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Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Davor Velcic (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Rye King (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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168 cm
19
154 lbs
0 - 0 - 0 |
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173 cm
25
150 lbs
6 - 4 - 0 |
Decent wrestler
Excellent boxer
Big right hand |
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Good takedowns
Basic striking
Determined |
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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
0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Davor Velcic! And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner. With a record of
6 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Rye King! The judges for this bout are Radbod Blank, Aafke Stam and Paul Aken.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway! Nice takedown defense from Velcic. No joy for King on that attempt. A punch combination from Velcic misses. King shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has Velcic pinned against the cage. Velcic gets the underhooks and manages to circle away. Rye King seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout. Velcic throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Velcic fakes high and swings low for a body shot but King manages to avoid it. Velcic drops King with a beautiful combination! King stares up at his opponent, who ushers him back to his feet - Velcic is looking for the KO!
King is rocked!
It looks like Rye King has been cut. King has a takedown stuffed. Davor Velcic has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Rye King. King looks frustrated there after his takedown attempt is stuffed easily. Velcic will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
King shoots in but no luck this time. King fails miserably with a takedown attempt. King fails with a takedown attempt.
That's one minute gone in the round. A big left from Velcic misses. King takes a shot right to the bread basket. Davor Velcic is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs. King looks gassed! Velcic misses with an uppercut. King saw that one coming. King tries to shoot in for a takedown. He's got hold of a leg but Velcic swivels and escapes. Velcic displays good takedown defense there as he swats away a double leg from King. Velcic misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from King.
Velcic tries to bum rush King with a series of wild strikes but King uses good footwork to avoid the assault. Velcic misses with a few strikes there.
Velcic throws a hook but King avoids it easily. A looping hook to the body misses from Velcic. King does a little dance to reset his feet. No luck with that takedown attempt from King. King shoots in but no luck this time. King avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
That's two minutes gone in the round. Velcic lands with a shot to the body. Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show! Velcic lands a glancing blow to the side of King's head. King keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Velcic tries to bum rush King with a series of wild strikes but King uses good footwork to avoid the assault. Velcic stuffs the takedown attempt from King. King gets slowly back to his feet. Velcic stuffs a takedown. It's all about dictating where the fight takes place and Velcic wants it to stay on the feet. King moves out of range of the strikes. King uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Velcic.
Velcic fails to land with a series of punches.
Velcic misses with a few strikes there.
Nice sprawl there from Velcic as King shoots in. Velcic fakes high and swings low for a body shot but King manages to avoid it. Velcic catches King with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
That's three minutes gone in the round. Velcic missing with a left hand there. King was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one. King is trying hard to land a takedown here. Velcic sprawls well and keeps this one on the feet. Nice sprawl there from Velcic as King shoots in. King steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Velcic. King looks for a takedown but Velcic sprawls well. Velcic scores with a sloppy right hand. King should have avoided that one. King gets cracked there but stands up to it.
Velcic stuffs the takedown. Velcic scores with a decent looking hook. King is still on wobbly legs! Can Velcic finish him? Velcic misses with the combination.
King seems to have recovered his senses. Velcic swings for the body but King moves out of range.
Velcic throws a hook but King avoids it easily.
That's four minutes gone in the round. Velcic lands a head shot. Horrible takedown by King or perhaps it was just good defense by Velcic which made him look bad. This has been an exciting period of action! Velcic lands the left hand. Velcic wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection. A telegraphed takedown attempt from King is defended easily by Velcic. King avoids the body shot from Velcic.
Velcic swinging wildly here.
King shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Let's see what he's got on the mat. As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action. Velcic looking to sweep using the butterfly guard but King puts pay to that idea as he passes nicely into half guard. Velcic is looking for a sweep. King is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position. And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Davor Velcic dominated that round. The cut man is working on Rye King's cut. The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!
Velcic stuffs the takedown attempt from King. King gets slowly back to his feet. King fails with a takedown attempt. Velcic misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from King.
King shoots in looking for a takedown. Velcic tries to sprawl out of it but King keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. Velcic manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing. Davor Velcic has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Rye King. Velcic looks to score with a jab to the body but King is just out of range. Davor Velcic is winning the standup battle so far. We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up. Velcic goes to the watering hole and comes back with a big thumbs up from the judges as he scores a three punch combo. Velcic throws out a token jab with nothing on it. Nice sprawl there from Velcic as King shoots in. King avoids the body shot from Velcic.
King is breathing heavily.
That's one minute gone in the round. King shoots in looking for a double leg takedown. Velcic defends it nicely. King keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
King closes this distance looking for a takedown but Velcic circles away. King fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt. A telegraphed right hand from Velcic misses the target. Velcic lands with a good body shot. Velcic swings and misses with a hook to the body.
A swing and a miss from Velcic. Velcic misses the shot to the body. King looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Velcic is fending him off so far but King persists. Nope, Velcic circles away and we're back to standing. Velcic lands a left and a right that send King crashing to the mat, dazed. Velcic thinks about following him to the mat but decides to wave him back up to his feet!
That's two minutes gone in the round. This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff! Velcic darts in and lands a big hook, right on the button! King's legs crumble underneath him as he falls to the canvas! The ref tackles Velcic before he gets to land any more shots to his stricken foe.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:07 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Davor Velcic!
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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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