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Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Don Opas (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Kareem al Rashid (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Opas comes to the cage accompanied by AC/DC - Thunderstruck. Kareem al Rashid is staring across the cage at his opponent, tweaking his nipples.
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178 cm
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167 lbs
8 - 2 - 0 |
Good wrestling
Great elbows
Granite chin |
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BJJ Brown Belt
World class boxer
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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
8 - 2 - 1, fighting out of Helsinki, Don Opas!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
8 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Kareem al Rashid!
The judges for this bout are Sam Margolis, Chris Edwards and Richard Clark.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Opas connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
al Rashid misses with a straight right.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from al Rashid, right into the meat.
Opas slips under a jab from al Rashid.
al Rashid tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and Opas is able to avoid easily.
al Rashid slips a jab from Opas.
Opas uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from al Rashid.
Good standup being displayed there by Opas as he connects with a hook.
al Rashid bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Opas keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
al Rashid misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Opas.
Opas closes the distance and clinches.
al Rashid misses with a hook from the clinch.
Opas throws an elbow but it misses.
Opas misses with a hook to the ribs.
Opas gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Opas misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from al Rashid.
Opas blocking some punches.
al Rashid tries to stall but Opas uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
al Rashid blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Opas blocks a body shot from al Rashid.
al Rashid tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Opas's elbow.
al Rashid is pushing Opas up against the cage, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.
Opas throws an elbow but it's blocked.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Opas working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Opas misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from al Rashid.
al Rashid breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Opas attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
A good leg kick by al Rashid.
Opas tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
al Rashid keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
al Rashid lands a right hook to the body.
Opas doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Opas blocks a leg kick.
Opas circles away from the clinch attempt
and Opas counters with an inside leg kick.
An inside leg kick lands from Opas.
Opas defending well as al Rashid loads up on a big left hand.
Nice defenses there by Opas.
al Rashid tries to clinch
and Opas counters with a solid body kick.
Opas lands a lovely overhand right.
al Rashid cracks the inside of Opas's front leg.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
al Rashid smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
Opas lunges at al Rashid with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by al Rashid's hand.
al Rashid jabs away that one connects to the head of his opponent.
al Rashid 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.
al Rashid on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
al Rashid tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Opas was well out of range. Poor timing from al Rashid.
Opas ducks under a wild hook from al Rashid.
al Rashid throws a jab when Opas was well out of range.
Opas throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
al Rashid avoids a punch combination nicely.
al Rashid throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Opas on the side of the head.
A chopping leg kick lands by Opas.
al Rashid takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
al Rashid looks to score with a jab to the body but Opas is just out of range.
al Rashid throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
al Rashid keeps the fight on the outside.
A chopping leg kick lands by Opas.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
A slow jab from al Rashid misses its intended target.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Opas.
al Rashid throws a low kick but Opas moves out of range easily.
al Rashid takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Opas moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Opas lands a jab. Then a cross. Then finally a nice hook to the body. Good work there by Opas.
al Rashid waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Opas.
al Rashid fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Opas manages to avoid it.
Opas fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with al Rashid, pushing him back against the cage.
Opas lands a shot to the body.
al Rashid misses with some punches.
Some stalling of biblical proportions here from al Rashid.
Opas lands an uppercut.
al Rashid avoids the elbow strike from Opas, against the cage.
al Rashid doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
al Rashid swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Opas lands with a short shot to the head.
al Rashid misses with a hook from the clinch.
Opas looking to throw knees to the head but al Rashid is blocking nicely.
al Rashid misses with a punch on the inside.
al Rashid working hard to break the clinch.
Opas missing with knees to the body.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
al Rashid tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Opas trying to land knees to the body.
Opas misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from al Rashid.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, al Rashid creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Opas tries to land a knee to the head but al Rashid blocks with his arms.
A short right from al Rashid.
al Rashid wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
al Rashid tries to circle away but Opas has him pinned against the cage.
al Rashid avoiding damage as Opas throws knees to the body.
A nice right hand lands inside from al Rashid.
Opas will no doubt start fighting again in a minute but for now he's just having a little rest, leaning al Rashid up against the cage.
al Rashid tries to circle away but Opas has him pinned against the cage.
Opas lands an uppercut.
al Rashid makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
al Rashid blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
al Rashid has Opas pushed against the cage.
al Rashid breaks the clinch.
Opas checks the leg kick.
Opas connects with a looping right hand.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
al Rashid closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
A head kick misses from Opas.
al Rashid throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Opas sees it coming and avoids it easily.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close round but I would say that Don Opas will probably get the nod.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!
al Rashid throws a jab but it's blocked by Opas.
al Rashid ducks under a wild hook from Opas.
A clash of legs there as al Rashid blocks the low kick.
Opas misses with a body kick.
Opas clinches up with al Rashid and pushes him back against the cage.
al Rashid misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Some stalling of biblical proportions here from al Rashid.
Opas lands a left hand that snaps the head of al Rashid backwards.
Opas blocks an uppercut.
Opas misses with a knee to the head.
Opas lands a nice elbow.
Opas lands a body shot.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Opas.
Opas throws an elbow that misses.
A right hook to the body lands for al Rashid.
al Rashid on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
al Rashid struggles to land a body shot inside as Opas controls his hands.
al Rashid takes an elbow to the temple.
al Rashid stalling the fight.
Opas swings wildly with an uppercut but al Rashid uses good head movement to avoid it.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Opas.
al Rashid avoiding damage as Opas throws knees to the body.
Opas creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through al Rashid's defenses.
Opas unloads a knee to the mid-section. al Rashid lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
That's one minute gone in the round.
al Rashid tries to break free but Opas pushes him back against the cage.
al Rashid lands a nice shot to the body.
Opas throws an elbow but it misses.
al Rashid misses with some punches.
al Rashid taking a breather.
al Rashid has a couple of punches blocked by Opas.
Opas throws a head punch that misses.
al Rashid escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
al Rashid misses with a leg kick
and Opas counters with a left and a right that stings al Rashid.
al Rashid takes a swing at Opas's ribcage but misses.
Opas throws a leg kick which misses al Rashid's front leg but catches the back leg as al Rashid tries to avoid it.
Opas with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Opas throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
al Rashid looks to throw the jab but Opas is out of range.
Opas slips under a jab.
al Rashid just misses with a punch to the body.
A head kick misses from Opas.
al Rashid takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Opas's corner calls for a 1-2. Opas obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
Opas slips a jab from al Rashid.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
al Rashid slips under a jab from Opas.
A big right from al Rashid misses.
Opas avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
al Rashid lands with a straight right. Opas didn't see that one coming.
al Rashid's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
al Rashid throws a quick inside leg kick.
Opas thows a body kick. al Rashid tries to catch it but that hurt him.
Opas fakes a jab and throws a low kick but al Rashid checks it well.
A telegraphed right hand from Opas misses the target.
Good leg kick by Opas there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
A shot to the body from al Rashid misses
and al Rashid takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Opas thows a leg kick but al Rashid checks it
enabling al Rashid to counter with a crisp jab.
Opas throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.
al Rashid throws a body punch but Opas moves out of range.
Decent striking displayed by al Rashid there.
al Rashid closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Opas lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
al Rashid wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
al Rashid blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
A bit of stalling here from Opas.
al Rashid misses with a body punch.
Come on al Rashid - let's have some action - none of this stalling nonsense.
al Rashid scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Opas tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
al Rashid blocks an elbow strike.
Opas tries to land a knee to the head but al Rashid blocks with his arms.
al Rashid goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Opas lands an elbow just above al Rashid 's eye.
al Rashid is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Opas is keeping busy.
Nice elbow from Opas.
Opas misses with a knee strike.
Nice body punch from al Rashid - that landed with a thud.
Opas creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
al Rashid taking a breather.
al Rashid is persisting with his attempts to control the action in the clinch, rather than do any real damage.
Nice elbow from Opas.
al Rashid struggles to land a body shot inside as Opas controls his hands.
al Rashid taking a breather.
al Rashid manages to break the clinch.
al Rashid on the wrong end of a nice hook.
al Rashid blocks a head kick by Opas.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Opas checks a leg kick.
al Rashid chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Opas can pounce on him.
al Rashid connects with a body shot.
al Rashid misses with a leg kick
and Opas counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
al Rashid clinches but Opas breaks the clinch
and Opas counters with a nice low kick that buckles al Rashid's knee momentarily.
A big left from al Rashid misses.
Don Opas is winning the standup battle so far.
Opas tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Opas takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Opas lands with a shot to the body.
al Rashid throws a jab but it's blocked by Opas.
Opas drives through and clinches with al Rashid against the cage.
al Rashid prevents a body shot from Opas.
al Rashid lands with a left to the head.
al Rashid trying to control the position but instead, Opas has worked for underhooks and has pushed al Rashid into the cage.
Opas trying to land knees to the body.
Stalling in the clinch from al Rashid.
Opas stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
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 Don Opas will probably get the nod.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business. This is the final round!
al Rashid keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Opas scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. al Rashid doesn't seem bothered though.
Opas fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with al Rashid, pushing him back against the cage.
Opas misses with a short punch on the inside.
Opas throws a head punch that misses.
A right hand to the body from Opas.
Opas trying to land knees to the body.
Nice body punch from al Rashid.
al Rashid working aggressively here.
al Rashid is leaning against Opas and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Opas lands a knee to the body.
Opas misses with a short punch on the inside.
al Rashid fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
al Rashid is trying to break free.
al Rashid is looking to control Opas's arms but Opas gets an underhook and turns him. Now al Rashid has his back to the cage.
Opas cracks al Rashid with a nice body shot.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Opas.
al Rashid trying to stall but Opas improves his position.
Opas lands an elbow just above al Rashid 's eye.
A short uppercut from al Rashid.
Don Opas has scored more points in the clinch so far.
al Rashid takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Opas lands a right hand that snaps the head of al Rashid backwards.
al Rashid on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Opas lands a left hand that snaps the head of al Rashid backwards.
al Rashid breaks from the clinch.
Opas on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by al Rashid. al Rashid obviously looking to wear him down.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Opas is looking to clinch but al Rashid is avoiding it.
al Rashid thuds his right hand into Opas's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.
Opas tries to clinch but al Rashid is having none of it.
Nice shot by Opas.
Opas moves forwards but al Rashid connects with a nice, crisp jab.
al Rashid takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
A low kick from al Rashid misses
and Opas counters with a lovely straight right hand!
al Rashid swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
al Rashid connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Opas tries to clinch there but al Rashid circles away.
al Rashid thuds a left hand into Opas's body.
al Rashid fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
al Rashid throws a chopping leg kick but Opas manages to avoid taking any serious damage.
Opas slips under a jab from al Rashid.
Opas throws a low kick but it's checked well by al Rashid.
al Rashid thows a body shot but no joy.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Opas moves out of range as al Rashid strikes.
al Rashid has a nice red mark on his side after a thudding body kick by Opas.
al Rashid throws a body kick, spinning off balance
and Opas counters with a stiff right hand.
Opas pushes al Rashid up against the cage in a clinch.
al Rashid takes an elbow to the temple.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Opas.
Opas tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
A short uppercut from Opas.
al Rashid swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Opas throws an elbow that misses.
al Rashid lands a body punch.
al Rashid blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Opas tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and al Rashid avoids it.
al Rashid misses with a hook to the ribs.
Opas trying to land knees to the body.
al Rashid lands a body shot.
A body shot lands from Opas.
Opas prevents a body shot from al Rashid.
Opas missing with knees to the body.
al Rashid working aggressively here.
Nice elbow from Opas.
Opas is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. al Rashid is defending well for now.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Opas is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
Opas tries to land knees in the clinch but al Rashid avoids the damage to the body.
Still in the clinch, al Rashid scores with a nice short uppercut.
Opas misses with an elbow over the top.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Opas.
al Rashid lands with a left to the head.
al Rashid lands a shot to the body.
Don Opas is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
al Rashid lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
al Rashid pushes Opas back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
al Rashid throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Opass head.
al Rashid lands a shoulder strike.
al Rashid breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Kareem al Rashid has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
al Rashid lands a nice looking body shot.
al Rashid lands a nice hook to Opas's body. Opas takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
al Rashid throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Opas throws the left hand but al Rashid avoids the punch easily.
al Rashid swings and misses with a shot to the body
and Opas counters with an outside leg kick.
al Rashid wants to land a leg kick but Opas is out of range.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
al Rashid misses with a body punch
and Opas counters with a slapping leg kick.
al Rashid fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Opas.
Opas throws a good cross that connects.
al Rashid throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
al Rashid with a jab.
Opas throws the left hand but al Rashid avoids the punch easily.
al Rashid cracks Opas with an open hand slap.
Opas uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from al Rashid.
al Rashid lands a two punch combo.
Opas shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Opas ducks under a wild hook from al Rashid.
al Rashid misses with an uppercut.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
al Rashid keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
al Rashid swings away with a body shot that misses
and Opas counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps al Rashid thinking.
Opas catches al Rashid with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
al Rashid connects with a solid leg kick.
And that's the end of the fight!
Kareem al Rashid comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think Opas has won this one but let's see what the judges have to say. 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 Sam Margolis scores the fight 29:28
Judge Chris Edwards scores the fight 29:28
Judge Richard Clark scores the fight 29:28
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Don Opas!
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