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Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Djuradj Brankovic (ranked 3098 p4p, 3370 weight class) and Asher Barnes (ranked 344 p4p, 378 weight class). Asher Barnes has the power to score a knockout today if he connects clean with Djuradj Brankovic's chin.
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Decent wrestler
Excellent MT
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 4 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Djuradj Brankovic!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Asher Barnes!
The judges for this bout are Jack Bonds, Frank Antenori and Don Winkell.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Brankovic misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Barnes.
Barnes pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Brankovic misses with a straight left.
Brankovic has been working on his boxing with his coaches at Catch Wrestling L.A. in the buildup to the fight.
Barnes scores with a shot to the body.
Barnes throws a jab but it's blocked by Brankovic.
Barnes misses with an uppercut. Brankovic saw that one coming.
Barnes slips a jab and a cross from Brankovic.
Brankovic has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Barnes finds it's way round the side to connect with Brankovic's head.
A big right from Brankovic misses.
Asher Barnes seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Brankovic connects with a nice looking jab.
Brankovic misses with a straight left.
Barnes just misses with a punch to the body.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Barnes throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
As Barnes tries to get set, Brankovic tries to push him back and clinch up but Barnes manages to avoid the attempt.
A decent looking cross lands there for Brankovic.
Barnes scores with a jab to the body.
The fighters circling - Barnes throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
A slow jab from Brankovic misses its intended target.
A cross from Barnes lands.
Brankovic avoids the body shot from Barnes.
Barnes fails in his attempt to clinch.
Barnes avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Barnes avoids the body shot from Brankovic.
Barnes fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
Brankovic is looking to counter the offense by Barnes and move into the clinch.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Barnes lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
Brankovic fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Barnes manages to avoid it.
Djuradj Brankovic is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Brankovic throws a hook to the side of Barnes's head but Barnes sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Brankovic fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Barnes manages to avoid it.
Barnes misses the shot to the body.
Barnes swinging wildly here.
Brankovic darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Barnes pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Barnes has tried to improve his agility in the runup to this fight.
Brankovic throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
A big right from Barnes misses.
Brankovic misses with a hook. Barnes ducked under it nicely.
Barnes is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Brankovic is trying to close the distance and clinch up, after that failed offence from Barnes.
Barnes misses with an uppercut. Brankovic saw that one coming.
Brankovic misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Barnes.
Barnes keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Barnes ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Brankovic swats away the attempt to clinch by Barnes.
Brankovic moves away from the strike by Barnes.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Brankovic drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
Barnes misses the shot to the body.
Brankovic misses with a straight right.
Barnes throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Barnes is looking to clinch but Brankovic is avoiding it.
Barnes misses with a looping left.
Brankovic leaves Barnes with his face pressed against the mat as he sprawls beautifully, defending against a solid takedown attempt.
Barnes uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Brankovic.
Brankovic steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Barnes.
Brankovic keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Barnes throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Brankovic sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Brankovic wants to take advantage of his opponent's missed offense by moving into the clinch.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
A close round but Asher Barnes will probably get the nod.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!
Barnes fails with an attempt to clinch.
Brankovic looks to land a left hand but Barnes moved out of range nicely.
Barnes slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
Brankovic tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Barnes was well out of range. Poor timing from Brankovic.
The fight stays on the outside here - Barnes looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Barnes clinches.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Brankovic misses with an elbow over the top.
Brankovic tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Barnes's elbow.
Brankovic misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Brankovic avoiding damage as Barnes throws knees to the body.
Brankovic misses with a short punch on the inside.
Barnes is looking for a takedown.
Barnes missing with knees to the body.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Brankovic throws a punch but it's blocked by Barnes.
Barnes lands a nice shot to the body.
Brankovic misses with an elbow over the top.
Brankovic throws an elbow that misses.
Barnes is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Brankovic gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Barnes tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Brankovic avoids it.
Brankovic misses with a punch to the body.
Brankovic lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Brankovic blocks a body shot from Barnes.
Barnes takes an elbow to the temple.
It looks like Asher Barnes has been cut.
A short left from Brankovic.
Barnes tries to throw a body punch but Brankovic avoids it by throwing Barnes back against the cage.
Barnes misses with a body punch.
Barnes goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Barnes takes an elbow to the forehead.
Barnes tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Brankovic's elbow.
Brankovic throws an elbow but it misses.
Barnes breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Brankovic throws a big shot that misses.
Barnes changes levels for a counter takedown but doesn't follow through with his attempt.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Barnes throws a body kick that sends a sickening thudding noise reverberating around the arena.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Brankovic jabs Barnes right on the nose. Barnes blinks but takes it well.
Barnes tries to clinch but Brankovic moves out of range.
Brankovic looks to land a right hand but Barnes moved out of range.
Brankovic connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Barnes's hands.
Brankovic's jab looks to have found its range, popping Barnes under the eye.
Brankovic is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Barnes can do to turn this around?
Brankovic keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Barnes.
Brankovic scores with a punch to the head.
Barnes looks to land a right hand but Brankovic moved out of range.
An inside leg kick from Barnes misses.
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Brankovic, as that shot connected.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Barnes moves out of range of the strikes.
And Barnes tries to counter it with a takedown but Brankovic pushes his down on his head and steps out.
Barnes throws a hook but Brankovic avoids it easily.
Brankovic pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Brankovic tests Barnes's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Barnes showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Brankovic.
Barnes shoots in looking for a takedown. Brankovic tries to sprawl out of it but Barnes keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. Brankovic manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.
Brankovic seemed to be looking to counter by closing the distance.
Brankovic looks to throw the jab but Barnes is out of range.
Barnes drops down looking to force a counter takedown but Brankovic defends it well.
Brankovic throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Brankovic defending well as Barnes loads up on a big left hand.
As Barnes tries to get set, Brankovic tries to push him back and clinch up but Barnes manages to avoid the attempt.
Djuradj Brankovic is winning the standup battle so far.
Barnes will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Brankovic seemed to be looking to counter by closing the distance.
Brankovic throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Barnes sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Barnes keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Barnes changes levels for a counter takedown but doesn't follow through with his attempt.
A low kick from Barnes is predictable there
and Brankovic counters by clinching up.
Brankovic throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Brankovic lands a damaging elbow.
Brankovic throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Barnes wants to take the fight to the mat but Brankovic manages to get underhooks and keep the fight in the clinch.
Djuradj Brankovic has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Asher Barnes.
Barnes is breathing heavily.
Brankovic comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Barnes misses with a short punch on the inside.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Brankovic.
Brankovic throws an elbow but it misses.
Brankovic gets double underhooks to prevent a takedown attempt from Barnes.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Djuradj Brankovic dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Asher Barnes's cut.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare each other down, ready to get back to the action. This is the final round!
Barnes takes a swing at Brankovic's ribcage but misses.
A big right from Brankovic misses.
Barnes misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Brankovic.
Barnes throws an overhand right that lands on Brankovic's shoulder, as Brankovic tries to avoid the shot.
Brankovic misses with a looping left.
Barnes throws an overhand right that lands on Brankovic's shoulder, as Brankovic tries to avoid the shot.
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Barnes, as that shot connected.
Brankovic looks to land a left hand but Barnes moved out of range nicely.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Barnes tries to clinch up but Brankovic circles away and keeps his distance.
Brankovic tries to counter by clinching up but Barnes breaks away and moves out of range.
Barnes dodges the punch combination from Brankovic.
Brankovic keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Barnes just misses with a punch to the body.
Brankovic is trying to close the distance and clinch up, after that failed offence from Barnes.
Brankovic takes a swing at Barnes's ribcage but misses.
Barnes drops down looking to force a counter takedown but Brankovic defends it well.
Barnes shoots in and drives through. Brankovic sprawls well.
Brankovic swings for the body but Barnes moves out of range.
Brankovic misses with a body shot.
Barnes uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Brankovic.
Barnes feints the counter takedown.
Barnes misses with an uppercut.
Brankovic lands the left hand.
Brankovic throws a series of punches but Barnes moves out of range.
Barnes bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Nice defenses there by Brankovic.
Brankovic is looking to counter the offense by Barnes and move into the clinch.
Brankovic misses with a straight left.
The fight stays on the outside here - Barnes looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Brankovic is trying to close the distance and clinch up, after that failed offence from Barnes.
Brankovic checks the leg kick.
Barnes tried to score with a low kick but Brankovic checks it.
Brankovic tries to counter by clinching up but Barnes breaks away and moves out of range.
Barnes is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Brankovic.
Brankovic seemed to be looking to counter by closing the distance.
Brankovic circles away from the clinch attempt.
Brankovic wants to take advantage of his opponent's missed offense by moving into the clinch.
Brankovic slips under a jab.
Barnes lands with an uppercut that bounces Brankovic off the cage and back into range.
Barnes misses with a low kick.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Barnes thows a left - swing and a miss!
Brankovic is looking to counter the offense by Barnes and move into the clinch.
Brankovic throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Brankovic blocks a jab.
Brankovic wants to take advantage of his opponent's missed offense by moving into the clinch.
Barnes lands a nice hook to Brankovic's body. Brankovic takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Brankovic ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Brankovic works Barnes's body with a nice hook.
Barnes avoids the body shot from Brankovic.
And Barnes tries to counter it with a takedown but Brankovic pushes his down on his head and steps out.
Barnes misses with a left hand
and Brankovic moves into the clinch.
Barnes wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Barnes is looking to control Brankovic's arms but Brankovic gets an underhook and turns him. Now Barnes has his back to the cage.
Brankovic misses with the head strike.
A short right from Brankovic on the inside.
Brankovic fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Nice body punch from Brankovic - that landed with a thud.
Barnes takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Brankovic lands a body shot.
Nice elbow from Brankovic.
Brankovic throws an elbow that misses.
Barnes changes levels and goes for a takedown here. Brankovic fights it off and pushes away nicely.
Barnes is looking to clinch but Brankovic is avoiding it.
Brankovic is trying to close the distance and clinch up, after that failed offence from Barnes.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Barnes moves in looking to clinch but Brankovic pushes him off.
Barnes is looking to clinch.
Barnes throws a looping overhand right but Brankovic ducks down to avoid it.
As Barnes tries to get set, Brankovic tries to push him back and clinch up but Barnes manages to avoid the attempt.
Barnes doesn't manage to clinch there - Brankovic circles away.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Barnes slips a straight right by Brankovic.
Brankovic throws a jab when Barnes was well out of range.
Brankovic is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Barnes.
Barnes feints the counter takedown.
And that's the end of the fight!
Djuradj Brankovic showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Brankovic 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 Jack Bonds scores the fight 30:27
Judge Frank Antenori scores the fight 30:27
Judge Don Winkell scores the fight 30:27
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Djuradj Brankovic!
During a confident post fight interview, Djuradj Brankovic 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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