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PBP Commentary |
Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Chris Em (ranked 3700 p4p, 0 weight class) and Nikola Jokic (ranked 4480 p4p, 567 weight class). Nikola Jokic will no doubt be looking to use his reach advantage to good effect.
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219 lbs
5 - 0 - 0 |
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210 cm
26
215 lbs
1 - 2 - 0 |
BJJ Blue Belt
Solid boxing
Experienced |
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BJJ White Belt
Excellent MT
Granite chin |
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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
5 - 0 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Chris Em!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
1 - 2 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Nikola Jokic!
The judges for this bout are Daniel Franklin, Bart Greer and Winston Alpacca.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Jokic misses with a hook. Em ducked under it nicely.
Jokic works the jab nicely.
Jokic misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Em is looking to counter with a shot to the body.
Em lands a jab to the nose.
A looping hook to the body misses from Em. Jokic does a little dance to reset his feet.
Jokic is trying to avoid his opponent's strikes and get into the clinch.
Jokic avoids the body shot from Em.
Em tries to keep at a distance but Jokic has taken the fight into the clinch.
Jokic misses with a hook from the clinch.
Jokic blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Jokic is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Em.
Em tries to break the clinch but Jokic is controlling the position.
Em fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Em stalls.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Em.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Em misses with a hook to the ribs.
Em is trying to force a seperation but Jokic has the dominant position.
Jokic can't find room to land a body shot as Em controls the action.
Em can't find room to land a body shot as Jokic controls the action.
Em wants to break the clinch but can't.
Jokic is working Em over against the cage.
Jokic works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Jokic blocks an uppercut.
Em tries to throw a body punch but Jokic avoids it by throwing Em back against the cage.
Jokic prevents a body shot from Em.
Jokic lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Em can't find room to land a body shot as Jokic controls the action.
Jokic fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Em doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Em has a couple of punches blocked by Jokic.
Jokic fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Jokic lands with a right to the head.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Jokic swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Jokic's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Jokic has Em up against the cage in a clinch.
Jokic struggles to land a body shot inside as Em controls his hands.
Jokic misses with the head strike.
Em misses with some punches.
Jokic blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Jokic lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Jokic lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Em misses with a hook from the clinch.
Jokic struggles to land a body shot inside as Em controls his hands.
Jokic lands a left hand.
Em wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Jokic has him pressed against the cage.
Jokic tries a body shot but Em blocks it.
Em throws a head punch that misses.
Jokic lands a hook that snaps the head of Em backwards.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Em misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Nice body punch from Jokic - that landed with a thud.
Jokic lands with a right to the head.
Jokic lands a left hand.
Jokic scores with a hook to the body.
Em blocks a body shot from Jokic.
A head punch on the inside from Jokic fails to land.
A short uppercut from Jokic.
Em blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Em misses with a short punch on the inside.
Em can't break the clinch.
Jokic misses with a hook to the ribs.
Jokic blocks an uppercut.
Em misses with some punches.
We've been informed that Jokic has been working hard on his conditioning in the buildup to the fight.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Jokic.
Jokic swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Jokic lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Em backwards.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Jokic tries to work over Em's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Jokic blocks a body shot from Em.
Jokic is stalling here.
Jokic tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Jokic lands on the inside with an uppercut.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Em misses with a short punch on the inside.
Jokic lands an uppercut.
Em tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Jokic's elbow.
Jokic doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Jokic lands a right hand.
Jokic works on Em's body with a couple of short punches.
Em misses with a hook to the ribs.
Jokic throws a head punch that misses.
A short right from Jokic.
Jokic misses with a hook from the clinch.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Nikola Jokic dominated that round.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!
Jokic takes the fight into the clinch.
A short right from Jokic.
Em blocks a body shot from Jokic.
Nice body punch from Jokic.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Em swings wildly with an uppercut but Jokic uses good head movement to avoid it.
Jokic lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Nikola Jokic seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Em tries a body shot but Jokic blocks it.
A shot in the inside from Jokic.
Jokic scores with a hook to the body.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Jokic struggles to land a body shot inside as Em controls his hands.
A nice right hand lands inside from Jokic.
Jokic has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Jokic lands a body shot.
Jokic lands a right hand that snaps the head of Em backwards.
Jokic lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Em is rocked!
Jokic scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Oh Em is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
That's one minute gone in the round.
Jokic lands a body punch.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Jokic lands an uppercut in the clinch that drops Em to his knees! Jokic keeps firing more shots against his stricken opponent and the referee jumps in to save him!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:10 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Nikola Jokic!
After winning the bout, Nikola Jokic thanked all his fans and promised he'd do even better in his next fight. The crowd seemed to love his humility.
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energy
A | B |
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hype
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pop
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mgr
A | B |
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FIGHT
RATING
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