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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Joey Conroy (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Dario Dumic (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Dario Dumic will no doubt be looking to use his reach advantage to good effect.
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184 cm
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195 lbs
0 - 0 - 0 |
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225 cm
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200 lbs
9 - 29 - 0 |
BJJ Blue Belt
Basic striking
KO power |
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BJJ Blue Belt
Counter fighter
Solid chin |
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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
0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of London, Joey Conroy! And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner. With a record of
9 - 29 - 0, fighting out of London, Dario Dumic! The judges for this bout are Phil Schofield, Chris Edwards and Donald Grub.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway! Conroy lands a nice looking body shot.
Dumic gets caught napping as Conroy dives in and scores a takedown. Dumic manages to retain guard. Conroy trying to control the position from guard on top but Dumic is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can. Dumic tries to land a sweep but no joy. Dumic is trying to hold Conroy in close to prevent damage but Conroy has managed to pass into half guard.
Conroy is working for submissions here but there's nothing on.
Conroy is working for a submission of some sort.
Conroy looking for a kimura but he'll have to free his other leg if he wants to finish that. Perhaps he's just using it as a distraction technique.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up. Dumic is trying to control but can't.
Dumic is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.
That's one minute gone in the round. Dumic tries to get to full guard but Conroy has control of the leg. Dumic is persisting with the attempt to improve his position. Conroy trying to pass the guard but Dumic defending well. Dumic is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though. Dumic trying to hold on to Conroy's head to control him but Conroy postures up.
Conroy controlling the action here. Dumic actively working from the bottom here.
That's two minutes gone in the round. The crowd are getting on the fighters' backs, as the pace has dropped off in the last minute or so. Conroy is looking for an arm triangle, whilst trying to pass to side control. Dumic doesn't seem that keen to cooperate though. No luck this time Conroy. Conroy lands strikes from half guard. Conroy is trying a forearm choke… I don't think that's going to do much at this level of the game.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work. The two fighters exchange a few words. I couldn't hear what they were saying but maybe it's more fun if you make it up yourself. Conroy connects with a nice short shot to Dumic's temple. Conroy prevents Dumic from improving his position. Conroy passes to side control.
That's three minutes gone in the round. Dumic tries to work a leg under to get back to half guard but Conroy wriggles his own leg back out and remains in side control. Conroy is looking to finish here, going for an Americana. Dumic knows the correct defense though, so he's OK. Dumic tries to get back to half guard but can't. Conroy works a knee to the body and follows up with a nice elbow to the head. The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing. Dumic takes an elbow right on the bridge of the nose and winces in pain.
Conroy controls the position. Conroy decides to stand back up. Conroy steps back and let's Dumic get back to his feet. Dumic goes for a double leg but Conroy avoids the attempt and the two fighters end up clinched against the cage as Conroy continues to drive forward. Conroy throws a series of punches but Dumic avoids them all with ease. Dumic feints the counter takedown.
That's four minutes gone in the round. Conroy fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Dumic drops down looking to force a counter takedown but Conroy defends it well. Conroy closes the distance and clinches up, looking for a takedown. He shifts his weight and gets a nice trip into half guard. Dumic is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though. Conroy is thinking about going for an arm triangle but he can't free his leg.
Dumic is working for an escape here. He's hooked one of Conroy's legs and he's managed to sneak out and take Conroy's back! This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff! Conroy wants to escape the position.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over. Conroy manages to reverse the position and now he's in Dumic's guard. Nice work there by Conroy.
Conroy might be looking to lock onto one of his opponent's long limbs for a submission, whilst we're on the ground. Dumic looking to control.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Joey Conroy dominated that round. Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!
Conroy shoots in and bounces Dumic off the cage to secure the takedown into guard. Dumic looking for submissions from the bottom here. Moving his hips around, possibly looking for an armbar.
Dumic looking to sweep using the butterfly guard but Conroy puts pay to that idea as he passes nicely into half guard. Dumic slips a foot under and gets full guard. Nice work. Conroy is trying to work a guillotine from the top, or something like that? Don't know how he thinks he's going to get a finish from there. Dumic is looking to cinch up a triangle. Conroy throws the leg off to one side though and gets in tight to Dumic's body to avoid the submission. Dumic has instead reached around Conroy's neck and now has a guillotine! Oh, this is biiiig trouble! Dumic arches his back and squeezes and forces the tap from his hapless opponent.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:53 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Guillotine). Dario Dumic!
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energy
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hype
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pop
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mgr
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FIGHT
RATING
37% |
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