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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Marax El (ranked 2825 p4p, 2930 weight class) and Sheikh Mahmut (ranked 359 p4p, 376 weight class). Mahmut is bouncing up and down as he enters the arena, backed by For Heavy Metal we will die!. The crowd giving both fighters a great reception on their way into the arena. That's good to see.
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8 - 4 - 0 |
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6 - 2 - 0 |
BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent boxer
Very strong |
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Good wrestler
World class MT
Good gas tank |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 8 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Marax El!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 6 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Sheikh Mahmut!
The judges for this bout are Paul Tew, Sam Margolis and Chris Edwards.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Mahmut lands a front kick.
Mahmut misses with a straight left.
El throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
El throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Left hook, right uppercut from Mahmut.
It looks like Marax El has been cut.
El tries for a takedown but Mahmut circles away easily
and Mahmut counters with a nice right hand that sends El toppling to the canvas! El scrambles and gets back to his feet - can Mahmut finish him?!
This has been an exciting period of action!
Mahmut throws a body punch but El moves out of range.
El fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Mahmut has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
El takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
Mahmut swings for the body but El moves out of range.
El throws out a loose jab but Mahmut uses good head movement to avoid it.
A solid leg kick lands there for Mahmut.
El throws a right and a left that Mahmut avoids nicely.
El misses with a few strikes there.
Mahmut misses with a kick to the body.
El appeared to be looking to counter that last move with a leg kick.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Mahmut lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Mahmut pushes El up against the cage in a clinch.
El is trying to stall.
Mahmut manages to break the clinch.
Mahmut gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Mahmut will no doubt start fighting again in a minute but for now he's just having a little rest, leaning El up against the cage.
El doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Mahmut stalling the fight.
Mahmut fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
El slowing the pace effectively.
A head punch blocked on the inside by El.
Mahmut displaying some good clinch control by pressing El up against the cage.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as Mahmut takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Mahmut breaks from the clinch.
El blocks a low kick nicely.
As Mahmut looks to move away, El throws a big counter combo but Mahmut just gets out of the way.
Good shot there by Mahmut.
Nice uppercut there from Mahmut.
Mahmut cracks El with a nasty uppercut that draws ooohs from the crowd and sends El tumbling backwards onto the mat. He tries to recover but Mahmut pounces and lands a hail of unanswered strikes that forces the referee to step in to end the fight! El is not happy but he gave the referee no choice!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:33 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Sheikh Mahmut!
A very excited looking Sheikh Mahmut made sure he remembered to thank all the fans both in the arena and on the internet. He said all the coolest people spend all day on MMA websites, which got a big reaction.
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energy
A | B |
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hype
A | B |
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pop
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mgr
A | B |
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RATING
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