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Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Rachid Hadji (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Willy Wonder (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Chooooooooon! I think Hadji might be my favorite fighter, now he's come out to From Here to Eternity. Wonder has chosen Nine Inch Nails The Perfect Drug as his entrance music. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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151 lbs
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BJJ Purple Belt
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
8 - 8 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Rachid Hadji!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
10 - 12 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Willy Wonder!
The judges for this bout are Roger Salmon, Josh West and Paul Gruel.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Wonder gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Wonder wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Hadji has him pressed against the cage.
Hadji breaks from the clinch.
Hadji waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Wonder.
Wonder's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Hadji connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Wonder scrambles back to his feet.
A combination from Hadji does no damage.
Wonder blocks the body kick.
Wonder throws a head kick but Hadji moves out of range.
A combination from Wonder does no damage.
Hadji misses the shot to the body.
Wonder takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
It looks like Willy Wonder has been cut.
A leg kick checked by Wonder.
Wonder misses with a two punch combination.
Hadji cracks Wonder with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
Hadji throws the left hand but Wonder avoids the punch easily.
Wonder bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Hadji's head.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Hadji lands a jab, followed by a cross and another cross, as Wonder backs up against the cage.
Wonder circles away from the clinch attempt.
Hadji tries to clinch but Wonder moves out of range.
Wonder shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Oh and he's advanced to full mount straight away.
Hadji is looking to get to half guard.
Hadji is in a horrible position here. Wonder smacks him with another shot as he tries to escape the position.
Wonder sends his fist crashing into the mat - the crowd let out a collective ooooooh. Let's hope he's not broken it!
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Hadji trying desperately to get to his feet.
Wonder pausing momentarily but resumes with a couple of decent strikes that do a bit of damage.
Hadji tries to hold on but Wonder postures up.
Wonder in mount throwing good strikes here, bouncing his opponent's head off the canvas.
Wonder throws some wild stikes that Hadji manages to avoid easily.
Wonder thowing strikes but they're hitting the gloves, not doing any damage.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hadji wants to hold on but Wonder pushes him away.
Wonder looking to ground and pound his opponent to a finish here.
Wonder looking to ground and pound but Hadji is blocking nicely.
Hadji sneaks a leg back under and regains half guard and is working straight away to try and get back to guard. He hasn't managed just yet though.
Hadji wants to control but Wonder is keeping busy and won't allow it.
Hadji gets back to full guard.
Hadji is pulling down on Wonder's head. It's preventing any offense from Wonder, at least for the moment.
Hadji looking for a sweep. Not yet Hadji, not yet.
Wonder stands up and waves to Hadji to follow him.
Hadji staying out of range there.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Decent striking displayed by Hadji there.
Hadji jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Wonder shoots in but Hadji avoids the takedown attempt easily.
Hadji lands with an uppercut that bounces Wonder off the cage and back into range.
Hadji throws a lazy right hand but Wonder sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Hadji throws a lazy right hand but Wonder sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Wonder throws a hook to the side of Hadji's head but Hadji sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Hadji works the jab nicely.
Hadji fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Wonder, pushing him back against the cage.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Hadji missing with knees to the body.
Hadji missing with knees to the body.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Hadji is trying to stall.
Wonder takes an elbow to the forehead.
Hadji breaks from the clinch.
Wonder uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Hadji.
Wonder fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Hadji manages to avoid it.
Hadji is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Hadji moves in looking to clinch but Wonder pushes him off.
Hadji misses with a jab to the body
and Wonder counters with a three punch combination, finished off with a leg kick. Nice work.
Wonder walks into a straight right hand from Hadji.
Rachid Hadji is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Hadji misses with a jab, cross combination.
Jab, cross, leg kick. Nice combination by Wonder!
Hadji throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Rachid Hadji dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Willy Wonder's cut.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
A right-left combo lands from Wonder.
Wonder defending well as Hadji loads up on a big left hand.
Hadji tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Hadji throws a big shot that misses.
The fighters circling - Hadji throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
A swing and a miss from Hadji.
The fight moves into the clinch position.
Hadji missing with knees to the body.
Wonder blocks an elbow strike from Hadji.
Hadji is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Wonder is defending well for now.
Hadji is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Wonder is defending well for now.
With the fighters up against the cage, Hadji throws an elbow but misses.
Hadji's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Wonder staying out of range there.
Willy Wonder is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Hadji lands a nice looking body kick.
Wonder avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
A punch combination from Hadji misses.
Hadji is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Wonder.
Hadji connects with a leg kick. Wonder looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
Hadji slaps away a takedown attempt from Wonder, before circling back to the center of the mat.
Hadji connects with a nice looking jab.
Hadji tries a head kick but it misses.
Hadji throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Wonder on the side of the head.
Wonder misses with a jab, cross combination.
Rachid Hadji is winning the standup battle so far.
Wonder throws a series of punches but Hadji moves out of range.
Hadji throws a low kick but Wonder avoids it.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hadji is looking to score with low kicks.
Hadji tries to clinch up.
Hadji throws a hook but Wonder avoids it easily.
Hadji is looking to clinch.
Hadji scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Wonder will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Hadji listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Wonder throws a head kick but Hadji moves out of range.
Hadji fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Wonder manages to avoid it.
Hadji misses with a jab, cross combination.
Wonder checks a leg kick.
Wonder uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Hadji.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hadji tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Wonder was well out of range. Poor timing from Hadji.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Hadji.
Wonder tries to bum rush Hadji with a series of wild strikes but Hadji uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Wonder takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Hadji gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Wonder jumps guard but Hadji turns him against the cage and keeps the fight standing.
Hadji lands an elbow inside that Wonder shrugs off.
Hadji is stalling here.
Hadji tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Wonder avoids it.
Wonder avoids the elbow strike from Hadji, against the cage.
Hadji misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Wonder.
Hadji pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Hadji.
Wonder fails with the takedown.
Rachid Hadji has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Willy Wonder.
Wonder throws a series of punches but Hadji avoids them all with ease.
Wonder throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Hadji.
Hadji scores with a nice head shot.
Hadji misses with a looping right.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Hadji tries a head kick but it misses.
Hadji jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Hadji throws a right and a left that Wonder avoids nicely.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Hadji tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Wonder was well out of range. Poor timing from Hadji.
Wonder has taken the fight to the clinch.
Wonder blocks a punch to the side of the head.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Rachid Hadji dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Willy Wonder's cut.
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!
Hadji dodges the punch combination from Wonder.
Hadji swings widly with a right hand
enabling Wonder to counter with a crisp jab.
Wonder circles away from the clinch attempt.
Wonder will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Wonder connects with a body shot.
Wonder steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Hadji.
Wonder thows a body shot but no joy.
Wonder closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Wonder tries to break the clinch but Hadji is controlling the position.
Wonder tries to break free but Hadji pushes him back against the cage.
Hadji leaning against his opponent.
Hadji breaks the clinch.
Rachid Hadji seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Hadji tries to bum rush Wonder with a series of wild strikes but Wonder uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Hadji misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Wonder keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Nice body punch from Wonder.
Hadji scores with a jab to the body.
Hadji showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Wonder.
Wonder showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Hadji.
Hadji swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Hadji lands with a head kick! That's gotta hurt.
Hadji looks to land a left hand but Wonder moved out of range nicely.
Hadji misses with a jab, cross combination.
Wonder has managed to clinch.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hadji gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Wonder dodges an elbow strike from Hadji.
Wonder avoids the elbow strike from Hadji, against the cage.
Hadji is trying to maintain a safe position but Wonder gets an underhook and turns Hadji into the cage.
Hadji missing with knees to the body.
Hadji pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Hadji escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Sloppy strikes from Wonder. Those never looked like landing.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Wonder on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
Wonder dodges the punch combination from Hadji.
Hadji misses with a looping right.
Hadji tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. Wonder manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Wonder checks the leg kick.
Hadji throws a low kick but it's checked well by Wonder.
Hadji wants to clinch up but Wonder keeps it at a distance.
Hadji throws a right and a left that Wonder avoids nicely.
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Hadji, as that shot connected.
A left lands for Hadji.
Wonder swinging wildly here.
Hadji tries to score with a low kick but Wonder moves his leg out of the way.
Hadji throws a head kick that misses.
Wonder drives through and clinches with Hadji against the cage.
Hadji is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Wonder is keeping busy.
Hadji lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Wonder wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Hadji has him pressed against the cage.
Hadji keeps control of Wonder as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Wonder drags the fight down to the ground.
Hadji wants to control from the top but Wonder keeps moving.
Rachid Hadji is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Wonder pushes Hadji off and gets back to his feet.
And that's the end of the fight!
Rachid Hadji showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Hadji, winning every round. Will the judges agree? They are the ones who matter, even if they are often depressingly incompetent. 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 Roger Salmon scores the fight 30:27
Judge Josh West scores the fight 30:27
Judge Paul Gruel scores the fight 30:27
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Rachid Hadji!
A relieved looking Rachid Hadji thanked the fans for their support and gave the usual line about them being amazing. They seemed to believe that he actually meant it.
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energy
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hype
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