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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Zlatko Vujovic (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Ryan Nevils (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Nevils has chosen Someday- Flipsyde as his entrance music. Ryan Nevils has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?
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180 lbs
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BJJ White Belt
Excellent MT
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BJJ Blue Belt
Basic striking
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
0 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Zlatko Vujovic!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Ryan Nevils!
The judges for this bout are , and Timothy Bukovac.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Nevils looks to land a combination but Vujovic avoids it well.
Vujovic lets loose with a powerful body kick. Nevils will feel that in the morning.
Vujovic fails with an attempt to clinch.
A head kick misses from Nevils.
Vujovic throws a nice outside leg kick.
Nevils closes this distance looking for a takedown but Vujovic circles away.
Nevils looks gassed!
Vujovic feints and then cracks Nevils's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Nevils down.
Vujovic tries to clinch up but Nevils circles away and keeps his distance.
Vujovic tries to clinch but Nevils is having none of it.
Vujovic dodges the punch combination from Nevils.
Vujovic tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Nevils paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Vujovic wants to clinch up but Nevils keeps it at a distance.
Vujovic tries to close the distance and clinch up but Nevils swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Vujovic gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Vujovic lands a knee to the body.
Vujovic tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Nevils managing to block the knees to the body from Vujovic.
Nevils can't get the takedown.
Vujovic escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
That's one minute gone in the round.
No joy there for Vujovic, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Vujovic fails with an attempt to clinch.
Vujovic tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Nevils paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Vujovic lands with a thumping leg kick.
Vujovic tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Nevils avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Vujovic lands with a thumping leg kick.
Vujovic tries to close the distance and clinch but Nevils swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Nevils takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Vujovic is looking to clinch but Nevils is avoiding it.
Vujovic tries to close the distance and clinch up but Nevils swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Nevils swats away the attempt to clinch by Vujovic.
Zlatko Vujovic seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Vujovic closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Vujovic scores with a knee to the head.
Vujovic lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Vujovic is trying to break free.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Vujovic landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Vujovic escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Nevils swats away the attempt to clinch by Vujovic.
Vujovic tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Vujovic tries to close the distance and clinch up but Nevils swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Nevils avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Vujovic wants to clinch.
Vujovic wants to clinch.
Nevils scores with a one two! Vujovic had his feet all tangled up there and couldn't avoid the strikes.
Vujovic throws a body kick that digs right into the meat.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Vujovic moves in looking to clinch but Nevils pushes him off.
Nevils throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Vujovic, right into the meat.
Nevils keeps the fight on the outside.
Vujovic doesn't manage to clinch there - Nevils circles away.
Vujovic clinches with his opponent.
Vujovic landing knees to the body.
Vujovic misses with a knee to the head.
Vujovic using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Vujovic manages to break the clinch.
Vujovic could do with loosing a few pounds - he looks very soft around the mid section, to put it politely.
Vujovic doesn't manage to clinch there - Nevils circles away.
Zlatko Vujovic is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Nevils circles away from the clinch attempt.
Vujovic is looking to clinch.
Vujovic has Nevils up against the cage in a clinch.
Nevils lands with a short head shot on the inside.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Vujovic tries to land a knee to the head but Nevils blocks with his arms.
Vujovic manages to break the clinch.
Nevils looks to land a combination. Vujovic sees it coming but can only parry a couple of the shots.
Nevils fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Vujovic looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Nevils tries for a takedown but Vujovic sees it coming a mile off and avoids it easily.
Zlatko Vujovic has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Ryan Nevils.
Vujovic throws a sloppy head kick and Nevils moves out of range easily.
Nevils throws a leg kick
and Vujovic counters with a body kick.
Nevils closes the distance and clinches up with Vujovic, looking for a takedown. Nevils pushes Vujovic against the cage but Vujovic circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.
Nice body kick there by Vujovic.
Nevils swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Vujovic throws a head kick that misses.
Vujovic misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Nevils drops down and drives through with a powerful takedown into guard.
Vujovic is looking to stand up but Nevils isn't so interested in that idea.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Zlatko Vujovic dominated that round.
That's time! Back to the action!
Nevils drives through with a really nice takedown into side control.
Nevils prevents Vujovic from escaping the position.
Nevils working the ground and pound but Vujovic is defending the strikes.
Nevils working the ground and pound but Vujovic is defending the strikes.
Nevils wants to control but Vujovic is keeping him busy.
Nevils tries to cartwheel into mount but he doesn't manage it.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
The fighters are starting to get a bit slippery now, which will make submissions a bit more difficult.
Vujovic pushes Nevils away and creates a bit of space to escape. He's almost out here... but no, Nevils gets a good hold of his legs and remains firmly in side control.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Nevils postures up a little and throws a couple of hammerfists but they don't connect properly.
Vujovic stops Nevils from passing to mount.
Neither fighter is doing enough for the referee's liking and he's decided to stand them back up.
Vujovic tries to clinch up.
Vujovic scores with a nice body kick.
Nevils swats away the attempt to clinch by Vujovic.
Vujovic tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
A punch combination from Nevils misses.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Vujovic.
The fight stays on the outside here - Vujovic looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Vujovic lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are showing their displeasure at the lack of action as loud boos ring out around the arena.
Nevils circles away from the clinch attempt.
Nevils shoots in and drives through. Vujovic sprawls well.
Nevils's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Vujovic throws a nice outside leg kick.
Vujovic is looking to clinch.
Nevils misses with an uppercut. Vujovic saw that one coming.
Nevils swats away the attempt to clinch by Vujovic.
Vujovic with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Nevils throws the left hand but Vujovic avoids the punch easily.
Nevils fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Vujovic tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Nevils paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Nevils slips a jab and a cross from Vujovic.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Nevils thows a body shot but no joy.
Horrible takedown by Nevils or perhaps it was just good defense by Vujovic which made him look bad.
Vujovic tries to clinch there but Nevils circles away.
Nevils misses with a combination
and Vujovic counters by clinching up.
Vujovic throws a knee to the head but misses.
Vujovic prevents Nevils from breaking the clinch.
Nevils is trying to drag Vujovic to the mat but Vujovic just about manages to keep his footing. He used the cage to his advantage there.
Zlatko Vujovic has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Ryan Nevils.
Vujovic unloads a knee to the mid-section. Nevils lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Come on Nevils - let's have some action - none of this stalling nonsense.
Vujovic breaks from the clinch.
Vujovic wants to clinch up but Nevils keeps it at a distance.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
My god... these two guys really need to pick up the pace or everyone will leave to go get a beer.
Left hook, right uppercut from Nevils.
Nevils misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.
Vujovic throws a head kick that Nevils semi-blocks.
Vujovic tries to clinch there but Nevils circles away.
Nevils swinging wilding here.
Nevils fakes an overhand right and shoots for a takedown. Vujovic sprawls well initially but Nevils persists and gets the takedown into half guard.
Vujovic on the receiving end of some nice ground and pound.
Nevils takes a deep breath and rests his weight momentarily on top of his opponent, to control the position.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Nevils is looking for a kimura here.
Nevils is just sitting in half guard, waiting for something to happen.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Ryan Nevils showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin! This is the final round!
Vujovic doesn't manage to clinch there - Nevils circles away.
A solid leg kick lands there for Vujovic.
Vujovic is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Vujovic is looking to clinch but Nevils is avoiding it.
Zlatko Vujovic is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Vujovic stuffs the takedown.
Vujovic tries to clinch up but Nevils circles away and keeps his distance.
Nevils blocks a head kick by Vujovic.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Nevils lands with a nice combination. Vujovic backs away looking to recover.
Nevils looking for a takedown here - he's got it.
Vujovic is looking to stand up but Nevils isn't so interested in that idea.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Nevils is working Vujovic over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Vujovic keeping moving, preventing Nevils from controlling successfully.
Vujovic is looking to get back to his feet but can't, whilst Nevils is controlling him.
Nevils landing some decent shots from guard.
Nevils advances position into side control!
Nevils advances nicely into full mount.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Well. There's a bit of a lull in the action here and the crowd are starting to get restless.
Vujovic wants to use the cage to get back to his feet here.
Nevils landing strikes from the mount.
Nevils tucks in and makes sure he doesn't lose the dominant position.
Nevils lands with some vicious ground and pound - can Vujovic hang on?
Nevils can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Vujovic is looking to escape.
Vujovic defends a decent attempt at a guillotine from Nevils.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Vujovic's corner are shouting for him to stand up but that's bad cornering - how is he meant to stand up when he's mounted? He should be looking to improve his position on the ground before trying to stand back up.
Nevils takes a little breather and maintains the position. The referee will be looking for him to stay active from such a dominant position though.
Nevils's corner are shouting for him to control the position and he seems happy to oblige.
Vujovic squirming around on the bottom, looking to escape.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
Nevils raining down shots from the mount!
Nevils sitting in mount, just looking to control for the moment.
Nevils can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Vujovic is looking to escape.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Nevils unloading with bombs!
And that's the end of the fight!
Ryan Nevils comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think Nevils has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. 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 Suge Night scores the fight 28:29
Judge Percy O'Donnell scores the fight 28:29
Judge Timothy Bukovac scores the fight 28:29
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Ryan Nevils!
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energy
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hype
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pop
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