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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Evangelos Ergazakis (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Marko Perkovic (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Perkovic comes into a darkened arena with his song building. Nema Predaje by Thompson kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! Marko Perkovic has the power to score a knockout today if he connects clean with Evangelos Ergazakis's chin.
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187 cm
26
220 lbs
5 - 8 - 0 |
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185 cm
22
205 lbs
2 - 3 - 0 |
Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
Insanely flexible |
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Good wrestler
World class MT
Good gas tank |
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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
5 - 8 - 0, fighting out of New York, Evangelos Ergazakis! And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner. With a record of
2 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Marko Perkovic! The judges for this bout are Fedor Mirinova, Aleksandr Martynov and Illya Tyunina.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway! Nice takedown defense from Perkovic. No joy for Ergazakis on that attempt. Perkovic digs a good body shot into Ergazakis's ribs. Perkovic misses with a straight left. A jab from Perkovic misses. Perkovic throws a leg kick which misses Ergazakis's front leg but catches the back leg as Ergazakis tries to avoid it. Ergazakis clinches up against the cage. Ergazakis has been talking about how he's improved his wrestling in the run up to the fight so let's see if that's enough to sway the balance. Perkovic's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does. Ergazakis tries to clinch but Perkovic moves out of range. Ergazakis fails with a takedown attempt. Ergazakis takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt. We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up. Ergazakis takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him. Ergazakis shoots in but Perkovic avoids the takedown attempt easily. That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Evangelos Ergazakis. That's going to take a lot out of him. Ergazakis is looking to clinch. Ergazakis closes the distance and pushes Perkovic back into the cage. This has been an exciting period of action! Ergazakis has a couple of punches blocked by Perkovic.
That's one minute gone in the round. Ergazakis will no doubt start fighting again in a minute but for now he's just having a little rest, leaning Perkovic up against the cage. Perkovic managing to block the knees to the body from Ergazakis.
Perkovic breaks the clinch.
Perkovic cracks Ergazakis with a big right hand that sends him to the floor! Ergazakis looks wobbly but he's sprung back up to his feet straight away… can Perkovic finish him?
Ergazakis is rocked! Perkovic has done a lot of speed work in the buildup to this fight. Perkovic looks to land a right hand but Ergazakis moved out of range. Oh Ergazakis is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!! Ergazakis is looking to take this fight into the clinch. Ergazakis looks frustrated there after his takedown attempt is stuffed easily. Ergazakis seems to have got his legs back now. Perkovic jabs at Ergazakis's body. This has been an exciting period of action! Perkovic drops Ergazakis with a hook right on the temple. He thinks about going to the ground but Ergazakis looks back up at him and smiles so Perkovic waves him back to his feet - he obviously thinks he can knock him out after that shot landed.
Ergazakis switches off momentarily and Perkovic cracks him with a monster right hand! Ergazakis topples backwards and makes a semi conscious attempt to cover up, as Perkovic dives in to land one more shot, before the referee has time to call the fight. What a finish by Perkovic!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:56 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Marko Perkovic! Marko Perkovic decided to thank the fans in attendance for making a great atmosphere. It seemed to go down pretty well.
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energy
A | B |
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hype
A | B |
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pop
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mgr
A | B |
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FIGHT
RATING
72% |
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