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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between ryan lyons (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Farid Abdellaoui (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). The atmosphere really building for this one as we go over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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170 lbs
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170 lbs
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BJJ Blue Belt
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BJJ White Belt
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
1 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, ryan lyons!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Farid Abdellaoui!
The judges for this bout are , and .
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
lyons rushes Abdellaoui and presses him up against the cage.
lyons can't get the takedown.
lyons goes for a takedown in the clinch but Abdellaoui prevents it.
lyons scores with a knee to the head.
lyons is trying to stall.
lyons fails to pull guard.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for ryan lyons. That's going to take a lot out of him.
lyons is looking to control Abdellaoui's arms but Abdellaoui gets an underhook and turns him. Now lyons has his back to the cage.
lyons is leaning against Abdellaoui and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
lyons tries to take the fight to the ground by pulling guard but can't manage it.
Abdellaoui wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
lyons tries to jump guard but he falls flat on his backside. Abdellaoui smiles and moves away.
Abdellaoui misses with a looping left.
Abdellaoui clinches up against the cage.
Abdellaoui has had enough of the clinch but lyons keeps him there for the moment.
lyons trying to control the position but instead, Abdellaoui has worked for underhooks and has pushed lyons into the cage.
Abdellaoui wants to break free but lyons has control.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Abdellaoui is trying to break the clinch but lyons has him pressed against the cage.
lyons is trying to drag Abdellaoui to the mat but Abdellaoui just about manages to keep his footing. He used the cage to his advantage there.
A frustrated look appears on Abdellaoui's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
lyons tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Abdellaoui avoids it.
Abdellaoui tries to break free but lyons pushes him back against the cage.
lyons leaning his opponent against the cage.
Abdellaoui has had enough of the clinch but lyons keeps him there for the moment.
lyons jumps guard but Abdellaoui stands there with lyons around his waist. lyons gives up and drops back to his feet. We remain in the clinch.
lyons's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
lyons is looking to clinch but Abdellaoui is avoiding it.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Neither fighter has done anything of merit for a good minute or two here and the crowd are not happy about it.
lyons lands a head kick. Abdellaoui smiles back at him and beckons him forward.
lyons fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Abdellaoui, pushing him back against the cage.
lyons breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Abdellaoui thows a body shot but no joy.
Farid Abdellaoui seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Abdellaoui throws a one two combo.
Abdellaoui throws a combination. lyons tries to block but a couple of punches get through.
lyons fakes high and shoots in for a takedown but Abdellaoui avoids it really well and circles away.
lyons tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
lyons keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
lyons closes the distance and clinches.
Abdellaoui working hard to break the clinch.
lyons jumps guard but his hands slip and he falls flat on his back. Well, he's made himself look a right mug there, as Abdellaoui walks away with a smile on his face. lyons gets slowly back to his feet and shakes his head.
lyons moves into the clinch successfully.
lyons breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Abdellaoui tries to keep at a distance but lyons has taken the fight into the clinch.
lyons throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Abdellaoui blocks it with crossed arms.
lyons gets a trip takedown into half guard.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Abdellaoui is looking to control lyons's leg but it's slowly edging free. Can Abdellaoui avoid being mounted?
Abdellaoui tries to get to full guard but lyons has control of the leg.
lyons tries to stand but his hand is stuck under Abdellaoui.
lyons is breathing heavily.
Abdellaoui is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
Abdellaoui wants to control but lyons is keeping busy.
lyons wants to stand up but Abdellaoui has a hold of him and won't allow it.
Abdellaoui is looking to improve his position.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
My god... these two guys really need to pick up the pace or everyone will leave to go get a beer.
The referee has ruled that neither fighter is active enough on the ground and has stood them back up.
lyons tries a head kick but it misses.
lyons clinches but Abdellaoui breaks the clinch
and Abdellaoui counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Abdellaoui lets the fists fly and connects with a left straight followed by a right hook.
Abdellaoui wants to clinch.
Abdellaoui throws a combination but it was largely blocked by lyons.
Abdellaoui misses with a straight left.
lyons is looking to clinch.
Abdellaoui wants to clinch
and lyons holds on and brings the fighters into a clinch.
Abdellaoui working hard to break the clinch.
Abdellaoui tries to circle away but lyons has him pinned against the cage.
Abdellaoui is trying to break the clinch but lyons has him pressed against the cage.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
ryan lyons dominated that round.
That's time! Back to the action!
Abdellaoui paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
A slow jab from Abdellaoui misses its intended target.
Abdellaoui misses with a body shot
and lyons counters by moving into the clinch.
lyons landing knees to the head.
Abdellaoui is trying to break the clinch but lyons is controlling him.
lyons breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
ryan lyons is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
lyons fails with the takedown.
lyons moves in looking to clinch but Abdellaoui pushes him off.
lyons shoots in for a takedown but Abdellaoui shows good takedown defense.
Abdellaoui tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but lyons paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Abdellaoui drives through and clinches with lyons against the cage.
Abdellaoui blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Abdellaoui is trying to break the clinch but lyons has him pressed against the cage.
lyons jumps guard but his hands slip and he falls flat on his back. Well, he's made himself look a right mug there, as Abdellaoui walks away with a smile on his face. lyons gets slowly back to his feet and shakes his head.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for ryan lyons. That's going to take a lot out of him.
lyons shoots for a double leg takedown but Abdellaoui sprawls well. He's pushed lyons's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.
Abdellaoui moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Abdellaoui throws an uppercut from half a mile away. lyons sees it coming and avoids it easily.
The fighters circling - Abdellaoui throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Abdellaoui goes to the watering hole and comes back with a big thumbs up from the judges as he scores a three punch combo.
lyons walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
Abdellaoui throws a shot to the body.
Abdellaoui tries to bum rush lyons with a series of wild strikes but lyons uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Abdellaoui lands a jab-cross combination.
Good standup being displayed there by Abdellaoui as he connects with a hook.
Abdellaoui misses with a two punch combination.
Abdellaoui fakes high and swings low for a body shot but lyons manages to avoid it.
Abdellaoui just misses with a punch to the body.
lyons ducks under a wild hook from Abdellaoui.
lyons tries to close the distance and clinch up but Abdellaoui swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Abdellaoui swats away the attempt to clinch by lyons.
Nice uppercut lands for Abdellaoui. That snapped lyons's head back.
lyons doesn't manage to clinch there - Abdellaoui circles away.
lyons throws a sloppy head kick and Abdellaoui moves out of range easily.
Abdellaoui scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.
Abdellaoui circles away from the clinch attempt
and Abdellaoui counters with a lovely straight right hand!
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Abdellaoui fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Abdellaoui falls off balance throwing a combination
and lyons counters with a one-two to the body.
Abdellaoui lands a straight punch to the body, keeping lyons at a distance.
Abdellaoui throws a body punch but lyons moves out of range.
lyons tries to move into range but Abdellaoui moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
Abdellaoui scores with a jab to the body.
Abdellaoui has used his reach advantage pretty well so far tonight.
The fight stays on the outside here - Abdellaoui looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Abdellaoui connects with a body shot.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
lyons tries to score a power double leg takedown but Abdellaoui sees that one coming and sprawls well. That will dishearten lyons somewhat.
Abdellaoui fakes high and swings low for a body shot but lyons manages to avoid it.
Abdellaoui connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
lyons slips a straight right by Abdellaoui.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Abdellaoui lands a glancing blow to the side of lyons's head.
Abdellaoui lunges at lyons with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by lyons's hand.
Abdellaoui throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and lyons counters by moving into the clinch.
Abdellaoui blocking some punches.
Abdellaoui tries to circle away but lyons has him pinned against the cage.
Abdellaoui is trying to break the clinch but lyons is controlling him.
lyons changes levels and goes for a takedown here. Abdellaoui fights it off and pushes away nicely.
A jab from Abdellaoui does it's job there.
lyons tries a head kick but it misses.
lyons on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Abdellaoui closes the distance and clinches.
Abdellaoui wants to get back to striking at distance but lyons won't allow it.
lyons tries to take the fight to the ground by pulling guard but can't manage it.
Abdellaoui is trying to force a seperation but lyons has the dominant position.
Abdellaoui wants to break the clinch but can't.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Abdellaoui looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
lyons has Abdellaoui pressed against the cage, preventing Abdellaoui from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Abdellaoui wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Abdellaoui wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Abdellaoui wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but lyons has him pressed against the cage.
Abdellaoui working hard to break the clinch.
lyons keeps control of Abdellaoui as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
lyons keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Abdellaoui's efforts to push away.
Abdellaoui tries to circle away but lyons has him pinned against the cage.
With the fighters up against the cage, lyons throws an elbow but misses.
lyons fails to pull guard.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Abdellaoui has had enough of the clinch but lyons keeps him there for the moment.
lyons prevents Abdellaoui from breaking the clinch.
Abdellaoui wants to break free but lyons has control.
lyons manages to break the clinch.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Farid Abdellaoui showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action! This is the final round!
Abdellaoui scores with a jab to the head.
lyons moves away from the strike by Abdellaoui.
Abdellaoui lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but lyons circles away quickly and effectively.
lyons moves out of range of the strikes.
Farid Abdellaoui seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Abdellaoui scores with a jab to the head.
lyons fails with an attempt to clinch.
Abdellaoui loads up on a big right hand but lyons slips the punch.
Abdellaoui misses with a looping right.
Abdellaoui tries to clinch up
and lyons cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
lyons tries to clinch but Abdellaoui moves out of range.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Abdellaoui misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from lyons.
Abdellaoui lands a jab to the nose.
Some wild striking there from Abdellaoui.
lyons throws a head kick that half lands.
Abdellaoui misses with a hook. lyons ducked under it nicely.
That's one minute gone in the round.
lyons moves in looking to clinch but Abdellaoui pushes him off.
lyons moves into the clinch.
lyons avoiding damage.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Abdellaoui can't break the clinch.
lyons is pushing Abdellaoui up against the cage, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.
lyons is looking to control Abdellaoui's arms but Abdellaoui gets an underhook and turns him. Now lyons has his back to the cage.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
lyons tries to land a knee to the head but Abdellaoui blocks with his arms.
lyons is trying to maintain a safe position but Abdellaoui gets an underhook and turns lyons into the cage.
The ref breaks the fighters up, due to lack of action by ryan lyons.
Abdellaoui scores with a punch to the head.
Abdellaoui is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
Abdellaoui lands a jab.
lyons is looking to clinch.
Farid Abdellaoui is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Abdellaoui tries to clinch but lyons is having none of it.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
lyons has a takedown stuffed.
Abdellaoui connects with the punch.
Abdellaoui misses with a series of wild punches.
A punch combination from Abdellaoui misses.
Abdellaoui connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
lyons uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Abdellaoui.
lyons tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Abdellaoui paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Abdellaoui clinches up against the cage.
A frustrated look appears on Abdellaoui's face as he tries to break the clinch.
lyons fails to pull guard.
Abdellaoui has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
A frustrated look appears on Abdellaoui's face as he tries to break the clinch.
lyons fails to pull guard.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for ryan lyons. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Abdellaoui has had enough of the clinch but lyons keeps him there for the moment.
lyons changes levels and goes for a takedown here. Abdellaoui fights it off and pushes away nicely.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
lyons uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Abdellaoui.
Abdellaoui ducks down and throws a hook to the body but lyons moves away.
Abdellaoui swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Abdellaoui throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck lyons on the side of the head.
Abdellaoui scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Abdellaoui throws a right and a left that lyons avoids nicely.
lyons shoots in but no luck this time.
lyons walks into a jab.
Abdellaoui lands a straight punch to the body, keeping lyons at a distance.
A big right from Abdellaoui misses.
Abdellaoui with a jab.
Abdellaoui throws a good cross that connects.
A telegraphed takedown attempt from lyons is defended easily by Abdellaoui.
lyons tries a head kick but it misses.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Abdellaoui scores with a three punch combo!
A decent looking cross lands there for Abdellaoui.
Abdellaoui gets a clinch.
Abdellaoui tries to circle away but lyons has him pinned against the cage.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
lyons prevents Abdellaoui from breaking the clinch.
Abdellaoui pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Abdellaoui cracks a nice hook into lyons's ribs.
Abdellaoui works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
Abdellaoui scores with a crisp jab that stopped lyons in his tracks.
Abdellaoui scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. lyons doesn't seem bothered though.
Jab, jab by Abdellaoui - just one landing.
Abdellaoui closes the distance but lyons moves to the side
and Abdellaoui takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
lyons uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Abdellaoui.
And that's the end of the fight!
Farid Abdellaoui comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think Abdellaoui has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. 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 Andi Peters scores the fight 28:29
Judge Gordon Ramsey scores the fight 28:29
Judge Frank Skinner scores the fight 28:29
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Farid Abdellaoui!
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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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