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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Eugenio Antonio (ranked 359 p4p, 44 weight class) and Zdravko Dren (ranked 980 p4p, 105 weight class). Dren has chosen GETO BOYS - mind of a lunatic as his entrance music. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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275 lbs
10 - 2 - 0 |
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260 lbs
26 - 23 - 0 |
Good wrestling
Lethal high kicks
Insanely flexible |
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World class MT
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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
10 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Eugenio Antonio!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
26 - 23 - 0, fighting out of London, Zdravko Dren!
The judges for this bout are Paul Tew, Donald Grub and Steven Brown.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Good standup being displayed there by Dren as he connects with a hook.
Dren throws a looping overhand right but Antonio ducks down to avoid it.
Antonio is looking for a counter combo.
Jab, jab by Antonio - just one landing.
Antonio tries to close the distance and clinch up but Dren swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Antonio takes a swing at Dren's ribcage but misses.
Dren pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Antonio is trying to close the distance and clinch up, after that failed offence from Dren.
Antonio tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Dren throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Antonio throws a body punch but Dren moves out of range.
Antonio misses with a wild combination.
Antonio throws a shot from downtown. Dren moves away and avoids it.
Dren gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Dren plants his feet and lands a nice head kick!
Dren cracks Antonio with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Antonio clinches with his opponent.
Dren landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
I was talking to Antonio's coach per-fight and he was telling me that they'd been working on the clinch in the runup to this fight.
That's one minute gone in the round.
With the fighters up against the cage, Dren throws an elbow but misses.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Antonio as Dren tries to tie him up.
Dren just leaning against Antonio, taking a breather.
Dren has a couple of punches blocked by Antonio.
Dren scores with a shoulder strike.
A head punch on the inside from Antonio fails to land.
Antonio keeps control of Dren as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Antonio swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Dren throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
A short body shot lands from Antonio as the two fighters clinch.
Antonio is working Dren over against the cage.
Dren lands a right hand.
Antonio lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Antonio misses with a short punch on the inside.
Antonio misses with some punches.
Antonio swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Antonio tries to work over Dren's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Antonio misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Dren is looking to break free of the clinch but Antonio has double underhooks.
Dren can't break the clinch.
Antonio's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
A short right from Antonio on the inside.
Dren pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Antonio lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Dren pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Antonio takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
Dren slips a straight right by Antonio.
Dren takes a body kick right on the floating rib. Ouchie.
Dren swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Antonio throws out a loose jab but Dren uses good head movement to avoid it.
Antonio fails with an attempt to clinch.
Dren tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Antonio instigates a clinch.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Dren fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Antonio blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Antonio lands an uppercut.
Dren is rocked!
Dren throws a punch but it's blocked by Antonio.
Dren is still on wobbly legs! Can Antonio finish him?
Antonio lands a big right hand that drops Dren! The killer instinct kicks in and Antonio finishes his opponent with a series of strikes from mount. A dominating finish by Antonio!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:21 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Eugenio Antonio!
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energy
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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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