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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Zdravko Saric (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Alexander Rewell (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both these guys have really solid chins. Will we see a standup war or will they both decide that a knockout is unlikely and try to win the fight elsewhere?
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
3 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Zdravko Saric!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
5 - 5 - 0, fighting out of New York, Alexander Rewell!
The judges for this bout are Radbod Blank, Paul Aken and Paulsen Ambrosius.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Saric misses with a low kick as Rewell jumps back.
Rewell throws a big shot that misses.
Rewell lands a leg kick that knocks Saric off balance momentarily.
Rewell looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights.
Good work by Rewell as he checks the leg kick.
Saric misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Rewell.
Rewell uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Saric.
Saric scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Rewell blocks a jab.
Saric misses with a straight left.
Rewell throws a body kick that misses.
Rewell lands with a nice body punch.
Zdravko Saric seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Rewell misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
An attempted straight right counter from Saric misses the target.
Rewell looks to land a combination but Saric avoids it well.
Rewell bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Rewell fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Saric manages to avoid it.
Rewell finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
Saric throws a lazy right hand but Rewell sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Rewell is looking to land body kicks.
Rewell throws a jab but it's blocked by Saric.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Saric ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Rewell moves away.
A looping hook to the body misses from Saric. Rewell does a little dance to reset his feet.
Rewell swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Rewell throws out a loose jab but Saric uses good head movement to avoid it.
Saric throws a jab but it's blocked by Rewell.
A little jabbing left from Rewell on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
A nice leg kick lands there from Rewell.
Rewell misses with a kick to the body.
Saric swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Saric throws an off balance right hand
and Rewell counters with a left to the body.
Rewell throws a body kick, spinning off balance
and Saric connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Rewell checks a leg kick.
Rewell throws out a loose jab but Saric uses good head movement to avoid it.
Saric appears to be looking for a counter punch to the body.
Saric throws a combination. Rewell tries to block but a couple of punches get through.
It looks like Alexander Rewell has been cut.
A looping hook to the body misses from Saric. Rewell does a little dance to reset his feet.
Rewell scores with a push kick.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Saric throws a right hand that misses
and Rewell counters with a stiff right hand.
Saric misses with a body shot
and Rewell counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Rewell throws a quick inside leg kick.
Rewell takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Saric jabs. That one connects to the head of his opponent.
Rewell clobbers Saric with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
Rewell jabs at Saric's body.
Saric throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
A good leg kick by Saric.
Rewell throws a head kick that misses.
Decent striking displayed by Rewell there.
Saric fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Rewell manages to avoid it.
A head kick misses from Saric.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Rewell checks a leg kick.
Rewell misses with a head kick.
Saric ducks under a wild hook from Rewell.
Rewell scores with a kick to the body.
Rewell misses with a looping right.
Saric lands with a thumping leg kick.
Saric avoids the head kick by Rewell.
Saric scores with a head kick.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Nice uppercut lands for Rewell. That snapped Saric's head back.
Rewell scores with a jab.
Saric throws a body shot but no joy.
Rewell has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Saric finds it's way round the side to connect with Rewell's head.
Saric lands with a cross.
Rewell looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Saric fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
Saric misses with a body shot
and Rewell counters with an outside leg kick.
Saric throws a push kick but Rewell slaps the foot to one side.
Rewell throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Saric on the side of the head.
Saric throws a looping overhand right but Rewell ducks down to avoid it.
Rewell ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Saric moves out of range of the body kick from Rewell.
Rewell walks into a jab.
Rewell digs a good hook to Saric's body.
Saric walks into a straight right hand from Rewell.
Saric jabbing away but nothing is landing.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Saric throws a jab but it's blocked by Rewell.
Rewell is landing a lot of head punches in this opening round! Saric had better start moving his head a bit unless he wants his face to turn into pâté.
Saric misses with a right hand
and Rewell counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Rewell uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Saric.
Rewell scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Saric misses with a body punch
and Rewell counters with a head kick. That will keep Saric thinking before he tries any more sloppy attacks!
Rewell uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Saric has time to react.
A thudding body kick lands there by Rewell!
Saric throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Rewell counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Saric is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Rewell.
Rewell connects with the punch.
Rewell lands a nice looking kick to the body. Saric takes a step back to recover.
Saric is breathing heavily.
A left lands for Rewell.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Saric looks to score with a jab to the body but Rewell is just out of range.
Jab from Rewell.
Saric misses the shot to the body.
Rewell looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Saric blocks a head kick by Rewell.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Alexander Rewell dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Alexander Rewell's cut.
That's time! Back to the action!
Rewell lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
Rewell takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
Rewell scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Rewell lands an overhand right.
Saric lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Saric looks for the body kick but Rewell saw that one coming.
Rewell lands a nice hook to Saric's body. Saric takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
A big left from Rewell misses.
Rewell has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Rewell keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Rewell connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
Saric fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Rewell checks it well.
Rewell looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Saric scores with a jab to the head.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Rewell lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
This entire fight has taken place on the feet so far and you wonder whether Saric might be better served trying to take this one to the ground because he's losing the standup battle so far.
Nice uppercut lands for Rewell. That snapped Saric's head back.
Saric takes a jab right on the kisser.
Saric takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
Rewell thuds a mid kick into his opponent's body. That will wear on Saric if he has to take too many more of those.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Saric throws a body punch but Rewell moves out of range.
Saric connects with a single shot there.
Saric uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Rewell.
Saric misses with a straight right.
Rewell dodges the punch combination from Saric.
Saric throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Saric looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
Saric wants to slow Rewell down by chopping away at his legs.
Rewell jabs. That one connects to the head of his opponent.
Rewell uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Saric.
Saric throws a poor cross that misses
and Rewell counters with a nice leg kick.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Rewell throws a shot to the body.
Rewell lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Saric takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
Rewell scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Rewell is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
Rewell thumps Saric with a low kick.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Saric rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Rewell counters with a low kick, right behind Saric 's knee.
Saric swings away with a leg kick that misses.
Rewell lands with a nice body punch.
Saric misses with a body shot.
Saric chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Rewell can pounce on him.
Saric walks into a straight right hand from Rewell.
Saric lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Rewell circles away quickly and effectively.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Rewell, right into the meat.
A kick lands to the mid section there for Rewell.
A good leg kick by Rewell.
Saric drops his hands momentarily and Rewell takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
That kick from Rewell tenderised Saric's leg. Saric is trying to keep his angry face on.
Rewell connects with a nice looking jab.
Rewell scores with a sloppy right hand. Saric should have avoided that one.
Saric takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Rewell uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Saric.
Rewell connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Saric momentarily.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Rewell lands a really nice looking cross but Saric seems unphased.
Saric attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
Saric gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Rewell.
Alexander Rewell seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Saric throws the left hand but Rewell avoids the punch easily.
Nice straight punches there by Rewell. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Rewell.
Saric will be looking to protect his midsection after taking some solid kicks to the body.
Saric pushes forward with a 1-2 combination that forces Rewell back to the cage. Saric follows up with a solid lead hook to the liver.
Saric throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Saric is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
Saric feints and then cracks Rewell's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Rewell down.
Saric looks to land a left hand but Rewell moved out of range nicely.
Rewell dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Saric takes one to the side of the head.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Rewell lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
Rewell scores with a sloppy right hand. Saric should have avoided that one.
Saric throws a lazy right hand but Rewell sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Rewell uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Saric.
Rewell only half commits to the counter leg kick.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Rewell checks the leg kick.
Saric looks to score with a jab to the body but Rewell is just out of range.
Saric takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
The step up in weight doesn't seem to be a problem for Rewell. He's performing admirably here against the bigger man.
Saric throws a leg kick that misses.
Saric ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Rewell moves away.
Rewell misses with a head kick.
Saric shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Rewell checks a leg kick.
Rewell takes one to the side of the head.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Saric lands where it shouldn't have, right in the... well, you know what he did? He kicked him in the penis. He's injured, injured bad. The referee sends both fighters to their corners and Rewell has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Rewell and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
Rewell cracks Saric with a good jab.
Saric on the wrong end of a nice jab.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Saric drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
Saric has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Rewell.
Rewell connects with a good right hand that stumbles Saric. Saric circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
Saric swings away with a body shot that misses
and Rewell counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Saric is rocked!
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Alexander Rewell showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Alexander Rewell's cut.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business. And we move into the final round!
Saric misses with a straight left.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Rewell.
Saric fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Rewell connects with a solid leg kick.
Saric misses with a hook.
Rewell takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
Saric misses with an uppercut
and Rewell counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Saric thinking.
Nice defenses there by Rewell.
Rewell attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
Saric throws a leg kick that is checked
enabling Rewell to counter with a crisp jab.
Saric's legs have taken a beating and he's really slowing down as a result.
Saric rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Rewell counters with an outside leg kick.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Saric walks forward, straight into a front kick from Rewell.
Saric is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
Saric throws a leg kick but Rewell checks it.
Rewell thuds his shin into the meat of Saric's side.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Ooooh, nice body kick lands from Rewell. Saric shrugs it off though.
Rewell lands a nice leg kick that just misses Saric's sensitive parts.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Rewell dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Saric. That did some damage!
Saric throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
Saric on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Rewell throws a nice inside leg kick.
The fighters circling - Saric throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Saric tries to move into range but Rewell moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
A left lands for Rewell.
Rewell moves out of range of the body kick.
Rewell swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Rewell lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
Saric pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Rewell tries a head kick but it misses.
Saric tries a head kick but it misses.
Rewell lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Rewell clobbers Saric with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Saric misses with an uppercut.
A looping hook to the body misses from Saric. Rewell does a little dance to reset his feet.
Zdravko Saric has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Rewell scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Saric looks to score with a jab to the body but Rewell is just out of range.
A telegraphed right hand from Saric misses the target.
Rewell cracks Saric with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
Rewell takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Saric uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Rewell has time to react.
Rewell lands with a good body shot.
Saric smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
Rewell throws a feint and then finishes with a kick to the body.
Saric tries to move into range but Rewell moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
Rewell connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Saric throws a series of punches but Rewell moves out of range.
It seemed like Rewell was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Rewell with a body punch. A glancing blow.
A decent looking cross lands there for Rewell.
Saric misses with a telegraphed body shot
and Rewell counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Rewell throws a head kick that half lands.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Rewell lands a nice looking kick to the body. Saric takes a step back to recover.
A slapping leg kick lands for Rewell.
Rewell moves out of range of the strikes.
Rewell lands a big head kick that sends Saric tumbling to the mat! Rewell takes a step backwards and waves Saric back to his feet - he wants the finish!
Oh Saric is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Saric smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
A jab from Rewell does it's job there.
Saric misses with a body shot
and Rewell counters with a slapping leg kick.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Saric looks to throw the jab but Rewell is out of range.
Rewell tries a head kick but it misses.
Saric seems to have got his legs back now.
Saric misses with a looping right.
Rewell uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Saric has time to react.
Rewell throws a quick inside leg kick.
A left lands for Rewell.
Saric dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Saric looks to score with a jab to the body but Rewell is just out of range.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Saric wants to land a leg kick but Rewell is out of range.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Rewell.
Saric misses the shot to the body.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Rewell! But no joy.
Saric slips a straight right by Rewell.
Saric waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Rewell.
Saric looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
Jab by Rewell.
Saric buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Saric scores with a leg kick.
Saric throws a leg kick that is checked
and Rewell counters with a straight right hand.
Alexander Rewell is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.
Saric throws the left hand but Rewell avoids the punch easily.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Rewell scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
Saric swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Donk. Rewell catches Saric right on the button with a cross.
Saric misses the body punch
and Rewell counters with a nice body shot.
And that's the end of the fight!
Alexander Rewell comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Rewell 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 Radbod Blank scores the fight 27:30
Judge Paul Aken scores the fight 27:30
Judge Paulsen Ambrosius scores the fight 27:30
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Alexander Rewell!
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