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Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Li Kao (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Rajja Khan (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Khan has chosen tubular bells as his entrance music. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.
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164 lbs
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162 lbs
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Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
Insanely flexible |
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World class boxer
Good gas tank |
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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
7 - 2 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Li Kao!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
4 - 0 - 0, fighting out of London, Rajja Khan!
The judges for this bout are Igor Prikhodko, Konstantin Menshow and Illya Tyunina.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Khan gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Kao lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
Kao looks to land a left hand but Khan moved out of range nicely.
Khan throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Kao displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Khan throws out the jab.
Kao lands with a cross.
Khan wants to clinch.
Khan misses with a wild body shot.
Khan connects with a good right hand that stumbles Kao. Kao circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
Kao misses with the body kick
and Khan counters with a three punch combo that has Kao backing up. Kao nods at Khan to acknowledge the strikes.
Khan lands a jab to the head.
Kao scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Khan uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Kao.
Khan on the wrong end of a nice hook.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Kao.
Kao throws a leg kick but Khan sees it coming and checks it nicely.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Khan pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Nice defenses there by Khan.
Kao throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Khan lunges at Kao with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Kao's hand.
Kao looks to land a right hand but Khan moved out of range.
Khan misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Kao is really head hunting here, hardly looking to strike to the body at all.
Khan scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.
Li Kao is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Kao takes one on the button.
A slow jab from Kao misses its intended target.
Kao tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Khan paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Li Kao seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Khan buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Khan fails in his attempt to clinch.
Khan swings and misses with a shot to the body
enabling Kao to counter with a crisp jab.
Khan looks to land a combination. Kao sees it coming but can only parry a couple of the shots.
Kao looks to land a combination but Khan avoids it well.
Khan scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Kao throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Khan throws a nice looking combination but Kao bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Nice defenses there by Kao.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Khan feints a jab promting Kao to slip. Khan then demonstrates his capabilities by jabbing again. Kao slips again and ducks right into an uppercut.
Kao throws a shot from downtown. Khan moves away and avoids it.
Khan misses with a hook. Kao ducked under it nicely.
Kao moves away from the strike by Khan.
Kao looks to score with a jab to the body but Khan is just out of range.
Khan throws a shot from downtown. Kao moves away and avoids it.
A looping hook to the body misses from Kao. Khan does a little dance to reset his feet.
Khan takes a swing at Kao's ribcage but misses.
Khan throws an overhand right that lands on Kao's shoulder, as Kao tries to avoid the shot.
Khan throws a quick head kick that skims the top of Kao's head.
Khan throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Khan ducks under a wild hook from Kao.
Khan on the wrong end of a nice jab.
Kao throws a hook to the side of Khan's head but Khan sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Kao throws a half hearted mid kick.
Kao throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Kao misses with a shot to the body
and Khan counters with a nice uppercut.
A telegraphed right hand from Khan misses the target.
Khan fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Kao manages to avoid it.
Khan misses with an attempted mid kick.
Kao looks to land a right hand but Khan moved out of range.
Kao avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Kao getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
Kao missing with a left hand there. Khan was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Kao takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
The crowd cheers as Kao lands an impressive looking overhand right. Khan doesn't seem phased though.
Khan avoids the head kick by Kao.
Khan misses with an uppercut.
Kao throws a leg kick
and Khan counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Kao takes a swing at Khan's ribcage but misses.
Kao fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Khan ducks under a wild hook from Kao.
Khan blocks the body kick.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Khan throws a looping overhand right but Kao ducks down to avoid it.
Khan lands with a good body shot.
Kao keeps the fight on the outside.
Kao is on the wrong end of a nice combination from Khan.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Kao scores with a jab.
Kao connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
Khan is working the combinations to good effect here.
Kao lands with a nice body punch.
Khan blocks a jab.
Kao tries to close the distance and clinch up but Khan swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Khan waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Kao.
Kao misses the jab.
Khan uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Kao.
Khan waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Kao.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Kao ducks right into an uppercut from Khan.
Khan is looking to clinch.
Khan moves into range and clinches up with Kao.
Kao breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Rajja Khan 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.
Khan dives in and grabs Kao's left leg, looking for a takedown. Kao pushes down on Khan's head and hops out.
Kao jabs Khan right on the nose. Khan blinks but takes it well.
Rajja Khan seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Kao connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Khan momentarily.
Khan tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Khan connects with the punch.
Kao closes the distance and lands a one-two.
Khan's corner calls for a 1-2. Khan obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
Khan gets cracked there but stands up to it.
Kao misses the shot to the body.
Khan looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Khan slips a jab from Kao.
Kao ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Khan moves away.
Kao misses the shot to the body.
Khan lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Kao circles away quickly and effectively.
Kao on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
Khan throws a right hand that misses
and Kao counters with a straight right hand.
Khan keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Kao looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Kao pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Khan tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Kao swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Kao on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
Kao scores with a punch to the head.
Kao finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
Kao defending well as Khan loads up on a big left hand.
Khan misses with a looping left.
Khan avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Kao wants to clinch up but Khan keeps it at a distance.
Kao uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Khan.
Khan moves in looking to clinch but Kao pushes him off.
Kao throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Khan sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Khan displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Kao throws out the jab.
Kao throws a body kick the misses
and Khan counters with a nice uppercut.
Kao throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Khan sees it coming and avoids it easily.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Kao takes one on the button.
Khan swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Kao.
Kao looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Kao throws a hook but Khan blocks it.
Kao looks to land a left hand but Khan moved out of range nicely.
Khan throws a sloppy head kick and Kao moves out of range easily.
Kao is looking to clinch.
Khan takes a punch to the jaw and another one to the bread basket.
Khan ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Khan keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Kao.
Kao dodges the punch combination from Khan.
Khan pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Khan gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Kao misses with the head strike.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Khan has a couple of punches blocked by Kao.
Kao takes an elbow to the forehead.
Khan blocking some punches.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Khan obliges.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
The pace really dropping off here, momentarily.
Kao is trying to break the clinch but Khan is controlling him.
Khan lands a nice uppercut.
Kao fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Kao managing to block the knees to the body from Khan.
Khan doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Kao tries a body shot but Khan blocks it.
Kao can't find room to land a body shot as Khan controls the action.
Kao throws a head punch that misses.
Khan is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Kao is defending well for now.
Kao is trying to stall.
Khan lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Kao lands a shot to the body.
Kao fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Kao managing to block the knees to the body from Khan.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Khan.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Kao tries to break free but Khan pushes him back against the cage.
Kao goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Kao misses with a hook to the ribs.
Kao misses with a hook to the ribs.
Khan misses with a punch on the inside.
Khan misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Kao.
Kao tries to throw a body punch but Khan avoids it by throwing Kao back against the cage.
Khan taking a breather.
Khan lands a nice elbow.
Kao wants to get back to striking at distance but Khan won't allow it.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Kao lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Khan lands a body shot in the clinch.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Kao takes an elbow to the temple.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
A shot in the inside from Kao.
Kao makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Khan lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Khan lands an elbow just above Kao 's eye.
Kao takes an elbow to the temple.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close second round but Rajja Khan will probably get the nod - 10:9.
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. The crowd applaud as we get ready to start the final round!
Khan slips under a jab from Kao.
Kao throws a leg kick that misses.
Kao jabs at Khan's body.
Khan tries to clinch up.
Kao takes a swing at Khan's ribcage but misses.
A swing and a miss from Kao.
Kao throws a lazy right hand but Khan sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Khan looks to land a combination but Kao avoids it well.
Khan tries to clinch up.
Khan pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Khan slips a straight right by Kao.
Kao avoids the body shot from Khan.
Kao missing with a left hand there. Khan was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Kao keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Khan.
Kao fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Khan manages to avoid it.
Kao rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Khan cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Kao throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
That's one minute gone in the round.
A slow jab from Kao misses its intended target.
Khan wants to clinch.
Kao throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Khan misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Kao misses with a few strikes there.
Kao misses with a looping right.
Khan throws a head kick that half lands.
Khan swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Kao looks to throw the jab but Khan is out of range.
Kao uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Khan.
Kao throws a big shot that misses.
Kao avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Kao misses with a left hand
and Khan counters with a stiff right hand.
Kao throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Khan.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Khan lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
Kao lands a nice shot to the body.
A nice combination there by Kao.
Khan throws a head kick but Kao moves out of range.
Khan tries to close the distance and clinch but Kao swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Kao thows a left - swing and a miss!
Khan avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Khan showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Kao.
Kao rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Khan moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Khan fails with a takedown attempt.
Kao lands a nice shot to the body.
Khan tries a head kick but it misses.
Kao misses with an attempted mid kick.
Khan tries to clinch up.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Khan moves out of range as Kao throws a body kick.
Kao takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
Khan lands a slapping body shot.
Khan throws a right hand that Kao ducks under and follows up with a left that Kao also avoids with ease.
Khan gets cracked there but stands up to it.
Khan tries to clinch but Kao is having none of it.
Khan swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Kao.
Kao lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
Kao throws a half hearted mid kick.
Kao waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Khan.
Khan scores with a jab.
Khan lands a jab to the head.
Kao ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Kao jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Khan drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
Khan throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Kao blocks a head kick by Khan.
Kao bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Kao just misses with a punch to the body.
Kao uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Khan.
Khan looks to land a right hand but Kao moved out of range.
Li Kao has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Khan wants to clinch.
Khan steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Kao.
A big left from Kao misses.
Khan walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
Kao pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Kao throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Khan loads up on a big right hand but Kao slips the punch.
Rajja Khan is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.
Khan misses with an uppercut.
Khan uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Kao.
And that's the end of the fight!
That was a close round. You could make an argument for either fighter but I would give it to Li Kao.
Well Khan has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. 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 Igor Prikhodko scores the fight 29:29
Judge Konstantin Menshow scores the fight 29:29
Judge Illya Tyunina scores the fight 27:30
The fight is ruled a majority draw!
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