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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Abdullah Maleh (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Bruce Wayne (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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Solid boxing
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the welterweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
10 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Abdullah Maleh!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
7 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Bruce Wayne!
The judges for this bout are Steve Smith, Robert Douchet and Ian Loll.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Wayne uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Maleh.
Maleh looks to score with a jab to the body but Wayne is just out of range.
Wayne uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Maleh.
Maleh looks for the body kick but Wayne saw that one coming.
Maleh looks to land a body kick but Wayne moved away.
Maleh tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Maleh connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Abdullah Maleh seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Maleh throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Maleh misses with a double jab.
Maleh fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Wayne manages to avoid it.
Maleh moves into range and lands a nice body kick.
Maleh lands a two punch combo.
Wayne uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Maleh.
Maleh takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
Maleh throws a right hand that Wayne ducks under and follows up with a left that Wayne also avoids with ease.
Maleh moves forwards but Wayne connects with a nice, crisp jab.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Maleh tries to clinch but Wayne moves out of range.
Maleh tries to clinch but Wayne moves out of range.
Maleh tries to clinch there but Wayne circles away.
Wayne swats away the attempt to clinch by Maleh.
Wayne fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Nice uppercut there from Wayne.
Maleh closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the ropes.
Wayne blocks the elbow strike.
Wayne blocks an elbow strike.
Maleh looking to throw knees to the head but Wayne is blocking nicely.
Maleh trying to control the position but instead, Wayne has worked for underhooks and has pushed Maleh into the ropes.
Wayne ties up his opponent against the ropes and manages to drag the fight down to the ground. Wayne no doubt will be looking to work submissions from his guard.
Maleh stopping the sweep attempt from Wayne.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Wayne trying to control the position here.
Wayne working a defensive guard here.
Wayne is pulling down on Maleh's head to control his posture.
Maleh tries to stand but Wayne is controlling from the bottom.
Wayne wants to sweep here but Maleh controlling him for the moment.
Wayne is persisting with the attempt to improve his position.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Maleh wants to stand but Wayne has a closed guard, so he can't escape.
It looks like we're going to have a standup here. Neither fighter is doing enough on the ground.
Maleh moves in looking to clinch but Wayne pushes him off.
Maleh tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Maleh fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Wayne.
Maleh throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Both fighters circling a little - Maleh finishes the exchange with a kick to the body.
Maleh misses with a shot to the body
and Wayne connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Abdullah Maleh is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Wayne tries to keep at a distance but Maleh has taken the fight into the clinch.
Maleh stalling the fight.
Wayne avoids a wild elbow strike from Maleh.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Maleh lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Wayne.
Maleh pressing his opponent against the ropes.
Maleh gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Wayne is trying to drag Maleh to the mat but Maleh just about manages to keep his footing. He used the ropes to his advantage there.
Knees to the body from Maleh.
Wayne avoiding damage as Maleh throws knees to the body.
Maleh has a couple of punches blocked by Wayne.
Wayne blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Maleh throws a punch but it's blocked by Wayne.
Wayne tries for a takedown but Maleh manages to get underhooks.
Maleh gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Wayne is looking to control Maleh's arms but Maleh gets an underhook and turns him. Now Wayne has his back to the ropes.
Wayne wants a takedown.
Abdullah Maleh has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Bruce Wayne.
Maleh lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Wayne backwards.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Abdullah Maleh dominated that round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!
Maleh stuffs a takedown. It's all about dictating where the fight takes place and Maleh wants it to stay on the feet.
Wayne looks to land a right hand but Maleh moved out of range.
Wayne fakes an overhand right and shoots for a takedown. Maleh sprawls well initially but Wayne persists and gets the takedown into half guard.
Maleh pushes Wayne off looking to stand but Wayne dives back in and keeps control.
Wayne throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
The fighters are trapped in the ropes so we're going to have a reposition here. The ref calls for a break and repositions the fighters in the center of the ring.
Wayne wants to advance to full mount but Maleh doesn't think that's going to happen and regains full guard instead.
The fighters are tangled up in the ropes here. We might need a restart if the fighters can't break free themselves.
Wayne drops back, looking for a kneebar! Maleh looks panicked! The fighters roll across the mat, one looking to finish, one looking to escape. Maleh looks to have wriggled free... Yes, he's got his leg free and he's dived into side control! Good work there from Maleh!
Maleh tries to advance to mount but can't.
Maleh wants to stand but Wayne is controlling his arm.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Wayne tries to slip a leg under to move to half guard but Maleh presses down on the leg and jumps into full mount!
Maleh tries to control but Wayne wriggling away.
Wayne wants to hold on but Maleh pushes him away.
Maleh trying to control but Wayne is having none of it.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are showing their displeasure at the lack of action as loud boos ring out around the arena.
Wayne is wriggling around trying to escape.
Wayne doing his best to control the position. Can he escape?
Maleh prevents Wayne from getting the reversal.
Wayne is squirming around, avoiding Maleh's attempts to control the action.
Wayne really trying hard to get back to half guard here.
Wayne sneaks a leg under to get to half guard.
Maleh decides he's had enough of the ground and stands up.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Maleh is looking to land body kicks.
Maleh is looking to wear down Wayne with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
Maleh ducks under a wild hook from Wayne.
Maleh closes the distance looking to clinch
and Wayne counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Maleh throws a jab when Wayne was well out of range.
Maleh throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Wayne counters with a nice body shot.
Maleh is looking to clinch but Wayne is avoiding it.
Maleh misses the body punch
and Wayne counters with a nice uppercut.
Maleh misses with an uppercut.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
Maleh looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Wayne circles away from the clinch attempt
and Maleh takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Wayne with a hook.
Maleh takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
Maleh tries to clinch up
and Wayne counters with a three punch combo that has Maleh backing up. Maleh nods at Wayne to acknowledge the strikes.
Nice cross by Wayne.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Maleh misses with a body kick.
Jab, jab by Wayne - just one landing.
Wayne misses with a series of wild punches.
Maleh takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Bruce Wayne showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.
Wayne connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Maleh momentarily.
Maleh throws a head kick but Wayne moves out of range.
Wayne thuds his right hand into Maleh's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.
Nice jab there from Maleh.
Wayne cracks Maleh with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the ropes.
Maleh looks for the body kick but Wayne saw that one coming.
Maleh tries to clinch but Wayne moves away
and Wayne counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
A slow jab from Wayne misses its intended target.
Wayne throws a series of strikes that have Maleh backpedaling.
A swing and a miss from Maleh.
Maleh tries to clinch but fails miserably
letting Wayne counter with a right hand.
Wayne shoots in but Maleh avoids the takedown attempt easily.
Maleh misses with a combination
and Wayne counters with a nice uppercut.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Maleh moves forwards but Wayne connects with a nice, crisp jab.
Wayne dodges the punch combination from Maleh.
Maleh digs a good hook to Wayne's body.
Wayne scores to the head and body with a nice combination!
Maleh throws a nice inside leg kick.
Maleh misses with a looping left.
Abdullah Maleh is winning the standup battle so far.
Maleh throws a quick inside leg kick.
Wayne wants to clinch.
Maleh chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Wayne displaying good standup as he scores with a three punch combination.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Wayne scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.
Maleh clinches but Wayne breaks the clinch
and Wayne counters with a straight right hand.
Wayne moves out of range as Maleh strikes.
Maleh misses with a double jab
and Wayne counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Maleh is looking to land body kicks.
Wayne uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Maleh.
Wayne connects with a single shot there.
Maleh misses with a head kick.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Wayne defending well as Maleh loads up on a big left hand.
Maleh changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Maleh looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
Wayne scores with a nice right hand.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Wayne steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Maleh.
Wayne lands with a right hand.
Maleh fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Wayne manages to avoid it.
Wayne lands the left hand.
A big left from Wayne misses.
Maleh throws and low kick but Wayne moves out of range easily.
Wayne throws a good cross that connects.
Maleh is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Wayne closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
Wayne ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Maleh missing with a left hand there. Wayne was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Maleh misses with a straight left.
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.
Wayne cracks Maleh with a good jab.
Maleh throws a jab but it's blocked by Wayne.
Wayne scores with a one two! Maleh had his feet all tangled up there and couldn't avoid the strikes.
Maleh thows a body shot but no joy.
Maleh darts in trying to clinch
and Wayne counters with a one-two to the body.
A lazy left from Wayne finds it's target.
Left hook, right uppercut from Wayne.
Maleh explodes with a nice body kick and back out of range. Nice work.
Maleh wants to clinch
and Wayne counters with a straight right hand.
Wayne slips under a jab.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close third round but Bruce Wayne just about did enough to take it.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.
Wayne stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Maleh.
Maleh clinches but Wayne breaks the clinch
and Wayne counters with a three punch combination, finished off with a leg kick. Nice work.
Wayne misses with a series of wild punches.
Wayne throws a right hand that Maleh ducks under and follows up with a left that Maleh also avoids with ease.
Maleh fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Wayne checks it well.
Maleh throws a hook to the side of Wayne's head but Wayne sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Maleh scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Wayne might want to mix his strikes up a bit more. He's just going for head shots at the moment and that can become a bit predictable.
Maleh darts in trying to clinch
and Wayne counters with a one-two to the body.
Wayne throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Maleh throws a shot from downtown. Wayne moves away and avoids it.
Wayne shoots in but no luck this time.
Wayne digs a good hook to Maleh's body.
Wayne closes the distance and clinches.
Maleh is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the ropes.
Maleh misses with some punches.
Wayne looking to stall.
Maleh scores with a shoulder strike.
Maleh lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Wayne backwards.
A battle for position here, against the ropes.
Wayne taking a breather.
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.
Wayne takes an elbow to the forehead.
Maleh throws an elbow but it misses.
Maleh trying to land knees to the body.
Maleh is trying to stall.
Wayne takes a shot to the head.
Maleh stops a takedown attempt from Wayne.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Wayne.
Wayne avoids the elbow strike from Maleh, against the ropes.
Maleh lands an elbow just above Wayne 's eye.
Maleh lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Wayne backwards.
Wayne looking for a takedown.
Abdullah Maleh has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Bruce Wayne.
Wayne tries to pull guard but Maleh holds him up against the ropes and eventually Wayne drops back down to his feet.
Wayne jumps guard.
Maleh trying to stand up but can't free himself from Wayne's guard.
Maleh has to be careful here, sitting in the guard of a superior BJJ player.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Maleh postures up.
Wayne manages to sweep nicely, so he's now on top. Maleh manages to get himself to full guard.
Wayne stands and throws Maleh's legs to the side, diving into side control.
It's got to the stage where if one of these guys blows hard enough, the other might fall over.
Maleh is pushing Wayne's head away, looking to escape. Wayne manages to hold on to the position though.
Wayne wants to work for a kimura but he's foiled early by Maleh, who protects the arm well.
Wayne sitting in side control, looking to soften his opponent up with elbows and hammerfists but Maleh is avoiding damage well and looking to escape the position.
Wayne thinks about going for a far side armbar but bails out and retains the dominant position instead.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Wayne is trying to get an arm triangle but Maleh is defending well.
Maleh wants to get back to his feet.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Maleh is not content to let Wayne control the position.
The referee has ruled that neither fighter is active enough on the ground and has stood them back up.
Maleh tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close fourth round but Bruce Wayne will probably get the nod - 10:9.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action. This is the final round!
Wayne moves out of range of the body kick.
Wayne connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
Wayne takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Wayne takes a swing at Maleh's ribcage but misses.
A slow jab from Wayne misses its intended target.
Wayne bobs and weaves into range and then changes levels and scores with a nice takedown into side control.
Wayne thinks about going for a far side armbar but bails out and retains the dominant position instead.
Maleh wants to escape from the position here - easier said than done!
Wayne wants to work for a kimura but he's foiled early by Maleh, who protects the arm well.
Wayne is wobbling all over the place through exhaustion. Will he make it to the final bell?
That's one minute gone in the round.
Wayne tries for an arm triangle. That looks pretty tight to me. Is this one over!?! Possibly, maybe, no Wayne has let go of the choke. Obviously it wasn't as tight as we thought!
Maleh regains half guard there - taking advantage of Wayne's attempt to lay and pray for a moment.
Wayne is looking for a kimura. It's going to be difficult to finish that from half guard though and Maleh defends it well.
Wayne is trying a forearm choke… I don't think that's going to do much at this level of the game.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
Maleh has one foot on Wayne's thigh - he pushes off and manages to get back to his feet.
Maleh looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Maleh throws a jab when Wayne was well out of range.
Maleh throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Maleh feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Wayne's calf.
A head kick misses from Maleh.
Maleh misses with a body kick.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Maleh fails to land with a series of punches.
Wayne's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Maleh throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Maleh takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
Maleh moves out of range of the strikes.
Maleh throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
Wayne connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Maleh's hands.
Wayne jabs Maleh right on the nose. Maleh blinks but takes it well.
Maleh on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Maleh.
Wayne throws the overhand right but ducks down into a quick takedown attempt. Maleh was covering up waiting for the punch and Wayne finishes the takedown easily into guard.
Wayne trying to control the position from guard on top but Maleh is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Wayne is holding a leg here, probably looking for an ankle lock - he drops back and goes for it! Maleh is in trouble! Is it all over??? No! Maleh has escaped and now he's on top!
Maleh preventing the sweep.
Wayne is trying to control the position but Maleh postures up.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Wayne wants to sweep here but Maleh controlling him for the moment.
And that's the end of the fight!
Bruce Wayne comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think Wayne 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 5 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Steve Smith scores the fight as a draw!
Judge Robert Douchet scores the fight for Bruce Wayne!
Judge Ian Loll scores the fight as a draw!
The fight ends as a draw!
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RATING
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