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Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Ahsan Hamed (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Billy Bolek (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Hamed kept the crowd waiting but all that was forgotten when his ring entrance music started. The incomparable musical genius that is Ahmed's Theme. Bolek comes into a darkened arena with his song building. Iron Maiden - Run To The Hills kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! This should be fireworks!
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155 lbs
5 - 1 - 0 |
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166 lbs
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Good wrestling
Lethal high kicks
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Excellent 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
5 - 1 - 0, fighting out of New York, Ahsan Hamed!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
3 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Billy Bolek!
The judges for this bout are Jorge Garcia, Columbo Gatti and Reed Andrews.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Bolek fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Hamed looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Bolek has been working on his striking defense in training and it's paying off as Hamed is landing a low percentage of strikes.
Bolek lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Hamed circles away quickly and effectively.
Bolek will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Hamed feinted there with a counter leg kick.
Bolek lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Hamed circles away quickly and effectively.
Hamed looks to score with a jab to the body but Bolek is just out of range.
Hamed digs a good hook to Bolek's body.
Billy Bolek seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Bolek misses the body punch
and Hamed counters with a nice low kick that buckles Bolek's knee momentarily.
Bolek throws a predictable looking body shot
and Hamed counters with a nice body kick.
Some wild striking there from Bolek.
Hamed lands a nice leg kick that just misses Bolek's sensitive parts.
Bolek scores with the left hand. Hamed knows he should have avoided that one.
Hamed throws a head kick that misses
and Bolek counters with a nice uppercut.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Hamed showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Bolek.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Nice uppercut there from Bolek.
Hamed fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Bolek has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Bolek missing with a left hand there. Hamed was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Hamed throws a shot from downtown. Bolek moves away and avoids it.
Hamed misses with a hook to the body
and Bolek cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Bolek lands a jab-cross combination.
Bolek dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Bolek throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Bolek misses with a wild body shot.
Hamed fires out a quick counter leg kick but Bolek just manages to avoid it.
Bolek moves away from the strike by Hamed.
Bolek connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Hamed's hands.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Bolek lands with a nice body punch.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hamed cracks the inside of Bolek's front leg.
Bolek throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Hamed fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Bolek.
Bolek blocks a head kick by Hamed.
Bolek lands a slapping body shot.
Bolek misses with a two punch combination.
Hamed avoids the body shot from Bolek.
Hamed ducks under a wild hook from Bolek.
Hamed takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
Bolek lands a nice shot that snaps Hamed's head back.
Hamed avoids the body shot from Bolek.
Bolek swinging wildly here.
Bolek throws a hook but Hamed blocks it.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hamed wants to land a leg kick but Bolek is out of range.
Bolek jabs Hamed right on the nose. Hamed blinks but takes it well.
Bolek throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Bolek cracks Hamed with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
Bolek rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Hamed moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Hamed is looking to land body kicks.
Bolek misses with a left hand
and Hamed counters with a body kick that stops Bolek in his tracks momentarily.
A punch combination from Bolek misses.
It looked like Hamed wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
Hamed ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Bolek swinging wildly here.
Hamed is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
It looks like Billy Bolek has been cut.
Hamed fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Bolek misses with a two punch combination.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Hamed takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Bolek throws a one two combo.
Bolek misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Hamed misses with a head kick.
Hamed slips a jab and a cross from Bolek.
Hamed throws a nice inside leg kick.
Hamed lands with a thumping leg kick.
Bolek takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Bolek connects with a jab.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Bolek feints a jab promting Hamed to slip. Bolek then demonstrates his capabilities by jabbing again. Hamed slips again and ducks right into an uppercut.
Bolek throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
A kick lands to the mid section there for Hamed.
Hamed misses with a double jab.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Billy Bolek dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Billy Bolek's cut.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!
A looping hook to the body misses from Bolek. Hamed does a little dance to reset his feet.
Hamed avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Hamed is looking to counter punch.
A looping hook to the body misses from Bolek. Hamed does a little dance to reset his feet.
Hamed is looking to counter with a body kick.
Bolek checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time.
Bolek is clearly trying to counter these attacks from Hamed with a body shot.
Bolek takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Hamed shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.
Bolek slips a jab and a cross from Hamed.
Ooooh, nice body kick lands from Hamed. Bolek shrugs it off though.
Bolek throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Hamed sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Hamed throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Bolek scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Hamed doesn't seem bothered though.
Bolek takes a kick to the side of the head.
Hamed goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Bolek lands a nice shot that snaps Hamed's head back.
That's one minute gone in the round.
A punch lands to the side of Hamed 's head but he takes it in his stride.
Hamed misses with a low kick.
Bolek lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
Bolek throws out a loose jab but Hamed uses good head movement to avoid it.
Bolek throws out a loose jab but Hamed uses good head movement to avoid it.
Bolek swings for the body but Hamed moves out of range.
Bolek fails to land with a series of punches.
It looked like Hamed was looking amped, ready to throw a big counter but didn't commit.
Bolek closes the distance and lands a one-two.
Bolek scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Bolek misses the body punch
and Hamed counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
A cross from Bolek lands.
A punch combination from Bolek misses.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Hamed throws a sloppy head kick and Bolek moves out of range easily.
Hamed takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Bolek throws a series of punches but Hamed avoids them all with ease.
Billy Bolek is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Bolek looks to land a combination but Hamed avoids it well.
Hamed connects with an inside leg kick.
Bolek darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
Hamed uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Bolek.
Bolek jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Bolek lands with a nice combination. Hamed backs away looking to recover.
Hamed lands a glancing blow to the side of Bolek's head.
Hamed throws the kick towards the body but Bolek avoids it.
Bolek lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
Hamed throws a leg kick but Bolek sees it coming and moves out of range.
Hamed clobbers Bolek with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
Bolek rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Hamed moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hamed moves out of range as Bolek strikes.
Hamed throws a big counter combination but Bolek scrambles out of danger and avoids any damage.
Bolek keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Hamed.
Nice body kick there by Hamed.
Bolek showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Hamed.
Bolek bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Hamed's head.
Bolek just misses with a punch to the body.
Bolek misses with an uppercut.
Bolek is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Hamed.
Hamed uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Bolek.
Hamed fires out a quick counter leg kick but Bolek just manages to avoid it.
Hamed feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Bolek's calf.
Bolek has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Hamed moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Hamed tries to score with a low kick but Bolek moves his leg out of the way.
Hamed misses with a looping right.
Hamed dodges the punch combination from Bolek.
Hamed throws a leg kick but Bolek checks it.
Bolek lands a jab to the nose.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Decent striking displayed by Bolek there.
Hamed ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Hamed misses with a straight right.
Hamed lands with a nice body kick.
Bolek swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Hamed misses with a kick to the body.
Hamed keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Bolek.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Billy Bolek showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Billy Bolek's cut.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business. Let's get this one finished - here comes the final round!
Bolek misses with a jab, cross combination.
Hamed lands a nice looking body kick.
Hamed looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
Hamed showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Bolek.
Bolek misses with a lunging right hand
and Hamed counters with an outside leg kick.
Bolek throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Hamed.
Bolek throws a right hand that misses
and Hamed connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Bolek misses with a looping left.
Hamed ducks under a wild hook from Bolek.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Bolek lands a jab to the nose.
Bolek misses with a looping right.
A quick step to the side and Hamed tries to counter with a shot to the body but it doesn't connect.
Bolek has developed a nice purple lump on his ribcage, as a result of some heavy body kicks from Hamed.
Bolek misses with a lunging right hand
and Hamed counters with a nice uppercut.
Hamed feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Bolek's calf.
Bolek cracks Hamed with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Bolek lands an overhand right.
Bolek throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Hamed sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Bolek stuns Hamed with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Bolek scores with a body shot.
Bolek blocks a head kick by Hamed.
Hamed looks to land a right hand but Bolek moved out of range.
Jab by Bolek.
Bolek looks to land a combination but Hamed avoids it well.
Bolek throws a right and a left that both miss.
Hamed tries a head kick but it misses.
A nice side step and Bolek releases a counter shot to the body, but it doesn't find it's home.
Bolek misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Hamed.
Bolek throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Bolek swings widly with a right hand
and Hamed counters with a good low kick that Bolek was not able to check.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hamed scores with a leg kick.
Hamed with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Bolek scores with a three punch combo!
Hamed scores with the left hand. Bolek knows he should have avoided that one.
Bolek throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Bolek scores with a decent looking hook.
Hamed scores with a head kick. Bolek tried to block it but didn't get his arm up in time.
Billy Bolek seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Hamed throws a quick head kick that skims the top of Bolek's head.
Bolek moves into range and throws a combination. A nice jab followed by a hook to the body.
Bolek throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Bolek moves away from the strike by Hamed.
Bolek punishes Hamed's body with a nice straight punch.
Hamed thuds a mid kick into his opponent's body. That will wear on Bolek if he has to take too many more of those.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
A swing and a miss from Hamed.
Bolek misses the shot to the body.
Hamed lands with an overhand left.
Hamed is looking to slow Bolek down with leg kicks.
Hamed throws a body kick that misses
letting Bolek counter with a right hand.
Hamed uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Bolek.
Bolek checks the leg kick nicely there.
Hamed takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
Hamed cracks the inside of Bolek's front leg.
Bolek missing with a left hand there. Hamed was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Hamed throws a solid leg kick but Bolek takes the impact on his shin and smiles at Hamed.
Bolek moves into range and throws a combination. A nice jab followed by a hook to the body.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Bolek takes a push kick to the midsection and stumbles backwards.
Bolek takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Bolek swings and misses with a shot to the body
and Hamed counters with a head kick. That will keep Bolek thinking before he tries any more sloppy attacks!
Hamed moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Bolek needs to keep his hands up - Hamed had a free shot at his head there.
A slow jab from Bolek misses its intended target.
Hamed uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Bolek.
Bolek cracks Hamed with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
Hamed is looking to chop away at Bolek's legs.
Bolek connects with a good right hand that stumbles Hamed. Hamed circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
Hamed moves out of range as Bolek strikes.
Hamed half committed to a counter leg kick.
Bolek looks to land a right hand but Hamed moved out of range.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Bolek misses with a double jab
and Hamed counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
And that's the end of the fight!
I would just about give that final round to Billy Bolek.
Well Bolek has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. 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 Jorge Garcia scores the fight 27:30
Judge Columbo Gatti scores the fight 27:30
Judge Reed Andrews scores the fight 27:30
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Billy Bolek!
A very excited looking Billy Bolek made sure he remembered to thank all the fans both in the arena and on the internet. He said all the coolest people spend all day on MMA websites, which got a big reaction.
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