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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Taj al Din (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Horst Linkke (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). al Din comes to the cage accompanied by FEARLESS. Linkke has chosen Anamanaguchi - Helix Nebula as his entrance music. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.
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211 lbs
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215 lbs
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Good wrestling
World class MT
Granite chin |
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World class boxer
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the light heavyweight 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 Los Angeles, Taj al Din!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
19 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Horst Linkke!
The judges for this bout are Frank Antenori, and .
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Linkke throws a right hand that misses
and al Din counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
al Din throws a poor cross that misses
and Linkke counters with a lovely straight right hand!
al Din misses with a leg kick
and Linkke counters with a nice leg kick.
al Din throws the kick towards the body but Linkke avoids it.
Linkke thows a leg kick but al Din checks it
and al Din counters with a nice body kick.
Linkke lands with an uppercut that bounces al Din off the cage and back into rage.
Linkke throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
al Din throws a lazy uppercut
and Linkke counters by clinching up.
al Din scores with a shot to the side of Linkke's head.
Linkke throws a head punch that misses.
Linkke prevents a body shot from al Din.
Linkke struggles to land a body shot inside as al Din controls his hands.
Linkke stalls.
al Din tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Linkke's elbow.
That's one minute gone in the round.
al Din avoiding damage as Linkke throws knees to the body.
Linkke working some nice short punches in the clinch.
al Din avoiding damage as Linkke throws knees to the body.
al Din misses with the head strike.
al Din blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Linkke misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from al Din.
al Din fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Linkke has a couple of punches blocked by al Din.
Linkke lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Linkke misses with a short punch on the inside.
Linkke lands a nice shot to the body.
al Din lands a nice shot to the body.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by al Din as Linkke tries to tie him up.
al Din's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Linkke pivots, looking for a leg kick but al Din is out of range and Linkke settles back down.
al Din misses with an uppercut
and Linkke counters with a lovely straight right hand!
al Din connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Linkke misses with a leg kick.
al Din gets tackled into the cage by Linkke. Linkke maintains the clinch.
Linkke takes an elbow to the forehead.
It looks like Horst Linkke has been cut.
Linkke can't find room to land a body shot as al Din controls the action.
Linkke lands a body shot.
al Din being controlled against the cage.
al Din blocks an uppercut.
Still in the clinch, al Din scores with a nice short uppercut.
al Din blocks an uppercut.
A nice right hand lands inside from al Din.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
A hook to the body from al Din.
Linkke blocks an uppercut.
A right hook to the body lands for Linkke.
al Din pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
al Din tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Linkke lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Linkke goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Linkke keeps the fight in the clinch, despite al Din's efforts to push away.
al Din wants to break the clinch but can't.
al Din pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
al Din jabs Linkke to the body, keeping him at a distance.
al Din scoring well with a low kick there.
Linkke throws a lazy right hand but al Din sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Linkke connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
al Din swings and misses with a hook to the body.
A good leg kick by Linkke.
al Din has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Linkke.
Linkke throws a predictable looking body shot
letting al Din counter with a right hand.
Linkke closes the distance but al Din moves to the side
and al Din counters with a head kick.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Linkke tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
al Din swings and misses with a shot to the body
and Linkke cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Nice uppercut there from al Din.
Linkke fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Linkke lands a kick to the ribs of his opponent. Nice work there - in and out in a flash.
This has been an exciting period of action!
al Din goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
al Din bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Linkke's head backwards.
Linkke with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling al Din to score with a decent uppercut.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close round but Horst Linkke will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Horst Linkke's cut.
That's time! al Din's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.
al Din throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Linkke counters with a nice body shot.
Linkke connects with a crisp jab.
Linkke throws a leg kick but al Din checks it.
Linkke fails in his attempt to clinch.
Linkke swings widly with a right hand
and al Din counters with a good, hard body kick but Linkke shrugs it off.
Taj al Din is winning the standup battle so far.
Linkke throws out a loose jab but al Din uses good head movement to avoid it.
al Din misses the shot to the body.
Linkke throws a lazy uppercut
and al Din counters with a right hand to the body.
al Din lands with an overhand left.
Linkke fails with an attempt to clinch.
Linkke staying out of range there.
That's one minute gone in the round.
al Din throws a body kick the misses
and Linkke counters with a nice leg kick.
Linkke will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.
A looping hook to the body misses from al Din. Linkke does a little dance to reset his feet.
al Din lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Linkke throws an ugly left hook that misses
and al Din counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
al Din misses with a jab to the body
and Linkke counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
A low kick from Linkke misses
enabling al Din to counter with a crisp jab.
al Din is looking to chop away at Linkke's legs.
Linkke throws a series of punches but al Din moves out of range.
Linkke rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and al Din counters with a lovely straight right hand!
That's two minutes gone in the round.
al Din misses with a hook to the body
and Linkke counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
al Din tries to work over Linkke's front leg with a kick but Linkke checks it.
al Din throws a sloppy head kick and Linkke moves out of range easily.
Linkke avoids a kick to the body.
Linkke paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
Linkke throws a solid leg kick but al Din takes the impact on his shin and smiles at Linkke.
Linkke throws a leg kick
and al Din counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
al Din throws a hook but Linkke blocks it.
al Din swings away with a leg kick that misses.
Linkke misses with an uppercut
and al Din counters with a nice leg kick.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
al Din throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
al Din throws a shot from downtown. Linkke moves away and avoids it.
A looping hook to the body misses from Linkke. al Din does a little dance to reset his feet.
al Din pushes Linkke away with a front kick.
Linkke misses the shot to the body.
Linkke blocks a jab.
Linkke looks to land a right hand but al Din moved out of range.
Nice uppercut lands for Linkke. That snapped al Din's head back.
al Din swings away with a body shot that misses
and Linkke counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Linkke tries to clinch but al Din is having none of it.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
al Din buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
al Din misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
al Din misses with a leg kick
and Linkke counters with a low kick, right behind al Din 's knee.
Linkke looks to throw the jab but al Din is out of range.
The fight stays on the outside here - Linkke looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
al Din misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Linkke.
Linkke attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
Linkke misses with a combination
and al Din makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Taj al Din dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Horst Linkke's cut.
That's time! Back to the action!
Linkke misses the body punch
and al Din counters with a slapping leg kick.
al Din misses with a hook. Linkke ducked under it nicely.
al Din blocks a low kick nicely.
al Din swings for the body but Linkke moves out of range.
Linkke throws a lazy uppercut
and al Din counters with a left to the body.
Linkke misses with a looping right.
al Din slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Linkke.
Whack! al Din lands a heavy head kick that drops Linkke. The ref tackles al Din to stop the fight - a great save by the referee because Linkke was done.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:53 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Head Kick). Taj al Din!
Taj al Din retains his light heavyweight title!
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