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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Bobby Drake (ranked 628 p4p, 330 weight class) and Bora Khan (ranked 79 p4p, 44 weight class). Drake comes to the cage accompanied by Hell Yeah - Rev Theory. Khan has chosen Tim McGraw - Live Like You Were Dying as his entrance music. 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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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 22 - 20 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Bobby Drake!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 23 - 5 - 1, fighting out of Las Vegas, Bora Khan!
The judges for this bout are Ben Hemmingworth, Eliza Hachem and Damien Edna.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Drake throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Khan 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.
Drake takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Khan wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Drake moves into range and throws a lovely three punch combination.
Khan scores with a hook.
Khan missing with a left hand there. Drake was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Drake is looking to counter punch.
Drake throws out a loose jab but Khan uses good head movement to avoid it.
Khan with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Khan lands a slapping body shot.
Good shot there by Khan.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Nice straight punches there by Drake. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Drake.
Khan throws a shot from downtown. Drake moves away and avoids it.
Drake misses with a looping right.
Khan avoids a punch combination nicely.
Drake takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Khan lands a nice hook to Drake's body. Drake takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Drake takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
Drake 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.
Nice defenses there by Khan.
Khan is clearly trying to counter these attacks from Drake with a body shot.
Drake misses with a hook. Khan ducked under it nicely.
Nice body punch from Khan.
Khan bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Drake's head.
Drake throws a hook but Khan avoids it easily.
A looping hook to the body misses from Khan. Drake does a little dance to reset his feet.
Drake tries for a takedown but Khan circles away easily
and Khan counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Khan punishes Drake's body with a nice straight punch.
Bora Khan is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Khan works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
Drake throws an overhand right that lands on Khan's shoulder, as Khan tries to avoid the shot.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Drake on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Khan rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Drake counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Khan lands a body shot.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Khan thuds a left hand into Drake's body.
Drake misses with an uppercut.
Drake changes levels and looks for a double leg takedown. Khan tries to avoid it but Drake manages to keep hold of a leg and drag Khan to the ground. Khan escapes though and pops straight back up to his feet.
Drake is breathing heavily.
Khan swings for the body but Drake moves out of range.
Khan is throwing a lot of body shots here, looking to wear down Drake rather than just go for the knockout.
Khan looks to throw the jab but Drake is out of range.
Khan looks to land a right hand but Drake moved out of range.
Khan swings for the body but Drake moves out of range.
Drake doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Khan defends well against a solid takedown attempt from Drake.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Bobby Drake. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Drake throws an overhand right that lands on Khan's shoulder, as Khan tries to avoid the shot.
Khan lands a head shot.
It looks like Bobby Drake has been cut.
Drake scores with a hook.
Khan scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Khan dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Drake. That did some damage!
Khan throws a leg kick but Drake checks it.
Khan swings for the body but Drake moves out of range.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Khan bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Drake's head.
Khan uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Drake.
Khan throws a nice looking combination but Drake bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Drake doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Khan misses with an uppercut. Drake saw that one coming.
Drake throwing a counter right hand but Khan manages to avoid it.
Khan takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Khan swings for the body but Drake moves out of range.
The fighters circling - Khan throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Drake swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Drake lands a jab.
Khan wants to slow Drake down by chopping away at his legs.
Khan with a jab.
Khan lands a nice hook to Drake's body. Drake takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Drake avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
A little feinted left hand from Drake on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
Bora Khan seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
This has been an exciting period of action!
A shot to the liver by Khan. Beautiful body shot.
Khan misses with a looping left.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Khan misses the jab.
Khan sizes up Drake with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
Drake is really head hunting here, hardly looking to strike to the body at all.
Khan bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Khan misses with a straight left.
Drake throws a jab but it's blocked by Khan.
Khan scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Khan fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Drake looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Khan displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Drake throws out the jab.
Khan blocks a jab.
Khan misses with a right hand
and Drake counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Drake misses with an uppercut. Khan saw that one coming.
Khan wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Drake throws a big shot that misses.
Nice body punch from Khan.
Khan changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Drake misses with an uppercut. Khan saw that one coming.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Bora Khan dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Bobby Drake's cut.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare each other down, ready to get back to the action.
Khan scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Khan moves out of range of the strikes.
Khan throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Drake sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Drake was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
Khan misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Drake.
Drake is looking to counter punch.
Khan works the jab nicely.
Drake pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
A looping hook to the body misses from Drake. Khan does a little dance to reset his feet.
Khan comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Drake displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Khan throws out the jab.
Bora Khan seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Drake throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Khan counters with a left to the body.
Khan misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Khan ducks right into an uppercut from Drake.
Khan throws a jab but it's blocked by Drake.
Khan connects with a good right hand that stumbles Drake. Drake circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
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!
Drake takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
Drake throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Drake misses with an uppercut
and Khan counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Drake stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Khan.
Drake takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Khan throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Drake throws a jab when Khan was well out of range.
Decent striking displayed by Khan there.
Drake throws a hook to the side of Khan's head but Khan sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Drake misses the jab.
Drake fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Khan looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Khan takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Drake misses with a hook.
Khan listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Nice cross by Khan.
This entire fight has taken place on the feet so far and you wonder whether Drake might be better served trying to take this one to the ground because he's losing the standup battle so far.
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!
Khan connects with a body shot.
Drake looks to throw the jab but Khan is out of range.
Khan dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Drake takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Khan wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Khan has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Khan connects with a nice looking jab.
Khan throws out a loose jab but Drake uses good head movement to avoid it.
Khan digs a good body shot into Drake's ribs.
Khan keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Khan looks to land a combination. Drake sees it coming but can only parry a couple of the shots.
Khan comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Khan throws a leg kick but Drake sees it coming and checks it nicely.
Drake tries to counter with a takedown but Khan is quick to defend against it.
Drake keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
A combination from Khan does no damage.
Drake throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Drake misses with a combination
enabling Khan to counter with a crisp jab.
Bobby Drake's cut is getting worse.
Khan waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Drake.
Drake changes levels looking for a counter takedown but doesn't commit.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Drake jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Jab by Khan.
Drake throws a lazy right hand but Khan sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Drake closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
Khan connects with a body shot.
Drake takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Drake misses with a body shot.
Drake looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
Drake fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Khan manages to avoid it.
Drake swings away with a body shot that misses
and Khan counters with a straight right hand.
Khan throws an overhand right that lands on Drake's shoulder, as Drake tries to avoid the shot.
Khan moves into range and connects with a jab.
Drake scores with a jab.
Drake looks to score with a jab to the body but Khan is just out of range.
Drake misses with a hook. Khan ducked under it nicely.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Drake waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Khan.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Drake throws out a loose jab but Khan uses good head movement to avoid it.
Drake displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Khan throws out the jab.
Drake throws a poor cross that misses
and Khan counters with a lovely shot to the body.
Khan wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Khan looks to land a right hand but Drake moved out of range.
Drake lands with a shot to the body.
Khan lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Khan lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Khan ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Drake takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
An inside leg kick lands from Khan.
Khan lands a nice leg kick that just misses Drake's sensitive parts.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Khan misses with a hook to the body
enabling Drake to counter with a crisp jab.
Khan throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Drake misses with a body shot.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Bora Khan showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Bobby Drake's cut.
That's time! Drake's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight. This is the final round!
Drake throws a hook but Khan blocks it.
A telegraphed right hand from Khan misses the target.
A jab lands there for Drake.
Khan slips a straight right by Drake.
A shot to the body from Drake misses
and Khan counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Khan throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Drake is looking to counter punch.
Drake avoids the body shot from Khan.
Khan slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
Khan lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
Drake misses with a hook
and Khan counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Drake thinking.
Khan lands a jab to Drake's midsection.
Khan scores with a jab to the head.
Drake's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Khan connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Drake scrambles back to his feet.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Khan connects with a nice looking jab.
Drake is rocked!
Today's fight clock is brought to you by... OOOH that's a huge shot by Khan! Drake is in big trouble here - the ref steps in to save him and this one is all over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:56 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Bora Khan!
Bora Khan thanked the fans post fight for their support.
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