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Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Terry Cheese (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Brij Khali (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Brij Khali has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?
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162 lbs
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BJJ Purple Belt
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
17 - 15 - 0, fighting out of London, Terry Cheese!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
23 - 30 - 0, fighting out of London, Brij Khali!
The judges for this bout are Andrew Berry, James Ackerman and Colin Fotheringham.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Khali tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Khali lands a really nice looking cross but Cheese seems unphased.
Khali stuns Cheese with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Cheese slips a straight right by Khali.
Khali tries to grapple but his opponent circles
and Cheese counters with a single leg into guard. Khali didn't expect that.
Khali is trying to stand up but he's not managed so far.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Cheese trying to control but Khali is working from the bottom.
Khali wriggles free and stands up.
Brij Khali seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Khali closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Khali wants to break the clinch but can't.
Khali is a very stocky fighter. Infact he's such a weird shape that he's almost like some sort of comedy character - it's hard to believe he's real.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Cheese keeps control of Khali as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Khali wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Cheese can't break the clinch.
Cheese is trying to drag Khali to the mat but Khali just about manages to keep his footing. He used the cage to his advantage there.
Khali breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Cheese closes the distance and scores a nice trip takedown into half guard. Khali did well to prevent Cheese getting side control.
Khali tries to kick Cheese off in order to stand up. Cheese Avoids the leg push though and dives into side control.
Cheese is looking to take a break and control but Khali is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Cheese decides to stand back up. Cheese steps back and let's Khali get back to his feet.
Cheese swats away the attempt to clinch by Khali.
Khali throws a one two combo.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Khali gets tackled into the cage by Cheese. Cheese maintains the clinch.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Khali breaks the clinch.
Khali jabs Cheese right on the nose. Cheese blinks but takes it well.
Cheese is rocked!
Cheese closes the distance and clinches.
Khali misses with a knee to the head.
Cheese misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Khali is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Cheese wants to stall.
Cheese tries to take the fight to the ground by pulling guard but can't manage it.
Khali throws a knee to the head but misses.
Khali working hard to break the clinch.
Cheese pulls guard effortlessly.
Cheese pulls Khali in to control the position.
Cheese looking for a guillotine here but Khali defends easily.
Cheese looking to control.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Khali would like to get this fight back to the feet but can't get free from the closed guard.
Cheese keeping moving, preventing Khali from controlling successfully.
Khali must be cautious of submissions here, given that his opponent has the superior Jiu Jitsu.
Cheese throwing his legs up looking for a triangle.
Khali prevents Cheese from getting back to his feet.
Khali throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Cheese wants to stand up but Khali is controlling him.
Khali works a leg free and moves into half guard.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Cheese wants to control but Khali is keeping busy.
Khali wants to stand up but Cheese has a hold of him and won't allow it.
Cheese is looking to control Khali's leg but it's slowly edging free. Can Cheese avoid being mounted?
Cheese makes some distance and scrambles quickly back to his feet. Nice work!
Khali pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Cheese wants to clinch up but Khali keeps it at a distance.
Khali moves into the clinch.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Khali can't break the clinch.
Khali breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Khali slaps away a takedown attempt from Cheese, before circling back to the center of the mat.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Terry Cheese. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Cheese uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Khali.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close round but Brij Khali will probably get the nod.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.
Cheese looks to land a combination but Khali avoids it well.
Cheese ducks under a wild hook from Khali.
Some wild striking there from Khali.
Cheese on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Cheese shoots in looking for a takedown but Khali manages to keep the fight standing, pushing Cheese's face into the canvas for good measure before circling away.
Cheese uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Khali.
Cheese looking to score a takedown here. Khali is defending well but Cheese drives through and ends up in Khali's guard.
Khali pushes Cheese off and scrambles back to his feet.
Khali uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Cheese has time to react.
Oh Cheese is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Khali throws a lazy uppercut
and Cheese counters with a one-two to the body.
Cheese seems to have got his legs back now.
Khali waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Cheese.
Khali gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Cheese lands a nice trip takedown into half guard.
Cheese prevents Khali from standing back up.
Khali is breathing heavily.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Cheese stands up from half guard.
Cheese thows a body shot but no joy.
Khali is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Cheese.
Sloppy strikes from Khali. Those never looked like landing.
Cheese shoots in looking for a takedown. Khali tries to sprawl out of it but Cheese keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. Khali manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.
Horrible takedown by Cheese or perhaps it was just good defense by Khali which made him look bad.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Terry Cheese. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Khali throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Cheese gets tackled into the cage by Khali. Khali maintains the clinch.
Cheese stalling in the clinch but Khali improves position.
Cheese is trying to work for a single leg takedown but Khali pulls him back up using the underhooks.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Cheese keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Khali's efforts to push away.
Khali escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Khali waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Cheese.
Khali throws a series of punches but Cheese avoids them all with ease.
Terry Cheese is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Cheese tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. Khali manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Cheese defending well as Khali loads up on a big left hand.
Khali just misses with a punch to the body.
Khali is using his reach advantage to land shots from outside his opponent's range.
Khali tries to clinch there but Cheese circles away.
A punch combination from Cheese misses.
Cheese shoots in for a takedown but Khali shows good takedown defense there and keeps this one on the feet.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Cheese fails in his attempt to clinch.
Khali swings for the body but Cheese moves out of range.
Cheese fails with a takedown attempt.
Cheese closes the distance and clinches.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Khali is trying to break the clinch but Cheese has him pressed against the cage.
Khali wants to break free but Cheese has control.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
Cheese is working on a leg, looking for a takedown but Khali is defending well.
Cheese escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Khali lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
Khali fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Cheese manages to avoid it.
Brij Khali seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Cheese gets a clinch.
Cheese manages to pull guard.
Khali gets to his feet - Cheese follows without any prompting.
Khali throws a hook but Cheese blocks it.
Khali wants to clinch up but Cheese keeps it at a distance.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Cheese throws the overhand right but ducks down into a quick takedown attempt. Khali was covering up waiting for the punch and Cheese finishes the takedown easily into guard.
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!
Cheese trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Khali wants to stand and escape but Cheese is having none of it.
Cheese is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
Khali wants to stand but Cheese is controlling the position.
Cheese is intent on slowing down the pace of the fight, simply looking to control.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Khali is working an open guard so Cheese takes the opportunity to get back to his feet.
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 interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action. And we move into the final round!
Cheese looking for a takedown here - he's got it.
Khali wants to get back to his feet but Cheese is in a dominant position and won't allow it.
Khali keeping moving, preventing Cheese from controlling successfully.
Khali is looking to get back to his feet but can't, whilst Cheese is controlling him.
Cheese stands and steps away. Khali gets to his feet too and we're back to the striking game.
Cheese scores with a takedown into Khali's guard.
It really doesn't seem like the step up in weight is hurting Cheese here at all. He's more than holding his own against the bigger man.
Cheese's corner is telling him to maintain position.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Khali takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Khali is trying to stand up but he's not managed so far.
Terry Cheese overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
The referee is asking the fighters to pick up the pace.
Cheese trying to control the position from guard on top but Khali is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Terry Cheese has forced the referee to step in and bring the fight back to the feet.
Cheese moves into the clinch.
Khali tries to land a knee to the head but Cheese blocks with his arms.
Cheese is trying to pull guard but Khali turns him against the cage and we stay in the clinch.
Cheese pulls guard.
Khali wanted to stand there but Cheese had control of the position.
Cheese wants to sweep here but Khali controlling him for the moment.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Cheese has a closed guard, preventing Khali from standing up.
Khali is using up a lot of energy trying to get back to his feet. Perhaps he should improve his position first.
Cheese keeping moving, preventing Khali from controlling successfully.
There's a bit of a scramble here and now Cheese is on top in guard.
Cheese trying to control but Khali is working from the bottom.
Cheese is frustrating his opponent with some stalling tactics from top position.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Cheese advances position into side control!
Khali is trying to stand back up. He's worked his way up against the cage but Cheese has just dragged him back down to the mat.
Cheese takes a little break here. Khali wants to take advantage but he is being controlled well.
Khali is working hard to escape and get back to his feet. After a battle for position, Cheese asserts his dominance and retains side control.
Cheese has knee on belly and moves into mount.
A nice elbow there by Cheese.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Cheese content just to control the position here.
Khali is really trying hard to get back to his feet.
Cheese in mount throwing good strikes here, bouncing his opponent's head off the canvas.
Khali is squirming around, avoiding Cheese's attempts to control the action.
Cheese controlling his opponent.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Khali takes a big shot to the head but keeps on trying to improve his position.
Terry Cheese has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Cheese is still in mount, landing shots to his trapped opponent. Khali can't stay in a position like this for much longer.
And that's the end of the fight!
Terry Cheese showed his dominance in that final round.
I think Khali has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. 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 Andrew Berry scores the fight 29:29
Judge James Ackerman scores the fight 30:29
Judge Colin Fotheringham scores the fight 29:29
The fight is ruled a majority draw!
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