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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Vladimir Harkonnen (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Marko Lecic (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.
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215 lbs
11 - 8 - 0 |
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215 lbs
8 - 4 - 0 |
BJJ Purple Belt
Solid boxing
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Good wrestler
World class boxer
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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
11 - 8 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Vladimir Harkonnen!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
8 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Marko Lecic!
The judges for this bout are Tarja Halkonen, Matti Vanhoillinen and Roosa Järviläinen.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Lecic dips to his left and cracks Harkonnen with an uppercut!
Harkonnen defends well against a solid takedown attempt from Lecic.
Harkonnen tries to close the distance and clinch up but Lecic swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Harkonnen tries to clinch up.
Lecic circles away from the clinch attempt.
Lecic bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Harkonnen's head backwards.
Harkonnen takes the fight into the clinch.
A body shot lands from Lecic.
Lecic is working Harkonnen over against the cage.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Lecic prevents a body shot from Harkonnen.
Harkonnen ties up his opponent against the cage and manages to drag the fight down to the ground. Harkonnen no doubt will be looking to work submissions from his guard.
Harkonnen keeping moving, preventing Lecic from controlling successfully.
Harkonnen keeping full guard, as Lecic tries to pass.
Lecic scoring with punches to the head and body.
Lecic throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Harkonnen works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Harkonnen avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Lecic thows a big elbow that misses.
Harkonnen has momentary wrist control but Lecic slips an elbow through the middle.
Harkonnen has an active guard here but Lecic has managed to pass into half guard.
Lecic working some ground and pound from close in. He's looking to maintain this position and strike for a while by the looks of things... although he'll probably advance to full mount in a minute now I've said that.
Lecic lands a big shot. The thud that echoes around the arena is like music to the fans' ears.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Harkonnen keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Lecic takes a deep breath and rests his weight momentarily on top of his opponent, to control the position.
Lecic looks to score some points with some ground and pound.
Lecic is trying to control the action in half guard but Harkonnen is working away on the bottom, looking perhaps to get back to full guard.
Harkonnen wants to control but Lecic is keeping busy and won't allow it.
Lecic has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. Lecic lands a nice short elbow.
Lecic missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
Lecic lands a big shot. The thud that echoes around the arena is like music to the fans' ears.
Lecic sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Harkonnen defending well though.
Lecic takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.
Lecic controlling the pace.
Lecic landing with strikes to the body and head, softening up his opponent.
Harkonnen wants to control but Lecic is keeping busy and won't allow it.
Lecic throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Lecic throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Lecic throwing shots but Harkonnen is blocking nicely.
Nice strikes from Lecic there.
Harkonnen trying to control but Lecic postures up.
Lecic is nestled in close to Harkonnen, controlling him well. He's worked in a nice elbow to the side of the head as well, for good measure.
Lecic scoring with strikes to the body and head.
Lecic trying to control the action but Harkonnen is working from the bottom.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Lecic not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
Lecic is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.
Lecic lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Lecic working Harkonnen over with strikes.
Lecic is nestled in close to Harkonnen, controlling him well. He's worked in a nice elbow to the side of the head as well, for good measure.
Lecic looks to score some points with some ground and pound.
Lecic wants to pass to mount but Harkonnen is defending the position.
Lecic working the head and body with strikes.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Lecic winds up and cracks Harkonnen with a swinging punch to the side of the head.
Lecic not landing any meaningful shots this time.
Lecic wants to control but Harkonnen is keeping him busy.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Marko Lecic dominated that round.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.
Harkonnen uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Lecic.
Harkonnen takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Lecic throws an overhand right that lands on Harkonnen's shoulder, as Harkonnen tries to avoid the shot.
Lecic throws a lazy right hand but Harkonnen sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Lecic drops Harkonnen with a left right combo! Lecic follows him down to the ground into side control.
Harkonnen is rocked!
It looks like Vladimir Harkonnen has been cut.
Lecic in side control, throwing shots but Harkonnen defends.
Oh Harkonnen is still in real trouble! Will he be able to recover?!!
Harkonnen is looking for a sweep.
Harkonnen seems to have got his legs back now.
Lecic lands a decent elbow from side control.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Lecic creates a bit of distance and throws down some hard shots.
Lecic has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Lecic cracks Harkonnen with an elbow. That is naaassty.
Lecic decides to stand back up.
Lecic catches Harkonnen with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
Harkonnen is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Marko Lecic is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Lecic fails to land with a series of punches.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Harkonnen closes the distance and pushes Lecic back into the cage.
Lecic gets double underhooks and manages to take the fight to the ground.
Harkonnen working a defensive guard here.
Lecic thows a big elbow that misses.
Harkonnen wants to sweep here but Lecic controlling him for the moment.
Harkonnen utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Harkonnen trying to control the position.
Lecic trying to control but Harkonnen is working from the bottom.
Lecic landing with the ground and pound.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Harkonnen controls Lecic momentarily but Lecic frees himself.
Lecic throws a big right hand that misses.
Lecic throwing strikes from guard but Harkonnen blocks nicely.
Lecic throwing strikes but missing.
Lecic trying to control the position from guard on top but Harkonnen is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Lecic scores with a decent looking elbow strike.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Lecic is taking a break and basically stalling. The referee will not allow him to do that for long.
Lecic sneaks a leg through and gets to half guard. That was like a knife through butter how easily he passed Harkonnen's guard.
Lecic controlling the action here.
Lecic looks to score some points with some ground and pound.
Lecic frees up his trapped foot and advances to mount.
Harkonnen takes a big shot to the head but keeps on trying to improve his position.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Lecic takes a little breather and maintains the position. The referee will be looking for him to stay active from such a dominant position though.
Lecic with shots to the head and body - Harkonnen looks very uncomfortable down there.
Lecic prevents Harkonnen from getting the reversal.
Lecic pausing momentarily but resumes with a couple of decent strikes that do a bit of damage.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Lecic raining down hammerfists from mount.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Lecic is in the full mount, landing strikes.
Harkonnen tries to hold on but Lecic postures up.
Lecic breaks from Harkonnen's wrist control and lands an elbow.
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.
The cut man is working on Vladimir Harkonnen's cut.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action! Let's hear some noise people - this is the final round!
Lecic throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Lecic lands a nice hook to Harkonnen's body. Harkonnen takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Lecic thows a body shot but no joy.
Harkonnen tries to clinch but Lecic is having none of it.
Harkonnen stuffs the takedown attempt from Lecic. Lecic gets slowly back to his feet.
Harkonnen tries to clinch there but Lecic circles away.
Lecic displaying good standup as he scores with a three punch combination.
Harkonnen fails with an attempt to clinch.
Harkonnen throws out a loose jab but Lecic uses good head movement to avoid it.
Lecic keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Harkonnen on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
Lecic lands a really nice looking cross but Harkonnen seems unphased.
Lecic slips under a jab from Harkonnen.
Lecic works Harkonnen's body with a nice hook.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Lecic catches Harkonnen napping and connects with a big right hand that sends Harkonnen to the canvas!
Lecic is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Lecic landing with the ground and pound.
Lecic keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Harkonnen's head.
Lecic not doing a lot at the moment. He'll have to show some more aggression or the fight will get stood up.
Lecic is in close to Harkonnen's body, working some short punches and elbows.
Harkonnen controls Lecic momentarily but Lecic frees himself.
Lecic advances position into side control!
Lecic lands a knee to the body and a forearm to the face.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Harkonnen is trying to improve his position.
Lecic scores with punches from side control.
Harkonnen struggling a bit here.
Check out the look on Lecic's face as he threw that strike - that's one determined fighter!
Harkonnen on the wrong end of some ground and pound.
Harkonnen taking punishment in the form of punches.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Harkonnen avoids any damage from the ground and pound of Lecic.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Lecic lands a knee to the body and follows it up with some ground and pound to the head. That will wear Harkonnen down.
Harkonnen is looking for a sweep.
Harkonnen on the wrong end of some ground and pound.
Sloppy strikes there by Lecic.
Marko Lecic has got the better of the ground game so far.
Lecic trying to control the action but Harkonnen is working from the bottom.
Lecic working the head with strikes.
Lecic lands a knee to the body and a forearm to the face.
Lecic working away diligently from side control. Landing strikes effectively there - that will score him some points on the judges scorecards.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Lecic lands a knee to the body and follows it up with some ground and pound to the head. That will wear Harkonnen down.
Lecic working the head with strikes.
Marko Lecic is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Lecic is moving around in side control but his primary objective seems to be to maintain the position.
This has been an exciting period of action!
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
And that's the end of the fight!
Marko Lecic comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Lecic 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 Tarja Halkonen scores the fight 24:30
Judge Matti Vanhoillinen scores the fight 25:30
Judge Roosa Järviläinen scores the fight 25:30
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Marko Lecic!
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energy
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