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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Malik Al-Khaldi (ranked 554 p4p, 69 weight class) and Cole Orion (ranked 922 p4p, 116 weight class). Al-Khaldi's entrance music is Terror - Shot Of Reality. A fine choice. Both fighters really staring each other down here, as Cole Orion enters the cage!
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28 - 8 - 0 |
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Good wrestling
World class boxer
Insanely flexible |
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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
28 - 8 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Malik Al-Khaldi!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
29 - 15 - 1, fighting out of Los Angeles, Cole Orion!
The judges for this bout are , Timothy Bukovac and Frank Antenori.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Orion misses with a hook.
Al-Khaldi throws an overhand right that lands on Orion's shoulder, as Orion tries to avoid the shot.
Nice jab there from Orion.
It looks like Malik Al-Khaldi has been cut.
Al-Khaldi with a hook.
Al-Khaldi uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Orion.
Al-Khaldi slips a jab from Orion.
Orion throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Al-Khaldi drops his hands momentarily and Orion takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
Orion scores with a sloppy right hand. Al-Khaldi should have avoided that one.
Al-Khaldi rushes Orion and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Orion tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Orion misses with the head strike.
Al-Khaldi misses with a punch on the inside.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Al-Khaldi tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Orion working aggressively here.
Orion lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Orion fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Al-Khaldi swings away with an uppercut that misses.
A shot in the inside from Orion.
Al-Khaldi makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Orion lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Orion fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Orion swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Orion lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Al-Khaldi lands a nice uppercut.
Al-Khaldi lands with a right to the head.
Orion wants to stall.
Orion blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Al-Khaldi has a couple of punches blocked by Orion.
Orion gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Al-Khaldi blocking some punches.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Al-Khaldi.
Orion throws a head punch that misses.
Orion lands a shoulder strike.
Al-Khaldi cracks Orion with a nice body shot.
Orion swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Al-Khaldi throws a head punch that misses.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Orion.
Orion lands a body shot in the clinch.
Al-Khaldi lands a shoulder strike.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Orion fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Al-Khaldi lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Orion throws a head punch that misses.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Still in the clinch, Al-Khaldi scores with a nice short uppercut.
Orion blocks a body shot from Al-Khaldi.
Orion misses with a punch on the inside.
Al-Khaldi working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Al-Khaldi misses with a punch to the body.
Orion blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Al-Khaldi makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Al-Khaldi misses with some punches.
Orion misses with a punch on the inside.
Al-Khaldi works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Orion misses with a hook from the clinch.
Al-Khaldi misses with a hook to the ribs.
A head punch on the inside from Al-Khaldi fails to land.
Orion lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Al-Khaldi tries to work over Orion's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Orion.
Al-Khaldi tries to throw a body punch but Orion avoids it by throwing Al-Khaldi back against the cage.
Orion throws a head punch that misses.
Orion throws a punch but it's blocked by Al-Khaldi.
Al-Khaldi fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Al-Khaldi misses with some punches.
Al-Khaldi throws a punch but it's blocked by Orion.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Al-Khaldi misses with a punch on the inside.
Orion working hard to break the clinch.
Orion misses with a punch on the inside.
Orion misses with a hook from the clinch.
Al-Khaldi scores with a shot to the side of Orion's head.
Al-Khaldi misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Orion blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Orion misses with a short punch on the inside.
Al-Khaldi swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Orion misses with some punches.
Al-Khaldi stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Al-Khaldi lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Al-Khaldi blocks an uppercut.
Al-Khaldi lands an uppercut.
Al-Khaldi throws a head punch that misses.
Orion misses with a punch on the inside.
Orion swings wildly with an uppercut but Al-Khaldi uses good head movement to avoid it.
Al-Khaldi scores with a shoulder strike.
Al-Khaldi throws a punch but it's blocked by Orion.
Al-Khaldi blocks an uppercut.
Al-Khaldi lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Orion swings wildly with an uppercut but Al-Khaldi uses good head movement to avoid it.
Al-Khaldi tries to throw a body punch but Orion avoids it by throwing Al-Khaldi back against the cage.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Orion.
A head punch on the inside from Al-Khaldi fails to land.
Al-Khaldi lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Al-Khaldi blocks an uppercut.
Orion swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Al-Khaldi throws a head punch that misses.
Al-Khaldi lands a hook that snaps the head of Orion backwards.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Al-Khaldi.
Al-Khaldi fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Al-Khaldi working aggressively here.
Still in the clinch, Al-Khaldi scores with a nice short uppercut.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Al-Khaldi.
Al-Khaldi lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Orion misses with a short punch on the inside.
Orion lands a hook that snaps the head of Al-Khaldi backwards.
Orion misses with a short punch on the inside.
Al-Khaldi misses with some punches.
Al-Khaldi lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Orion backwards.
Al-Khaldi swings away with an uppercut that misses.
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 Malik Al-Khaldi will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Malik Al-Khaldi's cut.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!
Al-Khaldi takes one on the chin but seems OK.
Malik Al-Khaldi's cut is getting worse.
Orion misses with a looping right.
Orion misses with a hook.
Orion misses with a lunging right hand
and Orion takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Al-Khaldi connects with a jab.
Orion on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Al-Khaldi. Al-Khaldi obviously looking to wear him down.
Al-Khaldi bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
Al-Khaldi uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Orion.
Cole Orion seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Al-Khaldi ducks under a wild hook from Orion.
Orion rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Al-Khaldi counters with a good low kick that Orion was not able to check.
Orion misses with an uppercut.
Orion chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Al-Khaldi can pounce on him.
Orion throws a hook to the side of Al-Khaldi's head but Al-Khaldi sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Orion throws a shot from downtown. Al-Khaldi moves away and avoids it.
Al-Khaldi feinted there with a counter leg kick.
Al-Khaldi scores with a jab to the body.
Al-Khaldi forces Orion back against the cage and clinches.
Orion throws a head punch that misses.
Al-Khaldi misses with some punches.
Orion scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Orion fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Al-Khaldi tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Orion blocking some punches.
Orion misses with some punches.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Al-Khaldi.
Al-Khaldi working aggressively here.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Al-Khaldi.
Al-Khaldi cracks Orion with a nice body shot.
Orion fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Orion's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Al-Khaldi.
A short right from Al-Khaldi.
A short uppercut from Orion.
Orion swings away with an uppercut that misses.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Orion.
Al-Khaldi scores with a nice hook to the head.
Orion misses with a short punch on the inside.
Orion misses with some punches.
Orion misses with a short punch on the inside.
Orion blocks a body shot from Al-Khaldi.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Al-Khaldi lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Orion has a couple of punches blocked by Al-Khaldi.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Still in the clinch, Al-Khaldi scores with a nice short uppercut.
Al-Khaldi blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Orion lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Malik Al-Khaldi has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Al-Khaldi misses with a hook from the clinch.
Orion prevents a body shot from Al-Khaldi.
Orion misses with the head strike.
Al-Khaldi lands an uppercut.
Al-Khaldi tries to work over Orion's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Al-Khaldi misses with the head strike.
Al-Khaldi throws a head punch that misses.
Orion blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Orion lands with a light punch inside.
Orion misses with a short punch on the inside.
Orion scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Al-Khaldi digs a right hand underneath Orion's ribcage. Orion let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Orion is breathing heavily.
Al-Khaldi blocking some punches.
Al-Khaldi makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Nice body punch from Al-Khaldi.
Al-Khaldi lands a left hand that snaps the head of Orion backwards.
A nice right hand lands inside from Al-Khaldi.
Al-Khaldi throws a head punch that misses.
Al-Khaldi scores with a shot to the side of Orion's head.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Orion blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Orion has a couple of punches blocked by Al-Khaldi.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Al-Khaldi.
Orion has a couple of punches blocked by Al-Khaldi.
Orion misses with a short punch on the inside.
A head punch on the inside from Orion fails to land.
Al-Khaldi blocks a punch to the side of the head.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Al-Khaldi.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Al-Khaldi.
Al-Khaldi lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Al-Khaldi tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Orion's elbow.
Al-Khaldi blocking some punches.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Al-Khaldi.
A head punch on the inside from Al-Khaldi fails to land.
Orion prevents a body shot from Al-Khaldi.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Al-Khaldi.
Al-Khaldi throws a head punch that misses.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Al-Khaldi.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Orion creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Orion.
Al-Khaldi misses with a hook from the clinch.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Al-Khaldi doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
A right hand to the body from Al-Khaldi.
Al-Khaldi lands a nice uppercut.
Al-Khaldi tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Al-Khaldi goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Al-Khaldi lands a right hand that snaps the head of Orion backwards.
Al-Khaldi misses with a punch on the inside.
Orion escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Orion misses with a straight left.
Orion throws a right and a left that Al-Khaldi avoids nicely.
Al-Khaldi is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Orion can do to turn this around?
Al-Khaldi moves away from the strike by Orion.
Orion throws a big shot that misses.
Orion waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Al-Khaldi.
Al-Khaldi is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
Al-Khaldi dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Orion. That did some damage!
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
A decent looking body kick lands there for Al-Khaldi.
Al-Khaldi slips a straight right by Orion.
Orion misses with a left hand
enabling Al-Khaldi to counter with a crisp jab.
Orion might want to mix his strikes up a bit more. He's just going for head shots at the moment and that can become a bit predictable.
Al-Khaldi slips a straight right by Orion.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Malik Al-Khaldi dominated that second round.
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!
Orion chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Al-Khaldi can pounce on him.
Orion misses with a looping right.
Orion scores with a jab.
Al-Khaldi tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Orion manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Al-Khaldi uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Orion.
Orion thuds his right hand into Al-Khaldi's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.
Al-Khaldi with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Orion bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
Orion throws the left hand but Al-Khaldi avoids the punch easily.
Orion swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Al-Khaldi connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Al-Khaldi throws a head kick that misses.
Orion catches Al-Khaldi with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Orion misses with a two punch combination.
Orion misses with a left hand
and Al-Khaldi counters with a slapping leg kick.
Orion has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Al-Khaldi.
Orion takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
A slapping leg kick lands for Al-Khaldi.
Al-Khaldi throws a wild body kick that Orion sees coming a mile off.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Orion throws a poor cross that misses
and Al-Khaldi counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Orion has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Al-Khaldi.
An inside leg kick lands from Al-Khaldi.
Al-Khaldi looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
A head kick by Orion misses
and Al-Khaldi counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Orion takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Orion takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Al-Khaldi throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Orion on the side of the head.
Orion throws a good cross that connects.
Orion thuds his right hand into Al-Khaldi's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.
Orion misses with a right hand
and Al-Khaldi counters with a slapping leg kick.
Al-Khaldi buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
An inside leg kick lands from Al-Khaldi.
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!
Orion takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Good leg kick by Al-Khaldi there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Al-Khaldi lands a high kick!
Orion misses with a hook.
Al-Khaldi fires out a quick counter leg kick but Orion just manages to avoid it.
A head kick misses from Al-Khaldi.
Al-Khaldi fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Cole Orion has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Al-Khaldi scores with a shot to the body.
Orion misses with a straight right.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Al-Khaldi.
Al-Khaldi closes the distance and pushes Orion back into the cage.
Orion fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Still in the clinch, Orion scores with a nice short uppercut.
Al-Khaldi goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Orion working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Al-Khaldi has a couple of punches blocked by Orion.
Al-Khaldi misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Orion blocking some punches.
Orion's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Al-Khaldi.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Orion.
Al-Khaldi tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
A hook to the body from Orion.
Al-Khaldi throws a punch but it's blocked by Orion.
Al-Khaldi lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Orion lands with a light punch inside.
Orion has a couple of punches blocked by Al-Khaldi.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Orion throws a head punch that misses.
Al-Khaldi scores with a nice hook to the head.
Al-Khaldi blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Al-Khaldi throws a punch but it's blocked by Orion.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Orion.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Al-Khaldi.
Orion blocks an uppercut.
Al-Khaldi misses with a hook to the ribs.
Orion lands with a short shot to the head.
Al-Khaldi pushes Orion back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
A right hand to the body from Al-Khaldi.
Al-Khaldi blocks an uppercut.
Orion fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Orion tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
A head punch on the inside from Orion fails to land.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Orion.
A head punch on the inside from Al-Khaldi fails to land.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Orion.
Malik Al-Khaldi is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
A head punch on the inside from Orion fails to land.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Al-Khaldi.
Al-Khaldi swings wildly with an uppercut but Orion uses good head movement to avoid it.
Al-Khaldi misses with some punches.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Al-Khaldi scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Al-Khaldi scores with a shot to the side of Orion's head.
Orion misses with the head strike.
Orion blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Al-Khaldi blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Al-Khaldi blocking some punches.
Al-Khaldi misses with the head strike.
A head punch on the inside from Orion fails to land.
Al-Khaldi misses with a hook to the ribs.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Orion throws a punch but it's blocked by Al-Khaldi.
Al-Khaldi lands with a left to the head.
Al-Khaldi scores with a shot to the side of Orion's head.
A short left from Orion.
And that's the end of the fight!
Malik Al-Khaldi showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Al-Khaldi has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... 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 Percy O'Donnell scores the fight 30:27
Judge Timothy Bukovac scores the fight 30:27
Judge Frank Antenori scores the fight 30:27
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Malik Al-Khaldi!
An out of breath Malik Al-Khaldi thanked his loyal fans in his post fight interview, giving them credit for his success over the course of his career.
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