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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Bob Williams (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Nemanja Prijovic (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Nemanja Prijovic acknowledges the crowd's support as he enters the cage.
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
8 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Bob Williams!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
6 - 0 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Nemanja Prijovic!
The judges for this bout are Wesley Smith, Cecil Peabody and George Francis.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Williams tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Prijovic paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Prijovic fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
The fight stays on the outside here - Williams looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Williams misses with a low kick.
Prijovic misses the jab.
Prijovic throws a leg kick but Williams sees it coming and checks it nicely.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Williams checks a leg kick.
Williams throws out a leg kick but Prijovic moves out of range and Williams only half commits.
Williams tries to clinch there but Prijovic circles away.
Williams attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
Williams keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
A leg kick checked by Williams.
Prijovic lands a leg kick that knocks Williams off balance momentarily.
Prijovic is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Prijovic jabs away that one connects to the head of his opponent.
It looks like Bob Williams has been cut.
A slow jab from Prijovic misses its intended target.
Williams tries to score a power double leg takedown but Prijovic sees that one coming and sprawls well. That will dishearten Williams somewhat.
Prijovic fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Williams manages to avoid it.
That's one minute gone in the round.
A decent looking cross lands there for Prijovic.
Williams tries to clinch but Prijovic is having none of it.
Good work by Williams as he checks the leg kick.
Bob Williams seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
A decent looking body kick lands there for Prijovic.
A nice leg kick lands there from Prijovic.
Williams dodges the punch combination from Prijovic.
Prijovic tries to work over Williams's front leg with a kick but Williams checks it.
Williams shoots in looking for a takedown but Prijovic manages to keep the fight standing, pushing Williams's face into the canvas for good measure before circling away.
Williams takes one on the button.
Williams on the wrong end of a nice jab.
Prijovic stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Williams.
No luck with that takedown attempt from Williams.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Bob Williams. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Prijovic darts in and clinches Williams up against the cage.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Prijovic throws a punch but it's blocked by Williams.
Williams tries to pull guard but can't drag his opponent to the mat. Prijovic just stands there and leans against the cage.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Prijovic throws a head punch that misses.
Prijovic tries a body shot but Williams blocks it.
Prijovic makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
A head punch on the inside from Prijovic fails to land.
Prijovic misses with some punches.
Prijovic has a couple of punches blocked by Williams.
A head punch on the inside from Prijovic fails to land.
Prijovic is fighting off a takedown attempt but Williams is just too persistent for him and manages to trip Prijovic to the mat. Prijovic regains guard as soon as the fighters hit the mat.
Williams is sitting in guard, working some ground and pound.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Williams in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Williams trying to control the position from guard on top but Prijovic is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Prijovic lands a beautiful switch and he's in full mount! That could spell trouble for Williams!
Williams manages to regain half guard. Good work.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Williams wants to get back to full guard.
Prijovic works his foot free and advances to mount.
Williams is desperately trying to get back to half guard.
Williams sneaks a leg back under and regains half guard and is working straight away to try and get back to guard. He hasn't managed just yet though.
Williams moves into full guard.
Prijovic looking to sit in guard and control but Williams gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.
Williams loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Prijovic wants to stand but Williams is controlling the position.
Williams throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Williams stopping the sweep attempt from Prijovic.
Williams wants to pass the guard but Prijovic is keeping the position.
Williams working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Williams cracks Prijovic with a solid left hand.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Prijovic utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Prijovic wants to sweep but no luck.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close round but Nemanja Prijovic will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Bob Williams's cut.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.
Williams bobs and weaves and then throws a good body kick.
Williams tries to clinch but Prijovic is having none of it.
Williams tries a head kick but it misses.
Williams uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Prijovic.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Prijovic, right into the meat.
Prijovic tries a head kick but it misses.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Williams lands where it shouldn't have, right in the... well, you know what he did? He kicked him in the penis. He's injured, injured bad. The referee sends both fighters to their corners and Prijovic has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Prijovic and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
A swing and a miss from Prijovic.
Prijovic misses with a low kick.
Williams defending well as Prijovic loads up on a big left hand.
Williams shoots in looking for a double leg takedown. Prijovic defends it nicely.
Williams tries to clinch up but Prijovic circles away and keeps his distance.
Williams throws a body kick that misses.
Williams fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Prijovic is out of range.
Prijovic throws a sloppy head kick and Williams moves out of range easily.
Williams pivots, looking for a leg kick but Prijovic is out of range and Williams settles back down.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Williams misses with an attempted mid kick.
Williams showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Prijovic.
Prijovic delivers a nice body kick.
Williams tries to shoot in for a takedown. He's got hold of a leg but Prijovic swivels and escapes.
Williams fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Prijovic throws a leg kick which misses Williams's front leg but catches the back leg as Williams tries to avoid it.
Prijovic walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Williams checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
Prijovic fails with an attempt to clinch.
Prijovic takes a head kick and shrugs it off.
It looks like Nemanja Prijovic has been cut.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Prijovic misses with a low kick.
Nemanja Prijovic is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Williams fails with an attempt to clinch.
Williams wants to clinch up but Prijovic keeps it at a distance.
Williams misses with a low kick.
Bob Williams is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
A head kick from Prijovic lands but Williams takes it in his stride.
Williams fails with an attempt to clinch.
Williams misses with a low kick.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Williams connects with an inside leg kick.
Williams takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
A telegraphed takedown attempt from Williams is defended easily by Prijovic.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Bob Williams. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Williams takes a head kick and keeps coming.
Prijovic fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
A slapping leg kick lands for Prijovic.
Williams shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Williams tries to clinch up but Prijovic circles away and keeps his distance.
Prijovic connects with a high kick.
A swing and a miss from Prijovic.
Prijovic dodges the punch combination from Williams.
Williams tries to clinch but Prijovic moves out of range.
Prijovic throws a chopping leg kick but Williams manages to avoid taking any serious damage.
The fight stays on the outside here - Prijovic looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Williams chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Prijovic can pounce on him.
Prijovic throws a nice inside leg kick.
Prijovic lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
Williams doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Prijovic fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Williams looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Williams has a takedown stuffed.
Nemanja Prijovic seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Prijovic connects with an inside leg kick.
Prijovic moves into range and lands a nice body kick.
A solid leg kick lands there for Prijovic.
Prijovic fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
A low kick from Williams is predictable there
and Prijovic counters with a good low kick that Williams was not able to check.
Williams is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Prijovic lands an overhand right.
Williams clinches up with Prijovic and pushes him back against the cage.
Prijovic is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Williams is keeping busy.
Williams manages to pull guard.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Prijovic stands up from guard. Let's bang!
Williams shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with Prijovic but Prijovic pushes him off and we're back to square one.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Williams fails with a takedown attempt.
Prijovic goes for a high kick. It partially lands.
Williams fails to land the takedown.
Prijovic stuffs a takedown. It's all about dictating where the fight takes place and Prijovic wants it to stay on the feet.
Prijovic displays good takedown defense there as he swats away a double leg from Williams.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Prijovic throws a quick head kick that skims the top of Williams's head.
A good leg kick by Prijovic.
Prijovic throws a head kick that misses.
Prijovic stalks Williams and leaps in with a furious combination of punches. Uppercuts and crosses smash into Williams's face. Williams staggers backwards, shaken.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Nemanja Prijovic showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action. So, we enter the final round. Let's see if either fighter can bring us a finish, or whether we're going to the judges scorecards.
Prijovic connects with a single shot there.
Prijovic swinging wildly here.
Williams looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Prijovic is fending him off so far but Williams persists. Nope, Prijovic circles away and we're back to standing.
The fight stays on the outside here - Williams looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Williams tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Prijovic throws a lazy right hand but Williams sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Williams tries to clinch there but Prijovic circles away.
Williams keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Prijovic.
Prijovic turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Prijovic moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Prijovic goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Prijovic lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Prijovic connects with an inside leg kick.
Prijovic throws a body kick that digs right into the meat.
Prijovic turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Williams checks a leg kick nicely.
Prijovic with a jab.
Williams gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Williams tries to pull guard but can't drag his opponent to the mat. Prijovic just stands there and leans against the cage.
Williams jumps guard but Prijovic turns him against the cage and keeps the fight standing.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Bob Williams. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Prijovic is fighting off a takedown attempt but Williams is just too persistent for him and manages to trip Prijovic to the mat. Prijovic regains guard as soon as the fighters hit the mat.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Williams postures up in Prijovic's guard and throws a big left but Prijovic blocks it.
Williams landing with the ground and pound.
Williams throwing strikes from guard but Prijovic blocks nicely.
Prijovic really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Williams. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Williams is sitting in guard, working some ground and pound.
Prijovic is pulling down on Williams's head to control his posture.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Williams postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Bob Williams has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Williams trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Prijovic is adopting a defensive guard.
Williams scores with a decent looking elbow strike.
Williams postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Williams accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Williams is looking to work some ground and pound but Prijovic has wrist control.
Prijovic is trying to control the position but Williams postures up.
Williams in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
The referee wants the fighters to be more active or he's going to reset them on the feet.
Williams pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Prijovic is keeping the position for now.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Prijovic wants to stand and escape but Williams is having none of it.
Williams landing with the ground and pound.
Williams working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.
Prijovic keeping full guard, as Williams tries to pass.
Prijovic working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Williams.
Williams postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Williams scoring with punches to the head and body.
Williams looking to pass the guard.
Williams won't allow Prijovic to sweep him here.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Prijovic is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
Williams pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Prijovic is keeping the position for now.
Williams in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Williams looking to pass the guard.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Williams throws a big elbow that misses.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Williams loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Prijovic working a defensive guard here.
Williams scoring with some ground and pound.
And that's the end of the fight!
Bob Williams showed his dominance in that final round.
I think Prijovic has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. 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 Wesley Smith scores the fight 28:29
Judge Cecil Peabody scores the fight 29:28
Judge George Francis scores the fight 28:29
In favor of your winner, by split decision... Nemanja Prijovic!
A very excited looking Nemanja Prijovic rambled incoherently for about 5 minutes post fight about how awesome he is. It was kinda funny for a while but then everyone got annoyed.
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