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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Mirko filipovic (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Davis Macdonnell (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). filipovic comes into the arena with blood sugar blaring out of the sound system. Macdonnell has chosen Braveheart Theme - Saskin Mix as his entrance music. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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189 cm
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215 lbs
3 - 0 - 0 |
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182 cm
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200 lbs
4 - 4 - 0 |
BJJ White Belt
Solid Muay Thai
Good chin |
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BJJ Blue Belt
Good kicks
Solid chin |
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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
3 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Mirko filipovic! And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner. With a record of
4 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Davis Macdonnell! The judges for this bout are Alec Ball, Steve Smith and Yves DeLean.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway! Macdonnell looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple. Macdonnell tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion. Macdonnell avoids a punch combination nicely.
filipovic keeps the fight on the outside. A slow jab from filipovic misses its intended target. Macdonnell misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
A left lands for filipovic. filipovic circles away from the clinch attempt.
Macdonnell wants to clinch. Macdonnell throws a quick inside leg kick.
That's one minute gone in the round. Macdonnell tries to close the distance and clinch up but filipovic swats him away and circles back towards the center. Macdonnell tries to close the distance and clinch up but filipovic swats him away and circles back towards the center. Macdonnell fails in his attempt to clinch. filipovic scoring well with a low kick there.
filipovic takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
filipovic swats away the attempt to clinch by Macdonnell. Macdonnell doesn't manage to clinch there - filipovic circles away.
Macdonnell throws a leg kick which misses filipovic's front leg but catches the back leg as filipovic tries to avoid it. Macdonnell throws a head kick but filipovic moves out of range.
filipovic looks to land a left hand but Macdonnell moved out of range nicely. Macdonnell fails with an attempt to clinch.
That's two minutes gone in the round. Macdonnell feints and then cracks filipovic's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow filipovic down. Macdonnell throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean. Macdonnell tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but filipovic paws at him with a jab and circles away. Macdonnell throws a nice outside leg kick. filipovic throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Macdonnell. Macdonnell looks to land a body kick but filipovic moved away. Good leg kick by Macdonnell there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Macdonnell is looking to clinch. filipovic takes a kick to the side of the head. Macdonnell wants to clinch up but filipovic keeps it at a distance. Macdonnell is looking to clinch but filipovic is avoiding it.
That's three minutes gone in the round. A leg kick checked by Macdonnell. filipovic keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Macdonnell. filipovic throws a chopping leg kick but Macdonnell manages to avoid taking any serious damage. Macdonnell connects with a solid leg kick. Macdonnell looks for the body kick but filipovic saw that one coming. filipovic ducks under a wild hook from Macdonnell. filipovic takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh. Macdonnell pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Macdonnell moves in looking to clinch but filipovic pushes him off. filipovic circles away from the clinch attempt.
filipovic is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight. Macdonnell throws a sloppy head kick and filipovic moves out of range easily.
That's four minutes gone in the round. Macdonnell throws a sloppy head kick and filipovic moves out of range easily. Macdonnell doesn't manage to clinch there - filipovic circles away.
Davis Macdonnell seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout. filipovic avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
A jab from Macdonnell misses. Macdonnell tries to close the distance and clinch but filipovic swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away. Macdonnell tries to clinch but filipovic moves out of range. filipovic moves out of range of the body kick. Macdonnell thows a leg kick but filipovic checks it and Macdonnell takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles. A low kick from Macdonnell misses and filipovic counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body. The fighters circling - filipovic throws out the jab but it was never going to land. Macdonnell tries to clinch up but filipovic circles away and keeps his distance. And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close round but Davis Macdonnell will probably get the nod. 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.
No joy there for Macdonnell, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
filipovic checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time. Both fighters circling a little - Macdonnell finishes the exchange with a kick to the body. Mirko filipovic is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things. Macdonnell tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but filipovic paws at him with a jab and circles away. filipovic buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Macdonnell tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion. Macdonnell throws a sloppy head kick and filipovic counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena. Macdonnell scores with a kick to the midsection. Macdonnell closes the distance looking to clinch and filipovic counters with a thumping low kick. Macdonnell is breathing heavily.
That's one minute gone in the round. Macdonnell misses with a kick to the body and filipovic counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head. filipovic circles away from the clinch attempt and filipovic counters with a series of strikes. Macdonnell will be more careful next time no doubt. Macdonnell tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion. Macdonnell cracks the inside of filipovic's front leg. Macdonnell wants to clinch but filipovic slips to the side and filipovic counters with a good low kick that Macdonnell was not able to check. filipovic lands a left and a right that send Macdonnell crashing to the mat, dazed. filipovic thinks about following him to the mat but decides to wave him back up to his feet!
Macdonnell is rocked!
It looks like Davis Macdonnell has been cut. Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd. Macdonnell circles to his right, straight into a beautiful hook by filipovic. Macdonnell falls face first into the canvas - great knockout victory for filipovic!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:52 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Mirko filipovic!
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energy
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hype
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pop
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mgr
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RATING
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