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Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Max Halloween (ranked 1553 p4p, 159 weight class) and Queen Tamar (ranked 2019 p4p, 189 weight class). The crowd seem to be enjoying Tamar's choice of entrance music: Super Sako. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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150 lbs
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156 lbs
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Abu Dhabi Champ
Excellent boxer
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Excellent MT
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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
6 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Max Halloween!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
5 - 3 - 0, fighting out of London, Queen Tamar!
The judges for this bout are Steven Brown, Donald Grub and William Gold.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Tamar paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
The fight stays on the outside here - Tamar looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Halloween throws a right and a left that Tamar avoids nicely.
Tamar takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Halloween rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Tamar counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Halloween pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Tamar is looking for the big counter here.
Halloween throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Halloween slips a straight right by Tamar.
Halloween takes a jab right on the kisser.
Halloween ducks under a wild hook from Tamar.
A counter left hand to the body from Halloween misses its target.
Halloween looks to score with a jab to the body but Tamar is just out of range.
Halloween slips a straight right by Tamar.
Tamar gets tackled into the cage by Halloween. Halloween maintains the clinch.
Halloween struggles to land a body shot inside as Tamar controls his hands.
Tamar pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Halloween throws a hook to the side of Tamar's head but Tamar sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Tamar looks to land a combination but Halloween avoids it well.
Halloween lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Halloween slips under a jab from Tamar.
Halloween takes a swing at Tamar's ribcage but misses.
Halloween gets his takedown attempt stuffed easily
and Tamar counters with a right hand to the body.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Halloween uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Tamar.
Halloween rushes Tamar and presses him up against the cage.
Halloween tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Tamar dodges an elbow strike from Halloween.
Tamar lands a shoulder strike.
Tamar pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Max Halloween seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Tamar waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Halloween.
Halloween throwing a counter right hand but Tamar manages to avoid it.
Tamar throws out a loose jab but Halloween uses good head movement to avoid it.
Tamar connects with a looping right hand.
Tamar misses with a hook. Halloween ducked under it nicely.
Halloween takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Halloween scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Halloween misses with a hook
enabling Tamar to counter with a crisp jab.
Halloween drops Tamar with a right and a left! Halloween comes rushing in but Tamar regains his composure and manages to keep Halloween in guard.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Tamar keeping moving, preventing Halloween from controlling successfully.
Halloween is fighting to break Tamar's control of his arms but Tamar is doing a good job of controlling the position at the moment.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Halloween postures up.
Halloween trying to control the position from guard on top but Tamar is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Halloween thinks about going for a leg but decides against it, in order to maintain the position.
Halloween is fighting to break Tamar's control of his arms but Tamar is doing a good job of controlling the position at the moment.
Halloween tries to free his leg and advance position but Tamar is retaining full guard.
Halloween trying to control the position from guard on top but Tamar is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Halloween swings and misses with a shot to the body
and Tamar connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Tamar throws a hook but Halloween blocks it.
Halloween looks to score with a jab to the body but Tamar is just out of range.
Tamar misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Halloween.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Tamar ducks under a wild hook from Halloween.
Halloween is looking to clinch.
Tamar's jab looks to have found its range, popping Halloween under the eye.
Nice uppercut there from Tamar.
Tamar 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.
Halloween tries to shoot in for a takedown. He's got hold of a leg but Tamar swivels and escapes.
Tamar displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Halloween throws out the jab.
Halloween misses with a body shot.
Tamar pushes Halloween up against the cage in a clinch.
Tamar's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Tamar misses the shot to the body.
Halloween uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Tamar.
Halloween throws a body shot but no joy.
Halloween drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
Halloween swings for the body but Tamar moves out of range.
Halloween on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Halloween takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Tamar throws a lazy right hand but Halloween sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Halloween throws a series of strikes that have Tamar backpedaling.
Tamar thows a left - swing and a miss!
Queen Tamar is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Halloween misses with a wild combination.
Tamar is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Halloween.
Halloween swings and misses with a shot to the body
enabling Tamar to counter with a crisp jab.
Halloween walks into a stiff left hand from Tamar.
Tamar pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Halloween is looking to wear down Tamar with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
Tamar keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Tamar throws a jab but it's blocked by Halloween.
Halloween lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Tamar is rocked!
Tamar takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Tamar bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Tamar lands with a hook. Halloween tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
Halloween jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Tamar takes a swing at Halloween's ribcage but misses.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Nice body punch from Halloween.
Tamar uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Halloween.
Tamar appears to be waiting to throw a counter punch to the body.
A cross from Halloween lands.
Halloween tries to clinch but fails miserably
and Tamar counters with a left to the body.
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 Max Halloween will probably get the nod.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.
Tamar takes one to the chin there.
Tamar is still on wobbly legs! Can Halloween finish him?
Tamar looks to throw the jab but Halloween is out of range.
It looked like Halloween was looking amped, ready to throw a big counter but didn't commit.
Tamar lands with an uppercut that bounces Halloween off the cage and back into range.
Tamar seems to have recovered his senses.
Tamar on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
Tamar uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Halloween.
Good shot there by Halloween.
Tamar dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Tamar throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Halloween throws an overhand right that lands on Tamar's shoulder, as Tamar tries to avoid the shot.
Halloween defending well as Tamar loads up on a big left hand.
Sloppy strikes from Halloween. Those never looked like landing.
Halloween fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
Tamar avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
A looping hook to the body misses from Halloween. Tamar does a little dance to reset his feet.
Halloween steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Tamar.
Halloween throws out a loose jab but Tamar uses good head movement to avoid it.
Tamar scores with a nice right hand.
Tamar uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Halloween.
Tamar swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Tamar loads up on a big right hand but Halloween slips the punch.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Halloween scores with the left hand. Tamar knows he should have avoided that one.
Halloween swings and misses with a shot to the body
and Tamar counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Halloween throws a body shot but no joy.
Halloween misses with a combination
and Tamar counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Tamar throws a lazy uppercut
and Halloween counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Halloween misses with a body shot.
Max Halloween is winning the standup battle so far.
Halloween throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
A little jabbing left from Tamar on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Tamar cracks Halloween with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
Halloween closes the distance but Tamar moves to the side
and Tamar counters with a lovely shot to the body.
Nice takedown defense from Tamar. No joy for Halloween on that attempt.
It seemed like Tamar was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Halloween scores with a takedown into Tamar's guard.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Tamar keeping moving, preventing Halloween from controlling successfully.
Tamar bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Halloween's guard.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Tamar looking to pass the guard.
Tamar is intent on slowing down the pace of the fight, simply looking to control.
Tamar trying to control but Halloween is working from the bottom.
Tamar lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.
Tamar preventing the sweep.
Halloween wants to control the position but Tamar says "no thanks buddy" and passes to half guard.
Halloween wants to improve his position but Tamar is controlling well.
Tamar is trying to control. Halloween wants to improve his position but can't escape this time.
Tamar looking to pass the half guard. Not this time.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Halloween is looking for a sweep. Tamar is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
Halloween is looking to get full guard. It looks like he might be successful but at the last minute Tamar jumps into side control!
Tamar trying to control the position but Halloween is working away.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Halloween is trying to improve his position.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Tamar is chipping away with strikes.
Halloween is sneaking out the side here. He's bucked Tamar off and has taken his back!
Tamar fending off the submission attempt from Halloween.
Halloween has his hand under the chin of his opponent looking for the choke. He's nearly got it! This one could be all over! But no, Tamar has freed his hand and lives to survive another… well, another couple of seconds at least!
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Halloween struggling to keep hold of the position.
Tamar trying to survive by controlling the hands.
Tamar is in bad spot here.
Tamar looks to control his opponent's hands but he's not mananging it at the moment.
Tamar is trying to break free.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Max Halloween dominated that second round.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action. The crowd applaud as we get ready to start the final round!
A big left from Tamar misses.
Halloween looks to score with a jab to the body but Tamar is just out of range.
It seemed like Tamar was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Tamar loads up on a big right hand but Halloween slips the punch.
Halloween rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Tamar moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Tamar slips a straight right by Halloween.
Tamar loads up on a big right hand but Halloween slips the punch.
Halloween lands a body shot.
Halloween on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
Halloween scores with a jab to the body.
Halloween misses with a combination
and Tamar counters with a lovely shot to the body.
Tamar throws a hook but Halloween avoids it easily.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
A decent looking cross lands there for Tamar.
Tamar lands with an uppercut that bounces Halloween off the cage and back into range.
Halloween fails with a takedown attempt.
Halloween looks to score with a jab to the body but Tamar is just out of range.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Tamar lands a body shot.
Halloween takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
Halloween gets a clinch.
Halloween goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Halloween pushes Tamar back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Halloween lands a body punch.
Halloween misses with some punches.
Halloween tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Tamar's elbow.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Tamar creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Tamar's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Tamar throws a hook but Halloween blocks it.
Halloween throws a series of punches but Tamar avoids them all with ease.
Tamar is clearly trying to counter these attacks from Halloween with a body shot.
A shot to the body from Halloween misses
and Tamar counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Halloween walks into a stiff left hand from Tamar.
Tamar throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Halloween takes a body punch but keeps moving.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Halloween works Tamar's body with a nice hook.
Tamar throws a looping overhand right but Halloween ducks down to avoid it.
Queen Tamar has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Halloween looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Halloween takes a jab right on the kisser.
Halloween rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Tamar moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Halloween scores with a crisp jab that stopped Tamar in his tracks.
Tamar looks to score with a jab to the body but Halloween is just out of range.
Halloween looks to score with a jab to the body but Tamar is just out of range.
Halloween steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Tamar.
Halloween looks to land a right hand but Tamar moved out of range.
Halloween thuds a left hand into Tamar's body.
A jab from Tamar misses.
The fighters circling - Halloween throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Tamar ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Tamar feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Halloweens jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!
Tamar throws a jab but it's blocked by Halloween.
Tamar moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Halloween throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Tamar.
Tamar throws a good cross that connects.
Nice jab there from Halloween.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Halloween misses with a combination
and Tamar counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Halloween just misses with a punch to the body.
Halloween misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Tamar.
Tamar looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Tamar's jab looks to have found its range, popping Halloween under the eye.
Tamar jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Halloween rushes Tamar and presses him up against the cage.
Tamar swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Halloween tries to work over Tamar's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Max Halloween is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Tamar misses with a hook from the clinch.
Tamar lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
A head punch on the inside from Tamar fails to land.
Tamar lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Tamar working aggressively here.
Tamar has a couple of punches blocked by Halloween.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Tamar swings wildly with an uppercut but Halloween uses good head movement to avoid it.
Tamar lands with a light punch inside.
Tamar avoids a wild elbow strike from Halloween.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Tamar swings wildly with an uppercut but Halloween uses good head movement to avoid it.
A right handed body shot lands from Halloween.
Tamar breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
A left lands for Halloween.
A shot to the liver by Halloween. Beautiful body shot.
Tamar gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Some wild striking there from Halloween.
And that's the end of the fight!
I would just about give that final round to Queen Tamar.
I think Halloween has won this one but let's see what the judges have to say. 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 Steven Brown scores the fight 29:28
Judge Donald Grub scores the fight 29:28
Judge William Gold scores the fight 29:28
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Max Halloween!
Queen Tamar spoke after the fight, saying 'You fight like Mongol!'.
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