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Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Drasko Silajevas (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Mohammed Ul Haq (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Ul Haq has chosen Testament - Jun-Jun as his entrance music. Drasko Silajevas has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?
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155 lbs
6 - 5 - 0 |
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160 cm
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165 lbs
5 - 2 - 1 |
BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Granite chin |
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Good wrestler
Basic striking
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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
6 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Drasko Silajevas!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
5 - 2 - 1, fighting out of Sydney, Mohammed Ul Haq!
The judges for this bout are Winston Howard, Damien Edna and Eliza Hachem.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Ul Haq thows a body shot but no joy.
Silajevas connects with a body shot that sends Ul Haq's belly button to the back.
Ul Haq ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Silajevas moves away.
Silajevas 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.
Silajevas scores with a jab to the head.
Silajevas throws a series of strikes that have Ul Haq backpedaling.
Ul Haq slips under a jab from Silajevas.
Ul Haq has managed to clinch.
Ul Haq misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Ul Haq is clearly stalling here... Pick up the pace son.
Ul Haq lands a nice shot to the body.
Silajevas has a couple of punches blocked by Ul Haq.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Silajevas doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Ul Haq tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
A bit of stalling here from Ul Haq.
Ul Haq lands a knee to the body.
Ul Haq stalls.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Nice body punch from Silajevas - that landed with a thud.
Silajevas's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Silajevas.
A short uppercut from Ul Haq.
Ul Haq misses with a hook to the ribs.
Ul Haq utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Ul Haq tries to throw a body punch but Silajevas avoids it by throwing Ul Haq back against the cage.
Ul Haq stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.
Silajevas tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Knees to the body from Ul Haq.
Silajevas prevents a body shot from Ul Haq.
Silajevas wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Ul Haq throws a punch but it's blocked by Silajevas.
Silajevas tries to circle away but Ul Haq has him pinned against the cage.
Silajevas blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Ul Haq is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Ul Haq landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Silajevas is breathing heavily.
Ul Haq content to slow the pace in the clinch.
Ul Haq lands a nice trip takedown into half guard.
The referee must be thinking about standing these guys back up.
Ul Haq missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
Ul Haq not landing any meaningful shots this time.
Ul Haq throwing shots but Silajevas is blocking nicely.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ul Haq missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
Silajevas tries to push off, looking to stand up, but Ul Haq manages to move to mount!
Ul Haq landing strikes, looking to finish!
Ul Haq lands an elbow that was bordering on illegal but the referee lets it go with a warning.
A nice elbow there by Ul Haq.
Ul Haq lands a big shot there that rocks Silajevas but he's holding on and managing to survive for now.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Ul Haq with shots to the head and body - Silajevas looks very uncomfortable down there.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Ul Haq working away from the top, dropping strikes.
Ul Haq lands a heavy elbow.
Silajevas tries to hold on but Ul Haq pushes him away.
Ul Haq fakes a shot to the body and cracks his opponent in the head. Nice ground and pound there!
The crowd growing excited in anticipation of a finish here! Right on cue, Ul Haq cracks his opponent with a massive right hand that draws loud cheers!
Ul Haq with the ground and pound from mount.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Oooooh, big shot lands for Ul Haq! Silajevas is hurt baaadly! Ul Haq is firing away with more strikes - Silajevas is covering up... the ref is warning him to do something. He's just covering up though still and the ref has to step in to end the fight! This one is all over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:58 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Mohammed Ul Haq!
Mohammed Ul Haq decided to go for the less than humble approach in his post fight interview, telling everyone how he is going to conquer the world. The crowd seemed to like it when really that sort of approach could have gone either way.
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energy
A | B |
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hype
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pop
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mgr
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RATING
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