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Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Aleksandar Dragović (ranked 824 p4p, 30 weight class) and Ijsa Mohammed (ranked 969 p4p, 37 weight class). Dragović comes to the cage accompanied by Immortal Technique - Mark Of The Beast feat. Akir & Beast 1333. This should be fireworks!
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280 lbs
11 - 3 - 1 |
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225 cm
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300 lbs
12 - 8 - 0 |
Great wrestler
World class boxer
Insanely flexible |
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Good wrestler
Dangerous knees
Good gas tank |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the super heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
11 - 3 - 1, fighting out of Las Vegas, Aleksandar Dragović!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
12 - 8 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Ijsa Mohammed!
The judges for this bout are Ben Zyskovitsi, Arvi Lind and Roosa Järviläinen.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Mohammed closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Dragović blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Dragović working aggressively here.
Dragović blocks an elbow strike.
Dragović escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Mohammed swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
A clash of legs there as Mohammed blocks the low kick.
Mohammed clinches up with Dragović and pushes him back against the cage.
Dragović's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
A head kick from Dragović lands but Mohammed takes it in his stride.
Dragović circles away from the clinch attempt.
Dragović ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Mohammed moves away.
Dragović tries to score with a low kick but Mohammed moves his leg out of the way.
Mohammed misses with a combination
and Mohammed takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Mohammed throws a sloppy head kick and Dragović moves out of range easily.
Dragović avoids the head kick by Mohammed.
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!
Mohammed tries to close the distance and clinch but Dragović swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Mohammed tries to clinch up but Dragović circles away and keeps his distance.
Dragović swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Dragović misses with a wild body shot.
Mohammed misses with a few strikes there.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Mohammed tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Dragović bobs and weaves and then throws a good body kick.
Mohammed tries to clinch there but Dragović circles away.
Dragović cracks Mohammed with a right hand to the side of the head.
Dragović fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Mohammed.
Mohammed slips under a jab.
Mohammed moves into the clinch.
Mohammed pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Dragović really does look like a pencil wearing a pair of gloves. Let's hope he has a gameplan to suit that ridiculous body shape.
Mohammed tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Dragović avoids it.
Dragović tries to throw a body punch but Mohammed avoids it by throwing Dragović back against the cage.
I was talking to Dragović's coach per-fight and he was telling me that they'd been working on the clinch in the runup to this fight.
Mohammed landing knees to the head.
A short body shot lands from Dragović as the two fighters clinch.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Mohammed.
Dragović stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Nice elbow from Mohammed.
Dragović lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Mohammed backwards.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Mohammed swings wildly with an uppercut but Dragović uses good head movement to avoid it.
Dragović working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Mohammed blocks a body shot from Dragović.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Dragović lands a left hand that snaps the head of Mohammed backwards.
Dragović has a couple of punches blocked by Mohammed.
Dragović misses with a punch to the body.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Mohammed.
Mohammed misses with a hook from the clinch.
Dragović lands with a short shot to the head.
Mohammed with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Mohammed with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Mohammed pushes off an throws an elbow but Dragović leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Mohammed lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Knees in the clinch landing for Mohammed.
A nice right hand lands inside from Dragović.
Mohammed lands an elbow inside that Dragović shrugs off.
Dragović tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Dragović is trying to break free.
Dragović lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Mohammed.
Mohammed tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Mohammed pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Dragović lands a shot to the body.
Dragović avoids a wild elbow strike from Mohammed.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Dragović tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Mohammed's elbow.
Mohammed connects with a knee to the head.
Mohammed looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Mohammed tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Dragović avoids it.
Dragović on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
A short right from Dragović.
Mohammed throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Mohammed lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Dragović fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Mohammed misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Dragović.
Mohammed blocks an uppercut.
Dragović breaks the clinch.
A big left from Dragović misses.
Despite the aggression on Mohammed's face he doesn't fully commit to the counter.
Mohammed swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Dragović counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
Mohammed uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Dragović.
Dragović tries to keep at a distance but Mohammed has taken the fight into the clinch.
Dragović working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Dragović throws a head punch that misses.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Mohammed throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Dragović blocks it with crossed arms.
Mohammed landing knees to the body.
Mohammed lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Dragović misses with a hook to the ribs.
Dragović throws a head punch that misses.
Mohammed blocking some punches.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Dragović.
Mohammed missing with knees to the body.
Mohammed working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Dragović misses with a punch to the body.
Mohammed throws an elbow but it misses.
Dragović throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Mohammeds head.
Dragović has a couple of punches blocked by Mohammed.
Mohammed connects with a knee to the head.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Dragović breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Mohammed closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Mohammed throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Dragović avoids a wild elbow strike from Mohammed.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Mohammed.
With the fighters up against the cage, Mohammed throws an elbow but misses.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close round but I would say that Aleksandar Dragović will probably get the nod.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.
Mohammed doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Mohammed moves in looking to clinch but Dragović pushes him off.
Ijsa Mohammed is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Dragović swats away the attempt to clinch by Mohammed.
Mohammed takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Dragović throws a right and a left that both miss.
Aleksandar Dragović is winning the standup battle so far.
Dragović throws the kick towards the body but Mohammed avoids it.
Dragović tries to keep at a distance but Mohammed has taken the fight into the clinch.
With the fighters up against the cage, Mohammed throws an elbow but misses.
Mohammed blocks an uppercut.
Dragović misses with a punch on the inside.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Dragović blocks an elbow strike from Mohammed.
Mohammed with a knee to the head.
Dragović breaks from the clinch.
A punch combination from Mohammed misses.
Dragović throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
The fight moves into the clinch position.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Dragović breaks the clinch.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Mohammed wants to clinch.
Mohammed uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Dragović.
Mohammed takes the fight into the clinch.
Ijsa Mohammed seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Dragović blocks the elbow strike.
Mohammed landing knees to the head.
It looks like Aleksandar Dragović has been cut.
Dragović tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Mohammed's elbow.
Dragović's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Mohammed walks into a jab.
Dragović dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Mohammed moves into range and clinches up with Dragović.
Dragović's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Dragović dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Mohammed. That did some damage!
Mohammed slips under a jab.
Dragović misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Mohammed.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Mohammed uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Dragović.
As Dragović backs off Mohammed throws a huge counter combo but Dragović manages to avoid it all.
Mohammed wants to clinch but Dragović slips to the side
and Dragović counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Mohammed thinking.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Mohammed is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Dragović was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
Mohammed is looking to clinch but Dragović is avoiding it.
Dragović is looking to wear down Mohammed with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
Dragović misses with a looping right.
Dragović dips to his left and cracks Mohammed with an uppercut!
Dragović ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Mohammed moves away.
Dragović connects with a body shot.
Mohammed gets a clinch.
Dragović blocks an elbow strike.
Mohammed tries to land knees in the clinch but Dragović avoids the damage to the body.
Dragović has a couple of punches blocked by Mohammed.
Dragović lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Dragović blocks the elbow strike.
Dragović lands a right hand.
Mohammed using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Dragović has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Dragović breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Mohammed wants to clinch.
Mohammed wants to clinch but Dragović slips to the side
and Dragović counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Mohammed keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Mohammed is loading up here, looking for a big counter of his own.
Mohammed on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Mohammed tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Dragović manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Dragović throws a sloppy head kick and Mohammed moves out of range easily.
Mohammed checks a low kick from Dragović.
A solid body kick from Dragović.
Mohammed is breathing heavily.
Mohammed tries to close the distance and clinch up but Dragović swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Mohammed is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
A looping hook to the body misses from Dragović. Mohammed does a little dance to reset his feet.
Mohammed forces Dragović back against the cage and clinches.
Mohammed can't find room to land a body shot as Dragović controls the action.
Mohammed looks to throw an elbow but misses.
A shot in the inside from Dragović.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Mohammed misses with an elbow over the top.
Dragović lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Dragović lands with a short head shot on the inside.
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!
Dragović tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Dragović blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Mohammed tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Dragović misses with a hook from the clinch.
Mohammed's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Mohammed throws a knee to the head but misses.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Dragović.
Dragović manages to break the clinch.
Mohammed is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Dragović keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
Dragović misses with a body shot.
Dragović throws a body punch but Mohammed moves out of range.
A punch combination from Mohammed misses.
Dragović throws a leg kick but Mohammed sees it coming and moves out of range.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Aleksandar Dragović dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Aleksandar Dragović's cut.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action! And we move into the final round!
Mohammed tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Mohammed misses with a double jab
and Dragović counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.
The fight stays on the outside here - Mohammed looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
An attempted straight right counter from Dragović misses the target.
Dragović fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Mohammed.
Dragović thumps Mohammed with a low kick.
Dragović feints and then cracks Mohammed's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Mohammed down.
Mohammed wants to clinch
and Dragović counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Sloppy strikes from Dragović. Those never looked like landing.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Mohammed clinches up with Dragović and pushes him back against the cage.
Mohammed comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Mohammed throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Dragović blocks it with crossed arms.
Mohammed tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Mohammed is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Dragović is defending well for now.
A body shot lands from Dragović.
Mohammed takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Mohammed tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
That's one minute gone in the round.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Dragović.
Mohammed misses with an elbow strike.
Dragović blocks an elbow strike from Mohammed.
Dragović takes an elbow to the forehead.
Dragović is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Mohammed can do to turn this around?
Dragović manages to break the clinch.
Dragović connects with a body shot that sends Mohammed's belly button to the back.
Dragović fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Mohammed manages to avoid it.
Dragović lands with a straight right. Mohammed didn't see that one coming.
Dragović lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
Mohammed tries to clinch there but Dragović circles away.
Dragović delivers a nice body kick.
The fighters circle momentarily. Dragović darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.
Mohammed avoids the body shot from Dragović.
Ijsa Mohammed seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Mohammed throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Dragović counters with a huge left! Mohammed is in big trouble! He's backing up but Dragović isn't giving him chance to recover. Under a barage of punches the ref has to step in to save Mohammed from any more damage. A dominating finish by Dragović!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:52 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Aleksandar Dragović!
Our winner, Aleksandar Dragović, made sure he spent some time buttering up the crowd during his post fight interview, which will no doubt bring him a few more fans.
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energy
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hype
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pop
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FIGHT
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