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Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Alan West (ranked 3301 p4p, 2308 weight class) and Mehdi Kanaani (ranked 304 p4p, 227 weight class). Kanaani has chosen Dr. Dre ft. Snoop Dogg - Nuthin' But A G Thang as his entrance music. Mehdi Kanaani struggled to make weight for this fight. He only made it down to 157.0lbs at the first attempt and had to take the additional two hours to make the official bout weight. Let's see how much it's taken out of him. Alan West had a look across the cage there at his opponent. He definitely means business
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BJJ White Belt
Solid boxing
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BJJ Purple Belt
World class boxer
Solid chin |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 7 - 16 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Alan West!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 32 - 31 - 0, fighting out of New York, Mehdi Kanaani!
The judges for this bout are Chad Campbell, David Schapiro and Bruno Lombardi.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Kanaani gets caught on his heels momentarily as he allows West to score an easy takedown into full guard.
Kanaani is doing well to control the posture of his opponent and prevent any damage.
Kanaani wants to stand and escape but West is having none of it.
West has to be careful here, sitting in the guard of a superior BJJ player.
West pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Kanaani is keeping the position for now.
West looking to sit in guard and control but Kanaani gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Kanaani with a nice head shot there.
Kanaani stays in close to West's body and controls the position.
Kanaani throws a big right hand that misses.
That's one minute gone in the round.
West avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Kanaani missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Kanaani is sitting in guard, working some ground and pound.
West is trying to control the position from the bottom.
West knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Kanaani on the ground.
Kanaani stands up from West's guard - Kanaani perhaps looking for a knockout.
West throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around Kanaani's waist but Kanaani gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing West off to one side.
West looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
West displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Kanaani throws out the jab.
Kanaani closes the distance and lands a one-two.
It looks like Alan West has been cut.
Kanaani leaves West with his face pressed against the mat as he sprawls beautifully, defending against a solid takedown attempt.
A jab from Kanaani misses.
West moves forwards but Kanaani connects with a nice, crisp jab.
West is rocked!
Kanaani is looking to chop away at West's legs.
Kanaani fakes the leg kick and throws a superman punch. It's knocked West out cold! Brutal finish!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:59 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Superman Punch). Mehdi Kanaani!
After winning the bout, Mehdi Kanaani thanked all his fans and promised he'd do even better in his next fight. The crowd seemed to love his humility.
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energy
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hype
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pop
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