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Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Miroslav Drozd (ranked 3425 p4p, 2891 weight class) and Marcos Furriel (ranked 400 p4p, 349 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 5 - 10 - 1, fighting out of Helsinki, Miroslav Drozd!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 7 - 5 - 0, fighting out of New York, Marcos Furriel!
The judges for this bout are Jonathan Paton, John Kavanagh and Russell Pearce.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Furriel fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Drozd, pushing him back against the cage.
Drozd tries a knee to the head but Furriel blocks it.
Furriel goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Furriel misses with a punch to the body.
Furriel stalling the fight.
Furriel stalling in the clinch.
Furriel prevents a body shot from Drozd.
Drozd misses with a knee strike.
Furriel wants a takedown but no success here.
Drozd throws a head punch that misses.
Drozd taking a break, stalling in the clinch.
Drozd blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Drozd wants to stall.
Drozd blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Drozd lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Drozd lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Drozd unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Furriel has been looking to improve his clinch game in recent weeks. Drozd seems to have the measure of him in the clinch so far, so let's see if Furriel can turn it around.
Drozd scores with a nice hook to the head.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
Drozd tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Furriel avoids it.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Drozd lands a right hand that snaps the head of Furriel backwards.
Drozd prevents a takedown attempt there.
A right handed body shot lands from Drozd.
Furriel is trying to force a seperation but Drozd has the dominant position.
Drozd with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Drozd controlling the action here for a moment.
Drozd lands a body shot.
Furriel swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Furriel has a body lock and is looking for a takedown. Drozd is bouncing around trying to prevent the takedown and somehow he has indeed managed to stay on his feet.
I was talking to Drozd's coach per-fight and he was telling me that they'd been working on the clinch in the runup to this fight.
Miroslav Drozd has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Marcos Furriel.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Drozd misses with a knee to the head.
Furriel is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.
Drozd working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Some stalling of biblical proportions here from Furriel.
Drozd is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Furriel is defending well for now.
Drozd with an attempt at a knee that misses.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Furriel can't find room to land a body shot as Drozd controls the action.
Drozd is pushing Furriel up against the cage, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.
Drozd can't find room to land a body shot as Furriel controls the action.
Drozd landing knees to the body.
Furriel breaks from the clinch.
Drozd cracks Furriel with a good jab.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Drozd waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Furriel.
Drozd missing with a left hand there. Furriel was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Drozd throws a head kick but Furriel moves out of range.
Drozd staying out of range there.
Ohhhhh! A huge head kick from Drozd! Furriel is out on his feet! Drozd rushes in and throws more strikes. The ref is looking closely - Furriel is covering up but the punishment is just too much and the ref steps in to stop the fight! Furriel is staring into space, just thankful that the beatdown has ended. Brutal finish.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:48 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Miroslav Drozd!
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hype
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FIGHT
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