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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Andreas Burns (ranked 2827 p4p, 2471 weight class) and Zdravko Mihaijlovic (ranked 286 p4p, 256 weight class). I don't know about you partner, but I'm pumped for this one!
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 7 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Andreas Burns!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 4 - 3 - 1, fighting out of Tokyo, Zdravko Mihaijlovic!
The judges for this bout are Konstantin Menshow, Illya Tyunina and Viktor Lagutenko.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Burns lands a body shot.
Burns throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Mihaijlovic cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
It looks like Andreas Burns has been cut.
Burns goes to the watering hole and comes back with a big thumbs up from the judges as he scores a three punch combo.
Mihaijlovic misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Burns.
Nice defenses there by Mihaijlovic.
Burns looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Mihaijlovic takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Burns misses with an uppercut.
Mihaijlovic swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Mihaijlovic misses with a head kick.
Mihaijlovic slips a jab and a cross from Burns.
A countering left hand to the body from Mihaijlovic misses.
Burns scores with a hook to the body. Mihaijlovic takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Burns misses the shot to the body.
Mihaijlovic is trying to counter with his kicks.
Mihaijlovic throws a jab when Burns was well out of range.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Burns just misses with a punch to the body.
Burns darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Burns missing with a left hand there. Mihaijlovic was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Mihaijlovic uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Burns.
A telegraphed right hand from Burns misses the target.
Mihaijlovic throws a fast counter high kick but Burns manages to duck under it in time.
Burns misses with a hook.
Burns swings for the body but Mihaijlovic moves out of range.
Mihaijlovic with a nice cross.
Mihaijlovic just misses with a punch to the body.
Burns swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Mihaijlovic steps in looking to counter with the mid kick but it doesn't connect.
Mihaijlovic tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Burns was well out of range. Poor timing from Mihaijlovic.
Burns lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Mihaijlovic at a distance.
The fighters circle momentarily. Burns darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.
Mihaijlovic throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Burns throws a hook but Mihaijlovic avoids it easily.
Mihaijlovic looks like he wants to counter punch here.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
A slow jab from Burns misses its intended target.
Mihaijlovic rushes Burns and presses him up against the ropes.
Mihaijlovic lands a right hand that snaps the head of Burns backwards.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Mihaijlovic lands an uppercut.
Burns on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Mihaijlovic blocks an uppercut.
Burns tries to circle away but Mihaijlovic has him pinned against the ropes.
Burns breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Mihaijlovic misses with a body shot.
Jab by Burns.
A slow jab from Mihaijlovic misses its intended target.
Burns closes the distance and lands a one-two.
Mihaijlovic is throwing a lot of body shots here, looking to wear down Burns rather than just go for the knockout.
Burns avoids the head kick by Mihaijlovic.
Burns throws a body punch but Mihaijlovic moves out of range.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Burns catches Mihaijlovic with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
Burns checks a leg kick.
Burns swinging wildly here.
Mihaijlovic looks to score with a jab to the body but Burns is just out of range.
Jab from Burns.
Burns waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Mihaijlovic.
Burns connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Mihaijlovic's hands.
Burns jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Burns connects with a nice looking jab.
Burns ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Mihaijlovic moves away.
A nice side step and Mihaijlovic releases a counter shot to the body, but it doesn't find it's home.
A looping hook to the body misses from Burns. Mihaijlovic does a little dance to reset his feet.
Burns misses with the combination.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Mihaijlovic gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Burns tries to work over Mihaijlovic's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Mihaijlovic fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Burns has a couple of punches blocked by Mihaijlovic.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Mihaijlovic putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Burns in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Mihaijlovic lands a good knee to the midsection. Burns won't want to take too many of those.
Burns is breathing heavily.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Mihaijlovic.
Mihaijlovic lands an uppercut.
A short right from Mihaijlovic on the inside.
Mihaijlovic throws a head punch that misses.
Mihaijlovic makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Mihaijlovic prevents a body shot from Burns.
Burns misses with a punch to the body.
Mihaijlovic missing with knees to the body.
Knees in the clinch landing for Mihaijlovic.
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 Andreas Burns will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Andreas Burns'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.
Mihaijlovic closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the ropes.
Burns working aggressively here.
Burns tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Mihaijlovic's elbow.
Mihaijlovic softening up his opponent with strikes, against the ropes.
Burns stalling in the clinch but Mihaijlovic improves position.
Burns working aggressively here.
Mihaijlovic lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Mihaijlovic scores with a shot to the side of Burns's head.
Mihaijlovic missing with knees to the body.
Zdravko Mihaijlovic seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Burns blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Burns has a couple of punches blocked by Mihaijlovic.
Burns trying to control the position but instead, Mihaijlovic has worked for underhooks and has pushed Burns into the ropes.
Burns blocks a punch to the side of the head.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Burns blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Mihaijlovic doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Burns misses with a hook from the clinch.
Burns breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Mihaijlovic fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Burns slips a jab from Mihaijlovic.
Andreas Burns is winning the standup battle so far.
Burns takes a swing at Mihaijlovic's ribcage but misses.
Burns lands with a straight right. Mihaijlovic didn't see that one coming.
Burns misses with a two punch combination.
Mihaijlovic misses with a hook.
Burns lands a nice hook to Mihaijlovic's body. Mihaijlovic takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Burns rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Mihaijlovic counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Burns looks to land a left hand but Mihaijlovic moved out of range nicely.
Mihaijlovic throws a sloppy head kick and Burns moves out of range easily.
Mihaijlovic takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Burns throws a hook to the side of Mihaijlovic's head but Mihaijlovic sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Mihaijlovic throws a big counter head kick but Burns avoids it with no problem.
Ohhhhh! A huge head kick from Mihaijlovic! Burns is out on his feet! Mihaijlovic rushes in and throws more strikes. The ref is looking closely - Burns is covering up but the punishment is just too much and the ref steps in to stop the fight! Burns is staring into space, just thankful that the beatdown has ended. Brutal finish.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:59 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Zdravko Mihaijlovic!
An out of breath Zdravko Mihaijlovic thanked his loyal fans in his post fight interview, giving them credit for his success over the course of his career.
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