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Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Marko Khan (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Stuart Smith (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Marko Khan has the edge in experience - let's see if he can make that count tonight.
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140 lbs
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186 cm
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130 lbs
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Decent wrestler
Brawler
Very strong |
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BJJ Blue Belt
Decent knees
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the bantamweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
3 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Marko Khan!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
0 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Stuart Smith!
The judges for this bout are , Timothy Bukovac and Don Winkell.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Smith shoots in and drives through. Khan sprawls well.
Smith dodges the punch combination from Khan.
Smith misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.
Khan really does look like a pencil wearing a pair of gloves. Let's hope he has a gameplan to suit that ridiculous body shape.
Khan keeps the fight on the outside.
Khan clinches up with Smith and pushes him back against the cage.
Smith takes a shot to the head.
Smith is trying to force a seperation but Khan has the dominant position.
Smith gets the body lock takedown. After a quick scramble, Khan regains guard.
The referee claps his hands together and tells the fighters to work.
Khan has Smith pulled in close to control his posture.
Khan manages to sweep nicely, so he's now on top. Smith manages to get himself to full guard.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Khan throws a big elbow that misses.
Khan 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.
Khan is frustrating his opponent with some stalling tactics from top position.
We're going to have a standup here because Marko Khan wasn't active enough for the referee's liking.
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from Khan.
A momentary lapse in concentration from Smith enables Khan to shoot in and score with a neat double leg. Smith manages to secure a closed guard as the fighters hit the mat.
Khan stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Smith swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Smith bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Khan's guard.
Khan kicks Smith off and gets to his feet.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Khan closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Khan avoiding damage.
Khan has dropped down and is working for a takedown. Smith is trying to keep an underhook but Khan manages to get the takedown into half guard.
Khan is just sitting in half guard, waiting for something to happen.
Smith trying to control from the bottom.
Khan controlling the pace.
Khan has controlled the position for a good 20 seconds, which will no doubt be starting to frustrate his opponent.
Smith looks gassed!
The referee decides to stand the fighters back up, due to lack of activity on the part of Marko Khan.
Khan closes this distance looking for a takedown but Smith circles away.
Nice cross by Khan.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Khan changes levels and looks for a double leg takedown. Smith tries to avoid it but Khan manages to keep hold of a leg and drag Smith to the ground. Smith escapes though and pops straight back up to his feet.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Marko Khan. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Smith shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with Khan but Khan pushes him off and we're back to square one.
Smith stuffs the takedown.
Smith throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Khan closes the distance and after a bit of a stuggle, scores a takedown into Smith's guard.
Khan throwing strikes from guard but Smith blocks nicely.
Khan lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.
Khan stands up and waves to Smith to follow him.
Khan shoots in for a takedown and gets it.
Smith is rocked!
That's four minutes gone in the round.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Khan is looking for a kimura. It's going to be difficult to finish that from half guard though and Smith defends it well.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Khan keeping composed on the top, looking to control the action.
Khan lands a big shot. The thud that echoes around the arena is like music to the fans' ears.
Khan controlling the action here.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Khan is trying for a guillotine from the top but the pressure isn't in the right place so Smith is just riding it out for now. Khan eventually gives up the hold.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Marko Khan dominated that round.
That's time! Back to the action!
Khan shoots in for a takedown. He's persisting with it as Smith sprawls well. Smith wins this battle and keeps the fight standing. Khan gets slowly back to his feet.
Smith shoots in looking for a takedown but Khan manages to keep the fight standing, pushing Smith's face into the canvas for good measure before circling away.
Smith defends well against a solid takedown attempt from Khan.
Smith throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Khan moves into the clinch.
Khan breaks the clinch.
Khan moves into the clinch.
Khan breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Khan shoots in and gets a takedown into half guard. Khan showed some decent athleticism there.
Smith is still in real trouble! Can Khan finish him?
That's one minute gone in the round.
Khan decides he's had enough of the ground and stands up.
Smith seems to have recovered his senses.
Smith is breathing heavily.
Khan moves into the clinch.
Khan manages to pull guard. Let's see whether he can land a sub off his back.
Khan manages to sweep nicely, so he's now on top. Smith manages to get himself to full guard.
Khan pushes down on Smith's leg and manages to get into half guard.
Khan perhaps working for something from half guard, or maybe not. It looks like he's just sitting there.
Khan stands up from half guard... He's had enough of that ground malarky for the time being.
Marko Khan is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Khan moves into the clinch successfully.
Khan's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Khan bobs and weaves into range and then changes levels and scores with a nice takedown into side control.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Khan content to control the pace. The referee will try and keep them active though.
Khan in side control lands a nice looking series of punches and elbows.
Khan takes a little break here. Smith wants to take advantage but he is being controlled well.
Smith takes a big shot right to the temple there but he's taken it well.
Khan happy to just control the position for now.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Khan moves into full mount!
Khan pausing momentarily but resumes with a couple of decent strikes that do a bit of damage.
Khan scoring with some good ground and pound from mount here. Will he manage to finish Smith?
Khan punishing his opponent with strikes.
Khan prevents Smith from getting the reversal.
Khan controlling from mount.
The crowd growing excited in anticipation of a finish here! Right on cue, Khan cracks his opponent with a massive right hand that draws loud cheers!
Khan landing strikes from the mount.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Khan cracks Smith with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.
Khan sitting in mount, just looking to control for the moment.
Khan working the ground and pound effectively.
Khan is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Smith can do to turn this around?
Khan controlling from mount.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Khan landing shots from mount.
Smith takes a big shot to the dome and his eyes have rolled back in his head! Khan's killer instinct has kicked in as he finishes the fight with more strikes. Impressive finish.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:56 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Marko Khan!
Our winner, Marko Khan, made sure he spent some time buttering up the crowd during his post fight interview, which will no doubt bring him a few more fans.
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energy
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hype
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RATING
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