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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Maroje Gundulic (ranked 5340 p4p, 3987 weight class) and Adam Saint (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.
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BJJ White Belt
Excellent MT
KO power |
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Excellent boxer
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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 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Maroje Gundulic!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of New York, Adam Saint!
The judges for this bout are Patrick Alders, Wagner Zegers and Aafke Stam.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Saint shoots for a double leg takedown but Gundulic sprawls well. He's pushed Saint's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.
Saint shoots in but Gundulic avoids the takedown attempt easily.
Saint shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with Gundulic but Gundulic pushes him off and we're back to square one.
Maroje Gundulic has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Adam Saint.
Gundulic swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Saint raises up his leg as if looking to counter with a high kick.
Saint keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Gundulic sizes up Saint with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
Saint with a poor takedown
and Gundulic connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
It looks like Adam Saint has been cut.
Gundulic scores with a jab. Saint acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Saint slips a jab from Gundulic.
Saint fails with a takedown attempt.
Gundulic ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Saint moves away.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Saint fails with a takedown attempt.
Gundulic misses with a hook. Saint ducked under it nicely.
Gundulic sets himself, and Saint steps forward looking for the clinch! Gundulic avoids it this time.
Saint uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Gundulic.
Gundulic misses with a wild body shot.
Saint fails with a takedown attempt.
Gundulic misses with a body shot.
Gundulic takes a swing at Saint's ribcage but misses.
Gundulic throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Saint with the counter takedown but Gundulic avoids it easily.
Saint takes one to the chin there.
Saint takes one to the chin there.
Gundulic has taken the fight to the clinch.
Saint trying to land knees to the body.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Gundulic struggles to land a body shot inside as Saint controls his hands.
Saint has Gundulic pressed up against the cage and is working for takedown. Gundulic manages to improve position though and keeps the fight standing.
Gundulic tries to throw a body punch but Saint avoids it by throwing Gundulic back against the cage.
Gundulic digs a right hand into Saint's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Saint's gas tank.
Gundulic swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Gundulic misses with a punch on the inside.
Saint blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Gundulic doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Gundulic misses with some punches.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Saint blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Gundulic lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Saint blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Gundulic tries to throw a body punch but Saint avoids it by throwing Gundulic back against the cage.
Gundulic misses with a punch to the body.
Gundulic gets underhooks to prevent Saint's takedown attempt.
A hook to the body from Gundulic.
Saint looks winded!
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Gundulic working aggressively here.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Gundulic creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Gundulic tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Saint.
Gundulic tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Gundulic throws a punch but it's blocked by Saint.
Gundulic softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Gundulic misses with the head strike.
Saint is looking to take this one to the mat.
Gundulic misses with a body punch.
Saint's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Gundulic doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Saint wants to take the fight to the mat but Gundulic manages to get underhooks and keep the fight in the clinch.
Gundulic tries a body shot but Saint blocks it.
Gundulic lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Gundulic throws a head punch that misses.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Saint blocks an uppercut.
Saint blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Gundulic lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
That has opened up Adam Saint's cut even more.
Gundulic can't find room to land a body shot as Saint controls the action.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Gundulic is defending well against a takedown attempt.
Gundulic goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Gundulic tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Saint's elbow.
Gundulic swings wildly with an uppercut but Saint uses good head movement to avoid it.
Saint blocking some punches.
Gundulic misses with some punches.
Gundulic lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Saint slows down the pace here.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Gundulic.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Maroje Gundulic dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Adam Saint's cut.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.
A looping hook to the body misses from Gundulic. Saint does a little dance to reset his feet.
Gundulic lands a slapping body shot.
Gundulic lands a jab.
Nice body punch from Gundulic.
Saint shoots in looking for a takedown but Gundulic manages to keep the fight standing, pushing Saint's face into the canvas for good measure before circling away.
Gundulic is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Saint can do to turn this around?
Saint shoots in but Gundulic avoids the takedown attempt easily.
Gundulic scores with a body shot.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Saint tries to drive through with a takedown attempt but Gundulic defends well and Saint ends up having to push Gundulic into the cage where they will battle it out in the clinch.
Maroje Gundulic has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Adam Saint.
Gundulic scores with a jab.
Gundulic throws a jab when Saint was well out of range.
Gundulic looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Maroje Gundulic seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Saint is breathing heavily.
Gundulic tries to clinch but Saint moves out of range.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Gundulic scores with a nice right hand.
Saint displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Gundulic throws out the jab.
The fighters circling - Gundulic throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Gundulic throws a jab when Saint was well out of range.
Saint drops his hands momentarily and Gundulic takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
Saint ducks right into an uppercut from Gundulic.
Saint is rocked!
Gundulic pounces like a tiger and cracks Saint with a vicious hook! Saint is down but not out! Gundulic follows up with more strikes forcing the ref to jump in and stop it!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:35 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Punches). Maroje Gundulic!
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energy
A | B |
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hype
A | B |
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pop
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mgr
A | B |
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FIGHT
RATING
47% |
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