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Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Furious George (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Haji Muakbar (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). George comes to the cage accompanied by Lamb of God - Descending. Muakbar has chosen That Punjabi Jay-Z song as his entrance music. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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150 lbs
12 - 5 - 0 |
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171 cm
26
159 lbs
13 - 5 - 0 |
Abu Dhabi Champ
Solid boxing
Insanely flexible |
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Good wrestler
Excellent boxer
Good gas tank |
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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
12 - 5 - 0, fighting out of New York, Furious George!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
13 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Haji Muakbar!
The judges for this bout are Yves DeLean, Steve Smith and Elvis Blanc.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
George misses with a jab, cross combination.
George drives through with a takedown into guard.
Muakbar tries to land a sweep but no joy.
George drops back for a leg! It's a sloppy attempt though and George jumps back into guard quickly, to retain the dominant position.
George postures up in Muakbar's guard and throws a big left but Muakbar blocks it.
Muakbar looking to hit a scissor sweep but George is one step ahead there.
George postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
George postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.
Muakbar is pulling down on George's head. It's preventing any offense from George, at least for the moment.
Muakbar is trying to control the position from the bottom.
George is in close to Muakbar's body, working some short punches and elbows.
That's one minute gone in the round.
George trying to control but Muakbar is working from the bottom.
George throws a big elbow that misses.
George not doing a lot at the moment. He'll have to show some more aggression or the fight will get stood up.
George pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Muakbar is keeping the position for now.
George wants to control from the top but Muakbar keeps moving.
George preventing the sweep.
It looks like we're going to have a standup here. Neither fighter is doing enough on the ground.
Muakbar throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck George on the side of the head.
George is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
George pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
George steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Muakbar.
George loads up on a big right hand but Muakbar slips the punch.
George with a jab.
Furious George seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
George doesn't succeed with the takedown
and Muakbar counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Muakbar takes a swing at George's ribcage but misses.
Muakbar waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract George.
George thows a left - swing and a miss!
George lands a nice shot to the body.
This has been an exciting period of action!
George scores with a jab.
George misses with a double jab
and Muakbar counters with a series of strikes. George will be more careful next time no doubt.
George moves into range and connects with a jab.
George walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
George is rocked!
Muakbar throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Oh George is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Muakbar just misses with a punch to the body.
George seems to have got his legs back now.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
George on the wrong end of a nice jab.
Muakbar works the jab nicely.
George will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
Muakbar throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
George takes a swing at Muakbar's ribcage but misses.
George fails miserably with a takedown attempt.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Furious George. That's going to take a lot out of him.
George shoots in looking for a takedown but Muakbar manages to keep the fight standing, pushing George's face into the canvas for good measure before circling away.
Muakbar lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but George circles away quickly and effectively.
Muakbar throws a hook but George blocks it.
George ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Muakbar moves away.
George throws a shot to the body.
Muakbar displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as George throws out the jab.
George swinging wildly here.
Muakbar takes a shot right to the bread basket.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Muakbar lands a slapping body shot.
Muakbar throws a hook but George blocks it.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Muakbar keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.
George slips a jab and a cross from Muakbar.
Muakbar throws the left hand but George avoids the punch easily.
George misses with a few strikes there.
George swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Muakbar defending well as George loads up on a big left hand.
George closes this distance looking for a takedown but Muakbar circles away.
Muakbar throws out a loose jab but George uses good head movement to avoid it.
George closes the distance and gets a trip takedown into side control. Muakbar quickly recovers to half guard.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
George thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Muakbar's head.
George is trying to control the action in half guard but Muakbar is working away on the bottom, looking perhaps to get back to full guard.
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 Furious George will probably get the nod.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.
George with a hook.
Muakbar misses with a body shot.
Muakbar stuffs the takedown attempt from George. George gets slowly back to his feet.
George takes a swing at Muakbar's ribcage but misses.
George is trying hard to land a takedown here. Muakbar sprawls well and keeps this one on the feet.
Muakbar swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and George counters with a three punch combination, finished off with a leg kick. Nice work.
Muakbar throws an overhand right that lands on George's shoulder, as George tries to avoid the shot.
Muakbar throws a big shot that misses.
A big left from George misses.
Muakbar fakes high and swings low for a body shot but George manages to avoid it.
George lands a vicious shot with the stealth of a sniper and the strength of a viper. Are vipers that strong? I can think of lots of things that are stronger than a viper - not many rhyme with sniper though.
Haji Muakbar seems to be getting the better of the standup.
George slips a jab from Muakbar.
Muakbar misses with a low kick.
Muakbar steps to the side to avoid the strikes from George.
George cracks Muakbar with a good jab.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Muakbar misses with a straight right.
Muakbar misses with a body shot.
Muakbar throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
George will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Furious George. That's going to take a lot out of him.
George blocks a head kick by Muakbar.
George misses with a hook. Muakbar ducked under it nicely.
George thows a left - swing and a miss!
George punishes Muakbar's body with a nice straight punch.
George dives in and grabs Muakbar's left leg, looking for a takedown. Muakbar pushes down on George's head and hops out.
A looping hook to the body misses from Muakbar. George does a little dance to reset his feet.
Haji Muakbar is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
George connects with a looping right hand.
Muakbar looks to score with a jab to the body but George is just out of range.
Muakbar throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
Muakbar tried to score with a low kick but George checks it.
George misses with an uppercut
and Muakbar counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
George fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
George fails to land the takedown.
George moves away from the strike by Muakbar.
George cracks Muakbar with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
George works the jab nicely.
George misses the shot to the body.
Muakbar throws out a leg kick but George moves out of range and Muakbar only half commits.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
George scores with a nice right hand.
George changes levels and looks for a double leg takedown. Muakbar tries to avoid it but George manages to keep hold of a leg and drag Muakbar to the ground. Muakbar escapes though and pops straight back up to his feet.
George darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
George waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Muakbar.
George throws a two punch combo that lands nicely.
George swings for the body but Muakbar moves out of range.
George shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has Muakbar pinned against the cage. Muakbar gets the underhooks and manages to circle away.
Muakbar lands a jab, followed by a cross and another cross, as George backs up against the cage.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
A telegraphed right hand from Muakbar misses the target.
Muakbar pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Muakbar throws a hook but George avoids it easily.
Muakbar throws a hook but George blocks it.
George connects with a crisp jab.
George misses with a hook to the body
enabling Muakbar to counter with a crisp jab.
Muakbar swings for the body but George moves out of range.
Muakbar throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
George cracks Muakbar with a right hand to the side of the head.
George fails with a takedown attempt.
Muakbar throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
George blocks a jab.
Muakbar misses with an uppercut.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
George scores with a crisp jab that stopped Muakbar in his tracks.
George cracks Muakbar with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
George misses with a series of wild punches.
George lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
Muakbar's hands are dropping dangerously low here and George connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Muakbar scrambles back to his feet.
Muakbar ducks down and throws a hook to the body but George moves away.
You can follow us on Twitter at...Ooooooh George got wobbled bad by a big combination! Muakbar presses forward with punches and knees until George stumbles to the ground! The ref watches George closely before deciding to step in and end the fight!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:34 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Haji Muakbar!
Haji Muakbar decided to go for the less than humble approach in his post fight interview, telling everyone how he is going to conquer the world. The crowd seemed to like it when really that sort of approach could have gone either way.
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energy
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hype
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pop
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mgr
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RATING
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