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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Branko Popovic (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jesse Ventura (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Popovic comes into the arena with Funeral March by Frederic Chopin blaring out of the sound system. Both these guys have solid standup skills and neither is particularly fantastic on the ground, so let's hope for a nice standup war!
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220 lbs
5 - 2 - 0 |
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193 cm
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221 lbs
7 - 4 - 0 |
BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent boxer
KO power |
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Decent wrestler
Dangerous knees
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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 - 2 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Branko Popovic!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
7 - 4 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Jesse Ventura!
The judges for this bout are Igor Prikhodko, Vladimir Khabensky and Illya Tyunina.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Ventura wants to clinch.
Popovic tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Ventura was well out of range. Poor timing from Popovic.
A combination from Popovic does no damage.
Ventura tries to close the distance and clinch but Popovic swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Popovic takes a swing at Ventura's ribcage but misses.
Popovic misses with a looping right.
Popovic misses with a body shot.
Popovic tries to bum rush Ventura with a series of wild strikes but Ventura uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Ventura closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Ventura lands a knee to the head.
Popovic fails to pull the fight into his guard.
Popovic is trying to force a seperation but Ventura has the dominant position.
Popovic is working for takedown but Ventura is calmly controlling the position for now.
Ventura scores with a knee to the head.
Ventura gets underhooks to prevent Popovic's takedown attempt.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Branko Popovic. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Ventura lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
It looks like Branko Popovic has been cut.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as Ventura takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.
Ventura using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Knees in the clinch landing for Ventura.
Popovic is breathing heavily.
Ventura connects with a nasty looking knee right to Popovic's face.
Ventura stalling.
Ventura with a knee to the head.
Ventura with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Ventura with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Ventura is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Popovic takes a knee right on the jaw!
Popovic takes a knee right on the jaw!
Ventura escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Branko Popovic seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Ventura darts in and clinches Popovic up against the cage.
Popovic takes a knee right on the jaw!
Ventura connects with a knee to the head.
Popovic wants a takedown but no success here.
Ventura avoiding damage.
Popovic fails to pull guard.
Ventura lands a good knee to the midsection. Popovic won't want to take too many of those.
Ventura stalling against the cage.
Ventura is pressed up against the cage. Popovic has hold of a leg and is looking to drag Ventura down to the mat. Ventura avoids the attempt though and has circled away. We're back to striking at a distance.
Ventura tries to clinch up but Popovic circles away and keeps his distance.
Popovic scores with a jab. Ventura acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
Ventura moves in looking to clinch but Popovic pushes him off.
Ventura moves out of range as Popovic strikes.
Popovic lands an overhand right.
Ventura clinches up against the cage.
Ventura content to slow the pace in the clinch.
Ventura is pressed up against the cage. Popovic has hold of a leg and is looking to drag Ventura down to the mat. Ventura avoids the attempt though and has circled away. We're back to striking at a distance.
Ventura rushes Popovic and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Ventura with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Ventura tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Ventura prevents the takedown attempt.
Ventura connects with a nasty looking knee right to Popovic's face.
Ventura connects with a knee to the head.
Ventura prevents a takedown attempt there.
Ventura lands a nice knee to the body.
Ventura working Popovic over with knees to the body.
Popovic wants a takedown.
Ventura connects with a knee to the head.
Popovic tries to pull guard but Ventura won't allow it.
Ventura crunches a lovely knee into Popovic's ribcage.
Ventura gets underhooks to prevent Popovic's takedown attempt.
Popovic drops down looking for an ankle pick but Ventura pulls his leg out and moves away.
Ventura tries to close the distance and clinch up but Popovic swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Popovic scores with a jab.
Popovic rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Ventura moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Popovic misses with a hook. Ventura ducked under it nicely.
Ventura darts in and clinches Popovic up against the cage.
Popovic drops down looking for an ankle pick but Ventura pulls his leg out and moves away.
Ventura tries to clinch but Popovic is having none of it.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ventura is looking to clinch but Popovic is avoiding it.
Ventura tries to clinch but Popovic is having none of it.
Popovic misses with an uppercut.
Popovic misses with a straight right.
Ventura clinches up against the cage.
Ventura is stalling here. The referee will be looking to step in if he doesn't pick up the pace.
Ventura connects with a nasty looking knee right to Popovic's face.
Ventura escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Popovic lands a head shot.
Popovic misses with an uppercut. Ventura saw that one coming.
Popovic misses with a double jab.
Ventura clinches with his opponent.
Popovic takes a knee right on the jaw!
Ventura tries a knee to the head but Popovic blocks it.
Popovic looking for a takedown.
Ventura breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Ventura closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
Ventura tries to clinch up but Popovic circles away and keeps his distance.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Ventura is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Popovic swinging wilding here.
Popovic misses with an uppercut.
Popovic throws a big shot that misses.
Popovic throws a hook but Ventura avoids it easily.
Ventura tries to clinch up.
Ventura tries to clinch but Popovic moves out of range.
Popovic thows a left - swing and a miss!
The fight stays on the outside here - Ventura looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Ventura is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
Popovic throws a series of punches but Ventura moves out of range.
Popovic is really head hunting here, hardly looking to strike to the body at all.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Popovic throws a nice looking combination but Ventura bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Ventura is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Ventura is looking to clinch but Popovic is avoiding it.
Ventura fails with an attempt to clinch.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Jesse Ventura dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Branko Popovic's cut.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.
Ventura tries to clinch up but Popovic circles away and keeps his distance.
Popovic drops Ventura with a right and a left! Popovic comes rushing in but Ventura regains his composure and manages to keep Popovic in guard.
Ventura is rocked!
It looks like Jesse Ventura has been cut.
Popovic stands and steps away. Ventura gets to his feet too and we're back to the striking game.
Ventura is still on wobbly legs! Can Popovic finish him?
Popovic darts in and lands a big hook, right on the button! Ventura's legs crumble underneath him as he falls to the canvas! The ref tackles Popovic before he gets to land any more shots to his stricken foe.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:20 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Branko Popovic!
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