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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Andro Antolovic (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Hans Gruber (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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208 lbs
9 - 3 - 0 |
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181 cm
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215 lbs
8 - 2 - 0 |
Decent wrestler
World class boxer
Cardio machine |
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Basic striking
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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
9 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Andro Antolovic!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
8 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Hans Gruber!
The judges for this bout are Chris Dean, Donatello Bradman and Francis DeMontford.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Gruber looks for a takedown. He's got it. We're now in half guard.
Gruber content to control rather than advance.
Antolovic's coaches at Madz **21 Elite coaches** have been working on his defensive grappling in preparation for this fight so let's see if he can get out of this tricky position.
Antolovic looks like he's trying to stand up.
Gruber looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Antolovic with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
Antolovic keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Antolovic tries to kick Gruber off but Gruber keeps his base steady and stays in half guard.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Gruber is keen to just control but Antolovic is a slippery customer.
Gruber looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Antolovic with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
Gruber prevents Antolovic from standing back up.
Gruber is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.
Antolovic on his back here. We all know that wrestlers don't like being on their back so let's see if Antolovic tries to get out of the position.
Gruber scores with a couple of good hammerfists.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Antolovic looks like he's trying to stand up.
Gruber missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
Gruber sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Antolovic defending well though.
Gruber prevents Antolovic from standing back up.
Gruber wants to take a breather but Antolovic is having none of it.
Gruber seems to be taking a bit of a break to think of his next move. He lands a short punch in the meantime.
Gruber controlling the pace.
Gruber thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
Gruber prevents Antolovic from standing back up.
Gruber throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
Antolovic is trying to stand back up but Gruber is controlling him
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Gruber seems very keen to just sit and control from half guard but Antolovic does not like that idea so much and is remaining active off his back.
Gruber moves into full mount! Antolovic won't be happy about that!
Gruber lands with some strikes.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Gruber is in the full mount, landing strikes.
Antolovic is trying to get to the cage to help him get back to his feet.
Gruber has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Antolovic taking shots to the head.
Gruber working Antolovic over with strikes here.
Antolovic is rocked!
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Gruber controlling the pace for now.
Oh Antolovic is still in real trouble! Will he be able to recover?!!
Gruber loads up on a couple of big shots to the head that have Antolovic scrambling to escape. He can't get free though and several more unanswered shots from Gruber land to the head. The referee has no choice but to stop the fight. Gruber stands and salutes the crowd.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:56 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Hans Gruber!
Hans Gruber seemed lost for words in his post fight interview but he remembered to thank his fans and directed everyone to his website.
Andro Antolovic spoke after the fight, saying 'He is the better fighter tonight'.
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