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Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Kareem al Rashid (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Anton Viper (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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178 cm
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167 lbs
9 - 4 - 0 |
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178 cm
24
163 lbs
10 - 5 - 0 |
Good wrestling
World class boxer
Very strong |
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Good wrestler
World class boxer
Heavy handed |
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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
9 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Kareem al Rashid! And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner. With a record of
10 - 5 - 0, fighting out of London, Anton Viper! The judges for this bout are Aafke Stam, Paulsen Ambrosius and Wagner Zegers.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway! al Rashid lands a body shot.
Viper stuns al Rashid with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range. Viper misses with a looping left. Viper throws an uppercut from half a mile away. al Rashid sees it coming and avoids it easily. Viper lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin. al Rashid lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise. Viper shoots in and drives through. al Rashid sprawls well. Viper loads up on a big right hand but al Rashid slips the punch. Sloppy strikes from al Rashid. Those never looked like landing. al Rashid scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction. Viper throws a right hand that misses
and al Rashid counters with a straight right hand. Viper pivots, looking for a leg kick but al Rashid is out of range and Viper settles back down. al Rashid blocks a jab. Viper tries to work over al Rashid's front leg with a kick but al Rashid checks it. Viper scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!
Viper throws an uppercut from half a mile away. al Rashid sees it coming and avoids it easily. al Rashid bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes. Viper keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Viper misses with a left hand and al Rashid counters with a body kick that stops Viper in his tracks momentarily. The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here. A jab lands there for al Rashid. Anton Viper seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout. al Rashid looks for the body kick but Viper saw that one coming. Viper misses the shot to the body. Some wild striking there from al Rashid.
al Rashid lunges at Viper with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Viper's hand.
That's one minute gone in the round. Viper throws a head kick that misses. al Rashid tries a head kick but it misses.
al Rashid dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Viper. That did some damage! Good leg kick by al Rashid there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
al Rashid misses with a jab, cross combination.
Viper fails with the takedown. Viper takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
Viper misses with an uppercut. al Rashid fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done. al Rashid moves out of range of the strikes. al Rashid slaps away a takedown attempt from Viper, before circling back to the center of the mat. Kareem al Rashid has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Anton Viper. Viper connects with a right hand. al Rashid shakes it off. Nice sprawl there from al Rashid as Viper shoots in. al Rashid throws a body kick that misses. Viper throws a wild combination but nothing lands. Viper uses good head movement to avoid the hook from al Rashid. Viper pushing out the jab but it's not landing. Viper tries to close the distance and clinch but al Rashid swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
That's two minutes gone in the round. Viper wants to clinch up but al Rashid keeps it at a distance. Nice jab there from Viper. al Rashid pushing out the jab but it's not landing. al Rashid misses with a wild body shot. Viper thows a body shot but no joy. al Rashid waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Viper. Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Viper, as that shot connected.
al Rashid scores with a jab. Viper acknowledges it with a nod of the head. Viper throws a right and a left that al Rashid avoids nicely. Viper looks to land a combination but al Rashid avoids it well. Viper shoots in for a takedown but al Rashid shows good takedown defense there and keeps this one on the feet. A nice leg kick lands there from al Rashid. Viper chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before al Rashid can pounce on him.
Viper looks gassed! Viper throws a poor cross that misses
and al Rashid counters with a straight right hand. al Rashid throws a nice outside leg kick. The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here. al Rashid misses with a wild body shot. al Rashid lands a two punch combo.
al Rashid cracks Viper with an open hand slap. Viper throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and al Rashid counters with a straight punch to the midsection. al Rashid connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Viper momentarily.
Viper takes one to the chin there.
That's three minutes gone in the round. al Rashid scores with a kick to the midsection. Viper steps to his left, right into the path of a big body kick from al Rashid. That one must have hurt. al Rashid with a hook. Viper takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily. al Rashid smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button. al Rashid lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Viper at a distance.
al Rashid lands a slapping body shot.
al Rashid cracks Viper with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd. al Rashid scores with a hook to the body. Viper takes a step back and tries to catch his breath. al Rashid lands a nice looking body shot.
al Rashid works Viper's body with a nice hook. Kareem al Rashid is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs. al Rashid looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Viper takes a shot to the body in his stride.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here. A jab from al Rashid does it's job there. al Rashid throws a head kick that Viper semi-blocks.
al Rashid lands an overhand right. al Rashid lands with a hook. Viper tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head. Viper chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before al Rashid can pounce on him.
al Rashid comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range. al Rashid bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Viper's head backwards.
That's four minutes gone in the round. al Rashid moves into range and lands a nice body kick.
Viper misses with a hook
and al Rashid counters with a straight punch to the midsection. Viper is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
Viper needs to keep his hands up - al Rashid had a free shot at his head there.
Viper is rocked! al Rashid lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise. Viper is still on wobbly legs! Can al Rashid finish him? al Rashid circles to his right before unloading a perfect head kick! Viper drops to the canvas, hurt badly! al Rashid follows Viper to the ground and unloads with a series of strikes that force the referee to step in and end the fight! This one is all over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:22 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Kareem al Rashid!
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energy
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hype
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pop
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RATING
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