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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Branko Juric (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Franco Veratti (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). We have two fighters making their debuts here, so let's see who comes out of this one with their first professional victory.
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Good wrestling
Decent elbows
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Branko Juric!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Franco Veratti!
The judges for this bout are Michael Johnstone, Bart Greer and Sandra Marshall.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Juric wants to clinch.
Juric moves in looking to clinch but Veratti pushes him off.
Juric tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Veratti manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Juric tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Juric tries to clinch up but Veratti circles away and keeps his distance.
Veratti misses with a looping right.
Juric tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Juric tries to clinch there but Veratti circles away.
Juric tries to clinch up but Veratti circles away and keeps his distance.
Juric tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Veratti avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Juric closes the distance and clinches.
Juric throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Veratti avoids the elbow strike from Juric, against the cage.
Veratti takes an elbow to the forehead.
Juric lands an elbow just above Veratti 's eye.
Juric comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Nice elbow from Juric.
Nice elbow from Juric.
Veratti takes an elbow to the temple.
With the fighters up against the cage, Juric throws an elbow but misses.
Juric lands an elbow that stopped Veratti in his tracks for a moment.
Juric holding his opponent close, against the cage.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Juric looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Juric misses with an elbow over the top.
Juric comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Veratti is trying to work for a single leg takedown but Juric pulls him back up using the underhooks.
Stalling in the clinch from Juric.
Juric pushes off an throws an elbow but Veratti leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Juric effectively controlling the action here.
The crowd are getting pretty annoyed with Juric for his constant stalling in the clinch and are voicing their displeasure.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Nice elbow from Juric.
The fighters are pressed against the cage, as the pace of the fight slows.
Juric creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Veratti's defenses.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Juric lands an elbow inside.
Juric stalling the fight.
Juric lands a damaging elbow.
Juric misses with an elbow over the top.
Juric throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Juric creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Veratti's defenses.
Juric looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Juric throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Veratti blocks the elbow strike.
Veratti takes an elbow to the temple.
Juric throws an elbow that misses.
Juric lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Veratti drops to a knee looking for a takedown but Juric gets the underhooks and prevents it.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as Juric takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Juric.
Juric'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.
Juric lands an elbow inside that Veratti shrugs off.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Juric pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Juric creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Veratti is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Branko Juric dominated that round.
That's time! Back to the action!
Juric tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Veratti paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Juric tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Juric tries to clinch up.
Juric tries to clinch but Veratti moves out of range.
Juric tries to clinch but Veratti is having none of it.
Juric fails in his attempt to clinch.
Juric tries to clinch but Veratti is having none of it.
Juric darts in and clinches Veratti up against the cage.
Juric stalling in the clinch.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Juric just misses with a elbow thrown towards Veratti's brow.
That's one minute gone in the round.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Juric just misses with a elbow thrown towards Veratti's brow.
Juric lands an elbow inside that Veratti shrugs off.
Juric displaying some good clinch control by pressing Veratti up against the cage.
Veratti takes an elbow to the forehead.
The referee is keeping an eye on Juric - much more stalling and he will separate the fighters.
Juric throws an elbow but it's blocked.
A bit of stalling here from Juric.
Juric comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Juric misses with an elbow over the top.
With the fighters up against the cage, Juric throws an elbow but misses.
Juric stalling.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
With the fighters up against the cage, Juric throws an elbow but misses.
Some stalling of biblical proportions here from Juric.
Juric throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Juric throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Veratti stalling in the clinch but Juric improves position.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Juric just misses with a elbow thrown towards Veratti's brow.
Juric throws an elbow but it misses.
Veratti tries to circle away but Juric has him pinned against the cage.
Juric throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Veratti avoids a wild elbow strike from Juric.
Juric pushes off an throws an elbow but Veratti leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
With the fighters up against the cage, Juric throws an elbow but misses.
Juric comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Juric looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Juric looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Juric pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Juric throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Veratti dodges an elbow strike from Juric.
Juric throws an elbow that misses.
Juric stalls.
Veratti blocks an elbow strike.
With the fighters up against the cage, Juric throws an elbow but misses.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Juric has Veratti pushed against the cage.
Juric creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Veratti takes an elbow to the temple.
Veratti blocks the elbow strike.
With the fighters up against the cage, Juric throws an elbow but misses.
Juric lands a nice elbow.
Veratti dodges an elbow strike from Juric.
Juric throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Veratti blocks an elbow strike from Juric.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Juric lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Juric throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Veratti takes an elbow to the temple.
Veratti has hold of a leg and is looking for a trip takedown. Juric avoids it nicely though and we remain in the clinch.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Branko Juric dominated that second round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action! This is the final round!
The fighters circling - Veratti throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Juric is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Juric keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Juric moves in looking to clinch but Veratti pushes him off.
Juric fails with an attempt to clinch.
Juric is looking to clinch.
Juric is looking to clinch.
Veratti swings for the body but Juric moves out of range.
Veratti misses with an uppercut.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Veratti keeps the fight on the outside.
Juric fails with an attempt to clinch.
Juric tries to clinch there but Veratti circles away.
Veratti swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Veratti throws a lazy right hand but Juric sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Juric wants to clinch up but Veratti keeps it at a distance.
Juric tries to close the distance and clinch up but Veratti swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Veratti ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Juric moves away.
Juric doesn't manage to clinch there - Veratti circles away.
Veratti misses with a straight left.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Juric closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Juric throws an elbow that misses.
Juric lands an elbow inside.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Juric just misses with a elbow thrown towards Veratti's brow.
Veratti wants to stall.
Juric lands a damaging elbow.
Juric lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Branko Juric has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Juric will no doubt start fighting again in a minute but for now he's just having a little rest, leaning Veratti up against the cage.
Veratti avoids the elbow strike from Juric, against the cage.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Juric lands an elbow just above Veratti 's eye.
Juric looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Juric pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Juric creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Juric stalls.
Juric lands an elbow inside that Veratti shrugs off.
Juric pushes off an throws an elbow but Veratti leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Juric lands an elbow inside that Veratti shrugs off.
Juric lands an elbow inside that Veratti shrugs off.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Veratti avoids a wild elbow strike from Juric.
Veratti blocks an elbow strike.
Veratti takes an elbow to the forehead.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Juric.
Juric lands an elbow just above Veratti 's eye.
Juric is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Veratti can do to turn this around?
Juric creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Juric just misses with a elbow thrown towards Veratti's brow.
Juric lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Juric gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
With the fighters up against the cage, Juric throws an elbow but misses.
Nice elbow from Juric.
Juric gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Franco Veratti has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Veratti takes an elbow to the temple.
Juric creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
And that's the end of the fight!
Branko Juric showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Juric has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... 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 Michael Johnstone scores the fight 30:27
Judge Bart Greer scores the fight 30:27
Judge Sandra Marshall scores the fight 30:27
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Branko Juric!
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energy
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hype
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pop
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mgr
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RATING
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