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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Salehe Rehani (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Azhar Ethan (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Salehe Rehani has the edge in experience - let's see if he can make that count tonight.
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Salehe Rehani!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Azhar Ethan !
The judges for this bout are Ian Loll, Yves DeLean and Dillan Fox.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Rehani tries to close the distance and clinch but Ethan swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Ethan drives through with a takedown into guard.
Ethan being controlled here momentarily.
Ethan trying to control the position from guard on top but Rehani is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Rehani not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
Ethan looking to control the position here, rather than advance.
Rehani managing to control the position.
Ethan really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Rehani. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
The referee has ruled that neither fighter is active enough on the ground and has stood them back up.
Rehani shoots in with a lovely double leg takedown. Ethan manages to land in full guard to minimise the damage.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Rehani wants to control from the top but Ethan keeps moving.
Rehani passes easily into side control. Nice work.
Rehani lands a nice forearm strike.
Rehani decides to stand up, so the ref orders Ethan to his feet.
Rehani lands with a head kick! That's gotta hurt.
Ethan throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Rehani shoots in but doesn't get the takedown
and Ethan counters with a takedown into side control.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Rehani manages to get back to half guard.
Ethan seems very keen to just sit and control from half guard but Rehani does not like that idea so much and is remaining active off his back.
Rehani works his way to full guard. Good work.
Ethan stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Rehani swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Rehani controls Ethan momentarily but Ethan frees himself.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Ethan accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Rehani is trying to control the position but Ethan postures up.
Ethan trying to control but Rehani is working from the bottom.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ethan looks gassed!
The referee has ruled that neither fighter is active enough on the ground and has stood them back up.
Rehani misses with a takedown
and Ethan counters with a nice single leg takedown and he's in Rehani's guard now.
Rehani pushes Ethan off for just long enough to get back to his feet. Very athletic spring there.
Ethan closes the distance and gets a trip takedown into side control. Rehani quickly recovers to half guard.
Rehani slips a foot under and gets full guard. Nice work.
Ethan looking to sit in guard and control but Rehani gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Ethan has a closed guard, preventing Rehani from standing up.
Ethan has a butterfly guard looking to sweep but Rehani has passed into side control.
Rehani working away diligently from side control. Landing strikes effectively there - that will score him some points on the judges scorecards.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Ethan can't do much from the bottom here.
Rehani lands a knee to the body and follows it up with some ground and pound to the head. That will wear Ethan down.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Azhar Ethan dominated that round.
That's time! Rehani's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.
Rehani scores with a nice takedown into half guard. Let's see what he's got on the ground.
Ethan wants to control the action here but instead Rehani manages to pass to full mount!
Rehani is landing with some decent strikes but Ethan is trying to advance his position so the referee is letting the fight continue.
Ethan is looking to get to half guard.
Rehani cracks Ethan with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.
Rehani landing strikes from the mount.
Rehani trying to control but he's not successful this time.
Ethan tries to reverse the position but Rehani maintains control.
Ethan is breathing heavily.
Rehani controlling from the full mount.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Rehani'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.
Rehani raining down shots from the mount!
Rehani punishing his opponent with strikes.
Rehani lands a nice shot to the head.
Rehani working Ethan over with strikes here.
Rehani lands with some vicious ground and pound - can Ethan hang on?
Rehani has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
BOOM! Rehani connects with a massive shot to the dome!
The referee warns Ethan that he has to improve his position here as he takes two more clean shots to the head.
Rehani lands an elbow that was bordering on illegal but the referee lets it go with a warning.
Rehani landing strikes from the mount and Ethan is in trouble!
Rehani can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Ethan is looking to escape.
Rehani controlling from mount.
Rehani quickly switches position and commits to an armbar! It's a big risk for Rehani but it's paid off an Ethan is forced to tap! Nice work by Rehani.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:05 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Salehe Rehani!
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hype
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FIGHT
RATING
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