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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Kyle Slater (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Antonio Neralic (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). We have two fighters making their debuts here, so let's see who comes out of this one with their first professional victory.
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180 lbs
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170 lbs
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BJJ White Belt
Basic striking
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BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Kyle Slater!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Antonio Neralic!
The judges for this bout are Alec Ball, Elvis Blanc and Ian Loll.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Neralic shoots in looking for a double leg takedown. Slater defends it nicely.
Slater stuffs the takedown.
Slater showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Neralic.
Neralic is looking for a takedown here. He's shot in and has managed to get it, finishing up in Slater's half guard.
Neralic stands up and beckons Slater to join him on the feet.
Neralic misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Slater throws a series of punches but Neralic moves out of range.
Neralic tries a head kick but it misses.
Slater thuds a left hand into Neralic's body.
Neralic fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
Kyle Slater has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Antonio Neralic.
Sloppy strikes from Slater. Those never looked like landing.
Slater could do with loosing a few pounds - he looks very soft around the mid section, to put it politely.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Neralic pushes Slater up against the cage in a clinch.
Neralic tries to jump guard but he falls flat on his backside. Slater smiles and moves away.
Slater defends well against a solid takedown attempt from Neralic.
Kyle Slater seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Slater throws a sloppy head kick
and Neralic counters with a big head kick but Slater shrugs it off.
Neralic misses with a head kick.
Neralic will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
Neralic looks gassed!
Slater instigates a clinch.
Slater is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Slater is trying to break the clinch but Neralic is controlling him.
Slater gets double underhooks to prevent a takedown attempt from Neralic.
Slater is trying to push Neralic away but Neralic has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Slater working hard to break the clinch.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Slater is trying to force a seperation but Neralic has the dominant position.
Slater is working for takedown but Neralic is calmly controlling the position for now.
Neralic breaks from the clinch.
Slater fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Neralic, pushing him back against the cage.
Slater gets underhooks to prevent Neralic's takedown attempt.
Neralic working hard to break the clinch.
Slater wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Slater goes for a takedown attempt but Neralic pushes him away and we're back to fighting at a distance.
Slater swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Neralic avoids the head kick by Slater.
Slater throws a one two combo.
Slater has taken the fight to the clinch.
Neralic breaks the clinch.
Slater doesn't manage to clinch there - Neralic circles away.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
No luck for Neralic with that takedown attempt.
Slater has closed the distance and engaged Neralic in a clinch.
Slater keeps control of Neralic as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Slater has had enough of the clinch but Neralic keeps him there for the moment.
Some stalling of biblical proportions here from Slater.
Neralic manages to pull guard.
Slater tries to stand but Neralic is controlling from the bottom.
Slater knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Neralic on the ground.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
A few boos can be heard. I'm sure they will multiply if the fighters don't pick up the pace.
Slater won't allow Neralic to sweep him here.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Antonio Neralic 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.
Slater misses with an attempted mid kick.
Slater wants to clinch but Neralic slips to the side
and Neralic counters with a thumping low kick.
Slater tries to clinch but Neralic moves away
and Neralic counters with a nice leg kick.
Neralic shoots in and drives through. Slater sprawls well.
Neralic darts in trying to clinch
and Slater counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Neralic shoots in for a takedown but Slater shows good takedown defense.
Neralic takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
Slater goes for a high kick. It partially lands.
Slater falls off balance throwing a combination
and Neralic counters with a nice double leg into half guard.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Still in half guard, Neralic seems content to control.
Neralic missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Slater wants to get back to his feet.
Neralic postures up and decides to stand up, from the half guard. The ref calls for Slater to stand up.
Slater circles away from the clinch attempt.
Kyle Slater is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Slater instigates a clinch.
Slater is trying to force a seperation but Neralic has the dominant position.
Neralic breaks from the clinch.
Slater darts in and clinches Neralic up against the cage.
Neralic is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Slater wants to break the clinch but can't.
Slater wants to break free but Neralic has control.
Neralic fails to pull the fight into his guard.
Kyle Slater has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Antonio Neralic.
Slater tries to circle away but Neralic has him pinned against the cage.
Slater blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Neralic goes for a takedown in the clinch but Slater prevents it.
Neralic tries to circle away but Slater has him pinned against the cage.
Slater is looking to break free of the clinch but Neralic has double underhooks.
Slater has Neralic pushed against the cage.
Neralic misses with a short punch on the inside.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Neralic's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Kyle Slater is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Slater lands a nice looking body shot.
Neralic has a takedown stuffed.
Slater lands three nice shots there - that looked like it hurt!
Slater closes the distance and clinches.
Slater wants to get back to striking at distance but Neralic won't allow it.
Slater prevents Neralic from breaking the clinch.
Neralic goes for a takedown in the clinch but Slater prevents it.
Slater tries to circle away but Neralic has him pinned against the cage.
A frustrated look appears on Slater's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Neralic gets underhooks to prevent Slater's takedown attempt.
Neralic breaks from the clinch.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Neralic shoots in for a takedown but Slater shows good takedown defense.
Slater has managed to clinch.
Slater goes for a takedown attempt but Neralic pushes him away and we're back to fighting at a distance.
Slater fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Slater lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Neralic circles away quickly and effectively.
Neralic gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Neralic tries to pull guard but Slater won't allow it.
Neralic jumps guard and drags Slater to the mat. He's obviously going to be looking for submissions off his back.
Slater has to be careful here, sitting in the guard of a superior BJJ player.
Slater postures up.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Antonio Neralic 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!
Slater darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
Slater blocks a head kick by Neralic.
Slater sizes up Neralic with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
Neralic tries to clinch up.
A lazy body kick from Slater
and Neralic counters with an outside leg kick.
Neralic fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Slater, pushing him back against the cage.
Neralic jumps guard but Slater stands there with Neralic around his waist. Neralic gives up and drops back to his feet. We remain in the clinch.
Slater is trying to push Neralic away but Neralic has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Neralic tries to pull guard but Slater won't allow it.
Neralic takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Slater taking a breather.
Slater wants a takedown but no success here.
Slater is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Knees in the clinch landing for Neralic.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Neralic can't get the takedown.
Kyle Slater has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Antonio Neralic.
Slater has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Neralic's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Neralic fails with the takedown.
Slater stuffs the takedown.
Slater takes the fight into the clinch.
Neralic drops down for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Neralic missing with knees to the body.
Slater wants to get back to striking at distance but Neralic won't allow it.
Kyle Slater has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
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.
Slater taking a breather.
Slater has a body lock and is looking for a takedown. Neralic is bouncing around trying to prevent the takedown and somehow he has indeed managed to stay on his feet.
Neralic misses with a hook to the ribs.
Neralic tries to score a body lock takedown but Slater shows good agility there to stay on his feet.
Slater drops down for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Slater wants to break the clinch but can't.
Neralic is looking for a takedown up against the cage. Slater gets underhooks though and prevents the takedown attempt.
Slater can't get the takedown.
Neralic is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Slater is keeping busy.
Slater is working for a takedown up against the cage. He can't get it on this occasion though.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Neralic tries to jump guard but he falls flat on his backside. Slater smiles and moves away.
A nice combination there by Slater.
Neralic misses with a combination
and Slater counters by clinching up.
Slater looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Neralic escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Neralic takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Slater looks to land a combination. Neralic sees it coming but can only parry a couple of the shots.
Slater throws a nice looking combination but Neralic bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Slater displays good takedown defense there as he swats away a double leg from Neralic.
Slater pivots, looking for a leg kick but Neralic is out of range and Slater settles back down.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Neither fighter has done anything of merit for a good minute or two here and the crowd are not happy about it.
Neralic changes levels and looks for a double leg takedown. Slater tries to avoid it but Neralic manages to keep hold of a leg and drag Slater to the ground. Slater escapes though and pops straight back up to his feet.
Slater throws a head kick but Neralic moves out of range.
Neralic fails miserably with a takedown attempt.
Slater throws a wild body kick that Neralic sees coming a mile off.
Slater tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. Neralic manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Slater tries to sprawl but Neralic drives through with a takedown into half guard.
Neralic is keen to just control but Slater is a slippery customer.
Neralic decides to stand up.
Antonio Neralic is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
The fight stays on the outside here - Slater looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
And that's the end of the fight!
Antonio Neralic comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I've got Neralic winning every round here. Surely the decision will go his way and he'll pick up a well deserved decision victory. 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 Alec Ball scores the fight 27:30
Judge Elvis Blanc scores the fight 27:30
Judge Ian Loll scores the fight 27:30
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Antonio Neralic!
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