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Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Martin White (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Khairul Azwan Khairul Nurul Arsyad (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the bantamweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Martin White!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Khairul Azwan Khairul Nurul Arsyad!
The judges for this bout are Michael Johnstone, Winston Alpacca and Santiago Holmes.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
White gets the takedown into side control.
Khairul Nurul Arsyad gets one leg under and gets the fight to half guard.
Khairul Nurul Arsyad is trying to stand up here but White is controlling him well.
White is looking for an arm triangle, whilst trying to pass to side control. Khairul Nurul Arsyad doesn't seem that keen to cooperate though. No luck this time White.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Khairul Nurul Arsyad tries to get to full guard but White has control of the leg.
White sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Khairul Nurul Arsyad defending well though.
Khairul Nurul Arsyad is looking to control White's leg but it's slowly edging free. Can Khairul Nurul Arsyad avoid being mounted?
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
White passes to side control.
White is looking for a kimura. He might have it! No, Khairul Nurul Arsyad has escaped the position, nice work there.
Khairul Nurul Arsyad wants to control but White postures up.
That's one minute gone in the round.
White looking for an arm triangle but it's way too loose to do anything.
White tries to score with some ground and pound. Khairul Nurul Arsyad controls his posture well this time though and the shots don't do any damage.
White throws a strike aimed at the side of Khairul Nurul Arsyad's head but Khairul Nurul Arsyad avoids it well.
The ground and pound from White seems to be hitting the mat more than his opponent.
White really does look like a pencil wearing a pair of gloves. Let's hope he has a gameplan to suit that ridiculous body shape.
White is breathing heavily.
White working away.
Khairul Nurul Arsyad is trying to escape and get back to his feet.
Khairul Nurul Arsyad takes a nasty elbow to the side of the head.
You can see the frustration on Khairul Nurul Arsyad's face, being in this tough position on the bottom.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The fighters are starting to get a bit slippery now, which will make submissions a bit more difficult.
Khairul Nurul Arsyad manages to get one leg in to regain half guard.
Khairul Nurul Arsyad has hold of White's hands but White slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.
Khairul Nurul Arsyad has no desire to be mounted, so is trying to control. White is working away from the top position though.
White missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
Khairul Nurul Arsyad makes his way to full guard. A much better position for Khairul Nurul Arsyad.
Khairul Nurul Arsyad is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
Khairul Nurul Arsyad wants to control here, rather than go for any submissions from the bottom. At least for now.
Khairul Nurul Arsyad is trying to control the position from the bottom.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
White thinks about going for a leg but decides against it, in order to maintain the position.
Khairul Nurul Arsyad throwing some rather feeble looking strikes off his back.
Khairul Nurul Arsyad trying to strike from the bottom but really, it's not the best position to be doing that from!
White drops back looking for a leg! Khairul Nurul Arsyad is in trouble here! The fighters roll with the hold and Khairul Nurul Arsyad manages to kick White off! White jumps back into Khairul Nurul Arsyad's guard.
White lands a couple of decent looking shots.
Khairul Nurul Arsyad looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
White drops back for a leg! It's a sloppy attempt though and White jumps back into guard quickly, to retain the dominant position.
White is trying to work a guillotine from the top, or something like that? Don't know how he thinks he's going to get a finish from there.
The referee has decided to stand the fighters back up, so we'll restart on the feet.
Khairul Nurul Arsyad fakes a strike and closes the distance, dragging White to the ground. Khairul Nurul Arsyad is now in White's guard.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Khairul Nurul Arsyad wants to control from the top but White keeps moving.
White looking for a guillotine here but Khairul Nurul Arsyad defends easily.
Khairul Nurul Arsyad working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of White's head.
Khairul Nurul Arsyad preventing the sweep.
Khairul Nurul Arsyad trying to stand up but can't free himself from White's guard.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Khairul Nurul Arsyad wants to control from the top but White keeps moving.
White looking for submissions off his back, moving his hips, looking for an opening.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Martin White dominated that round.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.
Khairul Nurul Arsyad lands with a thumping leg kick.
Khairul Nurul Arsyad moves into the clinch.
Khairul Nurul Arsyad breaks from the clinch.
Khairul Nurul Arsyad drives through with a takedown into White's guard. Let's see what he can do from the top position.
Khairul Nurul Arsyad avoids a guillotine attempt easily.
Khairul Nurul Arsyad trying to control but White is working from the bottom.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Khairul Nurul Arsyad would like to get this fight back to the feet but can't get free from the closed guard.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
White trying to strike off his back.
Khairul Nurul Arsyad lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Khairul Nurul Arsyad wanted to stand there but White had control of the position.
Khairul Nurul Arsyad trying to control the position from guard on top but White is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Khairul Nurul Arsyad lands a couple of digs.
White escapes his hips to the side and looks to be working for an armbar. Khairul Nurul Arsyad gives him a little smile and shakes his head. No chance.
Khairul Nurul Arsyad wants to control from the top but White keeps moving.
White has his foot on Khairul Nurul Arsyad's thigh. He's trying to push off and get in position for a triangle, I think. Khairul Nurul Arsyad works his way back into a safe position though.
Khairul Nurul Arsyad is taking a break and basically stalling. The referee will not allow him to do that for long.
Khairul Nurul Arsyad trying to control the position from guard on top but White is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
My god... these two guys really need to pick up the pace or everyone will leave to go get a beer.
White tries to drive through with a takedown attempt but Khairul Nurul Arsyad defends well and White ends up having to push Khairul Nurul Arsyad into the cage where they will battle it out in the clinch.
Khairul Nurul Arsyad drives through with a really nice takedown into side control.
Khairul Nurul Arsyad trying to control the position but White is working away.
White wings away with a couple of strikes but they don't land.
Khairul Nurul Arsyad stands up and we're back to a striking position.
Khairul Nurul Arsyad pushes White up against the cage in a clinch.
Khairul Nurul Arsyad gets underhooks to prevent White's takedown attempt.
Khairul Nurul Arsyad ties up his opponent against the cage and manages to drag the fight down to the ground. Khairul Nurul Arsyad no doubt will be looking to work submissions from his guard.
Khairul Nurul Arsyad is trying to control the position from the bottom.
White throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Khairul Nurul Arsyad works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Khairul Nurul Arsyad has his hands on White's head, controlling the position.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
White loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Khairul Nurul Arsyad looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Khairul Nurul Arsyad is trying to control the position but White postures up.
White has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
White is working Khairul Nurul Arsyad over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes.
White makes a bit of distance and scores with some ground and pound, still in guard.
Khairul Nurul Arsyad is looking to get back to his feet but can't, whilst White is controlling him.
Khairul Nurul Arsyad is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.
White manages to get to full guard.
Khairul Nurul Arsyad drops back looking for a leg! White is in trouble here! The fighters roll with the hold and White manages to kick Khairul Nurul Arsyad off! Khairul Nurul Arsyad jumps back into White's guard.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Khairul Nurul Arsyad trying to control but White is working from the bottom.
There's a bit of a scramble here and now White is on top in guard.
Khairul Nurul Arsyad is looking for a guillotine. You can't force these things though and White defends well.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
White postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
White chips away with some ground and pound.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Khairul Azwan Khairul Nurul Arsyad showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action. The crowd applaud as we get ready to start the final round!
Khairul Nurul Arsyad closes the distance and clinches.
White has Khairul Nurul Arsyad pressed up against the cage and is working for takedown. Khairul Nurul Arsyad manages to improve position though and keeps the fight standing.
Khairul Nurul Arsyad manages to pull guard.
Khairul Nurul Arsyad looking to control.
White drops back for a leg! It's a sloppy attempt though and White jumps back into guard quickly, to retain the dominant position.
White preventing the sweep.
Khairul Nurul Arsyad is avoiding any damage by keeping wrist control.
White throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Khairul Nurul Arsyad works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
White postures up.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
The referee must be thinking about standing these guys back up.
White drops back, looking for a kneebar! Khairul Nurul Arsyad looks panicked! The fighters roll across the mat, one looking to finish, one looking to escape. Khairul Nurul Arsyad looks to have wriggled free... Yes, he's got his leg free and he's dived into side control! Good work there from Khairul Nurul Arsyad!
Khairul Nurul Arsyad trying to control the position but White is working away.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
That's one minute gone in the round.
White is looking to regain half guard here but Khairul Nurul Arsyad keeps moving and retains side control.
Khairul Nurul Arsyad tries for an arm triangle. That looks pretty tight to me. Is this one over!?! Possibly, maybe, no Khairul Nurul Arsyad has let go of the choke. Obviously it wasn't as tight as we thought!
White throwing some weak shots from the bottom that do no damage.
White throws a couple of punches but he's in a bad position and they don't land.
Khairul Nurul Arsyad is looking to take a break and control but White is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Khairul Nurul Arsyad wants to work for a kimura but he's foiled early by White, who protects the arm well.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
White tries to improve position but can't.
White lands a little strike from the bottom.
Khairul Nurul Arsyad lands a decent elbow from side control.
Khairul Nurul Arsyad has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
White is not content to let Khairul Nurul Arsyad control the position.
Khairul Azwan Khairul Nurul Arsyad has got the better of the ground game so far.
White is looking to reverse the position.
Khairul Nurul Arsyad scores with punches from side control.
Khairul Nurul Arsyad trying to control the position but White is working away.
White tries to bench press Khairul Nurul Arsyad off him but Khairul Nurul Arsyad keeps the position.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Khairul Nurul Arsyad scores with a couple of short elbows.
Khairul Nurul Arsyad taking a breather here.
White tries to bench press Khairul Nurul Arsyad off him but Khairul Nurul Arsyad keeps the position.
White manages to work his way to half guard, despite Khairul Nurul Arsyad's best efforts.
Khairul Nurul Arsyad has freed up his trapped foot and advances to mount.
Khairul Nurul Arsyad scoring with strikes but White is staying in there.
Khairul Nurul Arsyad trying to control but he's not successful this time.
White throwing hammer fists to the chest of Khairul Nurul Arsyad. What's that going to do exactly?
White flailing away with punches but nothing is landing.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
White flailing away with punches but nothing is landing.
Khairul Nurul Arsyad wants to take White's back but he can't do it this time.
White is looking to get to half guard.
Khairul Nurul Arsyad lands with some strikes.
Khairul Nurul Arsyad looking for a guillotine from mount but White is having none of it.
White is flailing around like a fish out of water, trying to land strikes.
White is looking to improve his position but Khairul Nurul Arsyad isn't that keen on the idea.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
White is working hard here to advance position.
Khairul Nurul Arsyad landing strikes, looking to finish!
And that's the end of the fight!
Khairul Azwan Khairul Nurul Arsyad comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Khairul Nurul Arsyad 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 Michael Johnstone scores the fight 28:29
Judge Winston Alpacca scores the fight 28:29
Judge Santiago Holmes scores the fight 28:29
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Khairul Azwan Khairul Nurul Arsyad!
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