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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Eric Dungey (ranked 517 p4p, 70 weight class) and Rahim Shabazz (ranked 826 p4p, 127 weight class). Rahim Shabazz has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?
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216 lbs
9 - 2 - 0 |
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221 lbs
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Good wrestling
Lethal high kicks
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Excellent MT
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the light heavyweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
9 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Eric Dungey!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
7 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Rahim Shabazz!
The judges for this bout are Robert Douchet, Elvis Blanc and Gregory Folan.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
A punch lands to the side of Shabazz 's head but he takes it in his stride.
Dungey ducks under a wild hook from Shabazz.
Dungey drops Shabazz with a beautiful combination! Shabazz stares up at his opponent, who ushers him back to his feet - Dungey is looking for the KO!
Dungey misses with a series of wild punches.
Dungey rushes Shabazz and presses him up against the cage.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Dungey lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Shabazz misses with a body punch.
Dungey misses with an elbow over the top.
Shabazz scores with a shoulder strike.
Dungey stalling the fight.
Dungey misses with a short punch on the inside.
Dungey can't break the clinch.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Dungey.
Dungey has been talking about how he's improved his wrestling in the run up to the fight so let's see if that's enough to sway the balance.
Shabazz misses with some punches.
Shabazz lands a hook to the side of the head.
Dungey escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
A shot to the liver by Shabazz. Beautiful body shot.
Shabazz tries to check a leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Dungey slips under a jab from Shabazz.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Shabazz motions for Dungey to come forward. Shabazz throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Dungey misses with a low kick.
Dungey has closed the distance and engaged Shabazz in a clinch.
Shabazz struggles to land a body shot inside as Dungey controls his hands.
Shabazz lands an uppercut.
Dungey pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Shabazz tries to throw a body punch but Dungey avoids it by throwing Shabazz back against the cage.
Shabazz throws a head punch that misses.
Dungey avoiding damage as Shabazz throws knees to the body.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Shabazz.
Dungey pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Shabazz.
Dungey fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Dungey.
Shabazz keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Dungey's efforts to push away.
Shabazz is working Dungey over against the cage.
Knees to the body from Shabazz.
Dungey is breathing heavily.
Nice body punch from Shabazz - that landed with a thud.
A short uppercut from Shabazz.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
A short left from Shabazz.
Shabazz presses Dungey against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Shabazz struggles to land a body shot inside as Dungey controls his hands.
Shabazz has been looking to improve his clinch game in recent weeks. Dungey seems to have the measure of him in the clinch so far, so let's see if Shabazz can turn it around.
Shabazz lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Dungey backwards.
Dungey on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Dungey throws a punch but it's blocked by Shabazz.
Dungey blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Shabazz obliges.
Shabazz lands a hook to the side of the head.
Dungey prevents a body shot from Shabazz.
Shabazz working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Shabazz lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Shabazz struggles to land a body shot inside as Dungey controls his hands.
Shabazz lands a shoulder strike.
Shabazz tries to work over Dungey's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Shabazz.
Shabazz blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Dungey has a couple of punches blocked by Shabazz.
Shabazz blocks the elbow strike.
Shabazz swings away with an uppercut that misses.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Shabazz lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Dungey lands with a short shot to the head.
Shabazz lands a right hand.
Dungey tries a knee to the head but Shabazz blocks it.
A right hook to the body lands for Shabazz.
Shabazz makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Dungey is rocked!
Shabazz has the Thai clinch. He lands a big knee to the head that stumbles Dungey - he's in trouble! Another big knee to the head from Shabazz, and another! Dungey is out on his feet - the ref jumps in to save him and ends the fight!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:27 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Knees). Rahim Shabazz!
Rahim Shabazz is the new light heavyweight champion!
Rahim Shabazz made sure to mention his sponsor, Iron Wolf Discount Supplements (Q159/$100, Laundry in his post fight interview.
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hype
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FIGHT
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