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Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Branko Dokic (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Gabino Gonzales (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Gonzales has chosen Matador by Los Fabulosos Cadillacs as his entrance music. Gabino Gonzales has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?
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BJJ White Belt
Great elbows
Cuts easily |
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Excellent boxer
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Branko Dokic!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
2 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Gabino Gonzales!
The judges for this bout are , and .
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Dokic misses with a shot to the body
and Gonzales counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Gonzales throws a hook but Dokic blocks it.
Dokic lands a head shot.
Gonzales has closed the distance and engaged Dokic in a clinch.
Gonzales tries a body shot but Dokic blocks it.
Gonzales takes an elbow to the temple.
Gonzales misses with a hook from the clinch.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Dokic.
Gonzales lands a body shot in the clinch.
Gonzales can't break the clinch.
Dokic tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Dokic looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Dokic lands a hook that snaps the head of Gonzales backwards.
A right hook to the body lands for Dokic.
Dokic throws an elbow but it misses.
Gonzales stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Gonzales managing to block the knees to the body from Dokic.
Dokic creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Gonzales's defenses.
Dokic lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Gonzales lands a shoulder strike.
Gonzales lands a nice shot to the body.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Dokic.
Dokic creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Gonzales's defenses.
A short body shot lands from Dokic as the two fighters clinch.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Gonzales takes an elbow to the forehead.
Gonzales working aggressively here.
Dokic tries a body shot but Gonzales blocks it.
Dokic lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Gonzales backwards.
Gonzales managing to block the knees to the body from Dokic.
Gonzales is trying to break the clinch but Dokic has him pressed against the cage.
Dokic creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Gonzales's defenses.
Dokic doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Dokic lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Gonzales is trying to break free.
Nice elbow from Dokic.
Dokic lands a body punch.
Dokic has a couple of punches blocked by Gonzales.
Gonzales tries to throw a body punch but Dokic avoids it by throwing Gonzales back against the cage.
Gonzales misses with a hook to the ribs.
Gonzales dodges an elbow strike from Dokic.
Dokic misses with the head strike.
A left hand lands to the body for Gonzales.
A right handed body shot lands from Gonzales.
Gonzales pushes Dokic back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Dokic tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Dokic misses with some punches.
Dokic is leaning against Gonzales and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Dokic misses with the head strike.
Gonzales takes an elbow to the temple.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Gonzales misses with the head strike.
Gonzales works on Dokic's body with a couple of short punches.
Dokic lands an elbow just above Gonzales 's eye.
Dokic pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Gonzales blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Dokic lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Gonzales fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Dokic misses with some punches.
Good body shot from Gonzales.
Nice elbow from Dokic.
Gonzales lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Gonzales lands a nice shot to the body.
Dokic is breathing heavily.
Gonzales slowing the pace effectively.
Dokic lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Gonzales.
Dokic pushes off an throws an elbow but Gonzales leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Gonzales lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Dokic blocks a body shot from Gonzales.
Dokic misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Gonzales.
Dokic gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Gonzales takes an elbow to the forehead.
Gonzales can't find room to land a body shot as Dokic controls the action.
Gonzales lands a hook that snaps the head of Dokic backwards.
Gonzales is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Gonzales lands a body punch.
Dokic digs a right hand into Gonzales's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Gonzales's gas tank.
Gonzales lands with a short shot to the head.
Gonzales blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Gonzales lands a body punch.
Gonzales tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Gonzales working hard to break the clinch.
Gonzales lands a nice shot to the body.
Dokic being controlled against the cage.
Dokic throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Dokic lands a left hand that snaps the head of Gonzales backwards.
Gonzales taking a breather.
Dokic digs a right hand underneath Gonzales's ribcage. Gonzales let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Gonzales tries to work over Dokic's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Gonzales avoids a wild elbow strike from Dokic.
Dokic pushes off an throws an elbow but Gonzales leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Gonzales gets through Dokic's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Gonzales's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Gonzales on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
Some wild striking there from Gonzales.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Dokic walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
Gonzales tests Dokic's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Dokic bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Gonzales comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Gonzales closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Nice elbow from Dokic.
Dokic lands a shoulder strike.
Gonzales scores with a hook to the body.
Dokic fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Dokic swings wildly with an uppercut but Gonzales uses good head movement to avoid it.
Dokic swings wildly with an uppercut but Gonzales uses good head movement to avoid it.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Gonzales tries to throw a body punch but Dokic avoids it by throwing Gonzales back against the cage.
A short right from Dokic on the inside.
Dokic lands a left hand that snaps the head of Gonzales backwards.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
With the fighters up against the cage, Dokic throws an elbow but misses.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Gabino Gonzales dominated that round.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.
Gonzales lands a jab, followed by a cross and another cross, as Dokic backs up against the cage.
Dokic looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
Gonzales takes the fight into the clinch.
Gonzales has used his reach advantage pretty well so far tonight.
Gonzales avoids a wild elbow strike from Dokic.
Gonzales misses with a shot to the kidneys.
The fighters are starting to get sweaty, which will make takedowns a bit more tricky.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Gonzales.
Dokic creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Dokic lands a nice elbow.
Dokic scores with a hook to the body.
Gabino Gonzales seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Dokic scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Gonzales blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Dokic working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
A right hook to the body lands for Gonzales.
A short right from Dokic on the inside.
Gonzales tries to work over Dokic's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Gonzales blocks the elbow strike.
Dokic lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Gonzales backwards.
Dokic tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Dokic blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Dokic lands with a light punch inside.
Gonzales avoids the elbow strike from Dokic, against the cage.
Gonzales scores with a hook to the body.
That's one minute gone in the round.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Dokic.
Dokic creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Gonzales's defenses.
A right hand to the body from Gonzales.
Gonzales misses with a punch to the body.
Dokic blocking some punches.
Dokic lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Gonzales is trying to maintain a safe position but Dokic gets an underhook and turns Gonzales into the cage.
Gonzales pushes Dokic back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Gonzales blocks an elbow strike.
Gonzales takes an elbow to the temple.
Gonzales lands a shot to the body.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Gonzales misses with a body punch.
Dokic misses with the head strike.
Gonzales works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Dokic misses with a short punch on the inside.
Gonzales misses with a shot to the kidneys.
A short right from Gonzales.
Dokic creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Gonzales's defenses.
Gonzales tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Dokic lands a right hand that snaps the head of Gonzales backwards.
Dokic misses with an elbow strike.
Gonzales is looking to break free of the clinch but Dokic has double underhooks.
Gonzales digs a right hand underneath Dokic's ribcage. Dokic let out a lung full of air as it connected.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Dokic misses with a body punch.
Dokic misses with the head strike.
Gonzales avoiding damage as Dokic throws knees to the body.
Gonzales managing to block the knees to the body from Dokic.
Gonzales lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Gonzales lands a body shot.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Gonzales.
Dokic looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Gonzales wants to get back to striking at distance but Dokic won't allow it.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Gonzales.
Dokic pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Dokic prevents a body shot from Gonzales.
Dokic trying to land knees to the body.
Gonzales misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Gonzales stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Gonzales takes an elbow to the forehead.
Gonzales tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Dokic's elbow.
Gonzales struggles to land a body shot inside as Dokic controls his hands.
Dokic working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Gonzales lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Dokic backwards.
Dokic gets through Gonzales's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Dokic misses with a punch to the body.
Dokic prevents a body shot from Gonzales.
Gonzales tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Dokic throws a head punch that misses.
Dokic swings wildly with an uppercut but Gonzales uses good head movement to avoid it.
Gonzales lands a left hand that snaps the head of Dokic backwards.
Gonzales lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Gonzales throws a knee to the head but misses.
Dokic lands an elbow that stopped Gonzales in his tracks for a moment.
Gonzales blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Dokic.
Dokic lands an elbow that stopped Gonzales in his tracks for a moment.
Dokic misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Gonzales.
Gonzales lands a body punch.
Dokic cracks Gonzales with a nice body shot.
Gonzales misses with a body punch.
Gonzales is trying to break free.
Gonzales scores with a shot to the side of Dokic's head.
Gonzales dodges an elbow strike from Dokic.
Gonzales tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Dokic's elbow.
Dokic swings wildly with an uppercut but Gonzales uses good head movement to avoid it.
Dokic throws an elbow that misses.
Dokic trying to land knees to the body.
Gonzales blocks an uppercut.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Dokic creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Gonzales working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Dokic creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Gonzales's defenses.
Dokic throws a punch but it's blocked by Gonzales.
Gonzales is trying to break the clinch but Dokic is controlling him.
Gonzales tries to work over Dokic's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Dokic tries to throw a body punch but Gonzales avoids it by throwing Dokic back against the cage.
Dokic misses with an elbow strike.
Gonzales tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Gonzales fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Gonzales is leaning against Dokic and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Dokic lands an elbow inside that Gonzales shrugs off.
Gonzales tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Dokic's elbow.
Dokic misses with an elbow strike.
Gonzales scores with a shot to the side of Dokic's head.
Gonzales tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Dokic on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
A head punch on the inside from Gonzales fails to land.
Gonzales cracks Dokic with a nice body shot.
Dokic scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Dokic fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Dokic misses with some punches.
Dokic lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Gabino Gonzales showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action. This is the final round!
Dokic avoids the body shot from Gonzales.
Dokic throws a nice outside leg kick.
Gonzales is using his reach advantage to land shots from outside his opponent's range.
Dokic on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Gonzales misses with a hook
and Dokic makes the exchange count by landing a cracking kick to the body. Gonzales really felt that one!
A chopping leg kick lands by Dokic.
Dokic throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Gonzales counters with a nice uppercut.
Gonzales throws a lazy uppercut
and Gonzales takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Dokic throws out a powerful jab.
Gonzales bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Dokic's head backwards.
Gonzales avoids the head kick by Dokic.
Gonzales throws a right and a left that Dokic avoids nicely.
Gonzales throws a looping overhand right but Dokic ducks down to avoid it.
Gonzales swings for the body but Dokic moves out of range.
Dokic lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Dokic thumps Gonzales with a low kick.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Gonzales fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Dokic on the side of the head.
Dokic with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Dokic scores with a kick to the midsection.
Dokic throws a leg kick which misses Gonzales's front leg but catches the back leg as Gonzales tries to avoid it.
Dokic throws a nice inside leg kick.
Dokic throws a body punch but Gonzales moves out of range.
Dokic looks to throw the jab but Gonzales is out of range.
Gonzales fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Dokic on the side of the head.
Gabino Gonzales seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Gonzales on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Dokic. Dokic obviously looking to wear him down.
Dokic throws a leg kick which misses Gonzales's front leg but catches the back leg as Gonzales tries to avoid it.
Gabino Gonzales is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
A solid leg kick lands there for Dokic.
Dokic misses with a double jab
and Gonzales counters with a stiff right hand.
Gonzales connects with a single shot there.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Gonzales has closed the distance and engaged Dokic in a clinch.
Gonzales doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Dokic keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Gonzales's efforts to push away.
Dokic throws a head punch that misses.
Gonzales with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Dokic tries to land knees in the clinch but Gonzales avoids the damage to the body.
Dokic misses with a body punch.
Gonzales lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Gonzales can't find room to land a body shot as Dokic controls the action.
Gonzales blocks an elbow strike.
Gonzales tries a body shot but Dokic blocks it.
A frustrated look appears on Gonzales's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Dokic lands an elbow inside.
Dokic throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Gonzales throws a head punch that misses.
Dokic lands a right hand.
Dokic throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Dokic swings wildly with an uppercut but Gonzales uses good head movement to avoid it.
Dokic lands an elbow that stopped Gonzales in his tracks for a moment.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Dokic tries a body shot but Gonzales blocks it.
Gonzales throws an elbow that misses.
A nice right hand lands inside from Dokic.
Gonzales scores with a nice hook to the head.
Nice elbow from Dokic.
Still in the clinch, Dokic scores with a nice short uppercut.
Gonzales lands a nice shot to the body.
Gonzales misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Gonzales goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Gonzales is trying to break free.
Gonzales blocks an elbow strike from Dokic.
Dokic creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Dokic throws an elbow but it misses.
Dokic lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
A frustrated look appears on Gonzales's face as he tries to break the clinch.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Gonzales.
A nice right hand lands inside from Dokic.
Dokic prevents a body shot from Gonzales.
Gabino Gonzales is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Nice body punch from Gonzales.
Gonzales blocks an elbow strike.
Gonzales struggles to land a body shot inside as Dokic controls his hands.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Dokic.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Dokic prevents Gonzales from breaking the clinch.
Gonzales is working Dokic over against the cage.
Dokic gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Dokic lands an elbow that stopped Gonzales in his tracks for a moment.
Dokic blocks a body shot from Gonzales.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Dokic creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Nice elbow from Dokic.
Dokic creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Gonzales's defenses.
Gonzales struggles to land a body shot inside as Dokic controls his hands.
Dokic lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Gonzales backwards.
Gonzales doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Dokic throws an elbow that misses.
Dokic lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Gonzales blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Dokic blocks a body shot from Gonzales.
Gonzales tries to break free but Dokic pushes him back against the cage.
Gonzales blocking some punches.
Dokic goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Branko Dokic has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Dokic misses with some punches.
And that's the end of the fight!
Branko Dokic showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Gonzales 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 Andi Peters scores the fight 28:29
Judge Gordon Ramsey scores the fight 28:29
Judge Frank Skinner scores the fight 28:29
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Gabino Gonzales!
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