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Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Mamed Khalidovic (ranked 857 p4p, 1376 weight class) and Rodri Yairguez (ranked 83 p4p, 126 weight class). Chooooooooon! I think Khalidovic might be my favorite fighter, now he's come out to Зима-мама 25/17. Yairguez is bouncing up and down as he enters the arena, backed by El Corrido De Chihuahua - Los Rieleros Del Norte. On his way into the cage it seems that Mamed Khalidovic has been attacked by a crazed fan! It looks like it might have been the just bleed guy! Luckily Mamed Khalidovic seems to be OK! I thought that lunatic was in prison!?
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Great wrestler
World class boxer
Very quick |
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World class MT
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 25 - 15 - 2, fighting out of Sydney, Mamed Khalidovic!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 9 - 7 - 1, fighting out of London, Rodri Yairguez!
The judges for this bout are Patrick Alders, Albert Achterberg and Saam Ante.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Khalidovic avoids the body shot from Yairguez.
Khalidovic has been working on his boxing with his coaches at Far-Q Fight Club in the buildup to the fight.
Khalidovic just misses with a punch to the body.
Yairguez avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Khalidovic cracks Yairguez with a good jab.
A nice inside leg kick there by Khalidovic. That's going to slow Yairguez down.
Yairguez throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Khalidovic turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Yairguez tries to land a leg kick but Khalidovic saw it coming and moves away.
Khalidovic throwing a counter right hand but Yairguez manages to avoid it.
Khalidovic scores with a jab to the head.
Khalidovic throws out a loose jab but Yairguez uses good head movement to avoid it.
Khalidovic lands the left hand.
A chopping leg kick lands by Khalidovic.
Yairguez keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Khalidovic backing away here, and Yairguez unleashes a leg kick that just misses.
Yairguez stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Khalidovic.
Khalidovic throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Khalidovic swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Khalidovic throws a looping overhand right but Yairguez ducks down to avoid it.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Khalidovic throws a jab when Yairguez was well out of range.
Khalidovic slips a jab from Yairguez.
A low kick lands for Yairguez.
Mamed Khalidovic is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Yairguez punishes Khalidovic's body with a nice straight punch.
Yairguez connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
It looks like Mamed Khalidovic has been cut.
Khalidovic with a hook.
Khalidovic throws a looping overhand right but Yairguez ducks down to avoid it.
Yairguez 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.
Khalidovic keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
Khalidovic lands a leg kick that knocks Yairguez off balance momentarily.
Khalidovic missing with a left hand there. Yairguez was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Khalidovic misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Yairguez.
Khalidovic lands a nice leg kick that just misses Yairguez's sensitive parts.
Yairguez walks into a stiff left hand from Khalidovic.
Khalidovic tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Yairguez was well out of range. Poor timing from Khalidovic.
Yairguez tries a quick counter leg kick but Khalidovic is wise to it.
Khalidovic tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Yairguez was well out of range. Poor timing from Khalidovic.
Yairguez moves into the clinch.
Yairguez tries for a takedown. No joy.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Khalidovic working aggressively here.
Yairguez blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Khalidovic breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Khalidovic takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
Khalidovic throws a good cross that connects.
Yairguez takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Khalidovic misses with a low kick.
Yairguez connects with a good right hand that stumbles Khalidovic. Khalidovic circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
Khalidovic has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Khalidovic there as he acknowledges the shot.
Yairguez closes the distance and gets a trip takedown into side control. Khalidovic quickly recovers to half guard.
Yairguez trying to control the action but Khalidovic is working from the bottom.
Khalidovic is looking for a sweep. Yairguez is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
Yairguez is looking for a kimura but Khalidovic is holding onto that half guard position, so it's hard for Yairguez to get the leverage.
Ground and pound from Yairguez.
Yairguez seems to be working for a kimura but Khalidovic defends the submission attempt.
Yairguez tries to stand but can't do so whilst Khalidovic controls his leg.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Yairguez is trying for a guillotine from the top but the pressure isn't in the right place so Khalidovic is just riding it out for now. Yairguez eventually gives up the hold.
Yairguez is thwarting Khalidovic's attempts to control the position.
Khalidovic on the receiving end of some nice ground and pound.
Yairguez slows the pace down in half guard.
Khalidovic wants to get back to full guard.
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.
Khalidovic is looking to sinch up a guillotine here but Yairguez pulls his head out easily.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Yairguez stalling away here and it's allowed Khalidovic to slip out his trapped foot and regain full guard.
Khalidovic keeping full guard, as Yairguez tries to pass.
Yairguez slips nicely into half guard.
Yairguez performing his best blanket impression for a moment.
Yairguez wants to take a breather but Khalidovic is having none of it.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close round but I would say that Mamed Khalidovic will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Mamed Khalidovic's cut.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!
Khalidovic throws a jab when Yairguez was well out of range.
Khalidovic ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Khalidovic throws the left hand but Yairguez avoids the punch easily.
Yairguez throws a looping overhand right but Khalidovic ducks down to avoid it.
Yairguez walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
Khalidovic misses the jab.
Yairguez takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
Khalidovic misses with a looping left.
Khalidovic catches Yairguez with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
Khalidovic misses with a low kick.
Yairguez throws a wild body kick that Khalidovic sees coming a mile off.
Khalidovic is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Yairguez can do to turn this around?
Yairguez loads up on a big right hand but Khalidovic slips the punch.
An inside leg kick lands from Yairguez.
Khalidovic tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Yairguez throws out a loose jab but Khalidovic uses good head movement to avoid it.
Mamed Khalidovic seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
A slapping body kick lands there for Khalidovic.
Yairguez tries to close the distance and clinch up but Khalidovic swats him away and circles back towards the center.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Khalidovic wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Khalidovic misses with a looping left.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Khalidovic connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Yairguez misses with a shot to the body
letting Khalidovic counter with a right hand.
Khalidovic avoids a kick to the body.
Yairguez fails to land with a series of punches.
Yairguez fails with a takedown attempt from distance.
Yairguez takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
Khalidovic lands with a nice body punch.
A jab from Khalidovic misses.
Khalidovic misses with a body kick.
Yairguez tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Khalidovic manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Yairguez misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Mamed Khalidovic is winning the standup battle so far.
Yairguez throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
An attempted straight right counter from Khalidovic misses the target.
Yairguez digs a good body shot into Khalidovic's ribs.
Khalidovic throws a looping overhand right but Yairguez ducks down to avoid it.
Khalidovic throws a right and a left that both miss.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Yairguez misses with an uppercut
and Khalidovic counters with a stiff right hand.
Yairguez slips under a jab.
Khalidovic has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Yairguez.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Khalidovic pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Some bone on bone action there as Khalidovic checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
Khalidovic throws out a loose jab but Yairguez uses good head movement to avoid it.
Yairguez throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Khalidovic stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Khalidovic lands a jab to the head.
Yairguez throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Khalidovic counters with a good low kick that Yairguez was not able to check.
Yairguez fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Khalidovic looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Khalidovic throws a hook but Yairguez avoids it easily.
Khalidovic scores with a leg kick.
Khalidovic keeps the fight on the outside.
Khalidovic tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Yairguez looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Yairguez's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Khalidovic misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Yairguez.
Khalidovic misses with a low kick.
Yairguez throws a body shot but no joy.
Yairguez misses with a wild body shot.
Yairguez throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Yairguez scores with a nice right hand.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Khalidovic checks the leg kick nicely there.
Yairguez waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Khalidovic.
Yairguez blocks a low kick nicely.
A nice inside leg kick there by Khalidovic. That's going to slow Yairguez down.
Khalidovic paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
Yairguez takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Khalidovic tries a head kick but it misses.
Khalidovic throws a poor cross that misses
and Yairguez counters with a nice leg kick.
Khalidovic is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
Yairguez dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Yairguez checks a low kick from Khalidovic.
Khalidovic scores with a nice right hand.
Khalidovic lands a lovely overhand right.
Khalidovic throws a looping overhand right but Yairguez ducks down to avoid it.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Yairguez dodges the punch combination from Khalidovic.
Yairguez throws a body shot but no joy.
A telegraphed right hand from Khalidovic misses the target.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Khalidovic misses with a looping left.
And Yairguez responds with a good body kick, but Khalidovic manages to step out the way in time.
Yairguez misses with a looping left.
Yairguez lands a nice leg kick that just misses Khalidovic's sensitive parts.
Khalidovic gets cracked there but stands up to it.
Yairguez throws a hook to the side of Khalidovic's head but Khalidovic sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Khalidovic pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Yairguez connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Khalidovic momentarily.
Khalidovic throws a hook to the side of Yairguez's head but Yairguez sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Yairguez throws the left hand but Khalidovic avoids the punch easily.
Khalidovic moves away from the strike by Yairguez.
Khalidovic lands with a cross.
Khalidovic scores with a body shot.
Khalidovic connects with the punch.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Yairguez tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Khalidovic paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Yairguez closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Khalidovic tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Khalidovic scores with a nice hook to the head.
Yairguez prevents Khalidovic from breaking the clinch.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Mamed Khalidovic dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Mamed Khalidovic's cut.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare each other down, ready to get back to the action. So, we enter the final round. Let's see if either fighter can bring us a finish, or whether we're going to the judges scorecards.
Yairguez takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Khalidovic, as that shot connected.
Khalidovic thuds his right hand into Yairguez's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.
Yairguez avoids the body shot from Khalidovic.
Yairguez misses with a wild body shot.
Khalidovic steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Yairguez.
Khalidovic throws a looping overhand right but Yairguez ducks down to avoid it.
Khalidovic misses with a hook.
Yairguez looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Khalidovic throws a chopping leg kick but Yairguez manages to avoid taking any serious damage.
Yairguez lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
Yairguez pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Khalidovic gets caught flat footed, as Yairguez shoots in with a quick takedown into guard.
Yairguez stands and throws Khalidovic's legs to the side, diving into side control.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Yairguez looking for an arm triangle but it's way too loose to do anything.
Yairguez scoring with punches from side control.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Khalidovic wants to control but Yairguez postures up.
Khalidovic prevents Yairguez from moving into mount.
Khalidovic is not content to let Yairguez control the position.
Yairguez has had enough of the ground for now and decides to stand.
A slapping leg kick lands for Khalidovic.
Khalidovic lands a nice hook to Yairguez's body. Yairguez takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
A big right from Khalidovic misses.
Nice straight punches there by Khalidovic. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Khalidovic.
Rodri Yairguez has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Mamed Khalidovic is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Khalidovic lunges at Yairguez with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Yairguez's hand.
Yairguez lunges at Khalidovic with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Khalidovic's hand.
Yairguez throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Yairguez with a nice cross.
Khalidovic swings for the body but Yairguez moves out of range.
Khalidovic scores with a leg kick.
Khalidovic just misses with a punch to the body.
Khalidovic throws a quick inside leg kick.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Khalidovic with the inside leg kick.
Khalidovic dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Khalidovic looks to throw the jab but Yairguez is out of range.
Khalidovic throws an off balance right hand
and Yairguez counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Yairguez has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
Khalidovic jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Yairguez closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
Yairguez shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Khalidovic fires out a quick counter leg kick but Yairguez just manages to avoid it.
Yairguez goes for a double leg but Khalidovic avoids the attempt and the two fighters end up clinched against the cage as Khalidovic continues to drive forward.
Khalidovic lands a jab to the nose.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Khalidovic cracks a nice hook into Yairguez's ribs.
Yairguez takes a kick to the body and keeps moving.
Khalidovic fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Khalidovic lands a lovely overhand right.
Jab from Yairguez.
Khalidovic lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Khalidovic tests Yairguez's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Khalidovic moves out of range of the leg kick from Yairguez.
An attempted straight right counter from Khalidovic misses the target.
Yairguez throws a leg kick that misses.
A solid leg kick lands there for Khalidovic.
Khalidovic throws a nice inside leg kick.
Yairguez gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Khalidovic keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
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!
Khalidovic slips a jab from Yairguez.
Khalidovic fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Yairguez waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Khalidovic.
Khalidovic moves away from the strike by Yairguez.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Yairguez takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Yairguez tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Khalidovic manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Khalidovic misses with a looping right.
Yairguez chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Khalidovic can pounce on him.
A nice inside leg kick there by Yairguez. That's going to slow Khalidovic down.
Yairguez dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Khalidovic. That did some damage!
Yairguez does a little shimmy and throws a leg kick. The leg kick missed by a considerable margin though, making him look a little bit silly for doing the shimmy.
Yairguez tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Khalidovic manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Khalidovic throws a hook but Yairguez blocks it.
Khalidovic avoids the head kick by Yairguez.
It looked like Khalidovic was trying to counter with a body shot coming off that last attack from Yairguez.
Khalidovic throws a quick inside leg kick.
Khalidovic fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Yairguez.
Khalidovic lands a body shot.
Khalidovic wants to slow Yairguez down by chopping away at his legs.
Khalidovic scores with a hook to the body. Yairguez takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Khalidovic takes a head kick and shrugs it off.
And that's the end of the fight!
Mamed Khalidovic showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Khalidovic, winning every round. Will the judges agree? They are the ones who matter, even if they are often depressingly incompetent. 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 Patrick Alders scores the fight 30:27
Judge Albert Achterberg scores the fight 30:27
Judge Saam Ante scores the fight 30:27
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Mamed Khalidovic!
A very excited looking Mamed Khalidovic 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.
Rodri Yairguez was interviewed post fight and said 'A loss is a good learning experience if you take it that way, but it also isn't a win. Everybody loses eventually.'.
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