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Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Ijsa Mohammed (ranked 1348 p4p, 59 weight class) and Cyrus Great (ranked 1253 p4p, 55 weight class). Ijsa Mohammed could well score a knockout today. He has the power to get to Cyrus Great's chin.
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Good wrestling
Great elbows
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World class boxer
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the super heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
12 - 9 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Ijsa Mohammed!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
13 - 12 - 0, fighting out of New York, Cyrus Great!
The judges for this bout are Yasuomi Hirokawa, Hirohito Nitta and Tatsuya Matsuyama.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Mohammed misses with a two punch combination.
Mohammed walks into a stiff left hand from Great.
Mohammed scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.
Ijsa Mohammed seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Mohammed looks to land a combination but Great avoids it well.
Mohammed clinches with his opponent.
Mohammed creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Mohammed creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Our sources have told us that Mohammed has been working on his elbows in the gym.
Mohammed looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Great dodges an elbow strike from Mohammed.
Mohammed looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Mohammed using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Great has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Mohammed lands an elbow inside that Great shrugs off.
Mohammed pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Great breaks from the clinch.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Mohammed tries to clinch up.
Great scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Mohammed tries to clinch there but Great circles away.
Mohammed is looking to clinch but Great is avoiding it.
Mohammed fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Great, pushing him back against the cage.
Great tries to break free but Mohammed pushes him back against the cage.
Mohammed tries to land knees in the clinch but Great avoids the damage to the body.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Great blocks an elbow strike.
Great lands with a left to the head.
Great is trying to break the clinch but Mohammed has him pressed against the cage.
Mohammed tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Mohammed tries to land a knee to the head but Great blocks with his arms.
Great is trying to force a seperation but Mohammed has the dominant position.
Mohammed lands an elbow inside that Great shrugs off.
Mohammed lands a nice elbow.
Great has been looking to improve his clinch game in recent weeks. Mohammed seems to have the measure of him in the clinch so far, so let's see if Great can turn it around.
Great dodges an elbow strike from Mohammed.
Mohammed comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
It looks like Cyrus Great has been cut.
Mohammed has Great pressed against the cage, preventing Great from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Mohammed misses with a hook from the clinch.
Great's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Mohammed fails in his attempt to clinch.
Great swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Mohammed wants to clinch
enabling Great to counter with a crisp jab.
Mohammed tries to clinch but Great is having none of it.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Great! But no joy.
Mohammed tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Great manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
No joy there for Mohammed, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Mohammed is looking to clinch.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Mohammed tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Mohammed closes the distance but Great moves to the side
and Great connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Great avoids a punch combination nicely.
Mohammed is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Great lets it all go there with a big combo counter but none of the punches connected.
Mohammed slips a jab and a cross from Great.
Mohammed seem to be loading up, looking for a big counter.
Mohammed tries to clinch there but Great circles away.
Mohammed tries to close the distance and clinch up but Great swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Mohammed fails in his attempt to clinch.
Great swats away the attempt to clinch by Mohammed.
Mohammed misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Mohammed misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Great throws a shot from downtown. Mohammed moves away and avoids it.
Mohammed seem to be loading up, looking for a big counter.
Mohammed tries to close the distance and clinch up but Great swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Great is clearly trying to counter these attacks from Mohammed with a body shot.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Great swats away the attempt to clinch by Mohammed.
Great looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Mohammed wants to clinch.
Mohammed defending well as Great loads up on a big left hand.
Mohammed tries to grapple but his opponent circles
and Great connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Great looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Mohammed drives through and clinches with Great against the cage.
Mohammed looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Great is trying to break the clinch but Mohammed is controlling him.
Mohammed trying to land knees to the body.
Mohammed misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Great.
Mohammed landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Great blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Mohammed pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Great manages to break the clinch.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Great takes a swing at Mohammed's ribcage but misses.
Mohammed throws a series of punches but Great moves out of range.
Mohammed has managed to clinch.
Great managing to block the knees to the body from Mohammed.
Mohammed scores a nice knee to the body.
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!
Mohammed using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Great looks winded!
Mohammed lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Mohammed has Great pressed against the cage, preventing Great from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Mohammed lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Great blocks an elbow strike from Mohammed.
Great tries to break the clinch but Mohammed is controlling the position.
Mohammed lands an elbow that stopped Great in his tracks for a moment.
Mohammed trying to land knees to the body.
Mohammed comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Mohammed pushes off an throws an elbow but Great leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Mohammed tries to land a knee to the head but Great blocks with his arms.
Great's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Mohammed throws a series of punches but Great moves out of range.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Ijsa Mohammed dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Cyrus Great's cut.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.
Mohammed throws a series of punches but Great moves out of range.
Mohammed fails with an attempt to clinch.
Mohammed is looking to clinch but Great is avoiding it.
Mohammed wants to clinch up but Great keeps it at a distance.
Despite the aggression on Great's face he doesn't fully commit to the counter.
Mohammed tries to clinch but Great moves out of range.
Great showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Mohammed.
Great misses with a wild combination.
Mohammed wants to clinch up but Great keeps it at a distance.
Great avoids a punch combination nicely.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Great throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Mohammed throwing a counter right hand but Great manages to avoid it.
Great lands with a good body shot.
Great scores with a body shot.
Mohammed is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Great can do to turn this around?
Mohammed throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Mohammed tries to close the distance and clinch up but Great swats him away and circles back towards the center.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Mohammed tries to clinch but Great is having none of it.
Great misses with a straight left.
Great throws a nice looking combination but Mohammed bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Great throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Mohammed closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
Mohammed is looking to clinch but Great is avoiding it.
Great throws out a counter right but Mohammed avoids it with no problem.
Mohammed wants to clinch
and Great cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Great throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Mohammed fails in his attempt to clinch.
Great looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Sloppy strikes from Mohammed. Those never looked like landing.
Great jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Mohammed tries to clinch up.
Cyrus Great seems to be getting the better of the standup.
A telegraphed right hand from Great misses the target.
Mohammed falls off balance throwing a combination
and Great counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Great circles away from the clinch attempt.
Mohammed wants to clinch.
Great blocks a head kick by Mohammed.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Mohammed tries to clinch but Great moves out of range.
Mohammed doesn't manage to clinch there - Great circles away.
Great pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Great avoids a punch combination nicely.
Great is loading up here, looking for a big counter of his own.
Mohammed throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Great cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Sloppy strikes from Great. Those never looked like landing.
Mohammed tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Great manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Mohammed lands a two punch combo.
Mohammed uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Great.
A telegraphed right hand from Great misses the target.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Great waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Mohammed.
A combination from Mohammed does no damage.
Mohammed's corner calls for a 1, 2 combination and Mohammed duly obliges.
Mohammed tries to clinch up but Great circles away and keeps his distance.
Great slips a jab and a cross from Mohammed.
Mohammed tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Great paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Mohammed fails with an attempt to clinch.
Mohammed throws a right hand that Great ducks under and follows up with a left that Great also avoids with ease.
Great throws out a counter right but Mohammed avoids it with no problem.
Great throws a body shot but no joy.
Great lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Mohammed at a distance.
Great throws a big shot that misses.
Great circles away from the clinch attempt
letting Great counter with a right hand.
Great scores with a jab.
Mohammed wants to clinch.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Mohammed tries to clinch but Great is having none of it.
Mohammed misses with a head kick.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Mohammed looks to clinch
and Great counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Mohammed tries to clinch but Great moves out of range.
Great swats away the attempt to clinch by Mohammed.
Great now looks to counter with a shot at the body.
Mohammed wants to clinch up but Great keeps it at a distance.
Mohammed tries to clinch but Great moves out of range.
Great looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Mohammed wants to clinch.
Great throws the left hand but Mohammed avoids the punch easily.
Great scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Mohammed moves in looking to clinch but Great pushes him off.
Mohammed is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Great now looks to counter with a shot at the body.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Cyrus Great showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Cyrus Great's cut.
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. Let's get this one finished - here comes the final round!
Mohammed fails with an attempt to clinch.
Great throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Mohammed throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Great looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Mohammed defending well as Great loads up on a big left hand.
Mohammed tries to close the distance and clinch but Great swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Mohammed looks to clinch
letting Great counter with a right hand.
Great throws a series of punches but Mohammed avoids them all with ease.
Mohammed closes the distance and clinches.
Mohammed pushes off an throws an elbow but Great leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Mohammed utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Mohammed lands an elbow inside that Great shrugs off.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Mohammed misses with an elbow over the top.
Mohammed misses with an elbow strike.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Mohammed just misses with a elbow thrown towards Great's brow.
Great working hard to break the clinch.
Great wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Great avoids a wild elbow strike from Mohammed.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Mohammed missing with knees to the body.
Great breaks the clinch.
Mohammed wants to clinch but Great slips to the side
and Great counters with a stiff right hand.
Mohammed forces Great back against the cage and clinches.
Great breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Great throws a body punch but Mohammed moves out of range.
Mohammed wants to clinch up but Great keeps it at a distance.
Mohammed clinches up against the cage.
Great blocks an elbow strike from Mohammed.
Great blocks an elbow strike from Mohammed.
Great blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Mohammed throws an elbow that misses.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Great breaks the clinch.
Great misses with a body shot.
Great misses with a looping left.
Mohammed swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Mohammed looks to clinch
and Great counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Great lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Mohammed at a distance.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Great misses with a double jab.
Mohammed is looking for a counter combo.
Mohammed is looking to clinch.
A jab from Great misses.
Great misses with a series of wild punches.
Mohammed tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Great misses with a looping left.
Great scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
Mohammed tries to clinch up but Great circles away and keeps his distance.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Great! But no joy.
Mohammed keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
Mohammed throws a left and a right that both miss
enabling Great to counter with a crisp jab.
Great lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Mohammed circles away quickly and effectively.
Great misses with a hook.
Mohammed swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Great misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Mohammed appears to be looking for a big counter.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
A telegraphed right hand from Great misses the target.
Mohammed staying out of range there.
Mohammed forces Great back against the cage and clinches.
Mohammed tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Great avoids it.
Great escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Mohammed instigates a clinch.
Great managing to block the knees to the body from Mohammed.
Mohammed is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Great is defending well for now.
Mohammed lands a nice elbow.
Still in the clinch, Great scores with a nice short uppercut.
Mohammed pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Mohammed scores with a knee to the head.
Mohammed is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Great breaks from the clinch.
Mohammed tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Great paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Great lets it all go there with a big combo counter but none of the punches connected.
Mohammed wants to clinch but Great slips to the side
and Great counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
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!
Great misses with the combination.
Mohammed is looking to clinch.
Mohammed uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Great.
Mohammed tries to clinch up but Great circles away and keeps his distance.
Mohammed ducks under a wild hook from Great.
Great keeps the fight on the outside.
Great let fly with a counter punch to the body but it didn't land.
The fight moves into the clinch position.
Ijsa Mohammed has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Mohammed misses with a knee strike.
Mohammed scores with a nice hook to the head.
Mohammed misses with an elbow over the top.
Great is trying to force a seperation but Mohammed has the dominant position.
Great breaks from the clinch.
Great scores with a hook.
Great thuds his right hand into Mohammed's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.
Great showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Mohammed.
And that's the end of the fight!
I would just about give that final round to Cyrus Great.
I think Great has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. 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 Yasuomi Hirokawa scores the fight 28:29
Judge Hirohito Nitta scores the fight 28:29
Judge Tatsuya Matsuyama scores the fight 28:29
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Cyrus Great!
A relieved looking Cyrus Great thanked the fans for their support and gave the usual line about them being amazing. They seemed to believe that he actually meant it.
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energy
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hype
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pop
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