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Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Brij Khali (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Victor Conroy (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Chooooooooon! I think Khali might be my favorite fighter, now he's come out to Masters of Mixed Martial Arts . Both these guys have really solid chins. Will we see a standup war or will they both decide that a knockout is unlikely and try to win the fight elsewhere?
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162 lbs
11 - 13 - 0 |
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175 cm
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155 lbs
6 - 4 - 0 |
BJJ Purple Belt
Good knees
Granite chin |
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BJJ Brown Belt
Counter striker
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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
11 - 13 - 0, fighting out of London, Brij Khali!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
6 - 4 - 0, fighting out of London, Victor Conroy!
The judges for this bout are Sam Margolis, Steven Brown and William Gold.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Conroy dodges the punch combination from Khali.
Khali misses with a two punch combination.
Conroy dives in and grabs Khali's left leg, looking for a takedown. Khali pushes down on Conroy's head and hops out.
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from Conroy.
Khali thuds his right hand into Conroy's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.
Khali throws a series of punches but Conroy avoids them all with ease.
Khali throws a lazy right hand but Conroy sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Khali throws out a loose jab but Conroy uses good head movement to avoid it.
Khali throws a looping overhand right but Conroy ducks down to avoid it.
A right-left combo lands from Khali.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Nice cross by Khali.
Khali tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Conroy was well out of range. Poor timing from Khali.
Khali lands an overhand right.
Khali lands with a right hand.
Conroy is rocked!
Khali misses with a double jab.
Khali leaves Conroy with his face pressed against the mat as he sprawls beautifully, defending against a solid takedown attempt.
Brij Khali has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Victor Conroy.
Khali throws an overhand right that lands on Conroy's shoulder, as Conroy tries to avoid the shot.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Khali throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Conroy.
Khali throws a series of punches but Conroy avoids them all with ease.
Brij Khali seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
No joy there for Khali, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Khali is breathing heavily.
Khali looks to throw the jab but Conroy is out of range.
Khali lands with a nice combination. Conroy backs away looking to recover.
Conroy fails with a takedown attempt from distance.
Khali misses with a looping right.
Conroy tries to close the distance and clinch but Khali swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Khali lands with a hook. Conroy tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
Khali waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Conroy.
Conroy is trying hard to land a takedown here. Khali sprawls well and keeps this one on the feet.
Khali throws a looping overhand right but Conroy ducks down to avoid it.
A telegraphed takedown attempt from Conroy is defended easily by Khali.
Khali goes to the watering hole and comes back with a big thumbs up from the judges as he scores a three punch combo.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Khali gets taken down but at least he's managed to land in guard.
Khali looking for submissions off his back, moving his hips, looking for an opening.
Conroy throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Conroy drops back for a leg! It's a sloppy attempt though and Conroy jumps back into guard quickly, to retain the dominant position.
Conroy tries to free his leg and advance position but Khali is retaining full guard.
Khali keeping moving, preventing Conroy from controlling successfully.
Conroy working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Khali can't keep his opponent in guard - Conroy advances to half guard, no doubt looking to mount.
Conroy is looking for a kimura but Khali is holding onto that half guard position, so it's hard for Conroy to get the leverage.
Khali is trying to control but Conroy manages to pass to mount!
Khali tries to hold on but Conroy postures up.
Conroy throwing shots from mount but they're not landing.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are hurling abuse towards the fighters... You can hardly blame them though because there isn't a lot going on in the fight.
Conroy can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Khali is looking to escape.
Conroy connects with a couple of good shots from mount.
Conroy with some aggressive grappling here. He's looking for submissions here, rather than waiting for the opportunity to counter.
Khali is in a horrible position here, under a barrage of strikes, he's managing to avoid any damage.
The fighters are tangled up in the ropes here. We might need a restart if the fighters can't break free themselves.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Conroy looking to control but Khali is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Brij Khali dominated that round.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action.
A telegraphed takedown attempt from Conroy is defended easily by Khali.
Nice straight punches there by Khali. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Khali.
Khali throws a shot from downtown. Conroy moves away and avoids it.
Khali throws out a loose jab but Conroy uses good head movement to avoid it.
Khali connects with a body shot.
Khali moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Khali jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Khali throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Conroy avoids a punch combination nicely.
Khali throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Khali is really head hunting here, hardly looking to strike to the body at all.
Conroy tries to clinch but Khali is having none of it.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Conroy closes the distance and scores a nice trip takedown into half guard. Khali did well to prevent Conroy getting side control.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Conroy is trying to control the action in half guard but Khali is working away on the bottom, looking perhaps to get back to full guard.
Still in half guard, Conroy seems content to control.
Conroy is working hard to pass the guard. He's done it - he's now in full mount! Trouble for Khali!
Conroy postures up and cracks his opponent a couple of times before moving back into close ground control. Khali looks a forlorn figure.
Conroy looking for a guillotine from mount but Khali is having none of it.
Conroy landing strikes from the mount.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Conroy looking to control but Khali is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.
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.
Conroy wants to stand but Khali is holding on to him, trying to stop him posturing up.
Conroy sends his fist crashing into the mat - the crowd let out a collective ooooooh. Let's hope he's not broken it!
Conroy goes for an armbar but he's not got it… Khali turns into him and now he's in Conroy's guard.
Conroy tries to land a sweep but no joy.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Khali tries to free his leg and advance position but Conroy is retaining full guard.
Conroy looking for submissions from the bottom here. Moving his hips around, possibly looking for an armbar.
Khali pushing down on Conroy's thigh, trying to pass to half guard. He's managed it... Nice work.
Conroy trying to hold on to Khali's head to control him but Khali postures up.
Conroy flails away from the bottom but he's not doing any damage.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are hurling abuse towards the fighters... You can hardly blame them though because there isn't a lot going on in the fight.
Conroy tries to strike from the bottom but it doesn't land.
Conroy wants to get back to full guard.
Conroy moves his hips nicely and gets into full guard.
Conroy throws his legs up looking for a submission but Khali uses it to pass to side control.
Conroy tries to slip a leg under to move to half guard but Khali presses down on the leg and jumps into full mount!
Conroy has given up his back here.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close second round but I would say that Brij Khali will probably get the nod.
That's time! Khali's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight. Let's get this one finished - here comes the final round!
Conroy misses with a leg kick.
The crowd cheers as Khali lands an impressive looking overhand right. Conroy doesn't seem phased though.
Conroy shoots for a double leg takedown but Khali sprawls well. He's pushed Conroy's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.
Khali fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Conroy manages to avoid it.
Khali swats away the attempt to clinch by Conroy.
Khali fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Conroy manages to avoid it.
Khali misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Conroy.
Conroy on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
Conroy uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Khali.
Conroy fails with a takedown attempt from distance.
Khali lands with a shot to the body.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from Conroy.
Brij Khali has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Victor Conroy.
Conroy looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Khali throws a shot from downtown. Conroy moves away and avoids it.
Conroy ducks under a wild hook from Khali.
Conroy shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says Khali as he avoids it easily.
Conroy will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
Conroy shoots in but Khali avoids the takedown attempt easily.
Khali lets the fists fly and connects with a left straight followed by a right hook.
Conroy slips under a jab from Khali.
Conroy moves in looking to clinch but Khali pushes him off.
Conroy fakes high and shoots in for a takedown but Khali avoids it really well and circles away.
Brij Khali is winning the standup battle so far.
A big right from Khali misses.
Conroy has taken the fight to the clinch.
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.
Conroy fails to pull guard.
Khali's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Khali misses with an uppercut. Conroy saw that one coming.
No luck for Conroy with that takedown attempt.
Conroy shoots in for a takedown but Khali shows good takedown defense there and keeps this one on the feet.
Khali throws a right and a left that Conroy avoids nicely.
No joy there for Khali, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Conroy tries to score a power double leg takedown but Khali sees that one coming and sprawls well. That will dishearten Conroy somewhat.
Conroy feints and then dives in with a takedown. That was a long way out but the feint bought him enough time to close the distance and complete the takedown. Now we'll play guard for a bit and see who can get the better of that position.
Khali utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Khali has a loose triangle. He'll be looking to tighten that up but Conroy can see exactly what he's planning and manages to posture up and free himself.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Conroy pushing down on Khali's thigh, trying to pass to half guard. He's managed it... Nice work.
Khali avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Conroy.
Khali is staying active underneath Conroy, who seems content to just control the action from this position.
Khali tries to roll over but Conroy keeps him under control.
Khali blocking the ground and pound attempt from Conroy.
Khali is working for an escape here. He's hooked one of Conroy's legs and he's managed to sneak out and take Conroy's back!
That's four minutes gone in the round.
There's not a lot going on here and the crowd are letting the fighters know they're not willing to tolerate a lack of action.
Conroy tries to escape but Khali has the hooks in and won't let him break free.
Conroy just trying to survive but Khali is wriggling into a better position, looking to finish.
Khali goes for a risky armbar from back mount and it's not paid off. Conroy escapes and is now in half guard on top.
Khali is trying to get back to full guard.
And that's the end of the fight!
Brij Khali showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Khali, 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 Sam Margolis scores the fight 30:27
Judge Steven Brown scores the fight 30:27
Judge William Gold scores the fight 30:27
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Brij Khali!
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energy
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hype
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