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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Zdenko Radic (ranked 2759 p4p, 4031 weight class) and Derek Rodney (ranked 310 p4p, 423 weight class). Derek Rodney acknowledges the crowd's support as he enters the cage.
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BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
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Decent boxing
Solid chin |
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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 3 - 3 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Zdenko Radic!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 4 - 4 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Derek Rodney!
The judges for this bout are Bart Greer, Santiago Holmes and Peter Branson.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Radic lands with a good body shot.
Rodney changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Rodney waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Radic.
Rodney misses with a double jab
and Radic counters with a straight right hand.
Radic fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Rodney on the side of the head.
Zdenko Radic seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Rodney slips a straight right by Radic.
Rodney throws an off balance right hand
and Radic counters with a nice uppercut.
Rodney takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Radic lands with an overhand left.
Radic bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Rodney's head.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Rodney misses with a body shot.
Rodney bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Rodney throws out a counter right but Radic avoids it with no problem.
Radic throws a body punch but Rodney moves out of range.
Rodney on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Radic connects with the punch.
Radic misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Rodney.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Radic misses with a wild body shot.
Radic scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Radic is using his height advantage well here, landing a good percentage of his punches.
Jab from Radic.
Rodney gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Radic.
Radic avoids the body shot from Rodney.
Radic connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Rodney's hands.
Radic definitely looks more muscular than last time we saw him fight.
A slow jab from Radic misses its intended target.
Radic 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.
Radic scores with a jab to the head.
Radic lands a glancing blow to the side of Rodney's head.
Rodney throws a right and a left that Radic avoids nicely.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Radic throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Despite the aggression on Rodney's face he doesn't fully commit to the counter.
Rodney misses with an uppercut
and Radic makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Radic fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Rodney on the side of the head.
A punch combination from Rodney misses.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Rodney takes a swing at Radic's ribcage but misses.
Radic scores with a hook to the body. Rodney takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Radic throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Radic is using his reach advantage well here, landing the more effective single shots from range.
Rodney looks winded!
Rodney gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Radic.
Radic paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
Radic scores with a crisp jab that stopped Rodney in his tracks.
Rodney is rocked!
Radic drops Rodney with a straight right hand, right on the button! Radic follows him down to the mat and pounds him out with hammerfists until the referee jumps in to end the fight!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:34 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Zdenko Radic!
During a confident post fight interview, Zdenko Radic thanked all his fans. He seemed very genuine when describing how motivated his fans keep him.
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energy
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hype
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pop
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mgr
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RATING
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