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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Taj al Din (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Les Grossman (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). al Din's entrance music is قنب هندي. A fine choice. Grossman has chosen Get Back as his entrance music. Rumors backstage are that the fighters have been paid to keep it standing but we know that would never happen in MMA!
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26 - 5 - 0 |
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190 cm
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210 lbs
20 - 9 - 0 |
Good wrestling
World class boxer
Insanely flexible |
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World class MT
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the light heavyweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
26 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Taj al Din!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
20 - 9 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Les Grossman!
The judges for this bout are Frank Antenori, and Don Winkell.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
al Din blocks a jab.
al Din moves out of range of the body kick from Grossman.
Grossman misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from al Din.
al Din checks a leg kick nicely.
Grossman misses with a right hand
and al Din makes him pay by landing a thudding low kick.
al Din gets cracked there but stands up to it.
Grossman throws a leg kick but al Din sees it coming and moves out of range.
al Din throws a quick inside leg kick.
Grossman buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Grossman throws a poor cross that misses
and al Din counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Grossman throws an overhand right that lands on al Din's shoulder, as al Din tries to avoid the shot.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from al Din, right into the meat.
Grossman misses with a straight left.
al Din blocks a leg kick.
That's one minute gone in the round.
al Din lands with a thumping leg kick.
al Din tries to score with a low kick but Grossman moves his leg out of the way.
Grossman throws a right hand that misses
and al Din counters with a nice kick to the body.
al Din fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Grossman.
Grossman throws a sloppy head kick
and al Din counters with a nice leg kick.
Grossman looks gassed!
al Din is looking to slow Grossman down with leg kicks.
Grossman pulls out of a head kick attempt.
That kick from Grossman tenderised al Din's leg. al Din is trying to keep his angry face on.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Grossman throws the left hand but al Din avoids the punch easily.
Grossman throws a right hand that misses
and al Din counters with a kick to the head that grazes his opponent. Grossman is lucky that one didn't land flush.
al Din cracks a nice hook into Grossman's ribs.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
al Din just misses with a punch to the body.
al Din scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
al Din displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Grossman throws out the jab.
al Din lands with a good body shot.
A lazy left from al Din finds it's target.
Grossman swings for the body but al Din moves out of range.
Grossman looks for the body kick but al Din saw that one coming.
al Din throws a shot to the body.
al Din wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Grossman tries to check the leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
al Din swings and misses with a hook to the body.
al Din swings and misses with a hook to the body.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Grossman swings for the body but al Din moves out of range.
Grossman fails with a takedown attempt.
Grossman takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Grossman throws out a loose jab but al Din uses good head movement to avoid it.
Grossman tries to clinch but fails miserably
and al Din counters with a slapping leg kick.
Grossman throws a leg kick
and al Din counters with a solid body kick.
Grossman avoids the head kick by al Din.
al Din ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Grossman takes one to the chin there.
al Din connects with a solid leg kick.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
al Din throws a mid kick that lands with a slap.
Grossman's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
al Din throws a front kick that sends Grossman stumbling back into the cage.
al Din lands with a right hand.
Grossman avoids the head kick by al Din.
al Din throws a quick inside leg kick.
al Din connects with a single shot there.
al Din moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
al Din drops Grossman with a hook right on the temple. He thinks about going to the ground but Grossman looks back up at him and smiles so al Din waves him back to his feet - he obviously thinks he can knock him out after that shot landed.
Grossman is rocked!
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
OH! Grossman has been rocked by a huge right hand and is in deep trouble! al Din smells blood and charges in for the finish! al Din unloads a vicious overhand right and connects to the jaw of Grossman sending him face first to the canvas! Unbelievable!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:53 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Punches). Taj al Din!
Taj al Din retains his light heavyweight title!
After winning the bout, Taj al Din thanked all his fans and promised he'd do even better in his next fight. The crowd seemed to love his humility.
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hype
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pop
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RATING
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