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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Gordan Vukovic (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Marcus La Frontera (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Fingers crossed for an exciting fight - I'm sure both fighters are looking for a nice under the table bonus!
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BJJ White Belt
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Gordan Vukovic!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Marcus La Frontera!
The judges for this bout are Frank Dennis, Wesley Smith and George Francis.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
La Frontera has a takedown stuffed.
La Frontera fakes an overhand right and shoots for a takedown. Vukovic sprawls well initially but La Frontera persists and gets the takedown into half guard.
Vukovic trying to control but La Frontera postures up.
La Frontera working Vukovic over with strikes.
Vukovic works his way to full guard. Good work.
Vukovic pulls La Frontera in close to prevent any damage.
Vukovic had isolated an arm as going for a kimura. La Frontera defends it easily.
Vukovic seems keen to control La Frontera's posture.
La Frontera stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Vukovic swivels though and keeps the full guard.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Vukovic looking to sweep using the butterfly guard but La Frontera puts pay to that idea as he passes nicely into half guard.
Vukovic could do with loosing a few pounds - he looks very soft around the mid section, to put it politely.
Vukovic wants to get back to full guard.
Vukovic is working hard here to advance position.
Vukovic is pressing down on La Frontera's left leg trying to get back to full guard. He's managed it.
Vukovic controlling La Frontera's posture.
Vukovic's ground tactics aren't going to win him many fans. Let's hope he's got fireworks for us if he gets back to his feet because he's not doing much on the ground.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
My god... these two guys really need to pick up the pace or everyone will leave to go get a beer.
La Frontera is intent on slowing down the pace of the fight, simply looking to control.
La Frontera wants to stand but Vukovic is controlling his posture from full guard.
Vukovic is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
Vukovic is doing well to control the posture of his opponent and prevent any damage.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
La Frontera works a leg free and moves into half guard.
Vukovic is refusing to be controlled, as La Frontera sits in half guard.
La Frontera stands, ready to strike. The ref makes him back up and allows Vukovic to get to his feet.
Vukovic scores with a kick to the body.
La Frontera looks gassed!
La Frontera takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Vukovic throws a series of punches but La Frontera avoids them all with ease.
Vukovic scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Jab, jab by Vukovic - just one landing.
It looks like Marcus La Frontera has been cut.
Vukovic connects with a high kick.
Vukovic throws a front kick that sends La Frontera stumbling back into the cage.
Vukovic lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Vukovic pushes La Frontera away with a front kick.
Vukovic scores with a push kick.
Vukovic throws a front kick that sends La Frontera stumbling back into the cage.
Vukovic throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Vukovic lands a head kick!
Vukovic misses with a double jab.
Vukovic lands with a nice body kick.
Vukovic goes for a high kick. It partially lands.
La Frontera takes a kick to the side of the head.
Vukovic fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt La Frontera.
Vukovic fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Gordan Vukovic is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Vukovic feints and then cracks La Frontera's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow La Frontera down.
Vukovic misses with a head kick.
Vukovic closes the distance and lands a one-two.
La Frontera moves into the clinch successfully.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Gordan Vukovic dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Marcus La Frontera's cut.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.
La Frontera misses with a takedown attempt - Vukovic sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
Gordan Vukovic is winning the standup battle so far.
Vukovic chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Gordan Vukovic is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Vukovic lands a high kick!
Vukovic throws a sloppy head kick and La Frontera moves out of range easily.
Vukovic tries to land a front kick but La Frontera steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
A head kick from Vukovic lands but La Frontera takes it in his stride.
La Frontera blocks a head kick by Vukovic.
Vukovic scores with a leg kick.
Vukovic with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Vukovic fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt La Frontera.
Vukovic connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Vukovic throws a head kick that connects with a bit of head and a bit of hand.
La Frontera tries to close the distance and clinch but Vukovic swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
La Frontera tries to check the leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Vukovic throws a feint and then finishes with a kick to the body.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Vukovic lands a head shot.
Vukovic throws a head kick that connects with a bit of head and a bit of hand.
Vukovic tries a head kick but it misses.
Vukovic throws a wild body kick that La Frontera sees coming a mile off.
La Frontera fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
Vukovic scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Horrible takedown by La Frontera or perhaps it was just good defense by Vukovic which made him look bad.
Gordan Vukovic has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Marcus La Frontera.
Vukovic scoring well with a low kick there.
Vukovic stalks La Frontera and leaps in with a furious combination of punches. Uppercuts and crosses smash into La Frontera's face. La Frontera staggers backwards, shaken.
La Frontera takes a kick to the side of the head.
Vukovic thumps La Frontera with a low kick.
La Frontera stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Vukovic.
La Frontera scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Vukovic moves out of range of the body kick from La Frontera.
La Frontera's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Vukovic throws a feint and then finishes with a kick to the body.
Vukovic scoring well with a low kick there.
Good leg kick by Vukovic there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Vukovic lands a high kick!
Vukovic tries to land a body kick
and La Frontera counters with a nice single leg takedown and he's in Vukovic's guard now.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
La Frontera pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Vukovic is keeping the position for now.
Vukovic looking for a guillotine here but La Frontera defends easily.
Vukovic is working actively off his back, looking to secure an arm or perhaps work for a triangle.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Vukovic had isolated an arm as going for a kimura. La Frontera defends it easily.
La Frontera pushing down on Vukovic's thigh, trying to pass to half guard. He's managed it... Nice work.
La Frontera seems very keen to just sit and control from half guard but Vukovic does not like that idea so much and is remaining active off his back.
Vukovic is pressing down on La Frontera's left leg trying to get back to full guard. He's managed it.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Well. There's a bit of a lull in the action here and the crowd are starting to get restless.
La Frontera wants to stand and escape but instead Vukovic has hit a sweep and he's now on top in guard.
La Frontera looking for a sweep. Not yet La Frontera, not yet.
Vukovic has to be careful here, sitting in the guard of a superior BJJ player.
Vukovic keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of La Frontera's head.
Vukovic wants to get up but he can't break La Frontera's closed guard. He needs to be careful trying to break the legs open, as he's open to submissions here.
Vukovic throws a big right hand that misses.
Vukovic missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
La Frontera is trying to keep Vukovic in close.
La Frontera is in a good position here but he's just trying to control... And he's not even managing to do that successfully.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Well, the referee has seen enough. Neither fighter is active enough on the ground so he's stood them back up.
Vukovic lands with a kick to the ribs.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Gordan Vukovic dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Marcus La Frontera's cut.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin! This is the final round!
A head kick by Vukovic misses
and La Frontera counters with a nice double leg into guard.
Vukovic knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for La Frontera on the ground.
La Frontera postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Vukovic utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Vukovic is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.
Vukovic trying to control from half guard but La Frontera is working away.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
La Frontera moves his hips nicely and gets into full guard.
La Frontera keeping full guard, as Vukovic tries to pass.
La Frontera working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Vukovic.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Vukovic is frustrating his opponent with some stalling tactics from top position.
Vukovic thows a big elbow that misses.
La Frontera tries to land a sweep but no joy.
La Frontera keeping moving, preventing Vukovic from controlling successfully.
Vukovic scores with a decent looking elbow strike.
Neither fighter is doing enough for the referee's liking and he's decided to stand them back up.
A kick lands to the mid section there for Vukovic.
Vukovic throws a sloppy head kick and La Frontera moves out of range easily.
La Frontera takes a head kick and shrugs it off.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Vukovic cracks the inside of La Frontera's front leg.
A solid leg kick lands there for Vukovic.
La Frontera throws a wild body kick that Vukovic sees coming a mile off.
Vukovic throws a nice head kick!
Vukovic lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Vukovic circles away from the clinch attempt.
Vukovic misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Vukovic scores with a nice body kick.
La Frontera shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has Vukovic pinned against the cage. Vukovic gets the underhooks and manages to circle away.
La Frontera throws a lazy head kick
and Vukovic counters with an outside leg kick.
Vukovic keeps the fight on the outside.
Vukovic throws a head kick but La Frontera moves out of range.
Vukovic throws a head kick that misses
and La Frontera counters with a head kick.
Vukovic throws a body kick the misses
and La Frontera counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Gordan Vukovic seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Vukovic throws a body kick, spinning off balance
and La Frontera counters with a right hand to the body.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
La Frontera blocks a head kick by Vukovic.
La Frontera has managed to clinch.
Vukovic breaks from the clinch.
Vukovic connects with a high kick.
La Frontera tries for a takedown but Vukovic circles away easily
and Vukovic counters with a nice body kick.
La Frontera will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
Gordan Vukovic has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Marcus La Frontera.
La Frontera takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
La Frontera uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Vukovic.
Vukovic connects with a high kick.
Vukovic looks for the body kick but La Frontera saw that one coming.
Vukovic throws a right high kick that is partially blocked by La Frontera.
A low kick from Vukovic is predictable there
and Vukovic takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
That's a knee to de groin and it's over and out! La Frontera crumples to the ground after an illegal strike from Vukovic - the referee stops the clock and La Frontera gets 5 minutes to recover from that one. "I'm sorry" says Vukovic. La Frontera manages to get back to his feet and the fight resumes.
Vukovic throws a nice outside leg kick.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Vukovic throws a head kick that misses
and La Frontera counters with a three punch combo that has Vukovic backing up. Vukovic nods at La Frontera to acknowledge the strikes.
A kick lands to the mid section there for Vukovic.
La Frontera closes the distance and gets a double leg, slamming Vukovic to the mat! Vukovic manages to get full guard.
La Frontera stopping the sweep attempt from Vukovic.
La Frontera gets to his feet. Vukovic looking to butt scoot but the ref puts an end to that. On your feet son!
Gordan Vukovic is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Vukovic turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
La Frontera takes a head kick and shrugs it off.
Vukovic lands a nice leg kick that just misses La Frontera's sensitive parts.
Vukovic plants his feet and lands a nice head kick!
Marcus La Frontera has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Vukovic looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
La Frontera takes a head kick and keeps coming.
And that's the end of the fight!
I would just about give that final round to Marcus La Frontera.
I think Vukovic has won this one but let's see what the judges have to say. 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 Frank Dennis scores the fight 29:28
Judge Wesley Smith scores the fight 29:28
Judge George Francis scores the fight 30:28
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Gordan Vukovic!
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energy
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hype
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pop
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