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Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between David Tua (ranked 294 p4p, 9 weight class) and Zdravko Saric (ranked 127 p4p, 5 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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235 lbs
28 - 15 - 1 |
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267 lbs
30 - 17 - 0 |
Good wrestling
World class boxer
Insanely flexible |
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World class MT
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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
28 - 15 - 1, fighting out of Las Vegas, David Tua !
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
30 - 17 - 0, fighting out of London, Zdravko Saric!
The judges for this bout are Daniel Bishop, Richard Clark and Steven Brown.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Saric throws a leg kick which misses Tua 's front leg but catches the back leg as Tua tries to avoid it.
Tua ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Saric moves away.
Good leg kick by Tua there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Saric takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
Tua lunges at Saric with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Saric's hand.
Tua wants to clinch.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Tua checks a leg kick.
Saric slips under a jab.
Saric misses with a straight right.
Tua avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Saric misses with a lunging right hand
and Tua counters with a right hand to the body.
Saric throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Tua connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Saric momentarily.
Saric on the wrong end of a kick to the body.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Tua fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Tua tries to clinch but Saric moves out of range.
Tua closes the distance and clinches.
Saric breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Tua blocks a jab.
Nice cross by Saric.
A cross from Saric lands.
Tua misses with a low kick as Saric jumps back.
David Tua seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Saric lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Saric on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Tua seems to be moving with more speed, compared to his last bout. He must have been working on that in the gym.
Saric punishes Tua 's body with a nice straight punch.
Tua scores with a leg kick.
Tua cracks the inside of Saric's front leg.
We've been informed that Saric has been sparring a lot of Muay Thai in the buildup to this fight so let's see if that has an impact on the result.
Saric sizes up Tua with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Saric lands a glancing blow to the side of Tua 's head.
Tua misses with a wild body shot.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Tua takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
Saric tries to keep at a distance but Tua has taken the fight into the clinch.
Saric being controlled against the cage.
Tua breaks the clinch.
Tua is looking to slow Saric down with leg kicks.
Saric has used his reach advantage pretty well so far tonight.
Saric has a nice red mark on his side after a thudding body kick by Tua .
Tua tries to clinch but Saric moves away
and Saric counters with a leg kick.
A telegraphed right hand from Tua misses the target.
Saric is using his reach advantage to land shots from outside his opponent's range.
Saric takes a swing at Tua 's ribcage but misses.
Tua throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Saric counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Tua thinking.
Saric misses with a straight right.
Tua throws a head kick that misses.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
A looping hook to the body misses from Tua . Saric does a little dance to reset his feet.
Tua takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Saric checks a leg kick.
Saric throws out a counter right but Tua avoids it with no problem.
Tua takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
Tua jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Saric misses the shot to the body.
Saric is landing a lot of head punches in this opening round! Tua had better start moving his head a bit unless he wants his face to turn into pâté.
Saric on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Tua . Tua obviously looking to wear him down.
Tua stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Saric.
Saric ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Tua moves away.
Saric waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Tua .
Tua walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
Saric checks the leg kick nicely there.
Tua getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
A punch lands to the side of Tua 's head but he takes it in his stride.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Tua goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Tua looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Saric misses with a right hand
and Tua counters with a nice uppercut.
Tua throws a looping overhand right but Saric ducks down to avoid it.
Tua swings and misses with a shot to the body
and Saric counters with a nice leg kick.
Tua tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and Saric is able to avoid easily.
Tua lands a nice looking body kick.
Tua lands a nice leg kick that just misses Saric's sensitive parts.
Tua has Saric up against the cage in a clinch.
Saric breaks from the clinch.
Tua throws a hook but Saric avoids it easily.
A little jabbing left from Saric on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Saric lands a left and a right that send Tua crashing to the mat, dazed. Saric thinks about following him to the mat but decides to wave him back up to his feet!
Tua is rocked!
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Tua is aggressively charging in as Saric backs up avoiding any damage. Saric tosses out a jab and Tua runs right into it face first! Tua is out cold! Saric dropped down on all fours and is barking in Tua 's face like a pit bull in celebration until the ref was finally able to pull him away!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:58 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Zdravko Saric!
A victorious Zdravko Saric thanked his army of followers in his post fight interview, telling people to make sure they follow him on Twitter.
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energy
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hype
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FIGHT
RATING
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