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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Dragomir Savic (ranked 360 p4p, 854 weight class) and Carey Mahoney (ranked 56 p4p, 133 weight class). Chooooooooon! I think Savic might be my favorite fighter, now he's come out to Good Day. 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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Great wrestler
World class boxer
Insanely flexible |
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World class MT
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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 14 - 8 - 1, fighting out of London, Dragomir Savic!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 17 - 13 - 1, fighting out of Las Vegas, Carey Mahoney!
The judges for this bout are Sam Margolis, Donald Grub and Andrew Berry.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Savic pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Savic has been working on his boxing with his coaches at Dr Hatsumi's Clinic in the buildup to the fight.
Savic swats away the attempt to clinch by Mahoney.
Mahoney rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Savic counters with a straight right hand.
Mahoney misses with an uppercut.
Mahoney misses with a wild combination.
Mahoney tries to clinch but fails miserably
and Savic counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Mahoney tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Savic manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Mahoney's coach down at Gym was telling us pre-fight that they have been working on Mahoney's balance. Obviously they view that as a key factor in the outcome of this fight.
Carey Mahoney seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Savic lands with a cross.
Savic scores with a hook.
Mahoney takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Mahoney throws a poor cross that misses
and Savic counters with a leg kick.
Mahoney is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Mahoney moves into range and clinches up with Savic.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Mahoney tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Savic's elbow.
Mahoney doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Savic pushes Mahoney back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Mahoney stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Savic throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Mahoneys head.
Nice elbow from Mahoney.
It looks like Dragomir Savic has been cut.
A nice right hand lands inside from Savic.
Mahoney doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Mahoney misses with a hook from the clinch.
Mahoney lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Still in the clinch, Mahoney scores with a nice short uppercut.
Mahoney prevents a body shot from Savic.
Savic fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Mahoney misses with a hook to the ribs.
Savic misses with a hook to the ribs.
Savic struggles to land a body shot inside as Mahoney controls his hands.
A right handed body shot lands from Mahoney.
Savic prevents a body shot from Mahoney.
Savic working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Nice elbow from Mahoney.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Savic tries to work over Mahoney's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Mahoney is working Savic over against the cage.
Savic softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Mahoney with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Mahoney lands a left hand that snaps the head of Savic backwards.
Mahoney trying to stall but Savic improves his position.
Mahoney blocks a body shot from Savic.
Savic lands with a short shot to the head.
Mahoney lands a nice uppercut.
Mahoney will no doubt start fighting again in a minute but for now he's just having a little rest, leaning Savic up against the cage.
Mahoney tries to work over Savic's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Mahoney creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Savic can't find room to land a body shot as Mahoney controls the action.
Savic tries a body shot but Mahoney blocks it.
Savic fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Mahoney lands with a right to the head.
Savic misses with a punch to the body.
Mahoney taking a breather.
Savic misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Savic scores with a shot to the side of Mahoney's head.
A nice left hand lands by Savic.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Savic tries to throw a body punch but Mahoney avoids it by throwing Savic back against the cage.
Mahoney leaning against his opponent.
Mahoney blocks a body shot from Savic.
Mahoney landing knees to the body.
Savic is breathing heavily.
A right hand to the body from Mahoney.
Mahoney creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Savic's defenses.
Savic wants to get back to striking at distance but Mahoney won't allow it.
Savic tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Savic working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Savic tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Mahoney's elbow.
Mahoney goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Savic blocks a body shot from Mahoney.
Mahoney blocks a body shot from Savic.
Mahoney blocks a body shot from Savic.
A nice left hand lands by Savic.
Savic is working Mahoney over against the cage.
Savic lands a left hand.
Mahoney tries to work over Savic's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Mahoney lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Mahoney stalling.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Savic lands a body shot.
Savic misses with a hook to the ribs.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Mahoney throws a head punch that misses.
Mahoney lands an elbow that stopped Savic in his tracks for a moment.
A head punch on the inside from Savic fails to land.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Savic.
Savic misses with the head strike.
Savic misses with a punch to the body.
Savic blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Savic lands with a left to the head.
Savic tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Savic.
Savic lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Mahoney pushes Savic back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Mahoney.
Savic working aggressively here.
Savic taking a breather.
Mahoney tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Savic's elbow.
Mahoney blocks an uppercut.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Savic lands a left hand that snaps the head of Mahoney backwards.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close round but I would say that Dragomir Savic will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Dragomir Savic's cut.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!
Mahoney clinches up against the cage.
Savic lands a left hand that snaps the head of Mahoney backwards.
Savic goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Savic throws a punch but it's blocked by Mahoney.
Mahoney stalling in the clinch but Savic improves position.
Savic misses with a body punch.
Savic misses with a hook to the ribs.
Mahoney looks to throw an elbow but misses.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
Mahoney avoiding damage.
Savic's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
A head punch blocked on the inside by Mahoney.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Mahoney lands an uppercut.
Savic can't find room to land a body shot as Mahoney controls the action.
Savic pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Savic scores with a jab. Mahoney acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
Savic swats away the attempt to clinch by Mahoney.
That's one minute gone in the round.
A big right from Savic misses.
Mahoney tries to counter with a clinch but Savic shakes him off and moves away.
Mahoney tries to close the distance and clinch but Savic swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Savic lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Mahoney doesn't manage to clinch there - Savic circles away.
Savic throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Mahoney misses with a wild combination.
Dragomir Savic is winning the standup battle so far.
Savic cracks Mahoney with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
Mahoney scores with a jab to the body.
Nice defenses there by Mahoney.
Savic swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Mahoney wants to clinch up but Savic keeps it at a distance.
Mahoney rushes Savic and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Savic misses with a punch to the body.
Savic misses with a shot to the kidneys.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Savic.
Savic lands a nice uppercut.
Mahoney is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
Savic has a couple of punches blocked by Mahoney.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Mahoney is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
Mahoney swings wildly with an uppercut but Savic uses good head movement to avoid it.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Savic tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Carey Mahoney seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Nice elbow from Mahoney.
A short right from Savic.
Mahoney lands a damaging elbow.
Mahoney with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Savic misses with the head strike.
Mahoney pushes Savic back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Mahoney's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Mahoney blocks an uppercut.
Savic misses with some punches.
Savic lands a left hand.
Mahoney misses with a hook to the ribs.
Mahoney working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Mahoney misses with a punch on the inside.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Mahoney takes a shot to the head.
Savic prevents a body shot from Mahoney.
Savic blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Mahoney tries to land knees in the clinch but Savic avoids the damage to the body.
Savic blocks a body shot from Mahoney.
Savic tries a body shot but Mahoney blocks it.
Savic misses with a shot to the kidneys.
A short uppercut from Mahoney.
A head punch on the inside from Savic fails to land.
Mahoney pushes Savic back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Mahoney blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Savic swings wildly with an uppercut but Mahoney uses good head movement to avoid it.
Savic blocks an uppercut.
Savic blocks a body shot from Mahoney.
Mahoney lands a body shot in the clinch.
Savic tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Mahoney's elbow.
Mahoney stalls.
Savic lands a left hand that snaps the head of Mahoney backwards.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Mahoney is trying to maintain a safe position but Savic gets an underhook and turns Mahoney into the cage.
Mahoney tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Savic's elbow.
Savic misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Savic tries a body shot but Mahoney blocks it.
Mahoney blocks an uppercut.
Savic tries to work over Mahoney's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Savic can't find room to land a body shot as Mahoney controls the action.
Mahoney throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Savics head.
Mahoney tries to throw a body punch but Savic avoids it by throwing Mahoney back against the cage.
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!
Mahoney lands a right hand.
Mahoney throws an elbow but it misses.
Savic doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Mahoney just misses with a elbow thrown towards Savic's brow.
Mahoney lands an elbow inside that Savic shrugs off.
Savic cracks Mahoney with a nice body shot.
Nice elbow from Mahoney.
Dragomir Savic's cut is getting worse.
Savic works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Savic prevents a body shot from Mahoney.
Savic pushes Mahoney back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
A close second round but Carey Mahoney will probably get the nod - 10:9.
The cut man is working on Dragomir Savic's cut.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action! This is the final round!
Mahoney rushes Savic and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Savic.
Mahoney takes a shot to the head.
Savic misses with a hook from the clinch.
Mahoney pushes off an throws an elbow but Savic leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Mahoney looking to throw knees to the head but Savic is blocking nicely.
Mahoney stalling the fight.
Savic misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Some stalling of biblical proportions here from Mahoney.
Mahoney doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Savic lands a right hand that snaps the head of Mahoney backwards.
Still in the clinch, Savic scores with a nice short uppercut.
Savic blocks the elbow strike.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Savic can't find room to land a body shot as Mahoney controls the action.
A short body shot lands from Savic as the two fighters clinch.
Mahoney blocks a body shot from Savic.
Nice body punch from Mahoney - that landed with a thud.
Savic scores with a nice hook to the head.
Savic lands a left hand that snaps the head of Mahoney backwards.
That's one minute gone in the round.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Mahoney creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Mahoney tries a body shot but Savic blocks it.
Savic working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Savic blocks an elbow strike from Mahoney.
Stalling in the clinch from Savic.
Mahoney tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Mahoney on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Savic can't find room to land a body shot as Mahoney controls the action.
A short right from Savic.
A right hand to the body from Mahoney.
A head punch on the inside from Mahoney fails to land.
Knees in the clinch landing for Mahoney.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Savic.
Mahoney just leaning against Savic, taking a breather.
Mahoney scores with a nice hook to the head.
Stalling in the clinch from Mahoney.
Mahoney blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Mahoney pushes off an throws an elbow but Savic leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Mahoney working some nice short punches in the clinch.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Savic tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Mahoney's elbow.
Mahoney blocks a body shot from Savic.
Mahoney lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Savic misses with a hook from the clinch.
Mahoney is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
Mahoney blocks a body shot from Savic.
Mahoney gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Mahoney misses with a hook from the clinch.
Savic tries a body shot but Mahoney blocks it.
Mahoney stalling the fight.
Mahoney tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Savic works on Mahoney's body with a couple of short punches.
Savic is trying to stall.
Savic struggles to land a body shot inside as Mahoney controls his hands.
Savic digs a right hand into Mahoney's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Mahoney's gas tank.
Mahoney fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Mahoney has Savic pressed against the cage.
Mahoney misses with a short punch on the inside.
Savic lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Mahoney gets through Savic's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Mahoney swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Savic doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Savic misses with a punch on the inside.
Savic lands a nice shot to the body.
Mahoney blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Mahoney is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Savic is defending well for now.
A head punch on the inside from Savic fails to land.
Savic pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Savic lands an uppercut.
Mahoney lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Mahoney lands a right hand.
Savic goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Savic tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Savic blocks an elbow strike from Mahoney.
Savic lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Mahoney backwards.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Mahoney throws a punch but it's blocked by Savic.
Savic lands with a left to the head.
Savic working aggressively here.
Savic misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Savic breaks the clinch.
Mahoney fails with an attempt to clinch.
Savic is looking to counter punch.
Mahoney doesn't manage to clinch there - Savic circles away.
Mahoney moves into range and clinches up with Savic.
Mahoney goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Savic misses with a hook from the clinch.
Mahoney misses with some punches.
Mahoney taking a breather.
Mahoney missing with knees to the body.
Mahoney misses with a hook to the ribs.
Mahoney prevents a body shot from Savic.
A right handed body shot lands from Savic.
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 Dragomir Savic.
I think Savic has won this one but let's see what the judges have to say. 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 Sam Margolis scores the fight 29:28
Judge Donald Grub scores the fight 30:28
Judge Andrew Berry scores the fight 29:28
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Dragomir Savic!
Dragomir Savic tried to hype himself up post fight but didn't word it too well and it ended up with him sounding like a bit of a tool.
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energy
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hype
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pop
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mgr
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