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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Malik El Shabazz (ranked 375 p4p, 714 weight class) and Damian Dudley (ranked 48 p4p, 95 weight class). Fingers crossed for an exciting fight - I'm sure both fighters are looking for a nice under the table bonus!
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Good wrestling
World class boxer
Insanely flexible |
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Great elbows
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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 26 - 13 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Malik El Shabazz!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 32 - 27 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Damian Dudley!
The judges for this bout are Donatello Bradman, Bruno Hogan and Ben Watson.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
El Shabazz takes a shot to the body in his stride.
El Shabazz closes the distance and clinches.
El Shabazz manages to break the clinch.
El Shabazz throws a combination. Dudley tries to block but a couple of punches get through.
A looping hook to the body misses from Dudley. El Shabazz does a little dance to reset his feet.
El Shabazz has been talking about how he's improved his wrestling in the run up to the fight so let's see if that's enough to sway the balance.
Dudley lands a jab to the nose.
El Shabazz's jab looks to have found its range, popping Dudley under the eye.
El Shabazz lands a slapping body shot.
Dudley jabs at El Shabazz's body.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Dudley keeps the fight on the outside.
Dudley swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Dudley tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but El Shabazz was well out of range. Poor timing from Dudley.
Dudley tries to keep at a distance but El Shabazz has taken the fight into the clinch.
Dudley throws an elbow but it's blocked.
We can't be sure of the tactics at this early stage but we have heard that Dudley has been working on his takedowns a lot in the buildup to the fight and we can only assume he's going to look to take this to the mat.
Dudley lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Some stalling of biblical proportions here from El Shabazz.
Dudley lands a nice elbow.
El Shabazz is stalling here.
El Shabazz is struggling to control the position.
El Shabazz seems to have come into the fight with the intention of avoiding any damage in the clinch, rather than actually showing any aggression.
That's one minute gone in the round.
A knee to the head by El Shabazz.
It looks like Damian Dudley has been cut.
El Shabazz is stalling here.
El Shabazz with an attempt at a knee that misses.
El Shabazz is stalling here. The referee will be looking to step in if he doesn't pick up the pace.
Dudley scores with a shoulder strike.
Dudley blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
El Shabazz has Dudley pushed against the cage.
The ref breaks the fighters up, due to lack of action by Malik El Shabazz.
El Shabazz throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
El Shabazz throws a body shot but no joy.
El Shabazz connects with a looping right hand.
Dudley throws a lazy uppercut
and Dudley takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Dudley throws a jab but it's blocked by El Shabazz.
El Shabazz feinted with a counter takedown.
El Shabazz avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
A counter left hand to the body from El Shabazz misses its target.
El Shabazz is looking to clinch but Dudley is avoiding it.
Dudley swings and misses with a shot to the body
enabling El Shabazz to counter with a crisp jab.
Dudley slips under a jab from El Shabazz.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Dudley lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Dudley moves into the clinch successfully.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as El Shabazz takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.
With the fighters up against the cage, Dudley throws an elbow but misses.
Dudley can't find room to land a body shot as El Shabazz controls the action.
Dudley lands with a light punch inside.
Dudley works on El Shabazz's body with a couple of short punches.
El Shabazz dodges an elbow strike from Dudley.
Dudley misses with a shot to the kidneys.
El Shabazz with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Dudley tries to work over El Shabazz's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
El Shabazz leaning against his opponent.
Nice elbow from Dudley.
It looks like Malik El Shabazz has been cut.
El Shabazz manages to get underhooks and slows down the pace for a moment.
El Shabazz prevents a body shot from Dudley.
El Shabazz blocks an elbow strike from Dudley.
The referee is keeping an eye on El Shabazz - much more stalling and he will separate the fighters.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Knees to the body from El Shabazz.
El Shabazz tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
El Shabazz taking a breather.
Dudley misses with a hook from the clinch.
El Shabazz is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Dudley throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
El Shabazz is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Dudley is keeping busy.
Dudley lands a right hand that snaps the head of El Shabazz backwards.
Dudley throws a punch but it's blocked by El Shabazz.
Dudley cracks El Shabazz with a nice body shot.
Dudley lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
El Shabazz avoiding damage.
El Shabazz escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
El Shabazz keeps the fight on the outside.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Decent striking displayed by Dudley there.
Dudley avoids the body shot from El Shabazz.
El Shabazz throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
El Shabazz throws a lazy right hand but Dudley sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
El Shabazz takes a swing at Dudley's ribcage but misses.
Dudley is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by El Shabazz.
El Shabazz swung with a counter punch to the body but it didn't connect.
El Shabazz is looking to wear down Dudley with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
El Shabazz punishes Dudley's body with a nice straight punch.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Dudley scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. El Shabazz doesn't seem bothered though.
Dudley takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
Danga de danga de dang - El Shabazz scores with a four punch combination!
Damian Dudley seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
El Shabazz misses with a body shot.
Dudley is looking to clinch.
Dudley swings for the body but El Shabazz moves out of range.
El Shabazz scores with a sloppy right hand. Dudley should have avoided that one.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Dudley on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
El Shabazz uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Dudley.
El Shabazz takes the fight into the clinch.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Malik El Shabazz dominated that round.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!
Nice uppercut lands for El Shabazz. That snapped Dudley's head back.
El Shabazz moves into the clinch successfully.
With the fighters up against the cage, Dudley throws an elbow but misses.
Dudley looks to throw an elbow but misses.
El Shabazz blocks an elbow strike from Dudley.
El Shabazz blocking some punches.
Dudley lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down El Shabazz.
El Shabazz throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Dudley blocks it with crossed arms.
Dudley takes a knee to the side of the body.
El Shabazz dodges an elbow strike from Dudley.
El Shabazz avoids the elbow strike from Dudley, against the cage.
Dudley throws an elbow but it misses.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Good body shot from Dudley.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
El Shabazz has Dudley pushed against the cage.
El Shabazz blocks an elbow strike from Dudley.
Dudley looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Dudley working aggressively here.
Dudley pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
El Shabazz dodges an elbow strike from Dudley.
Dudley misses with a short punch on the inside.
El Shabazz lands with a left to the head.
El Shabazz with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
El Shabazz looking to throw knees to the head but Dudley is blocking nicely.
El Shabazz trying to land knees to the body.
El Shabazz looking to slow down the pace here.
El Shabazz using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Dudley has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
El Shabazz lands an uppercut.
A bit of stalling here from El Shabazz.
El Shabazz misses with a knee strike.
Dudley working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Dudley throws an elbow but it misses.
Dudley working aggressively here.
Dudley works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
El Shabazz avoids the elbow strike from Dudley, against the cage.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
El Shabazz throws a knee to the head but misses.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Dudley just misses with a elbow thrown towards El Shabazz's brow.
El Shabazz is stalling here. The referee will be looking to step in if he doesn't pick up the pace.
El Shabazz looking to stall.
Dudley throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Dudley lands an elbow inside.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
El Shabazz blocks an elbow strike from Dudley.
With the fighters up against the cage, Dudley throws an elbow but misses.
El Shabazz's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
El Shabazz throws a body punch but Dudley moves out of range.
Dudley tries to clinch there but El Shabazz circles away.
El Shabazz on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
A right-left combo lands from Dudley.
El Shabazz takes a swing at Dudley's ribcage but misses.
El Shabazz throws a body punch but Dudley moves out of range.
El Shabazz ducks under a wild hook from Dudley.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
El Shabazz scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Dudley drives through and clinches with El Shabazz against the cage.
Dudley lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Dudley tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Dudley just misses with a elbow thrown towards El Shabazz's brow.
Dudley lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
A nice right hand lands inside from El Shabazz.
A knee to the head by El Shabazz.
El Shabazz blocks the elbow strike.
El Shabazz tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
El Shabazz blocks an uppercut.
Dudley misses with the head strike.
El Shabazz prevents a body shot from Dudley.
El Shabazz throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Dudley blocks it with crossed arms.
El Shabazz blocks an elbow strike.
El Shabazz stalling in the clinch but Dudley improves position.
Dudley pushes off an throws an elbow but El Shabazz leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Dudley tried to land a shot to the body but connects with El Shabazz's elbow.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
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!
A nice right hand lands inside from El Shabazz.
El Shabazz blocks an elbow strike from Dudley.
Dudley doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Dudley misses with a body punch.
Dudley throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
El Shabazz dictating the pace here, as the fighters clinch against the cage.
Dudley goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Knees to the body from El Shabazz.
El Shabazz with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Dudley throws an elbow but it's blocked.
El Shabazz stalling.
El Shabazz using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
El Shabazz blocking some punches.
El Shabazz throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Dudley blocks it with crossed arms.
Damian Dudley seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
The referee calls for El Shabazz to work.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
A close second round but Damian Dudley will probably get the nod - 10:9.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin! This is the final round!
Dudley throws a nice looking combination but El Shabazz bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Dudley fails with an attempt to clinch.
El Shabazz circles away from the clinch attempt.
An attempted straight right counter from El Shabazz misses the target.
El Shabazz swings away with a body shot that misses
and Dudley counters with a stiff right hand.
El Shabazz misses with a wild body shot.
El Shabazz just misses with a punch to the body.
Dudley tries to counter by closing the distance.
El Shabazz moves into range and throws a combination. A nice jab followed by a hook to the body.
El Shabazz will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
El Shabazz walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
El Shabazz scores with a hook to the body. Dudley takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Dudley connects with a crisp jab.
Dudley digs a good hook to El Shabazz's body.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
El Shabazz wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Dudley tries to clinch but El Shabazz is having none of it.
Dudley fakes high and swings low for a body shot but El Shabazz manages to avoid it.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Jab from Dudley.
El Shabazz misses the jab.
Malik El Shabazz is winning the standup battle so far.
Dudley loads up on a big right hand but El Shabazz slips the punch.
El Shabazz with a nice cross.
El Shabazz digs a good body shot into Dudley's ribs.
Dudley is looking to clinch.
Dudley forces El Shabazz back against the cage and clinches.
El Shabazz is looking to control Dudley's arms but Dudley gets an underhook and turns him. Now El Shabazz has his back to the cage.
Dudley creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through El Shabazz's defenses.
Dudley avoiding damage as El Shabazz throws knees to the body.
El Shabazz misses with a knee strike.
Dudley can't find room to land a body shot as El Shabazz controls the action.
El Shabazz takes an elbow to the forehead.
El Shabazz lands with a short shot to the head.
A right hook to the body lands for Dudley.
Dudley letting El Shabazz take a breather here.
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!
El Shabazz blocks an elbow strike.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
El Shabazz tries to land a knee to the head but Dudley blocks with his arms.
El Shabazz blocks the elbow strike.
El Shabazz leaning his opponent against the cage.
El Shabazz breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Dudley clinches with his opponent.
El Shabazz tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Dudley avoids it.
El Shabazz connects with a knee to the head.
Dudley lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Dudley lands an elbow inside that El Shabazz shrugs off.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Dudley as El Shabazz tries to tie him up.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Dudley lands an uppercut.
Dudley misses with a hook to the ribs.
El Shabazz unloads a knee to the mid-section. Dudley lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Dudley lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Dudley scores with a shot to the side of El Shabazz's head.
El Shabazz tries to land a knee to the head but Dudley blocks with his arms.
A body shot lands from Dudley.
El Shabazz throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Dudley blocks it with crossed arms.
Dudley looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Dudley pushes off an throws an elbow but El Shabazz leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Dudley pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Dudley throws an elbow that misses.
Dudley misses with a hook to the ribs.
El Shabazz throws a knee to the head but misses.
El Shabazz wants to stall.
Dudley misses with a punch on the inside.
El Shabazz connects with a knee to the head.
Dudley tries a body shot but El Shabazz blocks it.
El Shabazz tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
El Shabazz blocks a body shot from Dudley.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Dudley can't find room to land a body shot as El Shabazz controls the action.
El Shabazz taking a break, stalling in the clinch.
Dudley throws an elbow but it misses.
El Shabazz missing with knees to the body.
El Shabazz blocks a punch to the side of the head.
El Shabazz blocks the elbow strike.
El Shabazz throws a knee to the head but misses.
Dudley blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Dudley has a couple of punches blocked by El Shabazz.
Dudley misses with a body punch.
Dudley working aggressively here.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
A shot in the inside from Dudley.
Dudley takes a shot to the head.
Dudley pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Dudley gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
El Shabazz tries to circle away but Dudley has him pinned against the cage.
El Shabazz avoids a wild elbow strike from Dudley.
Dudley misses with an elbow over the top.
And that's the end of the fight!
I would just about give that final round to Damian Dudley.
I think Dudley has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. 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 Donatello Bradman scores the fight 28:29
Judge Bruno Hogan scores the fight 28:29
Judge Ben Watson scores the fight 28:29
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Damian Dudley!
Damian Dudley gave a mention to HELLBENT in his post fight interview. That will please them (and hopefully generate some sales).
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