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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Jan Raczynski (ranked 310 p4p, 1500 weight class) and Juraj Divisek (ranked 53 p4p, 207 weight class). Juraj Divisek told me before the fight that he's been watching a lot of DVDs so let's see if that helps him in this one! I can't wait to find out!
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Good wrestling
World class boxer
Insanely flexible |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 10 - 0 - 0, fighting out of New York, Jan Raczynski!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 23 - 10 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Juraj Divisek!
The judges for this bout are Daniel Franklin, Chris Downing and Robert Twigg.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Divisek throws an overhand right that lands on Raczynski's shoulder, as Raczynski tries to avoid the shot.
Raczynski misses the shot to the body.
Divisek checks the leg kick.
Divisek looks to land a right hand but Raczynski moved out of range.
Divisek avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Raczynski sets himself, and Divisek steps forward looking for the clinch! Raczynski avoids it this time.
Raczynski takes the fight into the clinch.
Raczynski tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Raczynski blocking some punches.
Raczynski holding his opponent close, against the cage.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Raczynski creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Divisek avoids a wild elbow strike from Raczynski.
Raczynski misses with an elbow strike.
Divisek lands with a short punch from the clinch.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Raczynski looking to stall.
Raczynski takes a knee to the side of the body.
Divisek tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Raczynski's elbow.
Divisek works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Divisek lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
A short right from Divisek.
Raczynski tries to throw a body punch but Divisek avoids it by throwing Raczynski back against the cage.
Divisek looking to throw knees to the head but Raczynski is blocking nicely.
A head punch on the inside from Divisek fails to land.
Divisek effectively controlling the action here.
The pace really dropping off here, momentarily.
Raczynski breaks the clinch.
Jan Raczynski seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Raczynski misses with a body shot
and Divisek counters by moving into the clinch. Good anticipation by Divisek.
Divisek lands with a left to the head.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Divisek lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Raczynski backwards.
Divisek lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Raczynski goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
A head punch on the inside from Divisek fails to land.
Divisek lands a nice uppercut.
Divisek lands an uppercut.
Divisek letting Raczynski take a breather here.
Divisek throws a punch but it's blocked by Raczynski.
Divisek blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Raczynski throws a head punch that misses.
Raczynski taking a breather.
Divisek has Raczynski pushed against the cage.
Divisek lands a hook to the side of the head.
Divisek misses with a punch on the inside.
Divisek lands a right hand that snaps the head of Raczynski backwards.
Divisek throws a head punch that misses.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
With the fighters up against the cage, Raczynski throws an elbow but misses.
Raczynski effectively controlling the action here.
Divisek tries a body shot but Raczynski blocks it.
Divisek throws a punch but it's blocked by Raczynski.
Divisek stalling in the clinch.
Divisek lands a nice uppercut.
Raczynski's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Raczynski leaning his opponent against the cage.
Divisek is leaning against Raczynski and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Raczynski blocks an uppercut.
Raczynski blocking some punches.
Divisek throws a knee to the head but misses.
Raczynski lands a left hand.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Raczynski.
Divisek tries to work over Raczynski's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Raczynski leaning his opponent against the cage.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Raczynski is pushing Divisek up against the cage, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.
Raczynski pushes off an throws an elbow but Divisek leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
A short right from Divisek on the inside.
Divisek tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Raczynski just leaning against Divisek, taking a breather.
Divisek throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Raczynski blocks it with crossed arms.
I was talking to Raczynski's coach per-fight and he was telling me that they'd been working on the clinch in the runup to this fight.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Divisek struggles to land a body shot inside as Raczynski controls his hands.
Divisek stalling in the clinch but Raczynski improves position.
Raczynski has a couple of punches blocked by Divisek.
Divisek has a couple of punches blocked by Raczynski.
Divisek swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Divisek scores with an uppercut up the middle.
A left hand lands to the body for Raczynski.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Juraj Divisek dominated that round.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare each other down, ready to get back to the action.
Divisek moves into the clinch.
Divisek fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
A short uppercut from Divisek.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Raczynski has Divisek pressed against the cage.
Divisek goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Raczynski stalls.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Divisek.
A head punch on the inside from Divisek fails to land.
Divisek tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Divisek tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Raczynski avoids it.
Divisek misses with a shot to the kidneys.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Raczynski.
Raczynski stalling against the cage.
Divisek misses with the head strike.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Divisek working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Divisek scores with a shoulder strike.
Divisek misses with a short punch on the inside.
Raczynski blocks an uppercut.
Divisek tries a body shot but Raczynski blocks it.
Divisek lands a nice knee to the body.
Raczynski scores with a shoulder strike.
Raczynski works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Raczynski looking to stall.
Raczynski misses with some punches.
Divisek lands a hook to the side of the head.
Divisek using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Raczynski has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Raczynski tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Divisek has a couple of punches blocked by Raczynski.
Divisek lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Divisek lands a shoulder strike.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Raczynski blocks an uppercut.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Raczynski lands a hook to the side of the head.
Divisek lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Divisek works on Raczynski's body with a couple of short punches.
Raczynski blocks an uppercut.
Divisek misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Divisek lands a shoulder strike.
Raczynski escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
A slow jab from Divisek misses its intended target.
And Raczynski counters with a quick kick to the body but Divisek blocks it.
Raczynski misses the jab.
Divisek wants to counter with a clinch but Raczynski pushes him away.
Raczynski throws a leg kick but Divisek sees it coming and checks it nicely.
The crowd cheers as Divisek lands an impressive looking overhand right. Raczynski doesn't seem phased though.
Raczynski cracks Divisek with a right hand to the side of the head.
A solid leg kick lands there for Raczynski.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Raczynski lands an overhand right.
Raczynski with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Divisek darts in and clinches Raczynski up against the cage.
Raczynski throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Diviseks head.
Juraj Divisek seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Divisek goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Divisek connects with a knee to the head.
Raczynski blocks an uppercut.
A bit of stalling here from Divisek.
Raczynski goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Divisek with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Raczynski is rocked!
It looks like Jan Raczynski has been cut.
Raczynski tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Divisek's elbow.
Divisek tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Raczynski avoids it.
Raczynski stalls.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Divisek leaning his opponent against the cage.
A short right from Divisek on the inside.
This has been an exciting period of action!
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Divisek.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Raczynski.
Divisek misses with a punch on the inside.
Raczynski prevents a body shot from Divisek.
Divisek misses with a punch on the inside.
Divisek misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Raczynski.
Divisek avoids the elbow strike from Raczynski, against the cage.
Divisek tries to throw a body punch but Raczynski avoids it by throwing Divisek back against the cage.
Divisek is working Raczynski over against the cage.
Divisek prevents a body shot from Raczynski.
Raczynski trying to control the position but instead, Divisek has worked for underhooks and has pushed Raczynski into the cage.
Divisek tries to land knees in the clinch but Raczynski avoids the damage to the body.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Juraj Divisek showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Jan Raczynski's cut.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare each other down, ready to get back to the action.
Divisek misses with a looping left.
Raczynski misses with a wild body shot.
Divisek ducks under a wild hook from Raczynski.
Divisek steps in looking to clinch after the strikes miss from Raczynski.
Raczynski throws out a loose jab but Divisek uses good head movement to avoid it.
Divisek wants to counter the offense by Raczynski and move into the clinch position.
A big left from Raczynski misses.
Divisek is trying to avoid his opponent's strikes and get into the clinch.
Divisek looks to land a right hand but Raczynski moved out of range.
Raczynski looks to land a right hand but Divisek moved out of range.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Raczynski has taken the fight to the clinch.
Divisek fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Raczynski can't find room to land a body shot as Divisek controls the action.
Divisek working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Divisek has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Divisek unloads a knee to the mid-section.
A short left from Divisek.
Still in the clinch, Raczynski scores with a nice short uppercut.
Divisek misses with a punch on the inside.
Raczynski's corner are urging him to control the action in the clinch for a moment, rather than mount any serious offense. I'm sure the crowd appreciate those instructions... not.
Raczynski is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Divisek scores with a nice hook to the head.
Raczynski misses with a short punch on the inside.
Raczynski blocking some punches.
Raczynski lands a shoulder strike.
Raczynski tries to circle away but Divisek has him pinned against the cage.
Divisek struggles to land a body shot inside as Raczynski controls his hands.
Raczynski wants to get back to striking at distance but Divisek won't allow it.
Raczynski misses with a body punch.
Divisek connects with a knee to the head.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Raczynski blocks an uppercut.
Divisek pushes Raczynski back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Stalling in the clinch from Raczynski.
Raczynski blocking some punches.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Divisek scores with a shoulder strike.
A right hook to the body lands for Raczynski.
Raczynski's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Raczynski is struggling to control the position.
Raczynski managing to block the knees to the body from Divisek.
Divisek misses with a hook to the ribs.
Raczynski misses with a punch to the body.
Divisek misses with a punch to the body.
Divisek tries to stall but Raczynski uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Raczynski misses with a punch on the inside.
Divisek connects with a knee to the head.
Oh Raczynski is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Divisek tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Raczynski's elbow.
Raczynski seems to have got his legs back now.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Divisek.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Divisek obliges.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Divisek makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Divisek throws a punch but it's blocked by Raczynski.
Divisek tries to throw a body punch but Raczynski avoids it by throwing Divisek back against the cage.
Divisek misses with a shot to the kidneys.
A frustrated look appears on Raczynski's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Divisek tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Raczynski's elbow.
Divisek lands a hook that snaps the head of Raczynski backwards.
Nice body punch from Divisek - that landed with a thud.
Divisek lands a body punch.
Divisek throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Raczynskis head.
Still in the clinch, Divisek scores with a nice short uppercut.
Raczynski throws a punch but it's blocked by Divisek.
Divisek misses with a hook from the clinch.
Divisek digs a right hand into Raczynski's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Raczynski's gas tank.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Divisek misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Raczynski tries to throw a body punch but Divisek avoids it by throwing Raczynski back against the cage.
Divisek misses with a knee to the head.
Divisek softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Raczynski struggles to land a body shot inside as Divisek controls his hands.
Raczynski misses with a body punch.
Divisek fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Raczynski breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Raczynski connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Raczynski throws a sloppy body shot
and Divisek counters by clinching up.
A head punch on the inside from Divisek fails to land.
A shot in the inside from Divisek.
Divisek tries a knee to the head but Raczynski blocks it.
Divisek using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Raczynski has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Divisek throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Raczynskis head.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Juraj Divisek really dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Jan Raczynski's cut.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.
Raczynski connects with a nice looking jab.
Raczynski connects with a right hand. Divisek shakes it off.
Raczynski tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Divisek was well out of range. Poor timing from Raczynski.
Raczynski misses with a hook. Divisek ducked under it nicely.
Divisek steps in looking to clinch after the strikes miss from Raczynski.
Raczynski is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
Raczynski walks into a jab.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Divisek scores with a nice strike.
Divisek lands with a thumping leg kick.
Divisek avoids the body shot from Raczynski.
Divisek tries to counter by closing the distance.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Raczynski moves out of range of the body kick from Divisek.
Divisek clinches.
Divisek lands a hook that snaps the head of Raczynski backwards.
Divisek lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Divisek.
Divisek misses with a short punch on the inside.
Divisek blocks an uppercut.
A short uppercut from Raczynski.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Divisek tries to work over Raczynski's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Raczynski blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Divisek obliges.
Raczynski holding his opponent close, against the cage.
Divisek stalling in the clinch.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Divisek tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Divisek tries to work over Raczynski's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Divisek connects with a knee to the head.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
A nice left hand lands by Divisek.
Divisek blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Raczynski throws an elbow that misses.
Divisek keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Raczynski's efforts to push away.
Divisek misses with a hook to the ribs.
A frustrated look appears on Raczynski's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Raczynski throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Raczynski misses with a punch to the body.
Divisek landing some nice looking knees to the body.
It's got to the stage where if one of these guys blows hard enough, the other might fall over.
Divisek has a couple of punches blocked by Raczynski.
A shot in the inside from Divisek.
A left hand lands to the body for Divisek.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Divisek creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Divisek stalling the fight.
Divisek drops Raczynski with a big knee straight up the middle! Raczynski is covering up against the cage but manages to escape and gets back to his feet!
A low kick lands for Divisek.
A decent looking cross lands there for Raczynski.
Divisek keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Raczynski throws a low kick but Divisek avoids it.
Divisek moves into range and clinches up with Raczynski.
Raczynski blocks a body shot from Divisek.
Raczynski will no doubt start fighting again in a minute but for now he's just having a little rest, leaning Divisek up against the cage.
Divisek blocks a punch to the side of the head.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Divisek misses with a hook from the clinch.
Raczynski lands an uppercut.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Divisek lands a body shot.
Raczynski working hard to break the clinch.
Raczynski trying to stall but Divisek improves his position.
Divisek lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Divisek misses with a punch to the body.
Divisek leaning his opponent against the cage.
Divisek displaying some good clinch control by pressing Raczynski up against the cage.
Raczynski lands a hook to the side of the head.
Raczynski doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Raczynski being controlled against the cage.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Juraj Divisek dominated that fourth round.
The cut man is working on Jan Raczynski's cut.
That's time! Raczynski's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight. This is the final round!
Raczynski fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Raczynski lands a jab to the nose.
Raczynski moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Raczynski paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Divisek misses the shot to the body.
Divisek lands with a straight right. Raczynski didn't see that one coming.
Divisek checks a low kick from Raczynski.
Divisek tries to counter with a clinch but Raczynski shakes him off and moves away.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Raczynski throws a solid leg kick but Divisek takes the impact on his shin and smiles at Raczynski.
Divisek takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
Divisek darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
Raczynski takes a swing at Divisek's ribcage but misses.
Divisek tries to counter with a clinch but Raczynski shakes him off and moves away.
Divisek lands a nice shot that snaps Raczynski's head back.
Divisek throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Raczynski clinches with his opponent.
Raczynski doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Divisek stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Good body shot from Raczynski.
Jan Raczynski has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Juraj Divisek is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Raczynski throws a head punch that misses.
Raczynski is trying to break the clinch but Divisek has him pressed against the cage.
Divisek unloads a knee to the mid-section. Raczynski lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Raczynski is trying to break the clinch but Divisek is controlling him.
Raczynski can't find room to land a body shot as Divisek controls the action.
Divisek blocks a body shot from Raczynski.
Divisek being controlled against the cage.
Divisek blocks an uppercut.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Divisek lands with a light punch inside.
Raczynski pushes Divisek back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Divisek blocks a body shot from Raczynski.
Divisek tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Raczynski leaning against his opponent.
Raczynski is trying to break the clinch but Divisek has him pressed against the cage.
Raczynski wants to get back to striking at distance but Divisek won't allow it.
Divisek misses with a shot to the kidneys.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Raczynski tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Divisek letting Raczynski take a breather here.
Raczynski trying to control the position but instead, Divisek has worked for underhooks and has pushed Raczynski into the cage.
Raczynski wants to stall.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Raczynski is trying to stall.
And that's the end of the fight!
Jan Raczynski showed his dominance in that final round.
I think Divisek has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 5 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Daniel Franklin scores the fight 46:49
Judge Chris Downing scores the fight 46:49
Judge Robert Twigg scores the fight 46:49
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Juraj Divisek!
After winning the bout, Juraj Divisek thanked all his fans and promised he'd do even better in his next fight. The crowd seemed to love his humility.
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