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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Horus Egyptian (ranked 440 p4p, 801 weight class) and Niko Radovic (ranked 63 p4p, 104 weight class). Radovic has chosen BAGS! as his entrance music. Both these guys have really solid chins. Will we see a standup war or will they both decide that a knockout is unlikely and try to win the fight elsewhere?
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Good wrestling
World class boxer
Insanely flexible |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 15 - 8 - 1, fighting out of Helsinki, Horus Egyptian!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 8 - 6 - 0, fighting out of London, Niko Radovic!
The judges for this bout are Timothy Bukovac, Frank Antenori and Percy O'Donnell.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Egyptian bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Egyptian misses with the combination.
Egyptian tries to land a front kick but Radovic steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
Radovic throws a looping overhand right but Egyptian ducks down to avoid it.
Egyptian throws an off balance right hand
and Radovic counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Egyptian throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Radovic throws a jab but it's blocked by Egyptian.
An attempted straight right counter from Egyptian misses the target.
Egyptian tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Radovic was well out of range. Poor timing from Egyptian.
Egyptian fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Radovic, pushing him back against the cage.
Radovic tries a body shot but Egyptian blocks it.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Radovic tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Radovic tries a body shot but Egyptian blocks it.
Egyptian tries to stall but Radovic uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Egyptian prevents a body shot from Radovic.
Our sources have told us that Egyptian has been working on his knees in the buildup to the fight.
Radovic lands a body punch in the clinch.
Egyptian takes a shot to the head.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Egyptian has Radovic pushed against the cage.
Egyptian trying to land knees to the body.
Egyptian working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Radovic misses with a short punch on the inside.
Radovic lands a body shot.
Radovic throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Egyptians head.
Radovic lands a left hand.
Radovic working aggressively here.
Radovic pushes Egyptian back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Radovic throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Radovic scores with a hook to the body.
Egyptian tries to land knees in the clinch but Radovic avoids the damage to the body.
Radovic managing to block the knees to the body from Egyptian.
Radovic misses with a short punch on the inside.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Egyptian.
Radovic lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Radovic on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Radovic lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Radovic misses with a short punch on the inside.
Radovic misses with a hook from the clinch.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Egyptian misses with a shot to the kidneys.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
Radovic doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Radovic misses with some punches.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Radovic.
Radovic misses with a hook from the clinch.
Egyptian is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Egyptian misses with a hook from the clinch.
Egyptian misses with some punches.
Egyptian using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Radovic has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Radovic struggles to land a body shot inside as Egyptian controls his hands.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Radovic.
A short left from Radovic.
Egyptian cracks Radovic with a nice body shot.
Egyptian misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Radovic.
Radovic lands with a light punch inside.
Egyptian tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Nice body punch from Radovic.
Egyptian blocks an uppercut.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
A bit of stalling here from Egyptian.
Egyptian stalling the fight.
Egyptian blocks an uppercut.
Egyptian missing with knees to the body.
A knee to the head by Egyptian.
Radovic breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Radovic tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Egyptian rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Radovic connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Egyptian shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Egyptian moves out of range as Radovic strikes.
An attempted straight right counter from Egyptian misses the target.
Radovic listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Egyptian takes a push kick to the midsection and stumbles backwards.
Egyptian ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Sloppy strikes from Egyptian. Those never looked like landing.
Radovic lets it all go there with a big combo counter but none of the punches connected.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Radovic digs a good body shot into Egyptian's ribs.
Radovic throws a body shot but no joy.
Niko Radovic seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Radovic pushes Egyptian up against the cage in a clinch.
Egyptian scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Radovic takes a knee to the side of the body.
Egyptian tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Radovic swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Radovic lands with a short shot to the head.
Radovic lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Egyptian.
Radovic takes a shot to the head.
Radovic misses with a body punch.
The two fighters are working to gain dominance in the clinch.
Radovic lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Egyptian or not.
Radovic misses with some punches.
Radovic working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Radovic's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Radovic has a couple of punches blocked by Egyptian.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Radovic lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Egyptian misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Radovic.
Egyptian blocks a punch to the side of the head.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Niko Radovic dominated that round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.
Egyptian throws a wild body kick that Radovic sees coming a mile off.
Egyptian misses with a head kick.
Radovic with a jab.
Egyptian thows a left - swing and a miss!
Radovic throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Egyptian stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Egyptian just misses with a punch to the body.
Egyptian has not gone for a single takedown so far in this fight, which seems like a very strange tactic when you consider that he has the superior wrestling and BJJ.
Egyptian fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Radovic, pushing him back against the cage.
Egyptian is trying to stall.
Egyptian lands a knee to the body.
Egyptian is trying to maintain a safe position but Radovic gets an underhook and turns Egyptian into the cage.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Radovic breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Radovic cracks Egyptian with a good jab.
Egyptian pivots, looking for a leg kick but Radovic is out of range and Egyptian settles back down.
Radovic scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.
Niko Radovic seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Radovic with the inside leg kick.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Radovic lands with a shot to the body.
Egyptian lands a nice shot to the body.
Radovic on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
Radovic defending well as Egyptian loads up on a big left hand.
Radovic throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
A punch combination from Radovic misses.
Egyptian tries to work over Radovic's front leg with a kick but Radovic checks it.
Egyptian checks a low kick from Radovic.
It looked like Egyptian wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
Radovic takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Egyptian lands where it shouldn't have, right in the... well, you know what he did? He kicked him in the penis. He's injured, injured bad. The referee sends both fighters to their corners and Radovic has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Radovic and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
Radovic is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
Radovic avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Egyptian needs to keep his hands up - Radovic had a free shot at his head there.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Egyptian looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Radovic throws a hook but Egyptian avoids it easily.
Egyptian lands with a thumping leg kick.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Egyptian stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Radovic.
Egyptian wants to land a leg kick but Radovic is out of range.
Radovic throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Egyptian counters with a nice body shot.
Egyptian ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Egyptian tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Radovic manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Radovic with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Egyptian is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Radovic.
Radovic scores with a shot to the body.
Radovic dodges the punch combination from Egyptian.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Egyptian avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Radovic takes one to the chin there.
A low kick lands for Radovic.
Egyptian loads up on a big right hand but Radovic slips the punch.
Egyptian throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Egyptian is on the wrong end of a nice combination from Radovic.
A head kick by Egyptian misses
and Radovic makes the exchange count by landing a cracking kick to the body. Egyptian really felt that one!
Radovic throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Egyptian is looking to counter punch.
Radovic moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Egyptian thuds a mid kick into his opponent's body. That will wear on Radovic if he has to take too many more of those.
A thudding body kick lands there by Radovic!
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Radovic steps to his left, right into the path of a big body kick from Egyptian. That one must have hurt.
A head kick by Egyptian misses
and Egyptian takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Egyptian staying out of range there.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Egyptian uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Radovic has time to react.
Egyptian tries to clinch there but Radovic circles away.
A shot to the liver by Radovic. Beautiful body shot.
The fighters circling - Egyptian throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Egyptian steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Radovic.
And Egyptian counters with a quick kick to the body but Radovic blocks it.
Egyptian tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Radovic manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Egyptian tries to keep at a distance but Radovic has taken the fight into the clinch.
Radovic misses with a body punch.
Radovic throws a punch but it's blocked by Egyptian.
Egyptian prevents a body shot from Radovic.
Egyptian working Radovic over with knees to the body.
Radovic goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Egyptian is trying to stall.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Niko Radovic showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
That's time! Egyptian's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight. This is the final round!
Egyptian drops his hands momentarily and Radovic takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
Horus Egyptian has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Radovic misses with an uppercut. Egyptian saw that one coming.
Egyptian misses with a body kick.
Egyptian scores with the left hand. Radovic knows he should have avoided that one.
Egyptian throws a lazy uppercut
and Radovic counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Radovic has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Egyptian throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Good shot there by Egyptian.
Radovic keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Egyptian ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Radovic lands with a thumping leg kick.
Radovic scores with a hook.
Egyptian cracks Radovic with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Egyptian throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Radovic now looks to counter with a shot at the body.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Egyptian throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Egyptian slips under a jab from Radovic.
Egyptian goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Radovic throws a jab but it's blocked by Egyptian.
Radovic connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Egyptian's hands.
Radovic moves out of range of the body kick from Egyptian.
Radovic tries a quick counter leg kick but Egyptian is wise to it.
Radovic moves forwards but Egyptian connects with a nice, crisp jab.
Ooooh, nice body kick lands from Radovic. Egyptian shrugs it off though.
Radovic is looking to chop away at Egyptian's legs.
Egyptian is looking to counter punch.
Radovic throws a lazy right hand but Egyptian sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Radovic connects with a crisp jab.
Radovic throws a lazy uppercut
and Egyptian counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Radovic fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Radovic throws a head kick but Egyptian moves out of range.
Egyptian throws a shot from downtown. Radovic moves away and avoids it.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Radovic moves into the clinch.
Egyptian with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Radovic scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Egyptian trying to land knees to the body.
Radovic lands a left hand that snaps the head of Egyptian backwards.
Egyptian looking to throw knees to the head but Radovic is blocking nicely.
Egyptian looking to throw knees to the head but Radovic is blocking nicely.
Egyptian trying to control the position but instead, Radovic has worked for underhooks and has pushed Egyptian into the cage.
Egyptian missing with knees to the body.
Radovic misses with some punches.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
Radovic stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Radovic blocks an uppercut.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Radovic softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Egyptian missing with knees to the body.
Radovic lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Egyptian backwards.
Radovic presses Egyptian against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Egyptian tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Radovic escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Radovic connects with a right hand. Egyptian shakes it off.
Radovic 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.
A chopping leg kick lands by Egyptian.
Radovic jabs Egyptian right on the nose. Egyptian blinks but takes it well.
Radovic moves into the clinch.
Radovic doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Radovic swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Radovic tries to work over Egyptian's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Egyptian throws a knee to the head but misses.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Radovic lands with a short head shot on the inside.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Radovic lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
A short right from Radovic on the inside.
Radovic lands a right hand that snaps the head of Egyptian backwards.
Radovic works on Egyptian's body with a couple of short punches.
Egyptian throws a knee to the head but misses.
A shot in the inside from Radovic.
Radovic lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Radovic throws a head punch that misses.
Egyptian lands a nice knee to the body.
Radovic lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Radovic blocks an uppercut.
Radovic tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Egyptian trying to land knees to the body.
Radovic lands a shoulder strike.
Radovic working aggressively here.
Egyptian blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Egyptian tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Egyptian looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Radovic swings wildly with an uppercut but Egyptian uses good head movement to avoid it.
And that's the end of the fight!
Niko Radovic comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Radovic has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Timothy Bukovac scores the fight 27:30
Judge Frank Antenori scores the fight 27:30
Judge Percy O'Donnell scores the fight 27:30
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Niko Radovic!
After winning the bout, Niko Radovic thanked all his fans and promised he'd do even better in his next fight. The crowd seemed to love his humility.
In defeat, Horus Egyptian stepped up to the mic, saying 'My time will come.'.
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energy
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hype
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pop
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