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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Jonny Victorio (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Ivan Barac (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Chooooooooon! I think Victorio might be my favorite fighter, now he's come out to Massive Attack - Angel. Barac is bouncing up and down as he enters the arena, backed by Connected. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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266 lbs
20 - 6 - 0 |
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195 cm
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250 lbs
13 - 5 - 0 |
Good wrestling
World class boxer
Insanely flexible |
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World class boxer
Granite chin |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
20 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Jonny Victorio!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
13 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Ivan Barac!
The judges for this bout are William Gold, James Glass and Chris Edwards.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Victorio feints and then cracks Barac's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Barac down.
Victorio throws a sloppy head kick and Barac moves out of range easily.
Barac swings and misses with a shot to the body
and Victorio counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Victorio throws a low kick but Barac moves out of range easily.
Victorio lands a high kick!
Victorio blocks a leg kick.
Victorio goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
A shot to the body from Victorio misses
and Barac counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
It looks like Jonny Victorio has been cut.
Victorio checks the leg kick nicely there.
Barac has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Victorio finds it's way round the side to connect with Barac's head.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
A telegraphed right hand from Victorio misses the target.
A nice leg kick lands there from Victorio.
Victorio slips a jab from Barac.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Victorio throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Barac misses with an uppercut
and Victorio makes him pay by landing a thudding low kick.
Barac with a nice cross.
Victorio is looking for a takedown here. He's shot in and has managed to get it, finishing up in Barac's half guard.
We could do with one of the fighters taking the initiative a bit more on the ground - they're both waiting to capitalize on a mistake.
Victorio is working for a submission of some sort.
Barac tries to get to full guard but Victorio has control of the leg.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Barac trying to control but Victorio postures up.
Victorio 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.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Victorio seems very keen to just sit and control from half guard but Barac does not like that idea so much and is remaining active off his back.
Victorio controlling the action here.
Victorio seems very keen to just sit and control from half guard but Barac does not like that idea so much and is remaining active off his back.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Victorio is looking for a kimura here.
Victorio sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Barac defending well though.
Ground and pound from Victorio.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Barac is holding on to half guard well.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Barac blocking the ground and pound attempt from Victorio.
Victorio prevents Barac from standing back up.
Barac trying to control but Victorio postures up.
Victorio thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Barac's head.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Victorio wants to control but Barac is keeping him busy.
Barac is defending against the submission attempts here by Victorio.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Jonny Victorio dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Jonny Victorio's cut.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!
Victorio fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Barac is out of range.
Victorio on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
Barac's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Victorio connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Barac scrambles back to his feet.
Barac misses with a wild body shot.
Barac misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Victorio.
Victorio scores with a push kick.
A looping hook to the body misses from Barac. Victorio does a little dance to reset his feet.
Barac connects with a solid leg kick.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Victorio throws a right and a left that Barac avoids nicely.
Victorio connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Barac's hands.
Victorio misses with a low kick.
Victorio lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
Barac walks into a stiff left hand from Victorio.
A leg kick checked by Barac.
Barac misses with a left hand
and Victorio counters with a lovely straight right hand!
A shot to the body from Barac misses
enabling Victorio to counter with a crisp jab.
Barac takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Victorio throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Barac.
Barac throws a series of punches but Victorio moves out of range.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Victorio tests Barac's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Victorio looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Ivan Barac is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Barac takes a swing at Victorio's ribcage but misses.
Victorio drives through with a really nice takedown into side control.
Barac regains half guard there - taking advantage of Victorio's attempt to lay and pray for a moment.
Victorio seems very keen to just sit and control from half guard but Barac does not like that idea so much and is remaining active off his back.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Victorio wants to work for an arm triangle but Barac is really keeping half guard well and defending the submission attempt.
Barac is trying to get back to full guard.
Barac is looking to control Victorio's leg but it's slowly edging free. Can Barac avoid being mounted?
Barac regains full guard, whilst avoiding punches from Victorio.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Barac utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Barac utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Victorio with a flurry of punches that miss.
Victorio drops back for a leg here. A bit of a high risk move... He's looking for a kneebar by the looks of things. Now both of them are looking for submissions. Victorio seems to have locked his on tight now - Barac screams in pain and taps out furiously! It certainly was a high risk move but it's paid off for Victorio, as he picks up the win!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:54 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Kneebar). Jonny Victorio!
As Jonny Victorio got his breath back, he grabbed the microphone and managed to blurt out the following: Amsterdamage'.
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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
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