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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Ezekiel Ambrose (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Alexander Khalifman (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Ambrose's entrance music is Amos Moses - Primus. A fine choice. Khalifman has chosen Ringo Mogire Beam! (ZSZS OVA2 Ver.) as his entrance music. This should be fireworks!
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the middleweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
10 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Ezekiel Ambrose!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
19 - 2 - 1, fighting out of Las Vegas, Alexander Khalifman!
The judges for this bout are George Francis, Daniel Franklin and Alan Glass.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Khalifman throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Khalifman misses with a low kick.
Khalifman misses with a leg kick
letting Ambrose counter with a right hand.
Khalifman misses with a hook
and Ambrose counters with a straight right hand.
Ambrose tries to close the distance and clinch up but Khalifman swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Ambrose checks the leg kick nicely there.
Khalifman dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Ambrose. That did some damage!
Khalifman throws a quick inside leg kick.
Ambrose walks forward, straight into a front kick from Khalifman.
Khalifman throws a leg kick but Ambrose moved away.
Jab, jab by Ambrose - just one landing.
Ambrose throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Khalifman connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Ambrose momentarily.
Ambrose misses with an uppercut
and Khalifman counters with a good, hard body kick but Ambrose shrugs it off.
Ambrose wants to clinch.
A low kick from Khalifman is predictable there
and Ambrose counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Khalifman thumps Ambrose with a low kick.
A chopping leg kick lands by Khalifman.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Khalifman throws a low kick but it's checked well by Ambrose.
Khalifman lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Khalifman throws a leg kick but Ambrose moved away.
Ambrose tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Khalifman paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Ambrose uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Khalifman.
Khalifman motions for Ambrose to come forward. Khalifman throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Ambrose tries to check the leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Khalifman thumps Ambrose with a low kick.
Ambrose takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
Ambrose sees a low kick coming and goes to check it, but it's actually a body kick and it thuds into his unprotected ribs.
Khalifman lands a vicious shot with the stealth of a sniper and the strength of a viper. Are vipers that strong? I can think of lots of things that are stronger than a viper - not many rhyme with sniper though.
A low kick from Khalifman misses
and Ambrose counters with a left and a right that stings Khalifman.
Khalifman connects with an inside leg kick.
Khalifman thows a leg kick but Ambrose checks it
and Ambrose counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Ambrose is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
Some wild striking there from Ambrose.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Ambrose takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
Khalifman takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Ambrose throws a shot from downtown. Khalifman moves away and avoids it.
Ooooh, nice body kick lands from Khalifman. Ambrose shrugs it off though.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Ambrose takes a body punch but keeps moving.
A jab from Khalifman finds it's way through Ambrose's defenses.
Khalifman throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Khalifman scores with a nice body kick.
Ambrose tries to check the leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Ambrose wants to clinch.
Khalifman ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Ambrose moves away.
Ambrose lands a jab to Khalifman's midsection.
Ambrose throws an ugly left hook that misses
and he gets countered with a snapping leg kick.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Khalifman thuds his shin into the meat of Ambrose's side.
Alexander Khalifman seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Khalifman thuds a mid kick into his opponent's body. That will wear on Ambrose if he has to take too many more of those.
Ambrose is breathing heavily.
Ambrose throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Khalifman jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Khalifman scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
Ambrose chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Khalifman can pounce on him.
Khalifman scores with a spinning back kick!
Khalifman is looking to slow Ambrose down with leg kicks.
Ambrose keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Khalifman thumps Ambrose with a low kick.
Khalifman swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Khalifman lands a nice leg kick that just misses Ambrose's sensitive parts.
Ambrose throws a low kick but Khalifman moves out of range easily.
Khalifman feints and then cracks Ambrose's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Ambrose down.
Khalifman misses with a leg kick.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Ambrose throws a big shot that misses.
A slapping leg kick lands for Khalifman.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Khalifman throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
The fighters circle momentarily. Khalifman darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.
Khalifman throws a leg kick that is checked
and Ambrose counters with a nice body shot.
Ambrose has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Khalifman.
Khalifman circles away from the clinch attempt.
Khalifman lands a leg kick that knocks Ambrose off balance momentarily.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Khalifman.
Ambrose moves out of range of the leg kick from Khalifman.
Ambrose takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
An inside leg kick from Khalifman misses.
Ambrose is looking to clinch but Khalifman is avoiding it.
Khalifman takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Khalifman tries to score with a low kick but Ambrose moves his leg out of the way.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Alexander Khalifman 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.
Khalifman turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Ambrose throws out a loose jab but Khalifman uses good head movement to avoid it.
Alexander Khalifman seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Khalifman showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Ambrose.
Ambrose blocks a low kick nicely.
Khalifman slips under a jab.
Khalifman connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Khalifman throws a leg kick
and Ambrose counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Khalifman chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Khalifman finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
Ambrose will be looking to protect his midsection after taking some solid kicks to the body.
Ambrose throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
A slapping leg kick lands for Khalifman.
Khalifman lands a leg kick that knocks Ambrose off balance momentarily.
Ambrose throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
An inside leg kick lands from Khalifman.
Khalifman uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Ambrose moves in looking to clinch but Khalifman pushes him off.
Ambrose ducks right into an uppercut from Khalifman.
Ambrose on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Khalifman. Khalifman obviously looking to wear him down.
Khalifman fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Ambrose.
Ambrose misses with a leg kick
letting Khalifman counter with a right hand.
Ambrose throws a right hand that Khalifman ducks under and follows up with a left that Khalifman also avoids with ease.
Good leg kick by Khalifman there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Khalifman bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Khalifman buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Khalifman scores with a jab to the body.
Khalifman scores with a leg kick.
Khalifman misses with a low kick.
Khalifman lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Khalifman lands a jab to the nose.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Ambrose gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Khalifman has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Ambrose throws a punch but it's blocked by Khalifman.
Khalifman blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Ambrose tries a body shot but Khalifman blocks it.
Ambrose throws a punch but it's blocked by Khalifman.
A left hand lands to the body for Khalifman.
Ambrose misses with a body punch.
Khalifman's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
A slow jab from Ambrose misses its intended target.
Ambrose pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Ambrose misses with a right hand
and Khalifman counters with a body kick that stops Ambrose in his tracks momentarily.
Khalifman throws a leg kick that misses.
Khalifman avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Khalifman buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Khalifman lands with a thumping leg kick.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Khalifman.
Ambrose misses with a body shot.
Khalifman misses with a low kick.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ambrose misses the body punch
and Khalifman counters with a nice low kick that buckles Ambrose's knee momentarily.
Ambrose takes a jab right on the kisser.
Ambrose delivers a nice body kick.
Ambrose moves out of range of the leg kick from Khalifman.
Ambrose fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Ambrose misses with a telegraphed body shot
and Khalifman counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
Ambrose falls off balance throwing a combination
and Khalifman makes him pay by landing a thudding low kick.
An inside leg kick from Khalifman misses.
Ambrose checks the leg kick.
Khalifman scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
Ambrose is looking to clinch but Khalifman is avoiding it.
Khalifman misses with a low kick.
That kick from Khalifman tenderised Ambrose's leg. Ambrose is trying to keep his angry face on.
Khalifman wants to land a leg kick but Ambrose is out of range.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Khalifman throws a right hand that misses
and Ambrose counters with a nice uppercut.
Ambrose takes a swing at Khalifman's ribcage but misses.
Ambrose moves out of range of the body kick.
Khalifman connects with a solid leg kick.
Khalifman throws a quick inside leg kick.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Khalifman, right into the meat.
Khalifman chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Ambrose on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Khalifman. Khalifman obviously looking to wear him down.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Ambrose misses with a combination
and Khalifman counters with an inside leg kick.
Khalifman throws a leg kick
and Ambrose counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Khalifman, right into the meat.
Khalifman lands a leg kick that knocks Ambrose off balance momentarily.
Khalifman is looking to slow Ambrose down with leg kicks.
Khalifman misses the body punch
and Ambrose cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Alexander Khalifman showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!
Khalifman with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Ambrose checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time.
Khalifman moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Khalifman throws a nice outside leg kick.
A nice leg kick lands there from Khalifman.
Ambrose cracks Khalifman with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
Khalifman connects with an inside leg kick.
Khalifman fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
Khalifman bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Ambrose's head backwards.
Khalifman swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Khalifman lands where it shouldn't have, right in the... well, you know what he did? He kicked him in the penis. He's injured, injured bad. The referee sends both fighters to their corners and Ambrose has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Ambrose and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
Khalifman cracks the inside of Ambrose's front leg.
Ambrose chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Khalifman can pounce on him.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Ambrose blocks a low kick nicely.
An inside leg kick from Khalifman misses.
Khalifman scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Ambrose tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Khalifman paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Ambrose takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Khalifman is looking to chop away at Ambrose's legs.
A chopping leg kick lands by Khalifman.
Ambrose misses with a looping right.
The fighters circling - Ambrose throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Ambrose uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Khalifman.
Khalifman wants to land a leg kick but Ambrose is out of range.
Ambrose misses the body punch
and Khalifman counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Khalifman throws a quick inside leg kick.
Khalifman cracks Ambrose with a good jab.
Ambrose thows a left - swing and a miss!
Khalifman lands a nice leg kick that just misses Ambrose's sensitive parts.
Khalifman throws a leg kick
and Ambrose counters with a stiff right hand.
Khalifman defending well as Ambrose loads up on a big left hand.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Ambrose fails with an attempt to clinch.
A leg kick checked by Khalifman.
A looping hook to the body misses from Ambrose. Khalifman does a little dance to reset his feet.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Ambrose checks a leg kick.
Khalifman throws a nice inside leg kick.
Khalifman misses with a leg kick
and Ambrose counters with a two punch combo.
Khalifman throws a quick inside leg kick.
Khalifman fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Ambrose on the side of the head.
Khalifman lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Khalifman turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Ambrose misses with an uppercut
and Khalifman counters with a nice low kick that buckles Ambrose's knee momentarily.
Khalifman throws a leg kick but Ambrose checks it.
Ambrose stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Khalifman.
Khalifman connects with a leg kick. Ambrose looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Khalifman throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.
Khalifman connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
Khalifman lands a leg kick that knocks Ambrose off balance momentarily.
Ooooh, nice body kick lands from Khalifman. Ambrose shrugs it off though.
Khalifman throws a chopping leg kick but Ambrose manages to avoid taking any serious damage.
Ezekiel Ambrose is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Khalifman tries a low kick but Ambrose avoids it.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Ambrose checks a leg kick.
Khalifman connects with a solid leg kick.
A shot to the liver by Khalifman. Beautiful body shot.
Nice jab there from Khalifman.
Khalifman fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Ambrose.
Khalifman cracks the inside of Ambrose's front leg.
Khalifman cracks the inside of Ambrose's front leg.
Khalifman with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Ambrose checks a leg kick nicely.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Khalifman lands with a thumping leg kick.
Khalifman scoring well with a low kick there.
Khalifman scores with a nice right hand.
A slapping leg kick lands for Khalifman.
Good leg kick by Khalifman there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Khalifman tried to score with a low kick but Ambrose checks it.
A nice leg kick lands there from Khalifman.
Khalifman scores with a leg kick.
Khalifman feints and then cracks Ambrose's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Ambrose down.
Khalifman dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Ambrose. That did some damage!
Ambrose on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Khalifman. Khalifman obviously looking to wear him down.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
That kick from Khalifman tenderised Ambrose's leg. Ambrose is trying to keep his angry face on.
Ambrose blocks a low kick nicely.
Ambrose looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
Khalifman uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Ambrose.
Khalifman chopping away at his opponent's legs.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Alexander Khalifman really dominated that round.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!
A good leg kick by Khalifman.
Khalifman with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
A good leg kick by Khalifman.
A big right from Ambrose misses.
Khalifman is looking to chop away at Ambrose's legs.
Khalifman is looking to slow Ambrose down with leg kicks.
Ambrose on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Khalifman. Khalifman obviously looking to wear him down.
Ambrose takes one to the chin there.
Khalifman connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
A low kick from Khalifman misses
and Ambrose counters with a nice uppercut.
Khalifman slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
Khalifman fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Ambrose has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Khalifman bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
It's got to the stage where if one of these guys blows hard enough, the other might fall over.
Ambrose fails to land with a series of punches.
Ambrose takes a body kick right on the floating rib. Ouchie.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Khalifman lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Ambrose checks a leg kick.
Khalifman throws a front kick aimed at Ambrose's knee but Ambrose avoids it well.
Khalifman ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Ambrose moves away.
Ambrose on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Nice defenses there by Ambrose.
A nice inside leg kick there by Khalifman. That's going to slow Ambrose down.
Khalifman does a little shimmy and throws a leg kick. The leg kick missed by a considerable margin though, making him look a little bit silly for doing the shimmy.
Khalifman dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Ambrose. That did some damage!
A combination from Ambrose does no damage.
Khalifman looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Ambrose takes a swing at Khalifman's ribcage but misses.
Khalifman connects with a looping right hand.
Khalifman lands a nice looking kick to the body. Ambrose takes a step back to recover.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Ambrose checks a leg kick.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Khalifman buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Khalifman throws a low kick but Ambrose moves out of range easily.
A nice leg kick lands there from Khalifman.
Khalifman cracks Ambrose with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
Ambrose checks a leg kick.
Nice body punch from Khalifman.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Ambrose stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Khalifman.
Ambrose tries to clinch up but Khalifman circles away and keeps his distance.
An inside leg kick lands from Khalifman.
Khalifman throws a leg kick but Ambrose moved away.
Ambrose scores with a jab. Khalifman acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
Khalifman throws a leg kick which misses Ambrose's front leg but catches the back leg as Ambrose tries to avoid it.
Khalifman lands with a thumping leg kick.
Ambrose moves out of range of the leg kick from Khalifman.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Khalifman scores with a leg kick.
Khalifman scoring well with a low kick there.
Khalifman thumps Ambrose with a low kick.
Khalifman throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
Khalifman chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Khalifman throws a low kick, looking for Ambrose's leg but Ambrose calmly moves out of range.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Khalifman, right into the meat.
Decent striking displayed by Khalifman there.
A chopping leg kick lands by Khalifman.
Khalifman fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Ambrose.
Khalifman throws the kick towards the body but Ambrose avoids it.
Khalifman lands with a thumping leg kick.
Khalifman fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Ambrose has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
A chopping leg kick lands by Khalifman.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
A leg kick checked by Ambrose.
Ambrose is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Khalifman.
Khalifman lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Khalifman connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Khalifman shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.
Khalifman fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Khalifman scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Khalifman feints and then cracks Ambrose's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Ambrose down.
Khalifman connects with an inside leg kick.
Khalifman delivers a nice body kick.
Khalifman fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Ambrose.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
That's a knee to de groin and it's over and out! Ambrose crumples to the ground after an illegal strike from Khalifman - the referee stops the clock and Ambrose gets 5 minutes to recover from that one. "I'm sorry" says Khalifman. Ambrose manages to get back to his feet and the fight resumes.
A slapping leg kick lands for Khalifman.
That kick from Khalifman tenderised Ambrose's leg. Ambrose is trying to keep his angry face on.
Khalifman looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Alexander Khalifman dominated that fourth round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! This is the final round!
Ambrose chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Khalifman can pounce on him.
Ambrose has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Khalifman.
Khalifman throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Ambrose sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Khalifman lands with a thumping leg kick.
Ambrose throws a left and a right that both miss
and Khalifman counters with a low kick, right behind Ambrose 's knee.
Ambrose fails with an attempt to clinch.
Khalifman cracks Ambrose with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
Ambrose ducks right into an uppercut from Khalifman.
Khalifman keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
Ambrose on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Khalifman thumps Ambrose with a low kick.
Ambrose chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Khalifman can pounce on him.
Ambrose checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time.
Khalifman goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Khalifman is looking to slow Ambrose down with leg kicks.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Khalifman cracks the inside of Ambrose's front leg.
Khalifman fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Ambrose has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
The crowd cheers as Khalifman lands an impressive looking overhand right. Ambrose doesn't seem phased though.
Ambrose takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
Khalifman wants to land a leg kick but Ambrose is out of range.
A nice inside leg kick there by Khalifman. That's going to slow Ambrose down.
Both of our modern day gladiators look out of it here - an gruelling 5 rounds of action taking it's toll on them, no doubt.
Khalifman throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Ambrose takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Khalifman throws a leg kick that is checked
and Ambrose counters with a nice uppercut.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Khalifman.
Khalifman connects with an inside leg kick.
Khalifman lands a nice leg kick that just misses Ambrose's sensitive parts.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Khalifman takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
A slapping leg kick lands for Khalifman.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
A solid leg kick lands there for Khalifman.
Khalifman misses with a low kick.
Ambrose takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
That kick from Khalifman tenderised Ambrose's leg. Ambrose is trying to keep his angry face on.
Khalifman fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Ambrose has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Ezekiel Ambrose has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Khalifman throws a leg kick which misses Ambrose's front leg but catches the back leg as Ambrose tries to avoid it.
Khalifman works the jab nicely.
Ambrose takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
Khalifman with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Khalifman tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Khalifman throws a leg kick but Ambrose sees it coming and moves out of range.
A low kick from Khalifman misses
and Ambrose counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Khalifman misses with a low kick as Ambrose jumps back.
Khalifman throws a quick inside leg kick.
That kick from Khalifman tenderised Ambrose's leg. Ambrose is trying to keep his angry face on.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Khalifman throws a leg kick which misses Ambrose's front leg but catches the back leg as Ambrose tries to avoid it.
Ambrose throws a shot from downtown. Khalifman moves away and avoids it.
Ambrose on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
Khalifman misses with a low kick.
Khalifman fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Ambrose.
Ambrose on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
Khalifman tries to score with a low kick but Ambrose moves his leg out of the way.
Khalifman lands a nice leg kick that just misses Ambrose's sensitive parts.
Khalifman fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
Khalifman throws a solid leg kick but Ambrose takes the impact on his shin and smiles at Khalifman.
Ambrose takes a nasty kick to the mid section... That should keep him thinking. Does he try and block and risk a head kick landing?
Khalifman tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
A cross from Khalifman lands.
Khalifman misses with a low kick.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Khalifman slips under a jab.
Ambrose falls off balance throwing a combination
and Ambrose takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
An inside leg kick lands from Khalifman.
Khalifman fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Ambrose has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Ambrose throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
A low kick from Ambrose misses
and Khalifman counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
A good leg kick by Khalifman.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Khalifman fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Khalifman connects with a leg kick. Ambrose looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
Khalifman pivots, looking for a leg kick but Ambrose is out of range and Khalifman settles back down.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Ambrose chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Khalifman can pounce on him.
Khalifman cracks Ambrose with a good jab.
Ambrose takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
And that's the end of the fight!
Alexander Khalifman comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I've got Khalifman winning every round here. Surely the decision will go his way and he'll pick up a well deserved decision victory. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 5 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge George Francis scores the fight 42:50
Judge Daniel Franklin scores the fight 42:50
Judge Alan Glass scores the fight 42:50
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Alexander Khalifman!
Alexander Khalifman is the new middleweight champion!
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