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Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Anthony Epolito (ranked 1120 p4p, 1058 weight class) and Miroslav Drozd (ranked 152 p4p, 145 weight class). Epolito kept the crowd waiting but all that was forgotten when his ring entrance music started. The incomparable musical genius that is Rowdy/ Bandits. On his way into the cage it seems that Anthony Epolito has been attacked by a crazed fan! It looks like it might have been the just bleed guy! Luckily Anthony Epolito seems to be OK! I thought that lunatic was in prison!?
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Good wrestling
Lethal high kicks
Granite chin |
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World class MT
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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 22 - 11 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Anthony Epolito!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 8 - 10 - 1, fighting out of Helsinki, Miroslav Drozd!
The judges for this bout are Saam Ante, Nard Betker and Radbod Blank.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Epolito throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Epolito lunges at Drozd with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Drozd's hand.
Epolito ducks under a wild hook from Drozd.
Epolito chopping away at his opponent's legs.
A lazy left from Epolito finds it's target.
Epolito throws a hook to the side of Drozd's head but Drozd sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Epolito tries to keep at a distance but Drozd has taken the fight into the clinch.
Drozd with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Drozd lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Epolito pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Drozd tries to bum rush Epolito with a series of wild strikes but Epolito uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Drozd moves out of range of the strikes.
Drozd loads up on a big right hand but Epolito slips the punch.
Drozd fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Drozd throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Drozd throws a two punch combo that lands nicely.
Drozd gets cracked there but stands up to it.
Epolito pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Drozd throws a jab when Epolito was well out of range.
Drozd throws a sloppy head kick and Epolito moves out of range easily.
Epolito half committed to a counter leg kick.
Drozd takes the fight into the clinch.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Epolito scores with a nice hook to the head.
Drozd blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Epolito swings wildly with an uppercut but Drozd uses good head movement to avoid it.
Epolito breaks the clinch.
A jab from Epolito misses.
Despite the aggression on Drozd's face he doesn't fully commit to the counter.
Drozd slips under a jab from Epolito.
Good leg kick by Epolito.
Epolito with a jab.
Drozd tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Epolito paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Drozd moves into the clinch.
Epolito pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Drozd looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
Drozd throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Epolito throws a hook but Drozd blocks it.
Epolito lands with a hook. Drozd tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Epolito connects with a right hand. Drozd shakes it off.
A punch combination from Epolito misses.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Epolito gets tackled into the cage by Drozd. Drozd maintains the clinch.
Epolito working aggressively here.
Epolito prevents a body shot from Drozd.
Drozd with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Drozd tries to land knees in the clinch but Epolito avoids the damage to the body.
Drozd with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Epolito manages to break the clinch.
Nice uppercut there from Epolito.
Epolito lands a two punch combo.
Epolito scores with a shot to the body.
Drozd ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Epolito throws a quick inside leg kick.
Drozd takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Epolito throws a right hand that Drozd ducks under and follows up with a left that Drozd also avoids with ease.
Drozd is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Drozd misses with an uppercut.
Drozd blocks a head kick by Epolito.
Epolito misses the shot to the body.
Drozd throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Epolito tried to counter with a leg kick but Drozd avoided it.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Drozd throws a shot from downtown. Epolito moves away and avoids it.
Drozd tries to clinch up but Epolito circles away and keeps his distance.
Drozd pushes forward with a 1-2 combination that forces Epolito back to the cage. Drozd follows up with a solid lead hook to the liver.
Epolito is on the wrong end of a nice combination from Drozd.
A big left from Epolito misses.
Drozd looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
Epolito looks to land a combination but Drozd avoids it well.
Drozd throws a head kick that misses.
Epolito lands a jab followed by a nice looking cross.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Epolito just misses with a punch to the body.
Epolito swats away the attempt to clinch by Drozd.
Drozd ducks under a wild hook from Epolito.
Drozd throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Epolito takes one to the chin there.
Drozd misses with a few strikes there.
A little feinted left hand from Epolito on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
Drozd moves out of range as Epolito strikes.
Drozd throws out a counter right but Epolito avoids it with no problem.
Drozd uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Epolito.
Epolito cracks Drozd with an open hand slap.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Epolito is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Drozd.
Epolito looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Epolito throws a looping overhand right but Drozd ducks down to avoid it.
Epolito misses with a looping left.
Epolito lands a nice leg kick that just misses Drozd's sensitive parts.
Drozd scores with a sloppy right hand. Epolito should have avoided that one.
Drozd tries to close the distance and clinch but Epolito swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Drozd darts in and clinches Epolito up against the cage.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Epolito.
Drozd tries to stall but Epolito uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Epolito working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Epolito working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Drozd blocks an elbow strike from Epolito.
Epolito throws a punch but it's blocked by Drozd.
Drozd lands with a short shot to the head.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Drozd missing with knees to the body.
Epolito escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Drozd lands with a nice combination. Epolito backs away looking to recover.
It looks like Anthony Epolito has been cut.
Epolito defending well as Drozd loads up on a big left hand.
An attempted straight right counter from Epolito misses the target.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Anthony Epolito dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Anthony Epolito's cut.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action.
Epolito misses with a straight right.
A swing and a miss from Epolito.
Epolito throws a big shot that misses.
Drozd checks a leg kick nicely.
Drozd uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Epolito.
Epolito thows a left - swing and a miss!
A chopping leg kick lands by Epolito.
Epolito ducks under a wild hook from Drozd.
Anthony Epolito is winning the standup battle so far.
Drozd lands with a hook. Epolito tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
Drozd scores with a punch to the head.
The fighters circling - Epolito throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Drozd steps in looking to clinch after the strikes miss from Epolito.
Drozd misses with a double jab.
Epolito slips a jab and a cross from Drozd.
Drozd throws a poor cross that misses
and Epolito counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Drozd takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Drozd misses with a double jab.
Epolito fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Drozd has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Drozd might want to mix his strikes up a bit more. He's just going for head shots at the moment and that can become a bit predictable.
A bone on bone clash there as Drozd blocks the leg kick.
Epolito scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Drozd throws a sloppy head kick and Epolito moves out of range easily.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Drozd misses with a looping right.
Epolito throws a body punch but Drozd moves out of range.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Drozd tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Epolito scores with a nice strike.
Epolito slips a straight right by Drozd.
Epolito lands a front kick.
Drozd tries to clinch but Epolito is having none of it.
Epolito jabs. That one connects to the head of his opponent.
Epolito throws a leg kick which misses Drozd's front leg but catches the back leg as Drozd tries to avoid it.
Epolito jabs at Drozd's body.
Epolito walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
Drozd lands a leg kick that knocks Epolito off balance momentarily.
Drozd tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Epolito paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Epolito lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Drozd on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
Drozd is rocked!
Drozd loads up on a big right hand but Epolito slips the punch.
Drozd is still on wobbly legs! Can Epolito finish him?
A big right from Epolito misses.
Drozd takes a shot right to the bread basket.
A big right from Epolito misses.
Despite the aggression on Drozd's face he doesn't fully commit to the counter.
Drozd's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
A good leg kick by Epolito.
Epolito is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Drozd can do to turn this around?
Drozd misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Drozd seems to have recovered his senses.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Drozd tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
The fighters circling - Drozd throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Epolito misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Drozd.
Drozd throws a big counter head kick but Epolito avoids it with no problem.
Epolito throws a body shot but no joy.
Drozd pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Epolito swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Drozd throws out a counter right but Epolito avoids it with no problem.
Drozd on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Epolito blocks a jab.
Drozd swings widly with a right hand
and Epolito counters with a slapping leg kick.
Drozd is breathing heavily.
Epolito lands a leg kick that knocks Drozd off balance momentarily.
Drozd jabs Epolito right on the nose. Epolito blinks but takes it well.
Drozd blocks a leg kick.
Drozd instigates a clinch.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Epolito.
Epolito has had enough of the clinch but Drozd keeps him there for the moment.
A shot in the inside from Epolito.
Drozd is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Epolito breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Drozd moves in looking to clinch but Epolito pushes him off.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Drozd tries to close the distance and clinch but Epolito swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Epolito chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Epolito rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Drozd moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
A looping hook to the body misses from Epolito. Drozd does a little dance to reset his feet.
Drozd buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Epolito lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Epolito lands with a shot to the body.
Drozd is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Nice shot lands for Epolito.
Epolito showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Drozd.
A lazy left from Drozd finds it's target.
Drozd moves forwards but Epolito connects with a nice, crisp jab.
Drozd takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Epolito pushes Drozd away with a front kick.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Epolito uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Drozd.
A head kick misses from Drozd.
Drozd drives through and clinches with Epolito against the cage.
Drozd is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Drozd tries to throw a body punch but Epolito avoids it by throwing Drozd back against the cage.
Epolito breaks from the clinch.
Drozd throws a head kick that half lands.
Epolito cracks Drozd with a good jab.
Drozd scores with a head kick.
Epolito lands with an overhand left.
Drozd has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
Epolito fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Drozd checks it well.
Epolito connects with a nice looking jab.
Epolito scores with a body shot.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Epolito lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Epolito throws a jab but it's blocked by Drozd.
Epolito throws a quick inside leg kick.
Epolito misses with a straight right.
As Epolito backs off Drozd throws a huge counter combo but Epolito manages to avoid it all.
Drozd closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Anthony Epolito dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Anthony Epolito's cut.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business. And we move into the final round!
Epolito tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and Drozd is able to avoid easily.
Epolito lands with an uppercut that bounces Drozd off the cage and back into range.
Epolito blocks a head kick by Drozd.
Epolito attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
Epolito needs to keep his hands up - Drozd had a free shot at his head there.
Epolito with a nice cross.
A punch combination from Epolito misses.
Drozd throws a hook but Epolito blocks it.
Epolito looks to throw the jab but Drozd is out of range.
Drozd is looking for the big counter here.
Drozd pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Epolito swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
Epolito throws a jab but it's blocked by Drozd.
A good leg kick by Drozd.
Drozd on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Epolito. Epolito obviously looking to wear him down.
Drozd with a nice calf kick.
Epolito cracks Drozd with a right hand to the side of the head.
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!
Drozd looks to land a body kick but Epolito moved away.
A nice leg kick from Epolito, right into the meat of the thigh.
Nice uppercut lands for Epolito. That snapped Drozd's head back.
Drozd tries to close the distance and clinch up but Epolito swats him away and circles back towards the center.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Epolito fakes a right and follows up with a big left that drops Drozd to one knee - oooooh, he's wobbly! Drozd looks to clinch but Epolito throws him off and pummels him into the canvas! Drozd taps out under the strikes! The fight is over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:06 of round 3, we have a winner by way of Submission (Strikes). Anthony Epolito!
Anthony Epolito decided to thank the fans in attendance for making a great atmosphere. It seemed to go down pretty well.
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hype
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