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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Dejan Petkovic (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Paulao Maluko (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Paulao Maluko has the power to score a knockout today if he connects clean with Dejan Petkovic's chin.
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185 cm
19
201 lbs
1 - 0 - 0 |
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183 cm
25
185 lbs
5 - 2 - 2 |
Good wrestling
Great elbows
Very strong |
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BJJ White Belt
Good kicks
Solid chin |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division. Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner. With a record of
1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Dejan Petkovic! And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner. With a record of
5 - 2 - 2, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Paulao Maluko! The judges for this bout are Emerson Jorge, Paulo Santos and Matheus Silva.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway! Maluko buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Petkovic drives through with a really nice takedown into side control. Petkovic grinds an elbow into Maluko's temple. Maluko is looking to work his way out of this bad position but Petkovic is controlling him well. Maluko taking a bit of punishment here - Petkovic scoring with strikes. Maluko is putting a lot of effort into getting back to his feet here. Petkovic landing strikes. Maluko is looking to work his way out of this bad position but Petkovic is controlling him well. Petkovic works a knee to the body and follows up with a nice elbow to the head. Both fighters really going for it on the ground here! Maluko tries to escape but Petkovic is in control. Petkovic working away diligently from side control. Landing strikes effectively there - that will score him some points on the judges scorecards.
Maluko wants to get back to his feet but Petkovic drags him back down. Maluko takes an elbow right on the bridge of the nose and winces in pain.
That's one minute gone in the round. Maluko takes a couple of big shots there - the referee warns him that he has to defend himself better. Petkovic cracks Maluko with a big elbow. Petkovic lands some shots froms side control. Petkovic controls the position from side control. Petkovic is putting a hurting on Maluko here, landing some big shots from side control. Petkovic in side control lands a nice looking series of punches and elbows. Maluko is putting a lot of effort into getting back to his feet here. Maluko looks gassed! Petkovic lands a decent elbow from side control. Petkovic is pausing for a moment. What's he doing? It looks like he's clearing his nose. Oh dude! He's shot a load of snot all down Maluko's shoulder. That is not cool. Maluko taking punishment in the form of punches.
Maluko really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Petkovic. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out. Petkovic cracks Maluko with a big elbow. Maluko takes a nasty elbow to the side of the head. Petkovic prevents Maluko from escaping the position. Petkovic grinds an elbow into Maluko's temple.
That's two minutes gone in the round. Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd. Petkovic scoring with punches from side control. Maluko takes a couple of big shots there - the referee warns him that he has to defend himself better. Petkovic working the ground and pound. Petkovic looks up at the clock and then as Maluko takes his cue and looks up at the clock too, Petkovic smacks him right in the chops with a big elbow! How rude!
Petkovic slows the pace down. Maluko pushes Petkovic away and creates a bit of space to escape. He's almost out here... but no, Petkovic gets a good hold of his legs and remains firmly in side control. Petkovic scoring with punches from side control. Maluko is pushing Petkovic's head away, looking to escape. Petkovic manages to hold on to the position though. Petkovic working the ground and pound from side control. Maluko wants to get back to his feet. Petkovic working the body and head with strikes. Maluko on the wrong end of some ground and pound. Maluko taking punishment in the form of punches.
Petkovic lands a decent elbow from side control. The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing. Petkovic lands a decent elbow from side control.
That's three minutes gone in the round. Petkovic controls the position. Petkovic has knee on belly and now moves to full mount! Trouble for Maluko! BOOM! Petkovic connects with a massive shot to the dome!
Petkovic can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Maluko is looking to escape. Maluko is trying to get back to his feet but can't. Maluko is in a horrible position here. Petkovic smacks him with another shot as he tries to escape the position.
Petkovic putting on the heat here with some good ground and pound! A nice elbow there by Petkovic. Petkovic punishing his opponent with strikes. Petkovic lands with some strikes. Maluko squirming around on the bottom, looking to escape.
Petkovic putting on the heat here with some good ground and pound! Petkovic lands a big elbow. Maluko in a bad spot here, taking shots to the head.
That's four minutes gone in the round. Petkovic lands a nice shot to the head. Petkovic landing strikes from the mount. Petkovic with the ground and pound from mount. Petkovic with a couple of short strikes. Maluko takes a big shot to the head but keeps on trying to improve his position. Maluko is trying to escape but when you're mounted that's not too easy.
Petkovic controlling his opponent. Maluko is flailing around, obviously not happy about being mounted. Petkovic locks hold of one of his arms and spins for an armbar. He's got it! Maluko is forced to tap!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:51 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Dejan Petkovic!
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energy
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hype
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pop
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mgr
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FIGHT
RATING
76% |
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