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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between John Makres (ranked 3011 p4p, 330 weight class) and Zed Vrienan (ranked 2528 p4p, 297 weight class). Makres's ring entrance music is that housewives' favourite, SABATON - Coat of Arms. Vrienan has chosen Tango Instrumental as his entrance music. This should be a great matchup!
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212 lbs
2 - 0 - 0 |
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217 lbs
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BJJ Brown Belt
Excellent MT
Good chin |
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BJJ Purple Belt
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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
2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, John Makres!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
3 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Zed Vrienan!
The judges for this bout are Yuuki Gou, Shirou Masuda and Yukihiro Shimada.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Vrienan looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Vrienan rushes Makres and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Makres breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Makres checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time.
Vrienan tries to close the distance and clinch but Makres swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Makres throwing a counter right hand but Vrienan manages to avoid it.
Makres circles away from the clinch attempt.
Vrienan forces Makres back against the cage and clinches.
We can't be sure of the tactics at this early stage but we have heard that Vrienan has been working on his takedowns a lot in the buildup to the fight and we can only assume he's going to look to take this to the mat.
Makres can't break the clinch.
Makres can't break the clinch.
Makres breaks from the clinch.
Vrienan tries to close the distance and clinch but Makres swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Makres avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Vrienan fails with an attempt to clinch.
Vrienan tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Vrienan lands a nice leg kick that just misses Makres's sensitive parts.
Donk. Makres catches Vrienan right on the button with a cross.
Vrienan dodges the punch combination from Makres.
Vrienan counters with a body kick.
Vrienan darts in and clinches Makres up against the cage.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Makres lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Vrienan tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Makres lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Makres has Vrienan pushed against the cage.
Vrienan throws a punch but it's blocked by Makres.
Vrienan lands a right hand that snaps the head of Makres backwards.
Vrienan tries to land knees in the clinch but Makres avoids the damage to the body.
Makres avoids a wild elbow strike from Vrienan.
Vrienan lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Vrienan scores with a knee to the head.
Vrienan throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Makres blocks it with crossed arms.
Vrienan pushes off an throws an elbow but Makres leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Makres escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Vrienan fails with an attempt to clinch.
Makres looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Makres tries to keep at a distance but Vrienan has taken the fight into the clinch.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Makres breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Makres swats away the attempt to clinch by Vrienan.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Makres swats away the attempt to clinch by Vrienan.
No joy there for Vrienan, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
As Vrienan backs away, Makres returns fire with a leg kick that just misses.
Vrienan wants to clinch up but Makres keeps it at a distance.
Makres thows a left - swing and a miss!
Vrienan forces Makres back against the cage and clinches.
Makres blocks the elbow strike.
Makres blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Makres breaks the clinch.
Vrienan scores with a three punch combo!
Vrienan doesn't manage to clinch there - Makres circles away.
Vrienan takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Makres avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Vrienan is looking to clinch but Makres is avoiding it.
Vrienan tries to clinch up but Makres circles away and keeps his distance.
A little feinted left hand from Makres on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
Zed Vrienan seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Makres takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Makres feints and then cracks Vrienan's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Vrienan down.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Vrienan lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Vrienan keeps Makres at a distance using the push kick.
Makres fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Vrienan tries to clinch but Makres is having none of it.
Vrienan tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Makres paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Vrienan tries to clinch but Makres is having none of it.
Makres moves out of range as Vrienan throws a body kick.
Vrienan moves into range and clinches up with Makres.
With the fighters up against the cage, Vrienan throws an elbow but misses.
Makres breaks the clinch.
Makres tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Vrienan tries to clinch but Makres is having none of it.
Makres gets tackled into the cage by Vrienan. Vrienan maintains the clinch.
With the fighters up against the cage, Vrienan throws an elbow but misses.
Vrienan misses with a knee to the head.
Makres is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Vrienan is keeping busy.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Makres scores with a nice hook to the head.
Makres lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Vrienan throws a punch but it's blocked by Makres.
Vrienan working aggressively here.
Vrienan keeps control of Makres as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Vrienan throws an elbow but it's blocked.
With the fighters up against the cage, Vrienan throws an elbow but misses.
Makres blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Makres takes an elbow to the forehead.
Makres breaks the clinch.
Vrienan instigates a clinch.
Vrienan being controlled against the cage.
Makres breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Vrienan wants to clinch
and Makres counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Vrienan clinches up with Makres and pushes him back against the cage.
Still in the clinch, Makres scores with a nice short uppercut.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Makres breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close round but Zed Vrienan will probably get the nod.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!
Vrienan tries to clinch there but Makres circles away.
Vrienan moves into the clinch.
Makres breaks the clinch.
The fight stays on the outside here - Vrienan looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Makres checks a leg kick.
Vrienan tries to close the distance and clinch but Makres swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Vrienan is looking to clinch but Makres is avoiding it.
Vrienan doesn't manage to clinch there - Makres circles away.
Vrienan wants to clinch
and Makres connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Vrienan darts in and clinches Makres up against the cage.
Vrienan is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Makres is defending well for now.
Makres tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Vrienan throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Makres breaks the clinch.
Vrienan avoids a punch combination nicely.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Vrienan throws a low kick but it's checked well by Makres.
Makres is looking to counter punch.
Vrienan has closed the distance and engaged Makres in a clinch.
Vrienan misses with a knee to the head.
Vrienan looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Vrienan is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Makres is defending well for now.
Vrienan with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Makres breaks the clinch.
Makres cracks Vrienan with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
Jab from Makres.
Vrienan closes the distance and clinches.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Makres is looking to break free of the clinch but Vrienan has double underhooks.
Makres wants to break the clinch but can't.
Vrienan prevents Makres from breaking the clinch.
Makres breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Vrienan swings away with a body shot that misses
and Makres cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Makres misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Vrienan fails with an attempt to clinch.
It looked like Makres was looking amped, ready to throw a big counter but didn't commit.
Vrienan tries to clinch there but Makres circles away.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Vrienan tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Makres was well out of range. Poor timing from Vrienan.
Makres appears to be looking for a big counter.
Vrienan clinches up against the cage.
Makres blocks an elbow strike.
Makres escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Vrienan looks to land a body kick but Makres moved away.
Vrienan throws a combination that misses
and Makres counters with a left to the body.
Vrienan closes the distance looking to clinch
and Vrienan takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Nice straight punches there by Makres. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Makres.
Makres connects with a combination that backs up Vrienan into the cage. Makres lands a flurry of punches that gets past Vrienan's guard. Vrienan is down and the referee has seen enough. It is all over! Makres bursts into tears - this win obviously means a huge amount to him.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:47 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). John Makres!
John Makres gave a mention to Dark Knight Nutrition in his post fight interview. That will please them (and hopefully generate some sales).
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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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