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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Flavio Nascimento (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Ante Pavelic (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Nascimento's ring entrance music is that housewives' favourite, Psirico - Lepo Lepo. I don't know about you partner, but I'm pumped for this one!
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274 lbs
9 - 1 - 0 |
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195 cm
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280 lbs
17 - 10 - 1 |
BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent boxer
Granite chin |
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Decent wrestler
Excellent MT
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the heavyweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
9 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Flavio Nascimento!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
17 - 10 - 1, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Ante Pavelic!
The judges for this bout are Thiago Cunha, Emerson Jorge and Alexandre Firmino.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
An inside leg kick from Pavelic misses.
Nascimento half committed to a counter leg kick.
Nascimento misses with a straight right.
Pavelic tries to clinch but Nascimento is having none of it.
Pavelic is looking to slow Nascimento down with leg kicks.
Nascimento lands with a straight right. Pavelic didn't see that one coming.
Pavelic instigates a clinch.
Pavelic keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Nascimento's efforts to push away.
I was talking to Nascimento's coach per-fight and he was telling me that they'd been working on the clinch in the runup to this fight.
Pavelic tries to land a knee to the head but Nascimento blocks with his arms.
Nascimento wants to get back to striking at distance but Pavelic won't allow it.
Nascimento on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Nascimento scores with a shot to the side of Pavelic's head.
Pavelic with an attempt at a knee that misses.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Nascimento doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Nascimento swings wildly with an uppercut but Pavelic uses good head movement to avoid it.
Nice body punch from Pavelic.
A short body shot lands from Nascimento as the two fighters clinch.
Pavelic lands a nice knee to the body.
Pavelic prevents a body shot from Nascimento.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Nascimento takes a knee to the side of the body.
Nascimento is breathing heavily.
Pavelic blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Nascimento misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Pavelic is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Nascimento is defending well for now.
Pavelic trying to land knees to the body.
Pavelic trying to land knees to the body.
Pavelic tries to land knees in the clinch but Nascimento avoids the damage to the body.
Nascimento avoiding damage as Pavelic throws knees to the body.
Pavelic misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Nascimento.
Pavelic landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Pavelic lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Pavelic obliges.
Pavelic missing with knees to the body.
Nascimento throws a head punch that misses.
Pavelic tries to land knees in the clinch but Nascimento avoids the damage to the body.
Pavelic with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Pavelic missing with knees to the body.
Pavelic misses with a knee to the head.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Nascimento can't find room to land a body shot as Pavelic controls the action.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Pavelic is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Nascimento is defending well for now.
Pavelic with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Pavelic using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Nascimento has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Nascimento throws a punch but it's blocked by Pavelic.
Pavelic scores a nice knee to the body.
Pavelic using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Nascimento has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Pavelic tries to work over Nascimento's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Pavelic blocks a body shot from Nascimento.
A right handed body shot lands from Nascimento.
Pavelic tries to land knees in the clinch but Nascimento avoids the damage to the body.
Knees to the body from Pavelic.
Pavelic misses with a knee strike.
Nascimento tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Pavelic's elbow.
Nascimento lands a left hand that snaps the head of Pavelic backwards.
Nascimento tries a body shot but Pavelic blocks it.
Nascimento tries to circle away but Pavelic has him pinned against the cage.
Pavelic trying to land knees to the body.
Pavelic misses with a knee to the head.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Nascimento misses with a punch on the inside.
A short left from Nascimento.
A short left from Nascimento.
Nice body punch from Nascimento - that landed with a thud.
Nascimento swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Nascimento avoiding damage as Pavelic throws knees to the body.
Pavelic throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Nascimento blocks it with crossed arms.
Pavelic misses with a knee to the head.
Pavelic missing with knees to the body.
Pavelic tries a knee to the head but Nascimento blocks it.
Nascimento throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Pavelics head.
Nascimento misses with a punch on the inside.
Nascimento wants to break the clinch but can't.
Pavelic misses with a knee strike.
Pavelic misses with a knee strike.
Pavelic tries to land knees in the clinch but Nascimento avoids the damage to the body.
Nascimento tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Pavelic's elbow.
Nascimento working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Pavelic looking to throw knees to the head but Nascimento is blocking nicely.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Nascimento.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Pavelic landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Nascimento softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Pavelic throws a head punch that misses.
Nascimento throws a punch but it's blocked by Pavelic.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Pavelic as Nascimento tries to tie him up.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Pavelic.
Pavelic landing knees to the body.
Pavelic looking to throw knees to the head but Nascimento is blocking nicely.
Pavelic tries to work over Nascimento's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Nascimento lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Pavelic backwards.
Nascimento works on Pavelic's body with a couple of short punches.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Pavelic.
Nascimento fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Nascimento pushes Pavelic back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Nascimento makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Nascimento struggles to land a body shot inside as Pavelic controls his hands.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Ante Pavelic dominated that round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.
Oooooh!!! Nascimento has knocked Pavelic down with a huge combo! Nascimento steps away and waves a wobbly Pavelic back to his feet! This one might not go much longer!
Pavelic is still looking wobbly from the end of the last round!
Nascimento throws a nice inside leg kick.
Pavelic is still on wobbly legs! Can Nascimento finish him?
Nascimento scores with a push kick.
Nascimento connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
A slapping leg kick lands for Nascimento.
Pavelic circles to his right, straight into a beautiful hook by Nascimento. Pavelic falls face first into the canvas - great knockout victory for Nascimento!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:14 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Flavio Nascimento!
Flavio Nascimento retains his heavyweight title!
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energy
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hype
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pop
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