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Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Rocky Fortuna (ranked 2591 p4p, 2523 weight class) and Zoran Paunovic (ranked 112 p4p, 107 weight class). Fortuna comes to the cage accompanied by Godfather Theme by Nino Rota. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.
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186 cm 24 198 7 - 4 - 0 |
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186 cm 45 193 24 - 23 - 0 |
BJJ White Belt World class boxer Cardio machine |
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Good wrestler World class MT Good gas tank |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 1 rounds, in the super heavyweight division. Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner. With a record of 7 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Rocky Fortuna! And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner. With a record of 24 - 23 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Zoran Paunovic! The judges for this bout are Bruno Hogan, Francis DeMontford and Ron Honeybunn.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway! Both fighters are only really looking to counter, so after a good 30 seconds of circling each other endlessly, the referee has stepped in and told them both to be more aggressive. Fortuna ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Paunovic moves away. Both fighters are looking to counter, which isn't making for the most exciting fight in the world. We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up. Paunovic throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Fortuna wants to take advantage of his opponent's missed offense by moving into the clinch. Paunovic avoids the body shot from Fortuna.
That's one minute gone in the round. Paunovic misses with a body shot.
Fortuna definitely looks more muscular than last time we saw him fight. Fortuna throws a body punch but Paunovic moves out of range. Fortuna avoids the body shot from Paunovic.
As Paunovic tries to get set, Fortuna tries to push him back and clinch up but Paunovic manages to avoid the attempt. A looping hook to the body misses from Fortuna. Paunovic does a little dance to reset his feet. Paunovic steps in looking to clinch after the strikes miss from Fortuna. We've been informed that Paunovic has been sparring a lot of Muay Thai in the buildup to this fight so let's see if that has an impact on the result.
That's two minutes gone in the round. The crowd are hurling abuse towards the fighters... You can hardly blame them though because there isn't a lot going on in the fight. Paunovic misses with a wild body shot. Fortuna throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Paunovic steps in looking to clinch after the strikes miss from Fortuna. Fortuna is looking to wear down Paunovic with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment. Paunovic works Fortuna's body with a nice hook. Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out! Fortuna looks to score with a jab to the body but Paunovic is just out of range.
And that's the end of the fight! I would just about give that final round to Zoran Paunovic. Well Paunovic has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1 round of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision. Judge Bruno Hogan scores the fight 9:10 Judge Francis DeMontford scores the fight 9:10 Judge Ron Honeybunn scores the fight 9:10
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Zoran Paunovic! A relieved looking Zoran Paunovic thanked the fans for their support and gave the usual line about them being amazing. They seemed to believe that he actually meant it.
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energy
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hype
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pop
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mgr
A | B |
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RATING
10% |
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