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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Borden Chantry (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Nikola Asanovic (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Chooooooooon! I think Chantry might be my favorite fighter, now he's come out to RATM - Killing in the Name Of. Asanovic comes into a darkened arena with his song building. Rokeri S Moravi - Daj Ribu kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! Nikola Asanovic has the eye of the tiger tonight.
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183 cm
26
190 lbs
8 - 10 - 0 |
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185 cm
25
201 lbs
6 - 7 - 1 |
BJJ Purple Belt
Decent elbows
Very strong |
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BJJ Purple Belt
Dangerous knees
Powerful |
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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
8 - 10 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Borden Chantry! And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner. With a record of
6 - 7 - 1, fighting out of Las Vegas, Nikola Asanovic! The judges for this bout are Cecil Peabody, Gwen Towbar and Wesley Smith.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway! A nice combination there by Asanovic.
Chantry darts in and lands a nice takedown into half guard. Asanovic gets full guard. Asanovic lands a beautiful switch and he's in full mount! That could spell trouble for Chantry! Asanovic blocks Chantry's feeble attempts to strike from the bottom. Chantry swinging wildly from the bottom but he's not landing. Chantry wants to get back to his feet.
Chantry has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission. Asanovic content just to control the position here. Chantry throwing hammer fists to the chest of Asanovic. What's that going to do exactly? Chantry throwing punches from his back but nothing is landing. Asanovic controlling from mount. You get the feeling that Chantry really doesn't like being in this position too much.
That's one minute gone in the round. Asanovic controlling from mount. The referee must be thinking about standing these guys back up. Chantry is not a happy chappy… he wants out of there.
Chantry throwing punches from his back but nothing is landing. Chantry squirming around on the bottom, looking to escape.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing. Asanovic content just to control the position here.
That's two minutes gone in the round. There's not a lot going on here and the crowd are letting the fighters know they're not willing to tolerate a lack of action. The fighters are starting to get a bit slippery now, which will make submissions a bit more difficult. Chantry is looking to get back to his feet - it's going to be hard from this position. Chantry is looking to improve his position but Asanovic isn't that keen on the idea. Chantry swinging wildly from the bottom but he's not landing. Chantry swinging wildly from the bottom but he's not landing. Chantry flailing away with punches but nothing is landing.
Chantry is breathing heavily. Chantry really wants to buck Asanovic off and get back to his feet. Asanovic takes a little breather and maintains the position. The referee will be looking for him to stay active from such a dominant position though. Chantry can't escape the position.
Chantry takes a big shot to the head but keeps on trying to improve his position.
That's three minutes gone in the round. Chantry throwing hammer fists to the chest of Asanovic. What's that going to do exactly? Chantry swinging wildly from the bottom but he's not landing. Asanovic jumps to side control looking for an arm triangle but Chantry manages to avoid the submission attempt. Asanovic just content to control the position. The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work. Asanovic stands up and we're back to a striking position. Asanovic darts in and clinches Chantry up against the cage. Asanovic is pushing Chantry up against the cage, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word. Asanovic gets underhooks to prevent Chantry's takedown attempt.
Asanovic lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Chantry backwards. Asanovic manages to break the clinch.
Asanovic clinches with his opponent.
Asanovic escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
A decent looking body kick lands there for Asanovic.
That's four minutes gone in the round. Chantry on the wrong end of a kick to the body.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it! Asanovic misses with the combination.
The fight moves into the clinch position. We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out! Asanovic putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Chantry in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body. Asanovic lands a hook to the side of the head. Asanovic pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat. A nice leg kick lands there from Asanovic. Asanovic lands with a nice combination. Chantry backs away looking to recover. Jab from Asanovic. Asanovic misses with a wild combination.
Asanovic throws a body kick that sends a sickening thudding noise reverberating around the arena. Asanovic buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Asanovic's corner calls for a 1, 2 combination and Asanovic duly obliges. Chantry takes a head kick and shrugs it off.
Chantry is rocked! Asanovic rushes Chantry with punches - Chantry moves straight backwards instead of circling and gets clipped by the second strike... and the third... and the fourth! Oh, Chantry goes down! Asanovic follows up with more strikes and the ref steps in to end the bout!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:49 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Nikola Asanovic!
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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
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