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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Ante Petric (ranked 1283 p4p, 653 weight class) and JD Drake (ranked 166 p4p, 85 weight class). Drake has chosen Born in the USA by - Bruce Springstein as his entrance music. JD Drake has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?
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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 - 10 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Ante Petric!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 21 - 15 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, JD Drake!
The judges for this bout are Frank Dennis, Tiny Johnson and Robert Twigg.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Drake throws a hook but Petric blocks it.
Petric comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Drake bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Drake lands a left and a right that send Petric crashing to the mat, dazed. Drake thinks about following him to the mat but decides to wave him back up to his feet!
It looks like Ante Petric has been cut.
Petric lands a really nice looking cross but Drake seems unphased.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
No joy there for Drake, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Petric ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Drake misses with a double jab.
A big left from Petric misses.
Petric loads up on a big right hand but Drake slips the punch.
Nice defenses there by Drake.
Petric throws a shot from downtown. Drake moves away and avoids it.
Drake has been spending a lot of time sparring his boxing in the run up to the fight, trying to sharpen up those hands and look for a knockout.
A telegraphed right hand from Drake misses the target.
Petric lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
Petric throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Petric throws a lazy right hand but Drake sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
A jab from Drake misses.
Drake ducks under a wild hook from Petric.
Drake looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Petric throws a lazy right hand but Drake sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
A cross from Petric lands.
Drake looks to land a combination but Petric avoids it well.
Petric steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Drake.
Petric throws a looping overhand right but Drake ducks down to avoid it.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Drake throws the left hand but Petric avoids the punch easily.
Petric throws a hook to the side of Drake's head but Drake sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Drake avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Nice jab there from Petric.
Drake swinging wildly here.
Drake blocks a jab.
Drake throws a right and a left that both miss.
Drake ducks under a wild hook from Petric.
A slow jab from Drake misses its intended target.
Drake cracks Petric with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
Drake on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
Petric definitely looks more muscular than last time we saw him fight.
Petric keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Drake.
Petric connects with a crisp jab.
Petric staying out of range there.
Petric throws the left hand but Drake avoids the punch easily.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Nice defenses there by Petric.
Petric keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Petric is looking to counter punch.
Drake slips a straight right by Petric.
Petric keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
Petric scores with a hook to the body. Drake takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Drake throws a nice looking combination but Petric bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Petric uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Drake.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Petric bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Drake's head backwards.
Drake misses with a series of wild punches.
Petric is looking to counter punch.
Drake fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Petric uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Drake.
Drake needs to keep his hands up - Petric had a free shot at his head there.
Drake ducks under a wild hook from Petric.
Petric is really peppering his opponent's head with punches.
Petric throws a shot from downtown. Drake moves away and avoids it.
Petric smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
Drake cracks Petric with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
Petric jabs Drake to the body, keeping him at a distance.
Nice shot lands for Drake.
Drake misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Drake slips under a jab.
Petric staying out of range there.
Drake's jab looks to have found its range, popping Petric under the eye.
Petric is really head hunting here, hardly looking to strike to the body at all.
Drake missing with a left hand there. Petric was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Petric swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Drake throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Drake connects with a right hand. Petric shakes it off.
Ante Petric's cut is getting worse.
Petric scores with a shot to the body.
Drake slips a straight right by Petric.
Drake is clearly trying to counter these attacks from Petric with a body shot.
Petric closes the distance and lands a one-two.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Petric tests Drake's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Petric connects with a body shot.
Petric bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
A jab from Petric misses.
Drake misses with an uppercut. Petric saw that one coming.
Drake throws a body shot but no joy.
Drake throws a big shot that misses.
Petric takes a swing at Drake's ribcage but misses.
Petric throws a lazy right hand but Drake sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Petric misses with a looping right.
Drake misses the jab.
Petric swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Drake.
Petric scores with a sloppy right hand. Drake should have avoided that one.
A punch combination from Drake misses.
Drake takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
A jab from Petric does it's job there.
Petric lands a slapping body shot.
Petric jabs Drake to the body, keeping him at a distance.
Drake throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Drake gets cracked there but stands up to it.
Drake bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Drake walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
Petric gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
A right-left combo lands from Drake.
No joy there for Drake, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Petric blocks a jab.
Petric doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Petric misses the jab.
It seemed like Drake was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Drake slips under a jab from Petric.
Drake drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
A combination from Drake does no damage.
Drake lands a jab.
Ante Petric's cut is bleeding quite badly. He's got to try and protect it.
A telegraphed right hand from Drake misses the target.
Drake gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Petric.
A cross from Petric lands.
A punch combination from Drake misses.
Petric throws the left hand but Drake avoids the punch easily.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Petric connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Drake's hands.
Petric displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Drake throws out the jab.
Drake keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Petric.
Petric is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
Drake has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
Petric stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close round but I would say that Ante Petric will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Ante Petric's cut.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action.
Petric slips a straight right by Drake.
Drake misses with an uppercut.
Drake on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Drake throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Petric scores with a jab to the head.
Drake throws an overhand right that lands on Petric's shoulder, as Petric tries to avoid the shot.
Drake will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
A swing and a miss from Drake.
Petric uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Drake.
Petric misses with a body shot.
Drake paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
Nice uppercut lands for Petric. That snapped Drake's head back.
Petric connects with a good right hand that stumbles Drake. Drake circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
Drake misses with a double jab.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Petric throws a hook to the side of Drake's head but Drake sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Petric throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Petric scores with a jab.
Petric with a nice cross.
A lazy left from Petric finds it's target.
Drake slips under a jab from Petric.
Drake misses with a hook. Petric ducked under it nicely.
It looked like Petric wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
Petric throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Drake on the side of the head.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Petric throws a hook but Drake avoids it easily.
Petric lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
JD Drake is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Drake will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Petric defending well as Drake loads up on a big left hand.
Petric throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Left hook, right uppercut from Petric.
Petric is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Drake.
Drake swings for the body but Petric moves out of range.
An attempted straight right counter from Petric misses the target.
Petric bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
Petric looks to land a right hand but Drake moved out of range.
Drake slips a jab from Petric.
The crowd cheers as Petric lands an impressive looking overhand right. Drake doesn't seem phased though.
Jab by Petric.
Drake throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Petric connects with a body shot.
Petric misses with a looping right.
Drake throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Petric misses with a hook.
A big left from Drake misses.
Drake lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Petric circles away quickly and effectively.
Ante Petric is winning the standup battle so far.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Drake takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Drake blocks a jab.
Drake throws a hook to the side of Petric's head but Petric sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Petric lands a slapping body shot.
Petric avoids the body shot from Drake.
Drake ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Petric cracks Drake with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
A looping hook to the body misses from Petric. Drake does a little dance to reset his feet.
Drake throws a big shot that misses.
Drake avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Drake scores with the left hand. Petric knows he should have avoided that one.
Drake misses with an uppercut.
Left hook, right uppercut from Petric.
Petric scores with the left hand. Drake knows he should have avoided that one.
Petric connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
Petric lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Drake swinging wildly here.
Drake throws a right and a left that both miss.
Drake is breathing heavily.
Drake on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
Drake throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Petric.
Petric scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Petric throws a hook but Drake avoids it easily.
Drake is clearly trying to counter these attacks from Petric with a body shot.
Drake misses with a two punch combination.
Petric scores with the left hand. Drake knows he should have avoided that one.
Petric connects with a right hand. Drake shakes it off.
Petric lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Petric moves out of range of the strikes.
Drake slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
Drake avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Drake takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
Petric connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Both these guys seem content to just stand up and trade with each other but Drake might want to think about changing up his gameplan a bit because over the course of the fight, Petric has got the better of the exchanges.
Petric uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Drake.
Drake loads up on a big right hand but Petric slips the punch.
Drake misses with the combination.
Petric scores with a jab to the jaw.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Petric throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Drake fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Petric works Drake's body with a nice hook.
Drake displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Petric throws out the jab.
Petric lands a nice hook to Drake's body. Drake takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Drake misses with the combination.
Petric misses with a looping right.
Drake takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
Petric lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Drake at a distance.
Drake misses with a straight right.
Petric uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Drake.
Petric scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Drake swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Petric scores with a shot to the body.
Drake takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
Drake looks to land a left hand but Petric moved out of range nicely.
Sloppy strikes from Drake. Those never looked like landing.
An attempted straight right counter from Petric misses the target.
A jab from Petric finds it's way through Drake's defenses.
Drake throws a shot from downtown. Petric moves away and avoids it.
Petric lands with a hook. Drake tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Petric connects with the punch.
Petric scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Petric connects with a good right hand that stumbles Drake. Drake circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
Petric connects with a looping right hand.
Petric lands with a shot to the body.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Ante Petric dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Ante Petric's cut.
That's time! Back to the action! This is the final round!
Petric connects with a nice looking jab.
Petric thows a left - swing and a miss!
Petric throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Petric misses with a straight right.
Drake throws a hook to the side of Petric's head but Petric sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Petric misses with a hook.
Petric with a nice cross.
Petric clobbers Drake with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
Petric cracks Drake with an open hand slap.
Petric connects with a body shot that sends Drake's belly button to the back.
Drake blocks a jab.
Petric throws a jab when Drake was well out of range.
Drake takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
Petric lands a right hook to the body.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Drake scores with a jab.
Drake doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Drake thows a left - swing and a miss!
Petric slips under a jab.
Drake misses with a few strikes there.
Drake jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Drake takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
A swing and a miss from Petric.
Drake unleashes a big counter combination but Petric bobs and weaves and avoids any damage.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Drake uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Petric.
A jab from Petric finds it's way through Drake's defenses.
Drake misses with a few strikes there.
Petric looks to land a right hand but Drake moved out of range.
A jab from Drake misses.
Petric was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
Petric misses with an uppercut.
Drake misses with a straight right.
Nice shot by Petric.
Drake walks into a straight right hand from Petric.
Drake shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Drake throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Petric lands with a good body shot.
Petric jabs at Drake's body.
Drake defending well as Petric loads up on a big left hand.
Petric misses with a straight right.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
A punch lands to the side of Drake 's head but he takes it in his stride.
Drake bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Petric displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Drake throws out the jab.
Sloppy strikes from Drake. Those never looked like landing.
Petric with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Drake to score with a decent uppercut.
Petric scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
JD Drake has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Petric scores with a nice head shot.
Good exchange - Drake coming out on top.
Drake takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
Drake staying out of range there.
Drake takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
Petric lands a really nice looking cross but Drake seems unphased.
Petric keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Drake.
Petric looks to throw the jab but Drake is out of range.
Petric looks to land a left hand but Drake moved out of range nicely.
Drake misses with a straight left.
Petric was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
Petric lands a jab.
Drake throws a hook but Petric blocks it.
The fighters circling - Petric throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Drake throws a jab but it's blocked by Petric.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Petric.
Drake looks to land a right hand but Petric moved out of range.
Drake misses with a hook. Petric ducked under it nicely.
Petric lands with a nice body punch.
Petric misses with a hook. Drake ducked under it nicely.
A countering left hand to the body from Drake misses.
Drake fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Petric manages to avoid it.
Petric throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Drake on the side of the head.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Petric misses with a straight left.
Petric displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Drake throws out the jab.
Petric with a hook.
A jab from Petric finds it's way through Drake's defenses.
Drake avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Petric thows a left - swing and a miss!
Petric is on the wrong end of a nice combination from Drake.
Petric looks to score with a jab to the body but Drake is just out of range.
Drake misses with a hook.
Petric showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Drake.
Petric uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Drake.
Petric ducks under a wild hook from Drake.
Petric connects with a looping right hand.
Drake throws an overhand right that lands on Petric's shoulder, as Petric tries to avoid the shot.
Drake slips under a jab from Petric.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
A decent looking cross lands there for Petric.
A jab from Petric misses.
Drake throws a counter combo.
Drake slips under a jab from Petric.
Drake throws a looping overhand right but Petric ducks down to avoid it.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Petric misses with a looping right.
A little jabbing left from Drake on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Petric uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Drake has time to react.
Drake keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Drake misses with a hook. Petric ducked under it nicely.
Petric uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
A swing and a miss from Drake.
Petric's jab looks to have found its range, popping Drake under the eye.
Petric is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Drake can do to turn this around?
Petric fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Drake blocks a jab.
Petric ducks under a wild hook from Drake.
Nice uppercut lands for Petric. That snapped Drake's head back.
Petric scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
A jab from Drake misses.
Drake throws a body shot but no joy.
Drake misses with a straight left.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Petric jabs at Drake's body.
Petric staying out of range there.
A jab from Petric does it's job there.
Ante Petric is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Drake swinging wildly here.
And that's the end of the fight!
Ante Petric showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Petric has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... 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 Frank Dennis scores the fight 30:28
Judge Tiny Johnson scores the fight 30:27
Judge Robert Twigg scores the fight 30:28
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Ante Petric!
Ante Petric thanked the fans post fight for their support.
JD Drake was interviewed post fight and said 'It's Miller Time'.
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