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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Vince Collins (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Andro Juricic (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Fingers crossed for an exciting fight - I'm sure both fighters are looking for a nice under the table bonus!
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218 lbs
3 - 1 - 0 |
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185 cm
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218 lbs
10 - 2 - 0 |
BJJ Purple Belt
Basic striking
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Decent wrestler
Decent boxing
Granite chin |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
3 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Vince Collins!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
10 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Andro Juricic!
The judges for this bout are Felipe Paraventi, Alexandre Firmino and Emerson Jorge.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Juricic throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Collins stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Juricic misses with a jab, cross combination.
Collins went nuts there looking for a big combo counter but none of the flurry connected.
Collins uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Juricic.
Juricic gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Collins.
Juricic dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Juricic defending well as Collins loads up on a big left hand.
A nice side step and Juricic releases a counter shot to the body, but it doesn't find it's home.
Collins has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Juricic finds it's way round the side to connect with Collins's head.
Collins goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Juricic moves away from the strike by Collins.
Juricic looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights.
Juricic just misses with a punch to the body.
Collins misses with a hook. Juricic ducked under it nicely.
Collins misses with an uppercut
and Juricic counters with a lovely shot to the body.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Juricic blocks a jab.
Collins jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Juricic walks into a left hand.
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!
Juricic feints a jab promting Collins to slip. Juricic then demonstrates his capabilities by jabbing again. Collins slips again and ducks right into an uppercut.
Collins misses with a straight left.
Juricic drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
Collins looks to land a left hand but Juricic moved out of range nicely.
Collins tries to drive through with a takedown attempt but Juricic defends well and Collins ends up having to push Juricic into the cage where they will battle it out in the clinch.
Juricic scores with a shot to the body.
Collins takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Collins scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Collins is really head hunting here, hardly looking to strike to the body at all.
Decent striking displayed by Juricic there.
Collins throws a right hand that Juricic ducks under and follows up with a left that Juricic also avoids with ease.
Collins misses with an uppercut
and Juricic counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Collins is on the wrong end of a nice combination from Juricic.
Juricic wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Juricic misses with a hook
and Collins counters with a nice double leg into side control. Juricic won't be happy with that.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Juricic is looking to regain half guard here but Collins keeps moving and retains side control.
Juricic gets one leg under and gets the fight to half guard.
Juricic taking some punishment here, with Collins in his half guard.
Juricic has hold of Collins's hands but Collins slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.
Collins scoring with strikes to the body and head.
Collins landing with strikes to the body and head, softening up his opponent.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Juricic trying to control but Collins postures up.
Collins is trying to work for a kimura but Juricic is defending well.
Juricic wants to get back to his feet.
Collins winds up and cracks Juricic with a swinging punch to the side of the head.
Juricic regains full guard. Nicely done.
Collins trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Collins postures up and lands a big shot to Juricic's brow.
Juricic looking to control.
Collins makes a bit of distance and scores with some ground and pound, still in guard.
Collins chips away with some ground and pound.
Juricic working a defensive guard here.
Collins looking to pass the guard.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Collins lands a couple of digs.
Juricic is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
Collins loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Juricic has his foot on Collins's thigh. He's trying to push off and get in position for a triangle, I think. Collins works his way back into a safe position though.
Juricic throwing his legs up looking for a triangle.
Collins has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
Collins postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.
Juricic has his foot on Collins's thigh. He's trying to push off and get in position for a triangle, I think. Collins works his way back into a safe position though.
Collins postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
We've been hearing that Collins has been drilling a lot of ground and pound in training, so let's see if he get the finish.
Collins throwing strikes but missing.
We get told so often about how wrestlers don't like to be on their backs. Let's see if Juricic can do anything to dispel that myth.
Collins postures up in Juricic's guard and throws a big left but Juricic blocks it.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Collins missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Juricic wants to sweep but no luck.
Collins chips away with some ground and pound.
Collins throws a big elbow that misses.
Juricic has a closed guard, preventing anything of note from happening. Perhaps he's looking to stall.
Juricic has his foot on Collins's thigh. He's trying to push off and get in position for a triangle, I think. Collins works his way back into a safe position though.
Collins postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.
Collins cracks Juricic with a solid left hand.
Collins throws an elbow that misses. Juricic uses the momentum to reverse the position. He's now in Collins's guard. Nice move by Juricic!
Juricic with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.
Juricic trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Collins throws a couple of shots from the bottom but they don't land.
Juricic with a nice head shot there.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close round but Andro Juricic will probably get the nod.
That's time! Back to the action!
Collins shoots in looking for a takedown. Juricic tries to sprawl out of it but Collins keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. Juricic manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.
Juricic uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Collins.
Jab by Juricic.
Juricic thuds a left hand into Collins's body.
Collins misses with a right hand
and Juricic counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Juricic cracks Collins with a good jab.
Andro Juricic seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Juricic will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Juricic drops his hands momentarily and Collins takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
Juricic is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
The fighters circling - Collins throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Collins fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Nice shot lands for Juricic.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Collins takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Collins throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Juricic digs a good body shot into Collins's ribs.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Collins misses with a double jab.
Collins throws a right hand that Juricic ducks under and follows up with a left that Juricic also avoids with ease.
A nice side step and Juricic releases a counter shot to the body, but it doesn't find it's home.
Collins throws a jab but it's blocked by Juricic.
Juricic digs a good body shot into Collins's ribs.
Juricic clobbers Collins with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
Juricic throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Juricic goes to the watering hole and comes back with a big thumbs up from the judges as he scores a three punch combo.
Juricic lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Collins at a distance.
Juricic takes a swing at Collins's ribcage but misses.
Juricic slips a straight right by Collins.
Juricic getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
Vince Collins seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Collins tries to close the distance and clinch but Juricic swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Juricic dips to his left and cracks Collins with an uppercut!
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Collins looks to land a left hand but Juricic moved out of range nicely.
A little jabbing left from Juricic on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Collins connects with a jab.
Collins misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Juricic.
Collins misses with an uppercut
and Juricic counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Collins tries to work over Juricic's front leg with a kick but Juricic checks it.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Collins fails in his attempt to clinch.
Collins lets the fists fly and connects with a left straight followed by a right hook.
Juricic is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Collins.
Juricic connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
Collins thows a left - swing and a miss!
Collins throws a hook to the side of Juricic's head but Juricic sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Juricic keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
Juricic misses with a body shot.
Collins connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
Juricic bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Collins's head backwards.
Juricic fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Collins has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Collins there as he acknowledges the shot.
Collins misses with a hook.
Collins tries to clinch
and Juricic counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Juricic fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Collins manages to avoid it.
Collins avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Juricic moves out of range of the strikes.
Juricic lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Juricic moves away from the strike by Collins.
Collins throws out a loose jab but Juricic uses good head movement to avoid it.
A countering left hand to the body from Juricic misses.
Juricic lands a body shot.
Collins throws a poor cross that misses
and Juricic makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Juricic is throwing a lot of body shots here, looking to wear down Collins rather than just go for the knockout.
Collins misses with a takedown
and Juricic counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
Collins takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
Juricic lets the fists fly and connects with a left straight followed by a right hook.
Juricic lands the left hand.
Juricic tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Collins was well out of range. Poor timing from Juricic.
Juricic lands a nice looking body shot.
Juricic throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Collins sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Collins throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
letting Juricic counter with a right hand.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Collins keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
An attempted straight right counter from Collins misses the target.
A looping hook to the body misses from Collins. Juricic does a little dance to reset his feet.
Juricic unleashes a big counter combination but Collins bobs and weaves and avoids any damage.
Collins misses with a jab, cross combination.
Collins takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Juricic misses with a left hand
and Collins counters with a straight right hand.
Juricic pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Collins misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Collins throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Juricic stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Collins gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Juricic.
Nice shot by Juricic.
Juricic scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Collins doesn't seem bothered though.
Collins looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
Juricic throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Some wild striking there from Juricic.
Collins cracks Juricic with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
Collins dodges the punch combination from Juricic.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Juricic changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Collins thows a left - swing and a miss!
A nice side step and Juricic releases a counter shot to the body, but it doesn't find it's home.
Collins misses the jab.
Juricic swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Andro Juricic showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action. Let's hear some noise people - this is the final round!
Collins throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Nice straight punches there by Juricic. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Juricic.
Juricic fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Juricic throws a body shot but no joy.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Juricic checks a leg kick.
Juricic jabs at Collins's body.
Collins throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Juricic counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Juricic dodges the punch combination from Collins.
A big right from Collins misses.
Juricic throws a shot to the body.
Juricic throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Horrible takedown attempt by Collins or perhaps it was just good defense by Juricic, which made it look bad.
Collins slips a straight right by Juricic.
Collins throws a leg kick but Juricic sees it coming and checks it nicely.
Juricic bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Collins's head.
Juricic throws a shot from downtown. Collins moves away and avoids it.
Collins swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Collins throws out a loose jab but Juricic uses good head movement to avoid it.
Juricic jabs at Collins's body.
Juricic takes a jab right on the kisser.
Collins takes one to the chin there.
Andro Juricic is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
A big left from Collins misses.
Collins has his head slapped from side to side by a 3 punch combination. That must have hurt him.
Collins looking for a takedown here - he's got it.
Collins trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Juricic wants to stand and escape but Collins is having none of it.
Juricic looking for submissions from the bottom but instead Collins passes into half guard.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Juricic wants to get back to his feet.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Collins scores with a couple of good hammerfists.
Collins thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
Juricic keeps control of the position for the meantime.
Collins working over Juricic with some ground and pound. Juricic looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable.
Juricic wants to get back to his feet.
Juricic is looking to sinch up a guillotine here but Collins pulls his head out easily.
Collins misses with a head shot. Juricic uses the momentum to regain guard.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Collins accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Juricic keeping moving, preventing Collins from controlling successfully.
Collins loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Collins content to strike from guard, landing some decent shots.
Collins landing some decent shots from guard.
Juricic has his foot on Collins's thigh. He's trying to push off and get in position for a triangle, I think. Collins works his way back into a safe position though.
Collins working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.
Collins missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Juricic is looking for a guillotine. You can't force these things though and Collins defends well.
Collins wants to pass the guard but Juricic is keeping the position.
Juricic is looking to get back to his feet but can't, whilst Collins is controlling him.
Vince Collins overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Collins trying to control but Juricic is working from the bottom.
Collins scores with a decent looking elbow strike.
Collins passes Juricic's right leg, so he's now in half guard.
Juricic is trying to stand.
Collins lands strikes from half guard.
Collins wants to free his trapped foot but Juricic is holding on for dear life with his legs.
Collins is working for a kimura but Juricic is defending it quite comfortably.
Andro Juricic is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Collins throws a big elbow that misses, also allowing Juricic to regain full guard.
And that's the end of the fight!
I would just about give that final round to Andro Juricic.
I've got Juricic winning every round here. Surely the decision will go his way and he'll pick up a well deserved decision victory. 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 Felipe Paraventi scores the fight 27:30
Judge Alexandre Firmino scores the fight 27:30
Judge Emerson Jorge scores the fight 27:30
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Andro Juricic!
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energy
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hype
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pop
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FIGHT
RATING
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