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Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Rahman Ahmalabolic (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and James Penn (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Penn has chosen Everything in it's right place as his entrance music. These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.
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280 lbs
6 - 2 - 0 |
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326 lbs
11 - 6 - 0 |
Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
Very quick |
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Excellent MT
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the super heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
6 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Rahman Ahmalabolic!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
11 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, James Penn !
The judges for this bout are , and .
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Ahmalabolic swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Penn counters with a stiff right hand.
Penn bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
Penn keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.
Ahmalabolic misses with an uppercut
and Penn counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.
A shot to the body from Ahmalabolic misses
enabling Penn to counter with a crisp jab.
Ahmalabolic misses with an uppercut
and Penn counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Ahmalabolic thinking.
Penn scores with a leg kick.
Penn misses with a body shot.
Penn is using his reach advantage to land shots from outside his opponent's range.
Ahmalabolic shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Let's see what he's got on the mat.
Ahmalabolic might be looking to lock onto one of his opponent's long limbs for a submission, whilst we're on the ground.
Ahmalabolic controlling from the guard. I say controlling but really, he's stalling.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Ahmalabolic trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Ahmalabolic is frustrating his opponent with some stalling tactics from top position.
The referee must be thinking about standing these guys back up.
Ahmalabolic with a flurry of punches that miss.
Ahmalabolic landing with the ground and pound.
Ahmalabolic wants to control from the top but Penn keeps moving.
Ahmalabolic slows down the pace of the fight, as he sits in guard.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
My god... these two guys really need to pick up the pace or everyone will leave to go get a beer.
Ahmalabolic wants to control from the top but Penn keeps moving.
The ref stands the fighters back up. Rahman Ahmalabolic wasn't doing enough on the ground.
Penn slips under a jab.
Ahmalabolic looks for a takedown but Penn sprawls well.
Ahmalabolic throws a right hand that misses
and Penn counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Ahmalabolic thinking.
Ahmalabolic takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Penn attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
Ahmalabolic fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Rahman Ahmalabolic. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Ahmalabolic throws a lazy uppercut
and Penn counters with a body kick that stops Ahmalabolic in his tracks momentarily.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Penn slips under a jab from Ahmalabolic.
James Penn is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Penn dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Ahmalabolic misses with an uppercut
and Penn cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Penn throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
Ahmalabolic throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Penn throws a body punch but Ahmalabolic moves out of range.
Penn throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
Ahmalabolic throws a poor cross that misses
and Penn counters with a leg kick.
Ahmalabolic misses with a jab to the body
and Penn counters with a head kick. That will keep Ahmalabolic thinking before he tries any more sloppy attacks!
Penn steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Ahmalabolic.
Ahmalabolic takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
Penn lands a nice shot to the body.
Ahmalabolic throws a right hand that misses
and Penn counters with a thumping low kick.
Penn tries to land a leg kick but Ahmalabolic saw it coming and moves away.
A clash of legs there as Ahmalabolic blocks the low kick.
Penn moves out of range as Ahmalabolic strikes.
Ahmalabolic gets a takedown into half guard.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Penn tries to kick Ahmalabolic off but Ahmalabolic keeps his base steady and stays in half guard.
Ahmalabolic missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
Penn keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Penn tries to kick Ahmalabolic off but Ahmalabolic keeps his base steady and stays in half guard.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Ahmalabolic winds up and cracks Penn with a swinging punch to the side of the head.
Ahmalabolic wants to advance to full mount but Penn doesn't think that's going to happen and regains full guard instead.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
James Penn dominated that round.
That's time! Ahmalabolic's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.
Penn is looking to slow Ahmalabolic down with leg kicks.
Nice defenses there by Penn .
Ahmalabolic misses with a telegraphed body shot
and he gets countered with a snapping leg kick.
Penn fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Ahmalabolic has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Penn throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
A momentary lapse in concentration from Penn enables Ahmalabolic to shoot in and score with a neat double leg. Penn manages to secure a closed guard as the fighters hit the mat.
Ahmalabolic sitting in guard, not really doing much.
Ahmalabolic lands a couple of digs.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Ahmalabolic content to stall in guard here.
Ahmalabolic with a flurry of punches that miss.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Ahmalabolic pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Penn is keeping the position for now.
Ahmalabolic is looking to work some ground and pound but Penn has wrist control.
Ahmalabolic throwing strikes but missing.
Ahmalabolic with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
Ahmalabolic is looking to work some ground and pound but Penn has wrist control.
Ahmalabolic wants to control from the top but Penn keeps moving.
Ahmalabolic controls the pace of the fight for a moment.
Ahmalabolic with a flurry of punches that miss.
Ahmalabolic works over Penn with some ground and pound from guard.
Ahmalabolic trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Ahmalabolic works a leg free and moves into half guard.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ahmalabolic working the head and body with strikes.
Ahmalabolic throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Ahmalabolic slows the pace down in half guard.
Ahmalabolic uses his free foot to push down on Penn 's thigh. Eventually he works his other foot free and he's advanced to mount - this is trouble for Penn .
Ahmalabolic lands a nice shot to the head.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Penn is squirming around, avoiding Ahmalabolic's attempts to control the action.
Ahmalabolic working the ground and pound effectively.
It looks like James Penn has been cut.
Ahmalabolic controlling from mount.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Rahman Ahmalabolic dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on James Penn 's cut.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action. This is the final round!
Ahmalabolic rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Penn counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
Ahmalabolic throws an off balance right hand
and Penn counters with an outside leg kick.
Ahmalabolic misses with a hook
and Penn counters with a thumping low kick.
Ahmalabolic is really struggling to find his range with his punches. Penn 's reach advantage is clearly causing him problems.
An inside leg kick from Penn misses.
Ahmalabolic misses with a lunging right hand
and Penn counters with a low kick, right behind Ahmalabolic 's knee.
A looping hook to the body misses from Ahmalabolic. Penn does a little dance to reset his feet.
Ahmalabolic throws an off balance right hand
and Penn counters with a thumping low kick.
Some wild striking there from Ahmalabolic.
Penn just misses with a punch to the body.
Penn tries to score with a low kick but Ahmalabolic moves his leg out of the way.
Ahmalabolic throws the overhand right but ducks down into a quick takedown attempt. Penn was covering up waiting for the punch and Ahmalabolic finishes the takedown easily into guard.
Penn is looking to stand back up... there's a bit of a scramble and Ahmalabolic dives into side control.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Penn regains half guard, as Ahmalabolic was trying to land strikes.
Ahmalabolic drops an elbow to the side of Penn 's head.
Ahmalabolic missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
Ahmalabolic missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
Ahmalabolic looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Penn with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Ahmalabolic performing his best blanket impression for a moment.
Penn avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Ahmalabolic.
Ahmalabolic takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.
Ahmalabolic missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
Ahmalabolic throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
Ahmalabolic wants to advance to full mount but Penn doesn't think that's going to happen and regains full guard instead.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ahmalabolic's corner is telling him to maintain position.
Ahmalabolic postures up in Penn 's guard and throws a big left but Penn blocks it.
Ahmalabolic controlling from the top position.
Ahmalabolic forces his way into half guard.
Penn is trying to stand up here but Ahmalabolic is controlling him well.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Neither fighter has done anything of merit for a good minute or two here and the crowd are not happy about it.
Penn taking some punishment here, with Ahmalabolic in his half guard.
Ahmalabolic perhaps working for something from half guard, or maybe not. It looks like he's just sitting there.
Penn takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Penn avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Ahmalabolic.
Ahmalabolic not doing much here.
Ahmalabolic is trying to control the action in half guard but Penn is working away on the bottom, looking perhaps to get back to full guard.
Penn avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Ahmalabolic.
And that's the end of the fight!
Rahman Ahmalabolic showed his dominance in that final round.
I think Ahmalabolic has won this one but let's see what the judges have to say. 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 Andi Peters scores the fight 29:28
Judge Gordon Ramsey scores the fight 29:28
Judge Frank Skinner scores the fight 29:28
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Rahman Ahmalabolic!
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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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