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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Andro Antolovic (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Tupou Tuivaga (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.
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188 cm
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208 lbs
2 - 1 - 0 |
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185 cm
20
213 lbs
3 - 4 - 1 |
BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Cardio machine |
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BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Knockout power |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division. Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner. With a record of
2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Andro Antolovic! And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner. With a record of
3 - 4 - 1, fighting out of Sydney, Tupou Tuivaga! The judges for this bout are Hugh Johnson, Bruno Hogan and Eliza Hachem.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway! Antolovic throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle. Antolovic throws a sloppy head kick and Tuivaga moves out of range easily. Antolovic goes for a high kick. It partially lands. Antolovic misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Tuivaga fails with a takedown attempt. Antolovic lands a high kick!
Antolovic scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!
Tuivaga thows a body shot but no joy. Antolovic tries a head kick but it misses.
Tuivaga changes levels and looks for a double leg takedown. Antolovic tries to avoid it but Tuivaga manages to keep hold of a leg and drag Antolovic to the ground. Antolovic escapes though and pops straight back up to his feet. Antolovic tries a head kick but it misses.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out! Antolovic throws a sloppy head kick and Tuivaga moves out of range easily. Nice sprawl there from Antolovic as Tuivaga shoots in. Andro Antolovic has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Tupou Tuivaga. Tuivaga goes for a double leg but Antolovic avoids the attempt and the two fighters end up clinched against the cage as Antolovic continues to drive forward. Antolovic wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
That's one minute gone in the round. Antolovic wants to break the clinch but can't.
A bit of stalling here from Tuivaga.
Tuivaga pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat. Antolovic goes to the watering hole and comes back with a big thumbs up from the judges as he scores a three punch combo. Tuivaga moves into the clinch successfully.
Tuivaga is looking for a takedown. Antolovic wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee. Tuivaga is looking to take this one to the mat. Antolovic wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Tuivaga has him pressed against the cage. Tuivaga stalling in the clinch.
Antolovic is looking to break free of the clinch but Tuivaga has double underhooks. Antolovic is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage. Tuivaga is trying to pull guard but Antolovic turns him against the cage and we stay in the clinch. Tuivaga breaks from the clinch.
Antolovic scores with a body shot.
That's two minutes gone in the round. Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd. Antolovic lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise. Antolovic pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Andro Antolovic seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout. Antolovic jabs away that one connects to the head of his opponent.
Antolovic throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle. Antolovic lets his hands go wild with a nice combination. Left! Right! Uppercut! Spinning backfist! Tuivaga goes down and covers up as Antolovic starts wailing on him! The ref watches the action closely before stepping in and putting a stop to the fight!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:26 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Andro Antolovic! A relieved looking Andro Antolovic thanked the fans for their support and gave the usual line about them being amazing. They seemed to believe that he actually meant it.
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energy
A | B |
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hype
A | B |
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pop
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mgr
A | B |
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RATING
52% |
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