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Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Nikola Mihaljevic (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and George Blake (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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Decent wrestler
Solid boxing
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BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Nikola Mihaljevic!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, George Blake!
The judges for this bout are Yves DeLean, William Peck and Elvis Blanc.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Blake keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Blake tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Mihaljevic manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Mihaljevic bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
Blake takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
A telegraphed takedown attempt from Blake is defended easily by Mihaljevic.
Mihaljevic swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
Mihaljevic tests Blake's chin there with a solid looking shot.
The fighters circling - Mihaljevic throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Mihaljevic backing away here, and Blake unleashes a leg kick that just misses.
Blake fails with a takedown attempt from distance.
Mihaljevic appears to be looking for a counter punch to the body.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Mihaljevic clinches with his opponent.
Blake tries to pull guard but Mihaljevic holds him up against the cage and eventually Blake drops back down to his feet.
Nikola Mihaljevic has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of George Blake.
Mihaljevic lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Blake backwards.
It looks like George Blake has been cut.
Blake jumps guard and drags Mihaljevic to the mat. He's obviously going to be looking for submissions off his back.
We could do with one of the fighters taking the initiative a bit more on the ground - they're both waiting to capitalize on a mistake.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Mihaljevic trying to control but Blake is working from the bottom.
Mihaljevic has to be careful here, sitting in the guard of a superior BJJ player.
Blake kicks Mihaljevic off and gets to his feet.
Blake takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
Mihaljevic keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.
Blake gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Mihaljevic.
Mihaljevic gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Mihaljevic lands a right hand.
Mihaljevic working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
A left hand lands to the body for Mihaljevic.
Blake is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
Mihaljevic lands with a left to the head.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Mihaljevic throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Mihaljevic is defending well against a takedown attempt.
Blake looks winded!
Blake has managed to pull guard. Let's see whether he can work an aggressive guard. It will also be interesting to see what tactics Mihaljevic uses from the top position.
Blake is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
Mihaljevic trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Mihaljevic content to stall in guard here.
Mihaljevic stands up and waves to Blake to follow him.
Mihaljevic fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Mihaljevic digs a good body shot into Blake's ribs.
Blake gets cracked there but stands up to it.
A punch combination from Mihaljevic misses.
Nikola Mihaljevic seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Blake has closed the distance and engaged Mihaljevic in a clinch.
Mihaljevic lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Blake or not.
Blake is looking for a takedown up against the cage. Mihaljevic gets underhooks though and prevents the takedown attempt.
Mihaljevic makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Mihaljevic makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Mihaljevic scores with a shoulder strike.
Mihaljevic lands a right hand.
Mihaljevic lands with a short shot to the head.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Blake tries to take the fight to the ground by pulling guard but can't manage it.
A short uppercut from Mihaljevic.
Blake takes a shot to the head.
Mihaljevic lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Blake backwards.
Blake is rocked!
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Mihaljevic scores with a shot to the side of Blake's head.
Blake is still on wobbly legs! Can Mihaljevic finish him?
A short right from Mihaljevic on the inside.
Mihaljevic lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
A short uppercut from Mihaljevic.
A nice right hand lands inside from Mihaljevic.
Mihaljevic pushes Blake against the cage. Mihaljevic is working some dirty boxing. Mihaljevic pushes off with a quick right hook! Blake goes down! Blake tries to stand but stumbles back to his kness! Mihaljevic moves in to finish and the ref steps in to prevent any more damage!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:28 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Nikola Mihaljevic!
Nikola Mihaljevic seemed lost for words in his post fight interview but he remembered to thank his fans and directed everyone to his website.
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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
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