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Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Roko Matijevic (ranked 2361 p4p, 2703 weight class) and Damon Petrers (ranked 247 p4p, 280 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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BJJ White Belt
World class MT
KO power |
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BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent MT
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 4 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Roko Matijevic!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 5 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Damon Petrers!
The judges for this bout are William Peck, Yves DeLean and Elvis Blanc.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Petrers tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Matijevic manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Matijevic misses the shot to the body.
A slapping body kick lands there for Matijevic.
Petrers takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
Petrers throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Matijevic sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Petrers throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Matijevic keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Petrers.
Petrers swinging wildly here.
Matijevic listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Petrers scores with a body shot.
Petrers looks to land a left hand but Matijevic moved out of range nicely.
Petrers moves in looking to clinch but Matijevic pushes him off.
Matijevic is looking for a counter combo.
Petrers tries to clinch up but Matijevic circles away and keeps his distance.
Jab by Matijevic.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Petrers jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Matijevic swung with a counter punch to the body but it didn't connect.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Petrers misses with a jab to the body
and Matijevic counters with a left and a right that stings Petrers.
Petrers misses with a body punch
and Matijevic connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Petrers throws a nice looking combination but Matijevic bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Petrers throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Petrers closes the distance and clinches.
Petrers throws a punch but it's blocked by Matijevic.
Petrers pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Petrers fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Petrers misses with a hook
letting Matijevic counter with a right hand.
Petrers is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Matijevic jabs. That one connects to the head of his opponent.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Petrers avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
It seemed like Petrers was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Matijevic misses with a straight right.
Matijevic misses with a body kick.
Petrers misses with a body shot
and Matijevic counters with a head kick that drops Petrers to the mat! Petrers scrambles across the canvas and gets back to his feet, still wobbly!
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Matijevic walks into a left hand.
Petrers lands the left hand.
Matijevic cracks Petrers with an open hand slap.
Petrers is rocked!
Petrers blocks a jab.
Petrers tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Matijevic manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
A counter left hand to the body from Matijevic misses its target.
Petrers misses with a wild body shot.
Petrers misses the body punch
enabling Matijevic to counter with a crisp jab.
Petrers throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
The fighters circle momentarily. Petrers darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.
Petrers misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Matijevic.
Matijevic lands a nice shot that snaps Petrers's head back.
Petrers tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Matijevic manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Matijevic was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
Petrers closes the distance but Matijevic moves to the side
and Matijevic counters with a left to the body.
Petrers tries to clinch but Matijevic moves out of range.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Petrers gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Matijevic tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Petrers's elbow.
Matijevic breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Petrers keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
It looks like Matijevic has been trying to sharpen up his punching technique, as it looks crisper than last time we saw him.
Petrers lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
A big right from Matijevic misses.
Petrers throws a good cross that connects.
Matijevic on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Matijevic throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Matijevic misses the shot to the body.
Petrers throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Matijevic.
Matijevic wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
A big right from Petrers 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!
Petrers instigates a clinch.
Matijevic pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Petrers misses with a wild body shot.
Petrers throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Matijevic sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Petrers tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Matijevic paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Petrers showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Matijevic.
Matijevic takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Matijevic swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Petrers cracks a nice hook into Matijevic's ribs.
Petrers keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Petrers throws a series of strikes that have Matijevic backpedaling.
Petrers goes to the watering hole and comes back with a big thumbs up from the judges as he scores a three punch combo.
Matijevic is rocked!
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Nice straight punches there by Petrers. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Petrers.
Oh Matijevic is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Petrers misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Matijevic.
Matijevic seems to have got his legs back now.
Petrers lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Matijevic at a distance.
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 Roko Matijevic will probably get the nod.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.
Petrers swings for the body but Matijevic moves out of range.
Matijevic connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
A looping hook to the body misses from Matijevic. Petrers does a little dance to reset his feet.
Despite the aggression on Petrers's face he doesn't fully commit to the counter.
Petrers staying out of range there.
Petrers throws a big shot that misses.
Matijevic swung with a counter punch to the body but it didn't connect.
Petrers misses with a shot to the body
enabling Matijevic to counter with a crisp jab.
Petrers swinging wildly here.
Petrers lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Petrers throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Matijevic cracks Petrers with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
Petrers closes the distance and clinches.
Matijevic breaks the clinch.
Petrers clinches with his opponent.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Petrers goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Petrers lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Good body shot from Matijevic.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Petrers.
Petrers breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Matijevic moves out of range of the strikes.
Matijevic walks into a straight right hand from Petrers.
Petrers misses with a left hand
and Matijevic cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Petrers misses with a looping left.
Matijevic misses with an attempted mid kick.
Matijevic throws a body punch but Petrers moves out of range.
Petrers tries to counter by closing the distance.
Petrers takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
Petrers tries to clinch but Matijevic is having none of it.
Petrers throws a body shot but no joy.
Damon Petrers seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Petrers scores with a jab to the head.
Petrers swings and misses with a hook to the body.
A counter left hand to the body from Matijevic misses its target.
Matijevic connects with a body shot that sends Petrers's belly button to the back.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
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!
Petrers misses the shot to the body.
Matijevic throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Petrers tries to clinch but Matijevic moves away
and Matijevic counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Petrers is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Matijevic slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
Petrers misses with a body shot
letting Matijevic counter with a right hand.
Matijevic ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Petrers tries to close the distance and clinch but Matijevic swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Matijevic lands with a nice body punch.
Matijevic tries to move into range but Petrers moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
Petrers lands a jab to Matijevic's midsection.
Petrers throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Matijevic counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
Petrers tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Matijevic manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Petrers swings for the body but Matijevic moves out of range.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Petrers on the wrong end of a kick to the body.
Petrers rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Matijevic moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Matijevic avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
No joy there for Matijevic, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Petrers fails in his attempt to clinch.
Petrers throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Matijevic fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Petrers manages to avoid it.
Petrers throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Matijevic sees it coming and avoids it easily.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Roko Matijevic is winning the standup battle so far.
Matijevic throws a hook but Petrers blocks it.
Petrers misses the shot to the body.
It looked like Matijevic was looking amped, ready to throw a big counter but didn't commit.
Matijevic looks to score with a jab to the body but Petrers is just out of range.
Petrers changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Petrers fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Matijevic manages to avoid it.
Petrers fails with an attempt to clinch.
Matijevic was looking to counter that last move with a shot to the body but he didn't commit.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
A decent looking cross lands there for Petrers.
A telegraphed right hand from Petrers misses the target.
Matijevic is looking to counter with a shot to the body.
Petrers fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Matijevic manages to avoid it.
Petrers throws a poor cross that misses
enabling Matijevic to counter with a crisp jab.
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!
Matijevic slips a jab from Petrers.
Matijevic fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Petrers manages to avoid it.
Petrers lands a nice shot that snaps Matijevic's head back.
Petrers misses with a telegraphed body shot
and Matijevic counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Matijevic digs a good hook to Petrers's body.
Petrers stuns Matijevic with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Matijevic throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Petrers wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Petrers throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Matijevic is looking to counter with a shot to the body.
Petrers misses with a body shot.
Matijevic throwing a counter right hand but Petrers manages to avoid it.
Petrers throws a body shot but no joy.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
A close second round but Damon Petrers will probably get the nod - 10:9.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! This is the final round!
Petrers throws a shot from downtown. Matijevic moves away and avoids it.
Petrers moves into the clinch.
Matijevic blocks a body shot from Petrers.
Matijevic misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Petrers tries to work over Matijevic's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Petrers manages to break the clinch.
Matijevic throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Petrers throws a series of punches but Matijevic moves out of range.
Matijevic swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
Petrers ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Petrers misses with a straight left.
Matijevic throws a lazy right hand but Petrers sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Matijevic throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Petrers throws a looping overhand right but Matijevic ducks down to avoid it.
Petrers just misses with a punch to the body.
Petrers thuds a left hand into Matijevic's body.
Petrers rushes Matijevic and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Matijevic lands with a right to the head.
Petrers tries a body shot but Matijevic blocks it.
Matijevic pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Petrers just misses with a punch to the body.
Matijevic avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
A looping hook to the body misses from Petrers. Matijevic does a little dance to reset his feet.
Petrers throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Matijevic counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Petrers has closed the distance and engaged Matijevic in a clinch.
Petrers's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Petrers breaks from the clinch.
Matijevic bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Matijevic is looking to counter with a body kick.
Petrers looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
It looked like Matijevic was trying to counter with a body shot coming off that last attack from Petrers.
Petrers sees a low kick coming and goes to check it, but it's actually a body kick and it thuds into his unprotected ribs.
Petrers takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Petrers keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Petrers has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
Matijevic avoids the body shot from Petrers.
Petrers tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Matijevic manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Petrers misses with a shot to the body
and Matijevic counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Matijevic smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
Petrers tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Matijevic was well out of range. Poor timing from Petrers.
Matijevic thows a left - swing and a miss!
Petrers wants to counter with a clinch but Matijevic pushes him away.
Petrers with a nice cross.
Petrers lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Matijevic circles away quickly and effectively.
Matijevic throws a quick head kick that skims the top of Petrers's head.
Petrers is still on wobbly legs! Can Matijevic finish him?
Petrers moves into the clinch successfully.
Matijevic breaks the clinch.
Matijevic throws a chopping leg kick but Petrers manages to avoid taking any serious damage.
Petrers comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Petrers seems to have recovered his senses.
Petrers takes a nasty kick to the mid section... That should keep him thinking. Does he try and block and risk a head kick landing?
Petrers with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Petrers takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Petrers throws a hook to the side of Matijevic's head but Matijevic sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Matijevic explodes with a nice body kick and back out of range. Nice work.
Matijevic scores with a kick to the body.
Petrers looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
Petrers misses with a right hand
and Matijevic counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
A big left from Petrers misses.
Matijevic swung with a counter punch to the body but it didn't connect.
Matijevic lands a jab to Petrers's midsection.
Matijevic scores with a jab to the jaw.
Matijevic drops Petrers with a hook right on the temple. He thinks about going to the ground but Petrers looks back up at him and smiles so Matijevic waves him back to his feet - he obviously thinks he can knock him out after that shot landed.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Petrers falls off balance throwing a combination
and Matijevic counters with a huge left! Petrers is in big trouble! He's backing up but Matijevic isn't giving him chance to recover. Under a barage of punches the ref has to step in to save Petrers from any more damage. A dominating finish by Matijevic!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:43 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Roko Matijevic!
Our winner, Roko Matijevic, made sure he spent some time buttering up the crowd during his post fight interview, which will no doubt bring him a few more fans.
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