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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Osama Akharraz (ranked 2492 p4p, 326 weight class) and Michael Salazar (ranked 1762 p4p, 241 weight class). Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.
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215 lbs
22 - 24 - 0 |
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215 lbs
14 - 7 - 0 |
Good wrestling
World class boxer
Insanely flexible |
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Good wrestler
Excellent MT
Good gas tank |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
22 - 24 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Osama Akharraz!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
14 - 7 - 0, fighting out of New York, Michael Salazar!
The judges for this bout are Robert Twigg, Cecil Peabody and Stewart Dunkirk.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Akharraz rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Salazar moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Akharraz swings for the body but Salazar moves out of range.
Salazar takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
Salazar rushes Akharraz and presses him up against the cage.
Salazar scores with a shot to the side of Akharraz's head.
Akharraz misses with a short punch on the inside.
Akharraz breaks the clinch.
Akharraz moves into the clinch successfully.
Salazar lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Akharraz breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Salazar avoids the body shot from Akharraz.
Akharraz's jab looks to have found its range, popping Salazar under the eye.
Akharraz has taken the fight to the clinch.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Akharraz lands a hook that snaps the head of Salazar backwards.
A short uppercut from Akharraz.
Nice body punch from Salazar.
Akharraz breaks the clinch.
Salazar on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
Akharraz tries to clinch but Salazar is having none of it.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Salazar gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Akharraz just misses with a elbow thrown towards Salazar's brow.
Salazar misses with some punches.
Akharraz taking a breather.
Salazar misses with some punches.
A short uppercut from Akharraz.
With the fighters up against the cage, Akharraz throws an elbow but misses.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Salazar.
Akharraz scores with a shot to the side of Salazar's head.
Salazar lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Akharraz backwards.
Akharraz tries a body shot but Salazar blocks it.
Akharraz presses Salazar against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Akharraz lands a nice uppercut.
Akharraz blocks a body shot from Salazar.
Akharraz can't find room to land a body shot as Salazar controls the action.
Salazar pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Akharraz cracks Salazar with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Akharraz forces Salazar back against the cage and clinches.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Salazar tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Akharraz's elbow.
Akharraz lands a hook that snaps the head of Salazar backwards.
Salazar pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Nice shot lands for Akharraz.
Akharraz is using his reach advantage well here, landing the more effective single shots from range.
Akharraz is looking to score with low kicks.
Akharraz has taken the fight to the clinch.
Akharraz throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Salazars head.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Salazar.
Salazar lands a shot to the body.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as Akharraz takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.
Akharraz blocking some punches.
Akharraz misses with some punches.
Akharraz blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Salazar manages to break the clinch.
Salazar gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Akharraz lands a right hand.
Akharraz is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Salazar is keeping busy.
Akharraz lands with a light punch inside.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Akharraz swings away with an uppercut that misses.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
Salazar has Akharraz pressed against the cage, preventing Akharraz from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Akharraz has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Akharraz swings wildly with an uppercut but Salazar uses good head movement to avoid it.
Salazar breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Akharraz lands with a straight right. Salazar didn't see that one coming.
Akharraz scores with a nice strike.
Akharraz lands a nice shot to the body.
Akharraz throws a hook to the side of Salazar's head but Salazar sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Akharraz tries to clinch up.
Salazar closes the distance and pushes Akharraz back into the cage.
Akharraz blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Akharraz swings wildly with an uppercut but Salazar uses good head movement to avoid it.
Akharraz lands with a right to the head.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Salazar lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Salazar makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Salazar lands with a left to the head.
Akharraz tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Salazar avoids it.
Salazar has a couple of punches blocked by Akharraz.
Salazar misses with some punches.
Salazar breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Salazar doesn't manage to clinch there - Akharraz circles away.
Akharraz throws a sloppy head kick and Salazar moves out of range easily.
Some wild striking there from Akharraz.
Akharraz walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Salazar uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
Salazar fails in his attempt to clinch.
Akharraz moves into range and clinches up with Salazar.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Osama Akharraz dominated that round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!
Salazar tries to clinch but Akharraz moves out of range.
Salazar throws a leg kick that misses.
Akharraz ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Salazar moves away.
Salazar tries to clinch but Akharraz is having none of it.
Salazar moves in looking to clinch but Akharraz pushes him off.
Salazar is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Osama Akharraz is winning the standup battle so far.
Salazar clinches up against the cage.
Akharraz can't find room to land a body shot as Salazar controls the action.
Salazar has a couple of punches blocked by Akharraz.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Salazar creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Akharraz really does look like a pencil wearing a pair of gloves. Let's hope he has a gameplan to suit that ridiculous body shape.
Salazar goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Salazar breaks the clinch.
Akharraz throws a one two combo.
It looks like Michael Salazar has been cut.
Akharraz is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Akharraz clinches up with Salazar and pushes him back against the cage.
Salazar being controlled against the cage.
Salazar managing to block the knees to the body from Akharraz.
Akharraz misses with a punch to the body.
Akharraz throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Salazars head.
Akharraz missing with knees to the body.
Akharraz misses with a body punch.
Salazar working aggressively here.
Akharraz can't find room to land a body shot as Salazar controls the action.
Akharraz lands on the inside with an uppercut.
A frustrated look appears on Salazar's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Salazar on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Akharraz is trying to break the clinch but Salazar is controlling him.
Salazar lands a left hand that snaps the head of Akharraz backwards.
Akharraz lands a right hand that snaps the head of Salazar backwards.
A short right from Akharraz.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Akharraz is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Salazar is keeping busy.
A short body shot lands from Akharraz as the two fighters clinch.
Akharraz blocking some punches.
Osama Akharraz has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Akharraz breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Akharraz misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Salazar misses with a body shot.
The fight stays on the outside here - Akharraz looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Akharraz moves into the clinch.
Akharraz escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Akharraz moves in looking to clinch but Salazar pushes him off.
Akharraz misses with a body kick.
Salazar fails with an attempt to clinch.
Osama Akharraz seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Some wild striking there from Akharraz.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Salazar tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Akharraz was well out of range. Poor timing from Salazar.
Akharraz pushes Salazar up against the cage in a clinch.
Salazar working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Akharraz swings wildly with an uppercut but Salazar uses good head movement to avoid it.
Akharraz lands with a short shot to the head.
Salazar swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Nice body punch from Akharraz - that landed with a thud.
Akharraz working aggressively here.
Akharraz lands a nice uppercut.
Akharraz blocks an uppercut.
Akharraz is using his height advantage well here, landing a good percentage of his punches.
Salazar blocks a body shot from Akharraz.
Salazar misses with a shot to the kidneys.
A shot in the inside from Akharraz.
Salazar pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Akharraz swings for the body but Salazar moves out of range.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Akharraz is looking to clinch.
Salazar closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
A short right from Salazar.
Akharraz blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Salazar misses with a punch on the inside.
Still in the clinch, Salazar scores with a nice short uppercut.
Akharraz throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Akharraz manages to break the clinch.
Salazar on the wrong end of a nice jab.
Salazar tries to close the distance and clinch but Akharraz swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
An inside leg kick lands from Salazar.
Salazar doesn't manage to clinch there - Akharraz circles away.
Salazar gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Akharraz just misses with a elbow thrown towards Salazar's brow.
The two fighters are working to gain dominance in the clinch.
Akharraz lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Salazar's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Osama Akharraz dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Michael Salazar'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. This is the final round!
Akharraz bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Salazar's head.
Salazar clinches up against the cage.
Salazar blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Akharraz looking to stall.
Salazar swings wildly with an uppercut but Akharraz uses good head movement to avoid it.
Salazar escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Salazar takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Akharraz is looking to clinch.
Akharraz tries to grapple but his opponent circles
and Salazar counters with a big right hand! Oh Akharraz is in trouble here! Salazar follows up with more strikes and that's it! The ref has stopped it!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:41 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Michael Salazar!
Michael Salazar decided to hype himself up post fight. It was going well but he went on about it a bit too long and the crowd turned on him a little.
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energy
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FIGHT
RATING
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