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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Peter Venkman (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Marko Kraljevic II (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Marko Kraljevic II is the more experienced fighter, so let's see if that makes a difference tonight.
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190 lbs
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BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
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BJJ Purple Belt
Counter striker
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Peter Venkman!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
0 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Marko Kraljevic II!
The judges for this bout are John Mangel, Eliza Hachem and Bruno Hogan.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Venkman clinches with his opponent.
Kraljevic II tries to pull guard but can't drag his opponent to the mat. Venkman just stands there and leans against the cage.
Kraljevic II tries to jump guard but he falls flat on his backside. Venkman smiles and moves away.
Kraljevic II dodges the punch combination from Venkman.
Kraljevic II doesn't manage to clinch there - Venkman circles away.
Venkman shoots in and gets a takedown into half guard. Venkman showed some decent athleticism there.
Venkman decides to return to a standing position.
Venkman misses with a low kick.
Venkman changes levels and drives through with a really nice takedown into side control. Kraljevic II looks really pissed at himself for not defending that better.
Venkman looking to punish the body of his opponent here but Kraljevic II is avoiding damage well.
Kraljevic II tries to bench press Venkman off him but Venkman keeps the position.
Venkman looking for an arm triangle but it's way too loose to do anything.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Kraljevic II tries to buck Venkman off but Venkman is having none of it.
Kraljevic II looks gassed!
Venkman controlling the position from side mount.
Venkman tries for an arm triangle. That looks pretty tight to me. Is this one over!?! Possibly, maybe, no Venkman has let go of the choke. Obviously it wasn't as tight as we thought!
Venkman controls the position.
Kraljevic II is trying to work for a sweep but Venkman has mounted him!
Venkman lands with some strikes.
Venkman fakes a shot to the body and cracks his opponent in the head. Nice ground and pound there!
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Venkman throwing sloppy strikes, which aren't doing any damage.
Kraljevic II keeping his composure momentarily, calmly looking to get back to half guard.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
Venkman controlling from mount.
Venkman gets to his feet and calls his opponent to stand. Here come the fireworks!
Venkman misses the shot to the body.
Kraljevic II has his takedown stuffed
and Venkman counters with a nice single leg takedown and he's in Kraljevic II's guard now.
Peter Venkman has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Marko Kraljevic II.
Venkman is just sitting in guard, looking to avoid any submissions.
Venkman has to be careful here, sitting in the guard of a superior BJJ player.
Kraljevic II manages to land a sweep and now he's in mount on top!
Kraljevic II thuds his fist into the canvas! Oooouch!
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.
Venkman prevents any damage by holding on tight.
Kraljevic II avoids the attempt from Venkman to control.
Kraljevic II wants to get back to his feet but Venkman is holding on tight.
Venkman gets back to half guard.
Venkman is trying to stand.
Venkman moves his hips nicely and gets into full guard.
Venkman is trying to control the position but Kraljevic II postures up.
Venkman pulls Kraljevic II in close to prevent any damage.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Venkman lands a beautiful switch and he's in full mount! That could spell trouble for Kraljevic II!
Kraljevic II is squirming around, avoiding Venkman's attempts to control the action.
Venkman lands a shot to the body, followed up by a shot to the exposed head of his trapped opponent.
Venkman is working on an americana here. Ooh, that looks pretty nasty! Nope, Kraljevic II has managed to escape the submission attempt.
Venkman sitting in mount, just looking to control for the moment.
BOOM! Venkman connects with a massive shot to the dome!
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Venkman tries to control but Kraljevic II wriggling away.
Kraljevic II is writhing around trying to get back to his feet.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Peter Venkman dominated that round.
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.
Venkman rushes Kraljevic II and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
A short left from Venkman.
Venkman escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Kraljevic II throws a chopping leg kick but Venkman manages to avoid taking any serious damage.
Venkman tries to clinch there but Kraljevic II circles away.
Kraljevic II circles away from the clinch attempt.
Venkman misses with a two punch combination.
Venkman shoots in and bounces Kraljevic II off the cage to secure the takedown into guard.
Kraljevic II looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Kraljevic II has a loose triangle. He'll be looking to tighten that up but Venkman can see exactly what he's planning and manages to posture up and free himself.
Venkman decides to stand up and beckons his opponent to follow.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Venkman feints and then dives in with a takedown. That was a long way out but the feint bought him enough time to close the distance and complete the takedown. Now we'll play guard for a bit and see who can get the better of that position.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Kraljevic II is looking to sweep but instead, Venkman has passed into half guard.
Venkman is trying to control the action in half guard but Kraljevic II is working away on the bottom, looking perhaps to get back to full guard.
Kraljevic II regains full guard. Nicely done.
Kraljevic II thows some rabbit punches from the bottom but they don't do any damage.
Venkman with a flurry of punches that miss.
Venkman throwing strikes but missing.
Venkman stands and steps away. Kraljevic II gets to his feet too and we're back to the striking game.
Venkman gets a takedown into half guard.
Kraljevic II has no desire to be mounted, so is trying to control. Venkman is working away from the top position though.
Venkman seems content to maintain position for now, rather than mounting any offense.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Kraljevic II wants to improve his position but Venkman is controlling well.
Venkman is just sitting in half guard, waiting for something to happen.
Venkman not landing any meaningful shots this time.
Kraljevic II on the receiving end of some nice ground and pound.
Venkman stands up from half guard... He's had enough of that ground malarky for the time being.
Kraljevic II tries to clinch but Venkman moves out of range.
Venkman gets the takedown into side control.
Venkman happy to just control the position for now.
Venkman decides to stand up, so the ref orders Kraljevic II to his feet.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Venkman closes the distance and clinches.
Kraljevic II fails to pull the fight into his guard.
Kraljevic II wants a takedown.
Venkman breaks from the clinch.
Kraljevic II blocks a head kick by Venkman.
Venkman throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Horrible takedown by Venkman or perhaps it was just good defense by Kraljevic II which made him look bad.
Excellent takedown into side control there by Kraljevic II.
Venkman is trying to stand back up. He's worked his way up against the cage but Kraljevic II has just dragged him back down to the mat.
Venkman gets one leg under and gets the fight to half guard.
Peter Venkman overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Venkman tries to roll over but Kraljevic II keeps him under control.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Venkman wants to control but Kraljevic II is keeping busy.
Kraljevic II wants to pass the guard but Venkman is defending well.
Kraljevic II prevents Venkman from standing back up.
Venkman is controlling Kraljevic II's trapped leg to prevent Kraljevic II from advancing to side control.
Venkman is pressing down on Kraljevic II's left leg trying to get back to full guard. He's managed it.
Venkman managing to control the position.
There's a bit of a scramble here and now Venkman is on top in guard.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Kraljevic II wants to improve his position but instead Venkman has moved into half guard.
Venkman is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Peter Venkman dominated that second round.
That's time! Venkman's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight. This is the final round!
Kraljevic II throws a series of punches but Venkman moves out of range.
Venkman shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Let's see what he's got on the mat.
Kraljevic II looking for submissions off his back, moving his hips, looking for an opening.
Venkman drops back looking for a leg! Kraljevic II is in trouble here! The fighters roll with the hold and Kraljevic II manages to kick Venkman off! Venkman jumps back into Kraljevic II's guard.
Kraljevic II has a loose triangle. He'll be looking to tighten that up but Venkman can see exactly what he's planning and manages to posture up and free himself.
Kraljevic II throwing his legs up looking for a triangle.
Venkman trying to control but Kraljevic II is working from the bottom.
Venkman passes Kraljevic II's left leg - he's now in half guard.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Kraljevic II wants to get back to full guard.
Venkman tries to stand but his arm is trapped.
Kraljevic II manages to get to full guard.
Venkman cracks Kraljevic II with a solid left hand.
Venkman advances to half guard.
Venkman trying to pass the guard but Kraljevic II defending well.
Venkman seems content to maintain position for now, rather than mounting any offense.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Kraljevic II wants to control but Venkman is keeping busy.
Venkman performing his best blanket impression for a moment.
Venkman trying to control the action but Kraljevic II is working from the bottom.
Venkman not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
Venkman wants to work for an arm triangle but Kraljevic II is really keeping half guard well and defending the submission attempt.
Kraljevic II keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Venkman wants to pass to mount but Kraljevic II is defending the position.
The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Venkman throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Kraljevic II fails with the takedown
and Venkman counters with a shoot takedown into half guard.
Kraljevic II works his way to full guard. Good work.
Venkman decides to stand up and beckons his opponent to follow.
Venkman is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Kraljevic II can do to turn this around?
Venkman closes the distance and gets a double leg, slamming Kraljevic II to the mat! Kraljevic II manages to get full guard.
Venkman controls from within his opponent's guard.
Venkman is looking to work some ground and pound but Kraljevic II has wrist control.
Venkman stands up over Kraljevic II, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head.
Venkman looking to pass the guard.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Venkman gets to his feet and steps away from his opponent.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for leaving it all in the cage!
Venkman fakes an overhand right and shoots for a takedown. Kraljevic II sprawls well initially but Venkman persists and gets the takedown into half guard.
Kraljevic II gets back to full guard.
Venkman stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Kraljevic II swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Venkman trying to control but Kraljevic II is working from the bottom.
Venkman sitting in guard here, content to control.
Venkman looking to pass the guard.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Kraljevic II can't do much from the bottom at the moment, as Venkman controls the pace.
Venkman stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Kraljevic II swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Marko Kraljevic II has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Venkman is working hard here to advance position.
And that's the end of the fight!
Peter Venkman showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Venkman 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 John Mangel scores the fight 30:27
Judge Eliza Hachem scores the fight 30:27
Judge Bruno Hogan scores the fight 30:27
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Peter Venkman!
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