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Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Mladen Grdovic (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Javier Sanchez (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both these guys have really solid chins. Will we see a standup war or will they both decide that a knockout is unlikely and try to win the fight elsewhere?
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165 lbs
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178 cm
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160 lbs
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BJJ Blue Belt
Solid Muay Thai
Granite chin |
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Good wrestler
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
1 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Mladen Grdovic!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
3 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Javier Sanchez!
The judges for this bout are Wagner Zegers, Paulsen Ambrosius and Patrick Alders.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Sanchez shoots in and bounces Grdovic off the cage to secure the takedown into guard.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Grdovic has a loose triangle. He'll be looking to tighten that up but Sanchez can see exactly what he's planning and manages to posture up and free himself.
Sanchez sitting in guard, not really doing much.
Grdovic looking for submissions from the bottom here. Moving his hips around, possibly looking for an armbar.
Sanchez stays in close to Grdovic's body and controls the position.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Grdovic throws his legs up looking to secure a triangle. Oh, that looks pretty tight, I gotta say! Sanchez escapes and throws Grdovic's legs to the side, diving into side control!
Sanchez happy to just control the position for now.
Grdovic is trying to get back to his feet.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Grdovic trying desperately to get back to his feet here but he's not having any joy at all. He's going to tire himself out if he's not careful.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Sanchez has knee on belly and now moves to full mount! Trouble for Grdovic!
A nice elbow there by Sanchez.
Sanchez controlling the position easily from mount.
Sanchez prevents Grdovic from getting the reversal.
Sanchez connects with a couple of good shots from mount.
Sanchez controlling his opponent.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Sanchez connects with a couple of good shots from mount.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Sanchez controlling from the full mount.
Sanchez with shots to the head and body - Grdovic looks very uncomfortable down there.
Sanchez lands a big elbow.
Sanchez lands with some vicious ground and pound - can Grdovic hang on?
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Grdovic is looking to improve his position but Sanchez isn't that keen on the idea.
Sanchez cracks Grdovic with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.
Sanchez has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Sanchez is landing with some decent strikes but Grdovic is trying to advance his position so the referee is letting the fight continue.
Sanchez putting on the heat here with some good ground and pound!
Sanchez is in the full mount, landing strikes.
Sanchez is still in mount, landing shots to his trapped opponent. Grdovic can't stay in a position like this for much longer.
Sanchez looking to ground and pound his opponent to a finish here.
Sanchez raining down hammerfists from mount.
Sanchez working the ground and pound effectively.
Grdovic is in all sorts of trouble here.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sanchez sitting in mount, just looking to control for the moment.
The referee warns Grdovic that he has to improve his position here as he takes two more clean shots to the head.
Sanchez scoring with strikes but Grdovic is staying in there.
Sanchez controlling from the full mount.
Sanchez working the ground and pound effectively.
Sanchez is in the full mount, landing strikes.
Grdovic in a bad spot here, taking shots to the head.
Sanchez lands with some vicious ground and pound - can Grdovic hang on?
Sanchez sitting in mount, just looking to control for the moment.
Grdovic is wriggling around trying to escape.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The referee warns Grdovic that he has to improve his position here as he takes two more clean shots to the head.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Sanchez is in the full mount, landing strikes.
The referee warns Grdovic that he has to improve his position here as he takes two more clean shots to the head.
Sanchez postures up and cracks his opponent a couple of times before moving back into close ground control. Grdovic looks a forlorn figure.
Sanchez pausing momentarily but resumes with a couple of decent strikes that do a bit of damage.
Sanchez raining down hammerfists from mount.
Sanchez is still in mount, landing shots to his trapped opponent. Grdovic can't stay in a position like this for much longer.
Sanchez prevents Grdovic from getting the reversal.
Sanchez raining down hammerfists from mount.
Sanchez content just to control the position here.
Grdovic is in a horrible position here. Sanchez smacks him with another shot as he tries to escape the position.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Javier Sanchez dominated that round.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.
Sanchez avoids the head kick by Grdovic.
A head kick by Grdovic misses
and Sanchez counters with a driving takedown into guard. Nice work there by Sanchez.
Sanchez has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Sanchez is in close to Grdovic's body, working some short punches and elbows.
Grdovic is looking for a guillotine. You can't force these things though and Sanchez defends well.
Sanchez chips away with some ground and pound.
Sanchez slips effortlessly into side control - very nice.
Sanchez passes to full mount! That's big trouble for Grdovic!
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Sanchez scoring with some good ground and pound from mount here. Will he manage to finish Grdovic?
Sanchez pausing momentarily but resumes with a couple of decent strikes that do a bit of damage.
Sanchez with shots to the head and body - Grdovic looks very uncomfortable down there.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Sanchez lands a big shot there that rocks Grdovic but he's holding on and managing to survive for now.
Sanchez postures up and cracks his opponent a couple of times before moving back into close ground control. Grdovic looks a forlorn figure.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Sanchez content just to control the position here.
Sanchez pausing momentarily but resumes with a couple of decent strikes that do a bit of damage.
Sanchez looks like he's working for a submission but he's not found anything just yet.
Sanchez in mount throwing good strikes here, bouncing his opponent's head off the canvas.
Sanchez lands with some strikes.
Sanchez is in full mount, looking to secure a guillotine but Grdovic is surviving well by controlling Sanchez's body position as best he can.
Sanchez breaks from Grdovic's wrist control and lands an elbow.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Sanchez putting on the heat here with some good ground and pound!
The crowd growing excited in anticipation of a finish here! Right on cue, Sanchez cracks his opponent with a massive right hand that draws loud cheers!
A nice elbow there by Sanchez.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd growing excited in anticipation of a finish here! Right on cue, Sanchez cracks his opponent with a massive right hand that draws loud cheers!
Sanchez takes a little breather and maintains the position. The referee will be looking for him to stay active from such a dominant position though.
Sanchez punishing his opponent with strikes.
Sanchez lands with some strikes.
Sanchez lands a shot to the body, followed up by a shot to the exposed head of his trapped opponent.
Grdovic is wriggling around trying to escape.
Sanchez landing punches.
Sanchez has his opponent pinned against the cage, landing some nasty ground and pound that is really making a bit of a mess out of Grdovic's face.
The crowd growing excited in anticipation of a finish here! Right on cue, Sanchez cracks his opponent with a massive right hand that draws loud cheers!
Sanchez with good strikes from the mount here!
Sanchez scoring with some good ground and pound from mount here. Will he manage to finish Grdovic?
Sanchez looking to ground and pound his opponent to a finish here.
Sanchez punishing his opponent with strikes.
Grdovic is rocked!
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sanchez is giving the impression that he's looking to ground and pound but he switches suddenly into a beautiful far side armbar! Grdovic is forced to tap! Great finish!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:19 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Javier Sanchez!
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energy
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hype
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RATING
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