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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Marshall Mathers (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Tomislav Vukovic (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Vukovic has chosen Rammstein - Feuer Frei! as his entrance music. Marshall Mathers could well score a knockout today. He has the power to get to Tomislav Vukovic's chin.
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World class boxer
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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
9 - 4 - 1, fighting out of New York, Marshall Mathers!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
10 - 4 - 0, fighting out of New York, Tomislav Vukovic!
The judges for this bout are Jorge Garcia, John Kavanagh and David Schapiro.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Mathers stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Vukovic.
Vukovic swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Vukovic throws a jab but it's blocked by Mathers.
Mathers waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Vukovic.
A jab from Vukovic misses.
Mathers throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Mathers swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Vukovic misses with the combination.
Vukovic throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Mathers counters with a nice body shot.
Mathers fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Vukovic manages to avoid it.
Vukovic throws a hook to the side of Mathers's head but Mathers sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Vukovic takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Vukovic takes a swing at Mathers's ribcage but misses.
Nice body punch from Vukovic.
Vukovic throws a head kick that half lands.
Vukovic lands with a straight right. Mathers didn't see that one coming.
Vukovic connects with a body shot.
Mathers misses with a looping left.
Ooooh, nice body kick lands from Vukovic. Mathers shrugs it off though.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Vukovic throws a leg kick but Mathers sees it coming and moves out of range.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Vukovic throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Vukovic tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Mathers was well out of range. Poor timing from Vukovic.
A punch combination from Vukovic misses.
Vukovic misses with a body shot.
Vukovic bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Vukovic scores with a punch to the head.
Vukovic waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Mathers.
Vukovic throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Nice defenses there by Mathers.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Mathers takes a head kick and shrugs it off.
Vukovic misses the jab.
Mathers takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Vukovic is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Mathers.
Mathers has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Vukovic.
Tomislav Vukovic seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Vukovic throws a jab when Mathers was well out of range.
Vukovic throws out a loose jab but Mathers uses good head movement to avoid it.
Mathers takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Vukovic throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Mathers works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
It looks like Tomislav Vukovic has been cut.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Mathers throws a shot from downtown. Vukovic moves away and avoids it.
Vukovic scores with a jab. Mathers acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
Vukovic looks to land a left hand but Mathers moved out of range nicely.
Vukovic throws a body punch but Mathers moves out of range.
Mathers gets tackled into the cage by Vukovic. Vukovic maintains the clinch.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Vukovic lands a right hand.
It looks like Marshall Mathers has been cut.
Vukovic tries to land knees in the clinch but Mathers avoids the damage to the body.
Vukovic manages to break the clinch.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Tomislav Vukovic dominated that round.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!
Mathers throws a looping overhand right but Vukovic ducks down to avoid it.
Vukovic lands with a straight right. Mathers didn't see that one coming.
Vukovic cracks a nice hook into Mathers's ribs.
Tomislav Vukovic seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Mathers swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Mathers takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Vukovic ducks under a wild hook from Mathers.
Vukovic misses with a looping right.
Mathers doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Vukovic changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Vukovic lands a right hook to the body.
Vukovic misses with a wild combination.
Vukovic fails with an attempt to clinch.
Vukovic throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Mathers.
Vukovic connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Vukovic pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Vukovic moves in looking to clinch but Mathers pushes him off.
Vukovic fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Mathers circles away from the clinch attempt.
Mathers scores with a hook to the body. Vukovic takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Mathers slips a straight right by Vukovic.
Vukovic uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Mathers.
Vukovic misses with a wild body shot.
Vukovic keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Mathers gets cracked there but stands up to it.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Mathers misses with a wild body shot.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Vukovic scores with a kick to the midsection.
Vukovic staying out of range there.
Mathers has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Mathers there as he acknowledges the shot.
Vukovic takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Mathers bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Mathers ducks under a wild hook from Vukovic.
Mathers staying out of range there.
Vukovic misses with a body shot
and Mathers counters with a right hand to the body.
Vukovic slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Nice body punch from Vukovic.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
A left lands for Mathers.
A big right from Vukovic misses.
Some wild striking there from Vukovic.
Vukovic is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Mathers.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Mathers staying out of range there.
Vukovic takes a shot right to the bread basket.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Tomislav Vukovic showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin! This is the final round!
Vukovic misses with a wild combination.
Vukovic ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Vukovic swings widly with a right hand
and Mathers counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Vukovic tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Mathers paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Vukovic looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
Vukovic lands a leg kick that knocks Mathers off balance momentarily.
Mathers on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
Vukovic looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
That's one minute gone in the round.
An inside leg kick lands from Vukovic.
Mathers misses with a straight right.
Vukovic misses with the combination.
Mathers throws a jab but it's blocked by Vukovic.
Mathers checks the leg kick nicely there.
Vukovic misses with a looping right.
Vukovic will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Vukovic's corner calls for a 1-2. Vukovic obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Vukovic moves into range and throws a lovely three punch combination.
Mathers cracks Vukovic with a good jab.
Vukovic misses with a wild body shot.
A decent looking cross lands there for Mathers.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Vukovic looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
A telegraphed right hand from Mathers misses the target.
Tomislav Vukovic is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Vukovic misses with a telegraphed body shot
letting Mathers counter with a right hand.
Vukovic throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Vukovic connects with a body shot.
Nice defenses there by Vukovic.
Vukovic chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Mathers takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Mathers moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Mathers looks to score with a jab to the body but Vukovic is just out of range.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Vukovic slips under a jab.
Vukovic misses with a straight right.
Vukovic swings and misses with a hook to the body.
A telegraphed right hand from Vukovic misses the target.
Nice uppercut lands for Vukovic. That snapped Mathers's head back.
Nice shot lands for Vukovic.
Vukovic throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Mathers.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Vukovic throws a looping overhand right but Mathers ducks down to avoid it.
Marshall Mathers has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Mathers just misses with a punch to the body.
And that's the end of the fight!
I would just about give that final round to Tomislav Vukovic.
Well Vukovic has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Jorge Garcia scores the fight 27:30
Judge John Kavanagh scores the fight 27:30
Judge David Schapiro scores the fight 27:30
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Tomislav Vukovic!
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energy
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hype
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pop
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RATING
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