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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Macho Man Randy (ranked 1189 p4p, 1163 weight class) and Abdul Rahman (ranked 176 p4p, 168 weight class). This should be a great matchup!
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Good wrestling
World class boxer
Insanely flexible |
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Good wrestler
World class MT
Heavy handed |
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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 16 - 13 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Macho Man Randy!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 29 - 25 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Abdul Rahman!
The judges for this bout are Ben Watson, Bruno Hogan and Skip Squint.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Rahman clinches.
Nice body punch from Rahman.
Randy controlling the action here for a moment.
Rahman with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Rahman digs a right hand underneath Randy's ribcage. Randy let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Randy scores with a nice hook to the head.
Randy tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Rahman takes a shot to the head.
Randy misses with a body punch.
Randy struggles to land a body shot inside as Rahman controls his hands.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Rahman.
Randy breaks from the clinch.
Rahman thows a left - swing and a miss!
Rahman doesn't manage to clinch there - Randy circles away.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Rahman closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Rahman misses with a punch on the inside.
Rahman with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Randy lands a left hand that snaps the head of Rahman backwards.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Rahman tries a body shot but Randy blocks it.
A head punch on the inside from Randy fails to land.
Rahman scores with a knee to the head.
It looks like Macho Man Randy has been cut.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Randy goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Rahman lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Rahman lands a hook to the side of the head.
Rahman blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
A nice left hand lands by Rahman.
Rahman putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Randy in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Randy scores with a shot to the side of Rahman's head.
Randy lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Randy content to slow the pace in the clinch.
Rahman misses with a body punch.
Randy lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Rahman misses with a short punch on the inside.
Randy breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Rahman throws a shot from downtown. Randy moves away and avoids it.
Rahman throws a combination that misses
and Randy counters with a nice uppercut.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Nice body punch from Rahman.
Rahman throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Rahman fails with an attempt to clinch.
Randy misses the jab.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Rahman throws a right hand that misses
and Randy counters with a nice uppercut.
Rahman rushes Randy and presses him up against the cage.
Rahman swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Rahman misses with a knee to the head.
Rahman breaks from the clinch.
Abdul Rahman seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Randy circles away from the clinch attempt.
Randy scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
It looks like Abdul Rahman has been cut.
Rahman lands with a straight right. Randy didn't see that one coming.
Randy moves out of range as Rahman strikes.
Rahman bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Randy's head backwards.
Rahman tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Randy paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Randy slips a jab from Rahman.
Rahman throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
A little feinted left hand from Randy on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
Randy pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Rahman connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
Rahman closes the distance but Randy moves to the side
and Randy counters with a left hand that sends Rahman to the canvas!
Rahman is rocked!
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Randy controlling from the guard. I say controlling but really, he's stalling.
Rahman is still in real trouble! Can Randy finish him?
Randy trying to control the position from guard on top but Rahman is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Rahman seems to have recovered his senses.
Randy stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Rahman swivels though and keeps the full guard.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Rahman manages to sweep nicely, so he's now on top. Randy manages to get himself to full guard.
Randy is active off his back here, looking for submissions.
Randy controls Rahman momentarily but Rahman frees himself.
Rahman decides he's had enough of playing guard and decides to stand. Come on Randy, up you get!
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Randy lands with a shot to the body.
Rahman keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Randy.
Rahman walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
Randy takes one to the side of the head.
Rahman looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Rahman is looking to clinch but Randy is avoiding it.
Rahman misses with a lunging right hand
and Randy scores with a counter punch that sends Rahman to the canvas! Randy smells blood - he's punishing Rahman with more strikes and the ref has stopped it! Rahman has no idea where he is - he's tackled the ref... oh dear, poor guy, the crowd is in hysterics!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:31 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Macho Man Randy!
A relieved looking Macho Man Randy thanked the fans for their support and gave the usual line about them being amazing. They seemed to believe that he actually meant it.
Abdul Rahman was interviewed post fight and said 'How you say in english...my bad? Is it? Yes, my bad.'.
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energy
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hype
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pop
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mgr
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FIGHT
RATING
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