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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between MoMo ElSahla (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Andrew Stavros (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Andrew Stavros is staring across the cage at his opponent, tweaking his nipples.
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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 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, MoMo ElSahla!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Andrew Stavros!
The judges for this bout are Don Winkell, and Frank Antenori.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
ElSahla rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Stavros moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
ElSahla throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Stavros wants to counter the offense by ElSahla and move into the clinch position.
ElSahla looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Stavros misses with a wild body shot.
Stavros works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
A cross from Stavros lands.
Stavros showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from ElSahla.
ElSahla sets himself, and Stavros steps forward looking for the clinch! ElSahla avoids it this time.
Stavros misses with an uppercut. ElSahla saw that one coming.
Stavros lands a lovely overhand right.
ElSahla closes the distance and clinches.
Stavros lands a hook to the side of the head.
A shot in the inside from Stavros.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Stavros lands a right hand that snaps the head of ElSahla backwards.
Stavros scores with a nice hook to the head.
Stavros softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
That's one minute gone in the round.
ElSahla is trying to break the clinch but Stavros is controlling him.
Stavros escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
ElSahla moves into range and clinches up with Stavros.
Stavros stalling in the clinch.
Still in the clinch, Stavros scores with a nice short uppercut.
A short right from Stavros on the inside.
Stavros tries to throw a body punch but ElSahla avoids it by throwing Stavros back against the cage.
A short right from Stavros on the inside.
A hook to the body from Stavros.
ElSahla jumps guard but Stavros stands there with ElSahla around his waist. ElSahla gives up and drops back to his feet. We remain in the clinch.
Stavros manages to break the clinch.
Stavros throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Stavros with a nice cross.
ElSahla rushes Stavros and presses him up against the cage.
Stavros fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Stavros has ElSahla pressed against the cage, preventing ElSahla from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Stavros throws a punch but it's blocked by ElSahla.
Stavros struggles to land a body shot inside as ElSahla controls his hands.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Stavros misses with a body punch.
ElSahla is trying to push Stavros away but Stavros has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
ElSahla is trying to force a seperation but Stavros has the dominant position.
Stavros effectively controlling the action here.
ElSahla is trying to break free.
ElSahla wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Stavros escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
ElSahla fails with a takedown attempt.
ElSahla jabbing away but nothing is landing.
ElSahla takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
ElSahla gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
ElSahla tries to break free but Stavros pushes him back against the cage.
Stavros breaks the clinch.
Andrew Stavros is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
ElSahla closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
A short left from Stavros.
Stavros stalling in the clinch.
Stavros slowing the pace effectively.
Stavros continues to stall. The referee tells him to work or he's going to break them up.
ElSahla taking a breather.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
ElSahla wants to break the clinch but can't.
Stavros breaks from the clinch.
ElSahla clinches with his opponent.
Stavros working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Stavros manages to break the clinch.
ElSahla looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Stavros cracks a nice hook into ElSahla's ribs.
Stavros connects with a nice looking jab.
Stavros lands a left and a right that send ElSahla crashing to the mat, dazed. Stavros thinks about following him to the mat but decides to wave him back up to his feet!
ElSahla is rocked!
ElSahla shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Oh ElSahla is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
ElSahla clinches up with Stavros and pushes him back against the cage.
ElSahla wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Stavros leaning against his opponent.
ElSahla jumps guard but his hands slip and he falls flat on his back. Well, he's made himself look a right mug there, as Stavros walks away with a smile on his face. ElSahla gets slowly back to his feet and shakes his head.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for MoMo ElSahla. That's going to take a lot out of him.
ElSahla fails with a takedown attempt.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Andrew Stavros dominated that round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!
Stavros with a jab.
ElSahla seems to have got his legs back now.
Stavros misses with a body shot.
ElSahla goes for a double leg but Stavros avoids the attempt and the two fighters end up clinched against the cage as Stavros continues to drive forward.
Stavros slips a jab from ElSahla.
Stavros swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and ElSahla counters with a one-two to the body.
ElSahla takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Stavros misses with a few strikes there.
As Stavros looks to move away, ElSahla throws a big counter combo but Stavros just gets out of the way.
MoMo ElSahla is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
ElSahla attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
ElSahla tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from Stavros.
ElSahla looks to land a combination but Stavros avoids it well.
Stavros misses with a straight left.
ElSahla is looking for a counter combo.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Stavros lands an overhand right.
ElSahla misses with a wild body shot.
ElSahla fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
ElSahla looks to score with a jab to the body but Stavros is just out of range.
Andrew Stavros seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Stavros looks to land a combination. ElSahla sees it coming but can only parry a couple of the shots.
ElSahla throws a head kick but Stavros moves out of range.
Stavros scores with the left hand. ElSahla knows he should have avoided that one.
ElSahla swinging wildly here.
ElSahla takes one on the button.
Stavros falls off balance throwing a combination
and ElSahla cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
ElSahla shoots in for a double leg but Stavros sprawls well. That's going to sap some energy.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for MoMo ElSahla. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Stavros works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Stavros moves out of range as ElSahla throws a body kick.
Stavros is trying to avoid his opponent's strikes and get into the clinch.
ElSahla throws a two punch combo that lands nicely.
Nice sprawl there from Stavros as ElSahla shoots in.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
ElSahla takes one on the button.
Stavros swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
ElSahla takes the fight into the clinch.
Stavros scores with a nice hook to the head.
ElSahla wants to break free but Stavros has control.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
ElSahla is trying to break the clinch but Stavros has him pressed against the cage.
Stavros lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
A short right from Stavros on the inside.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Stavros lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Stavros gets through ElSahla's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
A body shot lands from Stavros.
ElSahla trying to control the position but instead, Stavros has worked for underhooks and has pushed ElSahla into the cage.
Stavros breaks from the clinch.
Stavros jabs. That one connects to the head of his opponent.
Stavros has used his reach advantage pretty well so far tonight.
Stavros scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Stavros has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
A punch combination from ElSahla misses.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Stavros lands with a shot to the body.
ElSahla gets in close and instigates a clinch.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
A right handed body shot lands from Stavros.
Stavros lands a left hand.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Stavros.
ElSahla swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Stavros leaning his opponent against the cage.
ElSahla working hard to break the clinch.
Stavros lands an uppercut.
Stavros keeps control of ElSahla as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Andrew Stavros 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. And we move into the final round!
Nice takedown defense from Stavros. No joy for ElSahla on that attempt.
ElSahla shoots in but Stavros avoids the takedown attempt easily.
Stavros connects with a single shot there.
Nice shot by Stavros.
ElSahla moves into the clinch.
Stavros lands an uppercut.
Stavros misses with a body punch.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
ElSahla's corner are urging him to control the action in the clinch for a moment, rather than mount any serious offense. I'm sure the crowd appreciate those instructions... not.
ElSahla tries to jump guard but he falls flat on his backside. Stavros smiles and moves away.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for MoMo ElSahla. That's going to take a lot out of him.
ElSahla takes the fight into the clinch.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Stavros works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
ElSahla is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
Still in the clinch, Stavros scores with a nice short uppercut.
Stavros misses with a hook to the ribs.
Stavros escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Stavros lands with a right hand.
Stavros lands with a hook. ElSahla tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
Stavros scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Stavros smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Stavros throws a body shot but no joy.
Stavros tries to keep at a distance but ElSahla has taken the fight into the clinch.
ElSahla misses with a short punch on the inside.
Stavros escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
A big left from Stavros misses.
As Stavros looks to move away, ElSahla throws a big counter combo but Stavros just gets out of the way.
Stavros lands a body shot.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
A big left from ElSahla misses.
ElSahla sets himself, and Stavros steps forward looking for the clinch! ElSahla avoids it this time.
Stavros throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
ElSahla shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Stavros scores with a sloppy right hand. ElSahla should have avoided that one.
ElSahla moves into range and clinches up with Stavros.
Stavros lands on the inside with an uppercut.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Stavros tries to throw a body punch but ElSahla avoids it by throwing Stavros back against the cage.
ElSahla looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
Stavros breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
ElSahla will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Stavros stuffs a takedown. It's all about dictating where the fight takes place and Stavros wants it to stay on the feet.
ElSahla takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Andrew Stavros is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.
ElSahla throws a nice looking combination but Stavros bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
A cross from Stavros lands.
Stavros lands a jab to the nose.
Stavros thuds his right hand into ElSahla's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.
Stavros lands a jab.
ElSahla tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
ElSahla takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
Stavros lands a jab.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
ElSahla takes one to the side of the head.
Stavros lands a straight punch to the body, keeping ElSahla at a distance.
Stavros lands with a nice combination. ElSahla backs away looking to recover.
ElSahla walks into a jab.
ElSahla gets cracked there but stands up to it.
Stavros's jab looks to have found its range, popping ElSahla under the eye.
ElSahla changes levels and looks for a double leg takedown. Stavros tries to avoid it but ElSahla manages to keep hold of a leg and drag Stavros to the ground. Stavros escapes though and pops straight back up to his feet.
ElSahla closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Stavros keeps control of ElSahla as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
MoMo ElSahla has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
ElSahla misses with an elbow over the top.
And that's the end of the fight!
Andrew Stavros comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Stavros 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 Don Winkell scores the fight 27:30
Judge Percy O'Donnell scores the fight 27:30
Judge Frank Antenori scores the fight 27:30
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Andrew Stavros!
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