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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Hrvoje Palmotic (ranked 1437 p4p, 1054 weight class) and Tristan St. Gough (ranked 186 p4p, 146 weight class). Palmotic's entrance music is One day I'll be king. A fine choice. Hrvoje Palmotic is staring across the cage at his opponent, tweaking his nipples... Tweaking his own nipples that is.
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189 cm 32 205 21 - 15 - 0 |
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193 cm 35 213 22 - 17 - 0 |
Good wrestling World class boxer KO power |
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Good wrestler World class MT Heavy handed |
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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 21 - 15 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Hrvoje Palmotic! And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner. With a record of 22 - 17 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Tristan St. Gough! The judges for this bout are Kenichi Hosakawa, Sosuke Kotani and Yukihiro Shimada.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway! Palmotic avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Nice defenses there by Palmotic. St. Gough closes the distance looking to clinch and Palmotic counters with a straight right hand. St. Gough cracks a nice hook into Palmotic's ribs. St. Gough has Palmotic up against the cage in a clinch.
St. Gough gets through Palmotic's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head. Palmotic lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt St. Gough or not. St. Gough has a couple of punches blocked by Palmotic.
St. Gough leaning his opponent against the cage. Palmotic manages to break the clinch.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up. Palmotic scores with a push kick. Danga de danga de dang - St. Gough scores with a four punch combination! We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out! Palmotic staying out of range there. Palmotic half committed to a counter leg kick. The fight stays on the outside here - St. Gough looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
That's one minute gone in the round. St. Gough moves to clinch but Palmotic breaks away and Palmotic counters with a stiff right hand. St. Gough throws an overhand right that lands on Palmotic's shoulder, as Palmotic tries to avoid the shot. Palmotic was looking to counter that last move with a shot to the body but he didn't commit. We've been told by Palmotic's head coaches at DC Dragon Gym that he's been working on his takedown defense in preparation for this fight. St. Gough looks to land a left hand but Palmotic moved out of range nicely. Palmotic throwing a counter right hand but St. Gough manages to avoid it. St. Gough waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Palmotic. Palmotic tried to counter with a leg kick but St. Gough avoided it. St. Gough wants to clinch up but Palmotic keeps it at a distance. Palmotic cracks St. Gough with a big right hand that sends him crashing to the floor. Palmotic has the opportunity to follow him to the ground but instead he's beckoning St. Gough to stand back up!
St. Gough is rocked!
It looks like Tristan St. Gough has been cut. Palmotic slips under a jab. St. Gough is still on wobbly legs! Can Palmotic finish him? We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out! St. Gough tries to clinch up but Palmotic circles away and keeps his distance. Palmotic throws a quick head kick that knocks St. Gough silly! This fight is all over! What a finish! Palmotic is up on the cage, taking in the applause from the crowd.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:42 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Head Kick). Hrvoje Palmotic! A relieved looking Hrvoje Palmotic thanked the fans for their support and gave the usual line about them being amazing. They seemed to believe that he actually meant it.
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energy
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hype
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pop
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