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Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Tony Corner (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Sadiq Hossein (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Tony Corner has a significant reach advantage - let's see if he can make it count.
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the lightweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
8 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Tony Corner!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
4 - 0 - 0, fighting out of New York, Sadiq Hossein!
The judges for this bout are William Peck, Gregory Folan and Steve Smith.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Hossein takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
Hossein lands a jab-cross combination.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Corner.
Hossein waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Corner.
Hossein takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
A swing and a miss from Hossein.
Corner uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Hossein.
Hossein attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
Corner swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Hossein throws a hook but Corner avoids it easily.
Corner misses with a wild body shot.
Hossein looks for the body kick but Corner saw that one coming.
Hossein looks to land a left hand but Corner moved out of range nicely.
Corner uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Hossein.
Nice shot lands for Hossein.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Corner moves out of range of the strikes.
Sadiq Hossein seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Corner takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
Hossein lands with a cross.
Hossein jabbing away but nothing is landing.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Corner takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Some wild striking there from Corner.
Corner doesn't manage to clinch there - Hossein circles away.
Corner scores with a body shot.
Corner slips a straight right by Hossein.
Hossein takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Hossein scores with the left hand. Corner knows he should have avoided that one.
Corner takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Hossein swinging wildly here.
Hossein scores with a jab to the body.
Hossein avoids the body shot from Corner.
Corner dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Corner bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Hossein looks to land a right hand but Corner moved out of range.
Hossein takes one to the side of the head.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Hossein gets caught on his heels momentarily as he allows Corner to score an easy takedown into full guard.
The referee must be thinking about standing these guys back up.
Corner trying to control but Hossein is working from the bottom.
Both fighters really going for it on the ground here!
Corner throwing strikes but missing.
Hossein is trying to stand up but he's not managed so far.
Corner is stalling in the full guard.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Corner wants to control from the top but Hossein keeps moving.
Hossein wants to stand but Corner is controlling the position.
Hossein is using up a lot of energy trying to get back to his feet. Perhaps he should improve his position first.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Corner wants to pass the guard but Hossein is keeping the position.
It looks like we're going to have a standup here. Neither fighter is doing enough on the ground.
Corner shoots in for a takedown but Hossein shows good takedown defense there and keeps this one on the feet.
Corner moves out of range of the body kick.
Some wild striking there from Hossein.
Corner takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Hossein misses with the combination.
Hossein throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Corner sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Hossein ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Corner moves away.
Corner throws the kick towards the body but Hossein avoids it.
Corner throws a hook to the side of Hossein's head but Hossein sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Hossein thows a body shot but no joy.
Corner misses the shot to the body.
Hossein scores with a nice right hand.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Corner tries to close the distance and clinch but Hossein swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Corner gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Corner waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Hossein.
Hossein looks to score with a jab to the body but Corner is just out of range.
Corner ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Corner throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Corner scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Hossein doesn't seem bothered though.
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!
Corner tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and Hossein is able to avoid easily.
Corner punishes Hossein's body with a nice straight punch.
Hossein thows a left - swing and a miss!
A combination from Hossein does no damage.
Corner is looking to wear down Hossein with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Jab, cross, leg kick. Nice combination by Hossein!
Hossein defending well as Corner loads up on a big left hand.
Nice body punch from Hossein.
Corner lands a jab to the head.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close round but Sadiq Hossein will probably get the nod.
That's time! Corner's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.
The fight stays on the outside here - Corner looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Hossein throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Corner counters by clinching up.
Corner misses with a short punch on the inside.
Hossein wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Hossein blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Corner creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
It looks like Sadiq Hossein has been cut.
Corner lands a left hand that snaps the head of Hossein backwards.
Hossein has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
Hossein has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Hossein blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Corner keeps control of Hossein as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Hossein breaks the clinch.
Corner moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Corner tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Hossein was well out of range. Poor timing from Corner.
Sadiq Hossein seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Corner looking to shoot here. He's gone for it and he's landed a takedown into mount! Oh, that's bad for Hossein!
Hossein really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Corner. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Corner lands a nice shot to the head.
Corner is working on an americana here. Ooh, that looks pretty nasty! Nope, Hossein has managed to escape the submission attempt.
Corner punching from mount but Hossein doing a good job of avoiding damage.
Hossein is trying to stand up.
Hossein tries to hold on but Corner pushes him away.
Corner won't let Hossein get back to his feet... He wants to keep the fight where it is for now.
Hossein is breathing heavily.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Hossein is squirming around, avoiding Corner's attempts to control the action.
Corner has hold of Hossein's left arm, perhaps looking for a submission. The two fighters tussle over control of the isolated limb and Hossein manages to get his arm back to his side and away from danger.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Corner landing strikes from the mount.
Hossein keeping his composure momentarily, calmly looking to get back to half guard.
Hossein is trying to escape but when you're mounted that's not too easy.
Corner looking to secure an arm triangle but Hossein defends it well.
Corner has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
Corner tries to control but Hossein wriggling away.
Corner is working for a guillotine from mount but Hossein frees his head quite easily.
Tony Corner overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Hossein is wriggling around trying to escape.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hossein is persisting with the attempt to improve his position.
Hossein's corner are shouting for him to stand up but that's bad cornering - how is he meant to stand up when he's mounted? He should be looking to improve his position on the ground before trying to stand back up.
Hossein tries to hold on but Corner pushes him away.
Corner breaks from Hossein's wrist control and lands an elbow.
Corner throwing shots from mount but they're not landing.
Hossein is trying to escape but when you're mounted that's not too easy.
Corner wants to finish this one by submission but Hossein is holding onto his waist, trying to prevent any attacks from Corner.
Hossein tries to lock up and control but Corner gives him a forearm to the face and pushes him away.
Corner working for a submission but Hossein is keeping him at bay.
Hossein is trying to get back to his feet but can't.
Corner throwing shots from mount but they're not landing.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Corner trying to control but he's not successful this time.
Hossein holding onto his opponent's waist for dear life, as Corner tries to land some strikes to get him to release his grip.
Hossein wants to hold on but Corner pushes him away.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Corner working for a submission here. He's tucked his head under his opponent's arm, looking for an arm triangle. He's hopped off into side control, looking to tighten the submission... is it going to work? He's given up a good position looking for it. Hossein looks OK. Oh, I spoke too soon, he's out! That must have been tighter than I thought! Excellent work there by Corner! Submission of the night perhaps?
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:38 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Arm Triangle). Tony Corner!
Tony Corner is the new lightweight champion!
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