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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Duncan Farquharson (ranked 1097 p4p, 2852 weight class) and Branimir Tanev (ranked 175 p4p, 433 weight class). Duncan Farquharson had a look across the cage there at his opponent. He definitely means business
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 5 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Duncan Farquharson!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 5 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Branimir Tanev!
The judges for this bout are Paulsen Ambrosius, Saam Ante and Nard Betker.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Farquharson stuffs the takedown.
Farquharson changes levels looking for a counter takedown but doesn't commit.
Tanev closes the distance and after a bit of a stuggle, scores a takedown into Farquharson's guard.
Tanev preventing the sweep.
Tanev with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.
Tanev looking to sit in guard and control but Farquharson gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.
Tanev working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Farquharson.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Tanev tries to land a sweep but no joy.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Tanev lands a couple of shots from the bottom.
Farquharson is working Tanev over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Farquharson lands a couple of decent looking shots.
Tanev has momentary wrist control but Farquharson slips an elbow through the middle.
Tanev has momentary wrist control but Farquharson slips an elbow through the middle.
Farquharson working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Tanev preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Tanev wants to sweep but no luck.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Farquharson wants to pass the guard but Tanev is keeping the position.
Farquharson is working Tanev over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes.
Tanev trying to control the position.
Farquharson trying to control but Tanev is working from the bottom.
Farquharson landing with the ground and pound.
Farquharson postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Tanev is trying to keep Farquharson in close.
Farquharson has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
Farquharson throwing strikes from guard but Tanev blocks nicely.
Tanev keeping moving, preventing Farquharson from controlling successfully.
Tanev preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Farquharson landing some decent shots from guard.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Farquharson won't allow Tanev to sweep him here.
Farquharson wants to control from the top but Tanev keeps moving.
Farquharson throws a big right hand that misses.
Farquharson trying to control but Tanev is working from the bottom.
Farquharson postures up in Tanev's guard and throws a big left but Tanev blocks it.
Farquharson landing with the ground and pound.
Farquharson throwing strikes but missing.
Tanev tries to strike from the bottom.
Farquharson landing some decent shots from guard.
Farquharson trying to control but Tanev is working from the bottom.
Tanev looking to control.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Tanev throws some sloppy strikes off his back.
Tanev preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Farquharson lands a couple of decent looking shots.
Tanev trying to strike off his back.
Tanev working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Farquharson.
Tanev throws some sloppy strikes off his back.
Farquharson is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
Farquharson throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Tanev works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Farquharson postures up in Tanev's guard and throws a big left but Tanev blocks it.
Farquharson is sitting in guard, working some ground and pound.
We've been informed that Tanev has been working hard on his conditioning in the buildup to the fight.
Farquharson trying to control but Tanev is working from the bottom.
Farquharson working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Farquharson throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Tanev works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Tanev trying to punch from his back but it's not doing any damage.
Tanev is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.
Tanev is thwarting Farquharson's attempts to control the position.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Farquharson is trying to get back to full guard.
Tanev seems very keen to just sit and control from half guard but Farquharson does not like that idea so much and is remaining active off his back.
Tanev throwing shots but Farquharson is blocking nicely.
Tanev looks to score some points with some ground and pound.
Tanev thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Farquharson's head.
Tanev takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.
Tanev missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
Farquharson is staying active underneath Tanev, who seems content to just control the action from this position.
Tanev not landing any meaningful shots this time.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Tanev trying to control the pace.
Tanev is trying to control. Farquharson wants to improve his position but can't escape this time.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Duncan Farquharson dominated that round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!
Tanev is looking for a takedown here. He's shot in and has managed to get it, finishing up in Farquharson's half guard.
Farquharson is pressing down on Tanev's left leg trying to get back to full guard. He's managed it.
Farquharson seems to have improved his submission grappling technique since last time we saw him. Let's see if he can pull off a submission.
Farquharson looking for a sweep. Not yet Farquharson, not yet.
Farquharson keeping moving, preventing Tanev from controlling successfully.
Farquharson trying to keep a closed guard but Tanev is proving a slippery customer.
Farquharson manages to sweep nicely, so he's now on top. Tanev manages to get himself to full guard.
Farquharson distracts Tanev with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Tanev looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Farquharson wants to control from the top but Tanev keeps moving.
Farquharson postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
Tanev striking off his back.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Tanev is trying to keep Farquharson in close.
Tanev is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.
Farquharson lands a couple of decent looking shots.
Farquharson connects with a couple of short punches.
Farquharson missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Farquharson preventing the sweep.
Farquharson advances position into side control!
Farquharson cracks Tanev with an elbow. That is naaassty.
Tanev takes an elbow right on the bridge of the nose and winces in pain.
Farquharson scores with a couple of nice shots to the head there. The referee takes a look at Tanev to see if he's OK.
Tanev is trying to control Farquharson's posture but Farquharson avoids it.
Farquharson working the ground and pound from side control.
Tanev is rocked!
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Tanev takes a big shot right to the temple there but he's taken it well.
Tanev is still in real trouble! Can Farquharson finish him?
Tanev on the wrong end of some ground and pound.
Tanev taking a bit of punishment here - Farquharson scoring with strikes.
Farquharson scores with a big shot from side control... and another... and another! Oh Tanev is done here - save him referee! More strikes land and eventually the ref does step in and Farquharson can finally stop beating on his defenseless opponent!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:32 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Duncan Farquharson!
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