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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Drazen Petrovic (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Big Young (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Petrovic comes to the cage accompanied by hate me now. Drazen Petrovic has a significant reach advantage - let's see if he can make it count.
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251 lbs
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BJJ Blue 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 Helsinki, Drazen Petrovic!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Big Young!
The judges for this bout are Marco Blurström, Johanna Lukiainen and Matti Vanhoillinen.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Petrovic tries to clinch but Young moves out of range.
Young closes the distance, clinches up and gets a nice trip takedown into side control. Very smooth.
You can see the frustration on Petrovic's face, being in this tough position on the bottom.
Young trying to control the position but Petrovic is working away.
Petrovic is sneaking out the side here. He's bucked Young off and has taken his back!
Petrovic will need to keep those long limbs tucked in whilst he's on the ground, to prevent any submissions.
Young tries to roll but Petrovic sticks to his back.
Petrovic avoiding Young 's attempts to control his hands.
Good control from Petrovic.
Young has the hand control, trying to stop the rear naked choke.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Petrovic lands with a couple of good shots - one to the side of the head and one questionable shot that could be viewed as to the back of the head but the referee lets it go.
Petrovic gets his hands free as Young looks to control.
Petrovic is riding his opponent, not letting Young buck him off.
Petrovic trying to control momentarily.
Petrovic doesn't have the hooks in and Young manages to turn into his guard.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
There's not a lot going on here and the crowd are letting the fighters know they're not willing to tolerate a lack of action.
Petrovic wants to get back to his feet but Young passes into half guard.
Young passes the half guard and he's now in mount! Big trouble for Petrovic!
BOOM! Young connects with a massive shot to the dome!
Young goes for an armbar but Petrovic turns quickly into his guard - lovely anticipation from Petrovic.
Young looks gassed!
Petrovic is just sitting in guard, looking to avoid any submissions.
Petrovic trying to control the position from guard on top but Young is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Petrovic seems content to control from guard here. He's going to have to remain active though if he doesn't want to get stood back up.
Petrovic trying to control but Young is working from the bottom.
The referee decides to stand the fighters back up, due to lack of activity on the part of Drazen Petrovic.
Petrovic shoots in and scores a nice double leg takedown into half guard.
Petrovic prevents Young from improving his position.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Petrovic is trying to control. Young wants to improve his position but can't escape this time.
Petrovic tries to pass the half guard into mount. Young knows what he's doing though and prevents the attempt.
Young makes his way to full guard. A much better position for Young.
Petrovic has to be careful here, sitting in the guard of a superior BJJ player.
Petrovic wants to pass the guard but Young is keeping the position.
Petrovic preventing the sweep.
Petrovic looking to sit in guard and control but Young gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close round but I would say that Drazen Petrovic will probably get the nod.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.
Some wild striking there from Petrovic.
Petrovic shoots in but doesn't get the takedown
and Young counters with a single leg into guard. Petrovic didn't expect that.
Young looking to control the position here, rather than advance.
Petrovic keeping moving, preventing Young from controlling successfully.
A real slowdown in the pace of the fight for a moment, as Petrovic holds on and takes a little breather.
Young sneaks a leg through and gets to half guard. That was like a knife through butter how easily he passed Petrovic's guard.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Young takes a deep breath and rests his weight momentarily on top of his opponent, to control the position.
Petrovic looking for submissions off his back.
Young not landing any meaningful shots this time.
Young is working for a kimura but Petrovic is defending it quite comfortably.
Petrovic wants to get back to his feet.
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.
Petrovic is refusing to be controlled, as Young sits in half guard.
Young keeping composed on the top, looking to control the action.
Petrovic is looking to escape.
Young controlling the action here.
Petrovic is trying to stand.
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.
Petrovic wants to control but Young is keeping busy and won't allow it.
Young controlling the action here.
Petrovic won't allow Young to pass to mount.
Young slows the pace down in half guard.
The ref stands the fighters back up, due to lack of action by Big Young.
Petrovic tries to close the distance and clinch up but Young swats him away and circles back towards the center.
That's four 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.
Petrovic gets a takedown into half guard.
Young landing rabbit punches to the side of Petrovic's head. Not doing much damage but still scoring a few points.
Young makes his way to full guard. A much better position for Young.
Young looking for a sweep. Not yet Young, not yet.
Petrovic trying to control but Young is working from the bottom.
Petrovic loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Big Young showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action! This is the final round!
A head kick misses from Petrovic.
Young tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Young keeps the fight on the outside.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Young.
Petrovic feints and as Young raises his hands in defense, Petrovic changes levels and drives through with a takedown into guard.
Petrovic drops back looking for a heel hook - he quickly realises he's not going to get it but Young manages to dive on top of him before he can escape and now Petrovic has Young in his guard.
Young slows down the pace of the fight, as he sits in guard.
Young advances position into side control!
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
That's one minute gone in the round.
You can see the frustration on Petrovic's face as Young controls the position.
Petrovic is trying to get back to half guard.
Young wants to control but Petrovic is keeping him busy.
Petrovic is trying to get back to half guard.
That's two 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.
Petrovic gets back to half guard.
Young performing his best blanket impression for a moment.
Young moves into full mount! Petrovic won't be happy about that!
A nice elbow there by Young.
Petrovic knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Young on the ground.
Young landing shots from mount.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Petrovic keeping his composure momentarily, calmly looking to get back to half guard.
Young controlling the position easily from mount.
Petrovic manages to regain half guard. Good work.
Young seems to be working for a kimura but Petrovic defends the submission attempt.
Petrovic manages to get to full guard.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Young is intent on slowing down the pace of the fight, simply looking to control.
Petrovic is trying to control the position from the bottom.
Young not doing a lot at the moment. He'll have to show some more aggression or the fight will get stood up.
Petrovic utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
And that's the end of the fight!
I would just about give that final round to Big Young.
Well Young has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. 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 Marco Blurström scores the fight 28:29
Judge Johanna Lukiainen scores the fight 28:29
Judge Matti Vanhoillinen scores the fight 29:28
In favor of your winner, by split decision... Big Young!
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RATING
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