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Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Khalid Fatim El Hazad (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Enrique Guerrero (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Fatim El Hazad comes to the cage accompanied by Paul Van Dyk - Crush. The crowd seem to be enjoying Guerrero's choice of entrance music: I Lie, I Cheat, I Steal. Well, the cameraman is lingering on a pretty young lady for a bit too long there. Keep your eyes on the fighters buddy or you'll miss the fighter intros!
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163 lbs
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BJJ Purple Belt
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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
5 - 6 - 0, fighting out of London, Khalid Fatim El Hazad!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
9 - 10 - 0, fighting out of London, Enrique Guerrero!
The judges for this bout are William Gold, Steven Brown and Richard Clark.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Fatim El Hazad swats away the attempt to clinch by Guerrero.
Fatim El Hazad lands with a thumping leg kick.
Fatim El Hazad drives through and clinches with Guerrero against the cage.
Guerrero is looking to break free of the clinch but Fatim El Hazad has double underhooks.
Guerrero pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Some wild striking there from Guerrero.
Fatim El Hazad keeps the fight on the outside.
Guerrero misses with a series of wild punches.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Guerrero is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Fatim El Hazad clinches.
Guerrero takes an elbow to the forehead.
Fatim El Hazad prevents the takedown attempt.
Guerrero is trying to break the clinch but Fatim El Hazad has him pressed against the cage.
Guerrero throws a punch but it's blocked by Fatim El Hazad.
Fatim El Hazad working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Fatim El Hazad is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Nice elbow from Fatim El Hazad.
It looks like Enrique Guerrero has been cut.
Fatim El Hazad looking to throw knees to the head but Guerrero is blocking nicely.
Fatim El Hazad scores with a knee to the head.
Guerrero pulls guard.
Fatim El Hazad stops Guerrero from standing up.
Fatim El Hazad seems content to control from guard here. He's going to have to remain active though if he doesn't want to get stood back up.
Fatim El Hazad's ground tactics aren't going to win him many fans. Let's hope he's got fireworks for us if he gets back to his feet because he's not doing much on the ground.
Both fighters really going for it on the ground here!
That's one minute gone in the round.
Guerrero is edging up against the cage. He's using the cage to get back to his feet. Nice work there - the fighters are clinched.
Fatim El Hazad connects with a knee to the head.
Fatim El Hazad lands an elbow that stopped Guerrero in his tracks for a moment.
Fatim El Hazad pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Guerrero takes one on the button.
That has opened up Enrique Guerrero's cut even more.
Fatim El Hazad's corner calls for a 1,2 combination and Fatim El Hazad duly obliges.
Guerrero lands a two punch combo.
Guerrero shoots in for a takedown but Fatim El Hazad shows good takedown defense.
Guerrero looks gassed!
Fatim El Hazad lands with a kick to the temple. Guerrero shrugs as if to say "is that all you've got?"
Fatim El Hazad slips a jab and a cross from Guerrero.
Fatim El Hazad throws a head kick that connects with a bit of head and a bit of hand.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Fatim El Hazad gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Fatim El Hazad scores with a knee to the head.
A short uppercut from Fatim El Hazad.
Fatim El Hazad with a knee to the head.
The cut above Enrique Guerrero's eye is starting to cause him problems now.
Fatim El Hazad lands a nice knee to the body.
Fatim El Hazad lands a knee to the head.
Guerrero scores with a shoulder strike.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Guerrero wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Fatim El Hazad lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Guerrero jumps guard but his hands slip and he falls flat on his back. Well, he's made himself look a right mug there, as Fatim El Hazad walks away with a smile on his face. Guerrero gets slowly back to his feet and shakes his head.
Khalid Fatim El Hazad has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Enrique Guerrero.
Guerrero rushes Fatim El Hazad and presses him up against the cage.
Fatim El Hazad lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Guerrero wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Guerrero wants to break the clinch but can't.
Fatim El Hazad tries to land a knee to the head but Guerrero blocks with his arms.
Guerrero wants to get back to striking at distance but Fatim El Hazad won't allow it.
Fatim El Hazad keeps control of Guerrero as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Guerrero lands an uppercut.
Fatim El Hazad misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Guerrero.
Guerrero wants to get back to striking at distance but Fatim El Hazad won't allow it.
Guerrero working hard to break the clinch.
Guerrero throws a head punch that misses.
Fatim El Hazad throws a knee to the head but misses.
Guerrero tries to circle away but Fatim El Hazad has him pinned against the cage.
Fatim El Hazad misses with a knee to the head.
Fatim El Hazad keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Guerrero's efforts to push away.
Guerrero is looking to break free of the clinch but Fatim El Hazad has double underhooks.
Fatim El Hazad blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Fatim El Hazad utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Fatim El Hazad tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Guerrero avoids it.
Guerrero is trying to force a seperation but Fatim El Hazad has the dominant position.
Guerrero wants to break free but Fatim El Hazad has control.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Fatim El Hazad keeps control of Guerrero as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Fatim El Hazad tries a knee to the head but Guerrero blocks it.
Fatim El Hazad using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Guerrero has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Guerrero misses with a hook to the ribs.
Guerrero pushes off an throws an elbow but Fatim El Hazad leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
A frustrated look appears on Guerrero's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Guerrero wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Fatim El Hazad throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Guerrero blocks it with crossed arms.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Guerrero.
Guerrero tries to circle away but Fatim El Hazad has him pinned against the cage.
Fatim El Hazad has Guerrero pressed against the cage, preventing Guerrero from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Guerrero tries to pull guard but Fatim El Hazad won't allow it.
Guerrero fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Fatim El Hazad tries to land knees in the clinch but Guerrero avoids the damage to the body.
Guerrero misses with the head strike.
Fatim El Hazad tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Guerrero can't get the takedown.
Guerrero is trying to break free.
Guerrero is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Guerrero tries for a takedown but Fatim El Hazad manages to get underhooks.
Fatim El Hazad throws a knee to the head but misses.
Fatim El Hazad has Guerrero pressed against the cage, preventing Guerrero from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Guerrero has had enough of the clinch but Fatim El Hazad keeps him there for the moment.
Fatim El Hazad throws a knee to the head but misses.
Fatim El Hazad throws a knee to the head but misses.
The fighters are starting to get sweaty, which will make takedowns a bit more tricky.
Guerrero pulls guard effortlessly.
Fatim El Hazad would like to get this fight back to the feet but can't get free from the closed guard.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are showing their displeasure at the lack of action as loud boos ring out around the arena.
Guerrero striking off his back but it's not causing Fatim El Hazad any problems.
Fatim El Hazad wants to control from the top but Guerrero keeps moving.
Fatim El Hazad prevents Guerrero from getting back to his feet.
Fatim El Hazad trying to stand up but can't free himself from Guerrero's guard.
Fatim El Hazad trying to control the position from guard on top but Guerrero is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Fatim El Hazad preventing the sweep.
Well, the referee has seen enough. Neither fighter is active enough on the ground so he's stood them back up.
Fatim El Hazad tries to clinch there but Guerrero circles away.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Fatim El Hazad tries to close the distance and clinch but Guerrero swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Guerrero misses with a two punch combination.
Some wild striking there from Fatim El Hazad.
Fatim El Hazad keeps the fight on the outside.
Guerrero dodges the punch combination from Fatim El Hazad.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Khalid Fatim El Hazad dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Enrique Guerrero's cut.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.
Guerrero misses with a few strikes there.
Fatim El Hazad keeps the fight on the outside.
Fatim El Hazad is looking to clinch but Guerrero is avoiding it.
Fatim El Hazad swinging wildly here.
Guerrero tries to close the distance and clinch but Fatim El Hazad swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Nice uppercut there from Fatim El Hazad.
Guerrero moves out of range as Fatim El Hazad strikes.
Guerrero throws a series of punches but Fatim El Hazad avoids them all with ease.
Fatim El Hazad throws a right and a left that Guerrero avoids nicely.
Fatim El Hazad gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Fatim El Hazad scores a nice knee to the body.
Guerrero looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Guerrero avoiding damage as Fatim El Hazad throws knees to the body.
Fatim El Hazad misses with a knee to the head.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Fatim El Hazad keeps control of Guerrero as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Fatim El Hazad has Guerrero pressed against the cage, preventing Guerrero from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Fatim El Hazad blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Guerrero wants to break the clinch but can't.
Guerrero has had enough of the clinch but Fatim El Hazad keeps him there for the moment.
Guerrero is trying to force a seperation but Fatim El Hazad has the dominant position.
Guerrero lands a body shot in the clinch.
Guerrero is trying to break the clinch but Fatim El Hazad has him pressed against the cage.
Fatim El Hazad scores a nice knee to the body.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Guerrero tries to pull guard but can't drag his opponent to the mat. Fatim El Hazad just stands there and leans against the cage.
Fatim El Hazad prevents Guerrero from breaking the clinch.
Fatim El Hazad misses with a knee to the head.
Fatim El Hazad throws a knee to the head but misses.
Guerrero tries to pull guard but Fatim El Hazad holds him up against the cage and eventually Guerrero drops back down to his feet.
Guerrero is trying to break the clinch but Fatim El Hazad is controlling him.
Guerrero changes levels and goes for a takedown here. Fatim El Hazad fights it off and pushes away nicely.
Khalid Fatim El Hazad has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Enrique Guerrero.
Guerrero shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Let's see what he's got on the mat.
Guerrero in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Guerrero throwing strikes from guard but Fatim El Hazad blocks nicely.
Fatim El Hazad avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Guerrero missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Guerrero in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Guerrero throws a strike but Fatim El Hazad rolls with it and manages to sweep. Now he's in guard on top.
Guerrero keeping moving, preventing Fatim El Hazad from controlling successfully.
Guerrero wants to sweep here but Fatim El Hazad controlling him for the moment.
Neither fighter is doing enough for the referee's liking and he's decided to stand them back up.
Fatim El Hazad misses with a two punch combination.
Guerrero closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Fatim El Hazad tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Fatim El Hazad looking to throw knees to the head but Guerrero is blocking nicely.
Fatim El Hazad tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Fatim El Hazad misses with a punch to the body.
Fatim El Hazad blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Guerrero lands a shoulder strike.
Fatim El Hazad tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
Guerrero breaks from the clinch.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Guerrero moves in looking to clinch but Fatim El Hazad pushes him off.
Guerrero swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Guerrero tries to clinch but Fatim El Hazad is having none of it.
Guerrero takes a kick to the side of the head.
Guerrero lands with a two punch combination before moving back out of range.
Guerrero scores a trip takedown into side control. Nice.
Guerrero lands some shots froms side control.
Guerrero misses with an attempted head punch from side control.
Guerrero looking to punish the body of his opponent here but Fatim El Hazad is avoiding damage well.
Sloppy strikes there by Guerrero.
Fatim El Hazad is putting a lot of effort into getting back to his feet here.
Guerrero working away.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The ground and pound from Guerrero seems to be hitting the mat more than his opponent.
Sloppy strikes there by Guerrero.
Well, the referee has seen enough. Neither fighter is active enough on the ground so he's stood them back up.
Guerrero moves into range and throws a combination. A nice jab followed by a hook to the body.
Guerrero throws a series of strikes that have Fatim El Hazad backpedaling.
Guerrero is looking to clinch.
Guerrero lands a jab followed by a nice looking cross.
A punch combination from Fatim El Hazad misses.
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from Guerrero.
Guerrero looks to land a combination but Fatim El Hazad avoids it well.
Guerrero tries to clinch there but Fatim El Hazad circles away.
Fatim El Hazad clinches but Guerrero breaks the clinch
and Guerrero counters into the clinch. Nicely done.
Guerrero has a couple of punches blocked by Fatim El Hazad.
Guerrero takes a knee right on the jaw!
Guerrero fails to pull guard.
Guerrero tries to take the fight to the ground by pulling guard but can't manage it.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Enrique Guerrero showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Enrique Guerrero's cut.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're 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.
Guerrero misses with a jab, cross combination.
Guerrero misses with a wild combination.
Guerrero is trying hard to land a takedown here. Fatim El Hazad sprawls well and keeps this one on the feet.
Guerrero tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
A low kick from Guerrero is predictable there
and Fatim El Hazad cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Fatim El Hazad throws a series of punches but Guerrero moves out of range.
Guerrero throws a series of punches but Fatim El Hazad moves out of range.
Guerrero wants to clinch up but Fatim El Hazad keeps it at a distance.
Fatim El Hazad moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Guerrero misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Fatim El Hazad with a nice cross.
Guerrero swats away the attempt to clinch by Fatim El Hazad.
Khalid Fatim El Hazad is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Fatim El Hazad misses with a wild combination.
Guerrero chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Fatim El Hazad can pounce on him.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Guerrero lands a jab-cross combination.
Fatim El Hazad is using his reach advantage well here, landing the more effective single shots from range.
Guerrero tries to close the distance and clinch but Fatim El Hazad swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Guerrero lands with a two punch combination before moving back out of range.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Fatim El Hazad lands a high kick!
Guerrero feints and as Fatim El Hazad raises his hands in defense, Guerrero changes levels and drives through with a takedown into guard.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Guerrero gets to his feet - Fatim El Hazad follows without any prompting.
Guerrero closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Fatim El Hazad throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Guerrero blocks it with crossed arms.
Guerrero tries to pull guard but Fatim El Hazad won't allow it.
Fatim El Hazad with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Guerrero misses with a body punch.
Fatim El Hazad keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Guerrero's efforts to push away.
Guerrero tries to circle away but Fatim El Hazad has him pinned against the cage.
Fatim El Hazad escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Guerrero throws a right hand that Fatim El Hazad ducks under and follows up with a left that Fatim El Hazad also avoids with ease.
A combination from Fatim El Hazad does no damage.
Guerrero swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
A combination from Guerrero does no damage.
Guerrero misses with a body kick.
Fatim El Hazad stuffs the takedown attempt from Guerrero. Guerrero gets slowly back to his feet.
Khalid Fatim El Hazad has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Enrique Guerrero.
Fatim El Hazad forces Guerrero back against the cage and clinches.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Fatim El Hazad putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Guerrero in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Fatim El Hazad manages to break the clinch.
Fatim El Hazad moves into range and lands a nice body kick.
A combination from Guerrero does no damage.
Fatim El Hazad checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time.
Guerrero will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
Fatim El Hazad wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Fatim El Hazad thuds a left hand into Guerrero's body.
No joy there for Fatim El Hazad, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Guerrero feints and as Fatim El Hazad raises his hands in defense, Guerrero changes levels and drives through with a takedown into guard.
Fatim El Hazad is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.
Fatim El Hazad avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Guerrero passes into half guard.
Guerrero has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Guerrero winds up and cracks Fatim El Hazad with a swinging punch to the side of the head.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Guerrero thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
Guerrero misses with a head shot. Fatim El Hazad uses the momentum to regain guard.
Guerrero throwing strikes from guard but Fatim El Hazad blocks nicely.
Guerrero throwing strikes from guard but Fatim El Hazad blocks nicely.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Well. There's a bit of a lull in the action here and the crowd are starting to get restless.
Fatim El Hazad looking to hit a scissor sweep but Guerrero is one step ahead there.
Guerrero postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Fatim El Hazad has control of Guerrero's left arm, preventing Guerrero from doing any damage.
Fatim El Hazad is trying to keep Guerrero in close.
It looks like we're going to have a standup here. Neither fighter is doing enough on the ground.
Fatim El Hazad tries to clinch but Guerrero moves out of range.
Guerrero on the wrong end of a kick to the body.
And that's the end of the fight!
I would just about give that final round to Enrique Guerrero.
I think Guerrero 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 William Gold scores the fight 28:29
Judge Steven Brown scores the fight 28:29
Judge Richard Clark scores the fight 28:29
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Enrique Guerrero!
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RATING
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