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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Hank Bombay (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Brij Khali (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.
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164 lbs
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162 lbs
22 - 29 - 0 |
BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent boxer
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BJJ Purple Belt
Decent boxing
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
2 - 6 - 0, fighting out of London, Hank Bombay!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
22 - 29 - 0, fighting out of London, Brij Khali!
The judges for this bout are Richard Clark, Phil Schofield and Colin Fotheringham.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Khali's corner calls for a 1-2. Khali obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
Khali moves into the clinch.
Khali breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Bombay's jab looks to have found its range, popping Khali under the eye.
Khali swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Khali rushes Bombay and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Khali misses with a knee to the head.
Khali pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Khali moves into the clinch.
Khali manages to break the clinch.
Khali throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
letting Bombay counter with a right hand.
Khali uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Bombay.
Khali throws a jab but it's blocked by Bombay.
Khali closes the distance and clinches.
Khali manages to break the clinch.
Bombay moves out of range as Khali strikes.
Bombay thuds a left hand into Khali's body.
Bombay misses the shot to the body.
A jab from Bombay finds it's way through Khali's defenses.
Nice defenses there by Bombay.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Khali misses with a hook.
A punch lands to the side of Bombay 's head but he takes it in his stride.
Khali throws the left hand but Bombay avoids the punch easily.
Bombay misses with a double jab.
Khali takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Bombay changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Bombay lands with a straight right. Khali didn't see that one coming.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Bombay ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Some wild striking there from Khali.
Khali misses with a hook.
A combination from Khali does no damage.
Brij Khali seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Khali takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Bombay is looking to wear down Khali with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
Khali misses with a wild body shot.
Khali throws a right hand that Bombay ducks under and follows up with a left that Bombay also avoids with ease.
Khali looks gassed!
Bombay throws a right hand that Khali ducks under and follows up with a left that Khali also avoids with ease.
Khali throws a looping overhand right but Bombay ducks down to avoid it.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Bombay digs a good hook to Khali's body.
Nice shot by Bombay.
Khali misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Khali tries to clinch there but Bombay circles away.
Bombay lands a slapping body shot.
Donk. Bombay catches Khali right on the button with a cross.
Khali doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Khali dodges the punch combination from Bombay.
Khali tries to clinch but Bombay is having none of it.
Bombay throws a body punch but Khali moves out of range.
Bombay lands a slapping body shot.
Bombay defending well as Khali loads up on a big left hand.
Bombay bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Bombay throws out a powerful jab.
Bombay throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Khali swings away with a body shot that misses
and Bombay counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Khali throws a body punch but Bombay moves out of range.
Bombay thuds a left hand into Khali's body.
Khali throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Bombay.
Bombay dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Bombay's corner calls for a 1, 2 combination and Bombay duly obliges.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bombay scores with a nice right hand.
Khali throws a jab but it's blocked by Bombay.
Bombay lands a body shot.
A combination from Bombay does no damage.
Khali slips a straight right by Bombay.
Bombay lands with a right hand.
Bombay scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Khali doesn't seem bothered though.
Nice body punch from Bombay.
Bombay rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Khali moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Bombay feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Khalis jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!
Bombay slips under a jab from Khali.
Bombay lands a jab to Khali's midsection.
A punch lands to the side of Khali 's head but he takes it in his stride.
Bombay ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Bombay moves into range and throws a lovely three punch combination.
Bombay lands with a good body shot.
Bombay avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Khali might want to mix his strikes up a bit more. He's just going for head shots at the moment and that can become a bit predictable.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Khali takes one to the side of the head.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Khali with a hook.
Bombay is really peppering his opponent's head with punches.
Bombay scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Khali closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Bombay wants to get back to striking at distance but Khali won't allow it.
Khali's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Bombay swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Some wild striking there from Bombay.
Khali is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Bombay.
Khali throws a shot from downtown. Bombay moves away and avoids it.
Khali gets in close and instigates a clinch.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Khali's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Khali moves out of range of the strikes.
Bombay throws a lazy right hand but Khali sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Khali misses with a jab, cross combination.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close round but I would say that Hank Bombay will probably get the nod.
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.
Bombay jabs Khali right on the nose. Khali blinks but takes it well.
Bombay jabs away that one connects to the head of his opponent.
Nice cross by Khali.
Khali misses with a looping left.
Khali misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Bombay just misses with a punch to the body.
Bombay takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
Sloppy strikes from Khali. Those never looked like landing.
Bombay misses with a two punch combination.
Sloppy strikes from Bombay. Those never looked like landing.
Bombay waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Khali.
We are yet to see a takedown attempt from Khali in the fight. On paper you would think he is the more dominant ground fighter so let's see if these unusual tactics pay off.
Bombay throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Bombay throws a hook to the side of Khali's head but Khali sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Hank Bombay is winning the standup battle so far.
Khali gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Bombay takes an elbow to the forehead.
Khali manages to break the clinch.
Bombay ducks under a wild hook from Khali.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Bombay connects with a right hand. Khali shakes it off.
That's one minute gone in the round.
A looping hook to the body misses from Khali. Bombay does a little dance to reset his feet.
Bombay throws a series of punches but Khali avoids them all with ease.
Some wild striking there from Bombay.
Bombay thuds a left hand into Khali's body.
Bombay scores with the left hand. Khali knows he should have avoided that one.
Khali has Bombay up against the cage in a clinch.
Khali breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Khali paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
Khali slips a straight right by Bombay.
Khali throws the left hand but Bombay avoids the punch easily.
Bombay lands with a shot to the body.
Khali waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Bombay.
Khali pushes Bombay up against the cage in a clinch.
Bombay is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Khali manages to break the clinch.
Bombay fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Bombay lands with a two punch combination before moving back out of range.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Khali drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
Khali is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Bombay swinging wildly here.
Khali fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Bombay, pushing him back against the cage.
Khali escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Bombay takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
Khali takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
Khali scores with a nice head shot.
Bombay misses with a wild combination.
Bombay throws a right and a left that Khali avoids nicely.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Bombay swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Khali connects with the punch.
Khali walks into a jab.
Khali moves into the clinch successfully.
Bombay wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Khali has him pressed against the cage.
Khali pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Khali clinches up against the cage.
Khali misses with a knee strike.
Khali manages to break the clinch.
Bombay throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Bombay misses with a straight left.
Khali throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Khali misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Bombay.
Khali takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
Khali connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
Khali moves in looking to clinch but Bombay pushes him off.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Khali takes one on the button.
Khali is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Khali throws a left and a right that both miss
enabling Bombay to counter with a crisp jab.
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!
Bombay fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Khali manages to avoid it.
Bombay blocks a jab.
Bombay cracks Khali with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
Bombay misses with a few strikes there.
Khali uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Bombay.
Khali needs to keep his hands up - Bombay had a free shot at his head there.
Bombay throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Bombay swinging wildly here.
Bombay throws a series of punches but Khali avoids them all with ease.
Khali has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Bombay lands three nice shots there - that looked like it hurt!
Khali closes the distance and pushes Bombay back into the cage.
Khali breaks the clinch.
Bombay connects with a body shot.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close second round but Brij Khali will probably get the nod - 10:9.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business. This is the final round!
Bombay lands a jab-cross combination.
Khali throws a big shot that misses.
Bombay swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Bombay misses with a series of wild punches.
Khali lands a right hook to the body.
Khali scores with the left hand. Bombay knows he should have avoided that one.
Bombay takes one to the side of the head.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Khali lands with a big right hook that stumbles Bombay - he's out on his feet here! Khali follows up with another monster hook that separates Bombay from consciousness! Bombay falls, almost in slow motion to the canvas! Khali stands and admires his work as the crowd go wild.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:32 of round 3, we have a winner by way of KO (Punches). Brij Khali!
An out of breath Brij Khali thanked his loyal fans in his post fight interview, giving them credit for his success over the course of his career.
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