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Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Jacob Ryder (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Rhakesh Alhazred (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). I can't wait for this one - let's get the fighter introductions out of the way and get this one started!
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169 lbs
6 - 1 - 0 |
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179 cm
25
160 lbs
6 - 3 - 0 |
Great wrestler
Counter striker
Very quick |
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BJJ Blue Belt
Good kicks
Powerful |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
6 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Jacob Ryder!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
6 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Rhakesh Alhazred!
The judges for this bout are Chris Downing, Alan Glass and Daniel Franklin.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Ryder will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
Rhakesh Alhazred seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Ryder avoids the head kick by Alhazred.
Jab from Alhazred.
Alhazred looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Alhazred displays good takedown defense there as he swats away a double leg from Ryder.
Alhazred throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Alhazred lands the left hand.
Alhazred fails to land with a series of punches.
Ryder drops down and drives through with a powerful takedown into guard.
There's a bit of a scramble here and now Alhazred is on top in guard.
Ryder bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Alhazred's guard.
Ryder trying to control the position from guard on top but Alhazred is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Ryder throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Alhazred works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Alhazred keeping full guard, as Ryder tries to pass.
Alhazred is trying to control the position but Ryder postures up.
Alhazred pulls Ryder in close to his closed guard and prevents Ryder from doing any damage or advancing position.
Alhazred wants to sweep here but Ryder controlling him for the moment.
Alhazred preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Well. There's a bit of a lull in the action here and the crowd are starting to get restless.
Ryder content to strike from guard, landing some decent shots.
Ryder trying to control the position from guard on top but Alhazred is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Alhazred wants to sweep here but Ryder controlling him for the moment.
Ryder trying to control but Alhazred is working from the bottom.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
The referee has ruled that neither fighter is active enough on the ground and has stood them back up.
Ryder tries to score a power double leg takedown but Alhazred sees that one coming and sprawls well. That will dishearten Ryder somewhat.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Jacob Ryder. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Alhazred stuffs a takedown. It's all about dictating where the fight takes place and Alhazred wants it to stay on the feet.
Alhazred throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Ryder fails with a takedown attempt from distance.
Alhazred scores with a jab to the head.
Alhazred misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Alhazred tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
A swing and a miss from Alhazred.
Rhakesh Alhazred is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Ryder uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Alhazred.
Alhazred throws a head kick that misses.
A punch combination from Alhazred misses.
Alhazred misses with a body kick.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Alhazred thuds a mid kick into his opponent's body. That will wear on Ryder if he has to take too many more of those.
Ryder is breathing heavily.
Alhazred misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Alhazred fails to land with a series of punches.
Alhazred misses with a head kick.
Alhazred lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Ryder circles away quickly and effectively.
Ryder shoots in and gets a takedown into half guard. Ryder showed some decent athleticism there.
Alhazred is looking for a sweep. Ryder is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
Alhazred is working for an escape here. He's hooked one of Ryder's legs and he's managed to sneak out and take Ryder's back!
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Ryder tries to escape the position.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Rhakesh Alhazred dominated that round.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the ring so we can get back down to business.
Alhazred throws a right and a left that Ryder avoids nicely.
Alhazred throws a nice looking combination but Ryder bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Ryder checks a leg kick.
Ryder tries for a takedown but Alhazred sees it coming a mile off and avoids it easily.
Alhazred lands a high kick!
Alhazred misses with a head kick.
Ryder shoots in for a takedown from distance. He catches Alhazred napping and manages to drive through into side control!
Ryder misses with an attempted head punch from side control.
Alhazred taking punishment in the form of punches.
Alhazred tries to bench press Ryder off him but Ryder keeps the position.
Ryder trying to control the action but Alhazred is working from the bottom.
Ryder working away.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Ryder wants to control but Alhazred is keeping him busy.
Ryder looking to control but instead Alhazred has slipped a leg in, to regain half guard.
Ryder is looking for the mount but instead finds himself back in full guard.
Ryder throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
A few boos can be heard. I'm sure they will multiply if the fighters don't pick up the pace.
Alhazred wants to hit a switch here but Ryder passes into full mount! Oh no, disaster for Alhazred there!
Alhazred tries to hold on but Ryder pushes him away.
Ryder thowing strikes but they're hitting the gloves, not doing any damage.
Ryder cracks Alhazred with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.
Ryder throws an elbow from mount that misses. Lucky escape for Alhazred because Ryder loaded up on that one.
Ryder content just to control the position here.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Alhazred is looking to get to half guard.
Ryder tries to control but Alhazred wriggling away.
Ryder prevents Alhazred from getting the reversal.
Ryder dominating with strikes here.
Alhazred is writhing around trying to get back to his feet.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Neither fighter has done anything of merit for a good minute or two here and the crowd are not happy about it.
Ryder working Alhazred over with strikes here.
Alhazred is writhing around trying to get back to his feet.
Alhazred is squirming around, avoiding Ryder's attempts to control the action.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close second round but I would say that Jacob Ryder will probably get the nod.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action. This is the final round!
A head kick misses from Alhazred.
Ryder shoots in from a long way out. He's driving through with the takedown attempt and he eventually gets it, landing in Alhazred's guard.
Alhazred looking for a sweep. Not yet Alhazred, not yet.
Alhazred avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
The fighters are trapped in the ropes so we're going to have a reposition here. The ref calls for a break and repositions the fighters in the center of the ring.
Alhazred is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.
Alhazred is persisting with the attempt to improve his position.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Ryder throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Alhazred works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Alhazred looking to control but Ryder passes into half guard.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Ryder controlling the action here.
Alhazred is staying active underneath Ryder, who seems content to just control the action from this position.
Ryder 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.
The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Alhazred is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Ryder.
A jab from Alhazred misses.
A decent looking body kick lands there for Alhazred.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Alhazred does a little shimmy and throws a leg kick. The leg kick missed by a considerable margin though, making him look a little bit silly for doing the shimmy.
A big left from Alhazred misses.
Ryder takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
Alhazred lands with a nice body kick.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Alhazred throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Alhazred throws out a loose jab but Ryder uses good head movement to avoid it.
Ryder avoids a kick to the body.
Ryder moves out of range of the strikes.
Alhazred is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Ryder.
Alhazred works Ryder's body with a nice hook.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Alhazred throws a nice looking combination but Ryder bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Alhazred thows a left - swing and a miss!
Alhazred throws a head kick that misses.
Alhazred pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Alhazred throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Alhazred misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Ryder shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says Alhazred as he avoids it easily.
Alhazred gets taken down but at least he's managed to land in guard.
Ryder trying to control the position from guard on top but Alhazred is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ryder trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Alhazred is doing well to control the posture of his opponent and prevent any damage.
Alhazred is trying to control the position but Ryder postures up.
Alhazred is in a good position here but he's just trying to control... And he's not even managing to do that successfully.
We get told so often about how wrestlers don't like to be on their backs. Let's see if Alhazred can do anything to dispel that myth.
Ryder wants to control from the top but Alhazred keeps moving.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are showing their displeasure at the lack of action as loud boos ring out around the arena.
Alhazred is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.
Ryder trying to control but Alhazred is working from the bottom.
Neither fighter is doing enough for the referee's liking and he's decided to stand them back up.
Ryder closes this distance looking for a takedown but Alhazred circles away.
Alhazred throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Alhazred connects with a single shot there.
Ryder shoots in looking for a double leg takedown. Alhazred defends it nicely.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Jacob Ryder. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Ryder blocks a head kick by Alhazred.
And that's the end of the fight!
Rhakesh Alhazred comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think Alhazred 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 Chris Downing scores the fight 28:29
Judge Alan Glass scores the fight 28:29
Judge Daniel Franklin scores the fight 28:29
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Rhakesh Alhazred!
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energy
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hype
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pop
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mgr
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