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Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Ivan Draganov (ranked 1790 p4p, 1296 weight class) and Pablo Noriega (ranked 166 p4p, 116 weight class). Noriega has chosen MS-13 Mara Salvatrucha as his entrance music. Ivan Draganov had real problems making weight for this fight. After initially coming in at 147.8lbs, he had two hours to make the official fight weight. He made it but it will have taken a lot out of him to cut those extra few pounds. Ivan Draganov had a look across the cage there at his opponent. He definitely means business
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World class boxer
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BJJ Brown Belt
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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 10 - 8 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Ivan Draganov!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 38 - 26 - 2, fighting out of Amsterdam, Pablo Noriega!
The judges for this bout are Damien Edna, Ben Hemmingworth and Ron Honeybunn.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Noriega connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
Draganov staying out of range there.
It looked like Draganov was looking amped, ready to throw a big counter but didn't commit.
Draganov clinches up with Noriega and pushes him back against the cage.
Draganov's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Nice jab there from Noriega.
Noriega slips a jab and a cross from Draganov.
Draganov clinches up with Noriega and pushes him back against the cage.
Noriega tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Draganov escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Draganov looking to shoot here. He's gone for it and he's landed a takedown into side control! Oh, that's bad for Noriega!
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Draganov stands up and we're back to a striking position.
Noriega avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Draganov shoots in for a double leg but Noriega sprawls well. That's going to sap some energy.
Draganov tries a head kick but it misses.
Noriega throws out a counter right but Draganov avoids it with no problem.
Draganov looks for a takedown but Noriega sprawls well.
Draganov shoots in and drives through. Noriega sprawls well.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Ivan Draganov. That's going to take a lot out of him.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Draganov closes the distance and clinches up with Noriega, looking for a takedown. Draganov pushes Noriega against the cage but Noriega circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.
Draganov has been working on his boxing with his coaches at Julians Sports Bar & Gym in the buildup to the fight.
Noriega connects with the punch.
Noriega tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Jab, jab by Noriega - just one landing.
Noriega slaps away a takedown attempt from Draganov, before circling back to the center of the mat.
Noriega lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Draganov throws the overhand right but ducks down into a quick takedown attempt. Noriega was covering up waiting for the punch and Draganov finishes the takedown easily into guard.
Noriega trying to control the position.
Noriega is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.
Draganov gets to his feet - Noriega follows without any prompting.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Draganov on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Draganov dives in for a single leg takedown but Noriega sprawls and the fighters end up clinched against the cage.
Noriega tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Noriega misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Draganov lands a nice uppercut.
Noriega fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Draganov misses with a punch to the body.
A nice right hand lands inside from Noriega.
Noriega looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Draganov working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Draganov escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Draganov with the inside leg kick.
Noriega digs a good hook to Draganov's body.
Draganov thows a body kick. Noriega tries to catch it but that hurt him.
Draganov bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Draganov tries to bum rush Noriega with a series of wild strikes but Noriega uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Draganov uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Noriega has time to react.
Draganov moves out of range of the body kick.
Noriega connects with a leg kick.
Noriega scores with the left hand. Draganov knows he should have avoided that one.
Draganov moves out of range of the body kick.
Draganov was looking to counter that last move with a shot to the body but he didn't commit.
Draganov shoots in and drives through. Noriega sprawls well.
Noriega throws a head kick but Draganov moves out of range.
Noriega jabs at Draganov's body.
Draganov throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around Noriega's waist but Noriega gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing Draganov off to one side.
A solid leg kick lands there for Noriega.
Noriega throws a mid kick that lands with a slap.
Draganov on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Draganov wants to clinch up but Noriega keeps it at a distance.
Pablo Noriega is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Draganov shoots in looking for a takedown but Noriega manages to keep the fight standing, pushing Draganov's face into the canvas for good measure before circling away.
Draganov closes the distance and pushes Noriega back into the cage.
Draganov cracks Noriega with a nice body shot.
Noriega doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Noriega tries to work over Draganov's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Noriega lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Noriega has a couple of punches blocked by Draganov.
Noriega lands a right hand.
Draganov pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Draganov slips a straight right by Noriega.
Draganov takes a jab right on the kisser.
That kick from Noriega tenderised Draganov's leg. Draganov is trying to keep his angry face on.
Draganov shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says Noriega as he avoids it easily.
Draganov fakes high and shoots in for a takedown but Noriega avoids it really well and circles away.
Draganov is breathing heavily.
Noriega keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Draganov dives in for a single leg takedown but Noriega sprawls and the fighters end up clinched against the cage.
Draganov breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Draganov fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Pablo Noriega dominated that round.
That's time! Back to the action!
Noriega throws the kick towards the body but Draganov avoids it.
Draganov throws a series of punches but Noriega avoids them all with ease.
Noriega has been working his punching technique in the buildup to the fight and it appears to be paying off.
Nice straight punches there by Noriega. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Noriega.
A big right from Draganov misses.
Noriega will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Draganov tries to score a power double leg takedown but Noriega sees that one coming and sprawls well. That will dishearten Draganov somewhat.
Noriega scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Draganov looks to land a combination. Noriega sees it coming but can only parry a couple of the shots.
Noriega throws a hook but Draganov avoids it easily.
Draganov instigates a clinch.
Noriega lands a shot to the body.
Noriega misses with a body punch.
Noriega connects with a nasty looking knee right to Draganov's face.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Draganov lands with a short punch from the clinch.
That's one minute gone in the round.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Noriega.
Draganov manages to break the clinch.
Draganov moves into the clinch.
Noriega breaks the clinch.
Noriega has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
A looping hook to the body misses from Noriega. Draganov does a little dance to reset his feet.
Draganov takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Noriega scores with a jab. Draganov acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
Noriega with the inside leg kick.
Noriega misses with a kick to the body.
A shot to the liver by Noriega. Beautiful body shot.
Draganov takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
Draganov gets his takedown attempt stuffed easily
and Noriega counters with a stiff right hand.
The fighters circle momentarily. Noriega darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.
Ivan Draganov seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Noriega throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
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!
Draganov wants to clinch.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Noriega lands with a cross.
Noriega swats away the attempt to clinch by Draganov.
Draganov throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Noriega's corner calls for a 1-2. Noriega obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
Draganov throws a leg kick but Noriega sees it coming and checks it nicely.
A little jabbing left from Noriega on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Noriega lands with a kick to the ribs.
Draganov misses with a takedown attempt - Noriega sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Ivan Draganov. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Noriega looks to land a right hand but Draganov moved out of range.
The fight moves into the clinch position.
Noriega lands an elbow that stopped Draganov in his tracks for a moment.
Noriega looking to throw knees to the head but Draganov is blocking nicely.
Draganov breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Noriega scores with a jab to the body.
Draganov closes this distance looking for a takedown but Noriega circles away.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Noriega bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Draganov's head backwards.
A jab lands there for Noriega.
Draganov is rocked!
Noriega scores with a punch to the head.
Oh Draganov is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Pablo Noriega seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Noriega with the inside leg kick.
Ivan Draganov is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Noriega drops a shoulder and throws an uppercut that cracks Draganov right on the button. Draganov goes down! Noriega follows him to the mat and finishes the job with more strikes! Noriega gets the win via TKO!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:24 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Pablo Noriega!
An intense looking Pablo Noriega took to the microphone post fight and gave a little speech: 'I want Paulie Green next, West Coast Gangster Vs East Coast Gangster. MS-13 Vs Irish Mob, Lets Go He Ain’t Real Gangster Like I Am'.
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energy
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hype
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pop
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mgr
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