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Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Rajja Khan (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Dave Miller (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Khan's entrance music is tubular bells. A fine choice. Dave Miller has the power to score a knockout today if he connects clean with Rajja Khan's chin.
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179 cm
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162 lbs
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179 cm
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155 lbs
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Good wrestling
Great elbows
Very strong |
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Good wrestler
Brawler
Granite chin |
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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
2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of London, Rajja Khan! And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner. With a record of
2 - 2 - 0, fighting out of London, Dave Miller! The judges for this bout are Daniel Bishop, Donald Grub and Sam Margolis.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway! Miller gets cracked there but stands up to it.
Miller tries for a takedown but Khan circles away easily and Khan counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt. Miller misses with a takedown attempt and Khan counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head. Miller has his takedown stuffed and Khan counters by moving into the clinch. Rajja Khan has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Dave Miller. Khan stops a takedown attempt from Miller.
Khan gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head. Khan lands an elbow inside that Miller shrugs off. Khan lands with a short head shot on the inside. Khan lands with a right to the head. Khan lands a nice elbow. Miller changes levels and goes for a takedown here. Khan fights it off and pushes away nicely.
Miller misses with a takedown and Khan counters with a straight right hand. Miller looks gassed! Khan lands an overhand right. Miller doesn't succeed with the takedown and Khan counters with a stiff right hand. Miller tries for a takedown but Khan circles away easily and Khan counters with a kick to the head that grazes his opponent. Miller is lucky that one didn't land flush. The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here. Khan scores with a push kick.
That's one minute gone in the round. Miller takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him. Khan fakes a jab and then connects with a hook. Khan has managed to clinch.
Khan lands an elbow inside that Miller shrugs off. A nice glancing elbow lands by Khan. Miller avoiding damage as Khan throws knees to the body.
Khan lands a nice elbow. Khan scores with a shoulder strike. Khan lands an elbow that stopped Miller in his tracks for a moment. Khan lands a nice uppercut. With the fighters clinched against the cage, Khan creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut. Miller is trying desperately to land a takedown but Khan is having absolutely none of it. This is turning into a bit of a nightmare for Miller. Khan lands a nice knee to the body. Knees to the body from Khan.
Khan lands a damaging elbow. The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here. Khan comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush. Khan lands an elbow inside that Miller shrugs off. Khan working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely. Khan lands an elbow inside. Miller takes an elbow to the forehead. Khan lands a nice elbow from the clinch. Miller takes an elbow to the temple. Miller takes a shot to the head.
That's two minutes gone in the round. Khan lands an elbow inside. A nice glancing elbow lands by Khan. Khan gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head. Khan creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Miller's defenses. Nice elbow from Khan. Khan lands an elbow inside. Khan lands with a good tight uppercut to the head. Khan lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards. Khan is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Miller is defending well for now. Miller avoiding damage as Khan throws knees to the body.
Khan lands a nice elbow. Khan lands a glancing elbow in the clinch. Khan lands a nice knee to the body. Nice elbow from Khan. Miller takes an elbow to the temple. Khan lands an elbow that stopped Miller in his tracks for a moment. Khan trying to land knees to the body.
Khan lands a damaging elbow. Khan missing with knees to the body.
Khan landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Khan lands a nice elbow. Khan lands a nice elbow from the clinch. Khan lands a damaging elbow. Khan comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
That's three minutes gone in the round. Miller is looking to break free of the clinch but Khan has double underhooks. Nice elbow from Khan. Khan lands an elbow that stopped Miller in his tracks for a moment. Miller blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning. Khan lands an elbow that stopped Miller in his tracks for a moment. Khan working Miller over with knees to the body. Khan lands a glancing elbow in the clinch. Khan lands an elbow inside. Khan lands a nice elbow. Khan lands an elbow inside that Miller shrugs off. Miller takes an elbow to the temple. Khan avoiding damage.
Khan gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head. Miller drops down for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Knees to the body from Khan.
The pace really dropping off here, momentarily. Khan lands an elbow inside that Miller shrugs off.
That's four minutes gone in the round. Khan lands an elbow inside. Khan dictating the pace here, as the fighters clinch against the cage. A short right from Khan on the inside. Khan landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Miller on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Khan missing with knees to the body.
Nice elbow from Khan. Miller looking for a takedown. Khan lands an elbow that stopped Miller in his tracks for a moment. Khan lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage. Khan lands a damaging elbow. Khan creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Miller's defenses. Miller takes an elbow to the temple. Khan gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head. Khan lands an elbow inside. Nice elbow from Khan. As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action. Miller takes an elbow to the temple. Khan stops a takedown attempt from Miller.
Khan lands a nice elbow from the clinch. Khan lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage. Khan lands an elbow that stopped Miller in his tracks for a moment. And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Rajja Khan dominated that round. The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!
Miller shoots in but doesn't get the takedown letting Khan counter with a right hand. Khan clinches. Khan lands a nice elbow from the clinch. Khan lands an elbow that stopped Miller in his tracks for a moment. Khan creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Miller's defenses. Khan creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Miller's defenses. Khan is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Miller can do to turn this around? Khan lands a damaging elbow. Miller takes an elbow to the forehead. A short right hand to the side of the head by Khan. Khan stalling in the clinch.
Miller takes an elbow to the temple. Khan lands an elbow just above Miller 's eye. Khan lands a damaging elbow. Khan stalling the fight.
Miller has a body lock and is looking for a takedown. Khan is bouncing around trying to prevent the takedown and somehow he has indeed managed to stay on his feet. Khan softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage. Miller takes an elbow to the temple. Khan comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush. Rajja Khan has scored more points in the clinch so far. Miller is breathing heavily. Miller takes an elbow to the forehead. Miller blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
That's one minute gone in the round. A short left from Khan. Khan lands an elbow just above Miller 's eye. The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily. Khan comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush. Khan lands an elbow just above Miller 's eye. Khan lands an elbow inside. Khan lands an elbow just above Miller 's eye. Nice elbow from Khan. Khan comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush. Khan lands an elbow inside that Miller shrugs off. A nice glancing elbow lands by Khan. A short uppercut from Khan. A short left from Khan. Khan creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Miller's defenses. Khan works on Miller's body with a couple of short punches. Miller takes an elbow to the temple. Khan lands a damaging elbow. Miller takes an elbow to the forehead. Khan creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Miller's defenses. Khan works on Miller's body with a couple of short punches. Khan lands an elbow inside that Miller shrugs off. Khan has Miller pushed against the cage. Khan lands an elbow inside.
That's two minutes gone in the round. A nice glancing elbow lands by Khan. Miller takes an elbow to the temple. Khan lands an elbow inside. Khan lands an elbow that stopped Miller in his tracks for a moment. Miller takes an elbow to the forehead. Miller takes an elbow to the temple. Some stalling of biblical proportions here from Khan. Khan creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Miller's defenses. Khan creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Miller's defenses. Khan creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Miller's defenses. A right handed body shot lands from Khan.
Khan lands a nice elbow. Khan lands a nice shot to the body. Khan lands a nice elbow from the clinch. Khan trying to land knees to the body.
Khan gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head. Khan lands a damaging elbow. Khan lands an elbow that stopped Miller in his tracks for a moment. Khan crunches a lovely knee into Miller's ribcage. Khan lands an elbow inside. Khan comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush. Khan lands an elbow inside that Miller shrugs off.
That's three minutes gone in the round. Khan lands an elbow inside that Miller shrugs off. Nice elbow from Khan. Khan lands an elbow inside. Khan lands an elbow inside. Khan lands an elbow that stopped Miller in his tracks for a moment. Khan is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Miller is defending well for now. Nice elbow from Khan. Khan lands a glancing elbow in the clinch. Miller drops to a knee looking for a takedown but Khan gets the underhooks and prevents it.
Rajja Khan has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Dave Miller. Khan lands a nice elbow. Khan lands an elbow inside. Khan lands an elbow that stopped Miller in his tracks for a moment. Khan cracks Miller with a nice body shot. Khan lands a nice elbow. Miller takes an elbow to the forehead. Khan lands an elbow inside that Miller shrugs off. Khan lands a glancing elbow in the clinch. Khan lands an elbow inside that Miller shrugs off. Khan lands on the inside with an uppercut.
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. Miller wants a takedown but no success here.
Khan scores with a shot to the side of Miller's head. Nice elbow from Khan. Miller takes an elbow to the temple. Khan lands a nice elbow. Khan comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush. Nice elbow from Khan. Miller takes an elbow to the forehead. Nice elbow from Khan. Khan lands on the inside with an uppercut. Khan gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head. Khan pushes Miller back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head. Miller takes an elbow to the forehead. Khan lands an elbow that stopped Miller in his tracks for a moment. Khan comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush. Miller on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Khan lands a nice elbow. Khan gets underhooks to prevent Miller's takedown attempt.
Khan controlling the action here for a moment.
Miller takes an elbow to the temple. And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Rajja Khan dominated that second round. That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business. This is the final round!
Miller tries for a takedown but Khan circles away easily and Khan counters with a stiff right hand. Miller throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Khan counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt. Khan scores with a hook. Miller takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it. Nice shot by Khan. Khan throws a head kick that Miller semi-blocks.
Miller misses with a takedown attempt and Khan counters with a nice low kick that buckles Miller's knee momentarily. Khan cracks Miller with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage. Khan throws a head kick that Miller semi-blocks.
Khan pushes forward with a 1-2 combination that forces Miller back to the cage. Khan follows up with a solid lead hook to the liver. Khan cracks Miller with a good jab. Miller moves forwards but Khan connects with a nice, crisp jab. Miller takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired. Khan scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction. Dave Miller seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
That's one minute gone in the round. Khan throws a head kick that Miller semi-blocks.
Danga de danga de dang - Khan scores with a four punch combination! Khan moves into the clinch successfully.
Khan lands a hook that snaps the head of Miller backwards. Khan creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Miller's defenses. Khan lands a damaging elbow. Khan lands an elbow that stopped Miller in his tracks for a moment. Khan lands an elbow that stopped Miller in his tracks for a moment. Miller takes an elbow to the temple. Miller blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning. Khan lands an elbow just above Miller 's eye. Khan lands a nice elbow. Khan lands a glancing elbow in the clinch. Miller goes for a takedown in the clinch but Khan prevents it.
Rajja Khan has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Dave Miller. Khan lands a glancing elbow in the clinch. Khan is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Miller is defending well for now. Khan lands an elbow inside that Miller shrugs off. Nice elbow from Khan.
That's two minutes gone in the round. Nice elbow from Khan. Khan misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Miller.
Khan lands a nice elbow from the clinch. Miller can't get the takedown.
Khan scores with a shoulder strike. Khan creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Miller's defenses. Khan lands a nice elbow from the clinch. Khan trying to land knees to the body.
Khan lands an elbow inside that Miller shrugs off. Miller takes an elbow to the temple. Khan lands an elbow that stopped Miller in his tracks for a moment. Nice elbow from Khan. Nice elbow from Khan. Khan lands a nice elbow. Khan scores with a nice hook to the head. Khan displaying some good clinch control by pressing Miller up against the cage. Nice elbow from Khan. Khan lands a nice elbow. Khan lands a nice elbow. Khan scores with a shoulder strike.
That's three minutes gone in the round. Khan lands a nice elbow from the clinch. Miller blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning. A nice glancing elbow lands by Khan. Khan taking a breather. Miller takes an elbow to the temple. Miller wants a takedown.
Khan lands an elbow inside that Miller shrugs off. Khan lands a glancing elbow in the clinch. Khan lands with a short shot to the head. A body shot lands from Khan.
Nice elbow from Khan. Khan comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush. A nice glancing elbow lands by Khan. Nice elbow from Khan. Khan lands a nice elbow. Khan is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Miller is defending well for now. Khan lands an elbow that stopped Miller in his tracks for a moment. A short left from Khan. Khan comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush. Khan missing with knees to the body.
That's four minutes gone in the round. The crowd are hurling abuse towards the fighters... You can hardly blame them though because there isn't a lot going on in the fight. Miller wants a takedown but no success here.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Khan. Miller drops down looking for an ankle pick but Khan pulls his leg out and moves away.
Miller throws a head kick that misses and Khan counters with a quick right hand to the jaw. Miller with a lazy takedown attempt and Khan counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt. Khan clinches up against the cage. Khan creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Miller's defenses. Khan creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Miller's defenses. Miller blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning. Khan gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head. A nice glancing elbow lands by Khan. A short uppercut from Khan. Miller drops down for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Khan lands an elbow inside. Khan lands a nice elbow from the clinch. Dave Miller has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here! Rajja Khan is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach. Khan leaning his opponent against the cage. Khan gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
And that's the end of the fight! Rajja Khan showed his dominance in that final round. Well Khan 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 Daniel Bishop scores the fight 30:25 Judge Donald Grub scores the fight 30:25 Judge Sam Margolis scores the fight 30:25
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Rajja Khan!
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