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Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Dhadi Slaku (ranked 5394 p4p, 490 weight class) and Marko Pjaca (ranked 4296 p4p, 435 weight class). Marko Pjaca will no doubt be trying to keep this one on the feet, where he has a distinct advantage.
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BJJ Blue Belt
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BJJ White Belt
Decent boxing
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Dhadi Slaku!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Marko Pjaca!
The judges for this bout are Ivan Kurochkin, Illya Tyunina and Valeri Chadov.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
A jab from Pjaca does it's job there.
Slaku throws a right high kick that is partially blocked by Pjaca.
Pjaca throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Pjaca closes the distance and lands a one-two.
Pjaca scores with a kick to the body.
Pjaca tries to keep at a distance but Slaku has taken the fight into the clinch.
Pjaca working hard to break the clinch.
Pjaca is trying to break the clinch but Slaku is controlling him.
Slaku lands a hook that snaps the head of Pjaca backwards.
Slaku manages to break the clinch.
Slaku forces Pjaca back against the cage and clinches.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Slaku jumps guard but Pjaca turns him against the cage and keeps the fight standing.
Slaku scores with a hook to the body.
Slaku can't get the takedown.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Slaku looking for a takedown.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Dhadi Slaku. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Slaku is trying to pull guard but Pjaca has him pressed against the cage.
Slaku really does look like a pencil wearing a pair of gloves. Let's hope he has a gameplan to suit that ridiculous body shape.
Pjaca is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Slaku tries to pull guard but Pjaca holds him up against the cage and eventually Slaku drops back down to his feet.
Pjaca breaks from the clinch.
Marko Pjaca is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Pjaca fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Slaku.
Slaku moves into the clinch.
Slaku gets control of Pjaca's arms and successfully pulls guard. Slaku will no doubt be looking for submissions off his back.
Slaku looking to control.
Slaku wants to control here, rather than go for any submissions from the bottom. At least for now.
Slaku throwing strikes off his back to little effect.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Slaku managing to control the position.
Slaku wants to sweep but no luck.
Slaku is working hard here to advance position.
Pjaca gets to his feet - Slaku follows without any prompting.
Pjaca lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Slaku with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Pjaca to score with a decent uppercut.
Pjaca defends well against a solid takedown attempt from Slaku.
Pjaca displays good takedown defense there as he swats away a double leg from Slaku.
Slaku is breathing heavily.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Slaku changes levels and looks for a double leg takedown. Pjaca tries to avoid it but Slaku manages to keep hold of a leg and drag Pjaca to the ground. Pjaca escapes though and pops straight back up to his feet.
Pjaca lands a jab-cross combination.
Slaku is rocked!
Pjaca scores with a leg kick.
Oh Slaku is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Pjaca drops Slaku with a straight left! Oh this is bad for Slaku! Pjaca dives in and starts dropping bombs - the referee has no choice but to step in and save him!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:18 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Marko Pjaca!
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hype
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pop
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FIGHT
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