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Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Blagojevic Batakovic (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Brad Shaw (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). The key to victory for Blagojevic Batakovic has got to be keeping the fight on the feet.
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153 lbs
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160 lbs
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BJJ Purple Belt
Solid Muay Thai
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Good takedowns
Counter fighter
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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
7 - 6 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Blagojevic Batakovic!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
11 - 3 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Brad Shaw!
The judges for this bout are Daniel Franklin, Winston Alpacca and Dirk Anderson.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Sloppy strikes from Batakovic. Those never looked like landing.
Batakovic misses with a series of wild punches.
Batakovic misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
We've been hearing reports that Batakovic has been drilling takedowns in recent sessions so let's see if that has an impact on the result of this fight.
Batakovic misses with a double jab.
Blagojevic Batakovic seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Batakovic fails to land with a series of punches.
Batakovic throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Shaw keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Batakovic bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Batakovic blocks a jab.
Shaw shoots in looking for a single leg takedown. Batakovic is trying to defend but Shaw finishes it well and ends up in half guard. Let's see if he can advance position further.
The referee wants the fighters to be more active or he's going to reset them on the feet.
Shaw throwing shots but Batakovic is blocking nicely.
Batakovic wants to sweep but Shaw has passed to side control!
Batakovic is trying to get back to half guard.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Shaw laying and praying for a moment but Batakovic takes advantage and regains half guard.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Shaw working some ground and pound from close in. He's looking to maintain this position and strike for a while by the looks of things... although he'll probably advance to full mount in a minute now I've said that.
Batakovic is refusing to be controlled, as Shaw sits in half guard.
Batakovic is defending against the submission attempts here by Shaw.
Shaw tries to pass the half guard into mount. Batakovic knows what he's doing though and prevents the attempt.
Shaw is trying for a guillotine from the top but the pressure isn't in the right place so Batakovic is just riding it out for now. Shaw eventually gives up the hold.
Shaw prevents Batakovic from improving his position.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Shaw is looking to take a break and control but Batakovic is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Shaw seems content to maintain position for now, rather than mounting any offense.
Shaw tries to pass to full mount but Batakovic defends it.
Shaw passes the guard and advances to mount!
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Shaw breaks from Batakovic's wrist control and lands an elbow.
Shaw manages to capitalize on a mistake by Batakovic to take his back!
Shaw controlling well, preventing Batakovic from escaping the position.
Well, with Shaw on his back, surely it's only a matter of time before Batakovic is tapping out... Can he escape the position?
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!
Shaw looking for the choke but no joy.
Batakovic defending nicely against the rear naked choke attempt.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Shaw is working for the rear naked choke. He has one arm under the chin but Batakovic has hold of the other arm. A bit of a stalemate here.
Batakovic is staying cool under pressure, defending well against the rear naked choke attempt from his opponent.
Shaw punches Batakovic on the ear.
Batakovic tries to break free.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Shaw tries to keep control of the position but Batakovic is staying busy.
Shaw lands with a hammerfist to the side of Batakovic's head.
Batakovic manages to reverse the position and now he's in Shaw's guard. Nice work there by Batakovic.
Batakovic has to be careful here, sitting in the guard of a superior BJJ player.
Shaw keeping full guard, as Batakovic tries to pass.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Batakovic postures up as if he's going to throw some strikes but drops back for an ankle! Shaw is in big trouble! He looks ready to tap! But no, he's escaped and dives on top of Batakovic, into his guard.
Batakovic can't keep his opponent in guard - Shaw advances to half guard, no doubt looking to mount.
Shaw has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Shaw thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Batakovic's head.
Batakovic is trying to control but Shaw passes into side control!
Batakovic manages to get one leg in to regain half guard.
Shaw works his foot free and advances to mount.
Shaw seems to be looking to move to his opponent's back but Batakovic is holding on tight.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Shaw landing strikes, looking to finish!
Both fighters really going for it on the ground here!
Shaw takes a little breather and maintains the position. The referee will be looking for him to stay active from such a dominant position though.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Brad Shaw dominated that round.
That's time! Batakovic's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.
Batakovic misses with a two punch combination.
Batakovic tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Shaw paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Batakovic misses with a wild combination.
Batakovic instigates a clinch.
Batakovic working aggressively here.
Batakovic holding his opponent close, against the cage.
Batakovic fails to pull guard.
Batakovic's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Batakovic fails to land with a series of punches.
Batakovic throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Blagojevic Batakovic is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Batakovic is looking to clinch.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Shaw throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
A combination from Batakovic does no damage.
Shaw slips a jab and a cross from Batakovic.
Nice sprawl there from Batakovic as Shaw shoots in.
Batakovic lands a jab. Then a cross. Then finally a nice hook to the body. Good work there by Batakovic.
Batakovic misses with a two punch combination.
A decent looking cross lands there for Shaw.
Shaw avoids a punch combination nicely.
A looping hook to the body misses from Shaw. Batakovic does a little dance to reset his feet.
Shaw shoots in and scores a nice double leg takedown into half guard.
Batakovic is looking to control Shaw's leg but it's slowly edging free. Can Batakovic avoid being mounted?
Batakovic won't allow Shaw to pass to mount.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Batakovic wants to get back to full guard.
Shaw has freed up his trapped foot and advances to mount.
Batakovic taking shots to the head.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Shaw is landing with some decent strikes but Batakovic is trying to advance his position so the referee is letting the fight continue.
Shaw fails to move to back control.
Batakovic is trying desperately to improve position.
Shaw looking to ground and pound his opponent to a finish here.
Shaw landing shots from mount.
Batakovic is working to get back to half guard.
Batakovic regains half guard.
Batakovic is refusing to be controlled, as Shaw sits in half guard.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Batakovic tries to kick Shaw off in order to stand up. Shaw Avoids the leg push though and dives into side control.
Shaw is chipping away with strikes.
Batakovic is not content to let Shaw control the position.
Shaw gets to mount! Batakovic was on the offensive and wasn't defending properly.
Shaw looks like he's working for a submission but he's not found anything just yet.
Shaw jumps to side control looking for an arm triangle but Batakovic manages to avoid the submission attempt.
Batakovic tries to get back to half guard but can't.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Batakovic is sneaking out the side here. He's bucked Shaw off and has taken his back!
Batakovic working for a RNC but it's not happening just yet.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
This has been an exciting period of action!
I really don't envy Shaw right now.
Batakovic doesn't have the hooks in and Shaw manages to turn into his guard.
Batakovic has a butterfly guard looking to sweep but Shaw has passed into side control.
Shaw has worked his way into a potential kimura here. Batakovic is trying to get out of the position but his squirming has just got him deeper into trouble. Shaw yanks on the arm and Batakovic is forced to tap due to a very painful looking submission! Nice work by Shaw.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:49 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Kimura). Brad Shaw!
After the fight, Brad Shaw was humble in paying tribute to his opponent but made it clear he wants to go on to bigger and better things. It seemed to go down well with the crowd who cheered him loudly.
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hype
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RATING
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