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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Ingvar Ingesson (ranked 1129 p4p, 153 weight class) and Malik Al-Khaldi (ranked 1721 p4p, 228 weight class). Ingesson comes to the cage accompanied by Sail - AWOLNATION. Al-Khaldi has chosen Terror - Shot Of Reality as his entrance music, which hasn't gone down very well with the crowd. These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.
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202 lbs
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191 lbs
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World class boxer
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
14 - 10 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Ingvar Ingesson!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
25 - 8 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Malik Al-Khaldi!
The judges for this bout are Frank Antenori, and Jack Bonds.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Ingesson on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Al-Khaldi. Al-Khaldi obviously looking to wear him down.
Ingesson misses with a few strikes there.
Ingesson misses with an uppercut. Al-Khaldi saw that one coming.
Al-Khaldi throws a quick inside leg kick.
A slow jab from Al-Khaldi misses its intended target.
A head kick by Al-Khaldi misses
and Ingesson counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
It looks like Malik Al-Khaldi has been cut.
Al-Khaldi walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
Ingesson swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
A nice leg kick lands there from Al-Khaldi.
Al-Khaldi misses with a leg kick.
Al-Khaldi with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Ingesson definitely looks more muscular than last time we saw him fight.
Al-Khaldi on the wrong end of a nice jab.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
A decent looking body kick lands there for Al-Khaldi.
Al-Khaldi swings away with a leg kick that misses.
Ingesson throws a looping overhand right but Al-Khaldi ducks down to avoid it.
Al-Khaldi pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Al-Khaldi throws a head kick but Ingesson moves out of range.
Ingesson was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Al-Khaldi misses with a head kick.
Al-Khaldi scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Ingesson's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Al-Khaldi connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Ingesson scrambles back to his feet.
Ingesson walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
Al-Khaldi misses with a head kick.
Al-Khaldi slips a straight right by Ingesson.
Ingesson darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
Ingesson throws a series of strikes that have Al-Khaldi backpedaling.
Nice shot lands for Al-Khaldi.
Malik Al-Khaldi is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Ingesson lands a jab. Then a cross. Then finally a nice hook to the body. Good work there by Ingesson.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Some bone on bone action there as Ingesson checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
Ingesson throwing a counter right hand but Al-Khaldi manages to avoid it.
Ingesson throws a hook but Al-Khaldi avoids it easily.
Al-Khaldi dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Al-Khaldi scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Ingesson doesn't seem bothered though.
Ingesson takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Al-Khaldi attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
Ingesson fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Al-Khaldi manages to avoid it.
Al-Khaldi cracks Ingesson with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
Al-Khaldi is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
That has opened up Malik Al-Khaldi's cut even more.
Al-Khaldi takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Al-Khaldi has been spending a lot of time sparring his boxing in the run up to the fight, trying to sharpen up those hands and look for a knockout.
Ingesson takes one on the button.
Ingesson lands with a cross.
Ingesson avoids the head kick by Al-Khaldi.
Ingesson will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Al-Khaldi is clearly trying to counter these attacks from Ingesson with a body shot.
A head kick from Al-Khaldi lands but Ingesson takes it in his stride.
Ingesson tries to check a leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
A slapping leg kick lands for Al-Khaldi.
Al-Khaldi fails to land with a series of punches.
Ingesson was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ingesson fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Al-Khaldi lands with a hook. Ingesson tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
Ingesson takes a swing at Al-Khaldi's ribcage but misses.
Ingesson misses with a left hand
and Al-Khaldi makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Al-Khaldi avoids the body shot from Ingesson.
Al-Khaldi bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Al-Khaldi swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Ingesson pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Ingesson throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Al-Khaldi clinches.
A head punch on the inside from Al-Khaldi fails to land.
Al-Khaldi lands a left hand that snaps the head of Ingesson backwards.
Ingesson misses with some punches.
Ingesson blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Ingesson lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Al-Khaldi backwards.
Al-Khaldi lands a left hand.
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!
Ingesson blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
A shot in the inside from Al-Khaldi.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Al-Khaldi scores with a shot to the side of Ingesson's head.
Ingesson pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Ingesson misses with a double jab.
Al-Khaldi uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Ingesson.
Ingesson pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Al-Khaldi throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Ingesson stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Al-Khaldi buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Ingesson cracks Al-Khaldi with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
Ingesson stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Al-Khaldi.
Ingesson scores with a punch to the head.
The cut above Malik Al-Khaldi's eye is starting to cause him problems now.
Ingesson rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
letting Al-Khaldi counter with a right hand.
Ingesson misses with a looping left.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Ingesson on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Al-Khaldi. Al-Khaldi obviously looking to wear him down.
A jab from Al-Khaldi misses.
Al-Khaldi ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Malik Al-Khaldi dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Malik Al-Khaldi's cut.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!
Al-Khaldi staying out of range there.
Al-Khaldi throws a low kick but Ingesson avoids it.
Al-Khaldi avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Ingesson throws a series of strikes that have Al-Khaldi backpedaling.
Al-Khaldi misses the shot to the body.
Al-Khaldi misses with a low kick.
Ingesson throws a series of punches but Al-Khaldi moves out of range.
Al-Khaldi replies with a solid counter kick to the body but Ingesson blocks it well.
A slapping leg kick lands for Al-Khaldi.
Al-Khaldi loads up on a big right hand but Ingesson slips the punch.
Al-Khaldi walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Ingesson checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Ingesson blocks a leg kick.
Malik Al-Khaldi seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Ingesson's corner calls for a 1-2. Ingesson obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
Ingesson uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Al-Khaldi.
Al-Khaldi misses with a body kick.
Al-Khaldi looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Ingesson avoids a kick to the body.
Ingesson looks to throw the jab but Al-Khaldi is out of range.
Ingesson misses with a straight left.
Ingesson throws a shot to the body.
Ingesson misses with a hook.
Al-Khaldi moves out of range as Ingesson strikes.
Al-Khaldi slips a straight right by Ingesson.
Ingesson throws a series of punches but Al-Khaldi avoids them all with ease.
Ingesson keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Al-Khaldi.
Al-Khaldi dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Ingesson. That did some damage!
Ingesson lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Al-Khaldi circles away quickly and effectively.
Ingesson throws a right and a left that both miss.
Al-Khaldi steps in looking to clinch after the strikes miss from Ingesson.
Ingesson shoots in for a takedown but Al-Khaldi shows good takedown defense.
Ingesson misses with a looping right.
Ingesson rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Al-Khaldi counters with a good, hard body kick but Ingesson shrugs it off.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Al-Khaldi lands a nice shot to the body.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Ingesson throws a jab when Al-Khaldi was well out of range.
Al-Khaldi counters with a body kick.
Ingesson missing with a left hand there. Al-Khaldi was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Ingesson rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Al-Khaldi moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Al-Khaldi with a jab.
Al-Khaldi throws a head kick that misses.
Ingesson is really head hunting here, hardly looking to strike to the body at all.
Al-Khaldi throws a body kick that sends a sickening thudding noise reverberating around the arena.
Al-Khaldi fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Ingesson.
Al-Khaldi with a jab.
Al-Khaldi lands with a thumping leg kick.
Ingesson throws an overhand right that lands on Al-Khaldi's shoulder, as Al-Khaldi tries to avoid the shot.
Al-Khaldi connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Al-Khaldi connects with a solid leg kick.
Ingesson fails with a takedown attempt from distance.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ingesson takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Al-Khaldi misses the shot to the body.
Al-Khaldi changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Al-Khaldi avoids the body shot from Ingesson.
Al-Khaldi gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Ingesson.
Al-Khaldi throws a nice outside leg kick.
Al-Khaldi pivots, looking for a leg kick but Ingesson is out of range and Al-Khaldi settles back down.
Ingesson checks a leg kick.
Al-Khaldi pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Ingesson throwing a counter right hand but Al-Khaldi manages to avoid it.
Ingesson misses with a straight left.
Al-Khaldi throws a half hearted mid kick.
Al-Khaldi takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Al-Khaldi throws a head kick that looked like it stung.
Al-Khaldi lands a nice shot to the body.
Al-Khaldi stuffs the takedown attempt from Ingesson. Ingesson gets slowly back to his feet.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Ingvar Ingesson. That's going to take a lot out of him.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Al-Khaldi thuds a mid kick into his opponent's body. That will wear on Ingesson if he has to take too many more of those.
Al-Khaldi throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Ingesson keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Ingesson's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Al-Khaldi connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Ingesson scrambles back to his feet.
Ingesson misses with a few strikes there.
Ingesson walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
Ingesson is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
Ingesson throws a big shot that misses.
Al-Khaldi scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Al-Khaldi scoring well with a low kick there.
Al-Khaldi uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Ingesson.
Al-Khaldi throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Ingesson stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Al-Khaldi scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Malik Al-Khaldi showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Malik Al-Khaldi's cut.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action! This is the final round!
Al-Khaldi slips a straight right by Ingesson.
Ingesson takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
Ingesson swinging wildly here.
Al-Khaldi looks to score with a jab to the body but Ingesson is just out of range.
A big left from Ingesson misses.
Al-Khaldi misses with an uppercut
and Ingesson counters with a stiff right hand.
A jab from Ingesson does it's job there.
A jab from Ingesson finds it's way through Al-Khaldi's defenses.
A shot to the liver by Al-Khaldi. Beautiful body shot.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Al-Khaldi avoids the body shot from Ingesson.
Ingesson has a nice red mark on his side after a thudding body kick by Al-Khaldi.
Al-Khaldi scores with a jab to the body.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Al-Khaldi walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Ingesson checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
Al-Khaldi lands a leg kick that knocks Ingesson off balance momentarily.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Ingesson misses the jab.
Al-Khaldi takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Ingesson throws a hook but Al-Khaldi blocks it.
It seemed like Al-Khaldi was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Al-Khaldi scores with a jab to the head.
Al-Khaldi throws a leg kick which misses Ingesson's front leg but catches the back leg as Ingesson tries to avoid it.
A looping hook to the body misses from Al-Khaldi. Ingesson does a little dance to reset his feet.
A punch combination from Ingesson misses.
Al-Khaldi looks to land a combination but Ingesson avoids it well.
Al-Khaldi walks into a stiff left hand from Ingesson.
Al-Khaldi takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
Al-Khaldi displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Ingesson throws out the jab.
Al-Khaldi lands a leg kick that knocks Ingesson off balance momentarily.
Al-Khaldi thumps Ingesson with a low kick.
Ingesson misses with a straight left.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Al-Khaldi digs a good body shot into Ingesson's ribs.
Al-Khaldi throws a body kick that sends a sickening thudding noise reverberating around the arena.
Al-Khaldi throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Al-Khaldi tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Ingesson paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Al-Khaldi throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.
Ingesson lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
Ingesson throws a big shot that misses.
Ingesson connects with a single shot there.
Ingesson connects with a body shot.
Some wild striking there from Ingesson.
Ingesson looks to throw the jab but Al-Khaldi is out of range.
Al-Khaldi throws a head kick that misses.
Ingvar Ingesson has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Al-Khaldi is looking to slow Ingesson down with leg kicks.
Al-Khaldi keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Ingesson.
Ingesson misses with a right hand
and Al-Khaldi counters with a three punch combo that has Ingesson backing up. Ingesson nods at Al-Khaldi to acknowledge the strikes.
Danga de danga de dang - Al-Khaldi scores with a four punch combination!
Al-Khaldi ducks under a wild hook from Ingesson.
Ingesson will be looking to protect his midsection after taking some solid kicks to the body.
Al-Khaldi avoids the body shot from Ingesson.
Al-Khaldi lunges at Ingesson with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Ingesson's hand.
Al-Khaldi misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Ingesson drops his hands momentarily and Al-Khaldi takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
Ingesson lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Al-Khaldi circles away quickly and effectively.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Ingesson throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Al-Khaldi.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Al-Khaldi feints and then cracks Ingesson's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Ingesson down.
Al-Khaldi uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Ingesson.
Malik Al-Khaldi is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.
A head kick misses from Al-Khaldi.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Al-Khaldi connects with a crisp jab.
Ingesson misses with a wild combination.
Al-Khaldi lands a nice looking body shot.
Al-Khaldi dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Al-Khaldi connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Al-Khaldi looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Ingesson throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Ingesson throws a hook to the side of Al-Khaldi's head but Al-Khaldi sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Al-Khaldi looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Ingesson throws a left and a right that both miss
and Al-Khaldi counters with a one-two to the body.
Ingesson throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Al-Khaldi counters with a nice body kick.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Al-Khaldi gets in close and instigates a clinch.
And that's the end of the fight!
Malik Al-Khaldi comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Al-Khaldi 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 Frank Antenori scores the fight 27:30
Judge Percy O'Donnell scores the fight 27:30
Judge Jack Bonds scores the fight 27:30
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Malik Al-Khaldi!
Malik Al-Khaldi seemed lost for words in his post fight interview but he remembered to thank his fans and directed everyone to his website.
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