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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Buster Glover (ranked 215 p4p, 538 weight class) and Bora Khan (ranked 24 p4p, 66 weight class). Khan is bouncing up and down as he enters the arena, backed by Tim McGraw - Live Like You Were Dying. The crowd giving both fighters a great reception on their way into the arena. That's good to see.
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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 26 - 13 - 0, fighting out of New York, Buster Glover!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 35 - 13 - 1, fighting out of Las Vegas, Bora Khan!
The judges for this bout are James Glass, Donald Grub and Paul Tew.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Khan shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Glover digs a good body shot into Khan's ribs.
We've been told by Glover's head coaches at Outlaw MMA that he's been working on his takedown defense in preparation for this fight.
Glover cracks Khan with a good jab.
Glover throws a right and a left that Khan avoids nicely.
Glover connects with a leg kick.
Buster Glover seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Glover takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Glover takes the fight into the clinch.
Glover digs a right hand underneath Khan's ribcage. Khan let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Glover lands a right hand.
Khan tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Glover breaks from the clinch.
Khan keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Some bone on bone action there as Khan checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
Khan let fly with a counter punch to the body but it didn't land.
Glover scores with a leg kick.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Glover throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Khan sees it coming and avoids it easily.
A big left from Glover misses.
Khan has been spending a lot of time sparring his boxing in the run up to the fight, trying to sharpen up those hands and look for a knockout.
Khan keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Glover slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
Glover misses with a looping left.
Khan throws out a counter right but Glover avoids it with no problem.
Khan dodges the punch combination from Glover.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Glover misses with a body kick.
Glover tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Khan paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Khan fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Glover manages to avoid it.
Good work by Glover as he checks the leg kick.
Khan slips under a jab.
Khan moves out of range of the body kick.
Glover misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Khan.
Khan thows a left - swing and a miss!
It looked like Glover wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
Glover misses with a hook. Khan ducked under it nicely.
Khan swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Glover swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Glover keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Glover throws a body punch but Khan moves out of range.
Glover throws a series of strikes that have Khan backpedaling.
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Glover, as that shot connected.
Glover jabbing away but nothing is landing.
A slapping leg kick lands for Khan.
Khan takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Glover throws a body punch but Khan moves out of range.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Khan tries to move into range but Glover moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Khan jabs Glover to the body, keeping him at a distance.
Khan throws a body shot but no joy.
A jab from Khan misses.
Glover throws a body shot but no joy.
A looping hook to the body misses from Khan. Glover does a little dance to reset his feet.
Glover is looking to counter punch.
Khan misses the jab.
Khan blocks the body kick.
Good standup being displayed there by Khan as he connects with a hook.
Glover comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Glover just misses with a punch to the body.
Khan keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Glover.
A big left from Glover misses.
A little jabbing left from Khan on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Glover fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Khan manages to avoid it.
Khan throws a leg kick which misses Glover's front leg but catches the back leg as Glover tries to avoid it.
Glover bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Khan's head.
Glover keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Khan.
Khan takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Khan keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Khan takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Khan just misses with a punch to the body.
A jab from Khan misses.
Khan throws a low kick, looking for Glover's leg but Glover calmly moves out of range.
Khan ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Glover lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
Glover lands with a thumping leg kick.
Glover is really peppering his opponent's head with punches.
Glover gets a clinch.
Glover works on Khan's body with a couple of short punches.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Glover.
Glover pushes Khan back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Khan is working Glover over against the cage.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Glover.
Khan's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Khan breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Glover throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Khan on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Glover connects with a solid leg kick.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Glover connects with an inside leg kick.
Glover misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Khan.
Khan blocks a leg kick.
Khan looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
A clash of legs there as Khan blocks the low kick.
Glover scoring well with a low kick there.
Glover takes a swing at Khan's ribcage but misses.
Glover scores with a sloppy right hand. Khan should have avoided that one.
Glover misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Khan.
Khan tries a quick counter leg kick but Glover is wise to it.
Khan lands a right hook to the body.
Glover just misses with a punch to the body.
Glover connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
Khan 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.
Glover scores with the left hand. Khan knows he should have avoided that one.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Glover ducks under a wild hook from Khan.
A jab from Khan finds it's way through Glover's defenses.
Glover scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Khan's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Some wild striking there from Glover.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Buster Glover dominated that round.
That's time! Glover's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.
A looping hook to the body misses from Glover. Khan does a little dance to reset his feet.
Khan checks a low kick from Glover.
Glover lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
Khan takes a kick to the body and keeps moving.
Nice defenses there by Glover.
Khan slips a jab from Glover.
Glover misses with a hook. Khan ducked under it nicely.
Khan was about to counter that last move with a leg kick but changes his mind.
Some wild striking there from Khan.
Glover shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.
Khan now looks to counter with a shot at the body.
Khan checks a leg kick.
A solid leg kick lands there for Khan.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Good standup being displayed there by Glover as he connects with a hook.
Glover throws a body shot but no joy.
Glover finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
Glover is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Khan can do to turn this around?
Glover tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Khan swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
A big left from Glover misses.
Khan blocks the body kick.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Glover tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Buster Glover is winning the standup battle so far.
Glover throws a right hand that misses
and Khan counters with a lovely shot to the body.
Khan comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
A looping hook to the body misses from Khan. Glover does a little dance to reset his feet.
Khan works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
Khan lands a right hook to the body.
Decent striking displayed by Glover there.
Glover looks to throw the jab but Khan is out of range.
Glover is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Khan.
A big left from Glover misses.
Glover uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Khan.
Glover is looking to chop away at Khan's legs.
Khan jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Khan stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Glover.
Glover stuns Khan with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Khan 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.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Khan checks the leg kick.
Glover ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Khan lands a nice hook to Glover's body. Glover takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Khan slips under a jab from Glover.
It seemed like Khan was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Glover tries to clinch up but Khan circles away and keeps his distance.
A low kick from Glover misses
and Khan counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Glover thinking.
Glover fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Khan has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Khan takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
Khan avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Glover displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Khan throws out the jab.
Glover throws a lazy uppercut
and Khan connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Glover lands a glancing blow to the side of Khan's head.
Khan throws a low kick but Glover moves out of range easily.
Glover steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Khan.
Khan 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.
Glover swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Khan.
Glover throws a leg kick but Khan sees it coming and moves out of range.
Glover misses with an uppercut. Khan saw that one coming.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Khan! But no joy.
Glover thows a left - swing and a miss!
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Glover lands with a right hand.
Khan attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
Glover works Khan's body with a nice hook.
Khan's jab looks to have found its range, popping Glover under the eye.
Khan throws a big shot that misses.
Glover scores with a jab. Khan acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
Khan throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Glover fails in his attempt to clinch.
Khan misses with an uppercut. Glover saw that one coming.
Khan takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
Khan throws out a loose jab but Glover uses good head movement to avoid it.
That kick from Glover tenderised Khan's leg. Khan is trying to keep his angry face on.
Glover keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
Khan tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and Glover is able to avoid easily.
It looked like Glover wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
Khan pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Glover fires out a quick counter leg kick but Khan just manages to avoid it.
A telegraphed right hand from Khan misses the target.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Khan drops his hands momentarily and Glover takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Khan ducks under a wild hook from Glover.
Glover throws a quick inside leg kick.
Khan's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Glover connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Khan scrambles back to his feet.
Glover tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and Khan is able to avoid easily.
Khan takes one on the chin but seems OK.
Glover tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Khan paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Glover throws a lazy right hand but Khan sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Khan has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
Khan checks a leg kick nicely.
Glover scores with a hook.
Glover scores with a spinning back kick!
Khan checks a leg kick nicely.
Glover rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Khan counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Khan takes a swing at Glover's ribcage but misses.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Khan looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
Glover swings widly with a right hand
and Khan counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Khan misses with a low kick.
Glover lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Buster Glover 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. This is the final round!
Glover tries to score with a low kick but Khan moves his leg out of the way.
Khan swings for the body but Glover moves out of range.
Khan displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Glover throws out the jab.
Glover turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Glover lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Glover instigates a clinch.
Glover tries to work over Khan's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Glover blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Khan blocks a body shot from Glover.
Khan tries to work over Glover's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Glover is leaning against Khan and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Glover scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Khan blocks a punch to the side of the head.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Glover makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Glover pushes Khan back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Khan takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Khan doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Khan tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Glover's elbow.
A short right from Khan on the inside.
Khan blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Buster Glover is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Khan has a couple of punches blocked by Glover.
Khan tries a body shot but Glover blocks it.
Khan misses with a punch to the body.
Khan misses with some punches.
Khan throws a head punch that misses.
Buster Glover has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Khan lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Glover prevents a body shot from Khan.
Khan fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Glover doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Khan throws a head punch that misses.
A head punch on the inside from Khan fails to land.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Glover fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Khan throws a head punch that misses.
Khan tries to throw a body punch but Glover avoids it by throwing Khan back against the cage.
Khan throws a punch but it's blocked by Glover.
Glover cracks Khan with a nice body shot.
Khan misses with some punches.
Glover misses with a short punch on the inside.
Khan swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Khan tries to land knees in the clinch but Glover avoids the damage to the body.
Khan working aggressively here.
A right handed body shot lands from Khan.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Khan tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Glover prevents a body shot from Khan.
Glover blocking some punches.
Glover misses with a punch to the body.
Glover lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Khan backwards.
Khan misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Khan blocking some punches.
Khan fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Khan doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Khan misses with a punch to the body.
Khan doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Khan lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Khan softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Glover throws a head punch that misses.
Khan fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
A short body shot lands from Khan as the two fighters clinch.
A head punch on the inside from Khan fails to land.
Khan lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Khan doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
A head punch on the inside from Khan fails to land.
Glover blocking some punches.
Bora Khan has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Glover misses with some punches.
And that's the end of the fight!
Bora Khan comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Glover 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 Glass scores the fight 29:28
Judge Donald Grub scores the fight 29:28
Judge Paul Tew scores the fight 29:28
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Buster Glover!
A less than humble Buster Glover misjudged his post fight interview somewhat and came across a little too arrogant whilst trying to hype up his own abilities.
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energy
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hype
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pop
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