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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Take Down (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Florencio Dragovich (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Dragovich comes into a darkened arena with his song building. Black Mages - Assault of the Silver Dragons kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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182 lbs
7 - 5 - 0 |
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183 cm
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180 lbs
8 - 2 - 0 |
Good wrestling
Basic striking
Granite chin |
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Good wrestler
Excellent boxer
Powerful |
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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
7 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Take Down!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
8 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Florencio Dragovich!
The judges for this bout are , and .
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Down misses with a wild combination.
Dragovich fakes a strike and closes the distance, dragging Down to the ground. Dragovich is now in Down's guard.
If this pace continues, the referee will definitely step in and force a standup.
Dragovich working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of Down's head.
Dragovich is looking to work some ground and pound but Down has wrist control.
Dragovich postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Dragovich throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Down works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Down avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Dragovich is in close to Down's body, working some short punches and elbows.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Dragovich's corner. There ya go! There ya go!
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Dragovich accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Down avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Dragovich accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Dragovich working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Down on his back here. We all know that wrestlers don't like being on their back so let's see if Down tries to get out of the position.
Dragovich throwing strikes but missing.
Dragovich scoring with some ground and pound.
Down can't keep his opponent in guard - Dragovich advances to half guard, no doubt looking to mount.
Dragovich has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Dragovich lands with a punch from half guard.
Down on the receiving end of some nice ground and pound.
Dragovich sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Down defending well though.
Dragovich thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Dragovich thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Down's head.
Down keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Dragovich thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
Down is breathing heavily.
Dragovich working the head and body with strikes.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Dragovich missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
Dragovich lands strikes from half guard.
Dragovich throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
Dragovich is keen to just control but Down is a slippery customer.
Dragovich missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
Dragovich lands with a punch from half guard.
Dragovich looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Down with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
The fighters are tangled up in the ropes here. We might need a restart if the fighters can't break free themselves.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Dragovich looks to score some points with some ground and pound.
Dragovich lands a big shot. The thud that echoes around the arena is like music to the fans' ears.
Dragovich landing with strikes to the body and head, softening up his opponent.
Down blocking the ground and pound attempt from Dragovich.
Down is staying active underneath Dragovich, who seems content to just control the action from this position.
Dragovich throwing shots but Down is blocking nicely.
Dragovich missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
Down keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Down taking some punishment here, with Dragovich in his half guard.
Down avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Dragovich.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Dragovich trying to control the action but Down is working from the bottom.
Dragovich passes the half guard and he's now in mount! Big trouble for Down!
Dragovich trying to control but he's not successful this time.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Dragovich scoring with strikes but Down is staying in there.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Dragovich working Down over with strikes here.
Dragovich is landing with some decent strikes but Down is trying to advance his position so the referee is letting the fight continue.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Florencio Dragovich dominated that round.
That's time! Back to the action!
Dragovich lets the fists fly and connects with a left straight followed by a right hook.
Dragovich tries to shoot in for a takedown. He's got hold of a leg but Down swivels and escapes.
Dragovich keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Dragovich is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Down.
Dragovich fails with the takedown.
Dragovich slips a straight right by Down.
Down leaves Dragovich with his face pressed against the mat as he sprawls beautifully, defending against a solid takedown attempt.
Take Down has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Florencio Dragovich.
Down tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Dragovich was well out of range. Poor timing from Down.
Down takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Down with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Dragovich to score with a decent uppercut.
Down just misses with a punch to the body.
Down has his head slapped from side to side by a 3 punch combination. That must have hurt him.
Dragovich fails to land the takedown.
Down throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Down showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Dragovich.
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Down, as that shot connected.
Dragovich avoids the body shot from Down.
Dragovich connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
Down swings away with a body shot that misses
and Dragovich counters with a takedown into side control.
The strikes coming from Dragovich are missing the target in this wave of attacks.
Dragovich lands a nice forearm strike.
Dragovich working the head and body with strikes.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Dragovich landing strikes.
Dragovich lands a few punches from side control.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Dragovich tries to score with some ground and pound. Down controls his posture well this time though and the shots don't do any damage.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Dragovich sitting in side control, looking to soften his opponent up with elbows and hammerfists but Down is avoiding damage well and looking to escape the position.
Dragovich throwing strikes but missing, from side control.
Down takes a couple of big shots there - the referee warns him that he has to defend himself better.
Down knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Dragovich on the ground.
Dragovich looks up at the clock and then as Down takes his cue and looks up at the clock too, Dragovich smacks him right in the chops with a big elbow! How rude!
Dragovich tries to score with some ground and pound. Down controls his posture well this time though and the shots don't do any damage.
Down dodges the ground and pound from Dragovich.
Dragovich working the ground and pound.
Dragovich lands some shots froms side control.
Dragovich fails to land a wild elbow strike.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Dragovich working the ground and pound from side control.
Dragovich is putting a hurting on Down here, landing some big shots from side control.
Dragovich is putting a hurting on Down here, landing some big shots from side control.
Dragovich connects with a decent looking elbow from side control that caused Down some visible discomfort.
Dragovich throws a strike aimed at the side of Down's head but Down avoids it well.
Down is working to avoid the ground and pound but Dragovich connects with a decent elbow.
Dragovich is looking for a kimura. He might have it! No, Down has escaped the position, nice work there.
Dragovich has hold of Down's arm here. He's working for an Americana. It looks like he might have it! Down tries to escape but he's just digging himself in deeper - Dragovich cranks the arm and Down screams in pain! The ref makes a decision and ends the fight before the tap - no complains from Down, who is just happy to have his arm attached to his body.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:02 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Americana). Florencio Dragovich!
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pop
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