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Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Aleksandar Ivkov (ranked 2441 p4p, 3473 weight class) and Reico Huust (ranked 249 p4p, 331 weight class). 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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149
5 - 3 - 0 |
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180 cm
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145
5 - 0 - 0 |
BJJ White Belt
Lethal high kicks
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BJJ Blue Belt
Solid Muay Thai
Heavy handed |
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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 5 - 3 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Aleksandar Ivkov!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 5 - 0 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Reico Huust!
The judges for this bout are Winston Alpacca, Michael Johnstone and Sandra Marshall.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Ivkov explodes with a nice body kick and back out of range. Nice work.
Ivkov throws the kick towards the body but Huust avoids it.
Huust shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with Ivkov but Ivkov pushes him off and we're back to square one.
Ivkov appears to be looking for a big counter.
Ivkov stuffs the takedown attempt from Huust. Huust gets slowly back to his feet.
Ivkov misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Huust now looks to counter with a shot at the body.
Ivkov ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Huust looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights.
Ivkov misses with a wild body shot.
Ivkov misses with a jab, cross combination.
Ivkov moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
Ivkov swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Huust.
Ivkov looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Ivkov has managed to clinch.
A shot in the inside from Huust.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Huust misses with a punch to the body.
Ivkov landing knees to the head.
Ivkov lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Huust blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Huust tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Ivkov's elbow.
Huust throws a punch but it's blocked by Ivkov.
Huust is leaning against Ivkov and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Huust fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Huust is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.
Huust tries to break the clinch but Ivkov is controlling the position.
Huust tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Ivkov misses with a short punch on the inside.
Ivkov pushes Huust back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Ivkov tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Huust avoids it.
Ivkov misses with the head strike.
Ivkov can't find room to land a body shot as Huust controls the action.
A head punch on the inside from Huust fails to land.
Ivkov lands a right hand.
Ivkov blocks a body shot from Huust.
Ivkov misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Huust.
A short right from Ivkov.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Ivkov creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Huust tries to break free but Ivkov pushes him back against the cage.
Ivkov tries to land knees in the clinch but Huust avoids the damage to the body.
A short uppercut from Huust.
Ivkov tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Huust blocks an uppercut.
Ivkov pushes Huust back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Ivkov lands a body punch.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Huust.
Huust throws a head punch that misses.
Huust makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Ivkov tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Huust managing to block the knees to the body from Ivkov.
Ivkov can't find room to land a body shot as Huust controls the action.
Huust tries to work over Ivkov's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Ivkov throws a head punch that misses.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Ivkov.
Huust lands a hook that snaps the head of Ivkov backwards.
Huust throws a punch but it's blocked by Ivkov.
Huust has a couple of punches blocked by Ivkov.
Huust avoiding damage as Ivkov throws knees to the body.
Ivkov lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Ivkov lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Huust or not.
Huust lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Ivkov or not.
Huust swings wildly with an uppercut but Ivkov uses good head movement to avoid it.
A short uppercut from Ivkov.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Huust managing to block the knees to the body from Ivkov.
Ivkov lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Huust.
Huust misses with a punch to the body.
Huust avoiding damage as Ivkov throws knees to the body.
Ivkov tries to land a knee to the head but Huust blocks with his arms.
Huust blocks a body shot from Ivkov.
Ivkov tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Huust blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Ivkov misses with a punch on the inside.
Ivkov swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Huust manages to break the clinch.
A combination from Ivkov does no damage.
No luck with that takedown attempt from Huust.
Aleksandar Ivkov has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Reico Huust.
Ivkov throws a body shot but no joy.
Huust tries to drive through with a takedown attempt but Ivkov defends well and Huust ends up having to push Ivkov into the cage where they will battle it out in the clinch.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Ivkov throws a lazy head kick
and Huust counters with a slapping leg kick.
Ivkov scores with a nice body kick.
Huust closes the distance and clinches up with Ivkov, looking for a takedown. Huust pushes Ivkov against the cage but Ivkov circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.
Ivkov throws the left hand but Huust avoids the punch easily.
Ivkov misses with a wild combination.
Huust feints a counter leg kick.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Huust tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Ivkov was well out of range. Poor timing from Huust.
Huust walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
Huust shoots in and gets a takedown into Ivkov's guard.
Huust controls from within his opponent's guard.
Huust preventing the sweep.
Ivkov keeping full guard, as Huust tries to pass.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Aleksandar Ivkov dominated that round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!
Huust moves away from the strike by Ivkov.
Huust moves out of range as Ivkov throws a body kick.
Huust blocks a jab.
Huust staying out of range there.
Ivkov swinging wildly here.
Ivkov lands a jab to the nose.
Ivkov misses with a two punch combination.
Ivkov throws a head kick but Huust moves out of range.
Ivkov fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Huust, pushing him back against the cage.
Huust wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Ivkov lands with a right to the head.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Ivkov with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Ivkov is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Huust can do to turn this around?
Ivkov misses with some punches.
Ivkov doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Ivkov.
Huust misses with a punch to the body.
Ivkov has a couple of punches blocked by Huust.
Ivkov throws a punch but it's blocked by Huust.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Huust blocks an uppercut.
Ivkov landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Huust's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Ivkov lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Ivkov can't find room to land a body shot as Huust controls the action.
Ivkov has a couple of punches blocked by Huust.
Ivkov swings wildly with an uppercut but Huust uses good head movement to avoid it.
Ivkov blocks a body shot from Huust.
Huust throws a punch but it's blocked by Ivkov.
Ivkov throws a punch but it's blocked by Huust.
Huust pushes Ivkov back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Ivkov blocks an uppercut.
Ivkov lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Ivkov doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Huust blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Ivkov lands a body punch in the clinch.
Huust has a couple of punches blocked by Ivkov.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Huust misses with a body punch.
Ivkov tries to work over Huust's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Ivkov misses with a punch on the inside.
Huust wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Huust is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Huust lands a body shot in the clinch.
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!
Huust lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Ivkov backwards.
Ivkov misses with a hook from the clinch.
Ivkov tries to work over Huust's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Ivkov lands with a short shot to the head.
Ivkov tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Huust doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Ivkov misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Huust.
Huust blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Ivkov doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Ivkov misses with a short punch on the inside.
Ivkov fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Huust breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Huust uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Ivkov.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ivkov leaves Huust with his face pressed against the mat as he sprawls beautifully, defending against a solid takedown attempt.
It looked like Ivkov wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
Ivkov moves in looking to clinch but Huust pushes him off.
Ivkov misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
An inside leg kick lands from Huust.
Aleksandar Ivkov is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Huust keeps the fight on the outside.
Aleksandar Ivkov is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Huust ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Ivkov misses with a body kick.
Huust only half commits to the counter leg kick.
Huust closes the distance and scores a nice trip takedown into half guard. Ivkov did well to prevent Huust getting side control.
Huust controlling the pace.
Ivkov won't allow Huust to pass to mount.
Huust works his way into side control.
Ivkov wants to control but Huust postures up.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Ivkov is trying to escape the position but Huust is controlling the position.
Ivkov tries to buck Huust off but Huust is having none of it.
Huust tries for a kimura but Ivkov is defending well.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Huust has hold of Ivkov's arm here. He's working for an Americana. It looks like he might have it! Ivkov tries to escape but he's just digging himself in deeper - Huust cranks the arm and Ivkov screams in pain! The ref makes a decision and ends the fight before the tap - no complains from Ivkov, who is just happy to have his arm attached to his body.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:50 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Americana). Reico Huust!
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energy
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hype
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RATING
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