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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Hillbilly Walker (ranked 561 p4p, 780 weight class) and Gabrijel Pavicic (ranked 79 p4p, 106 weight class). Gabrijel Pavicic has the eye of the tiger tonight.
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the welterweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 9 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Hillbilly Walker!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 6 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Gabrijel Pavicic!
The judges for this bout are Ren Mimura, Shigeki Fujiwara and Hirohito Nitta.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Walker instigates a clinch.
A short left from Walker.
Walker blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Walker misses with a punch to the body.
Pavicic misses with a punch on the inside.
Walker misses with a hook to the ribs.
Walker breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Walker tries to close the distance and clinch but Pavicic swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Walker keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Pavicic takes a jab right on the kisser.
Walker works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
Walker ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Pavicic ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Pavicic waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Walker.
Walker digs a good body shot into Pavicic's ribs.
Walker connects with a looping right hand.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Walker slips a jab from Pavicic.
Walker definitely looks more muscular than last time we saw him fight.
Hillbilly Walker seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Pavicic stuffs a takedown. It's all about dictating where the fight takes place and Pavicic wants it to stay on the feet.
Walker moves in looking to clinch but Pavicic pushes him off.
Pavicic throws out a counter right but Walker avoids it with no problem.
Pavicic slips a jab from Walker.
Gabrijel Pavicic is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Walker throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Walker scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Walker darts in and clinches Pavicic up against the cage.
Walker manages to break the clinch.
Pavicic swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Walker takes one on the chin but seems OK.
Pavicic misses with a wild body shot.
Pavicic throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Pavicic throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Walker stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Walker tries to clinch up but Pavicic circles away and keeps his distance.
Pavicic misses with a wild body shot.
Pavicic blocks a jab.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Walker bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Walker takes one to the side of the head.
Walker moves in looking to clinch but Pavicic pushes him off.
Pavicic doesn't fully commit to the body shot counter.
Walker misses with an uppercut. Pavicic saw that one coming.
A telegraphed right hand from Pavicic misses the target.
Walker tries to clinch there but Pavicic circles away.
Walker closes the distance and clinches.
Pavicic gets underhooks to prevent Walker's takedown attempt.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Pavicic pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Walker drives through and clinches with Pavicic against the cage.
Walker wants a takedown.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Hillbilly Walker. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Pavicic can't find room to land a body shot as Walker controls the action.
Pavicic tries to work over Walker's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Pavicic swings wildly with an uppercut but Walker uses good head movement to avoid it.
Pavicic misses with a punch on the inside.
Walker drops down looking for an ankle pick but Pavicic pulls his leg out and moves away.
Pavicic throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Walker sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Pavicic fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Walker looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Walker takes the fight into the clinch.
Pavicic tries a body shot but Walker blocks it.
Pavicic misses with a punch on the inside.
Pavicic lands a shoulder strike.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Pavicic blocking some punches.
Walker tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Pavicic's elbow.
Pavicic lands a right hand.
Walker blocks a body shot from Pavicic.
Walker pushes Pavicic back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Walker is trying to work for a single leg takedown but Pavicic pulls him back up using the underhooks.
Walker manages to break the clinch.
Walker wants to clinch.
A countering left hand to the body from Pavicic misses.
A looping hook to the body misses from Pavicic. Walker does a little dance to reset his feet.
The fight stays on the outside here - Walker looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Pavicic, as that shot connected.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
A close round but Gabrijel Pavicic will probably get the nod.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!
Walker wants to clinch.
Walker fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Pavicic on the side of the head.
Walker moves to clinch but Pavicic breaks away
and Pavicic counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Walker tries to clinch there but Pavicic circles away.
Pavicic tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Walker was well out of range. Poor timing from Pavicic.
A little feinted left hand from Walker on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
Pavicic keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Walker lands with a right hand.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Walker clinches up against the cage.
Walker blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Pavicic breaks from the clinch.
Pavicic lands with an overhand left.
Pavicic swings for the body but Walker moves out of range.
Walker lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Pavicic at a distance.
Walker shoots in for a takedown. He's persisting with it as Pavicic sprawls well. Pavicic wins this battle and keeps the fight standing. Walker gets slowly back to his feet.
Walker is looking to clinch but Pavicic is avoiding it.
Walker fails with an attempt to clinch.
Pavicic uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Walker.
Pavicic swings and misses with a hook to the body.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Walker jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Pavicic misses with a wild combination.
Walker lands a jab to the head.
Walker looks to clinch
and Pavicic counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Walker tries to clinch but fails miserably
enabling Pavicic to counter with a crisp jab.
Walker misses with a jab, cross combination.
Pavicic doesn't fully commit to the body shot counter.
Pavicic moves out of range as Walker strikes.
Walker closes the distance and gets a trip takedown into side control. Pavicic quickly recovers to half guard.
Walker is pressing down on Pavicic's thigh, looking to free his foot. Pavicic is holding on for now.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Pavicic is looking to control Walker's leg but it's slowly edging free. Can Pavicic avoid being mounted?
Pavicic preventing any damage for now, controlling his opponent's head.
We get told so often about how wrestlers don't like to be on their backs. Let's see if Pavicic can do anything to dispel that myth.
Walker tries to pass to full mount but Pavicic defends it.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Pavicic is doing well to avoid being mounted. He's controlling the position at the moment.
Pavicic keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are showing their displeasure at the lack of action as loud boos ring out around the arena.
Pavicic slips a foot under and gets full guard. Nice work.
Walker being controlled here momentarily.
Walker throwing strikes from guard but Pavicic blocks nicely.
Pavicic preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Walker throws a big elbow that misses.
Pavicic utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Walker pushes down on Pavicic's leg and manages to get into half guard.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close second round but I would say that Hillbilly Walker will probably get the nod.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!
Pavicic staying out of range there.
It seemed like Pavicic was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Walker throws a good cross that connects.
Walker clinches up with Pavicic and pushes him back against the cage.
Walker lands a body punch in the clinch.
A head punch on the inside from Pavicic fails to land.
Pavicic has been looking to improve his clinch game in recent weeks. Walker seems to have the measure of him in the clinch so far, so let's see if Pavicic can turn it around.
A short right from Pavicic.
A right handed body shot lands from Walker.
A nice right hand lands inside from Pavicic.
Walker goes for a takedown in the clinch but Pavicic prevents it.
Pavicic swings wildly with an uppercut but Walker uses good head movement to avoid it.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Walker lands a right hand.
Pavicic escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Pavicic throws a jab but it's blocked by Walker.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Walker ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
No luck with that takedown attempt from Walker.
Walker doesn't manage to clinch there - Pavicic circles away.
Pavicic scores with a decent looking hook.
Walker is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
A little jabbing left from Pavicic on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Walker fails with the takedown.
Pavicic looks like he wants to counter punch here.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Hillbilly Walker. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Walker slips a jab from Pavicic.
Walker tries to clinch up but Pavicic circles away and keeps his distance.
A nice side step and Pavicic releases a counter shot to the body, but it doesn't find it's home.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Walker fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Pavicic looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Pavicic tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Walker was well out of range. Poor timing from Pavicic.
Walker moves into the clinch.
Walker tries a body shot but Pavicic blocks it.
Walker's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Walker tries for a takedown. No joy.
Pavicic lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Walker.
Pavicic can't find room to land a body shot as Walker controls the action.
Pavicic tries a body shot but Walker blocks it.
Pavicic gets underhooks to prevent Walker's takedown attempt.
Pavicic lands a shoulder strike.
Walker throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Walker lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Walker wants a takedown but no success here.
Pavicic goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Pavicic lands a body punch in the clinch.
Pavicic misses with a punch to the body.
Pavicic prevents the takedown attempt.
Walker lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Walker is working on a leg, looking for a takedown but Pavicic is defending well.
Pavicic struggles to land a body shot inside as Walker controls his hands.
Walker misses with a body punch.
Walker tries a body shot but Pavicic blocks it.
Walker blocks a body shot from Pavicic.
Walker manages to break the clinch.
Walker pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Pavicic moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Walker keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Pavicic.
Walker misses the shot to the body.
Walker lands with a hook. Pavicic tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Walker uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Pavicic.
Walker slips under a jab.
Walker is looking to counter with a shot to the body.
Walker swinging wildly here.
Walker is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Pavicic let fly with a counter punch to the body but it didn't land.
Walker doesn't manage to clinch there - Pavicic circles away.
Jab by Walker.
Pavicic connects with a body shot.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Pavicic takes a swing at Walker's ribcage but misses.
It looked like Walker wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Gabrijel Pavicic really dominated that round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!
Pavicic looks to score with a jab to the body but Walker is just out of range.
Pavicic takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Walker tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Pavicic manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Walker displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Pavicic throws out the jab.
Nice sprawl there from Pavicic as Walker shoots in.
Walker lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Walker is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Walker tries to score a power double leg takedown but Pavicic sees that one coming and sprawls well. That will dishearten Walker somewhat.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Pavicic leaves Walker with his face pressed against the mat as he sprawls beautifully, defending against a solid takedown attempt.
Pavicic is clearly trying to counter these attacks from Walker with a body shot.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Hillbilly Walker. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Walker shoots in for a takedown. He's persisting with it as Pavicic sprawls well. Pavicic wins this battle and keeps the fight standing. Walker gets slowly back to his feet.
The fighters circle momentarily. Pavicic darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.
Walker will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
Pavicic steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Walker.
Walker wants to clinch.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from Walker.
Pavicic lands a body shot.
Pavicic swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Walker takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Walker misses with an uppercut. Pavicic saw that one coming.
Walker fails with a takedown attempt.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Pavicic pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Walker misses with a straight right.
Gabrijel Pavicic seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Walker shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says Pavicic as he avoids it easily.
Walker tries to close the distance and clinch but Pavicic swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Pavicic swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Pavicic waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Walker.
Walker slips under a jab.
A little feinted left hand from Walker on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
A slow jab from Pavicic misses its intended target.
Pavicic lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Pavicic throws a shot from downtown. Walker moves away and avoids it.
Walker wants to clinch.
It seemed like Pavicic was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Pavicic defends well against a solid takedown attempt from Walker.
Walker darts in trying to clinch
letting Pavicic counter with a right hand.
Walker tries for a takedown but Pavicic circles away easily
and Pavicic connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Walker takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
Walker moves out of range of the strikes.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Gabrijel Pavicic dominated that fourth round.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business. This is the final round!
Walker gets his takedown attempt stuffed easily
and Pavicic counters with a nice uppercut.
Walker moves out of range as Pavicic strikes.
Pavicic ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Walker moves away.
Pavicic fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Walker wants to clinch up but Pavicic keeps it at a distance.
Walker uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Pavicic.
Pavicic throws a right and a left that Walker avoids nicely.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Pavicic throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Pavicic lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Hillbilly Walker has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Walker shoots in for a takedown but Pavicic shows good takedown defense there and keeps this one on the feet.
That's one minute gone in the round.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Pavicic.
Walker is looking to clinch.
Pavicic looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Horrible takedown attempt by Walker or perhaps it was just good defense by Pavicic, which made it look bad.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Hillbilly Walker. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Walker ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Pavicic moves away.
Pavicic ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Walker moves away.
Walker shoots in but no luck this time.
Walker shoots in but Pavicic avoids the takedown attempt easily.
Both of our modern day gladiators look out of it here - a gruelling 5 rounds of action taking it's toll on them, no doubt.
Walker moves into range and clinches up with Pavicic.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Walker wants a takedown.
Walker can't find room to land a body shot as Pavicic controls the action.
Pavicic lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Pavicic tries to throw a body punch but Walker avoids it by throwing Pavicic back against the cage.
Walker has hold of a leg and is looking for a trip takedown. Pavicic avoids it nicely though and we remain in the clinch.
Walker looking for a takedown.
Walker misses with a body punch.
Pavicic scores with an uppercut up the middle.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Pavicic.
Walker gets a nice trip takedown into half guard.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Pavicic keeping control of the position.
Walker thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Pavicic's head.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Walker prevents Pavicic from improving his position.
Pavicic wants to control but Walker is keeping busy and won't allow it.
Neither fighter is being very active at the moment, with Walker in particular looking to stall.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Pavicic keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Walker throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Walker wants to control but Pavicic is keeping him busy.
The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Walker is looking to clinch but Pavicic is avoiding it.
Walker moves into range and clinches up with Pavicic.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
A short right from Pavicic.
Pavicic pushes Walker back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Walker is working on a leg, looking for a takedown but Pavicic is defending well.
Pavicic works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Pavicic misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Pavicic tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Walker's elbow.
Walker is working for takedown but Pavicic is calmly controlling the position for now.
Pavicic lands an uppercut.
Walker prevents a body shot from Pavicic.
Pavicic doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Pavicic struggles to land a body shot inside as Walker controls his hands.
Walker tries to stall but Pavicic uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Pavicic has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Pavicic lands with a short shot to the head.
Walker tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Gabrijel Pavicic is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.
Walker misses with the head strike.
Pavicic goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
And that's the end of the fight!
Gabrijel Pavicic comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think Pavicic has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 5 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Ren Mimura scores the fight 46:49
Judge Shigeki Fujiwara scores the fight 46:49
Judge Hirohito Nitta scores the fight 46:49
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Gabrijel Pavicic! Gabrijel Pavicic retains his welterweight title!
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