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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Dave Handerson (ranked 102 p4p, 738 weight class) and Ante Petric (ranked 16 p4p, 97 weight class). Handerson comes to the cage accompanied by America - A Horse With No Name. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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Abu Dhabi Champ
World class boxer
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Decent wrestler
World class boxer
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 20 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Dave Handerson!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 20 - 8 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Ante Petric!
The judges for this bout are Alexandre Firmino, Felipe Paraventi and Leandro Rodrigues.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Nice defenses there by Handerson.
Handerson feinted with a counter takedown.
Petric throws a jab when Handerson was well out of range.
Petric cracks a nice hook into Handerson's ribs.
Petric feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Handersons jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!
Petric throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Handerson steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Petric.
Handerson scores with a jab to the body.
Petric ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Handerson moves away.
Handerson slips a straight right by Petric.
Petric throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Handerson shoots in from a long way out. He's driving through with the takedown attempt and he eventually gets it, landing in Petric's guard.
We could do with one of the fighters taking the initiative a bit more on the ground - they're both waiting to capitalize on a mistake.
Handerson is working Petric over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes.
Handerson controls from within his opponent's guard.
Handerson stands and throws Petric's legs to the side, diving into side control.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Handerson moves into full mount!
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Handerson controlling the position easily from mount.
Petric wants to hold on but Handerson pushes him away.
Handerson lands a heavy elbow.
Handerson tucks in and makes sure he doesn't lose the dominant position.
Handerson cracks Petric with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.
Petric holds on, trying desperately to control.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Petric in a bad spot here, taking shots to the head.
Handerson with a couple of short strikes.
Handerson sitting in mount, just looking to control for the moment.
Handerson punishing his opponent with strikes.
Handerson sitting in mount, just looking to control for the moment.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Handerson can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Petric is looking to escape.
We get told so often about how wrestlers don't like to be on their backs. Let's see if Petric can do anything to dispel that myth.
Handerson lands an elbow that was bordering on illegal but the referee lets it go with a warning.
It looks like Ante Petric has been cut.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Handerson lands with some strikes.
Handerson lands a couple of nice shots there from mount.
Handerson with shots to the head and body - Petric looks very uncomfortable down there.
Petric is in a horrible position here. Handerson smacks him with another shot as he tries to escape the position.
Handerson pausing momentarily but resumes with a couple of decent strikes that do a bit of damage.
Handerson avoids the attempt from Petric to control.
Handerson controlling from the full mount.
Handerson has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
BOOM! Handerson connects with a massive shot to the dome!
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Handerson unloading with bombs!
This has been an exciting period of action!
Petric in a bad spot here, taking shots to the head.
Handerson with good strikes from the mount here!
Handerson unloading with bombs!
Petric is rocked!
The cut above Ante Petric's eye is starting to cause him problems now.
The referee calls the doctor in to look at Ante Petric's cut. Oh no, the doctor has called an end to the bout!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:39 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Cut). Dave Handerson!
During a confident post fight interview, Dave Handerson thanked all his fans. He seemed very genuine when describing how motivated his fans keep him.
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hype
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