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Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Boris Balkan (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Evander Hollyfield (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Balkan comes to the cage accompanied by Kosovo is Serbia. Boris Balkan has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?
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266 lbs
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210 lbs
10 - 2 - 0 |
Good wrestling
Lethal high kicks
Granite chin |
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BJJ Purple Belt
Dangerous knees
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, in the super heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
16 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Boris Balkan!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
10 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Evander Hollyfield!
The judges for this bout are , Timothy Bukovac and Jack Bonds.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Hollyfield looks for the body kick but Balkan saw that one coming.
Balkan tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Hollyfield was well out of range. Poor timing from Balkan.
Balkan throws a lazy body kick
and Hollyfield counters with a two punch combo.
Balkan throws a half hearted mid kick.
The fighters circling - Balkan throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Balkan goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Balkan moves out of range of the body kick from Hollyfield.
Balkan misses with a looping left.
Hollyfield lands with a two punch combination before moving back out of range.
Balkan tries to land a body kick
and Hollyfield counters with a thumping low kick.
A solid body kick from Hollyfield.
Balkan pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Balkan throws a body kick the misses
and Hollyfield counters with a nice leg kick.
Balkan is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Hollyfield.
Balkan tries to clinch up
and Hollyfield counters with a body kick that stops Balkan in his tracks momentarily.
Hollyfield moves out of range as Balkan strikes.
Hollyfield throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Balkan looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Hollyfield throws a head kick but Balkan moves out of range.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Balkan is looking to land body kicks.
Balkan instigates a clinch.
Hollyfield tries to pull guard but can't drag his opponent to the mat. Balkan just stands there and leans against the cage.
Balkan lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Hollyfield fails to pull guard.
Still in the clinch, Balkan scores with a nice short uppercut.
Hollyfield is trying to break the clinch but Balkan has him pressed against the cage.
Balkan softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Balkan gets through Hollyfield's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Hollyfield tries to break free but Balkan pushes him back against the cage.
Hollyfield looking to stall.
Balkan scores with a knee to the head.
It looks like Evander Hollyfield has been cut.
Hollyfield's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Balkan lands with a light punch inside.
Hollyfield wants a takedown.
Boris Balkan has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Evander Hollyfield.
Hollyfield trying to land knees to the body.
Balkan throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Hollyfields head.
A short uppercut from Balkan.
Hollyfield tries to land a knee to the head but Balkan blocks with his arms.
Hollyfield throws a knee to the head but misses.
Hollyfield wants a takedown but no success here.
Balkan lands a body shot.
Hollyfield looks gassed!
A knee to the head by Balkan.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Balkan lands a body shot in the clinch.
A right hook to the body lands for Balkan.
Balkan utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Balkan lands an elbow that stopped Hollyfield in his tracks for a moment.
Balkan lands a good knee to the midsection. Hollyfield won't want to take too many of those.
A body shot lands from Balkan.
Balkan is struggling to control the position.
Hollyfield trying to land knees to the body.
Balkan lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Hollyfield or not.
Balkan lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Balkan lands a nice elbow.
A hook to the body from Balkan.
A shot in the inside from Balkan.
Balkan lands a hook to the side of the head.
Hollyfield takes an elbow to the temple.
Knees in the clinch landing for Balkan.
Balkan is leaning against Hollyfield and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Balkan working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Balkan lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Balkan lands a nice uppercut.
Balkan digs a right hand into Hollyfield's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Hollyfield's gas tank.
Balkan makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Balkan throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Hollyfields head.
Balkan scores with a knee to the head.
Balkan lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Balkan lands with a right to the head.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Balkan works on Hollyfield's body with a couple of short punches.
Balkan lands a hook that snaps the head of Hollyfield backwards.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Balkan.
Hollyfield has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
A body shot lands from Balkan.
Balkan lands with a left to the head.
Balkan lands an elbow just above Hollyfield 's eye.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Balkan.
Hollyfield is trying to break the clinch but Balkan is controlling him.
Balkan lands a shoulder strike.
Balkan creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Hollyfield's defenses.
Balkan working Hollyfield over with knees to the body.
A hook to the body from Balkan.
Balkan scores a nice knee to the body.
Balkan lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
A short body shot lands from Balkan as the two fighters clinch.
A shot in the inside from Balkan.
Balkan stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Nice body punch from Balkan.
Hollyfield takes an elbow to the temple.
Balkan scores with a hook to the body.
Balkan lands a hook to the side of the head.
Balkan lands an uppercut.
Balkan lands a nice knee to the body.
Balkan with a knee to the head.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Hollyfield wants to stall.
Balkan tries to land a knee to the head but Hollyfield blocks with his arms.
Balkan scores with a shoulder strike.
A right hook to the body lands for Balkan.
Hollyfield tries a knee to the head but Balkan blocks it.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Balkan.
Balkan lands a left hand.
Balkan lands a hook to the side of the head.
Balkan missing with knees to the body.
Hollyfield wants to get back to striking at distance but Balkan won't allow it.
Hollyfield avoids the elbow strike from Balkan, against the cage.
Hollyfield avoids a wild elbow strike from Balkan.
A short right from Balkan.
Hollyfield is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Balkan lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Balkan as Hollyfield tries to tie him up.
Balkan avoids a wild elbow strike from Hollyfield.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Hollyfield wants to break the clinch but can't.
A short right from Balkan.
Hollyfield has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Balkan lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Balkan digs a right hand underneath Hollyfield's ribcage. Hollyfield let out a lung full of air as it connected.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Boris Balkan dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Evander Hollyfield's cut.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!
A big left from Balkan misses.
Balkan throws a hook but Hollyfield blocks it.
Balkan tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Balkan's jab looks to have found its range, popping Hollyfield under the eye.
Balkan falls off balance throwing a combination
and Hollyfield counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Boris Balkan seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
A bone on bone clash there as Hollyfield blocks the leg kick.
Hollyfield looks for the body kick but Balkan saw that one coming.
Hollyfield throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Hollyfield misses with a wild combination.
Balkan gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Hollyfield wants a takedown but no success here.
A short right from Balkan on the inside.
Balkan is leaning against Hollyfield and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Hollyfield is breathing heavily.
Hollyfield misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Balkan.
Hollyfield avoiding damage as Balkan throws knees to the body.
Hollyfield looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Balkan lands a nice uppercut.
A nice left hand lands by Balkan.
Balkan makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Balkan lands with a left to the head.
Balkan lands an elbow inside that Hollyfield shrugs off.
Balkan working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
A right handed body shot lands from Balkan.
A knee to the head by Balkan.
Balkan scores with a shot to the side of Hollyfield's head.
Balkan lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
A short right from Balkan.
Balkan lands a left hand that snaps the head of Hollyfield backwards.
Balkan is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Hollyfield is defending well for now.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Balkan creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Hollyfield's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Balkan throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Hollyfields head.
Balkan scores with a shoulder strike.
Hollyfield misses with a knee to the head.
A short left from Balkan.
Balkan escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Balkan gets off balance looking for a body kick
and Hollyfield makes the exchange count by landing a cracking kick to the body. Balkan really felt that one!
Hollyfield closes this distance looking for a takedown but Balkan circles away.
Balkan misses with an attempted mid kick.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Balkan throws a jab but it's blocked by Hollyfield.
Balkan moves to clinch but Hollyfield breaks away
and Hollyfield counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
Hollyfield scores with a spinning back kick!
Balkan tries to land a body kick
and Hollyfield cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Balkan smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
Evander Hollyfield is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Balkan avoids a kick to the body.
Balkan listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Hollyfield blocks the body kick.
The fight stays on the outside here - Balkan looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Boris Balkan is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Balkan throws a body kick the misses
and Hollyfield counters with a series of strikes. Balkan will be more careful next time no doubt.
Hollyfield takes a kick to the side of the head.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Balkan throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
A head kick from Hollyfield lands but Balkan takes it in his stride.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Balkan misses with a body kick.
Balkan showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Hollyfield.
A jab from Balkan misses.
Balkan doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Balkan throws a looping overhand right but Hollyfield ducks down to avoid it.
Hollyfield avoids the body shot from Balkan.
Hollyfield moves out of range of the body kick.
Balkan throws a hook but Hollyfield avoids it easily.
Hollyfield is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
Hollyfield lands a front kick.
Balkan is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Hollyfield can do to turn this around?
Balkan tries to land a body kick
and Hollyfield counters with a nice kick to the body.
Hollyfield throws a head kick that looked like it stung.
Hollyfield scores with a kick to the midsection.
Hollyfield digs a good hook to Balkan's body.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Hollyfield avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Hollyfield slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
Balkan throws a sloppy head kick and Hollyfield moves out of range easily.
Balkan looks to throw a body kick
and Hollyfield counters with a big head kick but Balkan shrugs it off.
A combination from Hollyfield does no damage.
Hollyfield looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Hollyfield wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Balkan throws a sloppy head kick
and Hollyfield counters with a right hand to the body.
Hollyfield fails with the takedown.
Boris Balkan has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Evander Hollyfield.
Balkan is looking to clinch but Hollyfield is avoiding it.
A slow jab from Balkan misses its intended target.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Balkan wants to clinch but Hollyfield slips to the side
and Hollyfield counters with a driving takedown into guard. Nice work there by Hollyfield.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Hollyfield lands a couple of decent looking shots.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Hollyfield accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close second round but I would say that Boris Balkan will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Evander Hollyfield's cut.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.
Hollyfield lands a nice looking body kick.
Hollyfield scores to the head and body with a nice combination!
Balkan will be looking to protect his midsection after taking some solid kicks to the body.
Balkan swings and misses with a shot to the body
and Hollyfield counters with a head kick. That will keep Balkan thinking before he tries any more sloppy attacks!
Balkan throws a half hearted mid kick.
Balkan looks for the body kick but Hollyfield saw that one coming.
Hollyfield lands with a nice body kick.
Balkan slips a jab and a cross from Hollyfield.
Balkan on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Balkan takes a nasty kick to the mid section... That should keep him thinking. Does he try and block and risk a head kick landing?
Hollyfield lands a high kick!
Hollyfield rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Balkan moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Hollyfield is throwing a lot of body shots here, looking to wear down Balkan rather than just go for the knockout.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
No joy there for Hollyfield, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Balkan throws a jab when Hollyfield was well out of range.
Balkan takes a shot to the body in his stride.
A lazy body kick from Balkan
and Hollyfield counters with a body kick.
Hollyfield throws a body kick that digs right into the meat.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Hollyfield throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Balkan.
A head kick misses from Hollyfield.
Balkan throws a body kick despite being completely out of range
and Hollyfield cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Balkan tries to grapple but his opponent circles
and Hollyfield counters with a head kick.
Balkan throws a body kick, spinning off balance
and Hollyfield counters with a head kick.
Balkan misses with a body punch
and Hollyfield counters with a low kick, right behind Balkan 's knee.
Balkan is looking to clinch but Hollyfield is avoiding it.
Balkan swings away with a body shot that misses
and Hollyfield counters with a thumping low kick.
Balkan takes a head kick and keeps coming.
A chopping leg kick lands by Hollyfield.
Hollyfield misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Balkan tries to grapple but his opponent circles
and Hollyfield counters with a right hand to the body.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hollyfield keeps the fight on the outside.
Balkan blocks the body kick.
Balkan throws a lazy body kick
and Hollyfield counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.
Balkan tries to clinch up.
Balkan throws a looping overhand right but Hollyfield ducks down to avoid it.
Hollyfield avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Balkan throws out a loose jab but Hollyfield uses good head movement to avoid it.
Balkan gets taken down but at least he's managed to land in guard.
Balkan looking for a sweep. Not yet Balkan, not yet.
Hollyfield lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.
Hollyfield throws and elbow that misses. Balkan uses the momentum to reverse the position. He's now in Hollyfield's guard. Nice move by Balkan!
Balkan stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Hollyfield swivels though and keeps the full guard.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Balkan wants to control from the top but Hollyfield keeps moving.
Hollyfield wants to stand up but Balkan is controlling him.
Hollyfield manages to escape and get back to his feet.
Balkan clobbers Hollyfield with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
Balkan tries to land a body kick
and Hollyfield makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Hollyfield moves into range and throws a lovely three punch combination.
Balkan throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Hollyfield slips under a jab from Balkan.
Hollyfield throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Balkan.
Balkan misses with the body kick
and Hollyfield connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Balkan throws a body kick, spinning off balance
and Hollyfield counters with a three punch combo that has Balkan backing up. Balkan nods at Hollyfield to acknowledge the strikes.
Balkan fails with an attempt to clinch.
Hollyfield staying out of range there.
Balkan tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Hollyfield paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Good leg kick by Hollyfield there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Hollyfield swats away the attempt to clinch by Balkan.
Balkan tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. Hollyfield manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Balkan throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Balkan swinging wildly here.
Hollyfield misses with a series of wild punches.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Evander Hollyfield really dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Evander Hollyfield's cut.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!
Balkan throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Hollyfield sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Balkan doesn't manage to clinch there - Hollyfield circles away.
Balkan misses with an uppercut.
Balkan lands a kick to the ribs of his opponent. Nice work there - in and out in a flash.
Balkan tries a head kick but it misses.
Hollyfield tries to bum rush Balkan with a series of wild strikes but Balkan uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Balkan misses with the body kick
and Hollyfield counters with a big head kick but Balkan shrugs it off.
Hollyfield changes levels and drives through with a really nice takedown into side control. Balkan looks really pissed at himself for not defending that better.
Hollyfield is trying to get an arm triangle but Balkan is defending well.
Hollyfield trying to control the position but Balkan is working away.
Balkan manages to work his way to half guard, despite Hollyfield's best efforts.
It's got to the stage where if one of these guys blows hard enough, the other might fall over.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Hollyfield wants to control but Balkan is keeping him busy.
Hollyfield thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
Hollyfield lands strikes from half guard.
Balkan is concentrating on defense, preventing Hollyfield from advancing position.
Balkan looks like he's trying to stand up.
Hollyfield not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Hollyfield tries to pass to full mount but Balkan defends it.
Balkan slips a foot under and gets full guard. Nice work.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are getting on the fighters' backs, as the pace has dropped off in the last minute or so.
Hollyfield preventing the sweep.
Hollyfield trying to control the position from guard on top but Balkan is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Balkan pushes Hollyfield off and scrambles back to his feet.
Balkan throws a hook to the side of Hollyfield's head but Hollyfield sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Hollyfield misses with a series of wild punches.
Balkan tries to clinch up.
Hollyfield misses with a head kick.
Balkan misses with a kick to the body
and Hollyfield counters with a head kick.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Balkan misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Balkan tries to clinch up but Hollyfield circles away and keeps his distance.
Hollyfield scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Balkan misses with the body kick
and Hollyfield counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Balkan thinking.
Hollyfield misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Hollyfield pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Hollyfield slips under a jab from Balkan.
Balkan lands with an uppercut that bounces Hollyfield off the cage and back into rage.
Balkan gets off balance looking for a body kick
and Hollyfield counters with a nice uppercut.
Balkan throws a body kick the misses
and Hollyfield counters with a nice low kick that buckles Balkan's knee momentarily.
Balkan tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Hollyfield dodges the punch combination from Balkan.
Balkan misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Jab, cross, leg kick. Nice combination by Hollyfield!
Balkan is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Hollyfield slips a straight right by Balkan.
Hollyfield avoids a kick to the body.
Hollyfield circles away from the clinch attempt.
Balkan tries to clinch up.
Balkan avoids a kick to the body.
Balkan looks to throw a body kick
and Hollyfield counters with a kick to the head that grazes his opponent. Balkan is lucky that one didn't land flush.
Balkan throws a half hearted mid kick.
Hollyfield throws a head kick that misses.
Balkan tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. Hollyfield manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Balkan looks to throw a body kick
and Hollyfield counters with a two punch combo.
Balkan takes a push kick to the midsection and stumbles backwards.
A head kick from Hollyfield lands but Balkan takes it in his stride.
Hollyfield lands a kick to the ribs of his opponent. Nice work there - in and out in a flash.
Hollyfield's corner calls for a 1,2 combination and Hollyfield duly obliges.
Balkan misses the jab.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Evander Hollyfield dominated that fourth round.
The cut man is working on Evander Hollyfield's cut.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action. And we move into the final round!
Hollyfield uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Balkan.
Hollyfield tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Balkan was well out of range. Poor timing from Hollyfield.
Balkan tries to close the distance and clinch but Hollyfield swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Balkan throws a body kick the misses
and Hollyfield counters with a head kick.
Hollyfield lands a jab, followed by a cross and another cross, as Balkan backs up against the cage.
Crunch! Hollyfield slams his shin into Balkan's torso.
Balkan throws a body kick the misses
and Hollyfield counters with a big head kick but Balkan shrugs it off.
A lazy body kick from Balkan
and Hollyfield counters with a nice body shot.
Hollyfield tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Balkan tries to clinch up.
Hollyfield fails to land with a series of punches.
Hollyfield wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Hollyfield throws a head kick that misses.
Both of our modern day gladiators look out of it here - an gruelling 5 rounds of action taking it's toll on them, no doubt.
Hollyfield throws a nice head kick!
Balkan jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Hollyfield misses with a wild combination.
That's one minute gone in the round.
A lazy body kick from Balkan
and Hollyfield counters with a flying knee. Nice.
Balkan thows a body shot but no joy.
Balkan throws the left hand but Hollyfield avoids the punch easily.
Hollyfield misses with a head kick.
A head kick misses from Hollyfield.
Balkan throws an overhand right that lands on Hollyfield's shoulder, as Hollyfield tries to avoid the shot.
Balkan throws a hook to the side of Hollyfield's head but Hollyfield sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Balkan keeps Hollyfield at a distance using the push kick.
Balkan takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
A lazy body kick from Balkan
and Hollyfield counters with a head kick.
Balkan tries to clinch
and Hollyfield counters with a nice double leg into half guard.
Hollyfield trying to control the action but Balkan is working from the bottom.
Balkan on the receiving end of some nice ground and pound.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Well, if Hollyfield is going to just lie there, perhaps we should talk about what we're having for dinner tonight… I'm having a ham and pineapple pizza… Yum. Can't wait.
Hollyfield is looking for a kimura. It's going to be difficult to finish that from half guard though and Balkan defends it well.
Balkan kicks Hollyfield off and gets back to his feet.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Balkan tries to clinch up but Hollyfield circles away and keeps his distance.
Hollyfield throws a series of punches but Balkan moves out of range.
Balkan throws a head kick but Hollyfield moves out of range.
Balkan throws a head kick that misses
and Hollyfield counters with a flying knee. Nice.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Balkan throws a body kick despite being completely out of range
and Hollyfield counters with a lovely shot to the body.
Balkan throws a lazy body kick
and Hollyfield counters with a head kick.
Balkan clinches.
Hollyfield blocks an elbow strike.
Hollyfield throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Balkan blocks it with crossed arms.
Balkan throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Hollyfield blocks it with crossed arms.
Hollyfield takes a shot to the head.
Hollyfield wants to break the clinch but can't.
Hollyfield looking for a takedown.
Balkan lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Hollyfield tries a knee to the head but Balkan blocks it.
Balkan lands a body punch.
Balkan looking for a takedown.
Balkan misses with a punch to the body.
Hollyfield changes levels and goes for a takedown here. Balkan fights it off and pushes away nicely.
Balkan wants to clinch but Hollyfield slips to the side
and Hollyfield counters with a left and a right that stings Balkan.
Hollyfield stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
Balkan throws a lazy body kick
and Hollyfield makes him pay by landing a thudding low kick.
Balkan tries to land a body kick
and he gets countered with a snapping leg kick.
Danga de danga de dang - Hollyfield scores with a four punch combination!
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Hollyfield throws a head kick but Balkan moves out of range.
Hollyfield slips under a jab.
Balkan looks to throw a body kick
and Hollyfield counters with a head kick.
Hollyfield misses with a body kick.
Hollyfield lands a jab followed by a nice looking cross.
Balkan swings and misses with a shot to the body
and Hollyfield counters with a three punch combo that has Balkan backing up. Balkan nods at Hollyfield to acknowledge the strikes.
Balkan misses the jab.
Balkan doesn't manage to clinch there - Hollyfield circles away.
Balkan tries to clinch but Hollyfield is having none of it.
Balkan misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Balkan gets off balance looking for a body kick
and Hollyfield counters with a takedown into full mount! That could mean trouble for Balkan!
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Hollyfield postures up and cracks his opponent a couple of times before moving back into close ground control. Balkan looks a forlorn figure.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
The referee warns Balkan that he has to improve his position here as he takes two more clean shots to the head.
And that's the end of the fight!
Evander Hollyfield comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think Hollyfield 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 5 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Suge Night scores the fight 47:49
Judge Timothy Bukovac scores the fight 47:49
Judge Jack Bonds scores the fight 46:49
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Evander Hollyfield!
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