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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Duncan Farquharson (ranked 1336 p4p, 2170 weight class) and Chandra Rajnahn (ranked 176 p4p, 274 weight class). Farquharson comes to the cage accompanied by Danny Vera - Roller Coaster. Well, the cameraman is lingering on a pretty young lady for a bit too long there. Keep your eyes on the prize buddy or you'll miss the fighter intros!
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Decent wrestler
World class MT
Insanely flexible |
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Excellent boxer
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 7 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Duncan Farquharson!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 7 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Chandra Rajnahn!
The judges for this bout are Joseph Jones, Columbo Gatti and Alyssa Summers.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Rajnahn closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Farquharson tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Rajnahn avoids it.
Rajnahn changes levels and goes for a takedown here. Farquharson fights it off and pushes away nicely.
Rajnahn fails with a takedown attempt.
Farquharson throws a feint and then finishes with a kick to the body.
Farquharson lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Rajnahn keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
And Rajnahn tries to counter it with a takedown but Farquharson pushes his down on his head and steps out.
Rajnahn has been spending a lot of time sparring his boxing in the run up to the fight, trying to sharpen up those hands and look for a knockout.
Rajnahn tries to keep at a distance but Farquharson has taken the fight into the clinch.
Rajnahn blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Farquharson landing knees to the head.
Rajnahn on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Rajnahn misses with a hook to the ribs.
Farquharson throws a knee to the head but misses.
Farquharson with a knee to the head.
It looks like Chandra Rajnahn has been cut.
Farquharson misses with a knee strike.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Rajnahn on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Farquharson utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Rajnahn looks winded!
That's one minute gone in the round.
Rajnahn wants to break free but Farquharson has control.
Farquharson landing knees to the head.
Farquharson lands a good knee to the midsection. Rajnahn won't want to take too many of those.
Farquharson tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Farquharson landing knees to the head.
Farquharson unloads a knee to the mid-section. Rajnahn lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Farquharson scores a nice knee to the body.
Farquharson scores with a knee to the head.
A knee to the head by Farquharson.
Farquharson with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Farquharson connects with a nasty looking knee right to Rajnahn's face.
Farquharson scores a nice knee to the body.
Farquharson utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Farquharson landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Farquharson connects with a nasty looking knee right to Rajnahn's face.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Rajnahn misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Rajnahn wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Farquharson has him pressed against the cage.
Rajnahn tries for a takedown. No joy.
Duncan Farquharson has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Chandra Rajnahn.
Farquharson unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Farquharson with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Farquharson landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Knees to the body from Farquharson.
Rajnahn takes a knee to the side of the body.
Farquharson landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Farquharson connects with a knee to the head.
Farquharson working Rajnahn over with knees to the body.
Farquharson connects with a knee to the head.
Farquharson landing knees to the body.
Knees to the body from Farquharson.
Farquharson lands a knee to the head.
Farquharson lands a nice knee to the body.
Farquharson working Rajnahn over with knees to the body.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Farquharson lands a good knee to the midsection. Rajnahn won't want to take too many of those.
Farquharson scores a nice knee to the body.
Farquharson lands a knee to the head.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Farquharson obliges.
Farquharson landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Farquharson is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Farquharson connects with a nasty looking knee right to Rajnahn's face.
Rajnahn takes a knee right on the jaw!
Farquharson with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Farquharson crunches a lovely knee into Rajnahn's ribcage.
Rajnahn takes a knee right on the jaw!
Farquharson lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Farquharson scores with a knee to the head.
Rajnahn tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Farquharson's elbow.
Farquharson scores with a knee to the head.
Rajnahn is rocked!
Farquharson unloads a knee to the mid-section.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Farquharson landing knees to the body.
A knee to the head by Farquharson.
Knees to the body from Farquharson.
Farquharson lands a good knee to the midsection. Rajnahn won't want to take too many of those.
Farquharson lands a knee to the head.
Farquharson connects with a knee to the head.
Rajnahn takes a knee to the side of the body.
Farquharson with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Farquharson lands a good knee to the midsection. Rajnahn won't want to take too many of those.
Knees to the body from Farquharson.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Farquharson obliges.
Farquharson crunches a lovely knee into Rajnahn's ribcage.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Farquharson crunches a lovely knee into Rajnahn's ribcage.
Farquharson landing knees to the head.
Farquharson with a knee to the head.
Farquharson landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Duncan Farquharson dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Chandra Rajnahn's cut.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.
A head kick from Farquharson lands but Rajnahn takes it in his stride.
Rajnahn tries to close the distance and clinch but Farquharson swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
It really doesn't seem like the step up in weight is hurting Farquharson here at all. He's more than holding his own against the bigger man.
Rajnahn gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Farquharson tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Rajnahn avoids it.
Duncan Farquharson has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Farquharson landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Farquharson using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Rajnahn has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Rajnahn throws an elbow but it misses.
Farquharson lands a knee to the body.
Farquharson scores with a knee to the head.
Knees in the clinch landing for Farquharson.
Farquharson lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
A knee to the head by Farquharson.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Knees in the clinch landing for Farquharson.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Farquharson lands a nice knee to the body.
Farquharson using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Farquharson lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
That's one minute gone in the round.
Farquharson with a knee to the head.
Farquharson unloads a knee to the mid-section. Rajnahn lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Farquharson connects with a nasty looking knee right to Rajnahn's face.
Farquharson connects with a knee to the head.
Rajnahn misses with the head strike.
Knees to the body from Farquharson.
Farquharson connects with a nasty looking knee right to Rajnahn's face.
Farquharson lands a good knee to the midsection. Rajnahn won't want to take too many of those.
Farquharson with a knee to the head.
Farquharson crunches a lovely knee into Rajnahn's ribcage.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Farquharson connects with a knee to the head.
Knees to the body from Farquharson.
Farquharson tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Farquharson throws a knee to the head but misses.
Rajnahn can't find room to land a body shot as Farquharson controls the action.
Rajnahn tries to work over Farquharson's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Farquharson is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Rajnahn misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Rajnahn takes a knee right on the jaw!
Farquharson with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Farquharson missing with knees to the body.
Farquharson looking to throw knees to the head but Rajnahn is blocking nicely.
Farquharson throws a knee to the head but misses.
Rajnahn misses with a punch to the body.
Rajnahn tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Farquharson throws a knee to the head but misses.
Rajnahn tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Farquharson landing knees to the head.
Farquharson tries to land knees in the clinch but Rajnahn avoids the damage to the body.
Farquharson misses with a knee strike.
Rajnahn on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Rajnahn avoiding damage as Farquharson throws knees to the body.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Farquharson throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Rajnahn blocks it with crossed arms.
Rajnahn tries a body shot but Farquharson blocks it.
Rajnahn is looking to break free of the clinch but Farquharson has double underhooks.
Farquharson prevents Rajnahn from breaking the clinch.
Rajnahn is working for takedown but Farquharson is calmly controlling the position for now.
Rajnahn managing to block the knees to the body from Farquharson.
Farquharson connects with a nasty looking knee right to Rajnahn's face.
Rajnahn wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Farquharson has him pressed against the cage.
Farquharson lands a good knee to the midsection. Rajnahn won't want to take too many of those.
Rajnahn wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Farquharson landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Knees to the body from Farquharson.
Farquharson connects with a nasty looking knee right to Rajnahn's face.
Farquharson landing knees to the body.
Farquharson unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Farquharson unloads a knee to the mid-section.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Farquharson crunches a lovely knee into Rajnahn's ribcage.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Knees to the body from Farquharson.
Farquharson working Rajnahn over with knees to the body.
Knees to the body from Farquharson.
Farquharson landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Rajnahn pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Rajnahn breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Duncan Farquharson is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Farquharson throws a sloppy head kick and Rajnahn moves out of range easily.
Rajnahn is clearly looking to counter with head kicks.
Farquharson misses with an attempted mid kick.
Rajnahn fails with an attempt to clinch.
Farquharson is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Rajnahn can do to turn this around?
Farquharson scores with a kick to the midsection.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Farquharson forces Rajnahn back against the cage and clinches.
Farquharson lands a nice knee to the body.
Farquharson connects with a knee to the head.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Duncan Farquharson dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Chandra Rajnahn'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. So, we enter the final round. Let's see if either fighter can bring us a finish, or whether we're going to the judges scorecards.
Farquharson misses with a head kick.
Farquharson lands with a good body shot.
Farquharson thuds his shin into the meat of Rajnahn's side.
Rajnahn shoots in and drives through. Farquharson sprawls well.
Farquharson lifts his leg as if looking to counter with a high kick.
Rajnahn throws a two punch combo that lands nicely.
Chandra Rajnahn is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Farquharson has taken the fight to the clinch.
Farquharson unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Farquharson lands a nice knee to the body.
Farquharson putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Rajnahn in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Farquharson lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Farquharson with a knee to the head.
Farquharson tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Farquharson lands a knee to the body.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Farquharson landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Farquharson lands a good knee to the midsection. Rajnahn won't want to take too many of those.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Farquharson using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Farquharson landing knees to the head.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Farquharson obliges.
Farquharson with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Farquharson utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Farquharson landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Farquharson crunches a lovely knee into Rajnahn's ribcage.
Rajnahn takes a knee to the side of the body.
Farquharson using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Farquharson with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Farquharson landing knees to the body.
Farquharson unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Farquharson lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Rajnahn blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Farquharson tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Rajnahn wants a takedown but no success here.
Farquharson connects with a knee to the head.
Rajnahn managing to block the knees to the body from Farquharson.
Farquharson trying to land knees to the body.
Rajnahn tries to break the clinch but Farquharson is controlling the position.
Farquharson tries to land knees in the clinch but Rajnahn avoids the damage to the body.
Rajnahn wants to break free but Farquharson has control.
Farquharson with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Farquharson obliges.
Farquharson tries to land a knee to the head but Rajnahn blocks with his arms.
Rajnahn misses with a short punch on the inside.
Farquharson blocks a body shot from Rajnahn.
Farquharson throws a knee to the head but misses.
Farquharson tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Rajnahn avoiding damage as Farquharson throws knees to the body.
Rajnahn turns his hips and lands a very nice judo throw into side control!
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Rajnahn connects with a decent looking elbow from side control that caused Farquharson some visible discomfort.
Rajnahn misses with the ground and pound.
Rajnahn working away.
Rajnahn working the body and head with strikes.
Farquharson on his back here. We all know that wrestlers don't like being on their back so let's see if Farquharson tries to get out of the position.
Farquharson is trying to get back to half guard.
Farquharson striking from the bottom but nothing landed.
Rajnahn in side control lands a decent elbow.
Farquharson throws a couple of strikes even though he's not really in a good position to do so.
Rajnahn lands a decent elbow from side control.
Farquharson avoids any damage from the ground and pound of Rajnahn.
Rajnahn grinds an elbow into Farquharson's temple.
Farquharson has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
Rajnahn working away.
Rajnahn postures up a little and throws a couple of hammerfists but they don't connect properly.
Rajnahn sitting in side control, looking to soften his opponent up with elbows and hammerfists but Farquharson is avoiding damage well and looking to escape the position.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Farquharson throwing some weak shots from the bottom that do no damage.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Farquharson is looking for a sweep.
Rajnahn really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Farquharson. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Rajnahn is putting a hurting on Farquharson here, landing some big shots from side control.
Rajnahn working away.
Rajnahn is putting a hurting on Farquharson here, landing some big shots from side control.
Farquharson is sneaking out the side here. He's bucked Rajnahn off and has taken his back!
Farquharson is looking to finish the fight by rear naked choke. Rajnahn knows exactly what he's got planned though, so he's defending well. Maybe a few strikes would soften Rajnahn for a finish.
Rajnahn defending nicely against the rear naked choke attempt.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Rajnahn tries to escape but Farquharson has the hooks in and won't let him break free.
Farquharson looking for the RNC.
Farquharson working for the choke.
Chandra Rajnahn has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Duncan Farquharson is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Farquharson is working for the rear naked choke. He has one arm under the chin but Rajnahn has hold of the other arm. A bit of a stalemate here.
And that's the end of the fight!
Duncan Farquharson showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Farquharson, winning every round. Will the judges agree? They are the ones who matter, even if they are often depressingly incompetent. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Joseph Jones scores the fight 30:25
Judge Columbo Gatti scores the fight 30:25
Judge Alyssa Summers scores the fight 30:25
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Duncan Farquharson!
After winning the bout, Duncan Farquharson thanked all his fans and promised he'd do even better in his next fight. The crowd seemed to love his humility.
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