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Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Sarfraz Ali (ranked 56 p4p, 11 weight class) and Hillary Trump (ranked 48 p4p, 9 weight class). Sarfraz Ali could well score a knockout today. He has the power to get to Hillary Trump's chin.
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Good wrestling
World class boxer
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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
22 - 7 - 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
26 - 15 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Hillary Trump!
The judges for this bout are Don Winkell, Jack Bonds and .
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
A jab from Trump finds it's way through Ali's defenses.
Ali motions for Trump to come forward. Ali throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Ali tries to land a front kick but Trump steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
Ali throws out a loose jab but Trump uses good head movement to avoid it.
Ali waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Trump.
Trump takes a swing at Ali's ribcage but misses.
Trump fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Trump blocks a head kick by Ali.
Trump looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Ali tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Trump was well out of range. Poor timing from Ali.
Ali missing with a left hand there. Trump was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Trump blocks a jab.
Trump uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Ali.
Ali throws a nice inside leg kick.
Trump fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Ali connects with a crisp jab.
Ali connects with a good right hand that stumbles Trump. Trump circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Trump moves into the clinch.
Trump has a couple of punches blocked by Ali.
Trump misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Ali pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Trump connects with a single shot there.
Ali scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Trump jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Nice body kick there by Ali.
Ali stuns Trump with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
A solid leg kick lands there for Ali.
Trump chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Ali can pounce on him.
Trump misses with a straight left.
Trump ducks under a wild hook from Ali.
Trump steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Ali.
Ali with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Trump misses with a body shot.
Ali ducks right into an uppercut from Trump.
Trump walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
Trump takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Trump takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Trump slips under a jab from Ali.
Ali avoids the body shot from Trump.
Ali tries to work over Trump's front leg with a kick but Trump checks it.
Trump lands with an overhand left.
Ali misses with a hook. Trump ducked under it nicely.
Trump misses with an uppercut.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Trump tries to close the distance and clinch up but Ali swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Trump moves into the clinch successfully.
Trump tries to pull guard but Ali forces him back to his feet, against the cage.
Trump tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Trump lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Ali backwards.
Ali takes a shot to the head.
Trump lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Ali backwards.
Ali breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Ali ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Trump throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Ooooh, nice body kick lands from Ali. Trump shrugs it off though.
Ali throws a sloppy head kick and Trump moves out of range easily.
Trump misses with a straight left.
Ali blocks a jab.
As Trump backs away, Ali returns fire with a leg kick that just misses.
Trump chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Ali can pounce on him.
Ali cracks Trump with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
Trump throws a series of punches but Ali moves out of range.
Ali works Trump's body with a nice hook.
Ali connects with a jab.
Trump throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Ali sees it coming and avoids it easily.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Trump walks into a jab.
Ali wants to land a leg kick but Trump is out of range.
Trump throws out a counter right but Ali avoids it with no problem.
Sarfraz Ali seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Ali lands with an uppercut that bounces Trump off the cage and back into range.
Ali looks to land a right hand but Trump moved out of range.
Ali looks to land a combination but Trump avoids it well.
Trump throws a series of punches but Ali avoids them all with ease.
Ali will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.
Ali misses with a looping right.
Trump is clearly trying to counter these attacks from Ali with a body shot.
Ali misses with a low kick.
Nice straight punches there by Trump. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Trump.
Trump misses with a hook. Ali ducked under it nicely.
Ali takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Ali looks to throw the jab but Trump is out of range.
It seemed like Trump was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Trump looks to score with a jab to the body but Ali is just out of range.
Trump ducks under a wild hook from Ali.
Ali uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Trump.
Trump throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Ali throws a low kick, looking for Trump's leg but Trump calmly moves out of range.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Ali just misses with a punch to the body.
A little jabbing left from Trump on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Ali connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
Ali looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Trump staying out of range there.
Trump closes the distance and clinches.
Ali breaks the clinch.
Ali lands with a nice body kick.
Trump scores with a hook to the body. Ali takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Ali connects with a leg kick. Trump looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
Ali throws a shot to the body.
Ali throws a shot from downtown. Trump moves away and avoids it.
Ali throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Trump fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
A combination from Ali does no damage.
A little jabbing left from Trump on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Trump is looking to clinch.
Ali throwing a counter right hand but Trump manages to avoid it.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Ali keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
A little feinted left hand from Ali on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
Trump uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Ali.
Trump connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Ali momentarily.
Ali pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
A little jabbing left from Trump on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Ali connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Sarfraz Ali dominated that round.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.
Trump has closed the distance and engaged Ali in a clinch.
Trump lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Ali pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Ali throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Trump counters with a nice uppercut.
Ali takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Trump tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Ali was well out of range. Poor timing from Trump.
Sarfraz Ali is winning the standup battle so far.
Ali connects with a solid leg kick.
Trump moves away from the strike by Ali.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Ali.
Ali thows a left - swing and a miss!
Trump looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Trump needs to keep his hands up - Ali had a free shot at his head there.
Ali dodges the punch combination from Trump.
Ali avoids the body shot from Trump.
Ali blocks a jab.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Ali takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
Trump is looking to clinch.
Trump staying out of range there.
Ali misses with an uppercut.
Trump slips under a jab.
It seemed like Trump was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Trump throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Trump keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Ali.
Ali gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Trump.
Ali throws a lazy right hand but Trump sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Trump throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Ali throws a push kick but Trump slaps the foot to one side.
Ali misses with a series of wild punches.
Trump lands a lovely overhand right.
Ali lands with a thumping leg kick.
Ali throws a shot from downtown. Trump moves away and avoids it.
Trump moves out of range of the leg kick from Ali.
Trump ducks under a wild hook from Ali.
Ali throws a head kick but Trump moves out of range.
Ali throws a lazy body kick
and Trump counters with a stiff right hand.
Ali cracks Trump with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
Ali misses with a looping right.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Ali throws an overhand right that lands on Trump's shoulder, as Trump tries to avoid the shot.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Ali misses with a looping right.
Trump misses with a wild body shot.
Ali scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
Trump clobbers Ali with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
Trump throws out a powerful jab.
Ali fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Trump on the side of the head.
A big left from Trump misses.
Ali attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
Trump misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Ali.
Ali throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Trump stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Thud! ouch! good body kick from Ali - that will leave a mark!
Some bone on bone action there as Trump checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
Ali throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Trump sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Ali throws a leg kick but Trump sees it coming and moves out of range.
Trump scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Ali doesn't seem bothered though.
An inside leg kick from Ali misses.
A shot to the liver by Ali. Beautiful body shot.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ali throws a leg kick that misses.
A countering left hand to the body from Trump misses.
Ali throws a shot to the body.
Trump has been working his punching technique in the buildup to the fight and it appears to be paying off.
Trump checks a leg kick.
Ali looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
Trump ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Ali moves away.
Ali scores with a hook to the body. Trump takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Trump takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Ali scores with a sloppy right hand. Trump should have avoided that one.
No joy there for Trump, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Trump looks to score with a jab to the body but Ali is just out of range.
Ali swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
Ali lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
Ali scores with a decent looking hook.
Ali throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Donk. Ali catches Trump right on the button with a cross.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Ali jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Ali scores with a punch to the head.
Ali avoids the body shot from Trump.
Ali 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.
Trump moves out of range of the strikes.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Ali throws a nice looking combination but Trump bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Trump throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Ali cracks Trump with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
Ali lands a nice shot that snaps Trump's head back.
Ali connects with a right hand. Trump shakes it off.
Trump uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Ali.
Ali is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Trump can do to turn this around?
Ali throws a head kick that misses
enabling Trump to counter with a crisp jab.
Ali keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Trump.
Ali moves away from the strike by Trump.
Ali buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Trump on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Ali throws an overhand right that lands on Trump's shoulder, as Trump tries to avoid the shot.
Ali gets off balance looking for a body kick
and Trump counters with a straight right hand.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Trump tries to close the distance and clinch but Ali swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Ali pulls out of a head kick attempt.
It seemed like Trump was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Ali throws a hook to the side of Trump's head but Trump sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Ali, right into the meat.
Trump rushes Ali and presses him up against the cage.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Sarfraz Ali dominated that second round.
That's time! Ali's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight. Ladies and gentlemen, this is the final round!
Ali looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Ali connects with an inside leg kick.
Ali misses with a looping left.
Trump scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Trump misses with an uppercut.
Trump missing with a left hand there. Ali was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Ali with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Trump misses with a combination
and he gets countered with a snapping leg kick.
Ali uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Trump.
Ali scores with the left hand. Trump knows he should have avoided that one.
Trump tries to clinch but Ali is having none of it.
Ali swings and misses with a hook to the body.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Ali throws a poor cross that misses
and Trump connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Ali lands a nice looking kick to the body. Trump takes a step back to recover.
Trump connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Ali momentarily.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Nice body punch from Ali.
Ali throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Trump throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
A nice leg kick lands there from Ali.
Trump is on the wrong end of a nice combination from Ali.
A jab from Trump misses.
Ali tried to counter with a leg kick but Trump avoided it.
Good shot there by Ali.
Ali buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Trump on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Ali getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
Ali throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Trump swings for the body but Ali moves out of range.
Trump just misses with a punch to the body.
Ali swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Trump looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Trump's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Ali connects with a solid leg kick.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Trump works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
Trump moves forwards but Ali connects with a nice, crisp jab.
Trump scores with a three punch combo!
Ali lands a jab.
Hillary Trump has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Trump connects with a crisp jab.
Ali takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
Ali cracks the inside of Trump's front leg.
Trump has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
Ali jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Trump throws a good cross that connects.
Ali is rocked!
Trump misses with a hook.
Trump just misses with a punch to the body.
Ali looks to throw a body kick
and Trump counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Trump lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
Oh Ali is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Trump takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Ali lands a jab.
Ali throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
It seemed like Trump was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Ali seems to have got his legs back now.
Ali takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Ali walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
A telegraphed right hand from Ali misses the target.
Ali connects with a solid leg kick.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Trump misses with a looping left.
Ali cracks the inside of Trump's front leg.
Nice body punch from Ali.
Trump throws a body punch but Ali moves out of range.
No joy there for Trump, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Trump looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
A solid leg kick lands there for Ali.
Trump takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Trump misses with a body shot.
Trump throws a jab when Ali was well out of range.
Ali moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Trump moves out of range of the strikes.
Trump thuds his right hand into Ali's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.
Trump takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Ali works the jab nicely.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Ali staying out of range there.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Ali.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Trump lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Ali circles away quickly and effectively.
Ali was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
Trump scores with a jab to the body.
Ali ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Trump swings for the body but Ali moves out of range.
Ali slips a straight right by Trump.
Ali lands with a thumping leg kick.
Trump swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Good standup being displayed there by Ali as he connects with a hook.
Ali looks to land a left hand but Trump moved out of range nicely.
Trump misses with a wild body shot.
Ali looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Trump misses the shot to the body.
It looked like Ali wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Ali digs a good hook to Trump's body.
A big left from Trump misses.
Ali throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Trump takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Trump takes one on the chin but seems OK.
And that's the end of the fight!
That was a close round. You could make an argument for either fighter but I would give it to Sarfraz Ali.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Ali, winning every round. Will the judges agree? They are the ones who matter, even if they are often depressingly incompetent. 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 Don Winkell scores the fight 30:27
Judge Jack Bonds scores the fight 30:27
Judge Percy O'Donnell scores the fight 30:27
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Sarfraz Ali!
A relieved looking Sarfraz Ali 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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