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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Wusan Ritori (ranked 11 p4p, 118 weight class) and Raja Khanna (ranked 2 p4p, 16 weight class). Ritori's entrance music is Woo-Hah!! Got You All In Check. A fine choice. Both these guys have really solid chins. Will we see a standup war or will they both decide that a knockout is unlikely and try to win the fight elsewhere?
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Great wrestler
World class boxer
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World class boxer
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the middleweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 20 - 5 - 1, fighting out of Los Angeles, Wusan Ritori!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 26 - 15 - 3, fighting out of London, Raja Khanna!
The judges for this bout are Paul Tew, James Atkins and Richard Clark.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Khanna takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Khanna throws out a loose jab but Ritori uses good head movement to avoid it.
Ritori stuns Khanna with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Ritori uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Khanna.
Ritori uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Khanna.
Khanna rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Khanna takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
It looks like Raja Khanna has been cut.
Ritori throws the kick towards the body but Khanna avoids it.
Khanna misses with a wild body shot.
Ritori fires out a quick counter leg kick but Khanna just manages to avoid it.
Khanna tries to score with a low kick but Ritori moves his leg out of the way.
It looked like Ritori wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
Raja Khanna seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Khanna changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Ritori throws a poor cross that misses
and Khanna counters with a slapping leg kick.
Ritori takes one to the chin there.
Ritori looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Ritori throws a poor cross that misses
and Khanna connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Khanna throws a low kick but it's checked well by Ritori.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Khanna thumps Ritori with a low kick.
Ritori takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Khanna scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Ritori throws a body shot but no joy.
Ritori wants to slow Khanna down by chopping away at his legs.
Khanna misses with a hook to the body
and Ritori counters with a nice uppercut.
Ritori swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Ritori lands a nice looking body shot.
Khanna throws a leg kick which misses Ritori's front leg but catches the back leg as Ritori tries to avoid it.
The crowd cheers as Khanna lands an impressive looking overhand right. Ritori doesn't seem phased though.
Khanna lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Ritori changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Khanna throws a shot from downtown. Ritori moves away and avoids it.
Ritori ducks under a wild hook from Khanna.
Khanna ducks under a wild hook from Ritori.
Ritori ducks under a wild hook from Khanna.
Khanna keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Khanna fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Ritori checks it well.
Ritori misses with a wild body shot.
Khanna on the wrong end of a nice jab.
Ritori takes a body kick right on the floating rib. Ouchie.
Ritori drops his hands momentarily and Khanna takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
Ritori throws out a loose jab but Khanna uses good head movement to avoid it.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ritori misses with a hook
and Khanna counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Khanna throws a lazy right hand but Ritori sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Khanna thuds a left hand into Ritori's body.
Khanna throws a right hand that misses
and Ritori connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Khanna misses with a body punch
and Ritori counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Khanna shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.
It appears Ritori was looking to counter with a kick there.
Khanna moves out of range of the body kick.
Ritori moves out of range of the body kick from Khanna.
Khanna ducks under a wild hook from Ritori.
Khanna is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Ritori.
And Ritori counters with a quick kick to the body but Khanna blocks it.
Ritori waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Khanna.
Khanna doesn't fully commit to the body shot counter.
Khanna digs a good body shot into Ritori's ribs.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Some bone on bone action there as Khanna checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
It seemed like Khanna was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Ritori has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Ritori there as he acknowledges the shot.
Khanna misses with a left hand
enabling Ritori to counter with a crisp jab.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Ritori finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
Ritori uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Khanna.
Nice shot lands for Khanna.
Khanna throws a lazy uppercut
letting Ritori counter with a right hand.
Ritori throws a body kick, spinning off balance
enabling Khanna to counter with a crisp jab.
Ritori takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Ritori throws a wild body kick that Khanna sees coming a mile off.
The fighters circling - Khanna throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
A close round but Raja Khanna will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Raja Khanna's cut.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.
Khanna fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Ritori looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
A shot to the liver by Khanna. Beautiful body shot.
Ritori misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Khanna.
Khanna throws a low kick, looking for Ritori's leg but Ritori calmly moves out of range.
Khanna throws a leg kick
and Ritori counters with a straight right hand.
Jab from Khanna.
Ritori throws a head kick that misses.
Khanna rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Ritori counters with a stiff right hand.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Khanna comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Ritori ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Khanna moves away.
Ritori moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
A nice leg kick from Khanna, right into the meat of the thigh.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Ritori is looking to land body kicks.
Khanna scores with a shot to the body.
Khanna on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Ritori. Ritori obviously looking to wear him down.
Ritori throws the left hand but Khanna avoids the punch easily.
Khanna misses with an uppercut
and Ritori counters with a straight right hand.
Raja Khanna seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Ritori connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Khanna's hands.
Ritori misses with the body kick
letting Khanna counter with a right hand.
Khanna misses the shot to the body.
Khanna scoring well with a low kick there.
Ritori throws a body shot but no joy.
Ritori avoids the body shot from Khanna.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Khanna throws a poor cross that misses
and he gets countered with a snapping leg kick.
Ritori lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Khanna avoids the head kick by Ritori.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Ritori walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Khanna checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
Ritori checks the leg kick.
Khanna throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Ritori counters with a nice low kick that buckles Khanna's knee momentarily.
Khanna takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
That has opened up Raja Khanna's cut even more.
Khanna throws a predictable looking body shot
enabling Ritori to counter with a crisp jab.
Ritori lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Khanna at a distance.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Ritori.
Ritori takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Khanna thows a left - swing and a miss!
It appears Ritori was looking to counter with a kick there.
Khanna tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Ritori was well out of range. Poor timing from Khanna.
A solid body kick from Ritori.
Khanna is breathing heavily.
Ritori throws a push kick but Khanna slaps the foot to one side.
Ritori connects with a nice looking jab.
Khanna connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Ritori misses with an uppercut. Khanna saw that one coming.
Khanna now looks to counter with a shot at the body.
The fighters circle momentarily. Khanna darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.
Khanna throws out a powerful jab.
Khanna avoids a kick to the body.
Ritori clobbers Khanna with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
The cut above Raja Khanna's eye is starting to cause him problems now.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Ritori uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Khanna.
Ritori throws a quick counter kick to the body but Khanna avoids it.
Khanna scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Ritori doesn't seem bothered though.
Khanna slips a jab from Ritori.
Khanna throws an off balance right hand
and Ritori counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Ritori looks to land a body kick but Khanna moved away.
Ritori scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
A bone on bone clash there as Khanna blocks the leg kick.
Khanna throws out a counter right but Ritori avoids it with no problem.
Ritori misses with a right hand
letting Khanna counter with a right hand.
Ritori misses with a head kick.
A shot to the body from Khanna misses
and Ritori counters with a low kick, right behind Khanna 's knee.
Ritori misses with a hook
and Khanna connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Wusan Ritori dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Raja Khanna's cut.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!
Ritori misses with a body punch
and Khanna counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Ritori thinking.
Khanna pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Ritori lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Khanna throws a lazy body kick
letting Ritori counter with a right hand.
Khanna takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Khanna takes a swing at Ritori's ribcage but misses.
Ritori tries to land a leg kick but Khanna saw it coming and moves away.
Khanna scores with a nice head shot.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Ritori plants his feet and lands a nice head kick!
A big left from Ritori misses.
Ritori takes one on the button.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Khanna misses with an uppercut. Ritori saw that one coming.
Khanna scores with a body shot.
Nice body punch from Khanna.
Ritori checks a leg kick.
A lazy body kick from Ritori
and Khanna counters with a straight right hand.
Ritori throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Khanna sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Khanna swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Khanna moves away from the strike by Ritori.
Khanna let fly with a counter punch to the body but it didn't land.
Khanna throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Khanna attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
Ritori feinted there with a counter leg kick.
A solid body kick from Ritori.
Ritori misses with an uppercut. Khanna saw that one coming.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
A head kick misses from Ritori.
Ritori takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Khanna tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Ritori was well out of range. Poor timing from Khanna.
Khanna ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Ritori moves away.
Ritori ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
A bone on bone clash there as Khanna blocks the leg kick.
Ritori changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Khanna throws a nice inside leg kick.
Ritori fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Khanna manages to avoid it.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Ritori.
Khanna looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Ritori slips a jab from Khanna.
Ritori is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Khanna uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Ritori.
Ritori fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Khanna on the side of the head.
Ritori throws a half hearted mid kick.
Ritori swings for the body but Khanna moves out of range.
Ritori slips under a jab.
Ritori misses with a body shot.
Ritori connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Khanna momentarily.
Khanna lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Ritori just misses with a punch to the body.
Khanna defending well as Ritori loads up on a big left hand.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Khanna comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Khanna misses with a low kick as Ritori jumps back.
A leg kick checked by Ritori.
A jab lands there for Khanna.
Ritori lands a nice leg kick that just misses Khanna's sensitive parts.
Khanna scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Nice jab there from Ritori.
Khanna looks to throw the jab but Ritori is out of range.
Khanna misses the jab.
Khanna misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Ritori.
Ritori misses with a hook. Khanna ducked under it nicely.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close round but Wusan Ritori did the better work so I'd imagine he'll take it.
The cut man is working on Raja Khanna's cut.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!
Ritori steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Khanna.
Ritori half committed to a counter leg kick.
A looping hook to the body misses from Ritori. Khanna does a little dance to reset his feet.
Khanna feints a counter leg kick.
Ritori moves forwards but Khanna connects with a nice, crisp jab.
Ritori misses with an uppercut. Khanna saw that one coming.
Khanna swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Khanna misses with an uppercut
and Ritori counters with a stiff right hand.
Khanna throws a half hearted mid kick.
Ritori connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Khanna's hands.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Ritori tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Khanna misses with an uppercut. Ritori saw that one coming.
Ritori moves out of range of the leg kick from Khanna.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Khanna misses the body punch
enabling Ritori to counter with a crisp jab.
Raja Khanna's cut is absolute horrible now. This looks like something out of a horror film with blood covering both fighters.
Ritori throws a lazy right hand but Khanna sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
It seemed like Khanna was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
The fighters circling - Khanna throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Ritori blocks a head kick by Khanna.
Ritori tried to counter with a leg kick but Khanna avoided it.
Ritori lands a nice leg kick that just misses Khanna's sensitive parts.
A jab lands there for Khanna.
Khanna throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Khanna misses with a body shot.
Ritori throwing a counter right hand but Khanna manages to avoid it.
A shot to the liver by Khanna. Beautiful body shot.
Khanna lands a nice leg kick that just misses Ritori's sensitive parts.
Ritori fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Khanna is out of range.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Khanna fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Ritori looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Khanna scores with a nice strike.
Ritori throws a hook but Khanna avoids it easily.
Ritori pivots, looking for a leg kick but Khanna is out of range and Ritori settles back down.
Khanna will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.
Khanna thows a leg kick but Ritori checks it
and Khanna takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Ritori missing with a left hand there. Khanna was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Ritori misses the shot to the body.
Ritori ducks under a wild hook from Khanna.
Khanna is looking to slow Ritori down with leg kicks.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ritori checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time.
Khanna fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Ritori throws a low kick, looking for Khanna's leg but Khanna calmly moves out of range.
Khanna getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
Ritori shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Khanna jabbing away but nothing is landing.
A looping hook to the body misses from Khanna. Ritori does a little dance to reset his feet.
A low kick from Khanna misses
and Ritori counters with a flying knee. Nice.
Good exchange - Khanna coming out on top.
Khanna scores with a sloppy right hand. Ritori should have avoided that one.
Ritori slips under a jab.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Khanna throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Khanna throws a nice outside leg kick.
Ritori avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Khanna thows a body kick. Ritori tries to catch it but that hurt him.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
An inside leg kick from Khanna misses.
Ritori takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Ritori uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Khanna.
Khanna throws a body shot but no joy.
Khanna staying out of range there.
Khanna lands a jab-cross combination.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Raja Khanna dominated that fourth round.
The cut man is working on Raja Khanna's cut.
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!
Khanna tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Ritori 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.
Khanna scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Khanna connects with a body shot that sends Ritori's belly button to the back.
Ritori lands a front kick.
Khanna swings away with a body shot that misses
and Khanna takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Khanna throws a head kick that misses.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Khanna is looking to land body kicks.
Khanna misses with an uppercut
and Ritori counters with a stiff right hand.
Khanna misses the body punch
and Ritori counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Nice straight punches there by Khanna. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Khanna.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Ritori throws a poor cross that misses
and Ritori takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Khanna misses with a leg kick
and Ritori finishes the little exchange by landing a big kick to the body.
Khanna is wobbling all over the place through exhaustion. Will he make it to the final bell?
Ritori throws a body punch but Khanna moves out of range.
Ritori misses with a hook.
Khanna looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Khanna connects with a looping right hand.
Ritori lands with a good body shot.
Ritori looks to throw a body kick
and Khanna counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Khanna dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Ritori looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Khanna is clearly trying to counter these attacks from Ritori with a body shot.
Ritori throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Khanna misses with a hook.
Khanna looks to score with a jab to the body but Ritori is just out of range.
Ritori appears to be looking for a counter punch to the body.
Ritori slips under a jab.
Khanna throws a low kick but it's checked well by Ritori.
Ritori uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Khanna.
Ritori misses with a leg kick.
A swing and a miss from Ritori.
Khanna bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Ritori's head.
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!
Khanna takes a swing at Ritori's ribcage but misses.
Khanna misses with a body shot
and Ritori counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
A decent looking body kick lands there for Ritori.
Ritori uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Khanna.
Ritori tests Khanna's chin there with a solid looking shot.
The referee calls the doctor in to look at Raja Khanna's cut. Oh no, the doctor has called an end to the bout!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:25 of round 5, we have a winner by way of TKO (Cut). Wusan Ritori!
Wusan Ritori retains his middleweight title!
A very excited looking Wusan Ritori 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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