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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Julio Regueiro (ranked 563 p4p, 599 weight class) and Dragomir Savic (ranked 80 p4p, 86 weight class). Savic is bobbing his head along to his entrance song: 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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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 27 - 18 - 1, fighting out of New York, Julio Regueiro!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 21 - 11 - 2, fighting out of London, Dragomir Savic!
The judges for this bout are William Gold, Steven Brown and Richard Clark.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Regueiro throws a body punch but Savic moves out of range.
Savic swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Regueiro misses the shot to the body.
Savic with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Regueiro moves out of range of the body kick from Savic.
Regueiro walks into a left hand.
Jab from Regueiro.
Regueiro has been working on his boxing with his coaches at Randall's Top Team in the buildup to the fight.
Regueiro throws a leg kick that is checked
and Regueiro takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Regueiro moves into range and throws a combination. A nice jab followed by a hook to the body.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Regueiro lands where it shouldn't have, right in the... well, you know what he did? He kicked him in the penis. He's injured, injured bad. The referee sends both fighters to their corners and Savic has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Savic and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
Savic has been spending a lot of time sparring his boxing in the run up to the fight, trying to sharpen up those hands and look for a knockout.
Julio Regueiro seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Savic jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Regueiro avoids the body shot from Savic.
Savic avoids a kick to the body.
That kick from Regueiro tenderised Savic's leg. Savic is trying to keep his angry face on.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Regueiro throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
Regueiro backing away here, and Savic unleashes a leg kick that just misses.
Regueiro rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and he gets countered with a snapping leg kick.
Regueiro throws a big shot that misses.
Regueiro swings widly with a right hand
and Savic finishes the little exchange by landing a big kick to the body.
Savic checks the leg kick nicely there.
A big left from Regueiro misses.
Savic tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and Regueiro is able to avoid easily.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Regueiro misses with a hook to the body
and Savic counters with a lovely shot to the body.
The fighters circle momentarily. Regueiro darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.
Savic looks to score with a jab to the body but Regueiro is just out of range.
Regueiro throws a hook but Savic avoids it easily.
The fighters circling - Regueiro throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Regueiro misses with a hook.
Savic moves away from the strike by Regueiro.
Regueiro pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Regueiro misses with a wild combination.
Savic only half commits to the counter leg kick.
Savic takes a jab right on the kisser.
Savic jabs. That one connects to the head of his opponent.
Regueiro dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Savic wants to land a leg kick but Regueiro is out of range.
Savic throws a front kick aimed at Regueiro's knee but Regueiro avoids it well.
Savic throws a lazy right hand but Regueiro sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Regueiro buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Savic misses with a body kick.
Regueiro misses with a straight left.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Regueiro lands a head shot.
Regueiro connects with a single shot there.
Regueiro sizes up Savic with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
Savic swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Regueiro throws a low kick but Savic avoids it.
Regueiro swings for the body but Savic moves out of range.
Regueiro connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Savic momentarily.
Savic slips under a jab from Regueiro.
Savic lands a nice hook to Regueiro's body. Regueiro takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Good work by Regueiro as he checks the leg kick.
Regueiro connects with a crisp jab.
Regueiro ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Regueiro scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Regueiro misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Savic.
A left lands for Regueiro.
Regueiro throws a combination. Savic tries to block but a couple of punches get through.
Savic moves out of range as Regueiro strikes.
Regueiro moves into range and connects with a jab.
Regueiro digs a good body shot into Savic's ribs.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Savic misses the shot to the body.
Regueiro scores with a shot to the body.
Regueiro misses with a body kick.
Regueiro swings for the body but Savic moves out of range.
Savic throws a half hearted mid kick.
The fighters circling - Savic throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Savic looks to land a left hand but Regueiro moved out of range nicely.
Regueiro has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Savic finds it's way round the side to connect with Regueiro's head.
Regueiro throws a hook but Savic avoids it easily.
Thud! ouch! good body kick from Savic - that will leave a mark!
Savic throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Regueiro on the side of the head.
A bone on bone clash there as Regueiro blocks the leg kick.
Savic ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Regueiro moves away.
Savic dodges the punch combination from Regueiro.
Regueiro scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Regueiro tries a head kick but it misses.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Regueiro throws a leg kick that misses.
Savic keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Regueiro.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Jab by Regueiro.
Savic swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Regueiro scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Savic doesn't seem bothered though.
A jab from Regueiro does it's job there.
Regueiro misses with a hook
and Savic counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Savic throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Regueiro will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Regueiro looks to land a combination but Savic avoids it well.
A slow jab from Savic misses its intended target.
Regueiro fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Savic manages to avoid it.
Regueiro scores with a hook.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Regueiro pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Regueiro scores with a jab.
Regueiro scores with a nice right hand.
Regueiro just misses with a punch to the body.
Regueiro tests Savic's chin there with a solid looking shot.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Julio Regueiro dominated that round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.
Regueiro misses with an uppercut.
Regueiro scores with a jab to the jaw.
A looping hook to the body misses from Regueiro. Savic does a little dance to reset his feet.
Some bone on bone action there as Savic checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
Regueiro misses with a wild body shot.
Savic needs to keep his hands up - Regueiro had a free shot at his head there.
Savic with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Julio Regueiro is winning the standup battle so far.
Regueiro throws a hook but Savic avoids it easily.
A looping hook to the body misses from Regueiro. Savic does a little dance to reset his feet.
Savic looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Savic keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Regueiro.
Nice straight punches there by Savic. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Savic.
Regueiro moves forwards but Savic connects with a nice, crisp jab.
Savic avoids a punch combination nicely.
Savic misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Regueiro.
Both these guys seem content to just stand up and trade with each other but Savic might want to think about changing up his gameplan a bit because over the course of the fight, Regueiro has got the better of the exchanges.
Regueiro lands a body shot.
Regueiro slips a straight right by Savic.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Regueiro throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Regueiro throws a body shot but no joy.
Savic cracks a nice hook into Regueiro's ribs.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Regueiro ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Savic moves away.
Savic throws a low kick but Regueiro avoids it.
Savic scores with a shot to the body.
Savic throws a head kick but Regueiro moves out of range.
A nice leg kick lands there from Regueiro.
Regueiro thows a left - swing and a miss!
Regueiro fails to land with a series of punches.
Savic throws out a counter right but Regueiro avoids it with no problem.
Savic staying out of range there.
Savic looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
A big left from Regueiro misses.
Regueiro takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
Regueiro throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Regueiro attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
Regueiro takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Regueiro throws out a powerful jab.
Savic walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Regueiro checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
Savic swings for the body but Regueiro moves out of range.
Savic misses with a hook.
Savic throws a chopping leg kick but Regueiro manages to avoid taking any serious damage.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Savic ducks under a wild hook from Regueiro.
Regueiro backing away here, and Savic unleashes a leg kick that just misses.
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!
Savic throws a nice looking combination but Regueiro bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Savic showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Regueiro.
Regueiro is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Savic can do to turn this around?
Regueiro walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
Savic has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
Savic displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Regueiro throws out the jab.
Nice shot lands for Regueiro.
Regueiro misses with an uppercut
letting Savic counter with a right hand.
Savic moves out of range of the leg kick from Regueiro.
Regueiro changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Regueiro scores with a jab. Savic acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
Regueiro throws a hook to the side of Savic's head but Savic sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Savic ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Regueiro rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Savic moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
A jab from Savic misses.
Regueiro with a nice calf kick.
Savic throws a jab when Regueiro was well out of range.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Regueiro waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Savic.
Savic throws an overhand right that lands on Regueiro's shoulder, as Regueiro tries to avoid the shot.
Savic throws a leg kick but Regueiro moved away.
Savic takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Regueiro throws a jab but it's blocked by Savic.
Savic on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
Regueiro misses with a looping left.
Savic slips a jab and a cross from Regueiro.
Regueiro throws a nice outside leg kick.
Savic cracks Regueiro with a right hand to the side of the head.
Regueiro staying out of range there.
Regueiro displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Savic throws out the jab.
Savic tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Regueiro loads up on a big right hand but Savic slips the punch.
Savic was about to counter that last move with a leg kick but changes his mind.
Regueiro missing with a left hand there. Savic was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Savic! But no joy.
A clash of legs there as Regueiro blocks the low kick.
Regueiro uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Savic.
The fighters circle momentarily. Regueiro darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
A jab from Savic finds it's way through Regueiro's defenses.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Regueiro connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Savic throws a front kick that sends Regueiro stumbling back into the cage.
Regueiro takes one to the chin there.
Savic throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Regueiro sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Regueiro waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Savic.
Regueiro lands a nice shot that snaps Savic's head back.
Savic throws a low kick but Regueiro moves out of range easily.
Savic ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Regueiro moves away.
A leg kick checked by Savic.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Savic! But no joy.
Regueiro will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Savic waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Regueiro.
Regueiro with a nice calf kick.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Regueiro moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
Regueiro misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Savic.
Savic connects with a crisp jab.
Regueiro misses with a straight right.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close second round but I would say that Julio Regueiro will probably get the nod.
That's time! Regueiro's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight. This is the final round!
Regueiro looks to throw the jab but Savic is out of range.
Savic scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Savic's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Savic lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
Savic on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Regueiro darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
Savic avoids a punch combination nicely.
Savic slips a straight right by Regueiro.
Regueiro connects with a single shot there.
Savic throws a front kick aimed at Regueiro's knee but Regueiro avoids it well.
Savic tests Regueiro's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Regueiro throws a right and a left that Savic avoids nicely.
A little jabbing left from Savic on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Savic motions for Regueiro to come forward. Savic throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Regueiro throws out a powerful jab.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Nice body punch from Savic.
Savic ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Regueiro misses with a left hand
and Savic counters with a good, hard body kick but Regueiro shrugs it off.
Savic throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Regueiro stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Regueiro tries to bum rush Savic with a series of wild strikes but Savic uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Regueiro looks to land a right hand but Savic moved out of range.
Savic throws a body punch but Regueiro moves out of range.
Regueiro is looking to counter with a shot to the body.
Savic lands with a straight right. Regueiro didn't see that one coming.
Regueiro connects with a body shot that sends Savic's belly button to the back.
Regueiro misses with a straight right.
Savic looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Savic ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Regueiro misses with a lunging right hand
and Savic counters with a left to the body.
Savic moves away from the strike by Regueiro.
Regueiro lands three nice shots there - that looked like it hurt!
Regueiro lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
Regueiro loads up on a big right hand but Savic slips the punch.
Savic throws a nice outside leg kick.
Savic throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Savic drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
Regueiro motions for Savic to come forward. Regueiro throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.
A little jabbing left from Savic on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Regueiro misses with a wild body shot.
Savic throws the kick towards the body but Regueiro avoids it.
A counter left hand to the body from Regueiro misses its target.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Savic throws a low kick but it's checked well by Regueiro.
Regueiro misses with a combination
and Savic counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.
Dragomir Savic has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Savic fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Savic steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Regueiro.
Savic slips under a jab from Regueiro.
Regueiro takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Regueiro misses with a looping left.
A cross from Regueiro lands.
Regueiro throws a leg kick
and Savic counters with a body kick that stops Regueiro in his tracks momentarily.
Savic misses with a body kick.
Regueiro ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Savic moves away.
Savic defending well as Regueiro loads up on a big left hand.
Savic takes one on the chin but seems OK.
Savic just misses with a punch to the body.
Savic feints and then cracks Regueiro's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Regueiro down.
Savic moves forwards but Regueiro connects with a nice, crisp jab.
Savic slips a jab and a cross from Regueiro.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Savic throws a hook but Regueiro avoids it easily.
Regueiro uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Savic.
Savic keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Regueiro.
Regueiro chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Savic lands with a nice body punch.
Savic staying out of range there.
Regueiro lands a glancing blow to the side of Savic's head.
Regueiro looks to land a body kick but Savic moved away.
A left lands for Regueiro.
Savic throws a leg kick that misses.
Regueiro connects with an inside leg kick.
Regueiro throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Savic looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Regueiro has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Regueiro there as he acknowledges the shot.
A big left from Regueiro misses.
Regueiro jabs at Savic's body.
Regueiro punishes Savic's body with a nice straight punch.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Savic works the jab nicely.
It looks like Julio Regueiro has been cut.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Savic throws a push kick but Regueiro slaps the foot to one side.
A good leg kick by Savic.
Julio Regueiro is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Regueiro scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
Regueiro with a nice calf kick.
Regueiro throws a jab but it's blocked by Savic.
Savic displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Regueiro throws out the jab.
Savic feints a counter leg kick.
Regueiro ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Savic moves away.
Regueiro with a nice cross.
Savic tries to land a front kick but Regueiro steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
Regueiro misses with an uppercut. Savic saw that one coming.
Savic is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Regueiro.
Regueiro fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Savic pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Savic misses with a looping right.
Regueiro tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and Savic is able to avoid easily.
Savic works Regueiro's body with a nice hook.
Savic misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Regueiro.
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 Julio Regueiro.
Well Regueiro 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 William Gold scores the fight 28:29
Judge Steven Brown scores the fight 30:28
Judge Richard Clark scores the fight 30:27
In favor of your winner, by split decision... Julio Regueiro!
Julio Regueiro decided to hype himself up post fight. It was going well but he went on about it a bit too long and the crowd turned on him a little.
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