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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Vlad Darko (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Khama Zulu (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Zulu has chosen Anyway as his entrance music. Vlad Darko has the edge in experience - let's see if he can make that count tonight.
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Good wrestling
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Excellent MT
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Vlad Darko!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Khama Zulu!
The judges for this bout are Tiny Johnson, Robert Twigg and Chris Downing.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Darko throws a hook but Zulu avoids it easily.
Zulu takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Zulu slips a jab from Darko.
Zulu dives in for a single leg takedown but Darko sprawls and the fighters end up clinched against the cage.
Zulu fails with a takedown attempt from distance.
Darko definitely looks more muscular than last time we saw him fight.
Zulu is looking to clinch but Darko is avoiding it.
Darko tries to drive through with a takedown attempt but Zulu defends well and Darko ends up having to push Zulu into the cage where they will battle it out in the clinch.
Darko 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.
Zulu tries a head kick but it misses.
Darko avoids a punch combination nicely.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Darko gets tackled into the cage by Zulu. Zulu maintains the clinch.
Darko is trying to force a seperation but Zulu has the dominant position.
Darko holding his opponent close, against the cage.
Darko lands with a short head shot on the inside.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Zulu can't find room to land a body shot as Darko controls the action.
Zulu can't break the clinch.
Darko pressing his opponent against the cage.
Zulu has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Zulu keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Darko's efforts to push away.
A short left from Darko.
Zulu blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Darko prevents Zulu from breaking the clinch.
Darko has Zulu pushed against the cage.
Zulu avoiding damage as Darko throws knees to the body.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Zulu stalling in the clinch but Darko improves position.
Zulu misses with some punches.
Darko tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Zulu avoids it.
Zulu stalling in the clinch but Darko improves position.
Zulu blocks the elbow strike.
Zulu jumps guard but his hands slip and he falls flat on his back. Well, he's made himself look a right mug there, as Darko walks away with a smile on his face. Zulu gets slowly back to his feet and shakes his head.
Vlad Darko has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Khama Zulu.
A big right from Darko misses.
Darko throws a body shot but no joy.
Zulu throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Zulu throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Zulu dives in for a single leg takedown but Darko sprawls and the fighters end up clinched against the cage.
Darko is looking to counter with a shot to the body.
Zulu ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Zulu looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Darko throws a shot from downtown. Zulu moves away and avoids it.
A big left from Darko misses.
Zulu steps in looking to clinch after the strikes miss from Darko.
Darko misses with a jab, cross combination.
Darko is really struggling to find his range with his punches. Zulu's reach advantage is clearly causing him problems.
Zulu looks to land a combination. Darko sees it coming but can only parry a couple of the shots.
A telegraphed right hand from Darko misses the target.
Zulu gets tackled into the cage by Darko. Darko maintains the clinch.
Darko blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Zulu wants to break free but Darko has control.
Zulu should think about turning a few of those tyres round his middle into muscle if he wants people to take him seriously as an athlete.
Darko lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Darko lands a hook to the side of the head.
Darko has Zulu pressed against the cage.
Darko with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Darko lands a right hand.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Zulu tries to land knees in the clinch but Darko avoids the damage to the body.
Darko content to slow the pace in the clinch.
Darko stalling the fight.
The crowd are getting pretty annoyed with Darko for his constant stalling in the clinch and are voicing their displeasure.
Darko lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Darko is trying to force a seperation but Zulu has the dominant position.
Darko has Zulu pressed against the cage.
Darko tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Zulu avoids it.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Darko.
Darko is clearly stalling here... Pick up the pace son.
Darko is struggling to control the position.
A hook to the body from Darko.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Vlad Darko dominated that round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!
Darko is looking to chop away at Zulu's legs.
Zulu dives in for a single leg takedown but Darko sprawls and the fighters end up clinched against the cage.
Darko is looking to counter punch.
Darko goes for a double leg but Zulu avoids the attempt and the two fighters end up clinched against the cage as Zulu continues to drive forward.
Darko misses the jab.
Zulu tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Darko manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Zulu will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Darko ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Zulu moves away.
Zulu doesn't manage to clinch there - Darko circles away.
Zulu misses with a few strikes there.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Zulu throws a sloppy head kick and Darko moves out of range easily.
Darko shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Darko throws a chopping leg kick but Zulu manages to avoid taking any serious damage.
Zulu moves out of range of the leg kick from Darko.
Zulu keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Zulu misses the shot to the body.
Darko misses with an uppercut. Zulu saw that one coming.
Zulu rushes Darko and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Darko lands a left hand.
Zulu looking to stall.
Stalling in the clinch from Darko.
Still in the clinch, Darko scores with a nice short uppercut.
Darko stalling in the clinch.
Vlad Darko has scored more points in the clinch so far.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as Darko takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.
Zulu is looking to control Darko's arms but Darko gets an underhook and turns him. Now Zulu has his back to the cage.
Darko has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Zulu displaying some good clinch control by pressing Darko up against the cage.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
A bit of stalling here from Darko.
Zulu breaks the clinch.
Zulu tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Darko paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Zulu misses with a head kick.
Darko tries to score a power double leg takedown but Zulu sees that one coming and sprawls well. That will dishearten Darko somewhat.
Zulu wants to counter the offense by Darko and move into the clinch position.
Darko is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Zulu can do to turn this around?
Darko misses with a two punch combination.
Zulu is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Darko throws a sloppy body shot
and Zulu counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Zulu fails in his attempt to clinch.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Darko closes the distance and clinches.
Darko is leaning against Zulu and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Darko working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Darko missing with knees to the body.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Darko slows down the pace here.
Zulu is trying to push Darko away but Darko has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Darko digs a right hand into Zulu's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Zulu's gas tank.
Darko controlling the action here for a moment.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as Darko takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Zulu wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Darko has him pressed against the cage.
Zulu is trying to break the clinch but Darko is controlling him.
Darko leaning against his opponent.
Zulu has had enough of the clinch but Darko keeps him there for the moment.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
Darko misses with an elbow strike.
Darko cracks Zulu with a nice body shot.
Darko keeps control of Zulu as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Darko digs a right hand underneath Zulu's ribcage. Zulu let out a lung full of air as it connected.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Zulu is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Darko is keeping busy.
Darko is pushing Zulu up against the cage, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Vlad Darko dominated that second round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!
A jab from Darko misses.
Zulu throws a sloppy head kick and Darko moves out of range easily.
Zulu tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Darko has Zulu up against the cage in a clinch.
Darko manages to get underhooks and slows down the pace for a moment.
Darko holding his opponent close, against the cage.
Darko slows down the pace here.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Darko stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.
Darko lands a hook to the side of the head.
Zulu is trying to break free.
Darko tries to land knees in the clinch but Zulu avoids the damage to the body.
Zulu lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Zulu on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Darko is trying to force a seperation but Zulu has the dominant position.
Zulu misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Darko.
Zulu trying to stall but Darko improves his position.
Zulu lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Zulu trying to stall but Darko improves his position.
Darko tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Zulu avoids it.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Zulu using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Darko is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Zulu swings wildly with an uppercut but Darko uses good head movement to avoid it.
Zulu lands with a light punch inside.
Zulu looking to slow down the pace here.
Zulu with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Stalling in the clinch from Darko.
Zulu is looking to break free of the clinch but Darko has double underhooks.
Zulu wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Darko has him pressed against the cage.
Darko misses with a punch to the body.
Zulu is trying to maintain a safe position but Darko gets an underhook and turns Zulu into the cage.
Darko keeps control of Zulu as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Darko taking a breather.
Zulu is trying to break the clinch but Darko has him pressed against the cage.
Darko is pushing Zulu up against the cage, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.
Zulu is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Zulu breaks from the clinch.
Darko misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Zulu tries to score a power double leg takedown but Darko sees that one coming and sprawls well. That will dishearten Zulu somewhat.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are hurling abuse towards the fighters... You can hardly blame them though because there isn't a lot going on in the fight.
Zulu misses with a few strikes there.
Zulu keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Darko.
Zulu throws a body punch but Darko moves out of range.
Darko avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Zulu uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Darko.
Zulu fails to land the takedown.
Zulu tries to clinch there but Darko circles away.
Zulu lands with a two punch combination before moving back out of range.
Zulu scores with a nice head shot.
Zulu takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Darko forces Zulu back against the cage and clinches.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Darko slows down the pace here.
Darko scores with a hook to the body.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close third round but Khama Zulu just about did enough to take it.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!
Nice defenses there by Zulu.
Darko looks for the body kick but Zulu saw that one coming.
Zulu is trying to avoid his opponent's strikes and get into the clinch.
Darko tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Zulu was well out of range. Poor timing from Darko.
Darko has taken the fight to the clinch.
Darko misses with an elbow strike.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Darko just misses with a elbow thrown towards Zulu's brow.
Zulu blocks the elbow strike.
A frustrated look appears on Zulu's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Darko as Zulu tries to tie him up.
Zulu wants to break free but Darko has control.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Darko unloads a knee to the mid-section. Zulu lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Darko avoiding damage.
Zulu wants to break free but Darko has control.
That's one minute gone in the round.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
Darko lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Darko leaning against his opponent.
A left hand lands to the body for Darko.
Darko on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Zulu wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Darko managing to block the knees to the body from Zulu.
Darko stalling.
Darko is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Zulu is defending well for now.
Darko controlling the action here for a moment.
Zulu breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Zulu tries to score a power double leg takedown but Darko sees that one coming and sprawls well. That will dishearten Zulu somewhat.
Darko appeared to be looking to counter that last move with a leg kick.
Khama Zulu is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Darko throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Zulu doesn't fully commit to the body shot counter.
Darko drives through and clinches with Zulu against the cage.
Zulu is trying to break the clinch but Darko has him pressed against the cage.
Darko taking a break, stalling in the clinch.
Darko looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Darko dictating the pace here, as the fighters clinch against the cage.
Darko lands a nice shot to the body.
Zulu is absolutely dripping with sweat - he looks exhausted.
Darko missing with knees to the body.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Darko throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Darko tries to land knees in the clinch but Zulu avoids the damage to the body.
Darko stalls.
Zulu managing to block the knees to the body from Darko.
Zulu managing to block the knees to the body from Darko.
Darko just leaning against Zulu, taking a breather.
Some stalling of biblical proportions here from Darko.
Darko effectively controlling the action here.
Darko stalling.
The ref breaks the fighters up, due to lack of action by Vlad Darko.
Zulu thuds his right hand into Darko's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.
Darko misses with an uppercut. Zulu saw that one coming.
Zulu doesn't fully commit to the body shot counter.
Zulu is using his reach advantage to land shots from outside his opponent's range.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Darko takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
A telegraphed right hand from Darko misses the target.
Zulu looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Zulu tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Darko manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Darko moves into the clinch.
Zulu is trying to maintain a safe position but Darko gets an underhook and turns Zulu into the cage.
Darko content to slow the pace in the clinch.
Zulu tries to circle away but Darko has him pinned against the cage.
Darko is pushing Zulu up against the cage, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.
Darko taking a break, stalling in the clinch.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Darko pressing his opponent against the cage.
Darko tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Zulu avoids it.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Vlad Darko had his way with Khama Zulu in that round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! Let's get this one finished - here comes the final round!
Zulu tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Darko paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Zulu lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
Darko on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
Darko showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Zulu.
Darko just misses with a punch to the body.
Darko throws a hook but Zulu avoids it easily.
Darko misses with an uppercut. Zulu saw that one coming.
Zulu wants to clinch up but Darko keeps it at a distance.
Zulu has used his reach advantage pretty well so far tonight.
Zulu avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Zulu tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Darko loads up on a big right hand but Zulu slips the punch.
Darko misses the jab.
Zulu misses with a wild combination.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Zulu moves out of range of the strikes.
Zulu fails with a takedown attempt.
A telegraphed takedown attempt from Zulu is defended easily by Darko.
Zulu is wobbling all over the place through exhaustion. Will he make it to the final bell?
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Darko lands where it shouldn't have, right in the... well, you know what he did? He kicked him in the penis. He's injured, injured bad. The referee sends both fighters to their corners and Zulu has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Zulu and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
Darko slips a jab and a cross from Zulu.
Zulu keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Darko.
Darko throws an off balance right hand
and Zulu counters with a one-two to the body.
Darko throws a push kick but Zulu slaps the foot to one side.
Darko takes a swing at Zulu's ribcage but misses.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Darko throws a body kick that misses.
Khama Zulu seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Zulu tries to keep at a distance but Darko has taken the fight into the clinch.
Darko is working Zulu over against the cage.
Zulu wants to break the clinch but can't.
Zulu on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Darko effectively controlling the action here.
Zulu taking a breather.
Darko missing with knees to the body.
A frustrated look appears on Zulu's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Darko lands a knee to the body.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Zulu is trying to break free.
Zulu can't break the clinch.
Zulu wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Darko has him pressed against the cage.
Zulu misses with a hook from the clinch.
Zulu wants to break the clinch but can't.
Zulu is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
Zulu tries a knee to the head but Darko blocks it.
Darko stalls.
Zulu looking to stall.
Zulu avoids a wild elbow strike from Darko.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
Darko lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Zulu backwards.
Zulu tries to break the clinch but Darko is controlling the position.
Zulu tries to break the clinch but Darko is controlling the position.
Zulu blocks an elbow strike.
Darko stalling against the cage.
Zulu wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Darko stalling the fight.
Darko is pushing Zulu up against the cage, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.
Darko gets a warning from the ref for wasting time.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Zulu is looking to control Darko's arms but Darko gets an underhook and turns him. Now Zulu has his back to the cage.
Khama Zulu has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Vlad Darko is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
A left hand lands to the body for Darko.
And that's the end of the fight!
Vlad Darko showed his dominance in that final round.
I think Darko has won this one but let's see what the judges have to say. 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 Tiny Johnson scores the fight 50:45
Judge Robert Twigg scores the fight 50:46
Judge Chris Downing scores the fight 50:45
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Vlad Darko!
Vlad Darko decided to thank the fans in attendance for making a great atmosphere. It seemed to go down pretty well.
Khama Zulu was interviewed post fight and said 'Vlad Darko - remember the name! Also, thanks to Gerbert Bryant for the opportunity to fight in his org tonight. '.
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