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Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Muj Dhaj (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Earl Sanders (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Sanders has chosen LL Cool J as his entrance music. Both fighter's entrance songs getting the crowd jumping here.
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153 lbs
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162 lbs
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BJJ Blue Belt
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BJJ Blue Belt
Solid Muay Thai
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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
1 - 4 - 0, fighting out of London, Muj Dhaj!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
4 - 3 - 0, fighting out of London, Earl Sanders!
The judges for this bout are Steven Brown, Daniel Bishop and James Ackerman.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Dhaj takes a head kick and keeps coming.
Dhaj dodges the punch combination from Sanders.
Excellent takedown into side control there by Sanders.
Sanders prevents Dhaj from escaping the position.
Sanders looking for an arm triangle but it's way too loose to do anything.
Sanders thinks about going for a far side armbar but bails out and retains the dominant position instead.
Dhaj throws his opponent off and manages to get back to his feet! Nicely done!
Dhaj fails with an attempt to clinch.
Sanders tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Sanders closes the distance and looks for a trip takedown... aaaand he's got it - Sanders lands in his opponent's guard.
Sanders sneaks a leg through and gets to half guard. That was like a knife through butter how easily he passed Dhaj's guard.
Dhaj is breathing heavily.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Sanders tries to stand but can't do so whilst Dhaj controls his leg.
Dhaj is trying to stand up here but Sanders is controlling him well.
Sanders wants to stand up but Dhaj has a hold of him and won't allow it.
Sanders is thwarting Dhaj's attempts to control the position.
Sanders is working for a kimura but Dhaj is defending it quite comfortably.
Sanders is trying for a guillotine from the top but the pressure isn't in the right place so Dhaj is just riding it out for now. Sanders eventually gives up the hold.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
A few boos can be heard. I'm sure they will multiply if the fighters don't pick up the pace.
Sanders is looking to pass Dhaj's guard but actually Dhaj recovers to full guard.
Sanders forces his way into half guard.
Sanders stands up from half guard.
Sanders ducks right into an uppercut from Dhaj.
Sanders will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
Sanders pulls out of a head kick attempt.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sanders checks a low kick from Dhaj.
Sanders misses with a wild body shot.
Dhaj takes the fight into the clinch.
Sanders prevents a takedown attempt there.
Sanders successfully pulls guard.
Dhaj decides he's had enough of playing guard and decides to stand. Come on Sanders, up you get!
Dhaj misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Dhaj is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Dhaj fails in his attempt to clinch.
Dhaj takes the fight into the clinch.
Dhaj will no doubt start fighting again in a minute but for now he's just having a little rest, leaning Sanders up against the cage.
The crowd are getting pretty annoyed with Dhaj for his constant stalling in the clinch and are voicing their displeasure.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Sanders has had enough of the clinch but Dhaj keeps him there for the moment.
Dhaj content to slow the pace in the clinch.
Sanders breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Sanders tries to keep at a distance but Dhaj has taken the fight into the clinch.
Sanders tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Dhaj's elbow.
Dhaj throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Sanders tries to pull guard but Dhaj holds him up against the cage and eventually Sanders drops back down to his feet.
Sanders wants to get back to striking at distance but Dhaj won't allow it.
Sanders wants to break the clinch but can't.
Sanders wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Dhaj has him pressed against the cage.
Sanders breaks the clinch.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Earl Sanders dominated that round.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.
Dhaj is looking to clinch but Sanders is avoiding it.
Sanders scores with a nice takedown into half guard. Let's see what he's got on the ground.
It looks like Sanders is going to stand back up.
Sanders looking for a kimura but he'll have to free his other leg if he wants to finish that. Perhaps he's just using it as a distraction technique.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Sanders stops Dhaj from getting back to his feet.
The referee calls for the fighters to work.
Dhaj has one foot on Sanders's thigh - he pushes off and manages to get back to his feet.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Sanders throws a head kick that connects with a bit of head and a bit of hand.
Sanders lands a right hook to the body.
Dhaj avoids the head kick by Sanders.
Earl Sanders seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
That's one minute gone in the round.
A head kick from Sanders lands but Dhaj takes it in his stride.
Sanders looks for a takedown but Dhaj sprawls well.
Sanders swats away the attempt to clinch by Dhaj.
A head kick misses from Sanders.
Sanders throws a quick head kick that skims the top of Dhaj's head.
Sanders lands a head kick. Dhaj smiles back at him and beckons him forward.
Sanders misses with the combination.
Sanders moves into the clinch.
Sanders jumps guard and drags Dhaj to the mat. He's obviously going to be looking for submissions off his back.
Sanders working a defensive guard here.
Sanders looking for submissions from the bottom here. Moving his hips around, possibly looking for an armbar.
Sanders is working actively from the bottom, looking for submissions. He's escaped his hips to the side and he's going for an armbar! Dhaj has his hands clasped together but Sanders extends an breaks Dhaj's desperate grasp, forcing a tap out due to armbar! Nice BJJ displayed there by Sanders.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:03 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Earl Sanders!
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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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