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Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Jacque Joteel (ranked 91 p4p, 69 weight class) and Zaid Al Balushi (ranked 16 p4p, 12 weight class). Joteel comes into the arena with Moogwalze blaring out of the sound system. Well, the cameraman is lingering on a pretty young lady for a bit too long there. Keep your eyes on the prize buddy or you'll miss the fighter intros!
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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 32 - 17 - 1, fighting out of Los Angeles, Jacque Joteel!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 22 - 7 - 1, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Zaid Al Balushi!
The judges for this bout are Ren Mimura, Tatsuya Matsuyama and Shigeki Sano.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Al Balushi attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
Joteel throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Joteel swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Joteel wants to slow Al Balushi down by chopping away at his legs.
Al Balushi closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
Joteel blocks a low kick nicely.
Joteel misses with a hook
and Al Balushi counters with an outside leg kick.
Al Balushi checks the leg kick.
Al Balushi lands a body shot.
Joteel misses with a wild body shot.
Al Balushi looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Joteel throws a wild body kick that Al Balushi sees coming a mile off.
A thudding body kick lands there by Joteel!
Joteel misses with a body shot.
Al Balushi thinks about the counter body kick.
Joteel lands a slapping body shot.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Al Balushi avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
Joteel takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
Joteel fails to land with a series of punches.
Joteel with a nice calf kick.
Joteel misses with a leg kick
and Al Balushi counters with an outside leg kick.
Joteel with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Joteel checks the leg kick nicely there.
Joteel half committed to a counter leg kick.
Al Balushi uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Joteel.
Al Balushi shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.
And Joteel counters with a quick kick to the body but Al Balushi blocks it.
Joteel cracks Al Balushi with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
Joteel is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Al Balushi.
Joteel misses with a low kick.
A low kick from Al Balushi misses
letting Joteel counter with a right hand.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Al Balushi scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Joteel scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Al Balushi blocks the body kick.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Al Balushi! But no joy.
Joteel fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Al Balushi manages to avoid it.
Joteel misses with a body kick.
Al Balushi now looks to counter with a shot at the body.
Joteel misses with a low kick.
Joteel misses with a body punch
and Al Balushi counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Joteel misses with a kick to the body
and Al Balushi counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.
Al Balushi drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
A swing and a miss from Joteel.
Al Balushi let fly with a counter punch to the body but it didn't land.
Jacque Joteel seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
A low kick from Joteel is predictable there
and Al Balushi counters with a nice uppercut.
Al Balushi misses with a body kick.
Al Balushi throws a jab but it's blocked by Joteel.
A little feinted left hand from Joteel on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
Al Balushi staying out of range there.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Joteel tests Al Balushi's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Al Balushi checks a low kick from Joteel.
Joteel misses with a hook
and Al Balushi counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Al Balushi gets cracked there but stands up to it.
Joteel is really peppering his opponent's head with punches.
Joteel looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Al Balushi flicks out a counter leg kick but Joteel steps away.
Al Balushi throws a solid leg kick but Joteel takes the impact on his shin and smiles at Al Balushi.
Joteel goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Al Balushi feints a counter leg kick.
Joteel scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Joteel wants to clinch.
Al Balushi flicks out a counter leg kick but Joteel steps away.
Al Balushi slips under a jab from Joteel.
Joteel slips under a jab from Al Balushi.
Joteel looks to be in better condition than last time we saw him fight. Obviously he's been working hard on his cardio.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Joteel throws a hook to the side of Al Balushi's head but Al Balushi sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Al Balushi follows through with a counter body kick but it doesn't land.
Joteel throws a right hand that Al Balushi ducks under and follows up with a left that Al Balushi also avoids with ease.
Joteel fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Al Balushi manages to avoid it.
Joteel misses with a lunging right hand
and Joteel takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Joteel steps to his left, right into the path of a big body kick from Al Balushi. That one must have hurt.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Al Balushi throws a hook to the side of Joteel's head but Joteel sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Joteel half committed to a counter leg kick.
Joteel fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Al Balushi.
Joteel scoring well with a low kick there.
Al Balushi looks to land a right hand but Joteel moved out of range.
Joteel catches Al Balushi with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
Joteel tries to score with a low kick but Al Balushi moves his leg out of the way.
Joteel throws a good cross that connects.
Joteel misses with an uppercut. Al Balushi saw that one coming.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Jacque Joteel dominated that round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!
A cross from Joteel lands.
Jacque Joteel is winning the standup battle so far.
A telegraphed right hand from Joteel misses the target.
Al Balushi showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Joteel.
Joteel fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Joteel is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Al Balushi can do to turn this around?
Joteel pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Both these guys seem content to just stand up and trade with each other but Al Balushi might want to think about changing up his gameplan a bit because over the course of the fight, Joteel has got the better of the exchanges.
Joteel misses with a hook. Al Balushi ducked under it nicely.
Al Balushi tries a quick counter leg kick but Joteel is wise to it.
Jab by Al Balushi.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Al Balushi throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
A little feinted left hand from Joteel on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
Joteel throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
Al Balushi throws out a counter right but Joteel avoids it with no problem.
Al Balushi misses with a leg kick.
Joteel fires out a quick counter leg kick but Al Balushi just manages to avoid it.
Joteel moves out of range as Al Balushi strikes.
Joteel misses with a body kick.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Joteel misses with a looping right.
Al Balushi connects with a good right hand that stumbles Joteel. Joteel circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
A lazy left from Al Balushi finds it's target.
Joteel scores with a punch to the head.
Joteel with a hook.
Joteel will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.
Joteel buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Joteel misses with a right hand
enabling Al Balushi to counter with a crisp jab.
Joteel throws a jab when Al Balushi was well out of range.
Joteel keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
Al Balushi throws a leg kick but Joteel sees it coming and checks it nicely.
Joteel looked to counter that last move with a leg kick but didn't pull the trigger.
Joteel throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Joteel tries to land a body kick
and Al Balushi counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Joteel takes a shot to the body in his stride.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Joteel throws a leg kick that is checked
and Joteel takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Joteel tries to clinch up.
Joteel steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Al Balushi.
Joteel misses with a right hand
and Al Balushi counters with a leg kick.
Al Balushi jabs Joteel right on the nose. Joteel blinks but takes it well.
Al Balushi throws a nice outside leg kick.
Joteel blocks the body kick.
Joteel throws a series of strikes that have Al Balushi backpedaling.
Al Balushi throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
A low kick from Joteel is predictable there
and Al Balushi counters with a nice leg kick.
Joteel looks to land a body kick but Al Balushi moved away.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Al Balushi throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Joteel throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Al Balushi counters into the clinch. Nicely done.
Al Balushi throws a punch but it's blocked by Joteel.
Al Balushi swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Joteel breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Nice defenses there by Al Balushi.
It seemed like Al Balushi was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Al Balushi throws a leg kick that misses.
Joteel is looking to land body kicks.
Al Balushi looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Joteel stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
Joteel looks to throw the jab but Al Balushi is out of range.
Al Balushi lands a body shot.
A shot to the liver by Joteel. Beautiful body shot.
Joteel loads up on a big right hand but Al Balushi slips the punch.
Joteel misses with a looping left.
Al Balushi swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Joteel scores with a punch to the head.
A solid leg kick lands there for Joteel.
Joteel does a little shimmy and throws a leg kick. The leg kick missed by a considerable margin though, making him look a little bit silly for doing the shimmy.
Al Balushi throws out a counter right but Joteel avoids it with no problem.
The crowd cheers as Al Balushi lands an impressive looking overhand right. Joteel doesn't seem phased though.
This has been an exciting period of action!
A bone on bone clash there as Al Balushi blocks the leg kick.
Joteel tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Al Balushi was well out of range. Poor timing from Joteel.
Joteel takes a swing at Al Balushi's ribcage but misses.
Al Balushi is looking for the big counter here.
Joteel misses with a low kick.
Al Balushi tries a quick counter leg kick but Joteel is wise to it.
Joteel throws an overhand right that lands on Al Balushi's shoulder, as Al Balushi tries to avoid the shot.
Al Balushi only half commits to the counter leg kick.
Joteel lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Joteel throws a body shot but no joy.
Al Balushi was about to counter that last move with a leg kick but changes his mind.
Joteel lands a lovely overhand right.
Joteel lands with a thumping leg kick.
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 Jacque Joteel will probably get the nod.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action! This is the final round!
Joteel scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Joteel is looking to land body kicks.
Al Balushi slips under a jab from Joteel.
Nice jab there from Al Balushi.
A swing and a miss from Joteel.
Al Balushi is clearly looking to counter with head kicks.
Al Balushi's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Joteel takes one on the chin but seems OK.
Al Balushi fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Joteel checks it well.
Al Balushi throws a sloppy head kick and Joteel moves out of range easily.
Joteel scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Al Balushi checks the leg kick nicely there.
Al Balushi checks a leg kick.
Al Balushi only half commits to the counter leg kick.
Joteel misses with a hook.
Joteel misses with an uppercut
and Al Balushi counters with a lovely straight right hand!
That's one minute gone in the round.
Joteel throws a poor cross that misses
and Al Balushi counters with a stiff right hand.
Joteel scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Joteel throws a leg kick that is checked
and Al Balushi counters with a slapping leg kick.
Al Balushi throws a solid leg kick but Joteel takes the impact on his shin and smiles at Al Balushi.
Al Balushi moves out of range of the leg kick from Joteel.
Al Balushi fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Joteel manages to avoid it.
Joteel tries a low kick but Al Balushi avoids it.
Al Balushi appeared to try and counter that last move with a leg kick.
A swing and a miss from Joteel.
Al Balushi looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Joteel misses with an uppercut.
A lazy body kick from Joteel
and Al Balushi counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
A kick lands to the mid section there for Al Balushi.
Al Balushi throws a low kick, looking for Joteel's leg but Joteel calmly moves out of range.
Al Balushi uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Joteel.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Al Balushi! But no joy.
Zaid Al Balushi has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
That's two minutes gone in the round.
A chopping leg kick lands by Joteel.
Joteel throws a body punch but Al Balushi moves out of range.
Joteel has a nice red mark on his side after a thudding body kick by Al Balushi.
Joteel looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Joteel throws a good cross that connects.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Joteel lands a jab.
Nice jab there from Al Balushi.
Joteel throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Al Balushi takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Joteel tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Joteel throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Al Balushi counters with a thumping low kick.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Joteel just misses with a punch to the body.
Al Balushi follows through with a counter body kick but it doesn't land.
Joteel tried to score with a low kick but Al Balushi checks it.
Joteel bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Al Balushi's head backwards.
Joteel throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Joteel throws the kick towards the body but Al Balushi avoids it.
Al Balushi thumps Joteel with a low kick.
Joteel throws a hook but Al Balushi blocks it.
Al Balushi's jab looks to have found its range, popping Joteel under the eye.
Joteel throws a big shot that misses.
Good exchange - Joteel coming out on top.
Al Balushi ducks under a wild hook from Joteel.
Al Balushi takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Joteel punishes Al Balushi's body with a nice straight punch.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Joteel throws a shot from downtown. Al Balushi moves away and avoids it.
Joteel swings away with a body shot that misses
enabling Al Balushi to counter with a crisp jab.
Joteel misses with a right hand
and Al Balushi counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Al Balushi throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Joteel sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Joteel lands a vicious shot with the stealth of a sniper and the strength of a viper. Are vipers that strong? I can think of lots of things that are stronger than a viper - not many rhyme with sniper though.
Good work by Al Balushi as he checks the leg kick.
Joteel ducks under a wild hook from Al Balushi.
Joteel pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Joteel on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Joteel tries to land a front kick but Al Balushi steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
Joteel throws a right hand that misses
and Al Balushi counters with a stiff right hand.
Joteel misses with a looping left.
And that's the end of the fight!
That was a close round. You could make an argument for either fighter but I would give it to Jacque Joteel.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Joteel, winning every round. Will the judges agree? They are the ones who matter, even if they are often depressingly incompetent. 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 Ren Mimura scores the fight 30:27
Judge Tatsuya Matsuyama scores the fight 30:27
Judge Shigeki Sano scores the fight 30:27
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Jacque Joteel!
During a confident post fight interview, Jacque Joteel thanked all his fans. He seemed very genuine when describing how motivated his fans keep him.
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