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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Rahman Ahmalabolic (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Bako King (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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280 lbs
7 - 2 - 0 |
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270 lbs
10 - 4 - 0 |
Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
Very quick |
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BJJ Brown Belt
Excellent boxer
Powerful |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
7 - 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
10 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Bako King!
The judges for this bout are , and .
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Ahmalabolic lands a lovely overhand right.
Nice shot lands for King.
Ahmalabolic swings widly with a right hand
and King counters with a takedown into full mount! That could mean trouble for Ahmalabolic!
Ahmalabolic keeping his composure momentarily, calmly looking to get back to half guard.
Ahmalabolic sneaks a leg under to get to half guard.
Ahmalabolic is trying to maintain the position but King is very close to passing his half guard.
King throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Ahmalabolic wants to get back to full guard.
King is trying to control. Ahmalabolic wants to improve his position but can't escape this time.
Ahmalabolic is holding on to half guard well.
Ahmalabolic might be looking to lock onto one of his opponent's long limbs for a submission, whilst we're on the ground.
Ahmalabolic avoiding damage under a succession of punches from King.
That's one minute gone in the round.
King with the ground and pound but Ahmalabolic uses the opportunity to regain guard.
Ahmalabolic avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
King looking to pass the guard.
Ahmalabolic lands a beautiful switch and he's in full mount! That could spell trouble for King!
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Ahmalabolic throws some wild stikes that King manages to avoid easily.
Ahmalabolic lands with some strikes.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Ahmalabolic working the ground and pound effectively.
King is squirming around, avoiding Ahmalabolic's attempts to control the action.
Ahmalabolic sends his fist crashing into the mat - the crowd let out a collective ooooooh. Let's hope he's not broken it!
Ahmalabolic throwing shots from mount but they're not landing.
Ahmalabolic thowing shots but they're missing.
King is desperately trying to improve his position but Ahmalabolic has a good base and remains in mount.
Ahmalabolic has his opponent pinned against the cage, landing some nasty ground and pound that is really making a bit of a mess out of King's face.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
King wants to control but Ahmalabolic is having none of it.
Ahmalabolic controlling the pace for now.
Ahmalabolic landing shots from mount.
Ahmalabolic throws some wild stikes that King manages to avoid easily.
Ahmalabolic trying to control but he's not successful this time.
King blocking the ground and pound.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Ahmalabolic raining down hammerfists from mount.
King wants to control but Ahmalabolic is having none of it.
Ahmalabolic throwing shots from mount but they're not landing.
Ahmalabolic prevents King from getting the reversal.
King is in a horrible position here. Ahmalabolic smacks him with another shot as he tries to escape the position.
Ahmalabolic throwing strikes here but King is writhing around nicely and avoiding any serious damage.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Ahmalabolic trying to control but he's not successful this time.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Rahman Ahmalabolic dominated that round.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action.
King feints a jab promting Ahmalabolic to slip. King then demonstrates his capabilities by jabbing again. Ahmalabolic slips again and ducks right into an uppercut.
Bako King is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
King misses with a takedown
and Ahmalabolic counters with a nice double leg into side control. King won't be happy with that.
Ahmalabolic sitting in side control, looking to soften his opponent up with elbows and hammerfists but King is avoiding damage well and looking to escape the position.
Ahmalabolic misses with a strike but at least he's keeping busy, looking to cause some damage - that will still help him when it comes to the judges scorecards.
Ahmalabolic is working King over with some ground and pound from side control.
Ahmalabolic wants to control but King is keeping him busy.
The ground and pound from Ahmalabolic seems to be hitting the mat more than his opponent.
Ahmalabolic in side control, throwing shots but King defends.
An elbow from Ahmalabolic crashes against the mat.
That's one minute gone in the round.
The strikes coming from Ahmalabolic are missing the target in this wave of attacks.
Ahmalabolic works a knee to the body and follows up with a nice elbow to the head.
Sloppy strikes there by Ahmalabolic.
King is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.
Ahmalabolic fails to land a wild elbow strike.
Ahmalabolic in side control, throwing shots but King defends.
Ahmalabolic wants to lay and pray for a moment but King keeps working.
Ahmalabolic creates some space and throws a big elbow, but King sees it coming and moves his head just enough to avoid the strike.
Ahmalabolic throws a knee to the body but it doesn't do much damage.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Ahmalabolic trying to control the position but King is working away.
King struggling a bit here.
King is looking to reverse the position.
You can see the frustration on King's face, being in this tough position on the bottom.
King tries to improve position but can't.
Ahmalabolic creates a bit of distance and throws down some hard shots.
Ahmalabolic postures up a little and throws a couple of hammerfists but they don't connect properly.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ahmalabolic misses with a strike but at least he's keeping busy, looking to cause some damage - that will still help him when it comes to the judges scorecards.
The referee asks Ahmalabolic politely if he wouldn't mind getting on with it and actually doing something. Ahmalabolic prefers to stall for the moment though.
The strikes coming from Ahmalabolic are missing the target in this wave of attacks.
King is looking to reverse the position.
Ahmalabolic content to control the pace. The referee will try and keep them active though.
King struggling a bit here.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are getting on the fighters' backs, as the pace has dropped off in the last minute or so.
Ahmalabolic throwing strikes but missing, from side control.
A lull in the action here.
Ahmalabolic wants to lay and pray for a moment but King keeps working.
Ahmalabolic with the ground and pound but King regains half guard under the barage of strikes.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Rahman Ahmalabolic dominated that second 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. This is the final round!
King fails with a takedown attempt.
King drives through with a really nice takedown into side control.
King scoring with punches from side control.
Ahmalabolic wants to control but King postures up.
Ahmalabolic is looking to regain half guard here but King keeps moving and retains side control.
Ahmalabolic manages to get back to half guard.
King is looking to advance position but Ahmalabolic won't allow it.
Ahmalabolic controlling the leg, holding on to half guard.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Ahmalabolic is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
Ahmalabolic is working hard here to advance position.
Ahmalabolic keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
King thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
Ahmalabolic wants to improve his position but King is controlling well.
Bako King has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
That's two minutes gone in the round.
There's not a lot going on here and the crowd are letting the fighters know they're not willing to tolerate a lack of action.
Ahmalabolic is refusing to be controlled, as King sits in half guard.
King takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.
King missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
Ahmalabolic is trying to maintain the position but King is very close to passing his half guard.
King not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
King lands strikes from half guard.
King prevents Ahmalabolic from improving his position.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ahmalabolic slips a foot under and gets full guard. Nice work.
Ahmalabolic wants to sweep here but King controlling him for the moment.
Ahmalabolic has control of King's left arm, preventing King from doing any damage.
King working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
King working some strikes from top position.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Ahmalabolic is trying to control the position but King postures up.
King trying to control but Ahmalabolic is working from the bottom.
King in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Rahman Ahmalabolic overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Ahmalabolic keeping full guard, as King tries to pass.
King drops back, looking for a kneebar! Ahmalabolic looks panicked! The fighters roll across the mat, one looking to finish, one looking to escape. Ahmalabolic looks to have wriggled free... Yes, he's got his leg free and he's dived into side control! Good work there from Ahmalabolic!
King regains half guard.
And that's the end of the fight!
Bako King comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Ahmalabolic has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... 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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