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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Malik El Shabazz (ranked 571 p4p, 1345 weight class) and Damian Dudley (ranked 89 p4p, 187 weight class). These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.
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Good wrestling
World class MT
Insanely flexible |
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Great elbows
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 18 - 9 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Malik El Shabazz!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 24 - 20 - 0, fighting out of New York, Damian Dudley!
The judges for this bout are Summer Carpenter, Darius Henderson and Ron Honeybunn.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
El Shabazz uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Dudley.
El Shabazz misses with a body shot.
El Shabazz drives through and clinches with Dudley against the cage.
Dudley lands a body punch in the clinch.
Dudley creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through El Shabazz's defenses.
El Shabazz pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Dudley throws out a loose jab but El Shabazz uses good head movement to avoid it.
It looked like El Shabazz wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
El Shabazz swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Dudley keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
A looping hook to the body misses from Dudley. El Shabazz does a little dance to reset his feet.
El Shabazz has taken the fight to the clinch.
El Shabazz blocks an elbow strike from Dudley.
El Shabazz misses with a hook from the clinch.
El Shabazz tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
El Shabazz avoids the elbow strike from Dudley, against the cage.
El Shabazz tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
El Shabazz lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
El Shabazz using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Dudley has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Dudley gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
It looks like Malik El Shabazz has been cut.
El Shabazz tries a knee to the head but Dudley blocks it.
El Shabazz misses with a knee to the head.
El Shabazz manages to break the clinch.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Dudley misses with a looping right.
El Shabazz throws a good cross that connects.
We can't be sure of the tactics at this early stage but we have heard that Dudley 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.
El Shabazz connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Dudley's hands.
El Shabazz misses the shot to the body.
Dudley lands an overhand right.
El Shabazz feints and then cracks Dudley's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Dudley down.
Good standup being displayed there by Dudley as he connects with a hook.
El Shabazz thumps Dudley with a low kick.
El Shabazz lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Dudley looks to throw the jab but El Shabazz is out of range.
A big left from El Shabazz misses.
El Shabazz lands with a cross.
Dudley pushes El Shabazz up against the cage in a clinch.
This has been an exciting period of action!
El Shabazz lands a knee to the body.
Dudley lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Dudley pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
El Shabazz with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Dudley on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
El Shabazz dodges an elbow strike from Dudley.
El Shabazz throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Dudley blocks it with crossed arms.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
El Shabazz with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Good body shot from Dudley.
El Shabazz breaks the clinch.
Dudley moves out of range of the strikes.
El Shabazz swats away the attempt to clinch by Dudley.
Dudley looks to land a left hand but El Shabazz moved out of range nicely.
El Shabazz gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Dudley throws a head punch that misses.
Nice body punch from Dudley - that landed with a thud.
Dudley lands an elbow that stopped El Shabazz in his tracks for a moment.
El Shabazz tries a knee to the head but Dudley blocks it.
El Shabazz tries a knee to the head but Dudley blocks it.
El Shabazz misses with some punches.
With the fighters up against the cage, Dudley throws an elbow but misses.
Dudley is looking to take this one to the mat.
El Shabazz's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Dudley pushes El Shabazz up against the cage in a clinch.
El Shabazz tries a knee to the head but Dudley blocks it.
El Shabazz doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
A right hook to the body lands for Dudley.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
El Shabazz landing knees to the head.
It looks like Damian Dudley has been cut.
Dudley throws an elbow but it misses.
El Shabazz throws a knee to the head but misses.
Nice body punch from Dudley.
Dudley misses with an elbow strike.
Dudley can't find room to land a body shot as El Shabazz controls the action.
El Shabazz blocks an elbow strike from Dudley.
Dudley lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
El Shabazz misses with a knee strike.
El Shabazz with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Dudley misses with an elbow over the top.
I was talking to El Shabazz's coach per-fight and he was telling me that they'd been working on the clinch in the runup to this fight.
El Shabazz tries to land knees in the clinch but Dudley avoids the damage to the body.
El Shabazz blocks an elbow strike.
El Shabazz looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
A knee to the head by El Shabazz.
Dudley has hold of a leg and is looking for a trip takedown. El Shabazz avoids it nicely though and we remain in the clinch.
Dudley lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
El Shabazz lands a hook that snaps the head of Dudley backwards.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Dudley misses with an elbow strike.
El Shabazz with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Dudley lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of El Shabazz backwards.
Dudley goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
El Shabazz with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Dudley lands an elbow inside.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Dudley.
Nice elbow from Dudley.
Dudley has dropped down and is looking to force the takedown but it's defended by El Shabazz after a bit of a struggle.
Malik El Shabazz has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Damian Dudley.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Dudley creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
El Shabazz lands a shot to the body.
Dudley throws an elbow but it misses.
Dudley avoiding damage as El Shabazz throws knees to the body.
Dudley misses with a hook from the clinch.
Dudley is looking for a takedown.
The fighters are starting to get sweaty, which will make takedowns a bit more tricky.
Dudley lands an elbow just above El Shabazz 's eye.
El Shabazz with an attempt at a knee that misses.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Dudley makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Dudley lands an elbow just above El Shabazz 's eye.
Dudley lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
El Shabazz swings wildly with an uppercut but Dudley uses good head movement to avoid it.
El Shabazz misses with a knee strike.
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 Malik El Shabazz will probably get the nod.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.
El Shabazz scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
A slow jab from El Shabazz misses its intended target.
Dudley bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps El Shabazz's head backwards.
El Shabazz uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Dudley.
El Shabazz throws a jab when Dudley was well out of range.
El Shabazz misses with a straight right.
El Shabazz avoids a punch combination nicely.
Dudley takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Dudley avoids a punch combination nicely.
El Shabazz scores with the left hand. Dudley knows he should have avoided that one.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
El Shabazz lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
A telegraphed right hand from El Shabazz misses the target.
El Shabazz cracks a nice hook into Dudley's ribs.
A jab from Dudley misses.
A shot to the liver by Dudley. Beautiful body shot.
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!
El Shabazz connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Dudley smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
Dudley throws a right hand that El Shabazz ducks under and follows up with a left that El Shabazz also avoids with ease.
Dudley moves out of range as El Shabazz strikes.
A little jabbing left from Dudley on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Malik El Shabazz is winning the standup battle so far.
Dudley misses with the combination.
El Shabazz throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.
El Shabazz bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Dudley looks to land a left hand but El Shabazz moved out of range nicely.
Dudley looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
El Shabazz tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Dudley was well out of range. Poor timing from El Shabazz.
Dudley is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
El Shabazz throws a looping overhand right but Dudley ducks down to avoid it.
El Shabazz closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
El Shabazz using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Dudley has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Dudley misses with a shot to the kidneys.
El Shabazz tries to land a knee to the head but Dudley blocks with his arms.
Dudley drops down looking for an ankle pick but El Shabazz pulls his leg out and moves away.
Dudley looks to score with a jab to the body but El Shabazz is just out of range.
Dudley paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
El Shabazz slips under a jab.
Dudley ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
El Shabazz scores with the left hand. Dudley knows he should have avoided that one.
El Shabazz on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Dudley takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Dudley slips under a jab.
Dudley uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from El Shabazz.
Dudley slips under a jab from El Shabazz.
El Shabazz connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Dudley's hands.
El Shabazz closes the distance and clinches.
Dudley blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Dudley takes a knee to the side of the body.
El Shabazz misses with a knee strike.
Dudley works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
El Shabazz throws a knee to the head but misses.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
A head punch on the inside from Dudley fails to land.
Dudley creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
El Shabazz is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Dudley is defending well for now.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
El Shabazz misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Dudley.
Dudley lands with a short punch from the clinch.
El Shabazz throws a knee to the head but misses.
El Shabazz throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Dudley blocks it with crossed arms.
Dudley misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Dudley is trying to work for a single leg takedown but El Shabazz pulls him back up using the underhooks.
El Shabazz throws a knee to the head but misses.
El Shabazz throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Dudley blocks it with crossed arms.
El Shabazz using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Dudley has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Dudley lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
A right hook to the body lands for Dudley.
El Shabazz blocking some punches.
El Shabazz misses with a knee strike.
Dudley drops to a knee looking for a takedown but El Shabazz gets the underhooks and prevents it.
Malik El Shabazz has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Damian Dudley.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Dudley.
Dudley misses with a punch on the inside.
El Shabazz avoids a wild elbow strike from Dudley.
Dudley lands a nice uppercut.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
El Shabazz breaks from the clinch.
El Shabazz is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Dudley.
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!
El Shabazz moves into the clinch successfully.
El Shabazz looking to throw knees to the head but Dudley is blocking nicely.
Dudley throws a head punch that misses.
Dudley lands with a short head shot on the inside.
El Shabazz with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Dudley comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Dudley scores with a hook to the body.
Dudley lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
El Shabazz blocks an elbow strike.
Dudley tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
El Shabazz blocks a punch to the side of the head.
El Shabazz misses with a body punch.
Dudley lands a nice shot to the body.
Dudley goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Nice elbow from Dudley.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
El Shabazz tries to land a knee to the head but Dudley blocks with his arms.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Dudley.
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 Malik El Shabazz will probably get the nod.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action. This is the final round!
Dudley takes a swing at El Shabazz's ribcage but misses.
Jab from El Shabazz.
El Shabazz has Dudley up against the cage in a clinch.
El Shabazz lands a body shot.
Dudley throws a head punch that misses.
Dudley takes a knee right on the jaw!
Dudley lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down El Shabazz.
Dudley lands with a light punch inside.
Dudley misses with an elbow over the top.
Dudley comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Dudley tries to work over El Shabazz's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
El Shabazz is pressed up against the cage. Dudley has hold of a leg and is looking to drag El Shabazz down to the mat. El Shabazz avoids the attempt though and has circled away. We're back to striking at a distance.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
El Shabazz throws out a loose jab but Dudley uses good head movement to avoid it.
Dudley cracks El Shabazz with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
Dudley throws a combination but it was largely blocked by El Shabazz.
A jab from El Shabazz misses.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
El Shabazz swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
El Shabazz throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
That's one minute gone in the round.
El Shabazz throws a jab but it's blocked by Dudley.
Dudley takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
El Shabazz uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Dudley.
El Shabazz looks to land a right hand but Dudley moved out of range.
El Shabazz connects with a body shot that sends Dudley's belly button to the back.
Dudley defending well as El Shabazz loads up on a big left hand.
Dudley wants to counter with a clinch but El Shabazz pushes him away.
El Shabazz feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Dudleys jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!
El Shabazz swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Dudley slips under a jab from El Shabazz.
Dudley keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
El Shabazz shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.
Dudley throws a jab when El Shabazz was well out of range.
Dudley missing with a left hand there. El Shabazz was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
El Shabazz keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Dudley.
Dudley throws a big shot that misses.
El Shabazz gets a clinch.
Damian Dudley seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Dudley lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down El Shabazz.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Dudley throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Damian Dudley has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
That's two minutes gone in the round.
A right hand to the body from Dudley.
Dudley lands an elbow just above El Shabazz 's eye.
Malik El Shabazz's cut is getting worse.
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!
El Shabazz blocks an elbow strike from Dudley.
El Shabazz throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Dudley blocks it with crossed arms.
El Shabazz misses with a knee to the head.
A left hand lands to the body for Dudley.
Dudley creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through El Shabazz's defenses.
Dudley lands a nice uppercut.
Dudley lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Dudley lands an elbow that stopped El Shabazz in his tracks for a moment.
El Shabazz throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Dudley blocks it with crossed arms.
Dudley pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Dudley lands an elbow just above El Shabazz 's eye.
El Shabazz takes an elbow to the temple.
Malik El Shabazz's cut is bleeding quite badly. He's got to try and protect it.
El Shabazz with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Dudley just misses with a elbow thrown towards El Shabazz's brow.
Dudley lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of El Shabazz backwards.
El Shabazz blocks an elbow strike.
El Shabazz blocks an elbow strike from Dudley.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Dudley drops to a knee looking for a takedown but El Shabazz gets the underhooks and prevents it.
Dudley lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Dudley working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Dudley goes for a takedown in the clinch but El Shabazz prevents it.
Malik El Shabazz has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Damian Dudley.
El Shabazz misses with a knee strike.
El Shabazz tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
El Shabazz misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Dudley.
Dudley creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through El Shabazz's defenses.
El Shabazz tries a knee to the head but Dudley blocks it.
Dudley lands a body shot.
El Shabazz with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Dudley lands a nice uppercut.
Dudley lands with a light punch inside.
El Shabazz takes a shot to the head.
Dudley is looking for a takedown up against the cage. El Shabazz gets underhooks though and prevents the takedown attempt.
Dudley lands a damaging elbow.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
A head punch on the inside from Dudley fails to land.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
El Shabazz is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Dudley is defending well for now.
El Shabazz with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
El Shabazz tries to land knees in the clinch but Dudley avoids the damage to the body.
El Shabazz throws a knee to the head but misses.
El Shabazz tries to land knees in the clinch but Dudley avoids the damage to the body.
El Shabazz looking to throw knees to the head but Dudley is blocking nicely.
Dudley throws a head punch that misses.
Dudley lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt El Shabazz or not.
El Shabazz tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Dudley creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Dudley lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
El Shabazz blocks the elbow strike.
Dudley tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
A right hand to the body from Dudley.
Malik El Shabazz is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
A short left from Dudley.
Dudley lands a hook to the side of the head.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
A shot in the inside from Dudley.
And that's the end of the fight!
Damian Dudley comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think El Shabazz 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 Summer Carpenter scores the fight 29:28
Judge Darius Henderson scores the fight 29:30
Judge Ron Honeybunn scores the fight 29:28
In favor of your winner, by split decision... Malik El Shabazz!
After the fight, Malik El Shabazz was humble in paying tribute to his opponent but made it clear he wants to go on to bigger and better things. It seemed to go down well with the crowd who cheered him loudly.
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