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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Jaheim Reid (ranked 67 p4p, 10 weight class) and Odchigin Khadan (ranked 236 p4p, 35 weight class). Reid comes to the cage accompanied by Never. Khadan is bobbing his head along to his entrance song: Altai Kai (Turkic Throat Singing). Odchigin Khadan has the eye of the tiger tonight.
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Olympic wrestler
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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
26 - 9 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Jaheim Reid! And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner. With a record of
12 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Odchigin Khadan! The judges for this bout are Shirou Masuda, Shigeki Fujiwara and Sosuke Kotani.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway! Reid lands a really nice looking cross but Khadan seems unphased.
Jaheim Reid seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout. A big right from Reid misses. Khadan throws a body punch but Reid moves out of range. Khadan tries to clinch there but Reid circles away.
Khadan throws out a powerful jab. Reid moves away from the strike by Khadan. Reid drops his hands momentarily and Khadan takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head. Reid throws an overhand right that lands on Khadan's shoulder, as Khadan tries to avoid the shot. We can't be sure of the tactics at this early stage but we have heard that Khadan has been working on his takedowns a lot in the buildup to the fight and we can only assume he's going to look to take this to the mat. Khadan pushing out the jab but it's not landing. Khadan ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Reid moves away. Reid thows a left - swing and a miss! Khadan lands a nice shot that snaps Reid's head back.
Khadan steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Reid. Khadan looks like he wants to counter punch here. Reid throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
Khadan lands a head shot. Reid lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent. Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show! Khadan misses with a looping left. Wow, both these guys are really going for it! Reid slaps away a takedown attempt from Khadan, before circling back to the center of the mat. Reid throws a body kick but he was well out of range there. Reid fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Khadan has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage. Nice defenses there by Reid. Reid fires out a quick counter leg kick but Khadan just manages to avoid it.
That's one minute gone in the round. Reid lands a really nice looking cross but Khadan seems unphased.
Reid throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land. Reid looks to land a left hand but Khadan moved out of range nicely. Khadan defending well as Reid loads up on a big left hand. Khadan scores with a hook to the body. Reid takes a step back and tries to catch his breath. Reid looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight. Khadan takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Khadan throws a body shot but no joy. Reid missing with a left hand there. Khadan was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one. Khadan is clearly trying to counter these attacks from Reid with a body shot. Khadan is looking to clinch. Khadan looks to throw the jab but Reid is out of range. As Khadan backs away, Reid returns fire with a leg kick that just misses. Reid misses with a low kick. Khadan dips down and scores with a jab to the body. Reid with a jab. Reid tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and Khadan is able to avoid easily. Khadan stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Reid. Khadan takes one to the side of the head.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out! The fighters circling - Reid throws out the jab but it was never going to land. Khadan dips down and scores with a jab to the body. Khadan swinging wildly here.
That's two minutes gone in the round. Khadan checks the leg kick. Khadan cracks a nice hook into Reid's ribs. Reid misses with a straight right. Khadan throws a series of punches but Reid avoids them all with ease. Reid throws a looping overhand right but Khadan ducks down to avoid it. Khadan throws out a counter right but Reid avoids it with no problem. Reid pushes forward with a 1-2 combination that forces Khadan back to the cage. Reid follows up with a solid lead hook to the liver. Reid fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Khadan has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage. Khadan checks a low kick from Reid. Khadan is trying to avoid his opponent's strikes and get into the clinch. Khadan waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Reid. Khadan cracks a nice hook into Reid's ribs. Reid takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it. Reid misses with a kick to the body.
Reid cracks Khadan with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd. Reid misses with a body shot.
Reid misses with a kick to the body.
Reid scores with a punch to the head. Reid pivots, looking for a leg kick but Khadan is out of range and Reid settles back down. Reid tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Khadan was well out of range. Poor timing from Reid. Some bone on bone action there as Khadan checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
That's three minutes gone in the round. Reid avoids the body shot from Khadan.
Reid stuffs a takedown. It's all about dictating where the fight takes place and Reid wants it to stay on the feet. A right-left combo lands from Reid. Khadan checks a leg kick nicely. Khadan misses with a hook. A slow jab from Khadan misses its intended target. Khadan throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Reid on the side of the head. Reid uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Khadan. Reid tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target. Khadan takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
Khadan ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Reid moves away. Khadan lands a jab. Reid with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Khadan to score with a decent uppercut. Reid throws out a token jab with nothing on it. Khadan cracks Reid with a good jab. The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here. Khadan moves away from the strike by Reid. Reid tries to bum rush Khadan with a series of wild strikes but Khadan uses good footwork to avoid the assault. Reid misses with a kick to the body.
That's four minutes gone in the round. Khadan fakes a head shot and lands one to the body. Reid misses with an uppercut. Khadan throws out a counter right but Reid avoids it with no problem. Khadan uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Reid has time to react. Reid looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Nice body punch from Reid. Khadan just misses with a punch to the body.
Reid tries a low kick but Khadan avoids it. Khadan takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Reid misses the jab. Reid jabs Khadan right on the nose. Khadan blinks but takes it well. The fighters circling - Khadan throws out the jab but it was never going to land. Reid misses with an uppercut. Khadan saw that one coming. Khadan tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Reid paws at him with a jab and circles away. Reid missing with a left hand there. Khadan was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one. Khadan defending well as Reid loads up on a big left hand. The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end. Reid connects with a right hand. Khadan shakes it off. Reid takes a jab right on the kisser.
Khadan avoids a kick to the body.
Reid throws a leg kick that misses. Khadan is trying to avoid his opponent's strikes and get into the clinch. Khadan steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Reid. And an attempted straight right on the counter from Khadan! But no joy. And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Jaheim Reid 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.
Khadan lands a nice shot to the body.
A shot to the liver by Reid. Beautiful body shot. Reid clobbers Khadan with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise. Reid misses with a right hand and Khadan makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range. Khadan ducks under a wild hook from Reid. Reid moves away from the strike by Khadan. Reid wants to land a leg kick but Khadan is out of range. Reid throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
Khadan lands a glancing blow to the side of Reid's head. Khadan scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard. Khadan throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Jaheim Reid is winning the standup battle so far. Khadan fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Khadan throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Reid blocks a jab. Reid throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land. Reid connects with a looping right hand.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show! Reid scores with a hook. Khadan uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Reid. Reid lands a head shot. Reid fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Khadan has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
That's one minute gone in the round. Reid throws a body kick that misses. Reid misses with a low kick.
Khadan misses with a hook. Reid misses with a low kick. Reid is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Khadan can do to turn this around? Reid scores with the left hand. Khadan knows he should have avoided that one. Reid scoring well with a low kick there.
Khadan looks to land a left hand but Reid moved out of range nicely. Khadan throws a body punch but Reid moves out of range. Khadan swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Reid tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Khadan was well out of range. Poor timing from Reid. Reid is using his reach advantage well here, landing the more effective single shots from range. Reid uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Khadan.
Khadan throws a hook but Reid blocks it. Khadan slips a jab from Reid. Khadan connects with a body shot that sends Reid's belly button to the back. Khadan takes one on the button. Reid slips a straight right by Khadan. Reid misses with a hook
and Khadan cracks him with a counter punch right on the button. Reid bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes. Khadan ducks under a wild hook from Reid.
That's two minutes gone in the round. Reid throws a wild body kick that Khadan sees coming a mile off. Khadan defending well as Reid loads up on a big left hand. The fighters are starting to get sweaty, which will make takedowns a bit more tricky. Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd. Reid swings and misses with a hook to the body.
A nice combination there by Khadan.
Nice defenses there by Reid. Khadan checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time. Khadan throws out a counter right but Reid avoids it with no problem. Khadan misses the shot to the body. Khadan looks to land a left hand but Reid moved out of range nicely. Reid with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Reid throws a nice outside leg kick. Khadan throws a hook but Reid blocks it. Reid throws a body kick that misses. Reid lands with a straight right. Khadan didn't see that one coming. Khadan lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head. Khadan ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face. Khadan scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!
Reid ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face. A jab from Khadan misses. Reid darts in and out, connecting with a jab. Khadan's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
That's three minutes gone in the round. Khadan looks to land a combination but Reid avoids it well. Khadan checks a leg kick nicely. Khadan misses with a hook
and Reid connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle. Reid gets cracked there but stands up to it.
Khadan misses with a straight left. Khadan throws a hook but Reid avoids it easily. Khadan has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye. Reid steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Khadan. Reid throws out a leg kick but Khadan moves out of range and Reid only half commits. Khadan moves out of range of the body kick from Reid.
Reid connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt. Reid moves out of range of the strikes. Khadan uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Reid. Reid throws a jab when Khadan was well out of range. Nice shot by Khadan. Khadan scores with a shot to the body.
Khadan takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily. Khadan misses with a body punch
and Reid counters with a straight right hand. 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! A shot to the liver by Reid. Beautiful body shot.
That's four minutes gone in the round. Reid misses with a hook. Khadan scores with a jab. Reid acknowledges it with a nod of the head. Khadan 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. Khadan tries to clinch up. Reid feinted there with a counter leg kick. Khadan swings for the body but Reid moves out of range.
Reid lands a vicious shot with the stealth of a sniper and the strength of a viper. Are vipers that strong? I can think of lots of things that are stronger than a viper - not many rhyme with sniper though.
Reid connects with an inside leg kick. Reid is looking to score with low kicks. Reid lands a jab to the nose. Reid feints and then cracks Khadan's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Khadan down. Khadan 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. Khadan throws a hook but Reid blocks it. Reid throws a leg kick but Khadan moved away. Khadan throws a looping overhand right but Reid ducks down to avoid it. The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end. The fighters circling - Khadan throws out the jab but it was never going to land. Khadan dips down and scores with a jab to the body. Reid tries to bum rush Khadan with a series of wild strikes but Khadan uses good footwork to avoid the assault. Khadan ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Reid moves away. And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close second round but I would say that Jaheim Reid will probably get the nod. The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action! This is the final round!
Reid displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Khadan throws out the jab. Reid lands a nice shot that snaps Khadan's head back.
A looping hook to the body misses from Khadan. Reid does a little dance to reset his feet. Khadan avoids a lazy jab quite easily. Reid fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Khadan is out of range. Khadan throws a hook but Reid blocks it. Reid throws a low kick but Khadan moves out of range easily. Reid displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Khadan throws out the jab. Khadan doesn't manage to clinch there - Reid circles away.
It looked like Reid was looking amped, ready to throw a big counter but didn't commit. Good exchange - Khadan coming out on top. Reid defending well as Khadan loads up on a big left hand. Reid misses with an attempted mid kick.
Reid stuns Khadan with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range. Odchigin Khadan has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here! We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up. Reid throws an off balance right hand
and Khadan cracks him with a counter punch right on the button. A big right from Reid misses. Reid uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Khadan.
Reid smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button. Reid lands a leg kick that knocks Khadan off balance momentarily. Reid tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Khadan was well out of range. Poor timing from Reid.
That's one minute gone in the round. Khadan connects with a body shot. Khadan bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes. Reid takes a shot right to the bread basket. Reid scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard. Khadan ducks right into an uppercut from Reid. Khadan takes one to the chin there. Khadan sizes up Reid with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle. Reid wants to slow Khadan down by chopping away at his legs. Khadan bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes. Khadan waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Reid. Reid throws a big shot that misses. Khadan tries to counter with a clinch but Reid shakes him off and moves away. Reid dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Khadan. That did some damage! Reid looks to score with a combo but nothing lands. Khadan misses the body punch and Reid counters with a straight right hand. The crowd are loving this. Great action here. Khadan misses with a double jab
and Reid counters with a quick right hand to the jaw. Khadan misses with a straight left. Khadan throws a shot to the body.
That's two minutes gone in the round. Reid looks to land a right hand but Khadan moved out of range. Reid lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Khadan circles away quickly and effectively. Reid lands with a hook. Khadan tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head. Both these guys seem content to just stand up and trade with eachother but Khadan might want to think about changing up his gameplan a bit because over the course of the fight, Reid has got the better of the exchanges. Reid lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head. Reid lands a jab to Khadan's midsection. Reid lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh. Reid misses the shot to the body. Khadan lands a jab. Reid fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Khadan has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage. Reid slips under a jab from Khadan. Reid fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Khadan. Nice uppercut there from Reid. Khadan throws a jab but it's blocked by Reid. Khadan chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Reid can pounce on him.
Reid throws a body shot but no joy. Reid cracks Khadan with an open hand slap. Khadan chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Reid can pounce on him.
That's three minutes gone in the round. Khadan looks to land a right hand but Reid moved out of range. Reid goes for a spinning back kick but it misses. Khadan 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. Khadan throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Reid swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect. Khadan checks the leg kick nicely there.
Reid throws a series of strikes that have Khadan backpedaling.
Khadan pushes Reid up against the cage in a clinch. Reid misses with a hook from the clinch. Khadan lands a hook that snaps the head of Reid backwards. Khadan lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Reid backwards. A short uppercut from Reid. A right handed body shot lands from Reid.
Reid avoids a wild elbow strike from Khadan. Reid misses with a shot to the kidneys.
A head punch on the inside from Reid fails to land. Khadan misses with a hook from the clinch. Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show! A shot in the inside from Reid. Reid misses with a hook from the clinch. Reid misses with a hook from the clinch. Good body shot from Khadan.
That's four minutes gone in the round. Good body shot from Khadan.
Both fighters are breathing heavily. Reid lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage. A head punch on the inside from Reid fails to land. Reid misses with a short punch on the inside. Khadan blocks a punch to the side of the head.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Reid. Khadan blocks a body shot from Reid. Khadan lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Reid backwards. Khadan softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage. A head punch on the inside from Khadan fails to land. A nice right hand lands inside from Khadan. Khadan lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Khadan lands with a good tight uppercut to the head. Khadan breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Reid throws a body punch but Khadan moves out of range. It seemed like Khadan was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it. Reid moves out of range of the strikes. The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end. Khadan just misses with a punch to the body.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Reid. Khadan looks to throw the jab but Reid is out of range. Khadan tries to clinch up but Reid circles away and keeps his distance.
And that's the end of the fight! Jaheim Reid showed his dominance in that final round. Well I reckon that's a shut out for Reid, 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 Shirou Masuda scores the fight 30:27 Judge Shigeki Fujiwara scores the fight 30:27 Judge Sosuke Kotani scores the fight 30:27
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Jaheim Reid! Our winner, Jaheim Reid, made sure he spent some time buttering up the crowd during his post fight interview, which will no doubt bring him a few more fans.
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