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Event:
Conquest V
Date: Feb 22, 2020 |
#R1#
Madd throws a hook to the side of Arkan's head but Arkan sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Arkan lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.#CL2#
Madd clinches up with Arkan and pushes him back against the cage.
Madd landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Arkan can't find room to land a body shot as Madd controls the action.
Arkan is trying to break the clinch but Madd is controlling him.
Arkan misses with the head strike.
Madd misses with some punches.
Madd looking to throw knees to the head but Arkan is blocking nicely.
Arkan goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Madd with a knee to the head.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Arkan.
Arkan is trying to push Madd away but Madd has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Madd misses with a short punch on the inside.
Madd misses with a punch on the inside.
Madd misses with a knee to the head. #T1#
Arkan wants to get back to striking at distance but Madd won't allow it.
Madd misses with the head strike.
Madd throws a punch but it's blocked by Arkan.
Arkan wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Madd has him pressed against the cage.
Madd trying to land knees to the body.
A nice right hand lands inside from Madd.
Madd blocks an uppercut.
Madd lands with a short punch from the clinch.
#BC#
Arkan manages to break the clinch.
Madd is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Arkan was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
Madd throws a hook to the side of Arkan's head but Arkan sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
A lazy left from Madd finds it's target.
Arkan slips a straight right by Madd.
Arkan staying out of range there.
Arkan jinks towards his opponent looking like he wants to counter with a mid kick but doesn't commit.
Arkan scores with a spinning back kick!#T2#
Arkan scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Madd wants to clinch
and Madd takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
We've been told by Arkan's head coaches at HARDCORE MMA (Elite Training) that he's been working on his takedown defense in preparation for this fight.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Madd steps to his left, right into the path of a big body kick from Arkan. That one must have hurt.#CL2#
Madd gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Arkan tries to work over Madd's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Madd throws a knee to the head but misses.
Arkan avoiding damage as Madd throws knees to the body.
#BC#
Arkan manages to break the clinch.
Madd takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Decent striking displayed by Arkan there.
Arkan cracks Madd with a big right hand that sees him stumbling back against the cage! Madd falls to his knees and Arkan doesn't need a second invitatation - he rushes in and fires off several unanswered shots that force the referee to stop the fight! This one is all over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:52 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Zeljko Raznatovic Arkan!
A victorious Zeljko Raznatovic Arkan thanked his army of followers in his post fight interview, telling people to make sure they follow him on Twitter.
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Event:
Conquest I: Marroquin vs Busch
Date: Jan 25, 2020 |
#R1#
Silva wants to clinch
and Arkan finishes the little exchange by landing a big kick to the body.
Arkan just misses with a punch to the body.
Silva misses with a double jab
and Arkan counters with an inside leg kick.
Silva 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.
Arkan lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Arkan looks to land a body kick but Silva moved away.
Silva fails in his attempt to clinch.
Silva throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Arkan pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Silva definitely looks more muscular than last time we saw him fight.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Arkan throws a wild body kick that Silva sees coming a mile off.
Arkan scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Silva keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Arkan swings away with a body shot that misses
and Silva counters with a left to the body.
Arkan looking to land some kicks to the body here.
#T1#
Arkan takes one on the chin but seems OK.
Arkan goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Silva jinks towards his opponent looking like he wants to counter with a mid kick but doesn't commit.
Silva rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Arkan moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Arkan shapes to counter with a head kick.
Arkan lands a head kick. Silva smiles back at him and beckons him forward.
Silva tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Silva scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Arkan lands a nice looking body shot.
Gilberto Silva seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Silva swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Silva fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Arkan on the side of the head.
Arkan throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Arkan is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Silva.
Arkan throws a body kick that digs right into the meat.
A lazy body kick from Arkan
and Silva counters with a lovely straight right hand!
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Silva throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
#T2##CL#
Silva clinches up against the cage.
Silva will no doubt start fighting again in a minute but for now he's just having a little rest, leaning Arkan up against the cage.
Arkan tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Silva is stalling here.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Arkan wants to get back to striking at distance but Silva won't allow it.
Silva tries to stall but Arkan uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
The ref breaks the fighters up, due to lack of action by Gilberto Silva.
Arkan pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Silva throws a right and a left that both miss.
Arkan is trying to counter with his kicks.
Arkan scores with a punch to the head.
Jab from Arkan.
Silva tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Arkan manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
A lazy body kick from Arkan
and Silva counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.#T3#
Arkan scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.#ROC2#
Silva is rocked!
Arkan lands a nice looking body kick.
Oh Silva is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Silva is breathing heavily.
Arkan lands with a good body shot.
Arkan throws a quick head kick that knocks Silva silly! This fight is all over! What a finish! Arkan is up on the cage, taking in the applause from the crowd.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:16 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Head Kick). Zeljko Raznatovic Arkan!
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