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Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Don Sellic (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Taylor Raijkovic (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.
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170 cm
25
150 lbs
1 - 1 - 0 |
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170 cm
22
146 lbs
4 - 2 - 0 |
Powerful takedowns
Solid boxing
Cardio machine |
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BJJ Purple Belt
Decent boxing
Solid chin |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division. Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner. With a record of
1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Don Sellic! And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner. With a record of
4 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Taylor Raijkovic! The judges for this bout are , and .
The bell rings for round one and we are underway! Raijkovic ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Sellic moves away. A left lands for Raijkovic. Sellic throws a big shot that misses. Sellic throws a hook but Raijkovic avoids it easily. Raijkovic throws a hook but Sellic blocks it. Sellic digs a good hook to Raijkovic's body.
A jab from Sellic misses. Sellic just misses with a punch to the body.
Sellic stuns Raijkovic with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range. Sellic throws a series of punches but Raijkovic moves out of range. Raijkovic uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Sellic. Good shot there by Raijkovic. Raijkovic moves out of range of the leg kick from Sellic. Sellic slips a straight right by Raijkovic.
That's one minute gone in the round. Sellic cracks Raijkovic with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage. Nice takedown defense from Raijkovic. No joy for Sellic on that attempt. Sellic tries to land a leg kick but Raijkovic saw it coming and moves away.
Raijkovic misses the body punch and Sellic counters with a single leg into guard. Raijkovic didn't expect that. Sellic throwing strikes from guard but Raijkovic blocks nicely. Sellic lands a couple of decent looking shots. Raijkovic had isolated an arm as going for a kimura. Sellic defends it easily. Sellic with a flurry of punches that miss. Raijkovic is throwing his legs up, looking for submissions. Sellic is aware though and is defending well.
That's two minutes gone in the round. Sellic throwing strikes from guard but Raijkovic blocks nicely. Sellic with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal. This has been an exciting period of action! Sellic with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal. Sellic working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage. Sellic scores with a decent looking elbow strike. Raijkovic preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage. Raijkovic is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent. Sellic scores with a decent looking elbow strike. Sellic postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect. Raijkovic escapes his hips to the side and looks to be working for an armbar. Sellic gives him a little smile and shakes his head. No chance.
That's three minutes gone in the round. Sellic chips away with some ground and pound. Sellic throwing strikes from guard but Raijkovic blocks nicely. Raijkovic working a defensive guard here.
Sellic with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal. Raijkovic is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive. Sellic postures up as if he's going to throw some strikes but drops back for an ankle! Raijkovic is in big trouble! He looks ready to tap! But no, he's escaped and dives on top of Sellic, into his guard. Sellic manages to land a sweep and now he's in mount on top!
That's four minutes gone in the round. Raijkovic in a bad spot here, taking shots to the head. Sellic with a couple of short strikes. Sellic has his opponent pinned against the cage, landing some nasty ground and pound that is really making a bit of a mess out of Raijkovic's face.
The referee warns Raijkovic that he has to improve his position here as he takes two more clean shots to the head.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd. The crowd growing excited in anticipation of a finish here! Right on cue, Sellic cracks his opponent with a massive right hand that draws loud cheers!
Raijkovic is rocked! As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action. Sellic looking to finish here with some ground and pound. He lands one big shot that has Raijkovic covering up... and two more big strikes land, forcing the referee to step in and put and end to proceedings! This fight is all over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:56 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Don Sellic!
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energy
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hype
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pop
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mgr
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