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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Endrju Golara (ranked 4758 p4p, 25110 weight class) and Mirko Cro Cop (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both these guys have really solid chins. Will we see a standup war or will they both decide that a knockout is unlikely and try to win the fight elsewhere?
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BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Granite chin |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Endrju Golara!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Mirko Cro Cop!
The judges for this bout are Tatsuya Matsuyama, Yukihiro Shimada and Yuuki Gou.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Golara swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Golara misses with a body shot.
Cro Cop has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Cro Cop there as he acknowledges the shot.
Cro Cop rushes Golara and presses him up against the cage.
Golara displaying some good clinch control by pressing Cro Cop up against the cage.
Cro Cop decides to pull guard.
Cro Cop keeping moving, preventing Golara from controlling successfully.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
A real slowdown in the pace of the fight for a moment, as Cro Cop holds on and takes a little breather.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Golara trying to control but Cro Cop is working from the bottom.
We get told so often about how wrestlers don't like to be on their backs. Let's see if Cro Cop can do anything to dispel that myth.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Cro Cop has a loose triangle. He'll be looking to tighten that up but Golara can see exactly what he's planning and manages to posture up and free himself.
Cro Cop has Golara pulled in close to control his posture.
Golara seems content to control from guard here. He's going to have to remain active though if he doesn't want to get stood back up.
Cro Cop tries to land a sweep but no joy.
If this pace continues, the referee will definitely step in and force a standup.
Golara tries to stand but Cro Cop is controlling from the bottom.
The referee has decided to stand the fighters back up, so we'll restart on the feet.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are getting on the fighters' backs, as the pace has dropped off in the last minute or so.
Cro Cop doesn't succeed with the takedown
and Golara counters with a nice uppercut.
Endrju Golara seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Cro Cop throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around Golara's waist but Golara gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing Cro Cop off to one side.
Golara lands a nice hook to Cro Cop's body. Cro Cop takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Cro Cop fails miserably with a takedown attempt.
Endrju Golara has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Mirko Cro Cop.
Golara connects with a crisp jab.
Cro Cop looks to clinch
and Golara counters with a one-two to the body.
Golara thuds a left hand into Cro Cop's body.
Cro Cop moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
Golara moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Cro Cop wants to clinch up but Golara keeps it at a distance.
Golara misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Cro Cop.
Cro Cop tries to counter with a clinch but Golara shakes him off and moves away.
Golara throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Golara misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Cro Cop.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Golara tests Cro Cop's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Golara throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Golara misses with a jab, cross combination.
Golara throws a right and a left that Cro Cop avoids nicely.
Cro Cop feints the counter takedown.
Golara loads up on a big right hand but Cro Cop slips the punch.
Golara with a hook.
Endrju Golara is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Cro Cop getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
It looks like Endrju Golara has been cut.
Cro Cop has a takedown stuffed.
Cro Cop slips under a jab.
Golara scores with a one two! Cro Cop had his feet all tangled up there and couldn't avoid the strikes.
It looks like Mirko Cro Cop has been cut.
Golara scores with a hook.
Cro Cop should think about turning a few of those tyres round his middle into muscle if he wants people to take him seriously as an athlete.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Cro Cop takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
Golara ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Cro Cop moves away.
Cro Cop tries to close the distance and clinch but Golara swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Cro Cop misses with a takedown attempt - Golara sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
Cro Cop looks winded!
Golara fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Cro Cop manages to avoid it.
Cro Cop shoots in but doesn't get the takedown
and Golara counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Good shot there by Golara.
Golara ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Cro Cop is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
Golara defends well against a solid takedown attempt from Cro Cop.
Golara lands with a cross.
A combination from Golara does no damage.
Cro Cop tries to counter by closing the distance.
Cro Cop fails in his attempt to clinch.
Golara throws a good cross that connects.
Golara lands a right hook to the body.
Cro Cop rushes Golara and presses him up against the cage.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Endrju Golara dominated that round.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action.
Cro Cop takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
A decent looking cross lands there for Golara.
Cro Cop moves to clinch but Golara breaks away
and Golara counters with a straight right hand.
Golara throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Golara lands a really nice looking cross but Cro Cop seems unphased.
Golara throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Cro Cop closes this distance looking for a takedown but Golara circles away.
Endrju Golara is winning the standup battle so far.
Golara swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Golara misses with an uppercut. Cro Cop saw that one coming.
Golara slaps away a takedown attempt from Cro Cop, before circling back to the center of the mat.
Golara is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Cro Cop can do to turn this around?
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Golara closes the distance and lands a one-two.
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!
A punch combination from Golara misses.
Golara scores with a nice head shot.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Cro Cop steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Golara.
Cro Cop throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around Golara's waist but Golara gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing Cro Cop off to one side.
Endrju Golara has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Mirko Cro Cop.
Cro Cop takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
Golara throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Cro Cop wants to clinch up but Golara keeps it at a distance.
Golara lands a right hook to the body.
Horrible takedown attempt by Cro Cop or perhaps it was just good defense by Golara, which made it look bad.
Golara is looking to counter punch.
Cro Cop is breathing heavily.
Golara misses with a jab, cross combination.
Golara missing with a left hand there. Cro Cop was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Golara throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Cro Cop on the side of the head.
Golara misses with a few strikes there.
Cro Cop will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
Golara scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Golara connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Golara throws out a powerful jab.
Cro Cop looks for a takedown but Golara sprawls well.
Golara lands with an overhand left.
Golara uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
Cro Cop walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
Cro Cop uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Golara.
Cro Cop with the counter takedown but Golara avoids it easily.
Cro Cop shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Golara is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Cro Cop.
Golara scores with a jab to the head.
Cro Cop doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Golara lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
The crowd cheers as Golara lands an impressive looking overhand right. Cro Cop doesn't seem phased though.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Golara takes a swing at Cro Cop's ribcage but misses.
Golara punishes Cro Cop's body with a nice straight punch.
Cro Cop has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
Golara jabs Cro Cop right on the nose. Cro Cop blinks but takes it well.
Golara moves into range and connects with a jab.
Cro Cop uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Golara.
Cro Cop is loading up here, looking for a big counter of his own.
Mirko Cro Cop is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Golara listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Cro Cop takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Cro Cop uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Golara.
Golara lands with a cross.
Golara's corner calls for a 1-2. Golara obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
Cro Cop tries to clinch but Golara moves out of range.
Donk. Golara catches Cro Cop right on the button with a cross.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Cro Cop lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Golara circles away quickly and effectively.
A left lands for Golara.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Golara lands with a straight right. Cro Cop didn't see that one coming.
Good standup being displayed there by Golara as he connects with a hook.
Golara shuffles to his left behind two crisp jabs. Cro Cop eats them both and turns towards Golara to reposition himself and eats a stinging right hand-left hook combo.
Golara throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Cro Cop tries to drive through with a takedown attempt but Golara defends well and Cro Cop ends up having to push Golara into the cage where they will battle it out in the clinch.
A quick step to the side and Golara tries to counter with a shot to the body but it doesn't connect.
Cro Cop moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
The fighters circling - Golara throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Golara connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Cro Cop momentarily.
Golara bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
Golara cracks Cro Cop with an open hand slap.
Golara throws a big shot that misses.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Golara scores with a nice right hand.
Cro Cop shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says Golara as he avoids it easily.
Cro Cop walks into a jab.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Endrju Golara dominated that second round.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
That's time! Golara's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight. This is the final round!
Golara swinging wildly here.
Golara throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Cro Cop is looking to clinch but Golara is avoiding it.
Golara throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Cro Cop has a takedown stuffed.
Cro Cop fails with a takedown attempt from distance.
Cro Cop avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Cro Cop darts in looking for a takedown but Golara gets double underhooks and turns Cro Cop into the cage.
Endrju Golara has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Mirko Cro Cop.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Golara lands with a nice body punch.
Cro Cop takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Golara misses with a looping left.
Golara throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Golara lands a jab to Cro Cop's midsection.
Golara ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Cro Cop moves away.
Cro Cop is definitely looking for the counter takedowns here.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Cro Cop tries to clinch up.
Nice uppercut there from Golara.
Cro Cop shoots for a double leg takedown but Golara sprawls well. He's pushed Cro Cop's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.
Golara lands with a cross.
Cro Cop's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Golara connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Cro Cop scrambles back to his feet.
A cross from Golara lands.
Golara lands a right hook to the body.
Golara tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Cro Cop was well out of range. Poor timing from Golara.
Cro Cop is looking for the big counter here.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Golara.
Golara connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Cro Cop needs to keep his hands up - Golara had a free shot at his head there.
Cro Cop takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Cro Cop showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Golara.
Cro Cop throws a counter combo.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Golara slaps away a takedown attempt from Cro Cop, before circling back to the center of the mat.
Golara throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Golara comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Golara scores with a punch to the head.
Cro Cop tries to clinch but Golara is having none of it.
Golara swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
Golara cracks Cro Cop with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
Golara connects with a good right hand that stumbles Cro Cop. Cro Cop circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
Golara looks to land a combination but Cro Cop avoids it well.
Cro Cop with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Golara to score with a decent uppercut.
Golara works Cro Cop's body with a nice hook.
Golara cracks Cro Cop with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
Cro Cop takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Golara cracks Cro Cop with a good jab.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Nice shot lands for Golara.
Cro Cop throws a head kick that misses.
Cro Cop walks into a left hand.
A punch combination from Golara misses.
Golara dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Cro Cop doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Cro Cop walks into a stiff left hand from Golara.
Golara lunges at Cro Cop with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Cro Cop's hand.
Cro Cop slips a jab and a cross from Golara.
Cro Cop bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
The fight stays on the outside here - Cro Cop looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Golara is looking to counter punch.
Cro Cop takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Cro Cop shoots in looking for a takedown. Golara tries to sprawl out of it but Cro Cop keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. Golara manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Golara throws a shot to the body.
Golara fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Cro Cop looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Cro Cop showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Golara.
Golara looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Cro Cop takes a jab right on the kisser.
Mirko Cro Cop has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Cro Cop throws a combination that misses
enabling Golara to counter with a crisp jab.
Cro Cop takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
And that's the end of the fight!
Endrju Golara showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Golara, winning every round. Will the judges agree? They are the ones who matter, even if they are often depressingly incompetent. 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 Tatsuya Matsuyama scores the fight 30:25
Judge Yukihiro Shimada scores the fight 30:25
Judge Yuuki Gou scores the fight 30:25
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Endrju Golara!
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energy
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