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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Ivan Barac (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Deidara Zetsu (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Barac comes to the cage accompanied by Connected. Zetsu has chosen Make Me as his entrance music. Buckle up people - heeeeeeeeeere we go!
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250 lbs
28 - 18 - 0 |
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200 cm
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264 lbs
23 - 14 - 0 |
Good wrestling
Lethal high kicks
Insanely flexible |
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Good wrestler
World class MT
Good gas tank |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
28 - 18 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Ivan Barac!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
23 - 14 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Deidara Zetsu!
The judges for this bout are Jack Bonds, Timothy Bukovac and .
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Ooooh, nice body kick lands from Zetsu. Barac shrugs it off though.
Zetsu just misses with a punch to the body.
Barac lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
It looks like Deidara Zetsu has been cut.
Barac shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.
Barac looks to land a left hand but Zetsu moved out of range nicely.
Zetsu misses with a low kick.
Barac on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
Zetsu moves out of range of the body kick.
Zetsu lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Barac ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Zetsu connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Barac takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Barac with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Zetsu tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Barac paws at him with a jab and circles away.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Barac throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Zetsu throws a head kick that Barac semi-blocks.
Barac rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Zetsu counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Barac misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Zetsu.
Barac checks a low kick from Zetsu.
That's one minute gone in the round.
A big left from Barac misses.
Zetsu throws a fast counter high kick but Barac manages to duck under it in time.
Good leg kick by Zetsu there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Zetsu fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
The crowd cheers as Zetsu lands an impressive looking overhand right. Barac doesn't seem phased though.
Zetsu misses with a looping right.
Barac takes a jab right on the kisser.
Zetsu moves out of range as Barac strikes.
Zetsu throws a solid leg kick but Barac takes the impact on his shin and smiles at Zetsu.
Zetsu throws a hook to the side of Barac's head but Barac sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Barac blocks the body kick.
Zetsu with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Barac to score with a decent uppercut.
Zetsu attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
Zetsu drops his hands momentarily and Barac takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
Zetsu steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Barac.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Zetsu keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Barac.
Zetsu rushes Barac and presses him up against the cage.
Zetsu throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Barac blocks it with crossed arms.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Zetsu scores with a shot to the side of Barac's head.
I was talking to Barac's coach per-fight and he was telling me that they'd been working on the clinch in the runup to this fight.
Barac is stalling here.
Zetsu's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Zetsu lands an uppercut.
Zetsu tries a body shot but Barac blocks it.
Zetsu tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Barac swings wildly with an uppercut but Zetsu uses good head movement to avoid it.
Barac lands a body punch.
Zetsu stalling against the cage.
Barac lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Zetsu.
Barac misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Barac tries to break free but Zetsu pushes him back against the cage.
Barac takes a shot to the head.
Barac working some nice short punches in the clinch.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Zetsu swings wildly with an uppercut but Barac uses good head movement to avoid it.
Barac struggles to land a body shot inside as Zetsu controls his hands.
Barac escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Zetsu lands a body shot.
Barac lands with a kick to the ribs.
Zetsu tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Zetsu is looking to land body kicks.
Barac moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Barac keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Zetsu tries to land a body kick
and Barac counters with a stiff right hand.
Zetsu throws a series of punches but Barac avoids them all with ease.
Deidara Zetsu seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Zetsu misses with a wild combination.
Zetsu looks winded!
Zetsu pivots, looking for a leg kick but Barac is out of range and Zetsu settles back down.
Zetsu throws out a loose jab but Barac uses good head movement to avoid it.
Barac drops Zetsu with a hook right on the temple. He thinks about going to the ground but Zetsu looks back up at him and smiles so Barac waves him back to his feet - he obviously thinks he can knock him out after that shot landed.
That has opened up Deidara Zetsu's cut even more.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Barac throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Zetsu looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Barac tries a head kick but it misses.
Barac throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Barac throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
A slapping leg kick lands for Barac.
Zetsu is looking to slow Barac down with leg kicks.
Zetsu is looking to score with low kicks.
Jab from Barac.
Zetsu uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Barac.
Barac looks to land a left hand but Zetsu moved out of range nicely.
Zetsu moves away from the strike by Barac.
Barac scoring well with a low kick there.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Barac tries to land a front kick but Zetsu steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
Zetsu replies with a solid counter kick to the body but Barac blocks it well.
Zetsu scores with a hook.
Zetsu scores with a nice body kick.
Barac slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close round but I would say that Ivan Barac will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Deidara Zetsu's cut.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.
Zetsu fails with an attempt to clinch.
Barac throwing a counter right hand but Zetsu manages to avoid it.
Zetsu fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Barac.
Barac does a little shimmy and throws a leg kick. The leg kick missed by a considerable margin though, making him look a little bit silly for doing the shimmy.
Barac checks a low kick from Zetsu.
Zetsu blocks a leg kick.
Barac lands a big head kick that sends Zetsu tumbling to the mat! Barac takes a step backwards and waves Zetsu back to his feet - he wants the finish!
Barac walks forward, straight into a front kick from Zetsu.
Zetsu lets loose with a powerful body kick. Barac will feel that in the morning.
Ivan Barac is winning the standup battle so far.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Barac chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Zetsu can pounce on him.
Zetsu slips under a jab.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Zetsu, right into the meat.
The crowd cheers as Zetsu lands an impressive looking overhand right. Barac doesn't seem phased though.
Zetsu pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Zetsu tries to check a leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Zetsu lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Zetsu takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Barac dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Zetsu lands with a thumping leg kick.
Zetsu lands with a good body shot.
Barac throws a leg kick that misses.
Barac looks to land a body kick but Zetsu moved away.
Barac walks into a jab.
Jab from Barac.
The cut above Deidara Zetsu's eye is starting to cause him problems now.
Barac throws a chopping leg kick but Zetsu manages to avoid taking any serious damage.
Barac misses with a looping right.
Zetsu lands a jab followed by a nice looking cross.
Barac swats away the attempt to clinch by Zetsu.
Barac scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
A head kick misses from Zetsu.
Barac swung with a counter punch to the body but it didn't connect.
Barac lands a front kick.
Zetsu is breathing heavily.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Zetsu with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Barac to score with a decent uppercut.
Good leg kick by Barac there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Barac fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Zetsu manages to avoid it.
Barac throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Zetsu sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Zetsu let fly with a counter punch to the body but it didn't land.
Barac misses with a straight right.
Zetsu avoids the body shot from Barac.
Barac misses with a kick to the body
letting Zetsu counter with a right hand.
Barac lands a head kick. Zetsu smiles back at him and beckons him forward.
Deidara Zetsu's cut is absolute horrible now. This looks like something out of a horror film with blood covering both fighters.
Zetsu takes one to the chin there.
Zetsu is rocked!
The referee calls the doctor in to look at Deidara Zetsu's cut. Oh no, the doctor has called an end to the bout!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:41 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Cut). Ivan Barac!
Ivan Barac was full of energy after the big win and talked about how he thinks he can do big things in this sport. The crowd were appreciative of his determination to succeed.
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energy
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hype
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pop
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mgr
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RATING
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