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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Mohammad Abdisheik Hassan (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Mike Invidious (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Hassan comes to the cage accompanied by Akon - Mama Africa (Remix). Mike Invidious will no doubt be trying to keep this one on the feet, where he has a distinct advantage.
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178 cm
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178 lbs
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178 cm
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171 lbs
1 - 3 - 0 |
BJJ White Belt
Basic striking
Intelligent |
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BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent boxer
Determined |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division. Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner. With a record of
1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Mohammad Abdisheik Hassan! And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner. With a record of
1 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Mike Invidious! The judges for this bout are Eliza Hachem, Skip Squint and Hugh Johnson.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway! Hassan rushes Invidious and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch. Invidious takes an elbow to the forehead. Invidious wants a takedown but no success here.
Hassan avoids the elbow strike from Invidious, against the cage.
Invidious is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage. Hassan lands a glancing elbow in the clinch. Hassan lands a nice trip takedown into half guard.
Invidious tries to kick Hassan off but Hassan keeps his base steady and stays in half guard. Invidious is using up a lot of energy trying to get back to his feet. Perhaps he should improve his position first. The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work. The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing. Invidious wants to stand back up but Hassan manages to pass into side control.
Hassan scores with punches from side control. Hassan scores with punches from side control. Hassan lands a decent elbow from side control. Hassan scores with punches from side control. Hassan is chipping away with strikes.
Invidious looks gassed! Hassan cracks Invidious with a big elbow. Invidious bucks up and manages to escape back to his feet! This has been an exciting period of action! Hassan shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Let's see what he's got on the mat.
That's one minute gone in the round. Hassan scoring with punches to the head and body. Hassan wants to pass the guard but Invidious is keeping the position. Hassan gets to his feet and steps away from his opponent. Hassan looking for a takedown here - he's got it. Invidious wants to stand up but Hassan is controlling him. Hassan postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head. Hassan working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage. Invidious wants to stand up but Hassan is controlling him. Hassan scoring with punches to the head and body. Invidious is looking to get back to his feet but can't, whilst Hassan is controlling him. The fighters are starting to get a bit slippery now, which will make submissions a bit more difficult.
Well, the referee has seen enough. Neither fighter is active enough on the ground so he's stood them back up. No luck for Invidious with that takedown attempt.
That's two minutes gone in the round. Invidious misses with a takedown attempt - Hassan sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses. Mohammad Abdisheik Hassan has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Mike Invidious. Invidious looks frustrated there after his takedown attempt is stuffed easily. Invidious lands with an overhand left. A jab from Invidious finds it's way through Hassan's defenses. Jab from Invidious.
Hassan is rocked! Hassan displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Invidious throws out the jab. Oh Hassan is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!! Hassan decides to change it up a bit and drives through with a nice takedown into half guard. Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd. Invidious tries to kick Hassan off but Hassan keeps his base steady and stays in half guard. Hassan uses his free foot to push down on Invidious's thigh. Eventually he works his other foot free and he's advanced to mount - this is trouble for Invidious. Hassan lands a big shot to the head and Invidious winces in pain. He's tapped out due to strikes!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:51 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Strikes). Mohammad Abdisheik Hassan!
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energy
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hype
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pop
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mgr
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