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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Petar Lazarovic (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Andray Blinge (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.
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185 lbs
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BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
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BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
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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
0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Petar Lazarovic!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Andray Blinge!
The judges for this bout are Jeff Smith, Colin Fray and Ryoma Takatsuka.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Blinge pushes Lazarovic up against the cage in a clinch.
Blinge escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Andray Blinge seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Blinge lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Lazarovic circles away quickly and effectively.
Blinge misses with a double jab.
Lazarovic slips a jab and a cross from Blinge.
Sloppy strikes from Blinge. Those never looked like landing.
Lazarovic shoots in looking for a takedown. Blinge tries to sprawl out of it but Lazarovic keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. Blinge manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.
Lazarovic closes the distance and clinches.
Blinge misses with a knee strike.
Blinge throws a knee to the head but misses.
Lazarovic has managed to pull guard. Let's see whether he can work an aggressive guard. It will also be interesting to see what tactics Blinge uses from the top position.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
The referee is pacing around the two fighters - he looks like he's thinking about a standup.
Lazarovic is avoiding any damage by keeping wrist control.
Blinge trying to control but Lazarovic is working from the bottom.
Blinge looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights.
Blinge is intent on slowing down the pace of the fight, simply looking to control.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Lazarovic keeping moving, preventing Blinge from controlling successfully.
Andray Blinge has forced the referee to step in and restart the fight on the feet.
Blinge throws a looping overhand right but Lazarovic ducks down to avoid it.
Lazarovic ducks under a wild hook from Blinge.
Blinge throws a right and a left that both miss.
Lazarovic closes the distance and clinches up with Blinge, looking for a takedown. Lazarovic pushes Blinge against the cage but Blinge circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.
Blinge looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Lazarovic scores with a head kick.
It looks like Andray Blinge has been cut.
Blinge avoids the head kick by Lazarovic.
Blinge displays good takedown defense there as he swats away a double leg from Lazarovic.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Petar Lazarovic. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Blinge throws a hook to the side of Lazarovic's head but Lazarovic sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Lazarovic shoots in looking for a takedown but Blinge manages to keep the fight standing, pushing Lazarovic's face into the canvas for good measure before circling away.
Lazarovic shoots in for a takedown but Blinge shows good takedown defense.
A punch combination from Blinge misses.
Blinge fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Lazarovic on the side of the head.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Blinge throws a nice looking combination but Lazarovic bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Lazarovic ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Blinge misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Blinge lands a body shot.
Lazarovic is breathing heavily.
Blinge keeps the fight on the outside.
Blinge lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Lazarovic circles away quickly and effectively.
Lazarovic scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.
A left and a right from Blinge both land. Nice combination.
Blinge rushes Lazarovic and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Blinge's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Blinge clinches.
Blinge breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
No joy there for Blinge, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Blinge wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Blinge is looking to clinch.
Blinge looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Blinge thows a left - swing and a miss!
Blinge lands a really nice looking cross but Lazarovic seems unphased.
Blinge throws a series of punches but Lazarovic moves out of range.
Lazarovic with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Blinge to score with a decent uppercut.
Lazarovic shoots for a double leg takedown but Blinge sprawls well. He's pushed Lazarovic's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.
A punch combination from Blinge misses.
Lazarovic fails miserably with a takedown attempt.
Lazarovic shoots in for a double leg but Blinge sprawls well. That's going to sap some energy.
Blinge throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Blinge throws a left and a right that both miss
and Blinge takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Lazarovic uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Blinge.
Lazarovic fails with a takedown attempt from distance.
Blinge misses with a two punch combination.
Lazarovic gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Blinge.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Blinge throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Lazarovic counters with a three punch combo that has Blinge backing up. Blinge nods at Lazarovic to acknowledge the strikes.
Blinge instigates a clinch.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Blinge breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Blinge pushes forward with a 1-2 combination that forces Lazarovic back to the cage. Blinge follows up with a solid lead hook to the liver.
Blinge swinging wildly here.
Lazarovic needs to keep his hands up - Blinge had a free shot at his head there.
Blinge throws a series of strikes that have Lazarovic backpedaling.
A punch combination from Blinge misses.
Lazarovic looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Blinge is fending him off so far but Lazarovic persists. Nope, Blinge circles away and we're back to standing.
Blinge works Lazarovic's body with a nice hook.
Blinge catches Lazarovic with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Blinge tries to bum rush Lazarovic with a series of wild strikes but Lazarovic uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Sloppy strikes from Blinge. Those never looked like landing.
Blinge misses with a wild combination.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Andray Blinge dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Andray Blinge's cut.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!
Blinge tries to clinch up but Lazarovic circles away and keeps his distance.
Andray Blinge seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Blinge showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Lazarovic.
Lazarovic darts in looking for a takedown but Blinge gets double underhooks and turns Lazarovic into the cage.
Blinge tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Lazarovic's elbow.
Blinge breaks the clinch.
Lazarovic will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
Lazarovic closes this distance looking for a takedown but Blinge circles away.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Petar Lazarovic. That's going to take a lot out of him.
No luck with that takedown attempt from Lazarovic.
Blinge shuffles to his left behind two crisp jabs. Lazarovic eats them both and turns towards Blinge to reposition himself and eats a stinging right hand-left hook combo.
Blinge sizes up Lazarovic with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
Petar Lazarovic is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
A decent looking cross lands there for Blinge.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Blinge misses with a two punch combination.
Blinge lands a two punch combo.
Blinge throws a right and a left that Lazarovic avoids nicely.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Blinge throws a series of punches but Lazarovic avoids them all with ease.
Jab, cross, leg kick. Nice combination by Blinge!
Some wild striking there from Blinge.
Lazarovic tries a head kick but it misses.
Lazarovic takes a punch to the jaw and another one to the bread basket.
Blinge throws a right and a left that both miss.
Blinge swinging wildly here.
Blinge throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Blinge circles away from the clinch attempt.
Blinge clinches with his opponent.
Blinge doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Lazarovic wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Blinge has him pressed against the cage.
Lazarovic avoiding damage as Blinge throws knees to the body.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Lazarovic blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Lazarovic looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Blinge misses with a body punch.
Lazarovic ties up his opponent against the cage and manages to drag the fight down to the ground. Lazarovic no doubt will be looking to work submissions from his guard.
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!
Blinge advances to half guard.
Lazarovic wants to control but Blinge is keeping busy and won't allow it.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Blinge gets to his feet - back to striking we go!
Blinge will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Nice uppercut there from Blinge.
Blinge might want to mix his strikes up a bit more. He's just going for head shots at the moment and that can become a bit predictable.
Blinge throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Blinge throws a jab when Lazarovic was well out of range.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Blinge looks to land a combination but Lazarovic avoids it well.
Lazarovic lands with a shot to the body.
Nice jab there from Blinge.
Blinge misses with a lunging right hand
enabling Lazarovic to counter with a crisp jab.
Blinge throws a combination that misses
and Lazarovic holds on and brings the fighters into a clinch.
Blinge has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Blinge is pressed up against the cage. Lazarovic has hold of a leg and is looking to drag Blinge down to the mat. Blinge avoids the attempt though and has circled away. We're back to striking at a distance.
Lazarovic tries to close the distance and clinch up but Blinge swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Lazarovic ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Blinge's corner calls for a 1, 2 combination and Blinge duly obliges.
Blinge tests Lazarovic's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Lazarovic tries to close the distance and clinch but Blinge swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Blinge connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
Blinge misses with the combination.
Lazarovic ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Lazarovic slips a jab and a cross from Blinge.
Blinge misses with the combination.
Lazarovic throws the kick towards the body but Blinge avoids it.
Blinge with a jab.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Blinge will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Lazarovic looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
Blinge misses with an uppercut.
Lazarovic shoots in but no luck this time.
Blinge displays good takedown defense there as he swats away a double leg from Lazarovic.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Blinge tries to bum rush Lazarovic with a series of wild strikes but Lazarovic uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Blinge misses with the combination.
Blinge gets a clinch.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Andray Blinge showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Andray Blinge's cut.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action. This is the final round!
A big right from Blinge misses.
Lazarovic gets cracked there but stands up to it.
A swing and a miss from Blinge.
Blinge rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Lazarovic moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
No luck for Lazarovic with that takedown attempt.
Lazarovic misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Blinge circles away from the clinch attempt.
Blinge stuffs a takedown. It's all about dictating where the fight takes place and Blinge wants it to stay on the feet.
Blinge throws a right hand that Lazarovic ducks under and follows up with a left that Lazarovic also avoids with ease.
A cross from Blinge lands.
Blinge missing with a left hand there. Lazarovic was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Blinge dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Lazarovic keeps the fight on the outside.
Lazarovic dives in for a single leg takedown but Blinge sprawls and the fighters end up clinched against the cage.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Petar Lazarovic. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Blinge breaks the clinch.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Blinge looks to throw the jab but Lazarovic is out of range.
Blinge tries to clinch up but Lazarovic circles away and keeps his distance.
Blinge throws a jab but it's blocked by Lazarovic.
Blinge swinging wildly here.
Blinge fails in his attempt to clinch.
Blinge throws a right and a left that Lazarovic avoids nicely.
Blinge lands a jab-cross combination.
Andray Blinge is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Lazarovic shoots for a takedown but Blinge saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.
Lazarovic fakes high and shoots in for a takedown but Blinge avoids it really well and circles away.
Lazarovic is trying hard to land a takedown here. Blinge sprawls well and keeps this one on the feet.
Lazarovic has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Blinge finds it's way round the side to connect with Lazarovic's head.
Blinge lands with a two punch combination before moving back out of range.
Andray Blinge is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The fighters circling - Blinge throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Blinge tries to clinch but Lazarovic moves out of range.
Sloppy strikes from Blinge. Those never looked like landing.
Blinge scores with a crisp jab that stopped Lazarovic in his tracks.
Blinge tries to close the distance and clinch up but Lazarovic swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Lazarovic gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Lazarovic fails to pull guard.
Blinge lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Blinge breaks the clinch.
Blinge lands a head shot.
Blinge displaying good standup as he scores with a three punch combination.
Lazarovic moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
Blinge misses with a double jab.
Lazarovic moves into the clinch.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Blinge pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Lazarovic tries to clinch there but Blinge circles away.
Blinge moves into range and throws a lovely three punch combination.
Blinge scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Lazarovic doesn't seem bothered though.
A combination from Blinge does no damage.
Blinge throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Lazarovic on the side of the head.
Blinge uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Lazarovic has time to react.
Lazarovic moves out of range of the strikes.
Lazarovic slips under a jab from Blinge.
A punch combination from Blinge misses.
Blinge misses with a combination
and Lazarovic counters with a stiff right hand.
Lazarovic tries a head kick but it misses.
Sloppy strikes from Blinge. Those never looked like landing.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Blinge throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Lazarovic on the side of the head.
Blinge throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Lazarovic holds on and brings the fighters into a clinch.
Lazarovic managing to block the knees to the body from Blinge.
Lazarovic missing with knees to the body.
Blinge pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Lazarovic shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Lazarovic takes a punch to the jaw and another one to the bread basket.
Sloppy strikes from Blinge. Those never looked like landing.
Blinge dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Lazarovic tries to drive through with a takedown attempt but Blinge defends well and Lazarovic ends up having to push Blinge into the cage where they will battle it out in the clinch.
Blinge pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Lazarovic has his head slapped from side to side by a 3 punch combination. That must have hurt him.
Blinge fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Petar Lazarovic has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Lazarovic tries to clinch but Blinge moves out of range.
And that's the end of the fight!
Andray Blinge comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Blinge has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. 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 Jeff Smith scores the fight 27:30
Judge Colin Fray scores the fight 27:30
Judge Ryoma Takatsuka scores the fight 27:30
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Andray Blinge!
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