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Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Azar Qasi (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Bluto Braun (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Qasi's ring entrance music is that housewives' favourite, For Whom The Bell Tolls. Azar Qasi has a significant reach advantage - let's see if he can make it count.
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166 lbs
18 - 8 - 1 |
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168 cm
27
165 lbs
5 - 6 - 1 |
Abu Dhabi Champ
Excellent boxer
Insanely flexible |
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Olympic wrestler
World class boxer
Granite chin |
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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
18 - 8 - 1, fighting out of New York, Azar Qasi!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
5 - 6 - 1, fighting out of Amsterdam, Bluto Braun!
The judges for this bout are Russell Pearce, Dean Styles and Jonathan Paton.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Qasi scores with a kick to the body.
Qasi scores with a push kick.
Qasi thuds a left hand into Braun's body.
A jab lands there for Qasi.
Braun cracks Qasi with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
We've been informed that Braun has been sparring a lot of Muay Thai in the buildup to this fight so let's see if that has an impact on the result.
Qasi keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Braun throws a shot from downtown. Qasi moves away and avoids it.
Braun throws a mid kick that lands with a slap.
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Braun, as that shot connected.
Braun scores with the left hand. Qasi knows he should have avoided that one.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Braun misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Qasi fires out a quick counter leg kick but Braun just manages to avoid it.
Qasi stalks Braun and leaps in with a furious combination of punches. Uppercuts and crosses smash into Braun's face. Braun staggers backwards, shaken.
Braun throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Braun swinging wildly here.
Braun takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Qasi scores with a jab to the body.
Qasi lands a jab to the nose.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Braun attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
Braun lands with a good body shot.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Braun tries to land a leg kick but Qasi saw it coming and moves away.
Braun throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Braun fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Qasi manages to avoid it.
Qasi throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Braun stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Braun takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Qasi jabs at Braun's body.
Qasi throws a leg kick which misses Braun's front leg but catches the back leg as Braun tries to avoid it.
Braun throws the left hand but Qasi avoids the punch easily.
Braun looks to land a body kick but Qasi moved away.
Braun tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Qasi was well out of range. Poor timing from Braun.
Qasi is looking to counter punch.
Qasi blocks the body kick.
Braun fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Qasi has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Braun throws an overhand right that lands on Qasi's shoulder, as Qasi tries to avoid the shot.
Braun lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Qasi lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Qasi connects with a right hand. Braun shakes it off.
Braun looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Qasi throws a hook but Braun avoids it easily.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Braun throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Qasi misses with a looping left.
Braun throws a leg kick but Qasi sees it coming and moves out of range.
Qasi ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Qasi ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Qasi lunges at Braun with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Braun's hand.
Qasi is using his height advantage well here, landing a good percentage of his punches.
Qasi jabs Braun right on the nose. Braun blinks but takes it well.
Qasi scores with a leg kick.
Qasi is looking to slow Braun down with leg kicks.
Braun throws a chopping leg kick but Qasi manages to avoid taking any serious damage.
It appears Qasi was looking to counter with a kick there.
Qasi lands a glancing blow to the side of Braun's head.
Qasi throws a leg kick but Braun moved away.
Braun with a hook.
A decent looking body kick lands there for Braun.
Braun misses with a low kick.
Braun misses with a head kick.
Qasi slips under a jab.
Braun stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Qasi.
Braun throws a front kick aimed at Qasi's knee but Qasi avoids it well.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Braun tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Qasi lands with a slapping head kick.
Qasi scores with a jab to the head.
Qasi misses with a body shot.
Qasi takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Nice cross by Qasi.
Qasi walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
Braun is looking to slow Qasi down with leg kicks.
Qasi uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Braun.
Braun misses with a head kick.
Braun swings for the body but Qasi moves out of range.
Braun goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
A looping hook to the body misses from Qasi. Braun does a little dance to reset his feet.
Qasi is really peppering his opponent's head with punches.
Braun punishes Qasi's body with a nice straight punch.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Braun chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Qasi can pounce on him.
Braun cracks Qasi with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
Qasi ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Braun throws a jab but it's blocked by Qasi.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Qasi tries a head kick but it misses.
Qasi scores with a jab to the body.
Braun wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Qasi moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Braun walks into a left hand.
Braun throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
Decent striking displayed by Qasi there.
Qasi has managed to clinch.
Qasi working aggressively here.
Qasi goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Braun's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Braun lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Qasi delivers a nice body kick.
That kick from Braun tenderised Qasi's leg. Qasi is trying to keep his angry face on.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Qasi misses with a straight right.
Qasi pushes Braun up against the cage in a clinch.
Qasi prevents Braun from breaking the clinch.
Qasi goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
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 Azar Qasi will probably get the nod.
That's time! Back to the action!
The fighters circle momentarily. Qasi darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.
A left lands for Qasi.
Braun misses with the body kick
letting Qasi counter with a right hand.
Braun tries a head kick but it misses.
Qasi swung with a counter punch to the body but it didn't connect.
Qasi swings for the body but Braun moves out of range.
Braun throws a shot from downtown. Qasi moves away and avoids it.
Qasi lands a jab.
Qasi jabs. That one connects to the head of his opponent.
Braun misses with a wild body shot.
Braun on the wrong end of a nice jab.
Azar Qasi is winning the standup battle so far.
Qasi feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Brauns jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Braun misses with a head kick.
Qasi pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Left hook, right uppercut from Qasi.
Qasi delivers a nice body kick.
Qasi blocks a low kick nicely.
Qasi throwing a counter right hand but Braun manages to avoid it.
Braun throws a hook but Qasi blocks it.
Braun slips under a jab from Qasi.
Qasi is using his reach advantage well here, landing the more effective single shots from range.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Qasi is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Braun.
Qasi waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Braun.
Braun throws a body shot but no joy.
Qasi moves out of range of the leg kick from Braun.
Braun connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Qasi's hands.
Qasi cracks Braun with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
Qasi ducks right into an uppercut from Braun.
Qasi waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Braun.
Braun follows through with a counter body kick but it doesn't land.
Qasi throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Braun lunges at Qasi with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Qasi's hand.
Qasi tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Qasi tests Braun's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Braun swings for the body but Qasi moves out of range.
Qasi displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Braun throws out the jab.
Braun misses the jab.
A little feinted left hand from Qasi on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
A nice leg kick lands there from Braun.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Qasi connects with a body shot.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Braun avoids the head kick by Qasi.
Qasi gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Braun doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Qasi can't find room to land a body shot as Braun controls the action.
Braun wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Braun doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Qasi scores with a shoulder strike.
Braun breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Qasi on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Qasi with a hook.
Braun swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Qasi staying out of range there.
Qasi moves out of range as Braun throws a body kick.
Qasi throws a quick head kick that skims the top of Braun's head.
Braun has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
Braun tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Qasi uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Braun.
Braun misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Qasi.
Braun has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Qasi finds it's way round the side to connect with Braun's head.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Qasi throws a sloppy head kick and Braun moves out of range easily.
Braun misses with a body shot
and Qasi counters with a big head kick but Braun shrugs it off.
Braun is rocked!
Bluto Braun is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Qasi connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
Braun is still on wobbly legs! Can Qasi finish him?
Braun throws a low kick but it's checked well by Qasi.
Braun circles away from the clinch attempt.
Qasi cracks a nice hook into Braun's ribs.
Qasi scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Braun doesn't seem bothered though.
Braun is breathing heavily.
Braun looks up at the clock. Bad move! Qasi lands a right hand from hell, dropping Braun. Qasi pounces and finishes the fight with a flurry of punches and elbows.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:22 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Azar Qasi!
An out of breath Azar Qasi thanked his loyal fans in his post fight interview, giving them credit for his success over the course of his career.
In defeat, Bluto Braun stepped up to the mic, saying 'I'll get em' next time.'.
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energy
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hype
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pop
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RATING
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