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Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Travis Copeland (ranked 1951 p4p, 2582 weight class) and Emre Hussain (ranked 238 p4p, 305 weight class). Travis Copeland is staring across the cage at his opponent, tweaking his nipples... Tweaking his own nipples that is.
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 12 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Travis Copeland!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 29 - 14 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Emre Hussain!
The judges for this bout are Frank Dennis, Alan Glass and Wesley Smith.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Copeland wants to clinch up but Hussain keeps it at a distance.
Hussain scores with a nice right hand.
Copeland tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Hussain manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Copeland tries to clinch there but Hussain circles away.
Hussain walks into a left hand.
Hussain darts in and clinches Copeland up against the cage.
Copeland wants to stall.
Hussain's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Hussain defending well as Copeland loads up on a big left hand.
Copeland gets a clinch.
Copeland looking to throw knees to the head but Hussain is blocking nicely.
Copeland is trying to stall.
Hussain wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Copeland goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Copeland misses with an elbow strike.
Hussain looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights.
Hussain is trying to force a seperation but Copeland has the dominant position.
Hussain breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Copeland swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Hussain closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Copeland 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.
Hussain can't break the clinch.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Copeland tries a knee to the head but Hussain blocks it.
Hussain blocks the elbow strike.
Hussain is trying to force a seperation but Copeland has the dominant position.
Hussain blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Hussain wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Copeland has him pressed against the cage.
Copeland trying to land knees to the body.
Copeland misses with an elbow over the top.
Hussain wants to break the clinch but can't.
Hussain escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Hussain rushes Copeland and presses him up against the cage.
Copeland throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Hussain breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Copeland moves into the clinch.
Copeland's corner are urging him to control the action in the clinch for a moment, rather than mount any serious offense. I'm sure the crowd appreciate those instructions... not.
Hussain tries to break free but Copeland pushes him back against the cage.
Hussain wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Copeland has him pressed against the cage.
Copeland trying to land knees to the body.
Copeland misses with an elbow over the top.
With the fighters up against the cage, Copeland throws an elbow but misses.
Hussain's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hussain with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Copeland to score with a decent uppercut.
Hussain pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Hussain ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Hussain darts in and clinches Copeland up against the cage.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Copeland pushes off an throws an elbow but Hussain leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Hussain wants to break free but Copeland has control.
Hussain wants to break the clinch but can't.
Copeland is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
Copeland tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Copeland lands an elbow just above Hussain 's eye.
Copeland keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Hussain's efforts to push away.
Hussain breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Copeland clinches with his opponent.
Hussain breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Hussain scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Copeland doesn't seem bothered though.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Copeland moves in looking to clinch but Hussain pushes him off.
Copeland takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Hussain lands a nice looking kick to the body. Copeland takes a step back to recover.
Copeland swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Copeland wants to clinch.
Hussain scores with a decent looking hook.
Hussain gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Hussain on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Hussain tries to circle away but Copeland has him pinned against the cage.
Copeland scores with a knee to the head.
Copeland lands an elbow inside that Hussain shrugs off.
Copeland with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Hussain's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Hussain moves into the clinch.
Hussain breaks from the clinch.
Copeland moves out of range as Hussain throws a body kick.
An attempted straight right counter from Copeland misses the target.
Hussain clinches.
Hussain manages to break the clinch.
Hussain pushes Copeland up against the cage in a clinch.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Hussain takes an elbow to the temple.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Hussain can't break the clinch.
Copeland using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Hussain has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Hussain is trying to push Copeland away but Copeland has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Hussain wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Copeland is trying to stall.
Hussain breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Hussain throws a quick inside leg kick.
Hussain looks for the body kick but Copeland saw that one coming.
Copeland tries to close the distance and clinch but Hussain swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Hussain walks into a straight right hand from Copeland.
A solid body kick from Hussain.
Emre Hussain seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Copeland moves out of range of the strikes.
Copeland looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Copeland throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Hussain on the side of the head.
Copeland tries to clinch but Hussain is having none of it.
Hussain clinches with his opponent.
Copeland throws an elbow that misses.
Hussain breaks the clinch.
Hussain pushes Copeland up against the cage in a clinch.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close round but Emre Hussain will probably get the nod.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.
Hussain throws a shot from downtown. Copeland moves away and avoids it.
Copeland tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Hussain throws an overhand right that lands on Copeland's shoulder, as Copeland tries to avoid the shot.
The fighters are starting to get sweaty, which will make takedowns a bit more tricky.
Hussain throws a looping overhand right but Copeland ducks down to avoid it.
Copeland clinches.
Copeland tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Hussain breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Copeland is looking to clinch.
Travis Copeland is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Hussain keeps the fight on the outside.
Copeland connects with a body shot that sends Hussain's belly button to the back.
Copeland blocks a jab.
Copeland was looking to counter that last move with a shot to the body but he didn't commit.
Copeland throws a good cross that connects.
Hussain drives through and clinches with Copeland against the cage.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Copeland obliges.
Hussain's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Hussain closes the distance and pushes Copeland back into the cage.
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!
Hussain is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Hussain is trying to break the clinch but Copeland has him pressed against the cage.
Copeland lands a damaging elbow.
It looks like Emre Hussain has been cut.
Copeland lands an elbow that stopped Hussain in his tracks for a moment.
Hussain wants to break the clinch but can't.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Hussain wants to break the clinch but can't.
Hussain wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Copeland has him pressed against the cage.
Copeland comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Hussain is trying to force a seperation but Copeland has the dominant position.
Hussain escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Hussain throws a body kick that digs right into the meat.
Copeland works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
Copeland clobbers Hussain with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
Hussain lands a lovely overhand right.
Copeland keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Hussain.
Copeland throws a hook but Hussain blocks it.
Hussain uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Copeland.
Sloppy strikes from Copeland. Those never looked like landing.
Hussain follows through with a counter body kick but it doesn't land.
Copeland uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Hussain.
A lazy left from Hussain finds it's target.
Copeland ducks right into an uppercut from Hussain.
Emre Hussain seems to be getting the better of the standup.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Copeland tries to bum rush Hussain with a series of wild strikes but Hussain uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Copeland tries to keep at a distance but Hussain has taken the fight into the clinch.
Hussain manages to break the clinch.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
A left lands for Hussain.
Copeland lands a jab-cross combination.
Copeland just misses with a punch to the body.
Copeland walks into a jab.
Hussain throws a lazy uppercut
and Copeland counters with a nice uppercut.
Hussain closes the distance and clinches.
Hussain breaks from the clinch.
Copeland jabs. That one connects to the head of his opponent.
Hussain scores with a nice strike.
Hussain rushes Copeland and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Hussain wants to break free but Copeland has control.
Copeland is stalling here.
Copeland looking to slow down the pace here.
Copeland creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Copeland tries to work over Hussain's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Hussain breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Hussain works Copeland's body with a nice hook.
Copeland tries to close the distance and clinch up but Hussain swats him away and circles back towards the center.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Copeland moves in looking to clinch but Hussain pushes him off.
Hussain is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Copeland.
Hussain explodes with a nice body kick and back out of range. Nice work.
Hussain keeps the fight on the outside.
Copeland missing with a left hand there. Hussain was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Copeland fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
The fight stays on the outside here - Copeland looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Copeland misses with a double jab.
Hussain moves into the clinch.
Travis Copeland has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Hussain manages to break the clinch.
Copeland moves in looking to clinch but Hussain pushes him off.
Hussain scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Some wild striking there from Copeland.
Copeland fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Hussain, pushing him back against the cage.
Hussain avoids the elbow strike from Copeland, against the cage.
Copeland misses with a body punch.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
With the fighters up against the cage, Copeland throws an elbow but misses.
Copeland stalling in the clinch but Hussain improves position.
Hussain managing to block the knees to the body from Copeland.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Copeland lands an elbow inside.
Hussain working hard to break the clinch.
Hussain is trying to break free.
Copeland keeps control of Hussain as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Copeland is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
A right handed body shot lands from Copeland.
Hussain wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Copeland has him pressed against the cage.
Copeland trying to land knees to the body.
Hussain is trying to break the clinch but Copeland has him pressed against the cage.
Hussain pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Copeland gets tackled into the cage by Hussain. Hussain maintains the clinch.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Copeland missing with knees to the body.
Hussain is trying to break free.
Copeland trying to land knees to the body.
Copeland taking a break, stalling in the clinch.
Copeland keeps control of Hussain as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close second round but Emre Hussain will probably get the nod - 10:9.
The cut man is working on Emre Hussain's cut.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action! This is the final round!
Copeland gets a clinch.
Copeland tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Hussain avoids it.
Copeland misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Hussain.
Hussain is looking to break free of the clinch but Copeland has double underhooks.
Hussain manages to break the clinch.
Hussain looks to land a left hand but Copeland moved out of range nicely.
Hussain tries to keep at a distance but Copeland has taken the fight into the clinch.
Hussain breaks the clinch.
Hussain clinches up with Copeland and pushes him back against the cage.
Nice elbow from Copeland.
Hussain working hard to break the clinch.
Copeland throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Hussain pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Hussain throws a body kick, spinning off balance
and Copeland counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Hussain on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Copeland jabs Hussain to the body, keeping him at a distance.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Hussain clobbers Copeland with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
Copeland tries to close the distance and clinch up but Hussain swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Copeland wants to clinch.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Hussain misses with an uppercut.
Copeland throws a looping overhand right but Hussain ducks down to avoid it.
Hussain looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Copeland tries to clinch up.
Hussain throws out a counter right but Copeland avoids it with no problem.
Copeland moves into range and throws a combination. A nice jab followed by a hook to the body.
That has opened up Emre Hussain's cut even more.
Hussain gets cracked there but stands up to it.
Hussain throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Copeland on the side of the head.
Copeland avoids a kick to the body.
Copeland tries to clinch up but Hussain circles away and keeps his distance.
Copeland takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Copeland is looking to clinch.
Copeland with a nice cross.
Hussain works the jab nicely.
Hussain connects with a right hand. Copeland shakes it off.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
A big right from Hussain misses.
Hussain throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Hussain circles away from the clinch attempt.
Copeland clinches up against the cage.
Emre Hussain is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
With the fighters up against the cage, Copeland throws an elbow but misses.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Copeland obliges.
Copeland pressing his opponent against the cage.
Copeland pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Copeland looking to throw knees to the head but Hussain is blocking nicely.
Hussain wants to get back to striking at distance but Copeland won't allow it.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as Copeland takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.
Copeland taking a breather.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Copeland pushes off an throws an elbow but Hussain leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Copeland misses with a knee to the head.
Hussain is trying to force a seperation but Copeland has the dominant position.
Copeland misses with an elbow over the top.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Copeland just misses with a elbow thrown towards Hussain's brow.
Copeland tries to stall but Hussain uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Hussain takes an elbow to the temple.
Copeland with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Copeland tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Copeland slowing the pace effectively.
Copeland misses with a body punch.
Copeland comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
With the fighters up against the cage, Copeland throws an elbow but misses.
Hussain blocks an elbow strike from Copeland.
Copeland throws a knee to the head but misses.
Hussain manages to break the clinch.
Hussain gets a clinch.
Hussain escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Copeland wants to clinch.
Travis Copeland has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Copeland fails with an attempt to clinch.
And that's the end of the fight!
Travis Copeland showed his dominance in that final round.
I think Hussain has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. 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 Frank Dennis scores the fight 28:29
Judge Alan Glass scores the fight 28:29
Judge Wesley Smith scores the fight 29:29
In favor of your winner, by majority decision... Emre Hussain!
Emre Hussain bigged himself up after the win. The crowd seemed to love it.
Travis Copeland spoke after the fight, saying 'No one likes seeing their opponent's hand raised, but that just means that they were the better man today. My team at 3Band MMA and I will break down this match and make the proper changes for my next camp.'.
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