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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Qasem Suleimani (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Indigo Starseed (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Suleimani comes to the cage accompanied by Busta Rhymes - Arab Money. Starseed has chosen Bass Nectar- Take You Down as his entrance music. Fingers crossed for an exciting fight - I'm sure both fighters are looking for a nice under the table bonus!
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212 lbs
12 - 5 - 0 |
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212 lbs
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Good wrestling
World class boxer
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Excellent MT
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
12 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Qasem Suleimani!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
18 - 9 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Indigo Starseed!
The judges for this bout are George Francis, Alan Glass and Wesley Smith.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Starseed lands a two punch combo.
A telegraphed right hand from Suleimani misses the target.
Suleimani tries to work over Starseed's front leg with a kick but Starseed checks it.
Starseed misses with a takedown
and Suleimani counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Starseed thinking.
Starseed wants to land a leg kick but Suleimani is out of range.
Suleimani stuns Starseed with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
A lazy body kick from Suleimani
letting Starseed counter with a right hand.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Starseed closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
Starseed tries to grapple but his opponent circles
letting Suleimani counter with a right hand.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Starseed ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Starseed unleashes a big counter combination but Suleimani bobs and weaves and avoids any damage.
Starseed fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Suleimani, pushing him back against the cage.
Suleimani working aggressively here.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Suleimani.
Starseed breaks the clinch.
Starseed throws a leg kick
letting Suleimani counter with a right hand.
Starseed drives through and clinches with Suleimani against the cage.
Starseed looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Suleimani struggles to land a body shot inside as Starseed controls his hands.
Starseed tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
We can't be sure of the tactics at this early stage but we have heard that Starseed has been working on his takedowns a lot in the buildup to the fight and we can only assume he's going to look to take this to the mat.
Suleimani swings wildly with an uppercut but Starseed uses good head movement to avoid it.
Starseed is looking for a takedown up against the cage. Suleimani gets underhooks though and prevents the takedown attempt.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Starseed tries for a takedown. No joy.
Qasem Suleimani has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Indigo Starseed.
Starseed struggles to land a body shot inside as Suleimani controls his hands.
Starseed lands a takedown into guard.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Starseed postures up.
Starseed is working Suleimani over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes.
Suleimani trying to control the position here.
Suleimani wants to improve his position but instead Starseed has moved into half guard.
Starseed is thwarting Suleimani's attempts to control the position.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Starseed is controlling the pace.
Starseed is working for a submission of some sort.
Starseed throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
Starseed has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Suleimani wants to control but Starseed is keeping busy and won't allow it.
Starseed working the head and body with strikes.
Starseed with a momentary lay and pray from half guard.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are hurling abuse towards the fighters... You can hardly blame them though because there isn't a lot going on in the fight.
Suleimani wants to improve his position but Starseed is controlling well.
Starseed takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.
Starseed lands with a punch from half guard.
Suleimani is trying to defend against the ground and pound but Starseed scores with a couple of nice shots.
Starseed scores with a couple of good hammerfists.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Starseed is controlling the pace.
Starseed wants to pass the guard but Suleimani is defending well.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Indigo Starseed dominated that round.
That's time! Suleimani's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.
Suleimani throws a nice head kick!
Suleimani lets loose with a powerful body kick. Starseed will feel that in the morning.
Starseed scores with a jab to the body.
Suleimani takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
A slow jab from Suleimani misses its intended target.
Starseed lets it all go there with a big combo counter but none of the punches connected.
Starseed fails with the takedown.
Suleimani tries to counter by clinching up but Starseed breaks away and moves out of range.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
A shot to the liver by Suleimani. Beautiful body shot.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Suleimani lands with a hook. Starseed tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
Suleimani throws a leg kick but Starseed checks it.
Starseed doesn't fully commit to the body shot counter.
Qasem Suleimani is winning the standup battle so far.
Starseed checks a low kick from Suleimani.
Starseed appeared to try and counter that last move with a leg kick.
Suleimani listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Suleimani throws a leg kick which misses Starseed's front leg but catches the back leg as Starseed tries to avoid it.
Suleimani walks forward, straight into a front kick from Starseed.
Suleimani tries a head kick but it misses.
Suleimani tries a low kick but Starseed avoids it.
Suleimani misses with a looping left.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Starseed tried to score with a low kick but Suleimani checks it.
Suleimani digs a good hook to Starseed's body.
Suleimani just misses with a punch to the body.
A little jabbing left from Starseed on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Starseed walks into a straight right hand from Suleimani.
Starseed lands a jab. Then a cross. Then finally a nice hook to the body. Good work there by Starseed.
Qasem Suleimani is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Starseed misses with a kick to the body
enabling Suleimani to counter with a crisp jab.
Starseed thumps Suleimani with a low kick.
Suleimani looks to land a right hand but Starseed moved out of range.
Starseed is looking for the big counter here.
Starseed moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
Starseed keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Suleimani.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Suleimani missing with a left hand there. Starseed was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Starseed lets it all go there with a big combo counter but none of the punches connected.
Suleimani throws a quick inside leg kick.
Starseed lands a nice leg kick that just misses Suleimani's sensitive parts.
Suleimani swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Suleimani feints and then cracks Starseed's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Starseed down.
Suleimani listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Starseed shoots and misses
and Suleimani counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Suleimani connects with a body shot that sends Starseed's belly button to the back.
Suleimani tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Starseed keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
Starseed feints the counter takedown.
Suleimani throws an overhand right that lands on Starseed's shoulder, as Starseed tries to avoid the shot.
Starseed is loading up here, looking for a big counter of his own.
Good standup being displayed there by Suleimani as he connects with a hook.
Starseed ducks under a wild hook from Suleimani.
Starseed lets it all go there with a big combo counter but none of the punches connected.
Starseed connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Suleimani's hands.
Qasem Suleimani seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Nice jab there from Suleimani.
Starseed explodes with a nice body kick and back out of range. Nice work.
Suleimani fails to land with a series of punches.
Starseed is definitely looking for the counter takedowns here.
Suleimani darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Qasem Suleimani dominated that second round.
That's time! Suleimani's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight. This is the final round!
Starseed displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Suleimani throws out the jab.
Suleimani misses with a body shot.
Starseed tries a counter takedown but it's more of a dummy move, and he uses it to push himself away.
Starseed avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
Starseed takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
Starseed misses with a body kick.
Starseed scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Starseed throws a leg kick but Suleimani sees it coming and moves out of range.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Starseed avoids the body shot from Suleimani.
Starseed thumps Suleimani with a low kick.
Starseed takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Suleimani scores with a hook to the body. Starseed takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Suleimani lands with a hook. Starseed tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
Suleimani looks to throw the jab but Starseed is out of range.
Suleimani throws a right hand that misses
and Starseed counters with a slapping leg kick.
Starseed tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Suleimani is looking to counter with a shot to the body.
Starseed keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
A decent looking cross lands there for Suleimani.
Starseed shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with Suleimani but Suleimani pushes him off and we're back to square one.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Suleimani thows a left - swing and a miss!
Starseed fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Suleimani.
Suleimani connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Suleimani pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Starseed throws a head kick but Suleimani moves out of range.
Starseed looks to score with a jab to the body but Suleimani is just out of range.
Suleimani clobbers Starseed with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Starseed throws a quick inside leg kick.
Suleimani lands the left hand.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Suleimani throws a jab when Starseed was well out of range.
Suleimani misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
As Suleimani backs off Starseed throws a huge counter combo but Suleimani manages to avoid it all.
Starseed drives through with a takedown into Suleimani's guard. Let's see what he can do from the top position.
The fighters are working up against the cage. Suleimani manages to wriggle his way back to his feet, so the fighters are now clinched against the cage.
Starseed works on Suleimani's body with a couple of short punches.
Starseed doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Starseed is working on a leg, looking for a takedown but Suleimani is defending well.
Suleimani swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Starseed keeps control of Suleimani as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Starseed blocking some punches.
Starseed misses with a body punch.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Suleimani is looking to break free of the clinch but Starseed has double underhooks.
Suleimani is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Starseed can do to turn this around?
Suleimani throws a punch but it's blocked by Starseed.
Starseed blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Suleimani tries a body shot but Starseed blocks it.
Starseed pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
No joy there for Suleimani, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Suleimani misses with a hook.
Starseed closes the distance and clinches up with Suleimani, looking for a takedown. Starseed pushes Suleimani against the cage but Suleimani circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.
Suleimani throwing a counter right hand but Starseed manages to avoid it.
Qasem Suleimani has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Indigo Starseed.
Suleimani thuds a mid kick into his opponent's body. That will wear on Starseed if he has to take too many more of those.
Suleimani looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Suleimani misses with a left hand
and Starseed counters with a thumping low kick.
And that's the end of the fight!
Qasem Suleimani showed his dominance in that final round.
I think Suleimani 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 George Francis scores the fight 29:28
Judge Alan Glass scores the fight 29:28
Judge Wesley Smith scores the fight 29:28
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Qasem Suleimani!
A victorious Qasem Suleimani thanked his army of followers in his post fight interview, telling people to make sure they follow him on Twitter.
The defeated Indigo Starseed had this to say: 'Dude, Garfield was a lot tougher than the comic strip version haha... No but seriosuly best 2-3? You owe me another chance to put in a real show for the fans! Good fight man! I'll be back! Better and stronger! Broken analog Pride never quits!'.
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