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Coming up we have a heavyweight kickboxing rules bout between Brian Hurley (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Aleksandar Dragovic (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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265 lbs
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225 lbs
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Solid Muay Thai
Very strong
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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
4 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Brian Hurley!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of London, Aleksandar Dragovic!
The judges for this bout are Colin Fotheringham, James Atkins and Richard Clark.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Hurley wants to clinch.
A head kick misses from Dragovic.
Dragovic takes a nasty kick to the mid section... That should keep him thinking. Does he try and block and risk a head kick landing?
Dragovic avoids the head kick by Hurley.
Dragovic goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Hurley throws a counter high kick but Dragovic was just alert enough to avoid it.
Hurley tries to clinch up.
Dragovic lands with a kick to the ribs.
Dragovic lands a nice looking kick to the body. Hurley takes a step back to recover.
Dragovic avoids the head kick by Hurley.
Crunch! Dragovic slams his shin into Hurley's torso.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Dragovic throws a sloppy head kick and Hurley moves out of range easily.
Hurley is looking to counter the offense by Dragovic and move into the clinch.
Dragovic misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Hurley throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Dragovic scores with a spinning back kick!
A head kick misses from Hurley.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Hurley lands with a head kick! That's gotta hurt.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Hurley tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Dragovic manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Dragovic moves into range and lands a nice body kick.
Dragovic has been spending a lot of time sparring his boxing in the run up to the fight, trying to sharpen up those hands and look for a knockout.
Thud! ouch! good body kick from Dragovic - that will leave a mark!
Hurley pushes Dragovic up against the cage in a clinch.
Dragovic's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Dragovic lands a kick to the ribs of his opponent. Nice work there - in and out in a flash.
Hurley throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Despite the aggression on Dragovic's face he doesn't fully commit to the counter.
Hurley misses with a head kick.
Hurley wants to clinch up but Dragovic keeps it at a distance.
Hurley tries to clinch there but Dragovic circles away.
Hurley will be looking to protect his midsection after taking some solid kicks to the body.
Hurley tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Dragovic throws a body kick that digs right into the meat.
Hurley is breathing heavily.
A decent looking body kick lands there for Dragovic.
Dragovic throws a body kick that digs right into the meat.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Dragovic scores with a kick to the body.
Hurley takes a head kick and keeps coming.
It looks like Brian Hurley has been cut.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Dragovic scores with a kick to the midsection.
Dragovic lands with a slapping head kick.
Dragovic moves into range and lands a nice body kick.
Dragovic pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Dragovic is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.
Hurley on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Hurley takes a nasty kick to the mid section... That should keep him thinking. Does he try and block and risk a head kick landing?
Hurley tries to land a body kick
and Dragovic counters with a slapping leg kick.
Dragovic scores with a nice body kick.
Dragovic pushes Hurley away with a front kick.
A decent looking cross lands there for Dragovic.
Dragovic tries a head kick but it misses.
Dragovic bobs and weaves and then throws a good body kick.
Dragovic tries a head kick but it misses.
Dragovic dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Hurley. That did some damage!
Dragovic tried to score with a low kick but Hurley checks it.
Nice body kick there by Dragovic.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Dragovic throws a right high kick that is partially blocked by Hurley.
Hurley throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Dragovic lands a nice leg kick that just misses Hurley's sensitive parts.
Dragovic throws a quick inside leg kick.
Hurley sees a low kick coming and goes to check it, but it's actually a body kick and it thuds into his unprotected ribs.
Hurley fails in his attempt to clinch.
Dragovic lands with a kick to the ribs.
Dragovic throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Dragovic throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Dragovic throws a head kick that misses.
Hurley tries to close the distance and clinch but Dragovic swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Dragovic avoids the head kick by Hurley.
A slapping body kick lands there for Dragovic.
Hurley tries a head kick but it misses.
Dragovic throws a front kick that sends Hurley stumbling back into the cage.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Hurley on the wrong end of a kick to the body.
Hurley takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Dragovic thuds a mid kick into his opponent's body. That will wear on Hurley if he has to take too many more of those.
That kick from Dragovic tenderised Hurley's leg. Hurley is trying to keep his angry face on.
Dragovic lands with a kick to the temple. Hurley shrugs as if to say "is that all you've got?"
Hurley takes a head kick and shrugs it off.
Hurley avoids the head kick by Dragovic.
A solid body kick from Dragovic.
Dragovic scores with a kick to the midsection.
Hurley tries to close the distance and clinch but Dragovic swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Dragovic thinks about the counter body kick.
Dragovic thows a body kick. Hurley tries to catch it but that hurt him.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Dragovic.
Dragovic throws a nice inside leg kick.
Dragovic lands with a slapping head kick.
Brian Hurley's cut is getting worse.
Dragovic keeps the fight on the outside.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Aleksandar Dragovic dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Brian Hurley's cut.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action.
Dragovic fakes the leg kick and cracks Hurley in the body.
Dragovic fakes the leg kick and cracks Hurley in the body.
Dragovic has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Hurley pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Dragovic explodes with a nice body kick and back out of range. Nice work.
Dragovic throws a nice head kick!
Brian Hurley is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Hurley throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Dragovic throws a mid kick that lands with a slap.
Hurley takes a head kick and keeps coming.
Dragovic thuds his shin into the meat of Hurley's side.
Hurley definitely looks more muscular than last time we saw him fight.
Dragovic scores with a spinning back kick!
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!
Dragovic is looking to slow Hurley down with leg kicks.
Dragovic scores with a spinning back kick!
Dragovic lands a nice looking kick to the body. Hurley takes a step back to recover.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Dragovic throws a body kick that sends a sickening thudding noise reverberating around the arena.
Dragovic lands a head kick!
Aleksandar Dragovic seems to be getting the better of the standup.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Dragovic lands a nice looking body kick.
Hurley takes a body kick right on the floating rib. Ouchie.
Dragovic bobs and weaves and then throws a good body kick.
Dragovic connects with a leg kick. Hurley looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
Dragovic takes a swing at Hurley's ribcage but misses.
Dragovic throws a feint and then finishes with a kick to the body.
A slapping leg kick lands for Dragovic.
Hurley misses with a leg kick.
A kick lands to the mid section there for Dragovic.
Dragovic scores with a kick to the midsection.
A thudding body kick lands there by Dragovic!
Hurley has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Dragovic.
Dragovic throws a feint and then finishes with a kick to the body.
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!
Dragovic chopping away at his opponent's legs.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
A head kick misses from Dragovic.
Good leg kick by Dragovic there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Dragovic throws a front kick that sends Hurley stumbling back into the cage.
Hurley is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
Dragovic buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Dragovic throws a head kick that Hurley semi-blocks.
Dragovic avoids the head kick by Hurley.
Dragovic throws a head kick but Hurley moves out of range.
Dragovic lands a nice looking body kick.
Hurley moves in looking to clinch but Dragovic pushes him off.
Dragovic scores with a kick to the body.
Hurley takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
A kick lands to the mid section there for Dragovic.
Dragovic lands with a thumping leg kick.
Dragovic bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Hurley's head backwards.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hurley throws a sloppy head kick and Dragovic moves out of range easily.
Dragovic scores with a kick to the body.
Hurley takes a push kick to the midsection and stumbles backwards.
Hurley blocks a head kick by Dragovic.
Hurley tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Dragovic manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
A solid body kick from Dragovic.
Hurley tries to close the distance and clinch but Dragovic swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Dragovic tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
The fighters are starting to get sweaty, which will make takedowns a bit more tricky.
Hurley sees a low kick coming and goes to check it, but it's actually a body kick and it thuds into his unprotected ribs.
Dragovic scores with a kick to the body.
Hurley takes a push kick to the midsection and stumbles backwards.
Dragovic scores with a head kick. Hurley tried to block it but didn't get his arm up in time.
A slapping body kick lands there for Dragovic.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Dragovic throws a head kick that half lands.
Dragovic throws a head kick that half lands.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
A nice inside leg kick there by Dragovic. That's going to slow Hurley down.
Hurley tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Dragovic paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Dragovic thows a body kick. Hurley tries to catch it but that hurt him.
Hurley tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Dragovic avoids the head kick by Hurley.
Dragovic tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
A head kick misses from Hurley.
A slapping leg kick lands for Dragovic.
Dragovic lands with a kick to the temple. Hurley shrugs as if to say "is that all you've got?"
Hurley throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Crunch! Dragovic slams his shin into Hurley's torso.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Hurley takes a kick to the side of the head.
Dragovic lands a head kick!
Hurley tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Aleksandar Dragovic showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Brian Hurley's cut.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! This is the final round!
Hurley wants to clinch.
Hurley takes a nasty kick to the mid section... That should keep him thinking. Does he try and block and risk a head kick landing?
The fight stays on the outside here - Hurley looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Dragovic misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Dragovic misses with a wild combination.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Hurley throws a low kick but Dragovic moves out of range easily.
Dragovic throws a feint and then finishes with a kick to the body.
Dragovic throws a body kick that digs right into the meat.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Dragovic tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Hurley was well out of range. Poor timing from Dragovic.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Nice body kick from Dragovic.
Hurley takes a body kick right on the floating rib. Ouchie.
Hurley tries to clinch there but Dragovic circles away.
Hurley lands with a head kick! That's gotta hurt.
Hurley throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Hurley is looking to slow Dragovic down with leg kicks.
Hurley tries a head kick but it misses.
Hurley blocks a head kick by Dragovic.
Dragovic throws a shot to the body.
Hurley on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
A decent looking body kick lands there for Dragovic.
Dragovic tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Hurley was well out of range. Poor timing from Dragovic.
Hurley takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Nice jab there from Dragovic.
A kick lands to the mid section there for Dragovic.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hurley lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Hurley throws a head kick that misses.
Dragovic steps in looking to counter with the mid kick but it doesn't connect.
Dragovic tries to work over Hurley's front leg with a kick but Hurley checks it.
Hurley tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Dragovic connects with a high kick.
Dragovic lands a kick to the ribs of his opponent. Nice work there - in and out in a flash.
Hurley tries to land a front kick but Dragovic steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
Dragovic avoids the head kick by Hurley.
Dragovic connects with a body shot that sends Hurley's belly button to the back.
Hurley scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Hurley tries to close the distance and clinch but Dragovic swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Dragovic is throwing a lot of body shots here, looking to wear down Hurley rather than just go for the knockout.
Hurley pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Hurley takes a body kick right on the floating rib. Ouchie.
A decent looking body kick lands there for Dragovic.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Dragovic connects with a body shot that sends Hurley's belly button to the back.
Dragovic throws a feint and then finishes with a kick to the body.
Dragovic scores with a spinning back kick!
Dragovic turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Hurley has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Dragovic.
Hurley takes a push kick to the midsection and stumbles backwards.
Aleksandar Dragovic seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Dragovic throws a body kick that sends a sickening thudding noise reverberating around the arena.
Dragovic avoids the head kick by Hurley.
A kick lands to the mid section there for Dragovic.
Dragovic lands a head shot.
Dragovic throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Dragovic scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Dragovic fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Hurley has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Hurley avoids the body shot from Dragovic.
Hurley lifts his leg as if looking to counter with a high kick.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Nice body kick from Dragovic.
Dragovic swats away the attempt to clinch by Hurley.
Dragovic fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Hurley checks it well.
Hurley misses with a head kick.
Hurley is looking to land body kicks.
Hurley misses with a head kick.
Dragovic is using his reach advantage to land shots from outside his opponent's range.
Dragovic throws a head kick that misses.
Dragovic keeps Hurley at a distance using the push kick.
Hurley looks to throw a body kick
and Dragovic counters with a leg kick.
Dragovic lands a kick to the ribs of his opponent. Nice work there - in and out in a flash.
Both fighters circling a little - Dragovic finishes the exchange with a kick to the body.
Dragovic throws a body kick that sends a sickening thudding noise reverberating around the arena.
Brian Hurley has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Aleksandar Dragovic is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.
Dragovic scores with a hook to the body. Hurley takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
And that's the end of the fight!
Aleksandar Dragovic comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I've got Dragovic winning every round here. Surely the decision will go his way and he'll pick up a well deserved decision victory. 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 Colin Fotheringham scores the fight 26:30
Judge James Atkins scores the fight 26:30
Judge Richard Clark scores the fight 26:30
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Aleksandar Dragovic!
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