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Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Alak Betatar Awang (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and King Khan (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both these guys have really solid chins. Will we see a standup war or will they both decide that a knockout is unlikely and try to win the fight elsewhere?
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145 lbs
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178 cm
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145 lbs
2 - 1 - 0 |
BJJ White Belt
Excellent MT
Granite chin |
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BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 4 rounds, in the bantamweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Alak Betatar Awang !
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, King Khan!
The judges for this bout are Taro Takaoka, Yuuki Gou and Yasuomi Hirokawa.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
A slow jab from Khan misses its intended target.
Awang keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Khan jabs away that one connects to the head of his opponent.
Khan has a nice red mark on his side after a thudding body kick by Awang .
Khan moves in looking to clinch but Awang pushes him off.
Khan tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Khan thows a body shot but no joy.
Awang closes the distance and clinches.
Khan working hard to break the clinch.
Awang with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Khan has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Khan blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Khan is trying to force a seperation but Awang has the dominant position.
Awang gets through Khan's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Khan is trying to break the clinch but Awang has him pressed against the ropes.
Awang is clearly stalling here... Pick up the pace son.
Khan is trying to break the clinch but Awang has him pressed against the ropes.
Awang looking to throw knees to the head but Khan is blocking nicely.
Khan can't break the clinch.
Awang lands with a short shot to the head.
Khan is trying to force a seperation but Awang has the dominant position.
Khan on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
That's one minute gone in the round.
A hook to the body from Awang .
Khan working hard to break the clinch.
Awang just leaning against Khan, taking a breather.
Awang digs a right hand underneath Khan's ribcage. Khan let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Awang wants to stall.
Awang lands a body punch.
Khan has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Awang trying to land knees to the body.
Awang content to slow the pace in the clinch.
Khan looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Stalling in the clinch from Awang .
Awang misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Khan.
Awang keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Khan's efforts to push away.
Khan wants to break the clinch but can't.
Khan has had enough of the clinch but Awang keeps him there for the moment.
Khan wants to get back to striking at distance but Awang won't allow it.
The two fighters are working to gain dominance in the clinch.
Awang trying to land knees to the body.
Khan looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Khan wants to get back to striking at distance but Awang won't allow it.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Awang .
Awang trying to stall but Khan improves his position.
Khan avoiding damage as Awang throws knees to the body.
Khan on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Khan tries to circle away but Awang has him pinned against the ropes.
A frustrated look appears on Khan's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Awang blocks a body shot from Khan.
Awang scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Awang has Khan pressed against the ropes, preventing Khan from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Awang misses with a knee strike.
Khan has had enough of the clinch but Awang keeps him there for the moment.
Awang tries to stall but Khan uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Khan wants to break free but Awang has control.
Awang tries to land a knee to the head but Khan blocks with his arms.
A bit of stalling here from Awang .
Awang tries to work over Khan's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Awang throws a knee to the head but misses.
Khan working hard to break the clinch.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as Awang takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.
Awang lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Awang looking to slow down the pace here.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Alak Betatar Awang dominated that round.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!
Awang avoids the body shot from Khan.
Khan pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
King Khan seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
A looping hook to the body misses from Khan. Awang does a little dance to reset his feet.
Khan dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Awang scoring well with a low kick there.
Awang lands a glancing blow to the side of Khan's head.
Awang throws a leg kick but Khan sees it coming and checks it nicely.
Khan lunges at Awang with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Awang 's hand.
Khan misses with a body shot.
Awang dodges the punch combination from Khan.
Awang uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Khan.
Khan throws a lazy right hand but Awang sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Awang throws a right high kick that is partially blocked by Khan.
It looks like King Khan has been cut.
Awang blocks a low kick nicely.
Awang blocks a jab.
Awang throws a body kick that digs right into the meat.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Awang keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
A chopping leg kick lands by Awang .
Khan is breathing heavily.
Awang lets loose with a powerful body kick. Khan will feel that in the morning.
Khan stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Awang .
Awang thuds his shin into the meat of Khan's side.
A thudding body kick lands there by Awang !
Awang throws a leg kick which misses Khan's front leg but catches the back leg as Khan tries to avoid it.
Khan gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Awang lands a nice leg kick that just misses Khan's sensitive parts.
Awang has not gone for a single takedown so far in this fight, which seems like a very strange tactic when you consider that he has the superior wrestling and BJJ.
Awang clinches.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
A short body shot lands from Awang as the two fighters clinch.
Awang utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Khan misses with a short punch on the inside.
Awang blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Khan is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the ropes.
Awang is stalling here.
Awang is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Khan is defending well for now.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Awang scores a nice knee to the body.
Khan tries to break free but Awang pushes him back against the ropes.
Khan can't break the clinch.
Awang crunches a lovely knee into Khan's ribcage.
Awang pushes Khan back against the ropes and unloads with a body punch.
Awang stalls.
Khan throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Awang s head.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
Awang lands a good knee to the midsection. Khan won't want to take too many of those.
Khan letting Awang take a breather here.
Good body shot from Awang .
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Knees in the clinch landing for Awang .
A body shot lands from Awang .
Khan has had enough of the clinch but Awang keeps him there for the moment.
Awang avoiding damage.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Alak Betatar Awang dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on King Khan's cut.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!
Khan looks to throw the jab but Awang is out of range.
Awang uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Khan.
An inside leg kick lands from Awang .
A big right from Khan misses.
Khan stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Awang .
Nice defenses there by Awang .
Awang is looking to clinch but Khan is avoiding it.
Awang uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Khan.
Awang turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Awang throws a quick inside leg kick.
Khan misses the shot to the body.
Khan scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Awang scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Khan's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Awang lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Khan takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
A looping hook to the body misses from Khan. Awang does a little dance to reset his feet.
Awang fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Khan.
Khan misses with an uppercut.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Awang scores with a leg kick.
Khan throws a body kick despite being completely out of range
and Awang counters with a slapping leg kick.
Khan takes a kick to the side of the head.
Awang scores with a leg kick.
Khan throws a looping overhand right but Awang ducks down to avoid it.
Alak Betatar Awang is winning the standup battle so far.
Awang lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Awang lets loose with a powerful body kick. Khan will feel that in the morning.
Khan has developed a nice purple lump on his ribcage, as a result of some heavy body kicks from Awang .
Awang throws a nice outside leg kick.
Khan takes a nasty kick to the mid section... That should keep him thinking. Does he try and block and risk a head kick landing?
Awang buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Awang lands with a cross.
A slapping leg kick lands for Awang .
Awang cracks the inside of Khan's front leg.
Awang scores with a push kick.
Awang is looking to slow Khan down with leg kicks.
Awang throws a quick inside leg kick.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Awang lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Awang ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Awang lands a nice looking body kick.
Awang pushes Khan away with a front kick.
Awang lands with a thumping leg kick.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Awang pushes Khan up against the ropes in a clinch.
Awang lands a body shot.
Awang is pushing Khan up against the ropes, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.
Khan wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Awang has him pressed against the ropes.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as Awang takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Awang goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Khan working aggressively here.
A right handed body shot lands from Awang .
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Alak Betatar Awang clearly takes that round.
The cut man is working on King Khan's cut.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the ring so we can get back down to business. This is the final round!
Awang throws a head kick that connects with a bit of head and a bit of hand.
Khan is throwing a lot of body shots here, looking to wear down Awang rather than just go for the knockout.
Awang throws a chopping leg kick but Khan manages to avoid taking any serious damage.
Khan misses with a looping right.
Khan lands a head shot.
Khan tries to clinch up.
Khan loads up on a big right hand but Awang slips the punch.
Khan tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Awang was well out of range. Poor timing from Khan.
Khan misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Awang .
Khan chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Awang can pounce on him.
Awang staying out of range there.
Awang scores with a push kick.
A kick lands to the mid section there for Awang .
A solid leg kick lands there for Awang .
Awang uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Khan.
Khan fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Awang thumps Khan with a low kick.
Khan is absolutely dripping with sweat - he looks exhausted.
Awang ducks under a wild hook from Khan.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Awang throws a mid kick that lands with a slap.
Awang tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Khan throws a lazy right hand but Awang sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Khan pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Awang throws a head kick that misses.
Khan misses with a hook. Awang ducked under it nicely.
Khan tries to land a body kick
and Khan takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Khan pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Awang tries to close the distance and clinch up but Khan swats him away and circles back towards the center.
A looping hook to the body misses from Khan. Awang does a little dance to reset his feet.
Nice body kick there by Awang .
Crunch! Awang slams his shin into Khan's torso.
A decent looking body kick lands there for Awang .
Awang throws a nice inside leg kick.
Awang lands with a slapping head kick.
Khan misses with a wild body shot.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Khan takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
Awang is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Khan can do to turn this around?
Khan misses with a jab to the body
and Awang counters with a good, hard body kick but Khan shrugs it off.
Khan steps to his left, right into the path of a big body kick from Awang . That one must have hurt.
Khan tries to check the leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
A solid leg kick lands there for Awang .
Awang lands a kick to the ribs of his opponent. Nice work there - in and out in a flash.
Awang goes for a high kick. It partially lands.
Nice body kick from Awang .
A big left from Khan misses.
Awang ducks under a wild hook from Khan.
Khan missing with a left hand there. Awang was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Khan looks to throw the jab but Awang is out of range.
Awang scores with a kick to the midsection.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Khan with a hook.
Khan takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
King Khan has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Awang lands a high kick!
And that's the end of the fight!
Alak Betatar Awang showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Awang has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Taro Takaoka scores the fight 40:36
Judge Yuuki Gou scores the fight 40:36
Judge Yasuomi Hirokawa scores the fight 40:36
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Alak Betatar Awang !
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energy
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hype
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pop
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mgr
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FIGHT
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