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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Frank Sinatra (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Josip Ruzic (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Ruzic has chosen Kid N Play - Gettin' Funky as his entrance music. Both fighter's entrance songs getting the crowd jumping here.
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201 lbs
31 - 14 - 4 |
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192 lbs
36 - 12 - 2 |
BJJ Red Belt
World class boxer
Insanely flexible |
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Olympic wrestler
World class MT
Good gas tank |
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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
31 - 14 - 4, fighting out of Las Vegas, Frank Sinatra!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
36 - 12 - 2, fighting out of Las Vegas, Josip Ruzic!
The judges for this bout are Don Winkell, and Frank Antenori.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Ruzic misses with a leg kick.
Sinatra has his takedown stuffed
and Ruzic counters with a body kick.
Sinatra has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Ruzic.
Sinatra lands with a right hand.
Ruzic lands a nice leg kick that just misses Sinatra's sensitive parts.
A jab lands there for Ruzic.
Ruzic is looking to slow Sinatra down with leg kicks.
Ruzic bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Sinatra's head.
Ruzic buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Ruzic paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
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!
Sinatra misses with a right hand
and Ruzic makes him pay by landing a thudding low kick.
Sinatra walks into a left hand.
Donk. Ruzic catches Sinatra right on the button with a cross.
Ruzic connects with a solid leg kick.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Sinatra closes the distance and gets a double leg, slamming Ruzic to the mat! Ruzic manages to get full guard.
The referee wants the fighters to be more active or he's going to reset them on the feet.
Ruzic throws a couple of shots from the bottom but they don't land.
Sinatra not doing a lot at the moment. He'll have to show some more aggression or the fight will get stood up.
Ruzic is active off his back here, looking for submissions.
Ruzic keeping moving, preventing Sinatra from controlling successfully.
Ruzic is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.
Ruzic trying to strike off his back.
Ruzic has an active guard here but Sinatra has managed to pass into half guard.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Ruzic actively working from the bottom here.
Sinatra works his way into full mount!
Sinatra trying to control but he's not successful this time.
Ruzic in a bad spot here, taking shots to the head.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Sinatra cracks Ruzic with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.
Ruzic is squirming around, avoiding Sinatra's attempts to control the action.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ruzic really trying hard to get back to half guard here.
Ruzic in a bad spot here, taking shots to the head.
It looks like Josip Ruzic has been cut.
Ruzic slips a leg in and gets back to half guard.
Ruzic is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
Ruzic manages to get to full guard.
Ruzic is working actively off his back, looking to secure an arm or perhaps work for a triangle.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Ruzic looking for submissions from the bottom here. Moving his hips around, possibly looking for an armbar.
Ruzic looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Ruzic has an omoplata and is looking to use it perhaps as a submission or perhaps to transition. Sinatra is in a bit of discomfort here, but he's managed to free himself and has dived into side control! That didn't work out too well for Ruzic.
Ruzic prevents Sinatra from improving position.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Ruzic defending against the ground and pound.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close round but Josip Ruzic will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Josip Ruzic's cut.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.
Sinatra lands a nice shot to the body.
Sinatra with a hook.
Ruzic misses with a wild body shot.
Sinatra dips to his left and cracks Ruzic with an uppercut!
Sinatra swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Sinatra defending well as Ruzic loads up on a big left hand.
No luck for Sinatra with that takedown attempt.
Sinatra misses with a looping right.
Ruzic moves out of range of the strikes.
Sinatra misses with a two punch combination.
Ruzic walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Sinatra checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
Sinatra on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Ruzic misses the shot to the body.
Sinatra lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
Sinatra uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
Ruzic misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.
Sinatra misses with a straight left.
Ruzic stuffs the takedown attempt from Sinatra. Sinatra gets slowly back to his feet.
Sinatra throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
A telegraphed right hand from Ruzic misses the target.
Sinatra cracks Ruzic with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
Ruzic fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Ruzic connects with a leg kick. Sinatra looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
A leg kick checked by Sinatra.
Sinatra has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Ruzic.
Ruzic misses with a looping left.
Ruzic lands a leg kick that knocks Sinatra off balance momentarily.
Ruzic steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Sinatra.
Sinatra on the wrong end of a kick to the body.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Ruzic uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Sinatra has time to react.
Sinatra missing with a left hand there. Ruzic was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Sinatra thows a left - swing and a miss!
Ruzic throws a body punch but Sinatra moves out of range.
Ruzic uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Sinatra.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Sinatra checks a leg kick.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sinatra throws a big shot that misses.
A jab lands there for Sinatra.
The fighters circling - Ruzic throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Sinatra shoots in but Ruzic avoids the takedown attempt easily.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Frank Sinatra. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Ruzic scores with a jab to the jaw.
Sinatra tries to score a power double leg takedown but Ruzic sees that one coming and sprawls well. That will dishearten Sinatra somewhat.
Ruzic misses the shot to the body.
Sinatra swings for the body but Ruzic moves out of range.
Ruzic looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Sinatra misses with an uppercut. Ruzic saw that one coming.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Sinatra swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Ruzic displays good takedown defense there as he swats away a double leg from Sinatra.
Ruzic jabs at Sinatra's body.
Ruzic misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Sinatra.
Sinatra is really head hunting here, hardly looking to strike to the body at all.
Ruzic throws a looping overhand right but Sinatra ducks down to avoid it.
Sinatra misses with a body shot.
Sinatra is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
Ruzic fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Ruzic slips a straight right by Sinatra.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Ruzic moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Sinatra on the wrong end of a kick to the body.
Ruzic uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Sinatra.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Josip Ruzic showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Josip Ruzic's cut.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action. This is the final round!
Ruzic goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Sinatra throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Ruzic thows a body shot but no joy.
Ruzic turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Sinatra looks to throw the jab but Ruzic is out of range.
Sinatra scores with a hook.
Sinatra shoots in for a takedown but Ruzic shows good takedown defense.
Ruzic throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Ruzic throws a nice looking combination but Sinatra bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Ruzic throws a looping overhand right but Sinatra ducks down to avoid it.
Ruzic tries to score with a low kick but Sinatra moves his leg out of the way.
Sinatra takes one to the side of the head.
Ruzic looks to land a left hand but Sinatra moved out of range nicely.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Ruzic throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
Ruzic cracks the inside of Sinatra's front leg.
Ruzic swings widly with a right hand
and Sinatra counters with a nice shoot takedown that brings the fighters to the ground.
Ruzic wants to sweep but no luck.
Ruzic escapes his hips to the side and looks to be working for an armbar. Sinatra gives him a little smile and shakes his head. No chance.
Ruzic manages to land a sweep and now he's in mount on top!
Ruzic trying to control but Sinatra is having none of it.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Ruzic is stalling here but it's allowed Sinatra to get half guard.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Sinatra wants to control but Ruzic is keeping busy and won't allow it.
Ruzic works his way into side control.
Sinatra can't do much from the bottom here.
Frank Sinatra has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Ruzic tries to land with some ground and pound but misses.
You can see the frustration on Sinatra's face, being in this tough position on the bottom.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ruzic wants to control but Sinatra is keeping him busy.
Sinatra stops Ruzic from passing to mount.
Sinatra managing to avoid any damage from the strikes thrown by Ruzic.
Ruzic tries to advance to mount but Sinatra denies him.
Sinatra struggling a bit here.
Josip Ruzic is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.
Sinatra gets one leg under and gets the fight to half guard.
Ruzic seems to have lost interest with the ground game and is thinking about standing back up.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Ruzic stalling.
We must be close to a standup if these guys don't pick up the pace.
Sinatra is controlling Ruzic's trapped leg to prevent Ruzic from advancing to side control.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Ruzic is just content to waste time from the top position. Sinatra takes advantage of the situation and regains full guard.
Ruzic wants to control from the top but Sinatra keeps moving.
And that's the end of the fight!
Josip Ruzic comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I've got Ruzic winning every round here. Surely the decision will go his way and he'll pick up a well deserved decision victory. 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 Don Winkell scores the fight 27:30
Judge Percy O'Donnell scores the fight 27:30
Judge Frank Antenori scores the fight 27:30
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Josip Ruzic!
Josip Ruzic seemed lost for words in his post fight interview but he remembered to thank his fans and directed everyone to his website.
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energy
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hype
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pop
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RATING
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