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Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Sammy Nyla (ranked 750 p4p, 700 weight class) and Mamed Khalidovic (ranked 70 p4p, 65 weight class). Khalidovic has chosen Зима-мама 25/17 as his entrance music. These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.
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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 23 - 17 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Sammy Nyla!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 26 - 15 - 2, fighting out of Sydney, Mamed Khalidovic!
The judges for this bout are Paulsen Ambrosius, Daniel Blasius and Saam Ante.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
A chopping leg kick lands by Khalidovic.
A nice leg kick lands there from Khalidovic.
Khalidovic ducks under a wild hook from Nyla.
Khalidovic dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
A slow jab from Nyla misses its intended target.
Khalidovic pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Nyla throws a looping overhand right but Khalidovic ducks down to avoid it.
Nyla chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Khalidovic can pounce on him.
Nyla is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Khalidovic.
Nyla has been working on his boxing with his coaches at Crapollas Gym in the buildup to the fight.
Nyla misses with a hook.
Khalidovic scores with a leg kick.
Mamed Khalidovic seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Khalidovic scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Khalidovic scores with a nice right hand.
A jab from Khalidovic misses.
Nyla walks into a jab.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Nyla stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Khalidovic.
A slow jab from Nyla misses its intended target.
Nyla takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Khalidovic swings widly with a right hand
and Nyla counters with a lovely shot to the body.
Khalidovic misses with a double jab
and Nyla cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Khalidovic misses with a low kick.
Nyla throwing a counter right hand but Khalidovic manages to avoid it.
Khalidovic bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Nyla's head backwards.
Nyla chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Khalidovic can pounce on him.
Khalidovic slips a jab from Nyla.
Khalidovic throws a quick inside leg kick.
Khalidovic cracks a nice hook into Nyla's ribs.
Khalidovic keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Khalidovic throws a right hand that Nyla ducks under and follows up with a left that Nyla also avoids with ease.
Nyla misses with a straight left.
Nyla is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Khalidovic.
Khalidovic swinging wildly here.
Nyla is really struggling to find his range with his punches. Khalidovic's reach advantage is clearly causing him problems.
Nyla takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Khalidovic defending well as Nyla loads up on a big left hand.
Khalidovic is clearly looking to counter with head kicks.
Nyla looks to land a left hand but Khalidovic moved out of range nicely.
Khalidovic uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
Khalidovic throws a leg kick which misses Nyla's front leg but catches the back leg as Nyla tries to avoid it.
Nyla is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
Khalidovic throws a nice outside leg kick.
Nyla throws the left hand but Khalidovic avoids the punch easily.
Khalidovic scores with a jab to the head.
Khalidovic throws a predictable looking body shot
and Nyla counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
It looks like Mamed Khalidovic has been cut.
Khalidovic connects with a body shot that sends Nyla's belly button to the back.
Nyla fails with an attempt to clinch.
Khalidovic moves out of range as Nyla strikes.
Khalidovic lands a nice looking body shot.
Khalidovic bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Khalidovic misses with a hook to the body
and Nyla counters with a nice uppercut.
Khalidovic has used his reach advantage pretty well so far tonight.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Khalidovic misses with a straight right.
Khalidovic lands a nice leg kick that just misses Nyla's sensitive parts.
Nyla throws a big shot that misses.
Nyla throws the left hand but Khalidovic avoids the punch easily.
Nyla takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Khalidovic lands with a head kick! That's gotta hurt.
A cross from Khalidovic lands.
A good leg kick by Khalidovic.
Khalidovic ducks under a wild hook from Nyla.
Khalidovic connects with a crisp jab.
Khalidovic has been working his punching technique in the buildup to the fight and it appears to be paying off.
Khalidovic scores with a jab.
Khalidovic misses with a kick to the body.
Nyla gets cracked there but stands up to it.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Khalidovic throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Nyla stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Khalidovic throws a nice inside leg kick.
Khalidovic is landing a lot of head punches in this opening round! Nyla had better start moving his head a bit unless he wants his face to turn into mush.
Nyla stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Khalidovic.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Khalidovic cracks Nyla with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
Khalidovic misses with a straight right.
Khalidovic misses the body punch
and Khalidovic takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Khalidovic ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Khalidovic defending well as Nyla loads up on a big left hand.
Khalidovic takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
Khalidovic takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
Khalidovic slips a jab from Nyla.
Khalidovic connects with a jab.
Nice jab there from Khalidovic.
Nyla throws a lazy uppercut
and Khalidovic counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Khalidovic connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Khalidovic paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
Nyla with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Khalidovic to score with a decent uppercut.
Khalidovic bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Mamed Khalidovic dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Mamed Khalidovic's cut.
That's time! Back to the action!
Nyla takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
A low kick lands for Khalidovic.
Mamed Khalidovic seems to be getting the better of the standup.
A nice inside leg kick there by Khalidovic. That's going to slow Nyla down.
Nyla scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Nyla walks into a straight right hand from Khalidovic.
Khalidovic staying out of range there.
Khalidovic tests Nyla's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Nyla takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
Khalidovic cracks Nyla with an open hand slap.
Nyla with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Khalidovic to score with a decent uppercut.
Khalidovic closes the distance and lands a one-two.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Khalidovic throws a hook but Nyla avoids it easily.
Khalidovic swings away with a leg kick that misses.
Nyla takes one on the chin but seems OK.
Nyla looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
Khalidovic swats away the attempt to clinch by Nyla.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Nyla stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
Khalidovic lands with a cross.
This entire fight has taken place on the feet so far and you wonder whether Nyla might be better served trying to take this one to the ground because he's losing the standup battle so far.
Nyla connects with a body shot.
Khalidovic attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
Nyla was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
Khalidovic with the inside leg kick.
Khalidovic misses with a right hand
letting Nyla counter with a right hand.
Khalidovic lands with a hook. Nyla tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
Nyla keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Nyla is really head hunting here, hardly looking to strike to the body at all.
Nyla takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Nyla pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Khalidovic with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Khalidovic uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Nyla.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Nyla moves into range and clinches up with Khalidovic.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Khalidovic breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Nyla scores with a nice head shot.
Khalidovic pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Nyla scores with a jab. Khalidovic acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
Khalidovic connects with a body shot.
Khalidovic keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Khalidovic rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Nyla moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Khalidovic lands with a cross.
Khalidovic staying out of range there.
Khalidovic misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
A little feinted left hand from Nyla on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
A chopping leg kick lands by Khalidovic.
Khalidovic throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Nyla takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Nyla keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
The crowd cheers as Nyla lands an impressive looking overhand right. Khalidovic doesn't seem phased though.
Khalidovic fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Nyla on the side of the head.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Nyla misses with a looping left.
Khalidovic bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Nyla backing away here, and Khalidovic unleashes a leg kick that just misses.
Khalidovic lands a nice hook to Nyla's body. Nyla takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Khalidovic lets loose with a powerful body kick. Nyla will feel that in the morning.
Nyla throws a poor cross that misses
and Khalidovic cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Nyla misses with a looping left.
Despite the aggression on Khalidovic's face he doesn't fully commit to the counter.
Khalidovic keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Nyla.
Khalidovic bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Khalidovic connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
Nyla takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
Khalidovic lands a vicious shot with the stealth of a sniper and the strength of a viper. Are vipers that strong? I can think of lots of things that are stronger than a viper - not many rhyme with sniper though.
Nyla takes one to the chin there.
Khalidovic scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Nyla missing with a left hand there. Khalidovic was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Khalidovic connects with a crisp jab.
Nyla keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Khalidovic throws a leg kick that is checked
and Nyla cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Nyla scores with a sloppy right hand. Khalidovic should have avoided that one.
Nyla takes one on the chin but seems OK.
Khalidovic is using his reach advantage to land shots from outside his opponent's range.
Nyla lands a jab to the head.
Khalidovic fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Nyla on the side of the head.
Khalidovic lands a nice leg kick that just misses Nyla's sensitive parts.
Khalidovic connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
Khalidovic bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
A decent looking cross lands there for Khalidovic.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Khalidovic moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Khalidovic paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
Nyla throws a looping overhand right but Khalidovic ducks down to avoid it.
Nyla misses with a straight right.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Mamed Khalidovic showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Mamed Khalidovic's cut.
That's time! Nyla's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight. Let's hear some noise people - this is the final round!
Khalidovic uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Nyla.
A big left from Nyla misses.
Khalidovic scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
Khalidovic bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Nyla's head backwards.
Nyla moves out of range of the strikes.
Nyla pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Khalidovic with the inside leg kick.
Nyla missing with a left hand there. Khalidovic was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Nice defenses there by Khalidovic.
Khalidovic fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Nyla on the side of the head.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Khalidovic takes a swing at Nyla's ribcage but misses.
Nyla swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
Nyla takes one on the chin but seems OK.
Nyla throws a big shot that misses.
Khalidovic connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
Nyla misses with a hook.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Khalidovic lands the left hand.
Nyla on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Nyla throws a lazy right hand but Khalidovic sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Khalidovic throws out a counter right but Nyla avoids it with no problem.
Khalidovic scores with a jab to the jaw.
Khalidovic throws an overhand right that lands on Nyla's shoulder, as Nyla tries to avoid the shot.
Nyla is looking to counter punch.
Khalidovic dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Nyla. That did some damage!
Khalidovic lands with a right hand.
Khalidovic lands a head shot.
A jab lands there for Khalidovic.
Khalidovic with a nice cross.
Nyla throws a hook to the side of Khalidovic's head but Khalidovic sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
A low kick lands for Khalidovic.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Khalidovic stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
A good leg kick by Khalidovic.
Khalidovic scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Sammy Nyla has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Mamed Khalidovic is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Nyla throws a lazy right hand but Khalidovic sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Nyla looks to land a right hand but Khalidovic moved out of range.
Khalidovic digs a good body shot into Nyla's ribs.
An inside leg kick lands from Khalidovic.
Khalidovic scores with a jab.
Khalidovic looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Nyla takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Nyla chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Khalidovic can pounce on him.
Khalidovic throws a quick head kick that skims the top of Nyla's head.
Khalidovic cracks Nyla with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
Khalidovic uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Nyla.
Khalidovic misses with a low kick as Nyla jumps back.
Khalidovic throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Nyla is looking to counter with a shot to the body.
Khalidovic lands with a kick to the temple. Nyla shrugs as if to say "is that all you've got?"
Khalidovic wants to land a leg kick but Nyla is out of range.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Nyla throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Khalidovic on the side of the head.
Khalidovic moves out of range of the strikes.
The fighters circling - Nyla throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Nyla throws the left hand but Khalidovic avoids the punch easily.
Khalidovic throws a big shot that misses.
Nyla misses with a straight right.
Khalidovic was about to counter that last move with a leg kick but changes his mind.
Nyla swings for the body but Khalidovic moves out of range.
Khalidovic throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Nyla blocks a head kick by Khalidovic.
Nyla was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
Khalidovic jabs Nyla to the body, keeping him at a distance.
Khalidovic lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Khalidovic slips under a jab.
Khalidovic lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Nyla throws a right hand that misses
and Khalidovic counters with a lovely straight right hand!
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Khalidovic lands a nice shot that snaps Nyla's head back.
Nyla chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Khalidovic can pounce on him.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Khalidovic moves away from the strike by Nyla.
Khalidovic has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Khalidovic.
Nyla throws a looping overhand right but Khalidovic ducks down to avoid it.
Khalidovic scores with a head kick.
Nice uppercut there from Khalidovic.
Nyla displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Khalidovic throws out the jab.
Khalidovic jabs Nyla to the body, keeping him at a distance.
Nyla throws a shot from downtown. Khalidovic moves away and avoids it.
Nyla uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Khalidovic has time to react.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Khalidovic throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Khalidovic jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Nyla swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
Nyla throws the left hand but Khalidovic avoids the punch easily.
And that's the end of the fight!
Mamed Khalidovic comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I've got Khalidovic winning every round here. Surely the decision will go his way and he'll pick up a well deserved decision victory. 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 Paulsen Ambrosius scores the fight 27:30
Judge Daniel Blasius scores the fight 27:30
Judge Saam Ante scores the fight 27:30
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Mamed Khalidovic!
A relieved looking Mamed Khalidovic 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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