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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Nikola Jokic (ranked 5946 p4p, 639 weight class) and LeDon Jadman (ranked 6151 p4p, 652 weight class). We have two fighters making their debuts here, so let's see who comes out of this one with their first professional victory.
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210 cm
25
212 lbs
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190 cm
25
208 lbs
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BJJ White Belt
Excellent MT
Very quick |
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BJJ Blue Belt
Decent boxing
Very confident |
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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
0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Nikola Jokic! And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner. With a record of
0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of The Island, LeDon Jadman! The judges for this bout are David Hoff, Michael Johnstone and Dirk Anderson.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway! That kick from Jokic tenderised Jadman's leg. Jadman is trying to keep his angry face on. Jadman on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Jokic. Jokic obviously looking to wear him down.
Jadman lands a nice hook to Jokic's body. Jokic takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes. Jadman misses with a few strikes there.
Jadman looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it. Jokic moves out of range of the body kick. Jokic scores with a kick to the body.
Jadman ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Jokic moves away. A counter left hand to the body from Jokic misses its target. Jokic scores with a slapping inside leg kick. Jadman uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Jokic has time to react. Jadman throws a nice looking combination but Jokic bobs and weaves to avoid any damage. A solid leg kick lands there for Jokic.
Jadman misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out! Jokic moves out of range as Jadman strikes. Jadman on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those. Jokic is looking to take this fight into the clinch. Jokic walks into a stiff left hand from Jadman. Jokic lands a front kick.
That's one minute gone in the round. Jokic throws a nice outside leg kick. LeDon Jadman seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout. Jadman misses with the combination.
Jadman rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Jokic counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena. Jadman swinging wildly here.
Jokic really does look like a pencil wearing a pair of gloves. Let's hope he has a gameplan to suit that ridiculous body shape. Jadman misses the jab. Jadman swinging wildly here.
Jokic slips a jab from Jadman. Jadman throws a lazy right hand but Jokic sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily. Jadman throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Jokic sees it coming and avoids it easily. Jadman lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Jokic at a distance.
Jokic cracks the inside of Jadman's front leg. Jokic throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Jadman just misses with a punch to the body.
Jadman takes a swing at Jokic's ribcage but misses. Jokic tries to move into range but Jadman moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
That's two minutes gone in the round. Jokic thumps Jadman with a low kick. We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out! Jadman walks into a straight right hand from Jokic. Jokic with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Jadman to score with a decent uppercut. Jadman feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Jokics jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist! Jokic connects with an inside leg kick. Jadman throws an overhand right that lands on Jokic's shoulder, as Jokic tries to avoid the shot. A nice leg kick lands there from Jokic. Jadman throws an overhand right that lands on Jokic's shoulder, as Jokic tries to avoid the shot. Jadman's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down. Jokic will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.
Jokic avoids the body shot from Jadman.
Jokic went nuts there looking for a big combo counter but none of the flurry connected. Jokic takes a punch to the jaw and another one to the bread basket. Jadman avoids the head kick by Jokic.
Jokic throws a quick inside leg kick. Jokic staying out of range there. Jokic lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range. Jokic uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Jadman. Jadman misses with a few strikes there.
That's three minutes gone in the round. Jadman connects with a crisp jab. Jadman lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Jadman has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Jokic. Jadman throws a hook to the side of Jokic's head but Jokic sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully. Jokic fakes a jab and scores with a low kick. Jokic lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise. Jadman misses with a left hand and he gets countered with a snapping leg kick. A looping hook to the body misses from Jadman. Jokic does a little dance to reset his feet. Jadman misses with a right hand and Jokic counters with a three punch combination, finished off with a leg kick. Nice work. Jadman looks winded! Jadman misses with a double jab
and Jokic counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw. Jokic blocks the body kick.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out! Jadman lands a two punch combo.
Nice body kick from Jokic. Jokic connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there. Jadman misses with a looping right. Nice jab there from Jokic.
That's four minutes gone in the round. Jokic is looking to slow Jadman down with leg kicks. Jokic connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there. Ouch! a nice leg kick from Jokic, right into the meat.
Jokic with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Jokic buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Jokic takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness. Jokic fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Jadman. Jadman checks a leg kick. A nice inside leg kick there by Jokic. That's going to slow Jadman down. A good leg kick by Jokic. Jadman throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Jokic counters with a nice body kick. Jokic buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
A chopping leg kick lands by Jokic. The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end. Jokic tries to score with a low kick but Jadman moves his leg out of the way. Jadman throws a body kick that misses and Jokic makes him pay by landing a thudding low kick. Jokic moves out of range as Jadman strikes. Jadman has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Jokic. And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Nikola Jokic dominated that round. Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!
Jokic feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Jadman's calf. Jokic avoids the body shot from Jadman.
Jokic takes a jab right on the kisser.
Jadman misses with a few strikes there.
A good leg kick by Jokic. Jadman keeps the fight on the outside. Jokic thumps Jadman with a low kick. Jadman misses with a straight left. Nikola Jokic is winning the standup battle so far. Jokic tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Jadman manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat. Jadman stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Jokic. Jokic tests Jadman's chin there with a solid looking shot. Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Jadman. Jokic was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger. We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up. Jadman looks to score with a combo but nothing lands. Jokic motions for Jadman to come forward. Jokic throws a leg kick but it misses it's target. Jadman falls off balance throwing a combination
and Jokic counters with a two punch combo. We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out! Jadman blocks a low kick nicely. Both these guys seem content to just stand up and trade with eachother but Jadman might want to think about changing up his gameplan a bit because over the course of the fight, Jokic has got the better of the exchanges.
That's one minute gone in the round. Jadman throws a right and a left that Jokic avoids nicely. Jadman throws the left hand but Jokic avoids the punch easily. Nice body punch from Jadman. Jadman throws a poor cross that misses
and Jokic counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Jadman is rocked! Jokic feints a jab and as Jadman dips his head, Jokic unleashes a brutal head kick that catches Jadman right on the jaw! Timbeeer! Jadman falls backwards in slow motion, only propped up by the cage! Jokic smiles a psychotic smile as he stares down his unconscious opponent. That is a scary man.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:20 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Head Kick). Nikola Jokic! Nikola Jokic very nearly forgot to thank ZZ POPS amongst all the excitement of his win but just as the interview came to a close, he screamed their name. Hopefully he'll get a few nice freebies in the mail as a thank you.
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energy
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hype
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