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Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Drago Radanovic (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Kareem al Rashid (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). al Rashid has chosen Highlight Reel as his entrance music. Both fighters will be looking to make this an exciting fight for the fans, I'm sure!
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167 lbs
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
11 - 8 - 0, fighting out of New York, Drago Radanovic!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
19 - 12 - 0, fighting out of London, Kareem al Rashid!
The judges for this bout are Matti Vanhoillinen, Marco Blurström and Roosa Järviläinen.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
al Rashid tries to clinch there but Radanovic circles away.
Some wild striking there from al Rashid.
Decent striking displayed by Radanovic there.
Radanovic lands a straight punch to the body, keeping al Rashid at a distance.
al Rashid keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Radanovic tries to clinch there but al Rashid circles away.
al Rashid misses with a head kick.
Kareem al Rashid seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Radanovic thows a left - swing and a miss!
al Rashid fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Radanovic blocks a low kick nicely.
al Rashid is looking to clinch but Radanovic is avoiding it.
al Rashid looks to clinch
and Radanovic counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
al Rashid tries to clinch but Radanovic moves out of range.
al Rashid tries to clinch up but Radanovic circles away and keeps his distance.
Radanovic misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from al Rashid.
al Rashid throws the left hand but Radanovic avoids the punch easily.
al Rashid lands a lovely overhand right.
al Rashid closes the distance but Radanovic moves to the side
enabling Radanovic to counter with a crisp jab.
That's one minute gone in the round.
al Rashid's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Radanovic connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! al Rashid scrambles back to his feet.
Radanovic attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
al Rashid misses with a combination
and Radanovic counters with a nice body shot.
A slow jab from al Rashid misses its intended target.
Radanovic checks the leg kick.
al Rashid moves out of range of the strikes.
Radanovic delivers a nice body kick.
Radanovic has managed to clinch.
al Rashid works on Radanovic's body with a couple of short punches.
Radanovic blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
al Rashid managing to block the knees to the body from Radanovic.
Radanovic is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. al Rashid is defending well for now.
Radanovic misses with an elbow strike.
Radanovic prevents a body shot from al Rashid.
al Rashid lands with a short punch from the clinch.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Radanovic just misses with a elbow thrown towards al Rashid's brow.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
al Rashid can't find room to land a body shot as Radanovic controls the action.
al Rashid lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Radanovic pressing his opponent against the cage.
al Rashid's corner are urging him to control the action in the clinch for a moment, rather than mount any serious offense. I'm sure the crowd appreciate those instructions... not.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, al Rashid creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
al Rashid misses with a shot to the kidneys.
al Rashid lands with a short shot to the head.
al Rashid doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Radanovic trying to land knees to the body.
al Rashid lands a body shot.
al Rashid lands a right hand.
al Rashid can't find room to land a body shot as Radanovic controls the action.
al Rashid blocks an elbow strike from Radanovic.
al Rashid throws a head punch that misses.
al Rashid can't find room to land a body shot as Radanovic controls the action.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
al Rashid scores with a nice hook to the head.
al Rashid misses with a punch to the body.
A quick uppercut on the inside from al Rashid.
al Rashid misses with a hook to the ribs.
al Rashid tries a body shot but Radanovic blocks it.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
Good body shot from al Rashid.
Radanovic trying to control the position but instead, al Rashid has worked for underhooks and has pushed Radanovic into the cage.
al Rashid lands a body punch in the clinch.
Radanovic pushes off an throws an elbow but al Rashid leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
al Rashid misses with a shot to the kidneys.
al Rashid avoids the elbow strike from Radanovic, against the cage.
Radanovic pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Radanovic tries to land knees in the clinch but al Rashid avoids the damage to the body.
A quick uppercut on the inside from al Rashid.
Radanovic prevents a body shot from al Rashid.
al Rashid scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Radanovic is rocked!
al Rashid doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Oh Radanovic is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Radanovic blocks an uppercut.
al Rashid blocks an elbow strike from Radanovic.
al Rashid leaning against his opponent.
al Rashid avoids the elbow strike from Radanovic, against the cage.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Radanovic blocks an uppercut.
Radanovic pushes off an throws an elbow but al Rashid leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Radanovic blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
al Rashid misses with a punch on the inside.
al Rashid misses with the head strike.
Radanovic seems to have got his legs back now.
al Rashid has a couple of punches blocked by Radanovic.
Radanovic blocks a body shot from al Rashid.
al Rashid struggles to land a body shot inside as Radanovic controls his hands.
al Rashid stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
al Rashid tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
al Rashid scores with a shoulder strike.
al Rashid misses with a punch to the body.
al Rashid misses with a shot to the kidneys.
al Rashid takes an elbow to the forehead.
Radanovic throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
al Rashid throws a punch but it's blocked by Radanovic.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
al Rashid blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Radanovic lands an elbow just above al Rashid 's eye.
It looks like Kareem al Rashid has been cut.
Radanovic blocks a punch to the side of the head.
al Rashid avoiding damage as Radanovic throws knees to the body.
al Rashid misses with some punches.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Kareem al Rashid dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Kareem al Rashid's cut.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!
Radanovic tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Radanovic throws the kick towards the body but al Rashid avoids it.
Radanovic pushes forward with a 1-2 combination that forces al Rashid back to the cage. Radanovic follows up with a solid lead hook to the liver.
Radanovic fails with an attempt to clinch.
Radanovic swings for the body but al Rashid moves out of range.
Radanovic scores with a nice body kick.
Radanovic wants to clinch.
al Rashid throws a solid leg kick but Radanovic takes the impact on his shin and smiles at al Rashid.
al Rashid throws the left hand but Radanovic avoids the punch easily.
Radanovic chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before al Rashid can pounce on him.
Radanovic tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. al Rashid manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
al Rashid tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Radanovic manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Radanovic connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Radanovic avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Drago Radanovic is winning the standup battle so far.
That's one minute gone in the round.
al Rashid tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
al Rashid tries to close the distance and clinch up but Radanovic swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Radanovic looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
al Rashid tries to close the distance and clinch up but Radanovic swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Radanovic misses with a body kick.
al Rashid lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Radanovic circles away quickly and effectively.
Radanovic throws a wild body kick that al Rashid sees coming a mile off.
Radanovic throws the left hand but al Rashid avoids the punch easily.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from al Rashid.
Radanovic slips a jab and a cross from al Rashid.
Radanovic tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but al Rashid paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Radanovic throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
al Rashid tries to clinch but Radanovic moves out of range.
Radanovic throws the kick towards the body but al Rashid avoids it.
al Rashid slips under a jab from Radanovic.
The fight stays on the outside here - al Rashid looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Radanovic works the jab nicely.
al Rashid tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Radanovic manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
al Rashid tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
al Rashid throws a low kick but Radanovic avoids it.
al Rashid will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
al Rashid lands with a nice combination. Radanovic backs away looking to recover.
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!
al Rashid thows a leg kick but Radanovic checks it
and Radanovic counters with a nice uppercut.
al Rashid will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Kareem al Rashid is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
al Rashid dips to his left and cracks Radanovic with an uppercut!
Nice body kick there by al Rashid.
Radanovic is looking to clinch but al Rashid is avoiding it.
al Rashid steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Radanovic.
al Rashid tries to keep at a distance but Radanovic has taken the fight into the clinch.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
al Rashid avoids the elbow strike from Radanovic, against the cage.
al Rashid misses with a body punch.
Radanovic misses with an elbow over the top.
Radanovic throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Radanovic lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
al Rashid misses with the head strike.
al Rashid fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
A left hand lands to the body for al Rashid.
Kareem al Rashid seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
al Rashid lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Radanovic lands an elbow inside that al Rashid shrugs off.
al Rashid stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Radanovic blocks an uppercut.
al Rashid is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Radanovic trying to land knees to the body.
al Rashid lands a body punch in the clinch.
Radanovic missing with knees to the body.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
al Rashid works on Radanovic's body with a couple of short punches.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
al Rashid misses with a body punch.
Radanovic throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
al Rashid lands a right hand.
al Rashid breaks the clinch.
The fight moves into the clinch position.
al Rashid on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
al Rashid manages to get underhooks and slows down the pace for a moment.
A head punch on the inside from al Rashid fails to land.
Radanovic missing with knees to the body.
A left hand lands to the body for al Rashid.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Radanovic pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Radanovic misses with an elbow strike.
Radanovic misses with an elbow over the top.
Radanovic tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and al Rashid avoids it.
al Rashid tries a body shot but Radanovic blocks it.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close second round but Kareem al Rashid will probably get the nod - 10:9.
The cut man is working on Kareem al Rashid's cut.
That's time! Radanovic's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight. This is the final round!
al Rashid misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
al Rashid takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
Radanovic takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
al Rashid looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
al Rashid misses with a low kick.
al Rashid tries to clinch but Radanovic is having none of it.
A slapping body kick lands there for Radanovic.
Radanovic with a hook.
al Rashid misses with a looping left.
al Rashid gets a clinch.
al Rashid has a couple of punches blocked by Radanovic.
Radanovic taking a breather.
al Rashid manages to break the clinch.
al Rashid is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
al Rashid throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Radanovic is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Radanovic throws a body kick that digs right into the meat.
A looping hook to the body misses from Radanovic. al Rashid does a little dance to reset his feet.
Radanovic thows a body shot but no joy.
Radanovic lands a head shot.
al Rashid swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
al Rashid misses with the combination.
al Rashid is looking to clinch.
al Rashid throws a right and a left that Radanovic avoids nicely.
al Rashid throws a nice looking combination but Radanovic bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
al Rashid lands a nice shot to the body.
Radanovic avoids the head kick by al Rashid.
Radanovic lands a right hook to the body.
Drago Radanovic has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Radanovic moves out of range of the leg kick from al Rashid.
Radanovic fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and al Rashid has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Radanovic tries to clinch up but al Rashid circles away and keeps his distance.
al Rashid throws a leg kick but Radanovic sees it coming and moves out of range.
al Rashid wants to clinch up but Radanovic keeps it at a distance.
Radanovic pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Nice jab there from Radanovic.
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!
Radanovic blocks a head kick by al Rashid.
Radanovic connects with the punch.
Radanovic scores with a push kick.
al Rashid looking to land some kicks to the body here.
al Rashid misses with a body shot.
al Rashid tries to clinch up.
Radanovic closes the distance and clinches.
Radanovic blocks a punch to the side of the head.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Radanovic lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
al Rashid is rocked!
Radanovic lands an elbow inside that al Rashid shrugs off.
al Rashid is still on wobbly legs! Can Radanovic finish him?
Radanovic unloads a knee to the mid-section.
al Rashid takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Radanovic creates some distance and fires off a vicious elbow that drops al Rashid! He pounces and finishes the fight with more strikes! Nice KO for Radanovic.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:17 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Drago Radanovic!
A victorious Drago Radanovic thanked his army of followers in his post fight interview, telling people to make sure they follow him on Twitter.
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