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Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Marino Soldic (ranked 4706 p4p, 4710 weight class) and Tomislav Brkljaca (ranked 87 p4p, 91 weight class). We have two fighters making their debuts here, so let's see who comes out of this one with their first professional victory.
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BJJ White Belt
Basic striking
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the super heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Marino Soldic!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Tomislav Brkljaca!
The judges for this bout are Stewart Dunkirk, Chris Downing and Frank Dennis.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Soldic gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Soldic throws a head punch that misses.
Soldic blocks an uppercut.
Brkljaca blocks an uppercut.
Brkljaca throws a punch but it's blocked by Soldic.
Brkljaca working aggressively here.
Brkljaca has a couple of punches blocked by Soldic.
Brkljaca misses with a body punch.
Brkljaca breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Brkljaca on the wrong end of a nice jab.
Soldic fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Brkljaca looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Brkljaca instigates a clinch.
Soldic working aggressively here.
Soldic lands a right hand.
Brkljaca blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Soldic creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Soldic swings wildly with an uppercut but Brkljaca uses good head movement to avoid it.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Brkljaca goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Soldic lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Soldic misses with some punches.
Soldic misses with a hook from the clinch.
Brkljaca looking to slow down the pace here.
Brkljaca throws a punch but it's blocked by Soldic.
That's one minute gone in the round.
A head punch on the inside from Soldic fails to land.
Brkljaca has a couple of punches blocked by Soldic.
Brkljaca fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Soldic goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Soldic lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Brkljaca.
Soldic working aggressively here.
Soldic tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Brkljaca tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Soldic.
Brkljaca misses with a short punch on the inside.
Soldic misses with a short punch on the inside.
Brkljaca blocks a body shot from Soldic.
Soldic works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Soldic tries to work over Brkljaca's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Soldic blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Soldic lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Brkljaca misses with a hook from the clinch.
A short right from Soldic on the inside.
A nice left hand lands by Soldic.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Soldic misses with the head strike.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Brkljaca doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Brkljaca effectively controlling the action here.
Brkljaca tries a body shot but Soldic blocks it.
Soldic blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Brkljaca tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Soldic's elbow.
Soldic misses with a punch to the body.
Soldic lands with a left to the head.
Brkljaca tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Brkljaca blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Soldic lands a nice uppercut.
Brkljaca is working Soldic over against the cage.
Brkljaca misses with a hook from the clinch.
Soldic misses with a punch to the body.
Brkljaca gets through Soldic's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Soldic breaks from the clinch.
Soldic scores with a jab to the head.
Soldic moves into range and connects with a jab.
Brkljaca throws a jab but it's blocked by Soldic.
Soldic misses the shot to the body.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Soldic ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Soldic slips a jab and a cross from Brkljaca.
Soldic cracks a nice hook into Brkljaca's ribs.
The fighters circling - Soldic throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Soldic fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Brkljaca looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Brkljaca swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Brkljaca circles away from the clinch attempt.
Soldic throws a body punch but Brkljaca moves out of range.
Soldic cracks Brkljaca with an open hand slap.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Brkljaca fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Soldic fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Brkljaca, pushing him back against the cage.
Soldic misses with a hook to the ribs.
Brkljaca tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Soldic displaying some good clinch control by pressing Brkljaca up against the cage.
A head punch on the inside from Brkljaca fails to land.
Brkljaca misses with a hook from the clinch.
A head punch on the inside from Brkljaca fails to land.
Soldic scores with a hook to the body.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Brkljaca.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Soldic lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Brkljaca swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Soldic tries to throw a body punch but Brkljaca avoids it by throwing Soldic back against the cage.
Soldic tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Brkljaca lands a body shot.
Soldic digs a right hand underneath Brkljaca's ribcage. Brkljaca let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Soldic misses with a punch to the body.
Soldic swings wildly with an uppercut but Brkljaca uses good head movement to avoid it.
Brkljaca struggles to land a body shot inside as Soldic controls his hands.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Brkljaca doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Brkljaca misses with a short punch on the inside.
Brkljaca misses with a punch to the body.
Soldic lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Brkljaca backwards.
Soldic stalling.
Brkljaca trying to stall but Soldic improves his position.
Soldic blocks a body shot from Brkljaca.
Soldic misses with the head strike.
Soldic prevents a takedown attempt there.
Soldic lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Brkljaca.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Marino Soldic dominated that round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!
Donk. Soldic catches Brkljaca right on the button with a cross.
Brkljaca swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
A jab from Brkljaca misses.
Soldic went nuts there looking for a big combo counter but none of the flurry connected.
Soldic throws a good cross that connects.
Brkljaca bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Soldic is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Brkljaca can do to turn this around?
Soldic throws a good cross that connects.
Brkljaca misses with an uppercut. Soldic saw that one coming.
An attempted straight right counter from Soldic misses the target.
The fighters circling - Soldic throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
The fighters circling - Brkljaca throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Soldic lands a jab to Brkljaca's midsection.
Brkljaca ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Brkljaca looks to land a right hand but Soldic moved out of range.
Soldic lands a nice shot to the body.
Brkljaca ducks under a wild hook from Soldic.
Soldic uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Brkljaca.
Soldic moves into range and clinches up with Brkljaca.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Soldic.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Brkljaca misses with the head strike.
Brkljaca struggles to land a body shot inside as Soldic controls his hands.
Soldic lands a shoulder strike.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Brkljaca blocking some punches.
Brkljaca jumps guard but Soldic turns him against the cage and keeps the fight standing.
Soldic misses with a body punch.
Soldic blocks a body shot from Brkljaca.
Brkljaca doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Soldic misses with a punch on the inside.
Soldic misses with a short punch on the inside.
Soldic lands a body shot in the clinch.
Soldic fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Brkljaca swings wildly with an uppercut but Soldic uses good head movement to avoid it.
Soldic lands a hook that snaps the head of Brkljaca backwards.
Brkljaca throws a head punch that misses.
A body shot lands from Soldic.
Brkljaca tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Soldic blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Brkljaca blocks a punch to the side of the head.
A nice right hand lands inside from Soldic.
Soldic misses with a body punch.
A head punch on the inside from Brkljaca fails to land.
Marino Soldic has scored more points in the clinch so far.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Brkljaca stalling the fight.
A shot in the inside from Brkljaca.
Soldic blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Soldic blocking some punches.
Brkljaca struggles to land a body shot inside as Soldic controls his hands.
Brkljaca struggles to land a body shot inside as Soldic controls his hands.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Soldic creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Brkljaca misses with a hook from the clinch.
Soldic working aggressively here.
Brkljaca misses with a punch on the inside.
Brkljaca tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Soldic's elbow.
Brkljaca tries to throw a body punch but Soldic avoids it by throwing Brkljaca back against the cage.
A left hand lands to the body for Soldic.
Brkljaca tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Soldic's elbow.
Soldic misses with the head strike.
Still in the clinch, Soldic scores with a nice short uppercut.
Brkljaca takes a shot to the head.
Soldic swings wildly with an uppercut but Brkljaca uses good head movement to avoid it.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Soldic.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Brkljaca.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Brkljaca misses with the head strike.
Brkljaca wants to stall.
Soldic blocks an uppercut.
Good body shot from Soldic.
Soldic is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Brkljaca is keeping busy.
Soldic lands a left hand.
Soldic working aggressively here.
A short right from Brkljaca.
Brkljaca misses with a punch to the body.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Soldic as Brkljaca tries to tie him up.
Brkljaca has a couple of punches blocked by Soldic.
Soldic doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Soldic has a couple of punches blocked by Brkljaca.
A head punch on the inside from Soldic fails to land.
Soldic has a couple of punches blocked by Brkljaca.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Brkljaca.
Soldic blocks an uppercut.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Brkljaca is stalling here. The referee will be looking to step in if he doesn't pick up the pace.
Brkljaca misses with a punch to the body.
Brkljaca fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Soldic works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Soldic.
Soldic misses with a body punch.
Soldic tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Brkljaca's elbow.
Brkljaca misses with a punch to the body.
Soldic lands with a light punch inside.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Brkljaca working aggressively here.
Brkljaca tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Soldic's elbow.
Soldic blocks an uppercut.
Soldic lands a right hand.
Brkljaca blocking some punches.
Soldic stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Soldic misses with a punch on the inside.
Soldic lands with a right to the head.
Soldic content to slow the pace in the clinch.
Brkljaca misses with a short punch on the inside.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Marino Soldic dominated that second round.
That's time! Soldic's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight. This is the final round!
Soldic throws a body shot but no joy.
Brkljaca uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Soldic.
Brkljaca misses with the combination.
Soldic lands a body shot.
Brkljaca ducks under a wild hook from Soldic.
Soldic works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
Brkljaca moves out of range of the strikes.
Soldic with a hook.
Brkljaca fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Soldic manages to avoid it.
Decent striking displayed by Soldic there.
Soldic swats away the attempt to clinch by Brkljaca.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Brkljaca moves out of range of the strikes.
Brkljaca fails with an attempt to clinch.
Brkljaca bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Brkljaca! But no joy.
Brkljaca misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Soldic.
Soldic throws out a loose jab but Brkljaca uses good head movement to avoid it.
Brkljaca gets cracked there but stands up to it.
Brkljaca's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Soldic connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Brkljaca scrambles back to his feet.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Soldic throws a body shot but no joy.
A jab from Soldic misses.
Brkljaca misses with an uppercut. Soldic saw that one coming.
Soldic was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
Brkljaca misses with a hook.
Soldic swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
Brkljaca uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Soldic.
Nice defenses there by Soldic.
A jab lands there for Soldic.
Soldic looks to land a right hand but Brkljaca moved out of range.
Brkljaca 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.
Brkljaca misses with a looping right.
Brkljaca throws the left hand but Soldic avoids the punch easily.
A jab from Soldic misses.
Soldic jabs Brkljaca to the body, keeping him at a distance.
Soldic tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Brkljaca was well out of range. Poor timing from Soldic.
Soldic thuds his right hand into Brkljaca's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.
Brkljaca fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Soldic manages to avoid it.
Soldic closes the distance and pushes Brkljaca back into the cage.
A short left from Brkljaca.
Soldic makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
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!
Brkljaca misses with a hook from the clinch.
Brkljaca misses with some punches.
Tomislav Brkljaca has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Marino Soldic is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Brkljaca throws a head punch that misses.
A head punch on the inside from Brkljaca fails to land.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Soldic.
Brkljaca blocks an uppercut.
Soldic throws a head punch that misses.
Brkljaca misses with a body punch.
Soldic misses with a punch on the inside.
Soldic lands an uppercut.
Soldic blocks an uppercut.
Soldic lands with a light punch inside.
Brkljaca misses with a hook to the ribs.
Soldic lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Brkljaca backwards.
Brkljaca misses with a punch on the inside.
Brkljaca lands with a left to the head.
Still in the clinch, Soldic scores with a nice short uppercut.
Brkljaca is looking to control Soldic's arms but Soldic gets an underhook and turns him. Now Brkljaca has his back to the cage.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Brkljaca.
Soldic blocks a punch to the side of the head.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Brkljaca has a couple of punches blocked by Soldic.
Brkljaca has a couple of punches blocked by Soldic.
Soldic lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Brkljaca backwards.
Brkljaca has a couple of punches blocked by Soldic.
Soldic misses with a body punch.
Soldic lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Brkljaca lands a nice uppercut.
Brkljaca blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Brkljaca misses with a short punch on the inside.
Soldic misses with some punches.
Soldic blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Soldic presses Brkljaca against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Soldic pressing his opponent against the cage.
Brkljaca swings wildly with an uppercut but Soldic uses good head movement to avoid it.
Brkljaca tries to work over Soldic's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Soldic throws a head punch that misses.
Soldic lands a shoulder strike.
Soldic blocking some punches.
Soldic scores with a shot to the side of Brkljaca's head.
Brkljaca holding his opponent close, against the cage.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
A head punch on the inside from Brkljaca fails to land.
A short uppercut from Soldic.
Soldic tries to throw a body punch but Brkljaca avoids it by throwing Soldic back against the cage.
Soldic misses with a body punch.
Soldic presses Brkljaca against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Soldic prevents a body shot from Brkljaca.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Soldic.
A short right from Soldic.
A hook to the body from Soldic.
Brkljaca tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Brkljaca tries a body shot but Soldic blocks it.
Brkljaca is looking to control Soldic's arms but Soldic gets an underhook and turns him. Now Brkljaca has his back to the cage.
And that's the end of the fight!
Marino Soldic showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Soldic has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... 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 Stewart Dunkirk scores the fight 30:27
Judge Chris Downing scores the fight 30:27
Judge Frank Dennis scores the fight 30:27
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Marino Soldic!
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