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Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Xiao Hua (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Davor Velcic (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both these guys have really solid chins. Will we see a standup war or will they both decide that a knockout is unlikely and try to win the fight elsewhere?
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Good wrestling
World class MT
Insanely flexible |
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World class boxer
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
15 - 4 - 1, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Xiao Hua!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
19 - 8 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Davor Velcic!
The judges for this bout are Felipe Paraventi, Matheus Silva and Seu Braga.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
A big left from Hua misses.
Velcic keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Velcic throws a hook to the side of Hua's head but Hua sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Velcic is looking to chop away at Hua's legs.
Velcic moves away from the strike by Hua.
Hua blocks a low kick nicely.
Hua wants to clinch but Velcic slips to the side
and Velcic counters with a stiff right hand.
Hua scoring well with a low kick there.
Hua connects with a leg kick. Velcic looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
Velcic is looking to clinch.
Velcic ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Hua moves away.
Velcic throws a leg kick but Hua sees it coming and moves out of range.
A nice inside leg kick there by Hua. That's going to slow Velcic down.
Hua avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Hua scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Velcic fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Hua is out of range.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Velcic throws a nice looking combination but Hua bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Hua throws a right and a left that Velcic avoids nicely.
Velcic throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Hua avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Velcic throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Hua is looking to clinch but Velcic is avoiding it.
Velcic ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Hua moves away.
Velcic rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Hua moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Velcic misses with a low kick as Hua jumps back.
Velcic with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Nice defenses there by Hua.
A clash of legs there as Velcic blocks the low kick.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Velcic chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Hua can pounce on him.
A looping hook to the body misses from Velcic. Hua does a little dance to reset his feet.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Hua.
Hua with a hook.
Velcic lands with a good body shot.
Hua is looking to clinch.
Hua throws a head kick but Velcic moves out of range.
Velcic cracks the inside of Hua's front leg.
Hua takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Jab from Velcic.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hua thumps Velcic with a low kick.
Velcic circles away from the clinch attempt.
Hua is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Hua throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Velcic throws a big shot that misses.
Velcic is looking to clinch but Hua is avoiding it.
Hua misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Velcic.
Velcic fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Hua slips a straight right by Velcic.
Velcic blocks the body kick.
A punch combination from Velcic misses.
Velcic checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time.
Hua throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Hua checks the leg kick nicely there.
Hua tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Velcic was well out of range. Poor timing from Hua.
Hua misses with a leg kick.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Velcic avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Velcic swings widly with a right hand
and Hua counters with a three punch combination, finished off with a leg kick. Nice work.
Velcic throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Hua.
A swing and a miss from Hua.
Hua blocks a head kick by Velcic.
Velcic throws a solid leg kick but Hua takes the impact on his shin and smiles at Velcic.
Velcic takes a swing at Hua's ribcage but misses.
Velcic misses with a low kick.
A decent looking body kick lands there for Hua.
Velcic misses with a looping right.
Hua misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Velcic.
Hua tries to close the distance and clinch up against the ropes but Velcic paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Hua has closed the distance and engaged Velcic in a clinch.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Velcic misses with a hook to the ribs.
Hua lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Hua pushes off an throws an elbow but Velcic leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the ropes.
Velcic misses with a short punch on the inside.
Velcic can't find room to land a body shot as Hua controls the action.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
A right hand to the body from Velcic.
Hua utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Hua tries to work over Velcic's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Velcic tries a body shot but Hua blocks it.
Hua working Velcic over with knees to the body.
Velcic looks winded!
Hua gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Velcic has a couple of punches blocked by Hua.
Hua lands a body punch.
Hua throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Velcic throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Huas head.
Hua creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Velcic's defenses.
Velcic pushes Hua back against the ropes and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Hua lands a body shot in the clinch.
Hua comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Hua gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Hua creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Velcic's defenses.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
A nice right hand lands inside from Hua.
Hua throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Velcic misses with a hook to the ribs.
Velcic lands with a left to the head.
Velcic tries to work over Hua's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Xiao Hua dominated that round.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.
Hua tries to clinch but Velcic is having none of it.
Velcic misses with a wild combination.
Hua connects with a body shot that sends Velcic's belly button to the back.
Velcic takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Velcic looks to score with a jab to the body but Hua is just out of range.
Velcic avoids the body shot from Hua.
Velcic throws a hook but Hua blocks it.
Hua checks a leg kick.
Jab by Hua.
Velcic misses with a body shot.
A looping hook to the body misses from Velcic. Hua does a little dance to reset his feet.
Hua motions for Velcic to come forward. Hua throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.
A clash of legs there as Hua blocks the low kick.
Nice jab there from Velcic.
A jab from Hua does it's job there.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Velcic misses with a few strikes there.
Velcic tries to clinch up against the ropes, rushing in the close the distance. Hua manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Hua slips under a jab.
Hua lands a nice leg kick that just misses Velcic's sensitive parts.
Velcic uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Hua.
Velcic misses with a telegraphed body shot
and Hua counters with an inside leg kick.
Hua drives through and clinches with Velcic against the ropes.
Velcic's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Hua scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.
Velcic lands a body shot.
Hua tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Hua scores with a body shot.
Xiao Hua is winning the standup battle so far.
Velcic scores with a jab.
Hua fails with an attempt to clinch.
Hua tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
A telegraphed right hand from Velcic misses the target.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Velcic looks to land a right hand but Hua moved out of range.
Hua avoids the head kick by Velcic.
Hua throws a leg kick that is checked
and Velcic counters with a nice body shot.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hua tries to clinch up against the ropes, rushing in the close the distance. Velcic manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
A solid leg kick lands there for Hua.
Hua is looking to slow Velcic down with leg kicks.
Velcic gets tackled into the ropes by Hua. Hua maintains the clinch.
Hua goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Velcic wants to break the clinch but can't.
Velcic blocks an elbow strike from Hua.
A short body shot lands from Hua as the two fighters clinch.
Hua struggles to land a body shot inside as Velcic controls his hands.
Velcic misses with a knee to the head.
Velcic is breathing heavily.
Velcic is trying to break the clinch but Hua has him pressed against the ropes.
Hua creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Velcic's defenses.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Velcic.
Velcic misses with a hook to the ribs.
A short body shot lands from Hua as the two fighters clinch.
Hua lands an uppercut.
A nice left hand lands by Hua.
Hua lands a knee to the body.
Hua lands a hook to the side of the head.
Velcic's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
A short left from Hua.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Velcic tries to break free but Hua pushes him back against the ropes.
Hua lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Velcic or not.
Hua unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Hua digs a right hand underneath Velcic's ribcage. Velcic let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Velcic avoids the elbow strike from Hua, against the ropes.
Hua lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Velcic backwards.
Hua lands an elbow inside.
A short right from Hua on the inside.
Hua lands an elbow inside that Velcic shrugs off.
Hua working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Velcic is rocked!
Velcic's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Velcic is still on wobbly legs! Can Hua finish him?
Hua managing to block the knees to the body from Velcic.
Hua lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Hua creates some distance for himselfand unleashes a massive uppercut that sends Velcic's eyes rolling into the back of his head! Velcic drops to his knees and Hua pours it on with more strikes until the referee steps in to end the bout!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:43 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Xiao Hua!
After the fight, Xiao Hua was humble in paying tribute to his opponent but made it clear he wants to go on to bigger and better things. It seemed to go down well with the crowd who cheered him loudly.
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RATING
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