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shave CAU Rock manov I said to Joe at the weigh-in yesterday when he flips the switch you can see it in his eyes and he has flipped the switch ranov in blue Jeff Neil out of that southp St and white Neil’s going to have to make ranov respect him right away it would be very dangerous for CAU to be Reckless oh right away with the head kick by Rockin off hook good now get out Jeff get your head low this is not where Neil wants to be left side he’s got to lift that underhook and he’s got to create some space and distance I know it sounds odd that you want the smaller guy to get away from the taller guy but rachmanov is real good in this clinch position bre [Applause] away nail with some separation now back to the center of the Octagon good connection with the right hand by Neil off theine off the that’s it Neil does look quicker than he normally looks on Fight Night nice there’s one Jeff there’s two Jeff oh yeah Jeff ne’s box is as crisp as they come man he’s such a sniper and he does it right right everything he throws is right oh big connection for rock manov ranov is so tall sometimes you forget how long he is until you see the him in there with a guy like Jeff Neil good right hand by Rockman off when they coming together he just landed a nice right hand watch your leg watch your leg there’s a trip there’s a trip coming good head position watch your leg get your h back Neil did a good job of recognizing that see how Neil just takes his right hand and puts it through the middle if roov still tries to throw him he’s going to fall right to his back and that’ll keep Neil on top of him so very Brock Mano sorry great job putting in showing him that to try to discourage him from trying to complete that take down Brock manov just landed another good right hand behind the guard of Jeff and for shot to be landing and Landing so clean speaks to him being so accurate because you know Jeff Neil does not make many mistakes defensively I believe Jeff lost his mouth I don’t know if her I believe it might be shop C but is it you might be right yes you are right I see it but I don’t know if herb has seen it it sit right the middle of the O I don’t know how he wouldn’t have seen that I just don’t think he saw it drop I think he just noticed it that move Jeff you’re right in front of him nope I still don’t think he’s seen it right in front ranov doesn’t seem to mind fighting without it that’s for sure now her being walking over towards that mouthpiece he might step on it you step on see it look at him look steep right next oh my God I want to yell at him oh good body shot from rockov nice counter for Neil this is very unfortunate because rockov is for shots to face and there’s many uh there’s many chances right normally you try to find a place where someone doesn’t have the advantage now herb noticed it I think oh oh oh needed the body too bman hurt him bad oh he cut him open that that head kick cut him open you know this guy Rock mov is so different too because generally the Fighter the fighter starts to try to the fighter mentions the mouthpiece but but ranov has not said anything about the mouthpiece he doesn’t care he’s just [Applause] fighting who where’s your mouthpiece he didn’t know pick it up if I didn’t tell him he would know that’s so crazy Joe you got two jobs now commentator officiating assistant roock monov is super aggressive too that’s what I love about him and that’s why he’s got 16 wins and 16 finishes he isn’t trying to point fight out there no he’s an absolute killer nasty right hand there and an elbow K from me to the body Jeff Neil got stunned just seems like R manov shots are doing a lot more damage thus far and he’s landing at a 60% clip in round one oh beautiful left there Neil forced to a a little trou oh yeah Neil got hurt by that oh he St [Applause] him big moments on both sides in round one right right here you see rock manov with a nasty right hand here kind of takes the head kick a little bit mouthpiece falls out dude fights with the mouthpiece for about two minutes Neil lands a nice right hand and rock manov lands a head kick here that cuts Jeff Neil landed clean cuz Neil didn’t even know what hit him Coach safe told him to stop chunking Stop Standing in the pocket he wants him to move a little more that’s Jeff Neil at his best right here what we’re looking at the [Applause] angles not standing stationary and that’s really the only way he’s going to be successful against Rock mono can’t stay in the pocket with this dude nice front kick up the middle by shop cut a lot of good body work from Ro manov already Ro manov is good maning well we knew he was we’re really conf beautiful KN to the body there again a lot of body work by Rock monov and then he lands a kick I mean Jeff is eting and then he goes up high but Jeff tries to block them I I in talking to shot he’s like I’m in no rush maybe two to three fights but like he’s so good it’s like how many guys does he have to beat right because how many would you really favor to beat this dude this dud is good man more people need to know about him and as I said before during the walk maybe that’s what it is he’s the guy wise he’s ready yeah for the for the educated fan who’s like a hardcore fan this is the guy you want to see but you got to sell it and how do you sell it you sell it by having him fight Jeff me Dean Thomas what have you seen thus far Sir Rock rakmana fights so well in the pocket because of his exits he doesn’t fully exit he exits about halfway and then he just pivots and changes his angle and by doing so that makes Jeff turn and when he does get a shot off Brock monov is able to take it much better because he’s not taking it cleanly because of his exit yeah I see that de look at him he kind of rolls his shoulders and when Jeff tries to enter too fast he just drops his shoulder and meets him shoulder to shoulder he doesn’t let Jeff Jeff Neil get a full Target Rockman raising the guard nicely defensively there and he’s almost calm like he’s sparring yeah you know like the the kind of demeanor to the way he’s moving around oh oh good combo by Jeff Neil oh good Left Hand by Neil Neil’s keeping him honest those are Big Shots by Jeff those are shots that usually put people down though right Joe John he usually puts you out with those shots good Upper Cuts oh I think Neil is taking a lot of punishment to the body I think he’s wearing it right now but he’s doing pretty good at Landing because he’s such a good boxer but he can’t keep shop cot off of him knee oh another knee to the body right on the Belt Line shop cot’s just punishing that body and the Blood start to become an issue increasingly in that left eye of Neil again up the Middle with the front kick a shop CAU just missed with that knee big deep breath and reset from Jeff Neil again to the body I mean he is just con oh oh nice right hand good shots by Jeff Neil and they’re smiling each other Ro seems to enjoy getting tested a little bit but there’s a little bit of a difference right so shot’s throwing knees he’s kicking Jeff’s kind of almost boxing only yes he’s got to mix of his kicks if he wants to really give chance this guy one minute left you break away you perhaps kicking less for fear of take downs and it also is probably a thing where he’s dealing with an endurance issue here right if he did come in heavy maybe he wasn’t able to train enough and you got to remember he did pull out of this Main Event what was it back in January because of an injury what injury was that how long did it take to recover is he fully recover Neil does a good job of clearing that tie clinch though that’s one thing he does really well every time Shai gets that tie clinch he does a good job of turning the shoulder and clearing it if Neil is preserving his energy because he doesn’t think he has a full gas tank and there’s a kick it kind of makes sense that he’s just sticking with boxing oh c right from ranov pretty good shot inside from Neil there Neil’s Landing I mean he’s giv it he’s not just taking it I just don’t feel like he’s able to keep up the activity with ro manov let’s take a look at this knee to the body by Rak manov right in the old bread basket and he slips The Left Hand by Neil lands a right to the body right uppercut glances a right uppercut elbow looked like he was going to set up a knee fake that and then land to the Elbow right hand by Neil Left Hand by Neil right left well he has been he’s been hitting him he feels like Shava doesn’t respect the power of Jeff Neil and that is very dangerous in I need minutes right now kicks knee to the body good kick to the body by Neil can’t get the right hand home left is true by Neil oh hand everything’s fast speed and footwork don’t back up combination for Neil Rockman up trying to run got hurt yep just got him hurt bad it’s when shot throws that uppercut you are not supposed to throw lead uppercuts it leaves her in danger just caught him in another left again rockov showing off an outstanding chin tonight under four minutes to go yeah it’s certainly beened that was a nasty jab he seems to covered 330 you got this it’s your time Jeff right now Jeff right now safe screaming at Jeff yeah he wants him to get off the fence he’s saying right now roov has yet to be able to take Jeff Neil tonight je take down defense much improved he looks fantastic let us check in with safe s in the corner Jeff he nice break break see that no dig up up up rip him up with that rip him up rip him the up rip up yep left side turn to your under hook Circle to your underhook Neil looks over to his corner to your under hook the Rockman off uh sorry the Neil Corner maybe on to something shavat may be slowing down he seems a little tired that one that one that hurt him has really changed his approach to this third round oh nice KNE from roov under two and a half to go you got two left hey that was fast as Neil certainly willing to eat a shot to return two of his own well he he’s got to feel like he’s got to close the show here in this third and final round got he got St he got St bad what a fight Neil returns fire oh KNE oh that might have done oh another KN the body oh El basty shot oh my goodness oh brutalization in the clinch wow oh goodness another KN to the body Jeff Neil’s in real bad shape and yet somehow still trying to fight off this takedown attempt amazing take down defense by NE Jeff is as tough as they come he is as tough as they come I mean question is you can’t anymore just that combination that he got hit with the barrage by Rock monov and not unlike Gilbert Burns against kamach shimaya this will serve to raise Jeff Neil’s stock regardless of how this one ends why is her telling them to work here right he may have been stalling a little bit earlier not now needed the body final minute oh he’s Ching he’s Ching he’s o oh he’s choking he’s on it he’s on it I think he T the other hand he did 17 up 17 down shot caught ROV too good dang bro this dude’s good too good man he’s good my goodness and he’s tough cuz he got hurt bad he got hurt bad he’s good he put pressure on him returned fire he showed everything he showed everything that everybody’s been wondering how would he deal with a top Contender how would he deal with a durable guy how would he deal with a guy with great takedown defense how would he deal with a guy when he got rocked well we found out look at this High head kick stunned him when he threw two back to back yes Neil comes back here boom look at this left hand how Rock M off in all sorts of trouble here and then look at this right hand beautiful piston like right hand by rock monov look at this another one ladies and gentlemen referee Herb Dean called a stop to this contest at 4 minutes 17 seconds of round number three declaring the winner by submission due to a rear naked choke and still undefeated shut NAD rock [Applause] man