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Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Temujin Khan (ranked 2227 p4p, 2948 weight class) and Andre Mahesa (ranked 108 p4p, 134 weight class). Mahesa has chosen You're Going Down as his entrance music. Andre Mahesa will no doubt be looking to use his reach advantage to good effect.
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Good wrestling
Basic striking
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Powerful takedowns
Counter fighter
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the bantamweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 3 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Temujin Khan!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 10 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Andre Mahesa!
The judges for this bout are Yasuomi Hirokawa, Yukihiro Shimada and Hirohito Nitta.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Mahesa moves into the clinch.
Khan wants to take the fight to the mat but Mahesa manages to get underhooks and keep the fight in the clinch.
Khan blocks an uppercut.
Khan trying to stall but Mahesa improves his position.
Khan prevents a body shot from Mahesa.
Khan jumps guard but Mahesa turns him against the cage and keeps the fight standing.
Mahesa is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.
Khan blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Khan wants to stall.
Khan is trying to drag Mahesa to the mat but Mahesa just about manages to keep his footing. He used the cage to his advantage there.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Temujin Khan. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Khan wants a takedown.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Mahesa lands a shot to the body.
Mahesa blocking some punches.
Khan blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Khan tries to pull guard but Mahesa holds him up against the cage and eventually Khan drops back down to his feet.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Mahesa working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
A short body shot lands from Mahesa as the two fighters clinch.
Mahesa doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Khan is working for a takedown up against the cage. He can't get it on this occasion though.
Mahesa doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Khan is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Mahesa is keeping busy.
Mahesa misses with a hook to the ribs.
Mahesa working aggressively here.
Mahesa prevents Khan from breaking the clinch.
Khan looking to slow down the pace here.
Mahesa lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Khan has clasped his hands together around Mahesa's back... aaand, he's got a takedown into side control. Nicely done.
Mahesa is looking for a sweep.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Mahesa manages to land a sweep and he's now on top! Lovely Jiu Jitsu!
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Mahesa is trying to control. Khan wants to improve his position but can't escape this time.
Mahesa not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
Khan avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Mahesa.
Khan wants to improve his position but Mahesa is controlling well.
Mahesa looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Khan with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
Khan trying to control here.
Khan on the receiving end of some nice ground and pound.
Mahesa throwing shots but Khan is blocking nicely.
Mahesa thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Khan's head.
Mahesa prevents Khan from improving his position.
Khan is in a tricky position but he's been working on his transitions down at Qube MMA, so we'll see if he gets out of it.
Khan is not content to let Mahesa control the position.
Mahesa seems to be taking a bit of a break to think of his next move. He lands a short punch in the meantime.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Mahesa not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
Mahesa throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Mahesa is looking for a kimura but he's never going to get it from there.
Mahesa wants to work for an arm triangle but Khan is really keeping half guard well and defending the submission attempt.
The fighters are starting to get a bit slippery now, which will make submissions a bit more difficult.
Khan is trying to stand.
Mahesa has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Khan moves into full guard.
Khan looking for a guillotine here but Mahesa defends easily.
Mahesa throwing strikes from guard but Khan blocks nicely.
Khan is looking to stand up but Mahesa isn't so interested in that idea.
Mahesa wants to stand but Khan has a closed guard, so he can't escape.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Mahesa forces his way into half guard.
Khan trying to control here.
Mahesa looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Khan with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Khan keeping control of the leg, stopping his opponent passing to mount.
Mahesa scoring with strikes to the body and head.
Khan wants to improve his position but Mahesa is controlling well.
Mahesa thows a huge punch but Khan dodges it nicely.
Khan blocking the ground and pound attempt from Mahesa.
Mahesa wants to lay and pray for a moment but Khan keeps working.
Mahesa not landing any meaningful shots this time.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Andre Mahesa dominated that round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!
Khan closes the distance and looks for a trip takedown... aaaand he's got it - Khan lands in his opponent's guard.
Mahesa is throwing his legs up, looking for submissions. Khan is aware though and is defending well.
Khan is posturing up here but Mahesa has hold of an arm and he's gone for an armbar! Khan tries to roll out but it's too tight and Khan has to tap! Slick submission there by Mahesa!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:37 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Andre Mahesa!
During a confident post fight interview, Andre Mahesa thanked all his fans. He seemed very genuine when describing how motivated his fans keep him.
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energy
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hype
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pop
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mgr
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FIGHT
RATING
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