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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Simon Soap (ranked 157 p4p, 712 weight class) and Gavrilo Jovanovic (ranked 24 p4p, 100 weight class). Soap comes to the cage accompanied by Clean Up - Barney The Purple Dinosaur. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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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 16 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Simon Soap!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 11 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Gavrilo Jovanovic!
The judges for this bout are Trevor Gratis, Robert Douchet and Yves DeLean.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Soap misses with the combination.
Soap fails in his attempt to clinch.
Soap connects with a crisp jab.
Jovanovic takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Soap ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
A telegraphed takedown attempt from Jovanovic is defended easily by Soap.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Soap misses with a looping left.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Jovanovic! But no joy.
Jovanovic ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Jovanovic with the counter takedown but Soap avoids it easily.
A decent looking cross lands there for Soap.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Soap throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.
Soap lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Soap gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Soap lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Soap pushes off an throws an elbow but Jovanovic leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Soap tries a body shot but Jovanovic blocks it.
Soap misses with a hook to the ribs.
Soap takes a shot to the head.
Soap working aggressively here.
Jovanovic takes an elbow to the temple.
Jovanovic dodges an elbow strike from Soap.
Soap looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Jovanovic has a couple of punches blocked by Soap.
A right hook to the body lands for Soap.
Soap tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Jovanovic's elbow.
Soap lands a nice uppercut.
Soap swings wildly with an uppercut but Jovanovic uses good head movement to avoid it.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Jovanovic is looking for a takedown up against the cage. Soap gets underhooks though and prevents the takedown attempt.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Soap swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Jovanovic blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Soap lands a body punch in the clinch.
A short uppercut from Jovanovic.
Soap throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Jovanovic misses with a punch on the inside.
Soap prevents a body shot from Jovanovic.
Jovanovic tries for a takedown. No joy.
Simon Soap has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Gavrilo Jovanovic.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Soap.
Soap working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
A right hook to the body lands for Soap.
Soap lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Soap lands an elbow that stopped Jovanovic in his tracks for a moment.
Jovanovic wants to take the fight to the mat but Soap manages to get underhooks and keep the fight in the clinch.
Jovanovic fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Soap lands an elbow inside.
A head punch on the inside from Soap fails to land.
Soap gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Soap lands a damaging elbow.
Soap softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Soap blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Jovanovic tries to break the clinch but Soap is controlling the position.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Soap lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Soap doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Soap lands with a right to the head.
Jovanovic breaks the clinch.
Soap with the inside leg kick.
We've been told by Soap's head coaches at Dorito Academy that he's been working on his takedown defense in preparation for this fight.
Simon Soap is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Soap connects with a nice looking jab.
Soap dips to his left and cracks Jovanovic with an uppercut!
Jovanovic misses with a lunging right hand
and Soap connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Soap scores with a punch to the head.
Soap delivers a nice body kick.
Jovanovic misses with a right hand
and Soap counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Soap turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Soap connects with a looping right hand.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Soap jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Soap is using his height advantage well here, landing a good percentage of his punches.
Jovanovic has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Soap.
Soap dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Jovanovic. That did some damage!
Soap is really peppering his opponent's head with punches.
Soap smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
Soap jabs. That one connects to the head of his opponent.
Soap lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
Jovanovic scores with a nice right hand.
Soap throws a hook to the side of Jovanovic's head but Jovanovic sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Jovanovic scores with a punch to the head.
Soap throws a hook but Jovanovic blocks it.
That's five minutes gone in the round.
Jovanovic fails with a takedown attempt.
Jovanovic throws a left and a right that both miss
enabling Soap to counter with a crisp jab.
Jovanovic misses with the combination.
Soap swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
Jovanovic throws a lazy head kick
and Soap counters with an inside leg kick.
Soap pivots, looking for a leg kick but Jovanovic is out of range and Soap settles back down.
A little jabbing left from Jovanovic on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Soap loads up on a big right hand but Jovanovic slips the punch.
Jovanovic swinging wildly here.
Soap looked to counter that last move with a leg kick but didn't pull the trigger.
That's six minutes gone in the round.
Soap tests Jovanovic's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Soap on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Soap misses with a hook.
Soap takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Soap jabs. That one connects to the head of his opponent.
Soap jabs Jovanovic right on the nose. Jovanovic blinks but takes it well.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Jovanovic avoids a kick to the body.
Nice body punch from Soap.
Soap gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Jovanovic.
That's seven minutes gone in the round.
Jovanovic slips under a jab.
Jovanovic bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Soap's head.
Jovanovic fails miserably with a takedown attempt.
Jovanovic looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
Soap feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Jovanovics jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!
Soap moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Soap is looking to clinch.
Soap works over Jovanovic's head and body with a nice combination.
That's eight minutes gone in the round.
Soap blocks a jab.
Jab from Jovanovic.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Soap keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Jovanovic.
Soap throws a jab when Jovanovic was well out of range.
An inside leg kick lands from Soap.
Soap lands a head shot.
Soap lands a jab followed by a nice looking cross.
Soap looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Soap is looking to slow Jovanovic down with leg kicks.
Soap connects with a body shot that sends Jovanovic's belly button to the back.
Jovanovic has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Soap finds it's way round the side to connect with Jovanovic's head.
That's nine minutes gone in the round.
Soap forces Jovanovic back against the cage and clinches.
Soap digs a right hand into Jovanovic's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Jovanovic's gas tank.
Jovanovic tries to circle away but Soap has him pinned against the cage.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Jovanovic.
A left hand lands to the body for Soap.
Jovanovic can't get the takedown.
Jovanovic looks winded!
A right hook to the body lands for Soap.
Soap lands a damaging elbow.
Soap throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Soap lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Jovanovic misses with a punch on the inside.
Soap lands an elbow inside.
Soap can't find room to land a body shot as Jovanovic controls the action.
Soap blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Jovanovic has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
Soap swings wildly with an uppercut but Jovanovic uses good head movement to avoid it.
Soap lands with a short shot to the head.
Jovanovic blocks a body shot from Soap.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Simon Soap dominated that round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!
Nice uppercut lands for Soap. That snapped Jovanovic's head back.
Jovanovic might want to mix his strikes up a bit more. He's just going for head shots at the moment and that can become a bit predictable.
Jovanovic swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Soap throws a nice inside leg kick.
Soap 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.
Soap misses with a hook
and Jovanovic counters with an outside leg kick.
Jovanovic drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
Soap lands an overhand right.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Soap moves into range and clinches up with Jovanovic.
Soap looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Jovanovic avoids the elbow strike from Soap, against the cage.
Soap lands an elbow inside that Jovanovic shrugs off.
Jovanovic blocks an elbow strike from Soap.
Soap can't find room to land a body shot as Jovanovic controls the action.
Simon Soap has scored more points in the clinch so far.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Jovanovic gets through Soap's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Jovanovic avoids a wild elbow strike from Soap.
Jovanovic struggles to land a body shot inside as Soap controls his hands.
Soap blocks an uppercut.
Soap swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Soap tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Jovanovic misses with a hook to the ribs.
Jovanovic lands a hook that snaps the head of Soap backwards.
Soap has a couple of punches blocked by Jovanovic.
Soap lands a nice elbow.
Soap misses with an elbow strike.
Jovanovic lands with a light punch inside.
Soap lands with a light punch inside.
Jovanovic avoids the elbow strike from Soap, against the cage.
Soap misses with a hook to the ribs.
Soap doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Soap throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Soap blocks a body shot from Jovanovic.
Soap is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Jovanovic can do to turn this around?
Soap prevents a body shot from Jovanovic.
Soap lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Jovanovic backwards.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Soap lands with a short punch from the clinch.
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!
Soap lands a right hand that snaps the head of Jovanovic backwards.
Soap lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Jovanovic backwards.
Soap fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Soap digs a right hand underneath Jovanovic's ribcage. Jovanovic let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Jovanovic is breathing heavily.
Soap lands an elbow just above Jovanovic 's eye.
Soap misses with a shot to the kidneys.
A frustrated look appears on Jovanovic's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Soap misses with the head strike.
Soap keeps control of Jovanovic as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Jovanovic lands a body punch in the clinch.
Soap tries a body shot but Jovanovic blocks it.
Soap makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Soap lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Soap throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Soap lands an elbow just above Jovanovic 's eye.
With the fighters up against the cage, Soap throws an elbow but misses.
Jovanovic blocks an elbow strike from Soap.
Soap misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Soap lands a nice elbow.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Soap misses with a short punch on the inside.
Soap lands with a short head shot on the inside.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Soap.
Soap tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Jovanovic tries to work over Soap's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Nice elbow from Soap.
Jovanovic misses with a punch to the body.
Soap lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Jovanovic throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Soap lands with a right to the head.
Soap goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Jovanovic has a couple of punches blocked by Soap.
Jovanovic breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Soap lands a nice leg kick that just misses Jovanovic's sensitive parts.
Soap misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Jovanovic.
Jovanovic slips a jab and a cross from Soap.
Jovanovic changes levels for a counter takedown but doesn't follow through with his attempt.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Soap misses with a right hand
and Jovanovic counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
A jab from Soap does it's job there.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Jovanovic scores with a hook.
Jovanovic fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Soap dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Jovanovic. That did some damage!
Donk. Soap catches Jovanovic right on the button with a cross.
Soap looks to land a right hand but Jovanovic moved out of range.
Jovanovic throws a right hand that misses
and Soap connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Soap throws a leg kick
and Jovanovic counters with a nice double leg into half guard.
Jovanovic wants to lay and pray for a moment but Soap keeps working.
That's five minutes gone in the round.
Soap wants to get back to his feet.
Jovanovic wants to lay and pray for a moment but Soap keeps working.
Jovanovic drops an elbow to the side of Soap's head.
In the pre-fight buildup videos we saw Jovanovic working his ground and pound in the gym. So far it seems to be working well.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Jovanovic sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Soap defending well though.
Jovanovic thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
Jovanovic seems to be looking for submissions.
Jovanovic prevents Soap from standing back up.
Jovanovic throwing shots but Soap is blocking nicely.
That's six minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
Well, if Jovanovic is going to just lie there, perhaps we should talk about what we're having for dinner tonight… I'm having a ham and pineapple pizza… Yum. Can't wait.
Jovanovic stops Soap from getting back to his feet.
It looks like the ref is thinking about a standup.
Jovanovic sitting and controlling from the half guard.
The referee has motioned to the fighters to stand back up.
Jovanovic misses with an attempted mid kick.
Soap half committed to a counter leg kick.
Soap fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Jovanovic on the side of the head.
Jovanovic misses with a wild combination.
Soap doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
That's seven minutes gone in the round.
Soap tries to move into range but Jovanovic moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
Jovanovic closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
Soap moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Jovanovic moves out of range as Soap strikes.
Soap looks to land a left hand but Jovanovic moved out of range nicely.
Jovanovic let fly with a counter punch to the body but it didn't land.
Soap clinches with his opponent.
Jovanovic's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Jovanovic struggles to land a body shot inside as Soap controls his hands.
Soap lands a damaging elbow.
Soap blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Jovanovic avoids a wild elbow strike from Soap.
Soap throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Jovanovic gets through Soap's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
That's eight minutes gone in the round.
Soap lands an elbow that stopped Jovanovic in his tracks for a moment.
Soap lands a shoulder strike.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Soap creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Jovanovic's defenses.
Soap tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Jovanovic's elbow.
A shot in the inside from Soap.
Jovanovic lands a body punch in the clinch.
Jovanovic is leaning against Soap and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Jovanovic lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Jovanovic lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Soap can't find room to land a body shot as Jovanovic controls the action.
Soap tries a body shot but Jovanovic blocks it.
Jovanovic lands a left hand that snaps the head of Soap backwards.
Jovanovic wants a takedown.
Jovanovic blocks the elbow strike.
Soap is fighting off a takedown attempt but Jovanovic is just too persistent for him and manages to trip Soap to the mat. Soap regains guard as soon as the fighters hit the mat.
The fighters are working up against the cage. Soap manages to wriggle his way back to his feet, so the fighters are now clinched against the cage.
Nice body punch from Jovanovic - that landed with a thud.
Jovanovic turns his hips and lands a very nice judo throw into side control!
That's nine minutes gone in the round.
Jovanovic looking to punish the body of his opponent here but Soap is avoiding damage well.
Jovanovic has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Jovanovic postures up a little and throws a couple of hammerfists but they don't connect properly.
Jovanovic tries for a kimura. Not really close to a finish though.
Jovanovic creates some space and throws a big elbow, but Soap sees it coming and moves his head just enough to avoid the strike.
Jovanovic wants to control but Soap is keeping him busy.
Jovanovic just content to control the position.
Jovanovic grinds an elbow into Soap's temple.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Simon Soap dominated that second 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. The crowd applaud as we get ready to start the final round!
Jovanovic circles away from the clinch attempt.
Jovanovic drops down looking to force a counter takedown but Soap defends it well.
Jovanovic looks to land a right hand but Soap moved out of range.
Soap moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
Jovanovic blocks a jab.
Soap throws a leg kick but Jovanovic moved away.
Simon Soap is winning the standup battle so far.
Soap turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Jovanovic throws a lazy head kick
and Jovanovic takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Soap lands with a straight right. Jovanovic didn't see that one coming.
Soap misses with a looping left.
Jovanovic defending well as Soap loads up on a big left hand.
A little jabbing left from Jovanovic on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Jovanovic throws a poor cross that misses
and Soap counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Nice straight punches there by Jovanovic. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Jovanovic.
Jovanovic fails to land with a series of punches.
Soap thumps Jovanovic with a low kick.
Jovanovic takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Soap checks a leg kick.
Soap scores with the left hand. Jovanovic knows he should have avoided that one.
Soap lands a right hook to the body.
Soap bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Jovanovic's head.
Jovanovic misses with an uppercut.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Jovanovic misses the shot to the body.
Soap leaves Jovanovic with his face pressed against the mat as he sprawls beautifully, defending against a solid takedown attempt.
Soap pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
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!
Soap uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Jovanovic.
Soap is looking to slow Jovanovic down with leg kicks.
Soap fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Jovanovic checks it well.
Jovanovic appeared to try and counter that last move with a leg kick.
Soap scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
Soap missing with a left hand there. Jovanovic was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Jovanovic moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
A decent looking cross lands there for Soap.
Jovanovic moves out of range of the strikes.
Soap displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Jovanovic throws out the jab.
Jovanovic tries to bum rush Soap with a series of wild strikes but Soap uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Soap swings widly with a right hand
and Jovanovic counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
Jovanovic has a nice red mark on his side after a thudding body kick by Soap.
Soap misses with a looping left.
Jovanovic throws a body kick that misses.
Soap throws a sloppy head kick and Jovanovic moves out of range easily.
Despite the aggression on Jovanovic's face he doesn't fully commit to the counter.
Simon Soap seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Soap throws a big shot that misses.
Jovanovic throws out a counter right but Soap avoids it with no problem.
Soap ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Jovanovic moves away.
Jovanovic slips a jab and a cross from Soap.
It seemed like Jovanovic was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Jovanovic throws a two punch combo that lands nicely.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Jovanovic feints and then cracks Soap's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Soap down.
Nice sprawl there from Soap as Jovanovic shoots in.
Soap with a nice calf kick.
Soap lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Soap lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Gavrilo Jovanovic has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
That's five minutes gone in the round.
A good leg kick by Jovanovic.
Soap connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Jovanovic's hands.
Soap throws a right hand that misses
and Jovanovic counters with a left and a right that stings Soap.
The fighters circling - Soap throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Jovanovic changes levels for a counter takedown but doesn't follow through with his attempt.
Jovanovic with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Soap to score with a decent uppercut.
Soap lands with a slapping head kick.
Soap throws a hook to the side of Jovanovic's head but Jovanovic sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Jovanovic throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Jovanovic blocks a head kick by Soap.
Jovanovic misses with a two punch combination.
That's six minutes gone in the round.
Jovanovic has his takedown stuffed
and Soap counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Simon Soap has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Gavrilo Jovanovic.
Jovanovic takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Jovanovic drops his hands momentarily and Soap takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
Jovanovic is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
Jovanovic is rocked!
Soap misses with a body kick.
Jovanovic smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
Soap lands a jab to the nose.
Soap chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Jovanovic tries for a takedown but Soap circles away easily
enabling Soap to counter with a crisp jab.
That's seven minutes gone in the round.
Soap punishes Jovanovic's body with a nice straight punch.
Jovanovic takes a nasty kick to the mid section... That should keep him thinking. Does he try and block and risk a head kick landing?
Soap lands a leg kick that knocks Jovanovic off balance momentarily.
Soap scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Jovanovic avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Soap thumps Jovanovic with a low kick.
Jovanovic drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
Soap looks to land a left hand but Jovanovic moved out of range nicely.
That's eight minutes gone in the round.
Soap slips a jab from Jovanovic.
It looked like Soap wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
Jovanovic lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Soap looks to throw the jab but Jovanovic is out of range.
Jovanovic with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Soap to score with a decent uppercut.
Jovanovic with a hook.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Soap fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Jovanovic.
A nice leg kick lands there from Jovanovic.
Soap attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Jovanovic! But no joy.
Soap lands with a thumping leg kick.
A looping hook to the body misses from Jovanovic. Soap does a little dance to reset his feet.
Simon Soap is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
That's nine minutes gone in the round.
Soap looks to land a left hand but Jovanovic moved out of range nicely.
Soap lands a nice leg kick that just misses Jovanovic's sensitive parts.
Soap throws a looping overhand right but Jovanovic ducks down to avoid it.
Soap pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Jovanovic throws a counter combo.
Jovanovic misses with a takedown attempt
and Jovanovic takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Decent striking displayed by Jovanovic there.
Jovanovic blocks a jab.
Jovanovic avoids the body shot from Soap.
Soap uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Jovanovic.
And that's the end of the fight!
Simon Soap showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Soap, winning every round. Will the judges agree? They are the ones who matter, even if they are often depressingly incompetent. 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 Trevor Gratis scores the fight 30:27
Judge Robert Douchet scores the fight 30:27
Judge Yves DeLean scores the fight 30:27
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Simon Soap!
A less than humble Simon Soap misjudged his post fight interview somewhat and came across a little too arrogant whilst trying to hype up his own abilities.
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energy
A | B |
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hype
A | B |
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pop
A | B |
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mgr
A | B |
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FIGHT
RATING
66% |
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