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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Abdi Wali Mohammed (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Eddie Lauritto (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). We have two fighters making their debuts here, so let's see who comes out of this one with their first professional victory.
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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
0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Abdi Wali Mohammed!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Eddie Lauritto!
The judges for this bout are Winston Howard, John Mangel and Damien Edna.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Lauritto fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Mohammed manages to avoid it.
Mohammed rushes Lauritto and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Lauritto has had enough of the clinch but Mohammed keeps him there for the moment.
Lauritto wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Lauritto should think about turning a few of those tyres round his middle into muscle if he wants people to take him seriously as an athlete.
Mohammed leaning his opponent against the cage.
Mohammed seems to have come into the fight with the intention of avoiding any damage in the clinch, rather than actually showing any aggression.
Lauritto wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Mohammed displaying some good clinch control by pressing Lauritto up against the cage.
Lauritto wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Lauritto wants to get back to striking at distance but Mohammed won't allow it.
Lauritto letting Mohammed take a breather here.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
The crowd are getting pretty annoyed with Mohammed for his constant stalling in the clinch and are voicing their displeasure.
The ref breaks the fighters up, due to lack of action by Abdi Wali Mohammed.
A looping hook to the body misses from Lauritto. Mohammed does a little dance to reset his feet.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Both fighters circling a little - Mohammed finishes the exchange with a kick to the body.
Mohammed fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Lauritto.
Mohammed clinches.
Lauritto tries to circle away but Mohammed has him pinned against the cage.
Mohammed keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Lauritto's efforts to push away.
Mohammed breaks from the clinch.
Mohammed cracks the inside of Lauritto's front leg.
Mohammed thumps Lauritto with a low kick.
Lauritto misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Mohammed.
Mohammed takes the fight into the clinch.
Lauritto wants to get back to striking at distance but Mohammed won't allow it.
Lauritto is trying to break free.
Mohammed breaks the clinch.
Mohammed throws a front kick that sends Lauritto stumbling back into the cage.
Lauritto takes a kick to the side of the head.
Mohammed turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Mohammed moves away from the strike by Lauritto.
Mohammed scores with a head kick. Lauritto tried to block it but didn't get his arm up in time.
Lauritto tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Mohammed was well out of range. Poor timing from Lauritto.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Lauritto 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.
Abdi Wali Mohammed seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Lauritto takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Lauritto looks gassed!
The fight moves into the clinch position.
Lauritto is trying to force a seperation but Mohammed has the dominant position.
Mohammed has Lauritto pushed against the cage.
Mohammed keeps control of Lauritto as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Lauritto is trying to break the clinch but Mohammed has him pressed against the cage.
Lauritto blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Mohammed tries to land a knee to the head but Lauritto blocks with his arms.
Mohammed stalling against the cage.
Lauritto wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Mohammed holding his opponent close, against the cage.
Lauritto wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Mohammed has him pressed against the cage.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Mohammed throws a knee to the head but misses.
Lauritto has had enough of the clinch but Mohammed keeps him there for the moment.
Mohammed breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Mohammed lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Mohammed delivers a nice body kick.
Mohammed thumps Lauritto with a low kick.
Mohammed lands a head kick. Lauritto smiles back at him and beckons him forward.
It looks like Eddie Lauritto has been cut.
That kick from Mohammed tenderised Lauritto's leg. Lauritto is trying to keep his angry face on.
Mohammed moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
That kick from Mohammed tenderised Lauritto's leg. Lauritto is trying to keep his angry face on.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Mohammed has Lauritto up against the cage in a clinch.
Lauritto is trying to break the clinch but Mohammed has him pressed against the cage.
Mohammed crunches a lovely knee into Lauritto's ribcage.
Lauritto has had enough of the clinch but Mohammed keeps him there for the moment.
Mohammed just leaning against Lauritto, taking a breather.
Mohammed tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Mohammed prevents Lauritto from breaking the clinch.
A frustrated look appears on Lauritto's face as he tries to break the clinch.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Mohammed stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.
Lauritto is looking to break free of the clinch but Mohammed has double underhooks.
Lauritto wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Mohammed has him pressed against the cage.
Mohammed has Lauritto pressed against the cage.
Lauritto looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Lauritto's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Lauritto is trying to break free.
Mohammed has Lauritto pressed against the cage, preventing Lauritto from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Lauritto has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Lauritto tries to break free but Mohammed pushes him back against the cage.
Lauritto is trying to break the clinch but Mohammed is controlling him.
Lauritto takes a knee to the side of the body.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Lauritto is trying to break the clinch but Mohammed has him pressed against the cage.
Lauritto is trying to force a seperation but Mohammed has the dominant position.
Lauritto looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
A bit of stalling here from Mohammed.
Lauritto is trying to force a seperation but Mohammed has the dominant position.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Abdi Wali Mohammed dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Eddie Lauritto's cut.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!
Mohammed clinches up with Lauritto and pushes him back against the cage.
Lauritto wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Mohammed misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Lauritto.
Mohammed has not gone for a single takedown so far in this fight, which seems like a very strange tactic when you consider that he has the superior wrestling and BJJ.
Mohammed avoiding damage.
Mohammed has Lauritto pressed against the cage, preventing Lauritto from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Mohammed stalls.
Lauritto is looking to break free of the clinch but Mohammed has double underhooks.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Mohammed breaks from the clinch.
It really doesn't seem like the step up in weight is hurting Mohammed here at all. He's more than holding his own against the bigger man.
Lauritto takes a kick to the side of the head.
Mohammed thuds a mid kick into his opponent's body. That will wear on Lauritto if he has to take too many more of those.
Mohammed tries to clinch but Lauritto is having none of it.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Mohammed lands with a kick to the ribs.
Mohammed moves out of range of the body kick from Lauritto.
A head kick misses from Lauritto.
Good leg kick by Mohammed there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Some bone on bone action there as Mohammed checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
Lauritto thows a leg kick but Mohammed checks it
and Mohammed counters with a flying knee. Nice.
Mohammed scores with a head kick. Lauritto tried to block it but didn't get his arm up in time.
Lauritto takes a push kick to the midsection and stumbles backwards.
Lauritto is breathing heavily.
Mohammed uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Lauritto.
Mohammed connects with a high kick.
Mohammed thumps Lauritto with a low kick.
Mohammed lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Lauritto throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.
Mohammed throws a quick head kick that skims the top of Lauritto's head.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Mohammed lands with a nice body kick.
Mohammed connects with a leg kick. Lauritto looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
Mohammed fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Lauritto.
Mohammed connects with a leg kick. Lauritto looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
A slapping leg kick lands for Mohammed.
Mohammed throws a right high kick that is partially blocked by Lauritto.
A kick lands to the mid section there for Mohammed.
Lauritto takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Mohammed has closed the distance and engaged Lauritto in a clinch.
Lauritto wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Mohammed prevents Lauritto from breaking the clinch.
Mohammed taking a breather.
Lauritto tries to circle away but Mohammed has him pinned against the cage.
Lauritto has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Mohammed manages to get underhooks and slows down the pace for a moment.
The ref breaks the fighters up, due to lack of action by Abdi Wali Mohammed.
Mohammed drives through and clinches with Lauritto against the cage.
Lauritto has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Mohammed just leaning against Lauritto, taking a breather.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Lauritto is looking to break free of the clinch but Mohammed has double underhooks.
Mohammed prevents Lauritto from breaking the clinch.
Lauritto has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Mohammed keeps control of Lauritto as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Lauritto tries to break free but Mohammed pushes him back against the cage.
Mohammed controlling the action here for a moment.
Mohammed with a knee to the head.
Lauritto wants to get back to striking at distance but Mohammed won't allow it.
The pace really dropping off here, momentarily.
That's four 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.
The ref breaks the fighters up, due to lack of action by Abdi Wali Mohammed.
A nice inside leg kick there by Mohammed. That's going to slow Lauritto down.
Mohammed connects with an inside leg kick.
Lauritto steps to his left, right into the path of a big body kick from Mohammed. That one must have hurt.
Lauritto has developed a nice purple lump on his ribcage, as a result of some heavy body kicks from Mohammed.
Lauritto throws a head kick that misses
and Mohammed counters with an inside leg kick.
Lauritto swinging wildly here.
Abdi Wali Mohammed is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Lauritto misses with a double jab.
Mohammed throws a nice head kick!
A nice inside leg kick there by Mohammed. That's going to slow Lauritto down.
Mohammed connects with an inside leg kick.
Mohammed steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Lauritto.
A good leg kick by Mohammed.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Mohammed lets loose with a powerful body kick. Lauritto will feel that in the morning.
Mohammed fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Lauritto has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Mohammed is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Lauritto can do to turn this around?
An inside leg kick lands from Mohammed.
A nice leg kick lands there from Mohammed.
A big left from Lauritto misses.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Abdi Wali Mohammed dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Eddie Lauritto's cut.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! This is the final round!
Mohammed throws a head kick that connects with a bit of head and a bit of hand.
Lauritto thows a body shot but no joy.
Mohammed lands a nice leg kick that just misses Lauritto's sensitive parts.
Mohammed keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Lauritto.
Mohammed has taken the fight to the clinch.
Mohammed manages to break the clinch.
Mohammed connects with a high kick.
Mohammed lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Lauritto throws a leg kick
and Mohammed counters with a nice body kick.
Lauritto takes a kick to the body and keeps moving.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Mohammed.
Lauritto takes a kick to the body and keeps moving.
Nice body kick from Mohammed.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
A nice inside leg kick there by Mohammed. That's going to slow Lauritto down.
Mohammed thuds his shin into the meat of Lauritto's side.
Lauritto takes a body kick right on the floating rib. Ouchie.
Abdi Wali Mohammed is winning the standup battle so far.
Mohammed closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Mohammed displaying some good clinch control by pressing Lauritto up against the cage.
Lauritto wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Lauritto takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Mohammed prevents Lauritto from breaking the clinch.
Mohammed's corner are urging him to control the action in the clinch for a moment, rather than mount any serious offense. I'm sure the crowd appreciate those instructions... not.
Lauritto is trying to force a seperation but Mohammed has the dominant position.
Mohammed tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Lauritto avoids it.
The two fighters are working to gain dominance in the clinch.
The ref breaks the fighters up, due to lack of action by Abdi Wali Mohammed.
Mohammed throws a leg kick which misses Lauritto's front leg but catches the back leg as Lauritto tries to avoid it.
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.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Mohammed, right into the meat.
Mohammed scoring well with a low kick there.
Mohammed cracks the inside of Lauritto's front leg.
Mohammed chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Mohammed scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Good leg kick by Mohammed there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Mohammed throws a quick inside leg kick.
Mohammed turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Mohammed thumps Lauritto with a low kick.
Both fighters circling a little - Mohammed finishes the exchange with a kick to the body.
Mohammed throws a mid kick that lands with a slap.
Mohammed chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Lauritto takes a push kick to the midsection and stumbles backwards.
Lauritto has a nice red mark on his side after a thudding body kick by Mohammed.
Mohammed gets a clinch.
Mohammed avoiding damage.
Lauritto is trying to push Mohammed away but Mohammed has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Lauritto is trying to break the clinch but Mohammed has him pressed against the cage.
Mohammed will no doubt start fighting again in a minute but for now he's just having a little rest, leaning Lauritto up against the cage.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Lauritto is trying to break free.
Lauritto breaks from the clinch.
Mohammed moves into the clinch.
Mohammed unloads a knee to the mid-section.
The fighters are pressed against the cage, as the pace of the fight slows.
Lauritto wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Mohammed has him pressed against the cage.
Lauritto working hard to break the clinch.
Lauritto is trying to push Mohammed away but Mohammed has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Abdi Wali Mohammed is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Lauritto wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
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.
Lauritto wants to get back to striking at distance but Mohammed won't allow it.
Lauritto is trying to break the clinch but Mohammed is controlling him.
Mohammed keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Lauritto's efforts to push away.
Lauritto tries to break the clinch but Mohammed is controlling the position.
Mohammed keeps control of Lauritto as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Lauritto wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Mohammed has him pressed against the cage.
Lauritto is trying to break the clinch but Mohammed has him pressed against the cage.
Eddie Lauritto has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Lauritto wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Lauritto working hard to break the clinch.
A frustrated look appears on Lauritto's face as he tries to break the clinch.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Lauritto wants to break the clinch but can't.
Lauritto is trying to break free.
Lauritto throws a head punch that misses.
Lauritto swings wildly with an uppercut but Mohammed uses good head movement to avoid it.
Lauritto working aggressively here.
And that's the end of the fight!
Abdi Wali Mohammed showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Mohammed 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 Winston Howard scores the fight 30:24
Judge John Mangel scores the fight 30:24
Judge Damien Edna scores the fight 30:24
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Abdi Wali Mohammed!
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hype
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