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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Zoran Paunovic (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Yuri Hanzzle (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Yuri Hanzzle has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?
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193 lbs
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203 lbs
24 - 15 - 0 |
Good wrestling
Excellent MT
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Olympic wrestler
World class boxer
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Zoran Paunovic!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
24 - 15 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Yuri Hanzzle!
The judges for this bout are Thiago Cunha, Edson Gomes and Emerson Jorge.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
A slapping leg kick lands for Paunovic.
Paunovic takes one to the chin there.
Hanzzle scores with a takedown into Paunovic's guard.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Paunovic is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.
Paunovic is working hard here to advance position.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Hanzzle lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.
We've been hearing good reports from Paunovic's training camp. Apparently he has been rolling around with some good quality BJJ practitioners and has been sharpening his skills. Let's see if that has an impact on the fight today.
Hanzzle tries to free his leg and advance position but Paunovic is retaining full guard.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Hanzzle throwing strikes from guard but Paunovic blocks nicely.
Hanzzle trying to control but Paunovic is working from the bottom.
Hanzzle controlling from the guard. I say controlling but really, he's stalling.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Hanzzle lands a couple of elbows.
Paunovic trying to control the position.
Paunovic keeping moving, preventing Hanzzle from controlling successfully.
Paunovic throws a couple of weedy looking strikes off his back.
Hanzzle cracks Paunovic with a solid left hand.
Hanzzle scoring with some ground and pound.
Hanzzle throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
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.
Hanzzle passes Paunovic's left leg - he's now in half guard.
Paunovic is looking to control Hanzzle's leg but it's slowly edging free. Can Paunovic avoid being mounted?
Hanzzle tries to pass the half guard into mount. Paunovic knows what he's doing though and prevents the attempt.
We've had a lack of effective grappling in the last minute or so, which could well see a referee standup.
Paunovic has hold of Hanzzle's hands but Hanzzle slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.
Hanzzle is taking a breather. Paunovic says something to him but it's hard to make out. Perhaps he's telling him to get on with it and actually do something.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Paunovic trying to control here but he's found himself mounted! Oh no!
Paunovic working to try and regain half guard.
Paunovic takes a big shot to the head but keeps on trying to improve his position.
Paunovic is in a horrible position here. Hanzzle smacks him with another shot as he tries to escape the position.
Paunovic regains half guard.
Hanzzle lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.
Paunovic is trying to maintain the position but Hanzzle is very close to passing his half guard.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Hanzzle seems very keen to just sit and control from half guard but Paunovic does not like that idea so much and is remaining active off his back.
Paunovic keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Hanzzle prevents Paunovic from improving his position.
Paunovic is refusing to be controlled, as Hanzzle sits in half guard.
Paunovic missing with punches from the bottom.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Paunovic is looking for a sweep. Hanzzle is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
Hanzzle is thwarting Paunovic's attempts to control the position.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Yuri Hanzzle dominated that round.
That's time! Paunovic's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.
Hanzzle closes the distance and scores a nice trip takedown into half guard. Paunovic did well to prevent Hanzzle getting side control.
Paunovic is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
Hanzzle moves nicely into side control.
Paunovic pushes Hanzzle away and creates a bit of space to escape. He's almost out here... but no, Hanzzle gets a good hold of his legs and remains firmly in side control.
Hanzzle looking for an arm triangle but it's way too loose to do anything.
Paunovic is trying to control Hanzzle's posture but Hanzzle avoids it.
Hanzzle has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Paunovic takes a nasty elbow to the side of the head.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Hanzzle tries for an arm triangle. That looks pretty tight to me. Is this one over!?! Possibly, maybe, no Hanzzle has let go of the choke. Obviously it wasn't as tight as we thought!
Hanzzle scoring with punches and elbows.
Hanzzle scores with punches from side control.
Hanzzle has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Hanzzle lands an elbow.
Hanzzle wants to lay and pray for a moment but Paunovic keeps working.
Hanzzle lands a knee to the body and a forearm to the face.
Paunovic prevents Hanzzle from improving position.
Hanzzle scores with a couple of nice shots to the head there. The referee takes a look at Paunovic to see if he's OK.
Paunovic is rocked!
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Paunovic can't do much from the bottom here.
Hanzzle works a knee to the body and follows up with a nice elbow to the head.
Oh Paunovic is still in real trouble! Will he be able to recover?!!
Hanzzle working hard here to secure a kimura but he's not really in the right position for it.
Paunovic seems to have got his legs back now.
Hanzzle working the ground and pound from side control.
Paunovic is looking for a sweep.
Hanzzle scoring with punches from side control.
Paunovic stops Hanzzle from passing to mount.
Hanzzle scores with a couple of nice shots to the head there. The referee takes a look at Paunovic to see if he's OK.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
You can see the frustration on Paunovic's face, being in this tough position on the bottom.
Hanzzle passes to full mount! That's big trouble for Paunovic!
Paunovic really trying hard to get back to half guard here.
Hanzzle looking to finish here with some ground and pound. He lands one big shot that has Paunovic covering up... and two more big strikes land, forcing the referee to step in and put and end to proceedings! This fight is all over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:46 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Yuri Hanzzle!
An out of breath and clearly excited Yuri Hanzzle thanked Humanoid Nutrition (160Q for 160$) for their help and support (and free stuff they sent him).
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energy
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hype
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pop
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mgr
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RATING
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