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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Zivojin Miric (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Lalbon Turu Rapthlaka (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Turu Rapthlaka has chosen Another Round as his entrance music. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.
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240 lbs
7 - 1 - 0 |
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190 cm
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275 lbs
4 - 0 - 0 |
BJJ Purple Belt
Solid boxing
Good chin |
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Powerful takedowns
Excellent boxer
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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
7 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Zivojin Miric!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
4 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Lalbon Turu Rapthlaka!
The judges for this bout are Don Winkell, and Timothy Bukovac.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Turu Rapthlaka shoots in and drives through. Miric sprawls well.
Miric throws a two punch combo that lands nicely.
Turu Rapthlaka avoids the body shot from Miric.
Miric lands a jab. Then a cross. Then finally a nice hook to the body. Good work there by Miric.
Miric lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Turu Rapthlaka circles away quickly and effectively.
Lalbon Turu Rapthlaka seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Turu Rapthlaka fails with the takedown
and Miric counters with a nice body shot.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Some wild striking there from Miric.
Turu Rapthlaka moves away from the strike by Miric.
Miric lands with an uppercut that bounces Turu Rapthlaka off the cage and back into range.
Turu Rapthlaka looks frustrated there after his takedown attempt is stuffed easily.
Zivojin Miric has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Lalbon Turu Rapthlaka.
Turu Rapthlaka tries for a takedown but Miric circles away easily
and Miric counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Miric lands with a shot to the body.
Miric throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Nice takedown defense from Turu Rapthlaka. No joy for Miric on that attempt.
Turu Rapthlaka with a poor takedown
and Miric counters with a stiff right hand.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Turu Rapthlaka closes the distance and clinches up, looking for a takedown. He shifts his weight and gets a nice trip into half guard.
Miric tries to get to full guard but Turu Rapthlaka has control of the leg.
Turu Rapthlaka scoring with strikes to the body and head.
Ground and pound from Turu Rapthlaka.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Miric is looking to sinch up a guillotine here but Turu Rapthlaka pulls his head out easily.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Turu Rapthlaka wants to work for an arm triangle but Miric is really keeping half guard well and defending the submission attempt.
Turu Rapthlaka throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
Turu Rapthlaka blocks the strikes from Miric.
Turu Rapthlaka wants to free his trapped foot but Miric is holding on for dear life with his legs.
Turu Rapthlaka is nestled in close to Miric, controlling him well. He's worked in a nice elbow to the side of the head as well, for good measure.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Miric taking some punishment here, with Turu Rapthlaka in his half guard.
Turu Rapthlaka thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
Miric is trying to defend against the ground and pound but Turu Rapthlaka scores with a couple of nice shots.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Turu Rapthlaka working over Miric with some ground and pound. Miric looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable.
Turu Rapthlaka thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Miric's head.
Turu Rapthlaka winds up and cracks Miric with a swinging punch to the side of the head.
Turu Rapthlaka working Miric over with strikes.
Miric looking for submissions off his back.
Turu Rapthlaka is looking for a kimura but he's never going to get it from there.
Miric looking to work for a kimura from the bottom.
Turu Rapthlaka landing with strikes to the body and head, softening up his opponent.
Turu Rapthlaka working Miric over with strikes.
Turu Rapthlaka lands with a punch from half guard.
Miric looking for submissions from an awkward position here.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Turu Rapthlaka seems to be working for a kimura but Miric defends the submission attempt.
Turu Rapthlaka is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.
Turu Rapthlaka looks to score some points with some ground and pound.
Turu Rapthlaka is working for a kimura but Miric is defending it quite comfortably.
Turu Rapthlaka lands with a punch from half guard.
Miric is trying to get back to full guard.
Turu Rapthlaka 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.
Turu Rapthlaka landing with strikes to the body and head, softening up his opponent.
Miric is rocked!
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Miric tries to roll over but Turu Rapthlaka keeps him under control.
Oh Miric is still in real trouble! Will he be able to recover?!!
Turu Rapthlaka slips a nice elbow through Miric's hands, connecting with Miric's forehead.
Turu Rapthlaka lands a big elbow from half guard. That looks like it's hurt Miric quite badly. Miric pulls Turu Rapthlaka in close trying to recover. Turu Rapthlaka postures up and lands two really hard shots that put Miric on queer street! The ref takes a look and decides to call an end to the fight! Possibly an early stoppage but Miric doesn't seem to be complaining too much.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:59 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Lalbon Turu Rapthlaka!
After the fight, Lalbon Turu Rapthlaka was humble in paying tribute to his opponent but made it clear he wants to go on to bigger and better things. It seemed to go down well with the crowd who cheered him loudly.
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energy
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hype
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pop
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mgr
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