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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between AJ Brown (ranked 147 p4p, 424 weight class) and Hrvoje Palmotic (ranked 21 p4p, 64 weight class). Brown comes to the cage accompanied by Ace Hood - Undefeated. Palmotic has chosen One day I'll be king as his entrance music. Well, I have no idea who's going to take this one!
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the light heavyweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 14 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, AJ Brown!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 14 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Hrvoje Palmotic!
The judges for this bout are Franklyn Lucas, Eddie Farnsworth and Alyssa Summers.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Brown lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Palmotic uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Brown.
A little jabbing left from Palmotic on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Brown drives through and clinches with Palmotic against the cage.
Brown prevents a body shot from Palmotic.
Palmotic misses with a short punch on the inside.
Brown swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Brown misses with some punches.
Palmotic blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Palmotic lands a nice shot to the body.
A short uppercut from Brown.
Brown gets through Palmotic's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Brown blocking some punches.
A right hand to the body from Palmotic.
Palmotic misses with a punch to the body.
Brown working aggressively here.
Brown lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Palmotic misses with a body punch.
Palmotic blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Palmotic misses with a body punch.
Palmotic goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Palmotic blocking some punches.
Brown lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Palmotic or not.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Palmotic.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Palmotic prevents a body shot from Brown.
A short right from Palmotic on the inside.
Brown has Palmotic pressed against the cage, preventing Palmotic from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Palmotic doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Brown tries to work over Palmotic's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Brown is working Palmotic over against the cage.
Brown pushes Palmotic back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Brown working aggressively here.
Brown misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Palmotic misses with a punch to the body.
Brown breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Brown takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
Brown loads up on a big right hand but Palmotic slips the punch.
Brown keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Palmotic misses with a low kick as Brown jumps back.
Brown tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Palmotic was well out of range. Poor timing from Brown.
Palmotic replies with a solid counter kick to the body but Brown blocks it well.
Brown tries to land a front kick but Palmotic steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
Palmotic gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Brown lands with an overhand left.
Palmotic has done a lot of speed work in the buildup to this fight.
Palmotic digs a good hook to Brown's body.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Palmotic has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Brown finds it's way round the side to connect with Palmotic's head.
Palmotic scores with a kick to the body.
Palmotic throws out a loose jab but Brown uses good head movement to avoid it.
Brown listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Brown misses with a left hand
and Palmotic counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
It looks like AJ Brown has been cut.
A chopping leg kick lands by Palmotic.
Brown ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Palmotic moves away.
A shot to the body from Brown misses
and Palmotic counters with a low kick, right behind Brown 's knee.
A swing and a miss from Palmotic.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Palmotic misses with a body kick.
Palmotic tries to land a body kick
and Brown counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Brown scores with a jab.
Brown buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Palmotic misses with a body punch
and Brown cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Palmotic staying out of range there.
Palmotic throws an overhand right that lands on Brown's shoulder, as Brown tries to avoid the shot.
Brown keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Palmotic.
Brown throws a head kick that Palmotic semi-blocks.
Palmotic avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Palmotic counters with a body kick.
Palmotic throws the kick towards the body but Brown avoids it.
Palmotic misses with a body kick.
Brown tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Palmotic manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Palmotic on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Brown. Brown obviously looking to wear him down.
Brown tries to clinch but Palmotic is having none of it.
Palmotic thinks about the counter body kick.
Palmotic lands a jab to Brown's midsection.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Brown pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Both fighters circling a little - Brown finishes the exchange with a kick to the body.
Brown misses with a body shot.
Palmotic fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Brown throws a head kick that misses.
Palmotic doesn't fully commit to the body shot counter.
Brown misses with a straight right.
Palmotic moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Brown throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Palmotic lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
AJ Brown dominated that round.
The cut man is working on AJ Brown's cut.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.
Palmotic takes one on the button.
Brown misses with a right hand
letting Palmotic counter with a right hand.
Brown closes the distance but Palmotic moves to the side
letting Palmotic counter with a right hand.
A lazy left from Brown finds it's target.
Brown fakes the leg kick and cracks Palmotic in the body.
A looping hook to the body misses from Brown. Palmotic does a little dance to reset his feet.
Brown scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Brown works Palmotic's body with a nice hook.
Brown throws a shot from downtown. Palmotic moves away and avoids it.
A countering left hand to the body from Palmotic misses.
Brown lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Palmotic misses the shot to the body.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Brown tries a head kick but it misses.
Palmotic throws out a counter right but Brown avoids it with no problem.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Palmotic bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Palmotic throws out a counter right but Brown avoids it with no problem.
Brown tried to score with a low kick but Palmotic checks it.
Palmotic lands with a good body shot.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Palmotic throws a head kick that misses.
A swing and a miss from Brown.
Palmotic appears to be waiting to throw a counter punch to the body.
Palmotic tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Palmotic swats away the attempt to clinch by Brown.
Palmotic avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Brown lands a slapping body shot.
Brown tries a head kick but it misses.
Palmotic feints a counter leg kick.
Brown missing with a left hand there. Palmotic was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Palmotic throws out a counter right but Brown avoids it with no problem.
Brown is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Palmotic can do to turn this around?
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Brown pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
That's a knee to de groin and it's over and out! Palmotic crumples to the ground after an illegal strike from Brown - the referee stops the clock and Palmotic gets 5 minutes to recover from that one. "I'm sorry" says Brown. Palmotic manages to get back to his feet and the fight resumes.
Brown misses with a hook.
Palmotic appeared to try and counter that last move with a leg kick.
Brown rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
letting Palmotic counter with a right hand.
Palmotic takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Brown tried to score with a low kick but Palmotic checks it.
A looping hook to the body misses from Brown. Palmotic does a little dance to reset his feet.
A telegraphed right hand from Brown misses the target.
Palmotic avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Palmotic scores with a crisp jab that stopped Brown in his tracks.
Brown takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Brown gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
AJ Brown's cut is getting worse.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Palmotic sends Brown crashing to the mat with a devastating uppercut! Palmotic is motioning to the referee to let Brown up. He wants to try and finish this one on the feet!
Brown is rocked!
Both fighters circling slowly here as the pace drops. Hopefully one of them does someth.. OOOHHHH!!!! Palmotic throws an absolute beast of a head kick! Brown is done! He's out cold, twisted and contorted up against the cage! Wow!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:15 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Head Kick). Hrvoje Palmotic!
Hrvoje Palmotic is the new light heavyweight champion!
Hrvoje Palmotic seemed lost for words in his post fight interview but he remembered to thank his fans and directed everyone to his website.
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