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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Dejan Orlandinovic (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Chicharito Souza (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Souza comes into a darkened arena with his song building. Enter Sandman kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! Chicharito Souza acknowledges the crowd's support as he enters the cage.
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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
5 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Dejan Orlandinovic!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
6 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Chicharito Souza!
The judges for this bout are Frank Dennis, Wesley Smith and Alan Glass.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Orlandinovic throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Souza blocks a jab.
Souza scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
Orlandinovic cracks Souza with an open hand slap.
Souza ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Orlandinovic moves away.
Souza misses with a takedown attempt - Orlandinovic sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
Souza misses with the combination.
Danga de danga de dang - Souza scores with a four punch combination!
Orlandinovic misses with a looping left.
Souza shoots for a takedown but Orlandinovic saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.
Souza misses with a series of wild punches.
Souza keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Souza lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Orlandinovic circles away quickly and effectively.
Souza scores with a jab.
Chicharito Souza seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Souza missing with a left hand there. Orlandinovic was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
A jab from Orlandinovic does it's job there.
Orlandinovic misses with a two punch combination.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Orlandinovic closes the distance and clinches.
Souza wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Orlandinovic has him pressed against the cage.
Orlandinovic taking a breather.
Still in the clinch, Orlandinovic scores with a nice short uppercut.
Souza wants to get back to striking at distance but Orlandinovic won't allow it.
Orlandinovic is defending well against a takedown attempt.
Dejan Orlandinovic has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Chicharito Souza.
Orlandinovic stalling in the clinch.
Souza wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Souza wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Souza tries for a takedown but Orlandinovic manages to get underhooks.
Souza has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Orlandinovic lands a right hand.
Souza wants to get back to striking at distance but Orlandinovic won't allow it.
Souza is trying to force a seperation but Orlandinovic has the dominant position.
Souza has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Souza managing to block the knees to the body from Orlandinovic.
Orlandinovic lands a body punch.
Orlandinovic lands a shoulder strike.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Orlandinovic has Souza pressed against the cage.
The crowd are getting pretty annoyed with Orlandinovic for his constant stalling in the clinch and are voicing their displeasure.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Souza is trying to break free.
Souza is looking to break free of the clinch but Orlandinovic has double underhooks.
Orlandinovic trying to land knees to the body.
Souza being controlled against the cage.
Souza jumps guard but Orlandinovic stands there with Souza around his waist. Souza gives up and drops back to his feet. We remain in the clinch.
Orlandinovic is stalling here. The referee will be looking to step in if he doesn't pick up the pace.
Orlandinovic keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Souza's efforts to push away.
Souza tries to break free but Orlandinovic pushes him back against the cage.
Souza managing to block the knees to the body from Orlandinovic.
Orlandinovic lands an elbow inside.
It looks like Chicharito Souza has been cut.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Souza jumps guard but his hands slip and he falls flat on his back. Well, he's made himself look a right mug there, as Orlandinovic walks away with a smile on his face. Souza gets slowly back to his feet and shakes his head.
Orlandinovic steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Souza.
Souza fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Nice shot by Orlandinovic.
Souza shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Souza throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Orlandinovic changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Souza takes one to the chin there.
Souza misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Orlandinovic throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Souza throws a nice looking combination but Orlandinovic bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
A big left from Souza misses.
Souza throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around Orlandinovic's waist but Orlandinovic gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing Souza off to one side.
Souza lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Orlandinovic circles away quickly and effectively.
Souza just misses with a punch to the body.
Souza throws the left hand but Orlandinovic avoids the punch easily.
Orlandinovic gets a clinch.
Souza tries to break the clinch but Orlandinovic is controlling the position.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Souza wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Orlandinovic has him pressed against the cage.
A right handed body shot lands from Orlandinovic.
The pace really dropping off here, momentarily.
Orlandinovic keeps control of Souza as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Souza is trying to pull guard but being pressed up against the cage enables Orlandinovic to keep the fight standing.
Orlandinovic turns his back and goes for a hip toss. It's a bit messy but it gets the job done and Orlandinovic manages to end up in side control.
Orlandinovic controls the position from side control.
Souza looks to move to half guard but instead Orlandinovic has passed into mount! Damn!
Orlandinovic controlling from the full mount.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Dejan Orlandinovic dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Chicharito Souza's cut.
That's time! Back to the action!
Souza loads up on a big right hand but Orlandinovic slips the punch.
Souza drops his hands momentarily and Orlandinovic takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
Orlandinovic stuns Souza with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Souza gets cracked there but stands up to it.
Souza will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Good shot there by Orlandinovic.
Orlandinovic with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Orlandinovic rushes Souza and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Souza managing to block the knees to the body from Orlandinovic.
Orlandinovic lands an elbow inside that Souza shrugs off.
Orlandinovic lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
That has opened up Chicharito Souza's cut even more.
Orlandinovic digs a right hand into Souza's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Souza's gas tank.
Some stalling of biblical proportions here from Orlandinovic.
Orlandinovic pushes Souza back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Orlandinovic has moved round to his opponent's back and is looking for a suplex! Oh snap! He's tossed Souza clear over his head and slammed him to the mat!
I really don't envy Souza right now.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Orlandinovic has the hooks sunk in and you can see the will to fight slowly draining out of Souza's body.
Orlandinovic is hanging on to Souza's back as he tries to escape.
Souza is persisting with the attempt to improve his position.
Orlandinovic controlling the position well here. Souza rolled but Orlandinovic kept the hooks locked in and stayed in the dominant position.
It looks like the ref is thinking about a standup.
Souza tries to roll but Orlandinovic sticks to his back.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Souza is still trying to improve position.
Souza is in a world of trouble here. He's outmatched on the ground here and he'd better get Orlandinovic off his back sharpish unless he wants to be submitted.
Orlandinovic controlling from the back.
I really don't envy Souza right now.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Orlandinovic controls the position.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Orlandinovic controlling well, preventing Souza from escaping the position.
Dejan Orlandinovic overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Orlandinovic controlling the position well here. Souza rolled but Orlandinovic kept the hooks locked in and stayed in the dominant position.
Souza tries to escape the position.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Orlandinovic biding his time, controlling Souza.
Orlandinovic has the hooks in. Souza is trying to push off one leg but he has to do so cautiously to avoid being submitted.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Orlandinovic biding his time, looking for the opening.
You can see the frustration on Souza's face… He knows he is in trouble unless he improves his position sooner rather than later.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Orlandinovic is riding his opponent, not letting Souza buck him off.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Dejan Orlandinovic dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Chicharito Souza's cut.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action! This is the final round!
A jab from Orlandinovic finds it's way through Souza's defenses.
Souza works the jab nicely.
Orlandinovic cracks the inside of Souza's front leg.
Souza uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Orlandinovic.
Souza looks to land a right hand but Orlandinovic moved out of range.
Orlandinovic swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Orlandinovic lands a lovely overhand right.
Chicharito Souza is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Souza doesn't succeed with the takedown
and Orlandinovic counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Souza misses the shot to the body.
Orlandinovic takes the fight into the clinch.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Orlandinovic dictating the pace here, as the fighters clinch against the cage.
A frustrated look appears on Souza's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Orlandinovic tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Souza avoids it.
Orlandinovic stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Souza is fighting off a takedown attempt but Orlandinovic is just too persistent for him and manages to trip Souza to the mat. Souza regains guard as soon as the fighters hit the mat.
Orlandinovic pushing down on Souza's thigh, trying to pass to half guard. He's managed it... Nice work.
Souza looking to work for a kimura from the bottom.
Souza takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Orlandinovic is controlling the pace.
Souza looking to work for a kimura from the bottom.
Orlandinovic prevents Souza from improving his position.
Souza actively working from the bottom here.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Souza actively working from the bottom here.
Orlandinovic is just sitting in half guard, waiting for something to happen.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Orlandinovic is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Souza can do to turn this around?
That's three minutes gone in the round.
The referee decides to stand the fighters back up, due to lack of activity on the part of Dejan Orlandinovic.
Souza fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Souza misses with a right hand
and Orlandinovic counters with a leg kick.
Orlandinovic lands a jab.
Orlandinovic staying out of range there.
Dejan Orlandinovic is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Orlandinovic throws a nice inside leg kick.
Dejan Orlandinovic is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
A decent looking cross lands there for Souza.
Souza drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
Orlandinovic uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Souza.
Orlandinovic avoids a punch combination nicely.
Orlandinovic connects with a good right hand that stumbles Souza. Souza circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
Orlandinovic lands a nice hook to Souza's body. Souza takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Orlandinovic scores with a crisp jab that stopped Souza in his tracks.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Orlandinovic avoids the body shot from Souza.
Souza takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Orlandinovic connects with a crisp jab.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Orlandinovic keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Souza misses with a hook. Orlandinovic ducked under it nicely.
Souza fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Orlandinovic manages to avoid it.
Orlandinovic uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Souza.
Souza dives in and grabs Orlandinovic's left leg, looking for a takedown. Orlandinovic pushes down on Souza's head and hops out.
Souza throws a hook but Orlandinovic blocks it.
Souza will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Orlandinovic scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Orlandinovic takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Souza misses with a wild body shot.
Souza misses with a double jab
and Orlandinovic connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
And that's the end of the fight!
Dejan Orlandinovic showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Orlandinovic has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... 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 Frank Dennis scores the fight 30:27
Judge Wesley Smith scores the fight 30:27
Judge Alan Glass scores the fight 30:27
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Dejan Orlandinovic!
Post fight, Dejan Orlandinovic took to the microphone: 'I'm just a man whose intentions are good, oh Lord, please don't let me be misunderstood!'.
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