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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Zabit Magomedov (ranked 1072 p4p, 705 weight class) and Dougal McCraken (ranked 150 p4p, 95 weight class). McCraken has chosen Bulgine as his entrance music. I don't know about you partner, but I'm pumped for this one!
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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 15 - 12 - 1, fighting out of London, Zabit Magomedov!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 42 - 22 - 0, fighting out of London, Dougal McCraken!
The judges for this bout are James Atkins, Paul Tew and James Glass.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
McCraken throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
McCraken misses with a right hand
and Magomedov counters with a nice kick to the body.
McCraken lands a nice hook to Magomedov's body. Magomedov takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Magomedov looks to score with a jab to the body but McCraken is just out of range.
McCraken looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Magomedov throws a low kick but it's checked well by McCraken.
Magomedov swings and misses with a hook to the body.
McCraken swings for the body but Magomedov moves out of range.
Magomedov throwing a counter right hand but McCraken manages to avoid it.
McCraken chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Magomedov can pounce on him.
Magomedov misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from McCraken.
Magomedov fakes high and swings low for a body shot but McCraken manages to avoid it.
Magomedov misses with a wild body shot.
McCraken was about to counter that last move with a leg kick but changes his mind.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
McCraken avoids a kick to the body.
Magomedov throws a right hand that McCraken ducks under and follows up with a left that McCraken also avoids with ease.
McCraken takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Magomedov has been working on his boxing with his coaches at Point Blanc in the buildup to the fight.
Magomedov is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by McCraken.
McCraken paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Magomedov throws a body shot but no joy.
That's one minute gone in the round.
McCraken throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
McCraken throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Magomedov swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
Magomedov lands with a straight right. McCraken didn't see that one coming.
McCraken fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Magomedov manages to avoid it.
McCraken fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
McCraken looks to land a left hand but Magomedov moved out of range nicely.
McCraken just misses with a punch to the body.
McCraken misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Magomedov.
Magomedov tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Magomedov throws a two punch combo that lands nicely.
Nice cross by McCraken.
McCraken fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Magomedov on the side of the head.
McCraken swings widly with a right hand
and Magomedov counters with a nice uppercut.
This has been an exciting period of action!
McCraken checks the leg kick nicely there.
A slapping leg kick lands for McCraken.
We've been informed that McCraken has been sparring a lot of Muay Thai in the buildup to this fight so let's see if that has an impact on the result.
Magomedov is looking to wear down McCraken with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
A jab from McCraken misses.
Magomedov checks a leg kick.
McCraken throws a body shot but no joy.
McCraken throws a hook but Magomedov blocks it.
McCraken takes a swing at Magomedov's ribcage but misses.
Magomedov jinks towards his opponent looking like he wants to counter with a mid kick but doesn't commit.
Decent striking displayed by McCraken there.
McCraken throws the left hand but Magomedov avoids the punch easily.
A big left from McCraken misses.
Magomedov takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
McCraken loads up on a big right hand but Magomedov slips the punch.
Magomedov feints and then cracks McCraken's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow McCraken down.
Magomedov throws out a loose jab but McCraken uses good head movement to avoid it.
McCraken looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
McCraken throws a leg kick but Magomedov sees it coming and checks it nicely.
Magomedov ducks down and throws a hook to the body but McCraken moves away.
McCraken swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
McCraken looks to score with a jab to the body but Magomedov is just out of range.
McCraken avoids the head kick by Magomedov.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
McCraken showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Magomedov.
It seemed like McCraken was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
McCraken moves out of range of the body kick.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from McCraken! But no joy.
McCraken avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Magomedov scores with a punch to the head.
Magomedov works McCraken's body with a nice hook.
McCraken throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Magomedov uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by McCraken.
Magomedov throws a nice inside leg kick.
Good standup being displayed there by Magomedov as he connects with a hook.
Magomedov throws a half hearted mid kick.
Magomedov ducks under a wild hook from McCraken.
Magomedov throws a big counter combination but McCraken scrambles out of danger and avoids any damage.
Magomedov looks for the body kick but McCraken saw that one coming.
McCraken tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Magomedov was well out of range. Poor timing from McCraken.
McCraken staying out of range there.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
McCraken misses with a hook. Magomedov ducked under it nicely.
McCraken jabs Magomedov right on the nose. Magomedov blinks but takes it well.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
McCraken misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Magomedov.
McCraken misses with a straight left.
McCraken keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Magomedov throws a half hearted mid kick.
Magomedov blocks a jab.
McCraken cracks a nice hook into Magomedov's ribs.
Magomedov throws a body punch but McCraken moves out of range.
McCraken lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Magomedov throws a sloppy head kick
and Magomedov takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
McCraken throws a lazy right hand but Magomedov sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
McCraken misses with a body shot.
McCraken lands a front kick.
McCraken takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
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 Zabit Magomedov will probably get the nod.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare each other down, ready to get back to the action.
A head kick misses from Magomedov.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from McCraken.
Magomedov cracks a nice hook into McCraken's ribs.
Magomedov is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
McCraken cracks Magomedov with a right hand to the side of the head.
Zabit Magomedov is winning the standup battle so far.
The crowd cheers as McCraken lands an impressive looking overhand right. Magomedov doesn't seem phased though.
McCraken throws a body kick that digs right into the meat.
McCraken fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Magomedov has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
McCraken lands with a shot to the body.
McCraken misses with a body punch
and Magomedov counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Magomedov uses good head movement to avoid the hook from McCraken.
McCraken blocks a head kick by Magomedov.
McCraken looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Magomedov throws a half hearted mid kick.
Magomedov cracks McCraken with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
The crowd cheers as Magomedov lands an impressive looking overhand right. McCraken doesn't seem phased though.
That's one minute gone in the round.
McCraken takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
Magomedov with the inside leg kick.
McCraken clobbers Magomedov with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
McCraken blocks the body kick.
A shot to the liver by McCraken. Beautiful body shot.
Magomedov throws a body punch but McCraken moves out of range.
McCraken's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Magomedov connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! McCraken scrambles back to his feet.
McCraken looks to score with a jab to the body but Magomedov is just out of range.
Magomedov showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from McCraken.
McCraken loads up on a big right hand but Magomedov slips the punch.
Magomedov digs a good hook to McCraken's body.
McCraken throws a lazy right hand but Magomedov sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Magomedov buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Magomedov tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but McCraken was well out of range. Poor timing from Magomedov.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Magomedov misses with an attempted mid kick.
McCraken is clearly trying to counter these attacks from Magomedov with a body shot.
Nice shot lands for McCraken.
McCraken throws a solid leg kick but Magomedov takes the impact on his shin and smiles at McCraken.
McCraken misses the shot to the body.
Magomedov appears to be looking for a counter punch to the body.
Magomedov looks to land a body kick but McCraken moved away.
Crunch! Magomedov slams his shin into McCraken's torso.
Magomedov throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Nice cross by McCraken.
Magomedov misses with a low kick.
McCraken follows through with a counter body kick but it doesn't land.
McCraken slips a straight right by Magomedov.
McCraken takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
McCraken lands an overhand right.
McCraken moves out of range as Magomedov throws a body kick.
A head kick misses from Magomedov.
McCraken throws a shot from downtown. Magomedov moves away and avoids it.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Magomedov throws a leg kick but McCraken sees it coming and checks it nicely.
Magomedov slips a jab from McCraken.
Magomedov misses with a kick to the body.
Magomedov throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Magomedov throws a looping overhand right but McCraken ducks down to avoid it.
Magomedov throws a half hearted mid kick.
McCraken looks to land a left hand but Magomedov moved out of range nicely.
McCraken throws an off balance right hand
letting Magomedov counter with a right hand.
Magomedov on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
McCraken dips to his left and cracks Magomedov with an uppercut!
Magomedov takes a swing at McCraken's ribcage but misses.
Magomedov uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from McCraken.
Magomedov with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Magomedov fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Nice uppercut lands for McCraken. That snapped Magomedov's head back.
A cross from McCraken lands.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
McCraken loads up on a big right hand but Magomedov slips the punch.
Magomedov appears to be looking for a counter punch to the body.
Magomedov swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Magomedov lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
McCraken uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Magomedov.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Magomedov ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Magomedov throws a jab when McCraken was well out of range.
McCraken appears to be waiting to throw a counter punch to the body.
McCraken throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Magomedov throws a shot from downtown. McCraken moves away and avoids it.
A little jabbing left from McCraken on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
McCraken looks to land a left hand but Magomedov moved out of range nicely.
McCraken moves out of range of the leg kick from Magomedov.
Magomedov lands a right hook to the body.
McCraken throws a jab but it's blocked by Magomedov.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Zabit Magomedov dominated that second round.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action. And we move into the final round!
Magomedov takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Magomedov displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as McCraken throws out the jab.
McCraken ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Magomedov moves away.
Magomedov looks to score with a jab to the body but McCraken is just out of range.
Magomedov throws a body kick that misses
and McCraken counters with a nice uppercut.
McCraken misses with a straight left.
Sloppy strikes from McCraken. Those never looked like landing.
Magomedov throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
McCraken throws out a counter right but Magomedov avoids it with no problem.
Magomedov tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Magomedov takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
McCraken throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
The fighters circling - McCraken throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Magomedov misses the shot to the body.
McCraken misses with a shot to the body
and Magomedov counters with a straight right hand.
Magomedov throws a body punch but McCraken moves out of range.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Magomedov throws a body punch but McCraken moves out of range.
McCraken avoids the body shot from Magomedov.
McCraken takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
McCraken scores with a spinning back kick!
Magomedov misses with a wild body shot.
Magomedov throws a head kick that misses.
McCraken moves out of range of the strikes.
McCraken throws a looping overhand right but Magomedov ducks down to avoid it.
Magomedov throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.
McCraken avoids a kick to the body.
McCraken throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Magomedov stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Nice straight punches there by McCraken. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of McCraken.
Magomedov takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Magomedov throws a shot from downtown. McCraken moves away and avoids it.
Zabit Magomedov is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Magomedov swings and misses with a hook to the body.
McCraken lands with a hook. Magomedov tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
Magomedov throws the left hand but McCraken avoids the punch easily.
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!
McCraken moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
Magomedov gets cracked with a nice right hand there by McCraken.
McCraken throws a hook but Magomedov avoids it easily.
Magomedov displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as McCraken throws out the jab.
A counter left hand to the body from Magomedov misses its target.
Magomedov ducks under a wild hook from McCraken.
Magomedov was looking to counter that last move with a shot to the body but he didn't commit.
McCraken ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Magomedov closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
McCraken misses the shot to the body.
Magomedov digs a good body shot into McCraken's ribs.
Magomedov moves out of range of the strikes.
McCraken swings for the body but Magomedov moves out of range.
McCraken just manages to avoid a counter high kick fromMagomedov.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Magomedov with the inside leg kick.
A looping hook to the body misses from McCraken. Magomedov does a little dance to reset his feet.
Magomedov was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
Magomedov misses with a wild body shot.
Magomedov jabs McCraken right on the nose. McCraken blinks but takes it well.
A head kick misses from Magomedov.
Dougal McCraken has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
McCraken throws a lazy right hand but Magomedov sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
McCraken takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
McCraken misses with a looping left.
Magomedov appears to be looking for a counter punch to the body.
Magomedov scores with a hook.
Magomedov's hands are dropping dangerously low here and McCraken connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Magomedov scrambles back to his feet.
Magomedov looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
Magomedov scores with a jab to the head.
Magomedov throws a head kick but McCraken moves out of range.
Magomedov moves away from the strike by McCraken.
McCraken throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Magomedov thuds a left hand into McCraken's body.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
McCraken swings and misses with a hook to the body.
McCraken swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
McCraken throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Magomedov throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Magomedov keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from McCraken.
Magomedov looked to counter that last move with a leg kick but didn't pull the trigger.
McCraken misses with an uppercut.
McCraken takes a shot to the body in his stride.
A swing and a miss from McCraken.
Magomedov ducks under a wild hook from McCraken.
McCraken throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
McCraken looks to land a right hand but Magomedov moved out of range.
McCraken throws a hook but Magomedov blocks it.
Magomedov lands a jab.
And that's the end of the fight!
I would just about give that final round to Dougal McCraken.
Well Magomedov has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... 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 James Atkins scores the fight 29:28
Judge Paul Tew scores the fight 30:28
Judge James Glass scores the fight 29:28
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Zabit Magomedov!
After winning the bout, Zabit Magomedov thanked all his fans and promised he'd do even better in his next fight. The crowd seemed to love his humility.
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