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Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Zoran Jolevi (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and George Moshington (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Moshington comes into a darkened arena with his song building. Common Enemny - Pit Trilogy kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.
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171 lbs
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Excellent boxer
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BJJ Brown Belt
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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
26 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Zoran Jolevi!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
17 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, George Moshington!
The judges for this bout are James Atkins, Sam Margolis and James Glass.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
A swing and a miss from Moshington.
Moshington uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
Jolevi staying out of range there.
Moshington throws a series of punches but Jolevi moves out of range.
Moshington keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
Jolevi drops his hands momentarily and Moshington takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
Moshington scores with a sloppy right hand. Jolevi should have avoided that one.
Nice jab there from Jolevi.
Jolevi misses with a hook. Moshington ducked under it nicely.
Nice defenses there by Jolevi.
Jolevi ducks under a wild hook from Moshington.
Jolevi throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Moshington on the side of the head.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Jolevi tries to clinch up
and Moshington counters with a left to the body.
Jolevi clinches with his opponent.
Moshington struggles to land a body shot inside as Jolevi controls his hands.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Jolevi blocks a body shot from Moshington.
Moshington is working Jolevi over against the cage.
Moshington tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Moshington blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Moshington lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Jolevi tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Moshington tries to pull guard but Jolevi holds him up against the cage and eventually Moshington drops back down to his feet.
Moshington is trying to pull guard but Jolevi turns him against the cage and we stay in the clinch.
Jolevi lands a left hand.
Jolevi blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Moshington working aggressively here.
Moshington blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Jolevi tries to work over Moshington's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Moshington has been looking to improve his clinch game in recent weeks. Jolevi seems to have the measure of him in the clinch so far, so let's see if Moshington can turn it around.
Moshington wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Jolevi has him pressed against the cage.
Jolevi tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Moshington's elbow.
Moshington tries to work over Jolevi's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Jolevi tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Jolevi tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Moshington's elbow.
Jolevi misses with the head strike.
Moshington tries to work over Jolevi's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Moshington misses with a punch to the body.
Moshington tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Jolevi swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Moshington working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Jolevi prevents a body shot from Moshington.
Jolevi goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Jolevi lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Jolevi tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Moshington misses with the head strike.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Moshington.
Moshington is trying to push Jolevi away but Jolevi has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Jolevi misses with some punches.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Moshington lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Jolevi blocking some punches.
Jolevi misses with a punch on the inside.
Moshington doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Jolevi prevents a body shot from Moshington.
Moshington throws a head punch that misses.
Moshington tries a body shot but Jolevi blocks it.
Moshington blocking some punches.
Moshington wants to get back to striking at distance but Jolevi won't allow it.
Moshington tries to throw a body punch but Jolevi avoids it by throwing Moshington back against the cage.
Moshington tries to throw a body punch but Jolevi avoids it by throwing Moshington back against the cage.
Jolevi misses with a hook to the ribs.
Jolevi tries to work over Moshington's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Moshington has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Jolevi tries to throw a body punch but Moshington avoids it by throwing Jolevi back against the cage.
Moshington's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Jolevi catches Moshington with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Moshington throws a looping overhand right but Jolevi ducks down to avoid it.
Jolevi ducks under a wild hook from Moshington.
Moshington ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Jolevi moves away.
Jolevi cracks Moshington with a right hand to the side of the head.
Jolevi throws a body shot but no joy.
As Jolevi backs off Moshington throws a huge counter combo but Jolevi manages to avoid it all.
Jolevi takes one to the side of the head.
A telegraphed right hand from Moshington misses the target.
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!
Moshington cracks Jolevi with a right hand to the side of the head.
Jolevi throws a body shot but no joy.
Jolevi pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Moshington might want to mix his strikes up a bit more. He's just going for head shots at the moment and that can become a bit predictable.
Jolevi tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Moshington misses with a wild body shot.
Jolevi slips a jab and a cross from Moshington.
Moshington misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Jolevi misses with an uppercut.
Jolevi lands a head shot.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
George Moshington 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.
Good standup being displayed there by Moshington as he connects with a hook.
George Moshington seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Jolevi fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Moshington looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
George Moshington seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Moshington keeps the fight on the outside.
Jolevi avoids a punch combination nicely.
Moshington lands a body shot.
Moshington will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Jolevi wants to take advantage of his opponent's missed offense by moving into the clinch.
Jolevi tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Moshington paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Jolevi is looking to clinch but Moshington is avoiding it.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Moshington slips a straight right by Jolevi.
Moshington throws an off balance right hand
and Jolevi holds on and brings the fighters into a clinch.
Moshington prevents a body shot from Jolevi.
Moshington lands with a left to the head.
A nice right hand lands inside from Jolevi.
Jolevi lands an uppercut.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Moshington is trying to pull guard but Jolevi has him pressed against the cage.
Moshington misses with some punches.
Moshington misses with a punch to the body.
Moshington's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Moshington can't find room to land a body shot as Jolevi controls the action.
Moshington tries a body shot but Jolevi blocks it.
Moshington throws a punch but it's blocked by Jolevi.
Jolevi lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Zoran Jolevi has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Still in the clinch, Jolevi scores with a nice short uppercut.
Moshington blocking some punches.
Jolevi swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Jolevi blocks an uppercut.
Moshington has managed to pull guard. Let's see whether he can work an aggressive guard. It will also be interesting to see what tactics Jolevi uses from the top position.
Moshington trying to control the position.
Moshington keeping moving, preventing Jolevi from controlling successfully.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Jolevi slows down the pace of the fight for a moment. He'll need to remain active if he doesn't want to see the fight stood back up.
Jolevi is pushing down on Moshington's leg trying to pass to half guard. Moshington is fighting to maintain full guard but Jolevi has managed to sneak the leg through.
Jolevi is working for a kimura but Moshington is defending it quite comfortably.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Jolevi throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Moshington looking for submissions off his back.
Moshington is pressing down on Jolevi's left leg trying to get back to full guard. He's managed it.
Moshington wants to sweep but no luck.
Moshington keeping moving, preventing Jolevi from controlling successfully.
Moshington utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Jolevi works a leg free and moves into half guard.
Jolevi is looking for a kimura but Moshington is holding onto that half guard position, so it's hard for Jolevi to get the leverage.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are getting on the fighters' backs, as the pace has dropped off in the last minute or so.
Moshington is defending against the submission attempts here by Jolevi.
Moshington trying to control from the bottom.
Jolevi is looking for a kimura here.
Jolevi seems very keen to just sit and control from half guard but Moshington does not like that idea so much and is remaining active off his back.
We must be close to a standup if these guys don't pick up the pace.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Jolevi sitting and controlling from the half guard.
The referee has stepped in and called for a break in the action. We'll restart on the feet.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Zoran Jolevi 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. This is the final round!
A jab lands there for Moshington.
Moshington lands a nice hook to Jolevi's body. Jolevi takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Moshington catches Jolevi with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
Moshington connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Jolevi's hands.
Moshington bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Jolevi's head backwards.
Moshington throws a hook but Jolevi blocks it.
A shot to the liver by Moshington. Beautiful body shot.
Jolevi lands a nice looking body shot.
Moshington ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Jolevi moves away.
Jolevi displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Moshington throws out the jab.
Moshington looks to score with a jab to the body but Jolevi is just out of range.
Jolevi throws a body shot but no joy.
Jolevi throws a lazy uppercut
and Moshington counters with a one-two to the body.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Moshington throws a right and a left that both miss.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Jolevi is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Moshington throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Jolevi.
Jolevi takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Jolevi connects with a jab.
Jolevi throws the left hand but Moshington avoids the punch easily.
Moshington swings for the body but Jolevi moves out of range.
Jolevi scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
Jolevi throws a hook to the side of Moshington's head but Moshington sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Jolevi throws a poor cross that misses
and Moshington makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Moshington bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Moshington misses the shot to the body.
Nice uppercut lands for Moshington. That snapped Jolevi's head back.
Jolevi ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Moshington moves away.
Jolevi tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Moshington manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Jolevi pushes Moshington up against the cage in a clinch.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Moshington breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Moshington scores to the head and body with a nice combination!
Jolevi tries to move into range but Moshington moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
Moshington throws a right and a left that both miss.
Jolevi throws a body shot but no joy.
Donk. Moshington catches Jolevi right on the button with a cross.
Moshington has used his reach advantage pretty well so far tonight.
Jolevi staying out of range there.
Jolevi is looking for a counter combo.
Jolevi moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
A jab lands there for Jolevi.
Moshington misses with a hook to the body
and Jolevi counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
Moshington swats away the attempt to clinch by Jolevi.
A big left from Jolevi misses.
Jolevi rushes Moshington and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Jolevi scores with a nice hook to the head.
Jolevi fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Jolevi working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Jolevi swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Moshington can't find room to land a body shot as Jolevi controls the action.
Moshington misses with a punch on the inside.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Moshington.
Moshington blocks an uppercut.
Jolevi misses with a hook to the ribs.
Jolevi lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Moshington backwards.
Jolevi working aggressively here.
Still in the clinch, Jolevi scores with a nice short uppercut.
Moshington misses with a shot to the kidneys.
A short right from Jolevi.
A nice right hand lands inside from Moshington.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Jolevi blocks a body shot from Moshington.
Moshington blocks a body shot from Jolevi.
Moshington makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
A short body shot lands from Jolevi as the two fighters clinch.
Moshington tries to pull guard but Jolevi forces him back to his feet, against the cage.
Jolevi has a couple of punches blocked by Moshington.
Moshington struggles to land a body shot inside as Jolevi controls his hands.
Moshington misses with a body punch.
Moshington tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Jolevi's elbow.
Moshington doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Moshington throws a head punch that misses.
Jolevi's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Moshington tries to work over Jolevi's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Jolevi lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Moshington breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
And that's the end of the fight!
George Moshington comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think Moshington has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. 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 James Atkins scores the fight 28:29
Judge Sam Margolis scores the fight 28:29
Judge James Glass scores the fight 28:29
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... George Moshington!
George Moshington decided to go for the less than humble approach in his post fight interview, telling everyone how he is going to conquer the world. The crowd seemed to like it when really that sort of approach could have gone either way.
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energy
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hype
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pop
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RATING
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