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Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Miroslav Drozd (ranked 234 p4p, 741 weight class) and Wesley Clark (ranked 30 p4p, 91 weight class). The atmosphere really building for this one as we go over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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World class boxer
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Lethal high kicks
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the lightweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 11 - 14 - 1, fighting out of Helsinki, Miroslav Drozd!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 23 - 19 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Wesley Clark!
The judges for this bout are Paul Aken, Saam Ante and Paulsen Ambrosius.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Drozd connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
Clark lands a jab. Then a cross. Then finally a nice hook to the body. Good work there by Clark.
Clark gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Drozd.
Clark on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Drozd. Drozd obviously looking to wear him down.
Clark throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Clark throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Clark throws out a leg kick but Drozd moves out of range and Clark only half commits.
Clark throws out a loose jab but Drozd uses good head movement to avoid it.
Nice straight punches there by Drozd. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Drozd.
Drozd paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
A right-left combo lands from Drozd.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Drozd displaying good standup as he scores with a three punch combination.
Drozd punishes Clark's body with a nice straight punch.
Clark throws a right hand that Drozd ducks under and follows up with a left that Drozd also avoids with ease.
Clark throws a leg kick that misses.
Clark throws a poor cross that misses
and Drozd counters with a three punch combination, finished off with a leg kick. Nice work.
Drozd on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
Clark throws a body punch but Drozd moves out of range.
Drozd swings for the body but Clark moves out of range.
Clark keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Drozd scores with a push kick.
Drozd misses with a wild body shot.
Clark is looking for the big counter here.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Drozd looks to land a combination. Clark sees it coming but can only parry a couple of the shots.
Drozd looks to land a combination. Clark sees it coming but can only parry a couple of the shots.
Clark looks for a takedown but Drozd sprawls well.
A shot to the liver by Drozd. Beautiful body shot.
Drozd is looking to wear down Clark with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
Clark wants to clinch up but Drozd keeps it at a distance.
Drozd swung with a counter punch to the body but it didn't connect.
Clark shoots in looking for a takedown. Drozd tries to sprawl out of it but Clark keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. Drozd manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.
Clark throws out a leg kick but Drozd moves out of range and Clark only half commits.
Clark takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Clark takes a swing at Drozd's ribcage but misses.
Drozd lands a high kick!
Drozd paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Drozd lands the left hand.
Jab, jab by Drozd - just one landing.
Clark shoots in but Drozd avoids the takedown attempt easily.
Miroslav Drozd has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Wesley Clark.
Drozd lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Clark tries to clinch up
and Drozd counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
Clark darts in looking for a takedown but Drozd gets double underhooks and turns Clark into the cage.
It looked like Drozd wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
Clark looks to land a left hand but Drozd moved out of range nicely.
Clark throws the left hand but Drozd avoids the punch easily.
Drozd throws a right and a left that both miss.
Drozd scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!
Clark tries to close the distance and clinch up but Drozd swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Drozd looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Drozd tries a head kick but it misses.
Clark misses with a lunging right hand
and Drozd counters with a stiff right hand.
Drozd lands a head shot.
Miroslav Drozd is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Clark connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Drozd moves into range and throws a combination. A nice jab followed by a hook to the body.
Horrible takedown attempt by Clark or perhaps it was just good defense by Drozd, which made it look bad.
Clark throws a hook but Drozd blocks it.
Drozd keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
It looked like Drozd wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
Clark scores with a decent looking hook.
Drozd is rocked!
Wesley Clark seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Clark scores with the left hand. Drozd knows he should have avoided that one.
Oh Drozd is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Clark throws a low kick, looking for Drozd's leg but Drozd calmly moves out of range.
Drozd ducks under a wild hook from Clark.
Clark misses with a straight right.
Clark lands a slapping body shot.
Drozd tests Clark's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Clark slips a jab and a cross from Drozd.
Clark looks for a takedown but Drozd sprawls well.
Clark misses with a left hand
and Drozd makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Drozd.
Clark avoids a kick to the body.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Clark! But no joy.
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from Clark.
Drozd seems to have got his legs back now.
Clark looks winded!
Drozd scores with a punch to the head.
Drozd connects with a good right hand that stumbles Clark. Clark circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
Drozd uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Clark has time to react.
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!
Good shot there by Drozd.
Clark misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Drozd.
Drozd looks to land a combination. Clark sees it coming but can only parry a couple of the shots.
Clark just misses with a punch to the body.
Drozd throws a body shot but no joy.
A lazy left from Drozd finds it's target.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Drozd comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Good standup being displayed there by Drozd as he connects with a hook.
Clark looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Drozd scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.
Drozd is really peppering his opponent's head with punches.
Clark jabs. That one connects to the head of his opponent.
Clark fails with an attempt to clinch.
A little feinted left hand from Drozd on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
Clark takes a head kick and shrugs it off.
Drozd tests Clark's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Clark shoots in looking for a takedown. Drozd tries to sprawl out of it but Clark keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. Drozd manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.
Clark takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Clark tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Drozd manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Drozd lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
Clark avoids a kick to the body.
Clark on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
A telegraphed right hand from Clark misses the target.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Miroslav Drozd dominated that round.
That's time! Back to the action!
Drozd cracks Clark with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
Drozd misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Clark has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Clark there as he acknowledges the shot.
Clark has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
Clark's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Drozd connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Clark scrambles back to his feet.
Clark takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Drozd tries to bum rush Clark with a series of wild strikes but Clark uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
A nice combination there by Drozd.
Clark misses the shot to the body.
Clark misses with a head kick.
Drozd misses with a hook.
Clark misses with a hook to the body
and Drozd counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Drozd connects with an inside leg kick.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Drozd throws a body shot but no joy.
A slow jab from Clark misses its intended target.
A little feinted left hand from Drozd on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
Drozd is working the combinations to good effect here.
Drozd lands a slapping body shot.
Clark delivers a nice body kick.
Drozd is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
Clark slips a straight right by Drozd.
Drozd drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
Drozd keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Nice sprawl there from Drozd as Clark shoots in.
Clark throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
The fight moves into the clinch position.
Clark misses with an elbow strike.
A head punch on the inside from Drozd fails to land.
Clark has a couple of punches blocked by Drozd.
Clark blocks a body shot from Drozd.
Drozd trying to land knees to the body.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Drozd trying to control the position but instead, Clark has worked for underhooks and has pushed Drozd into the cage.
Clark drops down for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Clark scores a nice knee to the body.
Clark misses with a punch to the body.
Drozd landing knees to the head.
Clark tries to break the clinch but Drozd is controlling the position.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Drozd misses with a knee to the head.
Drozd misses with a short punch on the inside.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Drozd creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Clark tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Drozd's elbow.
Clark misses with the head strike.
Clark misses with a hook to the ribs.
Drozd tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Clark stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Drozd.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Clark throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Drozds head.
Clark trying to land knees to the body.
Drozd misses with a knee strike.
Clark blocks a body shot from Drozd.
A head punch on the inside from Clark fails to land.
Drozd landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Clark misses with a hook to the ribs.
Clark misses with a punch to the body.
Drozd is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Clark can do to turn this around?
A short right from Drozd.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Clark misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Clark lands a shot to the body.
Clark is looking for a takedown up against the cage. Drozd gets underhooks though and prevents the takedown attempt.
Miroslav Drozd has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Wesley Clark.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Drozd creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Clark breaks the clinch.
A head kick misses from Drozd.
Drozd staying out of range there.
Clark takes the fight into the clinch.
A short right from Drozd on the inside.
Good body shot from Drozd.
Clark breaks from the clinch.
Drozd misses with a double jab.
Clark is loading up here, looking for a big counter of his own.
A shot to the liver by Clark. Beautiful body shot.
Clark throws a shot from downtown. Drozd moves away and avoids it.
A jab from Clark misses.
Clark misses with a right hand
and Clark takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Clark connects with an inside leg kick.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Drozd looks to land a combination. Clark sees it coming but can only parry a couple of the shots.
Drozd connects with a nice looking jab.
Sloppy strikes from Clark. Those never looked like landing.
Drozd lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Clark tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Drozd walks into a jab.
Clark walks into a straight right hand from Drozd.
Drozd cracks Clark with a right hand to the side of the head.
Clark throws a jab but it's blocked by Drozd.
Drozd slips under a jab from Clark.
Clark just misses with a punch to the body.
Clark takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Drozd lands an overhand right.
Drozd slips a jab from Clark.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Clark throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Drozd was looking to counter that last move with a shot to the body but he didn't commit.
Clark misses with a body shot.
Drozd throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Clark has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Drozd finds it's way round the side to connect with Clark's head.
Clark throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Miroslav Drozd dominated that second round.
That's time! Back to the action!
Decent striking displayed by Drozd there.
Drozd throws a nice outside leg kick.
Clark on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
Clark connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
Clark's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Clark clobbers Drozd with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
Drozd scores with a jab.
Drozd keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Clark.
Clark avoids the head kick by Drozd.
Good shot there by Drozd.
The fighters circle momentarily. Drozd darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.
Drozd fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Clark manages to avoid it.
Drozd dips to his left and cracks Clark with an uppercut!
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!
Drozd throws a nice outside leg kick.
Drozd connects with a single shot there.
Clark looks to land a left hand but Drozd moved out of range nicely.
Drozd misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Clark.
Clark looks to throw the jab but Drozd is out of range.
A shot to the body from Clark misses
and Drozd counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Nice uppercut lands for Clark. That snapped Drozd's head back.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Nice straight punches there by Drozd. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Drozd.
The crowd cheers as Drozd lands an impressive looking overhand right. Clark doesn't seem phased though.
Clark takes a head kick and keeps coming.
Clark is rocked!
Drozd ducks under a wild hook from Clark.
Clark is still on wobbly legs! Can Drozd finish him?
Drozd misses with a double jab.
Clark tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Drozd was well out of range. Poor timing from Clark.
Clark lands a vicious shot with the stealth of a sniper and the strength of a viper. Are vipers that strong? I can think of lots of things that are stronger than a viper - not many rhyme with sniper though.
Clark seems to have recovered his senses.
Drozd connects with a nice looking jab.
Drozd moves into range and clinches up with Clark.
Drozd blocks an uppercut.
Clark misses with a body punch.
Clark tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Drozd avoids it.
Drozd misses with a knee strike.
A short left from Clark.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Drozd misses with a body punch.
Drozd has Clark pushed against the cage.
Drozd lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Clark can't find room to land a body shot as Drozd controls the action.
Clark is trying desperately to land a takedown but Drozd is having absolutely none of it. This is turning into a bit of a nightmare for Clark.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Drozd lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Drozd tries a knee to the head but Clark blocks it.
Clark misses with a body punch.
Drozd scores with a shot to the side of Clark's head.
Drozd has a couple of punches blocked by Clark.
Drozd scores with a hook to the body.
Drozd blocks a body shot from Clark.
Drozd tries to work over Clark's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Clark lands with a right to the head.
Clark struggles to land a body shot inside as Drozd controls his hands.
Drozd tries to land knees in the clinch but Clark avoids the damage to the body.
Clark stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Clark tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Drozd's elbow.
Clark has hold of a leg and is looking for a trip takedown. Drozd avoids it nicely though and we remain in the clinch.
Clark takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Drozd prevents a body shot from Clark.
A short uppercut from Drozd.
Clark pushes Drozd back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Clark throws a head punch that misses.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Drozd on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Clark working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Drozd landing knees to the head.
It looks like Wesley Clark has been cut.
Drozd digs a right hand into Clark's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Clark's gas tank.
Drozd displaying some good clinch control by pressing Clark up against the cage.
A short right from Drozd on the inside.
Drozd pushes Clark back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
A head punch on the inside from Clark fails to land.
Drozd blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Drozd pushes Clark back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Clark misses with a short punch on the inside.
Drozd goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
A short right from Drozd on the inside.
Clark tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Drozd's elbow.
Drozd tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Drozd creates some distance and fires off a vicious elbow that drops Clark! He pounces and finishes the fight with more strikes! Nice KO for Drozd.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:55 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Miroslav Drozd!
Miroslav Drozd retains his lightweight title!
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