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Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Khakim Khadzhimurad (ranked 284 p4p, 491 weight class) and Manny Perez (ranked 34 p4p, 53 weight class). Both fighters look pumped up here. Let's hope this is a good fight!
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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 16 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Khakim Khadzhimurad!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 17 - 13 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Manny Perez!
The judges for this bout are Konstantin Menshow, Aleksandr Martynov and Fedor Mirinova.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Khadzhimurad lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Perez lands a jab followed by a nice looking cross.
Manny Perez seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Perez misses with a double jab.
Perez with the inside leg kick.
Nice jab there from Khadzhimurad.
Perez tries to land a leg kick but Khadzhimurad saw it coming and moves away.
Perez misses the jab.
Khadzhimurad half committed to a counter leg kick.
Khadzhimurad darts in and clinches Perez up against the cage.
Khadzhimurad lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Perez is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Khadzhimurad is keeping busy.
Perez throws an elbow but it's blocked.
A short uppercut from Khadzhimurad.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Still in the clinch, Khadzhimurad scores with a nice short uppercut.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Perez blocks a body shot from Khadzhimurad.
Perez misses with an elbow strike.
Khadzhimurad throws a punch but it's blocked by Perez.
Perez's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Khadzhimurad throws a hook but Perez blocks it.
Khadzhimurad gets cracked there but stands up to it.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Khadzhimurad scores with a nice right hand.
Perez connects with a solid leg kick.
Perez throws a low kick but Khadzhimurad avoids it.
Perez ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Khadzhimurad moves away.
Khadzhimurad tries to land a leg kick but Perez saw it coming and moves away.
Perez throws a leg kick which misses Khadzhimurad's front leg but catches the back leg as Khadzhimurad tries to avoid it.
Khadzhimurad moves into the clinch successfully.
Khadzhimurad really does look like a pencil wearing a pair of gloves. Let's hope he has a gameplan to suit that ridiculous body shape.
Khadzhimurad working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Khadzhimurad tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Perez looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Khadzhimurad lands with a light punch inside.
A right hand to the body from Khadzhimurad.
Perez can't break the clinch.
Perez looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Perez misses with an elbow over the top.
A nice left hand lands by Khadzhimurad.
Khadzhimurad lands with a short head shot on the inside.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Khadzhimurad digs a right hand underneath Perez's ribcage. Perez let out a lung full of air as it connected.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Perez blocks an uppercut.
Still in the clinch, Khadzhimurad scores with a nice short uppercut.
Khadzhimurad blocking some punches.
Perez with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Perez takes a shot to the head.
Khadzhimurad tries to throw a body punch but Perez avoids it by throwing Khadzhimurad back against the cage.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Khadzhimurad.
Khadzhimurad lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Perez backwards.
Perez is trying to maintain a safe position but Khadzhimurad gets an underhook and turns Perez into the cage.
Perez is working Khadzhimurad over against the cage.
A short body shot lands from Khadzhimurad as the two fighters clinch.
A nice left hand lands by Perez.
Perez is stalling here. The referee will be looking to step in if he doesn't pick up the pace.
Khadzhimurad tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Perez prevents a body shot from Khadzhimurad.
Perez lands an elbow just above Khadzhimurad 's eye.
Khadzhimurad misses with a hook to the ribs.
Khadzhimurad working aggressively here.
Perez tries to stall but Khadzhimurad uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Knees to the body from Perez.
Perez blocks an uppercut.
Khadzhimurad avoids the elbow strike from Perez, against the cage.
Perez wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Perez throws a head punch that misses.
Khadzhimurad lands a nice uppercut.
Khadzhimurad avoids the elbow strike from Perez, against the cage.
Perez lands a damaging elbow.
Khadzhimurad swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Khadzhimurad can't find room to land a body shot as Perez controls the action.
Khadzhimurad lands with a short shot to the head.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Khadzhimurad.
Khadzhimurad working aggressively here.
Perez manages to break the clinch.
Khadzhimurad moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Perez looks to land a combination. Khadzhimurad sees it coming but can only parry a couple of the shots.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Perez stalks Khadzhimurad and leaps in with a furious combination of punches. Uppercuts and crosses smash into Khadzhimurad's face. Khadzhimurad staggers backwards, shaken.
A nice inside leg kick there by Khadzhimurad. That's going to slow Perez down.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Sloppy strikes from Perez. Those never looked like landing.
Perez misses with a low kick.
Perez pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Khadzhimurad has his head slapped from side to side by a 3 punch combination. That must have hurt him.
Khadzhimurad ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Perez circles away from the clinch attempt.
Perez throws an overhand right that lands on Khadzhimurad's shoulder, as Khadzhimurad tries to avoid the shot.
A little feinted left hand from Khadzhimurad on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
Perez throws a hook but Khadzhimurad blocks it.
Khadzhimurad tries to clinch there but Perez circles away.
Khadzhimurad takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Khadzhimurad scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
Khadzhimurad pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
A slow jab from Khadzhimurad misses its intended target.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Khadzhimurad on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Perez shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
We've been told by Khadzhimurad's head coaches at Hey Steves Fight Shack that he's been working on his takedown defense in preparation for this fight.
Perez looks to score with a jab to the body but Khadzhimurad is just out of range.
Donk. Perez catches Khadzhimurad right on the button with a cross.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close round but I would say that Khakim Khadzhimurad will probably get the nod.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!
Khadzhimurad misses with a body punch
and Perez counters with a one-two to the body.
A big left from Khadzhimurad misses.
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Perez, as that shot connected.
Nice defenses there by Perez.
Perez connects with a jab.
Khadzhimurad throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Khadzhimurad lands a nice leg kick that just misses Perez's sensitive parts.
Perez swinging wildly here.
Khadzhimurad fires out a quick counter leg kick but Perez just manages to avoid it.
Khadzhimurad connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Perez's hands.
Khadzhimurad ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Perez moves away.
Perez throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Khadzhimurad counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Khadzhimurad connects with a single shot there.
Khadzhimurad fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Khadzhimurad ducks under a wild hook from Perez.
Khadzhimurad moves into the clinch.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Khadzhimurad scores with a nice hook to the head.
Perez is trying to break free.
Perez looking to throw knees to the head but Khadzhimurad is blocking nicely.
Perez looking to throw knees to the head but Khadzhimurad is blocking nicely.
Perez lands a shoulder strike.
A left hand lands to the body for Khadzhimurad.
Khadzhimurad tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Khadzhimurad lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Perez breaks from the clinch.
Khadzhimurad's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Perez connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Khadzhimurad scrambles back to his feet.
Perez connects with a looping right hand.
Khadzhimurad scores with a head kick. Perez tried to block it but didn't get his arm up in time.
Perez has been working his punching technique in the buildup to the fight and it appears to be paying off.
Perez throws a hook to the side of Khadzhimurad's head but Khadzhimurad sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
A slapping leg kick lands for Perez.
Manny Perez seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Khadzhimurad scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Perez doesn't seem bothered though.
Perez misses with a straight left.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Khadzhimurad slips under a jab.
A solid leg kick lands there for Khadzhimurad.
Perez will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.
Khadzhimurad throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Nice defenses there by Khadzhimurad.
Perez throws a body kick, spinning off balance
and Khadzhimurad cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Perez keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
A right-left combo lands from Perez.
Perez looks to throw the jab but Khadzhimurad is out of range.
Khadzhimurad bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Perez's head.
Perez misses with a body shot.
Perez jabs at Khadzhimurad's body.
Khadzhimurad attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
Perez throws out a counter right but Khadzhimurad avoids it with no problem.
Perez delivers a nice body kick.
Perez lands a glancing blow to the side of Khadzhimurad's head.
Khadzhimurad keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Perez.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Perez jabs. That one connects to the head of his opponent.
Perez lands with a good body shot.
Perez tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Khadzhimurad was well out of range. Poor timing from Perez.
Khadzhimurad keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Perez walks into a straight right hand from Khadzhimurad.
Perez scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
Khadzhimurad misses the shot to the body.
Perez swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Khadzhimurad misses with a straight left.
Khadzhimurad is using his height advantage well here, landing a good percentage of his punches.
Perez takes one to the side of the head.
Perez has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Khadzhimurad finds it's way round the side to connect with Perez's head.
Perez staying out of range there.
Khadzhimurad on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Khadzhimurad tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
A decent looking body kick lands there for Khadzhimurad.
Perez swings for the body but Khadzhimurad moves out of range.
Khadzhimurad moves into range and clinches up with Perez.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Perez escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Khadzhimurad lands with an uppercut that bounces Perez off the cage and back into range.
Khadzhimurad tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Perez avoids a kick to the body.
Khadzhimurad takes one on the chin but seems OK.
A bone on bone clash there as Khadzhimurad blocks the leg kick.
Perez jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Khadzhimurad jabs. That one connects to the head of his opponent.
Khadzhimurad throws the kick towards the body but Perez avoids it.
Perez swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Khadzhimurad missing with a left hand there. Perez was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Khadzhimurad attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
Khadzhimurad clinches.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Khadzhimurad misses with a hook from the clinch.
Perez pushes off an throws an elbow but Khadzhimurad leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Khadzhimurad.
Khadzhimurad takes an elbow to the forehead.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close second round but I would say that Khakim Khadzhimurad will probably get the nod.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business. This is the final round!
Khadzhimurad moves to clinch but Perez breaks away
and Perez connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Khadzhimurad closes the distance and clinches.
Perez lands a hook that snaps the head of Khadzhimurad backwards.
Perez lands an elbow inside.
A short right from Khadzhimurad on the inside.
Perez breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Perez blocks a jab.
Perez misses with a low kick.
Perez throws out a powerful jab.
Perez uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Khadzhimurad has time to react.
Nice jab there from Perez.
A big left from Perez misses.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Khadzhimurad slips a straight right by Perez.
Perez fails to land with a series of punches.
Khadzhimurad uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Perez.
Khadzhimurad misses with an uppercut. Perez saw that one coming.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Perez misses with a jab, cross combination.
Khadzhimurad seemed to be looking to counter by closing the distance.
Perez misses with a wild body shot.
Khadzhimurad swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
Khadzhimurad looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
Khadzhimurad darts in and clinches Perez up against the cage.
Perez blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Khadzhimurad pushes Perez back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Perez tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Perez prevents a body shot from Khadzhimurad.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Perez.
Khadzhimurad blocks the elbow strike.
A short right from Perez on the inside.
Khadzhimurad lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Perez is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Khadzhimurad is keeping busy.
Perez wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Khadzhimurad has him pressed against the cage.
A body shot lands from Khadzhimurad.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
Khadzhimurad lands with a short shot to the head.
Khadzhimurad lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Perez backwards.
Khakim Khadzhimurad is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Khadzhimurad can't find room to land a body shot as Perez controls the action.
Perez lands a right hand that snaps the head of Khadzhimurad backwards.
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 right handed body shot lands from Perez.
Perez has Khadzhimurad pushed against the cage.
Perez tries a body shot but Khadzhimurad blocks it.
Khadzhimurad struggles to land a body shot inside as Perez controls his hands.
Perez tries a knee to the head but Khadzhimurad blocks it.
Perez just leaning against Khadzhimurad, taking a breather.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Khadzhimurad.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
Perez tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Khadzhimurad avoids it.
Perez tries to circle away but Khadzhimurad has him pinned against the cage.
Perez looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Perez fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
A short body shot lands from Khadzhimurad as the two fighters clinch.
Perez wants to break free but Khadzhimurad has control.
Perez displaying some good clinch control by pressing Khadzhimurad up against the cage.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Perez just misses with a elbow thrown towards Khadzhimurad's brow.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are getting on the fighters' backs, as the pace has dropped off in the last minute or so.
A bit of stalling here from Perez.
Perez misses with a hook to the ribs.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Khadzhimurad as Perez tries to tie him up.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Khadzhimurad as Perez tries to tie him up.
Khadzhimurad blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Perez stalling against the cage.
Perez wants to break the clinch but can't.
And that's the end of the fight!
Manny Perez comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think Khadzhimurad has won this one but let's see what the judges have to say. 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 Konstantin Menshow scores the fight 29:28
Judge Aleksandr Martynov scores the fight 27:30
Judge Fedor Mirinova scores the fight 29:28
In favor of your winner, by split decision... Khakim Khadzhimurad!
A victorious Khakim Khadzhimurad thanked his army of followers in his post fight interview, telling people to make sure they follow him on Twitter.
In defeat, Manny Perez stepped up to the mic, 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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