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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Gahiji Sentwali (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Edward Simpson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Gahiji Sentwali could well score a knockout today. He has the power to get to Edward Simpson's chin.
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270 lbs
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235 lbs
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BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent boxer
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Decent wrestler
Dangerous knees
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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
6 - 3 - 0, fighting out of London, Gahiji Sentwali!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
12 - 9 - 0, fighting out of London, Edward Simpson!
The judges for this bout are James Atkins, Phil Schofield and Paul Tew.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Simpson thows a body shot but no joy.
Sentwali doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Simpson throws a half hearted mid kick.
Simpson scores with a jab to the head.
Simpson throws the left hand but Sentwali avoids the punch easily.
Simpson lands a body shot.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Simpson.
Simpson thumps Sentwali with a low kick.
Simpson tries to clinch but Sentwali moves out of range.
Simpson moves away from the strike by Sentwali.
Simpson throws the kick towards the body but Sentwali avoids it.
Sentwali thows a left - swing and a miss!
Sentwali ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Sentwali throws a big shot that misses.
Both fighters circling a little - Simpson finishes the exchange with a kick to the body.
Sentwali throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Nice uppercut there from Simpson.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Simpson fails in his attempt to clinch.
Sentwali throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Simpson misses with an attempted mid kick.
Simpson misses with a head kick.
Sentwali misses with an uppercut.
Simpson moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
Simpson with a nice cross.
Simpson lands with a straight right. Sentwali didn't see that one coming.
Sentwali misses with a body shot.
Simpson tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Simpson tries to close the distance and clinch up but Sentwali swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Simpson darts in and clinches Sentwali up against the cage.
Sentwali blocks an elbow strike.
Simpson misses with a punch to the body.
Simpson throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Simpson comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Simpson lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Sentwali.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Sentwali escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Simpson throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Sentwali sees a low kick coming and goes to check it, but it's actually a body kick and it thuds into his unprotected ribs.
Sentwali avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Simpson lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Sentwali at a distance.
Sentwali throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Simpson scores with a jab to the body.
A shot to the liver by Simpson. Beautiful body shot.
Simpson keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Sentwali throws a hook but Simpson avoids it easily.
Simpson thuds his shin into the meat of Sentwali's side.
Sentwali jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Simpson throws a front kick that sends Sentwali stumbling back into the cage.
Simpson throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Sentwali keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Simpson.
Sentwali just misses with a punch to the body.
Simpson lands with an overhand left.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sentwali swats away the attempt to clinch by Simpson.
Sentwali on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Sentwali moves out of range of the body kick.
Sentwali throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Sentwali misses with a jab, cross combination.
Simpson tries to clinch up but Sentwali circles away and keeps his distance.
Sentwali circles away from the clinch attempt.
Sentwali misses the jab.
The fighters circle momentarily. Simpson darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.
Simpson lands a jab to the nose.
Simpson tries to clinch but Sentwali is having none of it.
Simpson throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Simpson connects with a solid leg kick.
Simpson throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Sentwali misses with a body shot.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Sentwali takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Simpson misses with a body kick.
Simpson looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Simpson misses with an attempted mid kick.
Sentwali takes a head kick and keeps coming.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Sentwali looks to land a right hand but Simpson moved out of range.
Simpson drives through and clinches with Sentwali against the cage.
Sentwali blocks the elbow strike.
Simpson trying to land knees to the body.
Sentwali avoiding damage as Simpson throws knees to the body.
Simpson looking to throw knees to the head but Sentwali is blocking nicely.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Simpson lands a good knee to the midsection. Sentwali won't want to take too many of those.
Simpson struggles to land a body shot inside as Sentwali controls his hands.
With the fighters up against the cage, Simpson throws an elbow but misses.
Simpson throws an elbow but it's blocked.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Edward Simpson dominated that round.
That's time! Back to the action!
Sentwali's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Simpson connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Sentwali scrambles back to his feet.
Simpson lands a jab to Sentwali's midsection.
Edward Simpson seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Simpson scores with a sloppy right hand. Sentwali should have avoided that one.
Simpson wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Sentwali with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Simpson to score with a decent uppercut.
Simpson tries to close the distance and clinch up but Sentwali swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Sentwali moves out of range of the strikes.
Nice shot by Simpson.
Sentwali throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Sloppy strikes from Simpson. Those never looked like landing.
Sentwali misses with a wild combination.
Simpson instigates a clinch.
Sentwali takes an elbow to the forehead.
It looks like Gahiji Sentwali has been cut.
Simpson throws an elbow but it misses.
Simpson tries to work over Sentwali's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Sentwali 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.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Simpson lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Sentwali dodges an elbow strike from Simpson.
Simpson scores with a hook to the body.
Simpson missing with knees to the body.
Simpson throws an elbow but it misses.
Simpson lands a nice shot to the body.
Sentwali tries to break the clinch but Simpson is controlling the position.
The step up in weight doesn't seem to be a problem for Simpson. He's performing admirably here against the bigger man.
Sentwali has had enough of the clinch but Simpson keeps him there for the moment.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Simpson just misses with a elbow thrown towards Sentwali's brow.
Edward Simpson seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Simpson misses with a short punch on the inside.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Simpson just misses with a elbow thrown towards Sentwali's brow.
Simpson pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
A right handed body shot lands from Simpson.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
A right handed body shot lands from Simpson.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Sentwali looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Simpson has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Simpson is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Simpson landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Simpson lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Simpson lands a knee to the head.
Sentwali takes an elbow to the temple.
Simpson lands a damaging elbow.
Simpson working Sentwali over with knees to the body.
Sentwali takes an elbow to the temple.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Simpson lands a damaging elbow.
Simpson unloads a knee to the mid-section. Sentwali lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Sentwali dodges an elbow strike from Simpson.
A shot in the inside from Simpson.
Simpson scores with a shoulder strike.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Simpson tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Sentwali tries to circle away but Simpson has him pinned against the cage.
Nice elbow from Simpson.
Simpson tries to land a knee to the head but Sentwali blocks with his arms.
Simpson lands an elbow that stopped Sentwali in his tracks for a moment.
Simpson tries to throw a body punch but Sentwali avoids it by throwing Simpson back against the cage.
Sentwali can't break the clinch.
Simpson makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Simpson lands a nice elbow.
Gahiji Sentwali's cut is getting worse.
Simpson gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Sentwali blocks the elbow strike.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Simpson.
Simpson unloads a knee to the mid-section. Sentwali lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Sentwali takes an elbow to the temple.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Simpson throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Simpson tries to work over Sentwali's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Simpson lands a knee to the body.
Simpson lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Sentwali takes an elbow to the temple.
Simpson tries to land knees in the clinch but Sentwali avoids the damage to the body.
Simpson scores a nice knee to the body.
Sentwali wants to break the clinch but can't.
Simpson comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Gahiji Sentwali's cut is bleeding quite badly. He's got to try and protect it.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Simpson utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
A short uppercut from Simpson.
Sentwali tries to break the clinch but Simpson is controlling the position.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Edward Simpson showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Gahiji Sentwali's cut.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action. So, we enter the final round. Let's see if either fighter can bring us a finish, or whether we're going to the judges scorecards.
Simpson with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Sentwali slips a straight right by Simpson.
Edward Simpson seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Sentwali takes a head kick and keeps coming.
Simpson fails in his attempt to clinch.
Simpson lands with a kick to the ribs.
The fight stays on the outside here - Simpson looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Sentwali connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
Sentwali ducks under a wild hook from Simpson.
Sentwali gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Simpson.
Simpson scores with the left hand. Sentwali knows he should have avoided that one.
Simpson uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
Simpson misses with a wild combination.
Simpson scores with a jab to the body.
Sentwali misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Simpson.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Simpson connects with a body shot.
Simpson moves into the clinch successfully.
Sentwali tries to break free but Simpson pushes him back against the cage.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Simpson just misses with a elbow thrown towards Sentwali's brow.
A shot in the inside from Simpson.
Simpson lands an elbow just above Sentwali 's eye.
Simpson misses with an elbow over the top.
Simpson missing with knees to the body.
Simpson lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Nice elbow from Simpson.
Simpson lands a nice knee to the body.
Simpson lands a nice knee 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!
Simpson lands a nice elbow.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Simpson lands a body punch in the clinch.
Simpson lands an elbow that stopped Sentwali in his tracks for a moment.
Simpson pushes Sentwali back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Simpson lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Sentwali backwards.
Simpson tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Sentwali blocks an elbow strike from Simpson.
Sentwali has had enough of the clinch but Simpson keeps him there for the moment.
Simpson scores with a knee to the head.
Jeez, Gahiji Sentwali's cut is really nasty now. The referee must be thinking about getting that checked.
Simpson keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Sentwali's efforts to push away.
Simpson pushes off an throws an elbow but Sentwali leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Simpson lands a damaging elbow.
Sentwali is rocked!
The referee calls the doctor in to look at Gahiji Sentwali's cut. Oh no, the doctor has called an end to the bout!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:59 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Cut). Edward Simpson!
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