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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Don Draper (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Marko Lecic (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). This should be fireworks!
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225 lbs
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215 lbs
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BJJ Purple Belt
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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
9 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Don Draper!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
5 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Marko Lecic!
The judges for this bout are Ben Zyskovitsi, Arvi Lind and Roosa Järviläinen.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
A swing and a miss from Lecic.
The fight stays on the outside here - Draper looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Good exchange - Lecic coming out on top.
Draper misses with a straight right.
Lecic throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Lecic tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Draper was well out of range. Poor timing from Lecic.
Draper connects with a nice looking jab.
Lecic misses with an uppercut.
Lecic ducks under a wild hook from Draper.
Lecic misses with an uppercut.
Lecic uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Draper.
No joy there for Lecic, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Draper misses with a wild body shot.
Lecic thuds a left hand into Draper's body.
Draper fails in his attempt to clinch.
Draper misses with a jab, cross combination.
Draper wants to clinch.
Lecic keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Lecic throws out a loose jab but Draper uses good head movement to avoid it.
Draper throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Lecic throws a hook but Draper avoids it easily.
Lecic misses with a jab to the body
and Draper counters into the clinch. Nicely done.
Draper lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Lecic prevents a body shot from Draper.
Lecic scores with a shoulder strike.
Draper doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Draper cracks Lecic with a nice body shot.
Draper wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Lecic doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Draper.
Draper is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Lecic doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Draper presses Lecic against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
A head punch on the inside from Lecic fails to land.
Draper tries to circle away but Lecic has him pinned against the cage.
Draper pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Lecic throws a big shot that misses.
Lecic throws a body punch but Draper moves out of range.
Marko Lecic seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Draper throws a right and a left that both miss.
Draper misses with a looping left.
Lecic throws a hook but Draper avoids it easily.
Draper takes one on the button.
Lecic throws a lazy right hand but Draper sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Lecic waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Draper.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Lecic misses with a body shot
and Draper counters with a nice body shot.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Draper avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Lecic fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Lecic looks gassed!
Draper just misses with a punch to the body.
Draper lands with a hook. Lecic tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
A telegraphed takedown attempt from Lecic is defended easily by Draper.
Lecic throws a left and a right that both miss
and Draper counters with a stiff right hand.
Draper fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Lecic, pushing him back against the cage.
Draper presses Lecic against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Draper is trying to break the clinch but Lecic has him pressed against the cage.
Lecic has a couple of punches blocked by Draper.
Draper is trying to break the clinch but Lecic has him pressed against the cage.
Draper escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Lecic tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Draper was well out of range. Poor timing from Lecic.
Draper throws a nice looking combination but Lecic bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Lecic throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Lecic on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
Draper fails in his attempt to clinch.
Draper misses with an uppercut.
Lecic loads up on a big right hand but Draper slips the punch.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Draper misses with a double jab.
Lecic misses with a straight left.
Draper gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Draper connects with a body shot.
Lecic blocks a jab.
Draper throws a hook to the side of Lecic's head but Lecic sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Lecic lands a jab to the head.
Lecic throws an overhand right that lands on Draper's shoulder, as Draper tries to avoid the shot.
A swing and a miss from Lecic.
Draper lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
Lecic throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around Draper's waist but Draper gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing Lecic off to one side.
Lecic lands the left hand.
Lecic ducks under a wild hook from Draper.
No joy there for Lecic, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Lecic comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Draper connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
A jab lands there for Lecic.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Lecic throws an overhand right that lands on Draper's shoulder, as Draper tries to avoid the shot.
Lecic avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
A jab from Lecic does it's job there.
Lecic shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Oh and he's advanced to full mount straight away.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Draper blocking the ground and pound.
Lecic thuds his fist into the canvas! Oooouch!
Lecic thuds his fist into the canvas! Oooouch!
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Draper wants to control but Lecic is having none of it.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close round but Marko Lecic will probably get the nod.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!
Draper throws a predictable looking body shot
and Lecic cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Draper throws a hook but Lecic blocks it.
Lecic swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Draper.
A jab from Draper misses.
A slow jab from Lecic misses its intended target.
Lecic misses with a hook.
Draper gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Draper slips under a jab.
Draper tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Draper moves away from the strike by Lecic.
Draper ducks under a wild hook from Lecic.
Lecic throws the left hand but Draper avoids the punch easily.
Lecic scores with a nice strike.
Draper fails with an attempt to clinch.
Draper takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Draper staying out of range there.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Draper moves away from the strike by Lecic.
Draper misses with a hook.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Lecic doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Lecic misses with an uppercut. Draper saw that one coming.
Lecic looks to land a left hand but Draper moved out of range nicely.
Draper misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Lecic.
Lecic lands a right hook to the body.
Lecic scores with a kick to the midsection.
Draper slips under a jab from Lecic.
A slow jab from Lecic misses its intended target.
Lecic lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
Draper jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Lecic throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Lecic lands with a nice combination. Draper backs away looking to recover.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Draper stuffs the takedown.
A combination from Lecic does no damage.
Draper misses the jab.
Marko Lecic seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Lecic punishes Draper's body with a nice straight punch.
Lecic dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Lecic, as that shot connected.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Lecic throws a combination that misses
and Draper counters with a right hand to the body.
Draper throws a predictable looking body shot
and Lecic counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Lecic scores with a three punch combo!
Draper fails in his attempt to clinch.
Lecic jabs away that one connects to the head of his opponent.
Don Draper is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Lecic scores with a sloppy right hand. Draper should have avoided that one.
Lecic throws out a loose jab but Draper uses good head movement to avoid it.
Draper keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Lecic.
Draper swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Draper moves out of range of the strikes.
Lecic misses with a two punch combination.
Draper lands a lovely overhand right.
Draper throws an overhand right that lands on Lecic's shoulder, as Lecic tries to avoid the shot.
Draper fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Lecic manages to avoid it.
Draper tries to clinch but Lecic moves out of range.
Nice shot by Lecic.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Lecic catches Draper with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
Draper is looking to clinch but Lecic is avoiding it.
Draper ducks under a wild hook from Lecic.
No joy there for Lecic, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Draper uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Lecic.
Draper slips under a jab from Lecic.
Draper scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Draper dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Draper ducks under a wild hook from Lecic.
Draper steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Lecic.
Draper lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Draper tries to clinch but Lecic is having none of it.
Draper avoids a punch combination nicely.
Draper rushes Lecic and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Lecic working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Lecic's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Lecic misses with a hook. Draper ducked under it nicely.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Draper on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
Draper uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Lecic.
A punch combination from Lecic misses.
Lecic throws a looping overhand right but Draper ducks down to avoid it.
Lecic takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
Draper scores with a jab to the body.
Lecic misses with an uppercut.
Lecic looks to throw the jab but Draper is out of range.
Good exchange - Draper coming out on top.
Lecic lands a jab, followed by a cross and another cross, as Draper backs up against the cage.
A punch combination from Draper misses.
Lecic might want to mix his strikes up a bit more. He's just going for head shots at the moment and that can become a bit predictable.
Lecic looks frustrated there after his takedown attempt is stuffed easily.
Draper jabs away that one connects to the head of his opponent.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Draper moves into the clinch.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Draper.
Draper lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Lecic lands a left hand.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Marko Lecic showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
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. This is the final round!
Lecic is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
Lecic misses with a looping right.
Lecic will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
Draper keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Lecic.
Draper gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Draper misses with the head strike.
Draper is trying to force a seperation but Lecic has the dominant position.
Draper is looking to break free of the clinch but Lecic has double underhooks.
Nice body punch from Draper.
Lecic lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Lecic scores with a shot to the side of Draper's head.
Lecic lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Lecic wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Draper is leaning against Lecic and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Draper lands a left hand that snaps the head of Lecic backwards.
Draper scores with a shot to the side of Lecic's head.
Draper lands a nice uppercut.
Draper scores with a hook to the body.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Draper lands a body punch in the clinch.
Draper breaks the clinch.
Draper lands a head shot.
Lecic tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Draper was well out of range. Poor timing from Lecic.
Draper changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Donk. Draper catches Lecic right on the button with a cross.
Lecic misses with a two punch combination.
Lecic takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Draper connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
Draper connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
A telegraphed right hand from Lecic misses the target.
Draper lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Lecic throws a hook to the side of Draper's head but Draper sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Lecic throws a hook but Draper blocks it.
A combination from Draper does no damage.
Lecic throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Draper looks to land a right hand but Lecic moved out of range.
Lecic throws a shot from downtown. Draper moves away and avoids it.
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Draper, as that shot connected.
Draper looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
Draper thuds his right hand into Lecic's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.
Draper lands a nice hook to Lecic's body. Lecic takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
A big left from Draper misses.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Lecic throws a right hand that Draper ducks under and follows up with a left that Draper also avoids with ease.
Draper lands with a right hand.
Draper moves in looking to clinch but Lecic pushes him off.
Lecic throws a hook but Draper avoids it easily.
Draper bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Lecic keeps the fight on the outside.
Draper throws a shot to the body.
Lecic misses with a wild body shot.
Draper misses with a hook. Lecic ducked under it nicely.
Draper scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Lecic doesn't seem bothered though.
Lecic lands a nice shot to the body.
Lecic scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Draper cracks Lecic with a right hand to the side of the head.
Draper tries to clinch but Lecic moves away
and Lecic makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Draper cracks a nice hook into Lecic's ribs.
Draper forces Lecic back against the cage and clinches.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Lecic creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Lecic breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Draper misses with a hook. Lecic ducked under it nicely.
Lecic lands an overhand right.
Draper has managed to clinch.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Lecic.
Lecic lands with a short shot to the head.
A nice right hand lands inside from Lecic.
A short uppercut from Draper.
Lecic scores with a hook to the body.
Draper fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Don Draper has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Draper breaks from the clinch.
Draper throws out a loose jab but Lecic uses good head movement to avoid it.
Lecic moves out of range as Draper strikes.
A big right from Lecic misses.
Lecic lets the fists fly and connects with a left straight followed by a right hook.
Draper ducks under a wild hook from Lecic.
Draper ducks under a wild hook from Lecic.
Draper clinches.
Lecic gets through Draper's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Lecic lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Draper effectively controlling the action here.
Lecic scores with a hook to the body.
A right hand to the body from Lecic.
A short right from Lecic on the inside.
Lecic lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
A short right from Lecic on the inside.
Lecic lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Draper or not.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Draper.
Lecic cracks Draper with a nice body shot.
Draper misses with a punch on the inside.
Lecic lands with a right to the head.
Lecic makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Marko Lecic is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Lecic lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Lecic escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Lecic smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
A jab from Lecic does it's job there.
Lecic throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Draper looks to land a right hand but Lecic moved out of range.
Draper has his head slapped from side to side by a 3 punch combination. That must have hurt him.
Draper steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Lecic.
Draper takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
And that's the end of the fight!
Don Draper showed his dominance in that final round.
I think Lecic has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. 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 Ben Zyskovitsi scores the fight 28:29
Judge Arvi Lind scores the fight 28:29
Judge Roosa Järviläinen scores the fight 29:28
In favor of your winner, by split decision... Marko Lecic!
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