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Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Sarfraz Ali (ranked 276 p4p, 32 weight class) and Tyler Durden (ranked 604 p4p, 77 weight class). Durden has chosen Where Is My Mind as his entrance music, which hasn't gone down very well with the crowd. Sarfraz Ali could well score a knockout today. He has the power to get to Tyler Durden's chin.
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157 lbs
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
14 - 6 - 1, fighting out of Las Vegas, Sarfraz Ali!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
25 - 13 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Tyler Durden!
The judges for this bout are Gregory Folan, Steve Smith and Elvis Blanc.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Durden throws a wild body kick that Ali sees coming a mile off.
Ali lunges at Durden with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Durden's hand.
Durden takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
We've been told by Ali's head coaches at Gym Boiks that he's been working on his takedown defense in preparation for this fight.
Ali uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Durden.
Durden just manages to avoid a counter high kick fromAli.
Ali scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Nice cross by Ali.
Ali turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Ali thuds a mid kick into his opponent's body. That will wear on Durden if he has to take too many more of those.
Sarfraz Ali seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Ali misses with a hook. Durden ducked under it nicely.
Durden throws a front kick aimed at Ali's knee but Ali avoids it well.
Ali lands a nice shot that snaps Durden's head back.
A good leg kick by Ali.
Durden throws a low kick but it's checked well by Ali.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
A nice leg kick lands there from Ali.
Ali throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Durden lands a jab to the nose.
Ali is looking to land body kicks.
Ali keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
Ali throws a quick counter kick to the body but Durden avoids it.
Durden swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Durden pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Ali blocks a jab.
Ali fires out a quick counter leg kick but Durden just manages to avoid it.
A nice inside leg kick there by Ali. That's going to slow Durden down.
Durden moves out of range as Ali throws a body kick.
Ali throws a low kick but it's checked well by Durden.
Durden smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
Durden ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Ali moves away.
Ali throwing a counter right hand but Durden manages to avoid it.
Ali misses with a leg kick
and Durden counters with a straight right hand.
Ali feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Durden's calf.
Ali throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Durden moves away from the strike by Ali.
Ali keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
Durden showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Ali.
Durden moves out of range of the strikes.
Ali throws a wild body kick that Durden sees coming a mile off.
Ali throws a lazy body kick
and Durden counters with a straight right hand.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Ali wants to slow Durden down by chopping away at his legs.
Durden looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Ali attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Ali moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
Ali cracks Durden with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
Durden throws a low kick but Ali moves out of range easily.
Durden on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
Durden misses with a wild body shot.
It appears Ali was looking to counter with a kick there.
Ali uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Durden.
Durden steps to his left, right into the path of a big body kick from Ali. That one must have hurt.
A swing and a miss from Ali.
And Durden responds with a good body kick, but Ali manages to step out the way in time.
Durden throws an overhand right that lands on Ali's shoulder, as Ali tries to avoid the shot.
Ali throws a leg kick which misses Durden's front leg but catches the back leg as Durden tries to avoid it.
Durden misses with a low kick.
Durden moves out of range of the body kick.
Ali misses with a low kick.
Durden has used his reach advantage pretty well so far tonight.
Ali throws a leg kick that misses.
Durden tries a quick counter leg kick but Ali is wise to it.
Ali avoids the head kick by Durden.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ali takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Durden avoids the head kick by Ali.
It seemed like Durden was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Durden, right into the meat.
Ali lands a nice shot that snaps Durden's head back.
Ali misses with an attempted mid kick.
Ali scores with a decent looking hook.
Ali tried to score with a low kick but Durden checks it.
Durden throws out a counter right but Ali avoids it with no problem.
Ali tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Durden paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Ali throws a leg kick
and Durden counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Durden misses with an uppercut.
Ali takes a swing at Durden's ribcage but misses.
Durden throws a leg kick which misses Ali's front leg but catches the back leg as Ali tries to avoid it.
Durden checks the leg kick.
Ali connects with an inside leg kick.
Both fighters circling a little - Durden finishes the exchange with a kick to the body.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Durden lands with a head kick! That's gotta hurt.
Ali cracks Durden with an open hand slap.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Ali tries to close the distance and clinch up but Durden swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Ali throws a body shot but no joy.
Ali misses with a hook
and Durden connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Durden keeps Ali at a distance using the push kick.
Ali throws a leg kick
and Durden makes the exchange count by landing a cracking kick to the body. Ali really felt that one!
Ali is really peppering his opponent's head with punches.
Ali tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and Durden is able to avoid easily.
A slapping leg kick lands for Ali.
Nice body kick from Durden.
Durden moves away from the strike by Ali.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Ali.
Ali misses with a leg kick
and Durden counters with a flying knee. Nice.
Good leg kick by Durden there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Ali feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Durden's calf.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Ali cracks Durden with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
Ali misses with a looping right.
Ali scores with the left hand. Durden knows he should have avoided that one.
Durden tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Ali was well out of range. Poor timing from Durden.
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 Sarfraz Ali will probably get the nod.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.
A big left from Durden misses.
Durden pivots, looking for a leg kick but Ali is out of range and Durden settles back down.
Ali throws a nice outside leg kick.
Durden throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Durden tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Ali scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Ali chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Durden can pounce on him.
Some bone on bone action there as Ali checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
That kick from Ali tenderised Durden's leg. Durden is trying to keep his angry face on.
Ali cracks the inside of Durden's front leg.
Durden keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Ali.
Durden tries to check a leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Durden throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Ali throws a leg kick
and Ali takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Ali stuns Durden with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Durden misses with a hook. Ali ducked under it nicely.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Ali throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Durden lets it all go there with a big combo counter but none of the punches connected.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Durden has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Ali finds it's way round the side to connect with Durden's head.
Ali misses with a hook. Durden ducked under it nicely.
Ali checks a low kick from Durden.
Ali feints and then cracks Durden's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Durden down.
Ali dips to his left and cracks Durden with an uppercut!
Ali misses with a straight right.
Durden punishes Ali's body with a nice straight punch.
Durden stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Ali.
Durden staying out of range there.
Durden slips a jab from Ali.
Durden counters with a body kick.
Durden takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Durden connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Durden looks to throw a body kick
and Ali counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Durden's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Durden pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Durden tries to land a leg kick but Ali saw it coming and moves away.
Durden scores with a head kick.
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!
Durden on the wrong end of a nice hook.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Durden lands with a hook. Ali tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
A nice leg kick lands there from Ali.
Ali uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Durden.
Ali throws out a leg kick but Durden moves out of range and Ali only half commits.
Ali lands a really nice looking cross but Durden seems unphased.
Ali bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Durden's head.
Crunch! Ali slams his shin into Durden's torso.
Durden takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Durden tried to score with a low kick but Ali checks it.
A chopping leg kick lands by Ali.
A leg kick checked by Durden.
Ali scores with a sloppy right hand. Durden should have avoided that one.
Durden misses with a right hand
and Ali counters with an inside leg kick.
Ali lands with a nice body kick.
Ali fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Durden.
Ali lands with an overhand left.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Durden tries to check a leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Durden moves out of range of the leg kick from Ali.
Durden throws a low kick but Ali avoids it.
Ali pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Ali feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Durden's calf.
Ali throws a big shot that misses.
Ali blocks a low kick nicely.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Ali checks a leg kick.
Durden misses with a body shot.
Ali throws a quick counter head kick but Durden was just out of range.
Ali throws a front kick that sends Durden stumbling back into the cage.
Both these guys seem content to just stand up and trade with eachother but Durden might want to think about changing up his gameplan a bit because over the course of the fight, Ali has got the better of the exchanges.
Ali swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Ali scores with a punch to the head.
Ali gets a clinch.
A short right from Ali.
Ali misses with a punch on the inside.
Ali is working Durden over against the cage.
Durden working aggressively here.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Ali working some nice short punches in the clinch.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Durden misses with some punches.
Durden blocking some punches.
Durden has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
Ali lands a body punch in the clinch.
Ali lands a nice shot to the body.
Durden is breathing heavily.
A head punch on the inside from Durden fails to land.
Ali misses with a body punch.
Ali lands a left hand.
Ali misses with a hook to the ribs.
Ali goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Ali has a couple of punches blocked by Durden.
Ali digs a right hand into Durden's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Durden's gas tank.
Ali tries to work over Durden's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Ali blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Durden tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Durden struggles to land a body shot inside as Ali controls his hands.
Ali scores with a shot to the side of Durden's head.
Ali goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Durden blocks an uppercut.
Durden misses with the head strike.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Sarfraz Ali dominated that second round.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action! This is the final round!
A slapping leg kick lands for Ali.
Durden defending well as Ali loads up on a big left hand.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Ali.
Ali throws a hook but Durden blocks it.
A left and a right from Ali both land. Nice combination.
Ali misses with a straight left.
Durden goes for a high kick. It partially lands.
Ali ducks under a wild hook from Durden.
Jab, jab by Ali - just one landing.
Durden dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Ali. That did some damage!
Ali staying out of range there.
Ali lands a nice leg kick that just misses Durden's sensitive parts.
Ali pulls out of a head kick attempt.
A little jabbing left from Durden on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Ali connects with an inside leg kick.
A telegraphed right hand from Ali misses the target.
Durden misses with a jab, cross combination.
Ali chopping away at his opponent's legs.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Ali looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
A countering left hand to the body from Durden misses.
Ali connects with an inside leg kick.
Durden pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Durden avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Durden cracks a nice hook into Ali's ribs.
Ali misses with a low kick.
Durden does a little shimmy and throws a leg kick. The leg kick missed by a considerable margin though, making him look a little bit silly for doing the shimmy.
Ali bobs and weaves and then throws a good body kick.
Durden looks to score with a jab to the body but Ali is just out of range.
Durden feints and then cracks Ali's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Ali down.
A slapping leg kick lands for Ali.
Durden has developed a nice purple lump on his ribcage, as a result of some heavy body kicks from Ali.
Ali throws a half hearted mid kick.
Ali fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Durden manages to avoid it.
Ali missing with a left hand there. Durden was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Ali misses with a straight left.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Ali lands with a straight right. Durden didn't see that one coming.
Durden lands with a slapping head kick.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Ali uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Durden.
Ali jinks towards his opponent looking like he wants to counter with a mid kick but doesn't commit.
Durden on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Ali. Ali obviously looking to wear him down.
Durden throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
A left and a right from Ali both land. Nice combination.
Ali lands with a thumping leg kick.
Ali is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Durden can do to turn this around?
Ali connects with a solid leg kick.
Ali throws an overhand right that lands on Durden's shoulder, as Durden tries to avoid the shot.
Durden tries a quick counter leg kick but Ali is wise to it.
Durden tries a head kick but it misses.
No joy there for Durden, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Durden checks a leg kick.
Ali misses with an uppercut
and Durden counters with a stiff right hand.
Ali misses with an attempted mid kick.
Ali lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
Ali throws a wild body kick that Durden sees coming a mile off.
Durden thinks about the counter body kick.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ali throws a nice looking combination but Durden bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Durden replies with a solid counter kick to the body but Ali blocks it well.
Ali lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
A slapping leg kick lands for Ali.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Durden, right into the meat.
Ali misses with a head kick.
Ali takes a nasty kick to the mid section... That should keep him thinking. Does he try and block and risk a head kick landing?
Ali misses with a looping left.
Tyler Durden has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Ali swings widly with a right hand
enabling Durden to counter with a crisp jab.
Ali misses the jab.
Ali throws an overhand right that lands on Durden's shoulder, as Durden tries to avoid the shot.
A low kick from Ali is predictable there
and Durden counters with a thumping low kick.
Durden doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
A leg kick checked by Durden.
Ali scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Ali looks for the body kick but Durden saw that one coming.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Ali jabs at Durden's body.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Durden throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Ali on the side of the head.
Durden explodes with a nice body kick and back out of range. Nice work.
A left lands for Ali.
Ali throws a nice outside leg kick.
Ali moves into range and clinches up with Durden.
Durden tries to throw a body punch but Ali avoids it by throwing Durden back against the cage.
Durden lands a nice uppercut.
Durden has been looking to improve his clinch game in recent weeks. Ali seems to have the measure of him in the clinch so far, so let's see if Durden can turn it around.
Ali's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Ali presses Durden against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Ali throws a head punch that misses.
Durden scores with a shot to the side of Ali's head.
Ali works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Durden takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Durden throws a punch but it's blocked by Ali.
Durden blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Durden swings wildly with an uppercut but Ali uses good head movement to avoid it.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Durden.
And that's the end of the fight!
Sarfraz Ali showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Ali 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 Gregory Folan scores the fight 30:27
Judge Steve Smith scores the fight 30:27
Judge Elvis Blanc scores the fight 30:27
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Sarfraz Ali!
Sarfraz Ali thanked the fans post fight for their support.
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