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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Anthony Joshua (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Hasan Silhimidzic (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both fighter's entrance songs getting the crowd jumping here.
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234 lbs
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268 lbs
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BJJ Blue Belt
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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
0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of London, Anthony Joshua!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
2 - 5 - 0, fighting out of London, Hasan Silhimidzic!
The judges for this bout are Phil Schofield, Colin Fotheringham and Paul Tew.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
A punch combination from Silhimidzic misses.
Joshua closes the distance and after a bit of a stuggle, scores a takedown into Silhimidzic's guard.
Joshua slows down the pace of the fight, as he sits in guard.
Silhimidzic wants to control here, rather than go for any submissions from the bottom. At least for now.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Joshua cracks Silhimidzic with a solid left hand.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Joshua trying to control but Silhimidzic is working from the bottom.
Joshua stands and steps away. Silhimidzic gets to his feet too and we're back to the striking game.
Silhimidzic will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Joshua closes the distance and clinches.
Joshua can't break the clinch.
Joshua connects with a nasty looking knee right to Silhimidzic's face.
Joshua manages to break the clinch.
Joshua shoots in looking for a single leg takedown. Silhimidzic is trying to defend but Joshua finishes it well and ends up in half guard. Let's see if he can advance position further.
Joshua controlling the action here.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Silhimidzic is trying to stand back up but Joshua is controlling him
Joshua is keen to just control but Silhimidzic is a slippery customer.
Joshua is looking for an arm triangle, whilst trying to pass to side control. Silhimidzic doesn't seem that keen to cooperate though. No luck this time Joshua.
Joshua throwing shots but Silhimidzic is blocking nicely.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Joshua not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
Joshua stands up out of the half guard.
Joshua darts in and clinches Silhimidzic up against the cage.
Joshua successfully pulls guard.
Silhimidzic wants to stand and escape but instead Joshua has hit a sweep and he's now on top in guard.
Joshua is fighting to break Silhimidzic's control of his arms but Silhimidzic is doing a good job of controlling the position at the moment.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Joshua trying to control the position from guard on top but Silhimidzic is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Silhimidzic is pulling down on Joshua's head to control his posture.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Joshua scoring with punches to the head and body.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Anthony Joshua dominated that round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.
Silhimidzic stuffs the takedown.
Joshua tries to clinch but Silhimidzic is having none of it.
Joshua fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
Anthony Joshua is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Silhimidzic throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
Silhimidzic leaves Joshua with his face pressed against the mat as he sprawls beautifully, defending against a solid takedown attempt.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Anthony Joshua. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Silhimidzic misses with a wild combination.
Silhimidzic drives through with a takedown into Joshua's guard. Let's see what he can do from the top position.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Silhimidzic stopping the sweep attempt from Joshua.
Silhimidzic postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Joshua keeping full guard, as Silhimidzic tries to pass.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Silhimidzic throws a strike but Joshua rolls with it and manages to sweep. Now he's in guard on top.
Joshua is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Silhimidzic can do to turn this around?
Silhimidzic is breathing heavily.
Silhimidzic pulls Joshua in to control the position.
Joshua engaging in some classic timewasting tactics.
Joshua postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Silhimidzic throws a couple of weedy looking strikes off his back.
Silhimidzic is adopting a defensive guard.
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.
Joshua pushing down on Silhimidzic's thigh, trying to pass to half guard. He's managed it... Nice work.
Silhimidzic keeping hold of Joshua's head, controlling as best he can.
Silhimidzic trying to keep hold of his opponent's head but Joshua manages to pass to mount!
Silhimidzic working to try and regain half guard.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Joshua wants to finish this one by submission but Silhimidzic is holding onto his waist, trying to prevent any attacks from Joshua.
Joshua tries to control but Silhimidzic wriggling away.
Joshua controlling his opponent.
Joshua wants to control but Silhimidzic has made it back to half guard. Nice work.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Neither fighter has done anything of merit for a good minute or two here and the crowd are not happy about it.
Silhimidzic wants to get back to his feet.
The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. Joshua lands a nice short elbow.
Joshua seems very keen to just sit and control from half guard but Silhimidzic does not like that idea so much and is remaining active off his back.
Silhimidzic tries to regain full guard. Instead though, Joshua has advanced to mount. Uh oh.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Joshua tries to control but Silhimidzic wriggling away.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close second round but I would say that Anthony Joshua will probably get the nod.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business. This is the final round!
Joshua closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Joshua breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Silhimidzic closes the distance and clinches up, looking for a takedown. He shifts his weight and gets a nice trip into half guard.
Joshua kicks off Silhimidzic and gets to his feet.
It really doesn't seem like the step up in weight is hurting Joshua here at all. He's more than holding his own against the bigger man.
Silhimidzic swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Silhimidzic misses the jab.
Silhimidzic misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
It looked like Joshua was looking amped, ready to throw a big counter but didn't commit.
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!
Joshua closes the distance and clinches.
Joshua jumps guard.
Silhimidzic pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Joshua is keeping the position for now.
Joshua is trying to control the position from the bottom.
Silhimidzic looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights.
Silhimidzic takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Silhimidzic throws a sloppy strike and Joshua has hooked up an armbar on the loose arm! He's turned and extended fully! Silhimidzic is forced to tap! Great BJJ from Joshua!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:18 of round 3, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Anthony Joshua!
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energy
A | B |
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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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