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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Abdul Muqtadir Hariri (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Yoel Askren (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Hariri comes to the cage accompanied by Feruza Jumaniyozova - Yalla Habibi . 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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183 lbs
1 - 2 - 0 |
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179 lbs
3 - 2 - 0 |
Good wrestling
Decent elbows
Granite chin |
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BJJ Blue Belt
Basic striking
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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
1 - 2 - 0, fighting out of New York, Abdul Muqtadir Hariri!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
3 - 2 - 0, fighting out of New York, Yoel Askren!
The judges for this bout are Timothy Bukovac, Jack Bonds and Don Winkell.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Askren misses with a hook. Hariri ducked under it nicely.
Askren darts in and clinches Hariri up against the cage.
Askren avoids the elbow strike from Hariri, against the cage.
Hariri tries to throw a body punch but Askren avoids it by throwing Hariri back against the cage.
Hariri can't find room to land a body shot as Askren controls the action.
Hariri tries to work over Askren's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Hariri throws an elbow that misses.
A short left from Hariri.
Askren lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Hariri misses with a punch to the body.
Askren tries to score a body lock takedown but Hariri shows good agility there to stay on his feet.
Hariri misses with an elbow strike.
With the fighters up against the cage, Hariri throws an elbow but misses.
Askren wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Hariri has him pressed against the cage.
Hariri throws an elbow but it misses.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Askren stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.
Hariri throws an elbow that misses.
With the fighters up against the cage, Hariri throws an elbow but misses.
Askren is looking to control Hariri's arms but Hariri gets an underhook and turns him. Now Askren has his back to the cage.
Hariri lands a nice elbow.
Askren working aggressively here.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Askren is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Hariri just misses with a elbow thrown towards Askren's brow.
Hariri blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Hariri lands an elbow inside that Askren shrugs off.
Askren gets through Hariri's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Askren tries to stall but Hariri uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Askren is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Hariri is keeping busy.
Askren seems frustrated at his inability to get double underhooks.
Askren blocks an elbow strike from Hariri.
Hariri looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Askren throws a punch but it's blocked by Hariri.
Askren is looking to break free of the clinch but Hariri has double underhooks.
Hariri gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
It looks like Yoel Askren has been cut.
Askren avoids the elbow strike from Hariri, against the cage.
Hariri misses with a body punch.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Hariri.
Hariri tries to throw a body punch but Askren avoids it by throwing Hariri back against the cage.
Askren fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Askren tries to break free but Hariri pushes him back against the cage.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Hariri.
Askren is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hariri misses with an elbow over the top.
Askren takes an elbow to the forehead.
Askren blocks the elbow strike.
Askren is trying to maintain a safe position but Hariri gets an underhook and turns Askren into the cage.
Askren prevents a body shot from Hariri.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Hariri.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Hariri throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Hariri doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Hariri tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Hariri just misses with a elbow thrown towards Askren's brow.
Hariri misses with a punch to the body.
Hariri doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Askren is looking to take this one to the mat.
Askren blocks an uppercut.
Hariri pushes off an throws an elbow but Askren leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Hariri lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Askren creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Hariri misses with a hook to the ribs.
Still in the clinch, Askren scores with a nice short uppercut.
Hariri pushes off an throws an elbow but Askren leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Askren lands an uppercut.
Hariri lands a nice elbow.
Hariri struggles to land a body shot inside as Askren controls his hands.
Hariri blocks an uppercut.
Hariri has a couple of punches blocked by Askren.
Hariri pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Hariri lands an elbow just above Askren 's eye.
Askren stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
The pace really dropping off here, momentarily.
Hariri can't find room to land a body shot as Askren controls the action.
Askren blocking some punches.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Askren.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Askren creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Hariri throws a head punch that misses.
Askren holding his opponent close, against the cage.
Hariri working aggressively here.
Askren scores with a nice hook to the head.
Askren avoids a wild elbow strike from Hariri.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Hariri looks to throw an elbow but misses.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Askren misses with a hook from the clinch.
Hariri goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Hariri throws an elbow but it misses.
Hariri can't find room to land a body shot as Askren controls the action.
Hariri looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Hariri tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Askren's elbow.
Hariri throws an elbow that misses.
Askren has hold of a leg and is looking for a trip takedown. Hariri avoids it nicely though and we remain in the clinch.
Abdul Muqtadir Hariri has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Yoel Askren.
Hariri misses with a hook to the ribs.
Askren turns his hips and lands a very nice judo throw into side control!
Hariri sneaks a leg under to get back to half guard.
Hariri has his hands clasped together around Askren's back. He's all about the action.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Hariri keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Abdul Muqtadir Hariri dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Yoel Askren's cut.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.
Askren swats away the attempt to clinch by Hariri.
Hariri backing away here, and Askren unleashes a leg kick that just misses.
Hariri misses with a body shot.
Askren misses the jab.
As Askren tries to get set, Hariri tries to push him back and clinch up but Askren manages to avoid the attempt.
Askren swats away the attempt to clinch by Hariri.
Hariri throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Askren misses with an uppercut.
Askren moves into the clinch.
Hariri lands an elbow inside.
Askren blocks an elbow strike.
Hariri looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Hariri is defending well against a takedown attempt.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Askren is looking for a takedown up against the cage. Hariri gets underhooks though and prevents the takedown attempt.
Hariri lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Hariri doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Askren swings wildly with an uppercut but Hariri uses good head movement to avoid it.
Hariri pushes off an throws an elbow but Askren leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Askren manages to break the clinch.
Askren has tried to improve his agility in the runup to this fight.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Askren throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Hariri.
Askren closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Hariri struggles to land a body shot inside as Askren controls his hands.
Askren is working on a leg, looking for a takedown but Hariri is defending well.
Abdul Muqtadir Hariri has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Yoel Askren.
Askren pressing his opponent against the cage.
Nice elbow from Hariri.
Askren working hard to break the clinch.
Askren prevents a body shot from Hariri.
Hariri lands a left hand that snaps the head of Askren backwards.
Askren wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Askren prevents a body shot from Hariri.
Askren avoids a wild elbow strike from Hariri.
Hariri misses with a body punch.
Abdul Muqtadir Hariri has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Hariri misses with a hook to the ribs.
Hariri swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Hariri lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Hariri throws an elbow but it misses.
Hariri struggles to land a body shot inside as Askren controls his hands.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hariri tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Askren's elbow.
Hariri tries to throw a body punch but Askren avoids it by throwing Hariri back against the cage.
Askren wants to take the fight to the mat but Hariri manages to get underhooks and keep the fight in the clinch.
Hariri throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Askren can't get the takedown.
Hariri has a couple of punches blocked by Askren.
Hariri misses with a hook to the ribs.
Hariri misses with a hook to the ribs.
Askren prevents a body shot from Hariri.
Hariri tries to throw a body punch but Askren avoids it by throwing Hariri back against the cage.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Askren is looking for a takedown up against the cage. Hariri gets underhooks though and prevents the takedown attempt.
Hariri throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Hariri lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Askren.
Hariri misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Hariri tries to throw a body punch but Askren avoids it by throwing Hariri back against the cage.
Hariri misses with a body punch.
Askren trying to control the position but instead, Hariri has worked for underhooks and has pushed Askren into the cage.
Askren dodges an elbow strike from Hariri.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Askren.
A head punch on the inside from Askren fails to land.
Hariri tries a body shot but Askren blocks it.
A hook to the body from Hariri.
Askren trying to stall but Hariri improves his position.
Hariri looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Hariri lands an elbow that stopped Askren in his tracks for a moment.
Hariri tries a body shot but Askren blocks it.
Hariri misses with a punch on the inside.
Askren is looking to control Hariri's arms but Hariri gets an underhook and turns him. Now Askren has his back to the cage.
Askren takes an elbow to the temple.
Askren takes an elbow to the forehead.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Hariri just misses with a elbow thrown towards Askren's brow.
Askren lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Hariri just misses with a elbow thrown towards Askren's brow.
Hariri misses with an elbow strike.
With the fighters up against the cage, Hariri throws an elbow but misses.
Hariri tries to work over Askren's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Hariri.
Hariri struggles to land a body shot inside as Askren controls his hands.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Hariri can't find room to land a body shot as Askren controls the action.
Askren throws a punch but it's blocked by Hariri.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Hariri creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Askren's defenses.
Hariri lands a nice elbow.
Askren dodges an elbow strike from Hariri.
Askren misses with some punches.
Hariri tries to work over Askren's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Askren.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
Hariri creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Hariri is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Askren can do to turn this around?
With the fighters up against the cage, Hariri throws an elbow but misses.
Askren trying to stall but Hariri improves his position.
Askren is trying to break the clinch but Hariri is controlling him.
Hariri comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
A short right from Askren.
Hariri lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Hariri as Askren tries to tie him up.
Hariri misses with a body punch.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Abdul Muqtadir Hariri dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Yoel Askren's cut.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! This is the final round!
Hariri gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Askren avoids a wild elbow strike from Hariri.
Askren blocks an elbow strike.
Askren is working for takedown but Hariri is calmly controlling the position for now.
Askren avoids a wild elbow strike from Hariri.
Hariri lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Hariri.
Askren dodges an elbow strike from Hariri.
Askren blocks an elbow strike from Hariri.
Askren throws a punch but it's blocked by Hariri.
Hariri lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Askren dodges an elbow strike from Hariri.
Hariri tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Askren's elbow.
A short right from Hariri.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Hariri stops a takedown attempt from Askren.
Nice elbow from Hariri.
Hariri tries a body shot but Askren blocks it.
Askren swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Askren blocks an elbow strike.
Askren tries for a takedown but Hariri manages to get underhooks.
Abdul Muqtadir Hariri has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Yoel Askren.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Hariri struggles to land a body shot inside as Askren controls his hands.
Askren dodges an elbow strike from Hariri.
Hariri lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Hariri throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Askren throws a head punch that misses.
Askren takes an elbow to the temple.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Hariri pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Askren blocks the elbow strike.
Askren lands a left hand that snaps the head of Hariri backwards.
Hariri throws a head punch that misses.
Hariri creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Askren looking to stall.
Hariri lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Askren is trying to maintain a safe position but Hariri gets an underhook and turns Askren into the cage.
Hariri goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Hariri gets double underhooks to prevent a takedown attempt from Askren.
Askren missing with knees to the body.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hariri throws an elbow that misses.
Askren is trying to break the clinch but Hariri is controlling him.
Hariri lands a damaging elbow.
Hariri throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Askren goes for a takedown in the clinch but Hariri prevents it.
Askren tries to break free but Hariri pushes him back against the cage.
Askren misses with some punches.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Askren blocks an uppercut.
Hariri comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Askren blocks the elbow strike.
Hariri comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
A hook to the body from Hariri.
Askren takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Hariri throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Askren trying to control the position but instead, Hariri has worked for underhooks and has pushed Askren into the cage.
Hariri throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Hariri lands an elbow that stopped Askren in his tracks for a moment.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hariri throws an elbow but it misses.
Hariri blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Askren blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Hariri misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Askren avoids a wild elbow strike from Hariri.
Askren blocks the elbow strike.
Askren's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Hariri tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Askren's elbow.
Hariri lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Askren is rocked!
Hariri lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Askren is still on wobbly legs! Can Hariri finish him?
Askren blocks a body shot from Hariri.
Nice elbow from Hariri.
Askren takes an elbow to the forehead.
Hariri pulls back and lands a big elbow that stuns Askren! Hariri unloads with more strikes and Askren sinks to his knees! This one is all over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:44 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Abdul Muqtadir Hariri!
Our winner, Abdul Muqtadir Hariri, made sure he spent some time buttering up the crowd during his post fight interview, which will no doubt bring him a few more fans.
In defeat, Yoel Askren stepped up to the mic, saying 'Ahhhhhh'.
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