki gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Nowacki pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Nowacki uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
Nowacki checks a low kick from Balkan.
Nowacki throws a leg kick but Balkan sees it coming and checks it nicely.
Nowacki throws the kick towards the body but Balkan avoids it.
Balkan ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Nowacki moves away.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Balkan checks a leg kick.
Nowacki cracks the inside of Balkan's front leg.
Nice body kick there by Nowacki.
Balkan takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
Nowacki scores with a jab.
Balkan throws out a loose jab but Nowacki uses good head movement to avoid it.
Balkan tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Nowacki was well out of range. Poor timing from Balkan.
Balkan throws a leg kick that is checked
letting Nowacki counter with a right hand.
Jami Balkan's cut is getting worse.
Nowacki throws a low kick but Balkan moves out of range easily.
Balkan tries to land a body kick
and Nowacki counters with a low kick, right behind Balkan 's knee.
Nowacki tries to clinch up.
Balkan attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
Balkan throws a right hand that misses
and Nowacki counters with a lovely straight right hand!
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Balkan uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Nowacki.
Nowacki fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Balkan on the side of the head.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Balkan scores with a crisp jab that stopped Nowacki in his tracks.
Balkan keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Nowacki.
Nowacki punishes Balkan's body with a nice straight punch.
Balkan throws a low kick, looking for Nowacki's leg but Nowacki calmly moves out of range.
Balkan throws a push kick but Nowacki slaps the foot to one side.
Balkan throws a low kick but it's checked well by Nowacki.
Nowacki lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Balkan connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
Balkan throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Nowacki chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Nowacki is looking to score with low kicks.
And that's the end of the fight!
Herkules Nowacki comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Nowacki 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 Felipe Paraventi scores the fight 28:29
Judge Leandro Rodrigues scores the fight 28:29
Judge Matheus Silva scores the fight 29:28
In favor of your winner, by split decision... Herkules Nowacki!
A relieved looking Herkules Nowacki thanked the fans for their support and gave the usual line about them being amazing. They seemed to believe that he actually meant it.
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hype
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