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Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Ben Dingdown (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Rajja Khan (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Dingdown comes to the cage accompanied by Baggy Trousers. Khan is bouncing up and down as he enters the arena, backed by tubular bells. The fight MMA fans around the world have waited their entire lives for!
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160 lbs
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160 lbs
11 - 1 - 2 |
Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
Granite chin |
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ADCC Champion
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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
21 - 14 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Ben Dingdown!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
11 - 1 - 2, fighting out of London, Rajja Khan!
The judges for this bout are Matti Vanhoillinen, Ben Zyskovitsi and Tarja Halkonen.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Dingdown thows a body shot but no joy.
Dingdown fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Khan manages to avoid it.
Khan gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Dingdown tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Khan's elbow.
Dingdown scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Khan struggles to land a body shot inside as Dingdown controls his hands.
Dingdown comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
It looks like Rajja Khan has been cut.
Dingdown is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Khan pulls guard successfully.
The referee is asking the fighters to pick up the pace.
Dingdown throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Khan works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Dingdown avoids a guillotine attempt easily.
Dingdown throwing strikes from guard but Khan blocks nicely.
Khan looking for submissions from the bottom here. Moving his hips around, possibly looking for an armbar.
Khan looking for a sweep. Not yet Khan, not yet.
Dingdown trying to control but Khan is working from the bottom.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Dingdown is going to have to think about doing something other than just controlling because Khan is managing to avoid having the position dictated to him.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Khan is active off his back here, looking for submissions.
Khan is trying to keep Dingdown in close.
Dingdown throws a big elbow that misses.
Dingdown is looking to work some ground and pound but Khan has wrist control.
Khan is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.
Dingdown landing some decent shots from guard.
Khan throwing his legs up looking for a triangle.
Dingdown forces his way into half guard.
Khan is looking to improve his position.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Dingdown is looking to take a break and control but Khan is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Khan works his way to full guard. Good work.
Dingdown stopping the sweep attempt from Khan.
Dingdown is pushing down on Khan's leg trying to pass to half guard. Khan is fighting to maintain full guard but Dingdown has managed to sneak the leg through.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Dingdown is trying to control. Khan wants to improve his position but can't escape this time.
Still in half guard, Dingdown seems content to control.
Dingdown wants to take a breather but Khan is having none of it.
The fighters are battling for position here. Khan manages to regain full guard. Nice work.
Dingdown wants to control from the top but Khan keeps moving.
Dingdown has to be careful here, sitting in the guard of a superior BJJ player.
Dingdown avoids a guillotine attempt easily.
Khan preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Dingdown is in close to Khan's body, working some short punches and elbows.
Khan trying to control the position.
Khan keeping moving, preventing Dingdown from controlling successfully.
Dingdown won't allow Khan to sweep him here.
Khan trying to keep a closed guard but Dingdown is proving a slippery customer.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Dingdown accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Khan tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Dingdown is working Khan over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes.
Khan wants to stand and escape but Dingdown is having none of it.
Khan lands a beautiful switch and he's in full mount! That could spell trouble for Dingdown!
Khan throwing shots from mount but they're not landing.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Dingdown blocking the ground and pound.
Dingdown is writhing around trying to get back to his feet.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
A nice elbow there by Khan.
Khan looking to ground and pound his opponent to a finish here.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Khan looking to finish with strikes here!
Khan punching from mount but Dingdown doing a good job of avoiding damage.
Khan postures up and cracks his opponent a couple of times before moving back into close ground control. Dingdown looks a forlorn figure.
Dingdown is in a horrible position here, under a barrage of strikes, he's managing to avoid any damage.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Poor strikes thrown by Khan there. More accuracy and less frantic strikes would help!
Khan pausing momentarily but resumes with a couple of decent strikes that do a bit of damage.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Rajja Khan dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Rajja Khan's cut.
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.
Dingdown misses with a combination
and Khan counters with a flying knee. Nice.
A looping hook to the body misses from Dingdown. Khan does a little dance to reset his feet.
A head kick from Dingdown lands but Khan takes it in his stride.
Dingdown swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Khan slips a jab and a cross from Dingdown.
Dingdown defending well as Khan loads up on a big left hand.
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Khan, as that shot connected.
Dingdown lets the fists fly and connects with a left straight followed by a right hook.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Khan tries to clinch but Dingdown moves out of range.
Khan gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Dingdown throws a leg kick
and Khan counters with a nice double leg into guard.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Khan wants to control from the top but Dingdown keeps moving.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Khan's corner. There ya go! There ya go!
Dingdown keeping full guard, as Khan tries to pass.
Khan gets to his feet - Dingdown follows without any prompting.
Dingdown thows a body shot but no joy.
Dingdown swings for the body but Khan moves out of range.
Dingdown has Khan up against the cage in a clinch.
Some stalling of biblical proportions here from Khan.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Khan softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Khan pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Dingdown takes a swing at Khan's ribcage but misses.
Khan ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Khan fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Dingdown on the side of the head.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Dingdown misses with a series of wild punches.
Khan misses with a low kick.
A combination from Dingdown does no damage.
Dingdown throws a head kick but Khan moves out of range.
A low kick from Dingdown is predictable there
and Khan counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Jab by Dingdown.
Dingdown swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Khan uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Dingdown.
A head kick misses from Khan.
Dingdown throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Khan.
Khan misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Dingdown swings widly with a right hand
and Khan counters with a single leg into guard. Dingdown didn't expect that.
Khan trying to control but Dingdown is working from the bottom.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Khan trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Khan working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Khan tries to free his leg and advance position but Dingdown is retaining full guard.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Khan is pushing down on Dingdown's leg trying to pass to half guard. Dingdown is fighting to maintain full guard but Khan has managed to sneak the leg through.
Khan thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Dingdown's head.
Dingdown is staying active underneath Khan, who seems content to just control the action from this position.
Rajja Khan has got the better of the ground game so far.
Khan is pressing down on Dingdown's thigh, looking to free his foot. Dingdown is holding on for now.
Khan lands with a punch from half guard.
Khan is thwarting Dingdown's attempts to control the position.
Khan tries to pass the half guard into mount. Dingdown knows what he's doing though and prevents the attempt.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Dingdown is trying to control but can't.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Rajja Khan showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Rajja Khan's cut.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin! The crowd applaud as we get ready to start the final round!
A slapping leg kick lands for Khan.
Ben Dingdown is winning the standup battle so far.
Dingdown throws a low kick but Khan moves out of range easily.
Khan goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Khan with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
A shot to the liver by Khan. Beautiful body shot.
Ben Dingdown is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Dingdown lands with a kick to the temple. Khan shrugs as if to say "is that all you've got?"
Dingdown paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
Nice shot by Khan.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Khan slips under a jab.
Dingdown throws a sloppy head kick
and Khan counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Dingdown swings for the body but Khan moves out of range.
Dingdown avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Khan uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Dingdown.
Dingdown fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Khan moves out of range as Dingdown strikes.
Khan falls off balance throwing a combination
and Dingdown counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Dingdown keeps the fight on the outside.
Khan thumps Dingdown with a low kick.
Dingdown just misses with a punch to the body.
Khan tests Dingdown's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Khan jabs Dingdown right on the nose. Dingdown blinks but takes it well.
Ben Dingdown has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Khan looks frustrated there after his takedown attempt is stuffed easily.
Dingdown takes the fight into the clinch.
Dingdown taking a breather.
Dingdown lands with a short shot to the head.
Dingdown lands on the inside with an uppercut.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Khan looking for a takedown.
Khan blocks an uppercut.
Khan blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Khan blocks a body shot from Dingdown.
Khan lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Dingdown looking to stall.
Dingdown with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Khan misses with some punches.
Nice elbow from Khan.
Khan lands with a light punch inside.
Dingdown can't find room to land a body shot as Khan controls the action.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Dingdown misses with a hook from the clinch.
A short left from Khan.
Dingdown working aggressively here.
Dingdown blocks an elbow strike.
Dingdown throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Khan misses with a punch on the inside.
Khan lands an uppercut.
Dingdown misses with a knee strike.
Dingdown working hard to break the clinch.
Khan lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Dingdown lands with a short shot to the head.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Khan gets control of Dingdown's arms and successfully pulls guard. Khan will no doubt be looking for submissions off his back.
Khan is active off his back here, looking for submissions.
Dingdown throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Khan works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Khan bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Dingdown's guard.
Khan scoring with some ground and pound.
Khan stands up and waves to Dingdown to follow him.
Khan with a nice cross.
Khan turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Dingdown misses with a left hand
and Khan counters with an inside leg kick.
Dingdown tries to move into range but Khan moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
Rajja Khan is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.
Khan takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
And that's the end of the fight!
Rajja Khan comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I've got Khan winning every round here. Surely the decision will go his way and he'll pick up a well deserved decision victory. 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 Matti Vanhoillinen scores the fight 27:30
Judge Ben Zyskovitsi scores the fight 27:30
Judge Tarja Halkonen scores the fight 27:30
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Rajja Khan!
After the big win, Rajja Khan made sure to do all the important stuff like thanking his sponsors GTI - 1337 sponsors VERSUS and telling the interviewer how much he loves him.
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energy
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hype
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