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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Ishaq Al Hamidi (ranked 3742 p4p, 4809 weight class) and Feilong Li (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). There are an array of beautiful celebrities at ringside tonight! I wonder if any of them paid for their tickets.
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Decent wrestler
Basic striking
Inexperienced |
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Good wrestler
Counter fighter
Very confident |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of New York, Ishaq Al Hamidi!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Feilong Li!
The judges for this bout are John Kavanagh, Joseph Jones and Chad Campbell.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Al Hamidi shoots in looking for a double leg takedown. Li defends it nicely.
Al Hamidi scores with a nice takedown into half guard. Let's see what he's got on the ground.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Li has his hands clasped together around Al Hamidi's back. He's all about the action.
Al Hamidi thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
Li is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Li is staying active underneath Al Hamidi, who seems content to just control the action from this position.
Li tries to get to full guard but Al Hamidi has control of the leg.
Al Hamidi perhaps working for something from half guard, or maybe not. It looks like he's just sitting there.
Li is trying to control but can't.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Al Hamidi passes the half guard and he's now in mount! Big trouble for Li!
Al Hamidi lands a couple of nice shots there from mount.
Li is looking to get to half guard.
We get told so often about how wrestlers don't like to be on their backs. Let's see if Li can do anything to dispel that myth.
Al Hamidi looking for an armbar but decides to keep the dominant position instead.
Li is looking to improve his position but Al Hamidi isn't that keen on the idea.
Al Hamidi controlling from the full mount.
Li wants to hold on but Al Hamidi pushes him away.
Li is looking to improve his position but Al Hamidi isn't that keen on the idea.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Al Hamidi controlling from mount.
Li is desperately trying to improve his position but Al Hamidi has a good base and remains in mount.
Al Hamidi swings around for an armbar but it's a sloppy attempt and Li is now in Al Hamidi's guard. A big mistake from Al Hamidi there, giving up the dominant position!
Li chips away with some ground and pound.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Li accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Li must be cautious of submissions here, given that his opponent has the superior Jiu Jitsu.
Li lands a couple of elbows.
Li is in close to Al Hamidi's body, working some short punches and elbows.
The fighters are starting to get a bit slippery now, which will make submissions a bit more difficult.
Li looking to sit in guard and control but Al Hamidi gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Li wants to sweep but no luck.
Our spies down at at Sanda Wushu Kung Fu Gym inform us that Li has really been working on his submissions in the buildup to this fight. Will it pay off?
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Li being controlled here, momentarily.
Li escapes his hips to the side and looks to be working for an armbar. Al Hamidi gives him a little smile and shakes his head. No chance.
Li trying to control the position.
Al Hamidi not doing a lot at the moment. He'll have to show some more aggression or the fight will get stood up.
Al Hamidi cracks Li with a solid left hand.
Al Hamidi not doing a lot at the moment. He'll have to show some more aggression or the fight will get stood up.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are getting on the fighters' backs, as the pace has dropped off in the last minute or so.
Li is trying to keep Al Hamidi in close.
Li is doing well to control the posture of his opponent and prevent any damage.
Al Hamidi content to stall in guard here.
Li really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Al Hamidi. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Li keeping moving, preventing Al Hamidi from controlling successfully.
Li is trying to control the position but Al Hamidi postures up.
The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Al Hamidi is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Al Hamidi is looking to clinch.
Ishaq Al Hamidi seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Li shoots in from a long way out. He's driving through with the takedown attempt and he eventually gets it, landing in Al Hamidi's guard.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Ishaq Al Hamidi dominated that round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.
Li feints and then dives in with a takedown. That was a long way out but the feint bought him enough time to close the distance and complete the takedown. Now we'll play guard for a bit and see who can get the better of that position.
Li working some strikes from top position.
Li keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Al Hamidi's head.
Li wants to control from the top but Al Hamidi keeps moving.
Li postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Al Hamidi has a loose triangle. He'll be looking to tighten that up but Li can see exactly what he's planning and manages to posture up and free himself.
Li scoring with some ground and pound.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Li throws a big elbow that misses.
Al Hamidi utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Li trying to control the position from guard on top but Al Hamidi is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Li working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.
Al Hamidi looking to control.
Li throwing strikes from guard but Al Hamidi blocks nicely.
Al Hamidi trying to control the position here.
Li postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
We may be looking at a referee standup if the pace doesn't pick up soon.
Al Hamidi is looking to sweep but instead, Li has passed into half guard.
Al Hamidi blocking the ground and pound attempt from Li.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are getting on the fighters' backs, as the pace has dropped off in the last minute or so.
Li working some ground and pound from close in. He's looking to maintain this position and strike for a while by the looks of things... although he'll probably advance to full mount in a minute now I've said that.
The two fighters exchange a few words. I couldn't hear what they were saying but maybe it's more fun if you make it up yourself. Li connects with a nice short shot to Al Hamidi's temple.
Al Hamidi taking some punishment here, with Li in his half guard.
Feilong Li has got the better of the ground game so far.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Li works his way into side control.
Al Hamidi is not in a great position here, taking some shots.
Li scores with a couple of short elbows.
Li working the head and body with strikes.
Al Hamidi is rocked!
The crowd goes nuts as Li knocks Al Hamidi out cold with a massive hammerfist! Li Jumps to his feet and climbs on top of the cage to celebrate with the crowd!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:58 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Strikes). Feilong Li!
A relieved looking Feilong Li thanked the fans for their support and gave the usual line about them being amazing. They seemed to believe that he actually meant it.
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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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