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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Djordje Stankovic (ranked 1287 p4p, 1563 weight class) and Malcolm Farquharson (ranked 165 p4p, 193 weight class). Stankovic's entrance music is Post Malone ft. 21 Savage - rockstar. A fine choice. Malcolm Farquharson has the power to score a knockout today if he connects clean with Djordje Stankovic's chin.
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196 cm 27 215 13 - 10 - 0 |
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193 cm 25 218 7 - 4 - 0 |
Good wrestling World class boxer Cardio machine |
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Olympic wrestler Excellent boxer Granite 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 13 - 10 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Djordje Stankovic! And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner. With a record of 7 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Malcolm Farquharson! The judges for this bout are Daniel Bishop, William Gold and Andrew Berry.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway! Stankovic looks to score with a jab to the body but Farquharson is just out of range. Stankovic throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Stankovic cracks Farquharson with a right hand to the side of the head. Farquharson lands a nice hook to Stankovic's body. Stankovic takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes. Stankovic misses with a body shot.
A telegraphed right hand from Stankovic misses the target. Farquharson tries a counter takedown but it's more of a dummy move, and he uses it to push himself away. We've been told by Stankovic's head coaches at Banzai Combat Academy LA that he's been working on his takedown defense in preparation for this fight. Stankovic lands a nice shot that snaps Farquharson's head back.
Stankovic swings widly with a right hand
and Farquharson counters with a nice double leg into half guard. Farquharson slips a nice elbow through Stankovic's hands, connecting with Stankovic's forehead. This has been an exciting period of action! Farquharson takes a deep breath and rests his weight momentarily on top of his opponent, to control the position. Farquharson is thwarting Stankovic's attempts to control the position.
That's one minute gone in the round. Farquharson sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Stankovic defending well though. Farquharson throws a strike but Stankovic avoids it easily and moves to full guard. Stankovic is looking to get back to his feet but can't, whilst Farquharson is controlling him. Farquharson postures up in Stankovic's guard and throws a big left but Stankovic blocks it. Farquharson content to stall in guard here. Farquharson connects with a couple of short punches. Stankovic preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
That's two minutes gone in the round. Well. There's a bit of a lull in the action here and the crowd are starting to get restless. Farquharson is just sitting in guard, looking to avoid any submissions. The referee looks like he's ready to step in and stand the fighters back up. Farquharson working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
The referee has motioned to the fighters to stand back up. Stankovic lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head. Farquharson blocks a jab. Farquharson keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Farquharson takes a swing at Stankovic's ribcage but misses. Stankovic takes a swing at Farquharson's ribcage but misses. Farquharson throws out a counter right but Stankovic avoids it with no problem. Farquharson staying out of range there. Farquharson tries a counter takedown but it's more of a dummy move, and he uses it to push himself away.
That's three minutes gone in the round. Farquharson avoids a punch combination nicely.
Farquharson is definitely looking for the counter takedowns here. Stankovic lands the left hand. Stankovic gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Farquharson. Djordje Stankovic seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout. Farquharson swings for the body but Stankovic moves out of range.
Stankovic lands a two punch combo.
It looks like Malcolm Farquharson has been cut. Farquharson uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Stankovic. No joy there for Stankovic, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Farquharson tries a counter takedown but it's more of a dummy move, and he uses it to push himself away. Farquharson has his head slapped from side to side by a 3 punch combination. That must have hurt him. Stankovic connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
That's four minutes gone in the round. Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show! A telegraphed right hand from Stankovic misses the target. Farquharson swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made. Farquharson avoids a lazy jab quite easily. Stankovic just misses with a punch to the body.
And Farquharson tries to counter it with a takedown but Stankovic pushes his down on his head and steps out. Farquharson throws an overhand right that lands on Stankovic's shoulder, as Stankovic tries to avoid the shot. Stankovic scores with a jab to the jaw. The fighters circling - Stankovic throws out the jab but it was never going to land. Farquharson looks like he wants to counter punch here. Stankovic lands with an overhand left. Stankovic uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Farquharson.
A little feinted left hand from Stankovic on the counter but he doesn't commit to it. Stankovic with a jab. Stankovic jabs. That one connects to the head of his opponent.
A jab from Farquharson does it's job there. Stankovic looks to land a combination but Farquharson avoids it well. And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Djordje Stankovic dominated that round. The cut man is working on Malcolm Farquharson's cut. Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin! Farquharson shoots in for a takedown but Stankovic shows good takedown defense. Farquharson takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily. Stankovic throws a body punch but Farquharson moves out of range. Stankovic misses with a right hand and Farquharson counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Stankovic thinking. Stankovic misses with a double jab
letting Farquharson counter with a right hand. Stankovic takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor. Farquharson ducks under a wild hook from Stankovic. Farquharson now looks to counter with a shot at the body. We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up. Stankovic throws a hook but Farquharson avoids it easily. Stankovic ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Farquharson moves away. Stankovic is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Farquharson can do to turn this around? Farquharson cracks Stankovic with a hook to the temple - Stankovic is on wobbly legs here! Farquharson swarms him with hook after hook, landing with each one! Stankovic falls to the canvas face first and the referee dives in to stop the fight! Farquharson wins by TKO!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:59 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Punches). Malcolm Farquharson!
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