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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Chief Queef (ranked 1215 p4p, 1443 weight class) and Marko Rakic (ranked 165 p4p, 195 weight class). Rakic is bobbing his head along to his entrance song: Right Above It. Both fighter's entrance songs getting the crowd jumping here.
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9 - 7 - 0 |
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8 - 6 - 0 |
Good wrestling
Great elbows
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Good wrestler
Excellent boxer
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 9 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Chief Queef!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 8 - 6 - 0, fighting out of London, Marko Rakic!
The judges for this bout are Taro Takaoka, Ren Mimura and Yukihiro Yamamoto.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Rakic tries to clinch up.
Rakic wants to clinch.
Rakic ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Queef's corner calls for a 1, 2 combination and Queef duly obliges.
It looks like Marko Rakic has been cut.
Rakic closes the distance and gets a double leg, slamming Queef to the mat! Queef manages to get full guard.
Queef is looking for a triangle but Rakic pushes his legs off easily.
Queef is looking for a triangle but Rakic pushes his legs off easily.
Rakic loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Rakic throwing strikes from guard but Queef blocks nicely.
Rakic throws a big elbow that misses.
Queef has a loose triangle. He'll be looking to tighten that up but Rakic can see exactly what he's planning and manages to posture up and free himself.
Queef is looking for a guillotine. You can't force these things though and Rakic defends well.
Rakic content to strike from guard, landing some decent shots.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Queef has a loose triangle. He'll be looking to tighten that up but Rakic can see exactly what he's planning and manages to posture up and free himself.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Rakic stands up over Queef, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head.
Queef isolates an arm and boxes in a triangle. Rakic stacks Queef on his neck as he steps over and passes to the side. He's now in a much more dominant position where he can look to do some serious damage. Nice move by Rakic!
Queef is working to avoid the ground and pound but Rakic connects with a decent elbow.
Queef is sneaking out the side here. He's bucked Rakic off and has taken his back!
Rakic rolls and manages to get back to half guard. Nicely done.
Queef working Rakic over with strikes.
Queef not landing any meaningful shots this time.
Queef not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
Queef thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Rakic's head.
Rakic trying to hold on to Queef's head to control him but Queef postures up.
Rakic regains full guard, whilst avoiding punches from Queef.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Queef with a flurry of punches that miss.
Rakic managing to control the position.
Rakic utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Queef throws a big right hand that misses.
Queef postures up.
Rakic is pulling down on Queef's head. It's preventing any offense from Queef, at least for the moment.
Queef missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Queef scoring with punches to the head and body.
Queef trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Rakic not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
Rakic bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Queef's guard.
Queef is throwing his legs up, looking for submissions. Rakic is aware though and is defending well.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Rakic's corner. There ya go! There ya go!
Rakic avoids a guillotine attempt easily.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Rakic avoids a guillotine attempt easily.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Queef looks to be working for a triangle here. Oh, it looks like he might have it! Rakic has picked Queef up and slammed him! Queef can't keep hold of the triangle and Rakic manages to pass to side control!
Rakic grinds an elbow into Queef's temple.
Rakic working the body and head with strikes.
Queef is trying to get back to half guard. He's pushing on Rakic's leg. He's managed it. Nice work.
Queef is looking to sinch up a guillotine here but Rakic pulls his head out easily.
Rakic looks to score some points with some ground and pound.
Rakic seems to be taking a bit of a break to think of his next move. He lands a short punch in the meantime.
Queef looking for submissions off his back.
Rakic working some ground and pound from close in. He's looking to maintain this position and strike for a while by the looks of things... although he'll probably advance to full mount in a minute now I've said that.
Queef is rocked!
Rakic lands a big elbow from half guard. That looks like it's hurt Queef quite badly. Queef pulls Rakic in close trying to recover. Rakic postures up and lands two really hard shots that put Queef on queer street! The ref takes a look and decides to call an end to the fight! Possibly an early stoppage but Queef doesn't seem to be complaining too much.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:55 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Marko Rakic!
During a confident post fight interview, Marko Rakic thanked all his fans. He seemed very genuine when describing how motivated his fans keep him.
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energy
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hype
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pop
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mgr
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FIGHT
RATING
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