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Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Zdravko Saric (ranked 310 p4p, 12 weight class) and Diarmuid Curry (ranked 97 p4p, 6 weight class). Curry has chosen Epic Celtic Music as his entrance music. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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267 lbs
29 - 17 - 0 |
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195 cm
34
265 lbs
31 - 11 - 0 |
Good wrestling
World class boxer
Insanely flexible |
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Olympic wrestler
World class MT
Granite chin |
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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
29 - 17 - 0, fighting out of London, Zdravko Saric!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
31 - 11 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Diarmuid Curry!
The judges for this bout are Donald Grub, Sam Margolis and Paul Tew.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Curry tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Curry moves out of range as Saric strikes.
Saric throws a nice inside leg kick.
Curry avoids the body shot from Saric.
Curry takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Saric misses with an uppercut
and Curry cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Zdravko Saric seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Curry stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Saric.
Saric just misses with a punch to the body.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Curry throws a wild body kick that Saric sees coming a mile off.
Saric throws a looping overhand right but Curry ducks down to avoid it.
Saric lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
A telegraphed right hand from Saric misses the target.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Saric misses with a body shot.
Saric staying out of range there.
Curry misses with an attempted mid kick.
Saric listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Curry has been spending a lot of time sparring his boxing in the run up to the fight, trying to sharpen up those hands and look for a knockout.
Curry drops his hands momentarily and Saric takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
A jab from Saric misses.
Curry slips under a jab from Saric.
Curry throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Saric has been talking about how he's improved his wrestling in the run up to the fight so let's see if that's enough to sway the balance.
Saric throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Curry throws a right and a left that both miss.
Curry misses the jab.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Saric scores with a head kick.
It looks like Diarmuid Curry has been cut.
A slapping leg kick lands for Saric.
Saric misses with a straight right.
An inside leg kick lands from Saric.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Saric moves out of range of the body kick from Curry.
Saric went nuts there looking for a big combo counter but none of the flurry connected.
Saric moves out of range of the body kick.
Curry avoids the body shot from Saric.
Donk. Curry catches Saric right on the button with a cross.
Jab from Saric.
Saric takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
Curry is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Saric throws an overhand right that lands on Curry's shoulder, as Curry tries to avoid the shot.
Curry unleashes a big counter combination but Saric bobs and weaves and avoids any damage.
Saric swings away with a leg kick that misses.
Curry walks into a jab.
Saric takes a kick to the body and keeps moving.
Saric throws a hook but Curry blocks it.
A little jabbing left from Curry on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Curry swings for the body but Saric moves out of range.
Saric misses with a hook
and Curry counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Curry drives through and clinches with Saric against the cage.
Curry misses with a hook from the clinch.
Saric manages to break the clinch.
A clash of legs there as Curry blocks the low kick.
It seemed like Curry was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Saric lands a nice leg kick that just misses Curry's sensitive parts.
Saric throws a jab but it's blocked by Curry.
Curry throws a lazy right hand but Saric sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Saric misses with a hook
and Curry counters with a right hand to the body.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Saric with a hook.
Curry throws a body shot but no joy.
Saric throws a shot to the body.
Saric misses with an uppercut.
Curry ducks under a wild hook from Saric.
Curry uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Saric.
A looping hook to the body misses from Curry. Saric does a little dance to reset his feet.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Zdravko Saric dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Diarmuid Curry's cut.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!
A telegraphed right hand from Saric misses the target.
Curry tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
A jab from Curry misses.
Saric throws a big counter combination but Curry scrambles out of danger and avoids any damage.
Nice shot lands for Saric.
Zdravko Saric is winning the standup battle so far.
Curry takes one to the chin there.
Saric pivots, looking for a leg kick but Curry is out of range and Saric settles back down.
Curry wants to counter the offense by Saric and move into the clinch position.
Saric throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Saric throws a body kick that misses
and Curry counters with a series of strikes. Saric will be more careful next time no doubt.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Saric throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Curry sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Curry looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Curry steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Saric.
Saric bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Curry's head backwards.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Saric lands a jab to the head.
Curry moves out of range as Saric strikes.
Curry swings for the body but Saric moves out of range.
Saric is looking to counter with a shot to the body.
Saric is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Curry can do to turn this around?
Curry lands with a nice body kick.
Saric misses with a wild body shot.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Curry.
Curry tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Saric was well out of range. Poor timing from Curry.
Curry catches Saric with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
Saric chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Curry throws a body kick, spinning off balance
and Saric counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Saric scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Curry throws a hook to the side of Saric's head but Saric sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
A cross from Curry lands.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Curry scores with a jab to the body.
Saric lets the fists fly and connects with a left straight followed by a right hook.
Curry pushes Saric away with a front kick.
Saric loads up on a big right hand but Curry slips the punch.
A punch lands to the side of Saric 's head but he takes it in his stride.
Curry walks into a straight right hand from Saric.
Curry takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Saric throws a looping overhand right but Curry ducks down to avoid it.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Curry tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Saric manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Saric throws a front kick that sends Curry stumbling back into the cage.
Saric misses with a left hand
enabling Curry to counter with a crisp jab.
Saric uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Curry.
Saric keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Saric avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Saric appeared to be looking to counter that last move with a leg kick.
Curry lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
Curry checks a leg kick.
Saric throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Curry looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Saric catches Curry with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Saric jabs Curry right on the nose. Curry blinks but takes it well.
The fighters circling - Curry throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Saric sends Curry crashing to the mat with a devastating uppercut! Saric is motioning to the referee to let Curry up. He wants to try and finish this one on the feet!
Curry is rocked!
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Saric cracks Curry with a brutal left hook that knocks him out cold! This one is over in a flash! Game over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:29 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Zdravko Saric!
Zdravko Saric thanked the fans post fight for their support.
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energy
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hype
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RATING
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