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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Juraj Divisek (ranked 475 p4p, 961 weight class) and Topher Curtis (ranked 72 p4p, 153 weight class). These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.
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Good wrestling
World class boxer
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 12 - 4 - 0, fighting out of New York, Juraj Divisek!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 17 - 11 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Topher Curtis!
The judges for this bout are Sergei Dronov, Valeri Chadov and Aleksandr Martynov.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Good standup being displayed there by Curtis as he connects with a hook.
Curtis steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Divisek.
Divisek wants to slow Curtis down by chopping away at his legs.
Divisek misses with an uppercut. Curtis saw that one coming.
Curtis checks the leg kick.
Curtis takes a swing at Divisek's ribcage but misses.
Divisek steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Curtis.
Curtis throws a leg kick but Divisek sees it coming and moves out of range.
As Curtis tries to get set, Divisek tries to push him back and clinch up but Curtis manages to avoid the attempt.
Divisek dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Curtis closes the distance and clinches.
A head punch on the inside from Divisek fails to land.
Curtis wants to stall.
Divisek pushes Curtis back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Our sources have told us that Divisek has been working on his knees in the buildup to the fight.
Divisek landing knees to the head.
We've been informed that Curtis has been sparring a lot of Muay Thai in the buildup to this fight so let's see if that has an impact on the result.
Divisek working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
A right hand to the body from Divisek.
Curtis works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Divisek lands with a short shot to the head.
Divisek trying to land knees to the body.
Curtis stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.
Divisek misses with a short punch on the inside.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Curtis misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Divisek misses with a hook from the clinch.
Curtis looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Divisek utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Curtis tries to throw a body punch but Divisek avoids it by throwing Curtis back against the cage.
Divisek lands a hook to the side of the head.
Curtis is trying to force a seperation but Divisek has the dominant position.
A short right from Curtis.
Divisek misses with the head strike.
Curtis prevents a body shot from Divisek.
Divisek is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Curtis is defending well for now.
Curtis blocks a body shot from Divisek.
Divisek prevents a body shot from Curtis.
Curtis tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Divisek works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Divisek using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Divisek looking to throw knees to the head but Curtis is blocking nicely.
Divisek misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Curtis tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Curtis tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Divisek's elbow.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Divisek using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Curtis has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Curtis's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Curtis pushes Divisek up against the cage in a clinch.
Curtis struggles to land a body shot inside as Divisek controls his hands.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Divisek misses with a knee strike.
A right hand to the body from Curtis.
Curtis misses with a punch to the body.
Divisek lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Curtis scores with a shoulder strike.
Divisek scores with a shoulder strike.
Still in the clinch, Divisek scores with a nice short uppercut.
Curtis stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Curtis doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Curtis manages to break the clinch.
Divisek throws a hook to the side of Curtis's head but Curtis sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Curtis throws out a leg kick but Divisek moves out of range and Curtis only half commits.
A low kick from Divisek is predictable there
and Curtis counters with a straight right hand.
Curtis swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Divisek slips under a jab.
Divisek is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Divisek slips a jab from Curtis.
Curtis misses with a looping left.
Decent striking displayed by Curtis there.
Curtis throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Divisek throws a body shot but no joy.
Curtis displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Divisek throws out the jab.
Curtis tries a head kick but it misses.
Divisek throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Divisek ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Divisek tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Curtis was well out of range. Poor timing from Divisek.
Curtis moves out of range as Divisek throws a body kick.
Divisek checks a low kick from Curtis.
Divisek scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Nice shot lands for Divisek.
Curtis tries to bum rush Divisek with a series of wild strikes but Divisek uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Curtis feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Diviseks jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!
Divisek throws a poor cross that misses
and Curtis counters with a good low kick that Divisek was not able to check.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Curtis throws a big shot that misses.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Curtis fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Divisek, pushing him back against the cage.
Curtis takes a knee to the side of the body.
Curtis misses with some punches.
Divisek lands a left hand.
Curtis tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Curtis takes a shot to the head.
Divisek lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Curtis blocks a body shot from Divisek.
Curtis doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Divisek tries a body shot but Curtis blocks it.
Curtis misses with a hook to the ribs.
Divisek blocks a body shot from Curtis.
A left hand lands to the body for Divisek.
Curtis looks winded!
Divisek blocks a body shot from Curtis.
Divisek lands with a left to the head.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Curtis lands a body shot.
Divisek gets through Curtis's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
A nice left hand lands by Divisek.
Curtis struggles to land a body shot inside as Divisek controls his hands.
Curtis tries to work over Divisek's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Curtis misses with a shot to the kidneys.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Juraj Divisek dominated that round.
That's time! Back to the action!
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
A jab from Divisek does it's job there.
Topher Curtis seems to be getting the better of the standup.
A looping hook to the body misses from Divisek. Curtis does a little dance to reset his feet.
Divisek is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
Divisek throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
A left lands for Divisek.
Divisek has not gone for a single takedown so far in this fight, which seems like a very strange tactic when you consider that he has the superior wrestling and BJJ.
Divisek slips under a jab.
Divisek tries to counter by clinching up but Curtis breaks away and moves out of range.
A big right from Curtis misses.
Divisek seemed to be looking to counter by closing the distance.
Curtis steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Divisek.
Divisek tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Curtis was well out of range. Poor timing from Divisek.
A jab from Curtis misses.
Curtis moves away from the strike by Divisek.
Divisek lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Curtis at a distance.
Divisek is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Curtis can do to turn this around?
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Curtis misses with an uppercut.
Curtis throws a big shot that misses.
Divisek misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Curtis.
Divisek ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Curtis moves away.
Divisek has closed the distance and engaged Curtis in a clinch.
Divisek working some nice short punches in the clinch.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Divisek misses with a short punch on the inside.
Divisek tries to land knees in the clinch but Curtis avoids the damage to the body.
Curtis tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Divisek's elbow.
Divisek lands a left hand that snaps the head of Curtis backwards.
Divisek misses with a hook to the ribs.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Curtis.
Divisek swings wildly with an uppercut but Curtis uses good head movement to avoid it.
Curtis pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Divisek avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Divisek.
Divisek lands with a cross.
Divisek tries to clinch up but Curtis circles away and keeps his distance.
Divisek lands a nice leg kick that just misses Curtis's sensitive parts.
Divisek throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Curtis throws a hook but Divisek avoids it easily.
A looping hook to the body misses from Curtis. Divisek does a little dance to reset his feet.
Divisek connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Curtis fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Divisek checks it well.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Curtis takes a shot right to the bread basket.
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!
Curtis stuns Divisek with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Divisek lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Divisek blocks a jab.
Divisek is trying to close the distance and clinch up, after that failed offence from Curtis.
Divisek fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Curtis gets a clinch.
Divisek lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Curtis.
Divisek lands with a right to the head.
Divisek blocks a body shot from Curtis.
A short left from Divisek.
Divisek tries to land knees in the clinch but Curtis avoids the damage to the body.
Curtis looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Still in the clinch, Divisek scores with a nice short uppercut.
Curtis misses with a hook to the ribs.
Curtis struggles to land a body shot inside as Divisek controls his hands.
Curtis misses with a punch on the inside.
Curtis tries to throw a body punch but Divisek avoids it by throwing Curtis back against the cage.
Divisek tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
A nice right hand lands inside from Divisek.
Curtis takes a shot to the head.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Curtis.
Curtis tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Divisek doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Curtis struggles to land a body shot inside as Divisek controls his hands.
A short body shot lands from Curtis as the two fighters clinch.
Curtis blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Curtis lands a nice shot to the body.
Divisek tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Divisek landing knees to the body.
Divisek tries to land knees in the clinch but Curtis avoids the damage to the body.
Juraj Divisek has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Curtis can't find room to land a body shot as Divisek controls the action.
Curtis is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
Divisek with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Divisek throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Curtis blocks it with crossed arms.
Curtis tries a body shot but Divisek blocks it.
Divisek tries a knee to the head but Curtis blocks it.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Divisek.
Curtis can't find room to land a body shot as Divisek controls the action.
Divisek works on Curtis's body with a couple of short punches.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Divisek tries a body shot but Curtis blocks it.
Divisek presses Curtis against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Curtis tries to work over Divisek's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Curtis works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Curtis tries to throw a body punch but Divisek avoids it by throwing Curtis back against the cage.
Divisek tries to throw a body punch but Curtis avoids it by throwing Divisek back against the cage.
Divisek lands a hook that snaps the head of Curtis backwards.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Curtis avoiding damage as Divisek throws knees to the body.
Curtis misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Divisek lands a right hand.
Divisek presses Curtis against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Divisek landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Curtis is breathing heavily.
Divisek misses with a hook to the ribs.
Divisek goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Divisek works on Curtis's body with a couple of short punches.
Divisek throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Divisek putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Curtis in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Curtis can't find room to land a body shot as Divisek controls the action.
A right hook to the body lands for Divisek.
Divisek is working Curtis over against the cage.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Juraj Divisek dominated that second round.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business. This is the final round!
A nice leg kick from Divisek, right into the meat of the thigh.
Divisek avoids a punch combination nicely.
Curtis takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Curtis drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
Divisek takes a swing at Curtis's ribcage but misses.
Divisek looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Curtis uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Divisek.
Divisek tries to clinch up but Curtis circles away and keeps his distance.
Curtis replies with a solid counter kick to the body but Divisek blocks it well.
Divisek tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Curtis was well out of range. Poor timing from Divisek.
Divisek throws a jab when Curtis was well out of range.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Curtis checks a low kick from Divisek.
Nice body kick from Divisek.
Curtis moves into range and clinches up with Divisek.
Divisek tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Curtis's elbow.
Divisek can't find room to land a body shot as Curtis controls the action.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Curtis lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Divisek prevents a body shot from Curtis.
Divisek looking to throw knees to the head but Curtis is blocking nicely.
Divisek has a couple of punches blocked by Curtis.
Divisek tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Divisek throws a knee to the head but misses.
Divisek throws a head punch that misses.
Divisek misses with a punch to the body.
Curtis lands a shot to the body.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Divisek blocks a body shot from Curtis.
Curtis tries a body shot but Divisek blocks it.
Curtis struggles to land a body shot inside as Divisek controls his hands.
Some stalling of biblical proportions here from Curtis.
Divisek lands a right hand that snaps the head of Curtis backwards.
Divisek lands a nice knee to the body.
Curtis breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Divisek ducks under a wild hook from Curtis.
Divisek is looking to counter punch.
Divisek misses the jab.
Divisek thuds a left hand into Curtis's body.
Juraj Divisek is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Divisek tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Curtis paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Divisek slips a straight right by Curtis.
Curtis just misses with a punch to the body.
Curtis tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Divisek is looking to counter the offense by Curtis and move into the clinch.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Divisek is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Curtis.
Curtis throws a poor cross that misses
and Divisek moves into the clinch.
Curtis misses with a body punch.
Curtis tries to throw a body punch but Divisek avoids it by throwing Curtis back against the cage.
Divisek lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Curtis breaks from the clinch.
Divisek dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Curtis. That did some damage!
Divisek has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Curtis.
Divisek throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Divisek tries to close the distance and clinch but Curtis swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Divisek lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Curtis at a distance.
Divisek throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Curtis sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Divisek throws a jab but it's blocked by Curtis.
Curtis throws a chopping leg kick but Divisek manages to avoid taking any serious damage.
Curtis moves into the clinch successfully.
Curtis misses with the head strike.
Curtis misses with a hook to the ribs.
Divisek doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Curtis misses with a body punch.
Curtis tries to work over Divisek's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Curtis wants to get back to striking at distance but Divisek won't allow it.
Curtis misses with a punch to the body.
Curtis misses with some punches.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Curtis can't find room to land a body shot as Divisek controls the action.
Curtis doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Curtis misses with a body punch.
Topher Curtis has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Curtis stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Curtis tries to break free but Divisek pushes him back against the cage.
Divisek looking to throw knees to the head but Curtis is blocking nicely.
Divisek prevents a body shot from Curtis.
Curtis tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Curtis scores with a nice hook to the head.
Curtis tries to throw a body punch but Divisek avoids it by throwing Curtis back against the cage.
Curtis misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Curtis tries to stall but Divisek uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
And that's the end of the fight!
That was a close round. You could make an argument for either fighter but I would give it to Juraj Divisek.
Well Divisek 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 Sergei Dronov scores the fight 30:27
Judge Valeri Chadov scores the fight 30:27
Judge Aleksandr Martynov scores the fight 30:27
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Juraj Divisek!
Juraj Divisek decided to thank the fans in attendance for making a great atmosphere. It seemed to go down pretty well.
The defeated Topher Curtis had this to say: 'Everybody loses sometimes which means he got lucky today. Next time we meet will result in a broken jaw.'.
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