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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Raja Khanna (ranked 384 p4p, 324 weight class) and Nikolai Ignatiev (ranked 48 p4p, 40 weight class). Ignatiev has chosen Beats That as his entrance music. 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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Abu Dhabi Champ
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 21 - 13 - 3, fighting out of London, Raja Khanna!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 10 - 6 - 0, fighting out of London, Nikolai Ignatiev!
The judges for this bout are William Gold, Colin Fotheringham and Steven Brown.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Khanna uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Ignatiev.
A big right from Ignatiev misses.
Ignatiev swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Ignatiev takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Khanna thuds a left hand into Ignatiev's body.
Khanna needs to keep his hands up - Ignatiev had a free shot at his head there.
Ignatiev punishes Khanna's body with a nice straight punch.
Khanna attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
Ignatiev swings and misses with a hook to the body.
It looked like Khanna was trying to counter with a body shot coming off that last attack from Ignatiev.
Khanna motions for Ignatiev to come forward. Khanna throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Khanna buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Khanna with the inside leg kick.
Ignatiev lands with a thumping leg kick.
Ignatiev lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
It looks like Raja Khanna has been cut.
Khanna fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Ignatiev has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Ignatiev looks to throw the jab but Khanna is out of range.
Khanna doesn't manage to clinch there - Ignatiev circles away.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Khanna misses with a body shot.
Khanna ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Ignatiev moves away.
Ignatiev throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Khanna sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Khanna throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Ignatiev sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Ignatiev scores with a nice body kick.
Ignatiev slips under a jab.
Ignatiev swings and misses with a shot to the body
and Khanna counters with a nice uppercut.
Khanna tried to score with a low kick but Ignatiev checks it.
Ignatiev lands with a kick to the temple. Khanna shrugs as if to say "is that all you've got?"
Ignatiev throws a body kick that misses.
Ignatiev steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Khanna.
Khanna swings for the body but Ignatiev moves out of range.
Ignatiev thuds a left hand into Khanna's body.
A looping hook to the body misses from Ignatiev. Khanna does a little dance to reset his feet.
An inside leg kick lands from Ignatiev.
Ignatiev misses with a hook. Khanna ducked under it nicely.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Khanna punishes Ignatiev's body with a nice straight punch.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Ignatiev takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Khanna is looking to land body kicks.
Khanna throws out a leg kick but Ignatiev moves out of range and Khanna only half commits.
Khanna pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Ignatiev avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
Ignatiev throws a hook but Khanna blocks it.
Ignatiev is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Khanna.
Ignatiev avoids the body shot from Khanna.
Khanna is looking to wear down Ignatiev with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
Khanna lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Ignatiev at a distance.
Ignatiev cracks a nice hook into Khanna's ribs.
Khanna gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Ignatiev.
Ignatiev avoids the head kick by Khanna.
Ignatiev takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Ignatiev misses with a straight right.
Khanna swings widly with a right hand
and Ignatiev cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Khanna slips under a jab from Ignatiev.
Khanna feinted there with a counter leg kick.
Ignatiev moves into range and connects with a jab.
Khanna sees a low kick coming and goes to check it, but it's actually a body kick and it thuds into his unprotected ribs.
Khanna staying out of range there.
Khanna connects with an inside leg kick.
Khanna misses with a body shot.
Ignatiev fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Ignatiev takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
Khanna takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
A looping hook to the body misses from Khanna. Ignatiev does a little dance to reset his feet.
Ignatiev cracks Khanna with a right hand to the side of the head.
Ignatiev throws a head kick but Khanna moves out of range.
Khanna slips under a jab from Ignatiev.
Khanna fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Khanna waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Ignatiev.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Khanna explodes with a nice body kick and back out of range. Nice work.
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!
That kick from Khanna tenderised Ignatiev's leg. Ignatiev is trying to keep his angry face on.
Ignatiev misses the shot to the body.
Ignatiev misses with a hook. Khanna ducked under it nicely.
Khanna throws a body kick that misses.
Jab, jab by Ignatiev - just one landing.
Ignatiev thows a left - swing and a miss!
Ignatiev scores with the left hand. Khanna knows he should have avoided that one.
Khanna missing with a left hand there. Ignatiev was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Khanna avoids a kick to the body.
Khanna rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Ignatiev counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Ignatiev takes a swing at Khanna's ribcage but misses.
Ignatiev misses the shot to the body.
Khanna half committed to a counter leg kick.
Khanna takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Ignatiev tries to land a front kick but Khanna steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Nikolai Ignatiev dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Raja Khanna's cut.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.
Ignatiev thuds a mid kick into his opponent's body. That will wear on Khanna if he has to take too many more of those.
Ignatiev throws a body kick that misses.
Ignatiev has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Ignatiev scores with a leg kick.
Ignatiev avoids a kick to the body.
Ignatiev with a nice calf kick.
Khanna throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Ignatiev 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.
Khanna throws out a leg kick but Ignatiev moves out of range and Khanna only half commits.
Khanna walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Ignatiev checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
Khanna thows a leg kick but Ignatiev checks it
and Ignatiev counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Khanna tries a low kick but Ignatiev avoids it.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Nice defenses there by Khanna.
Nice body kick there by Ignatiev.
Khanna throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Khanna finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
Ignatiev scoring well with a low kick there.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Ignatiev fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Khanna.
A shot to the liver by Ignatiev. Beautiful body shot.
Ignatiev misses with an uppercut.
Ignatiev moves out of range of the body kick from Khanna.
Ignatiev throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Ignatiev moves away from the strike by Khanna.
Ignatiev misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Khanna.
Good exchange - Ignatiev coming out on top.
Nice body punch from Ignatiev.
An inside leg kick lands from Khanna.
Khanna thuds a mid kick into his opponent's body. That will wear on Ignatiev if he has to take too many more of those.
Ignatiev lands with a nice body punch.
Khanna walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Ignatiev checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
Ignatiev throws a nice outside leg kick.
Khanna 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.
Nikolai Ignatiev seems to be getting the better of the standup.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Ignatiev takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Khanna attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
A looping hook to the body misses from Khanna. Ignatiev does a little dance to reset his feet.
Ignatiev missing with a left hand there. Khanna was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Ignatiev's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Khanna uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Ignatiev.
This entire fight has taken place on the feet so far and you wonder whether Khanna might be better served trying to take this one to the ground because he's losing the standup battle so far.
A thudding body kick lands there by Khanna!
Ignatiev with a nice cross.
Ignatiev misses with a leg kick.
Khanna lands a right hook to the body.
That kick from Khanna tenderised Ignatiev's leg. Ignatiev is trying to keep his angry face on.
Khanna closes the distance and pushes Ignatiev back into the cage.
Khanna is leaning against Ignatiev and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Ignatiev digs a right hand underneath Khanna's ribcage. Khanna let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Ignatiev lands a shot to the body.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Ignatiev tries to work over Khanna's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Ignatiev working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Khanna doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Ignatiev tries to throw a body punch but Khanna avoids it by throwing Ignatiev back against the cage.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Ignatiev.
Ignatiev works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Ignatiev blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
A right hand to the body from Ignatiev.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Ignatiev creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Ignatiev can't find room to land a body shot as Khanna controls the action.
Ignatiev scores with a shot to the side of Khanna's head.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Ignatiev escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
A big right from Ignatiev misses.
It appears Khanna was looking to counter with a kick there.
Ignatiev looks to score with a jab to the body but Khanna is just out of range.
Ignatiev throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Khanna sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Ignatiev throws a front kick that sends Khanna stumbling back into the cage.
A decent looking body kick lands there for Ignatiev.
Ignatiev lands with a nice combination. Khanna backs away looking to recover.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Ignatiev lands a nice hook to Khanna's body. Khanna takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Ignatiev lands a body shot.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Khanna takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Ignatiev fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Ignatiev darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
Ignatiev connects with a looping right hand.
Khanna on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
Khanna tries to grapple but his opponent circles
and Khanna takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Thud! ouch! good body kick from Ignatiev - that will leave a mark!
Ignatiev connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
Ignatiev lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Khanna misses with a low kick.
Khanna misses the shot to the body.
Ignatiev blocks a low kick nicely.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Nikolai Ignatiev showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Raja Khanna's cut.
That's time! Khanna's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight. Let's get this one finished - here comes the final round!
Khanna has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Ignatiev.
Raja Khanna has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Khanna misses with an attempted mid kick.
Khanna throws a body punch but Ignatiev moves out of range.
Khanna ducks under a wild hook from Ignatiev.
Ignatiev lands with a thumping leg kick.
Khanna with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Ignatiev to score with a decent uppercut.
Khanna just misses with a punch to the body.
A clash of legs there as Khanna blocks the low kick.
Khanna is looking to land body kicks.
Ignatiev takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Ignatiev scores with a kick to the midsection.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Nice defenses there by Ignatiev.
Khanna looks to score with a jab to the body but Ignatiev is just out of range.
Khanna's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Ignatiev connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Khanna scrambles back to his feet.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
A jab from Ignatiev misses.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Ignatiev lands a nice shot to the body.
Ignatiev throws a body kick that sends a sickening thudding noise reverberating around the arena.
Nice shot lands for Ignatiev.
Ignatiev with the inside leg kick.
Ignatiev tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Ignatiev throws a jab but it's blocked by Khanna.
Khanna throws a leg kick
and Ignatiev counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Ignatiev misses with a series of wild punches.
Khanna swung with a counter punch to the body but it didn't connect.
Ignatiev misses with a looping right.
Khanna bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Ignatiev checks a leg kick.
Ignatiev lands a glancing blow to the side of Khanna's head.
Khanna misses with a body shot
and Ignatiev counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.
Khanna lands with a right hand.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Ignatiev connects with an inside leg kick.
Ignatiev scores with a leg kick.
Khanna throws out a leg kick but Ignatiev moves out of range and Khanna only half commits.
Ignatiev misses with a kick to the body.
Ignatiev swings widly with a right hand
and Khanna counters with a lovely shot to the body.
Khanna uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Ignatiev.
Khanna looks for the body kick but Ignatiev saw that one coming.
Ignatiev is looking for the big counter here.
Khanna slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
A nice leg kick lands there from Ignatiev.
Ignatiev blocks the body kick.
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Ignatiev, as that shot connected.
Khanna will be looking to protect his midsection after taking some solid kicks to the body.
Ignatiev throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Khanna sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Khanna fires out a quick counter leg kick but Ignatiev just manages to avoid it.
Ignatiev blocks a jab.
Ignatiev on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Khanna steps to his left, right into the path of a big body kick from Ignatiev. That one must have hurt.
Khanna misses with a leg kick
and Ignatiev counters with an outside leg kick.
Khanna takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Khanna lands with a cross.
Khanna takes one on the button.
Ignatiev closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
Khanna's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Ignatiev connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Khanna scrambles back to his feet.
A thudding body kick lands there by Ignatiev!
Ignatiev connects with a body shot.
Khanna tries to clinch up but Ignatiev circles away and keeps his distance.
Ignatiev lands a nice looking body shot.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Ignatiev scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Khanna looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
Ignatiev scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Khanna doesn't seem bothered though.
Khanna takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Ignatiev moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Khanna misses with a wild body shot.
An inside leg kick lands from Ignatiev.
Ignatiev looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Khanna takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Ignatiev punishes Khanna's body with a nice straight punch.
Ignatiev lands a jab to Khanna's midsection.
Nikolai Ignatiev is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.
Ignatiev fakes the leg kick and cracks Khanna in the body.
Ignatiev scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Khanna stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Ignatiev.
Khanna stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Ignatiev.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Ignatiev cracks Khanna with an open hand slap.
Ignatiev thumps Khanna with a low kick.
Ignatiev's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Khanna connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Ignatiev scrambles back to his feet.
And that's the end of the fight!
Nikolai Ignatiev comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Ignatiev has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. 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 William Gold scores the fight 27:30
Judge Colin Fotheringham scores the fight 27:30
Judge Steven Brown scores the fight 27:30
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Nikolai Ignatiev!
A very excited looking Nikolai Ignatiev 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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