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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Hamad Al Zahran (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Bill Terra (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Terra has chosen NIN - Closer as his entrance music. Both these guys have really solid chins. Will we see a standup war or will they both decide that a knockout is unlikely and try to win the fight elsewhere?
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BJJ Purple Belt
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
3 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Hamad Al Zahran!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
5 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Bill Terra!
The judges for this bout are Emerson Jorge, Daniel Cesar and Luis Engracia.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
No joy there for Terra, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Terra misses with a two punch combination.
Terra tries to clinch but Al Zahran is having none of it.
Terra throws a poor cross that misses
and Al Zahran counters with a slapping leg kick.
Al Zahran throws a head kick that Terra semi-blocks.
Al Zahran throws a leg kick but Terra checks it.
Al Zahran tries to score with a low kick but Terra moves his leg out of the way.
Al Zahran throws a leg kick that misses.
Al Zahran throws a low kick but it's checked well by Terra.
Terra tries to clinch up but Al Zahran circles away and keeps his distance.
The fighters circling - Terra throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Al Zahran buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Al Zahran throws a leg kick that misses.
Al Zahran throws a nice outside leg kick.
Terra waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Al Zahran.
Terra closes the distance and clinches.
Terra looking to stall.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Terra is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Al Zahran looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Terra lands with a light punch inside.
Terra is trying to maintain a safe position but Al Zahran gets an underhook and turns Terra into the cage.
Al Zahran can't find room to land a body shot as Terra controls the action.
Al Zahran struggles to land a body shot inside as Terra controls his hands.
Al Zahran misses with a body punch.
Terra breaks from the clinch.
Terra looks to score with a jab to the body but Al Zahran is just out of range.
Terra tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Al Zahran moves away from the strike by Terra.
Good leg kick by Al Zahran there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Al Zahran misses with a body kick.
Terra fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Al Zahran looks to score with a jab to the body but Terra is just out of range.
Terra lands with a shot to the body.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Al Zahran keeps the fight on the outside.
Al Zahran throws a big shot that misses.
Terra stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Al Zahran.
Terra ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Terra stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Al Zahran.
Al Zahran misses with a low kick.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Al Zahran connects with an inside leg kick.
Al Zahran looks to score with a jab to the body but Terra is just out of range.
Al Zahran looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Al Zahran ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Terra moves away.
Al Zahran misses with a body shot.
Al Zahran fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Al Zahran throws a leg kick which misses Terra's front leg but catches the back leg as Terra tries to avoid it.
Al Zahran tries to land a leg kick but Terra saw it coming and moves away.
Terra clinches with his opponent.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Al Zahran breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Al Zahran is looking to wear down Terra with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
Terra wants to clinch up but Al Zahran keeps it at a distance.
Al Zahran scores with a crisp jab that stopped Terra in his tracks.
Al Zahran throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Al Zahran lands the left hand.
Terra digs a good hook to Al Zahran's body.
Terra throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Al Zahran sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Terra checks a leg kick.
Terra misses with a straight right.
Terra throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Al Zahran throws out a leg kick but Terra moves out of range and Al Zahran only half commits.
Terra moves out of range as Al Zahran strikes.
Terra stuns Al Zahran with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Al Zahran looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Terra is really struggling to land any decent head shots against his taller opponent.
Al Zahran attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Terra throws the left hand but Al Zahran avoids the punch easily.
Terra fails to land with a series of punches.
Terra fails in his attempt to clinch.
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!
A nice inside leg kick there by Al Zahran. That's going to slow Terra down.
Terra checks a leg kick.
Al Zahran scoring well with a low kick there.
Terra blocks a jab.
Terra goes to the watering hole and comes back with a big thumbs up from the judges as he scores a three punch combo.
It looks like Hamad Al Zahran has been cut.
Terra's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Al Zahran jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Terra misses with the combination.
Al Zahran with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Terra throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Terra goes to the watering hole and comes back with a big thumbs up from the judges as he scores a three punch combo.
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 Hamad Al Zahran will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Hamad Al Zahran's cut.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.
Terra blocks a low kick nicely.
Al Zahran moves out of range of the strikes.
Al Zahran uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Terra.
Terra throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Al Zahran gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Terra.
Terra lands with a hook. Al Zahran tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
Terra gets cracked there but stands up to it.
Terra throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
A jab from Al Zahran misses.
Terra misses with a straight left.
Al Zahran throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
Terra blocks a leg kick.
A slow jab from Terra misses its intended target.
Terra on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
Terra misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Al Zahran.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Terra swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Terra moves in looking to clinch but Al Zahran pushes him off.
Terra checks the leg kick.
Terra lands a glancing blow to the side of Al Zahran's head.
Nice jab there from Al Zahran.
Al Zahran misses with a low kick.
Terra ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Al Zahran scores with a jab to the head.
A big left from Terra misses.
Terra misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Al Zahran.
Al Zahran looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Al Zahran avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Al Zahran slips under a jab.
Al Zahran tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
We are yet to see a takedown attempt from Terra in the fight. On paper you would think he is the more dominant ground fighter so let's see if these unusual tactics pay off.
Al Zahran pushes Terra away with a front kick.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Al Zahran throws a sloppy head kick and Terra moves out of range easily.
A combination from Terra does no damage.
Nice body kick from Al Zahran.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Terra on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
Al Zahran cracks the inside of Terra's front leg.
Terra throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
A jab from Terra finds it's way through Al Zahran's defenses.
Al Zahran ducks under a wild hook from Terra.
Al Zahran scores with a crisp jab that stopped Terra in his tracks.
No joy there for Terra, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Terra throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Al Zahran throws a nice head kick!
Al Zahran delivers a nice body kick.
Terra throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Terra takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Terra misses with a jab, cross combination.
Al Zahran with a jab.
Al Zahran lands a nice leg kick that just misses Terra's sensitive parts.
Terra throws a series of punches but Al Zahran avoids them all with ease.
Al Zahran connects with a solid leg kick.
Al Zahran throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Al Zahran moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
A solid leg kick lands there for Al Zahran.
Terra on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
Al Zahran keeps Terra at a distance using the push kick.
Crunch! Al Zahran slams his shin into Terra's torso.
Al Zahran scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Al Zahran uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Terra.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Al Zahran takes a punch to the jaw and another one to the bread basket.
Terra is breathing heavily.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Al Zahran lands a leg kick that knocks Terra off balance momentarily.
Al Zahran is using his reach advantage well here, landing the more effective single shots from range.
Terra moves forwards but Al Zahran connects with a nice, crisp jab.
Al Zahran moves into range and lands a nice body kick.
Al Zahran throws a poor cross that misses
and Terra counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Terra takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Al Zahran throws a nice inside leg kick.
Al Zahran scores with a kick to the midsection.
Al Zahran moves away from the strike by Terra.
Bill Terra is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
The fight stays on the outside here - Terra looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Terra looks to land a right hand but Al Zahran moved out of range.
The fighters circling - Terra throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Al Zahran stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Hamad Al Zahran dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Hamad Al Zahran's cut.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin! This is the final round!
Al Zahran explodes with a nice body kick and back out of range. Nice work.
Terra throws a series of punches but Al Zahran avoids them all with ease.
Terra stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Al Zahran.
Terra just misses with a punch to the body.
Hamad Al Zahran seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Al Zahran fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Al Zahran scoring well with a low kick there.
Al Zahran throws the kick towards the body but Terra avoids it.
That kick from Al Zahran tenderised Terra's leg. Terra is trying to keep his angry face on.
Terra misses with a hook. Al Zahran ducked under it nicely.
Terra throws a shot to the body.
Terra moves out of range as Al Zahran throws a body kick.
Al Zahran scores with a kick to the body.
Al Zahran throws a nice inside leg kick.
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!
Terra fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Al Zahran manages to avoid it.
Al Zahran is looking to land body kicks.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Terra throws a looping overhand right but Al Zahran ducks down to avoid it.
A big right from Terra misses.
Terra checks the leg kick nicely there.
Terra throws a right and a left that both miss.
Terra tries to check the leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Al Zahran takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
Hamad Al Zahran is winning the standup battle so far.
Al Zahran connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Terra momentarily.
Terra blocks a leg kick.
Terra has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Al Zahran.
Terra moves out of range as Al Zahran throws a body kick.
Terra keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
Nice cross by Al Zahran.
Terra throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Al Zahran throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.
Terra throws a hook but Al Zahran avoids it easily.
Al Zahran slips a jab from Terra.
Al Zahran scores with a body shot.
Al Zahran lands a nice looking body kick.
A good leg kick by Al Zahran.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Terra drops his hands momentarily and Al Zahran takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
Al Zahran throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Terra throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Terra fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Terra takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
A cross from Al Zahran lands.
Al Zahran takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
Terra looks to land a combination but Al Zahran avoids it well.
Al Zahran connects with an inside leg kick.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Al Zahran slips a jab and a cross from Terra.
Terra walks into a stiff left hand from Al Zahran.
Terra doesn't manage to clinch there - Al Zahran circles away.
A nice leg kick lands there from Al Zahran.
Al Zahran ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Al Zahran misses with an attempted mid kick.
A decent looking cross lands there for Al Zahran.
Terra throws a body punch but Al Zahran moves out of range.
Terra with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Al Zahran to score with a decent uppercut.
Al Zahran fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Terra.
Al Zahran looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Al Zahran slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
Terra takes a nasty kick to the mid section... That should keep him thinking. Does he try and block and risk a head kick landing?
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Al Zahran walks into a jab.
Al Zahran looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Al Zahran is using his height advantage well here, landing a good percentage of his punches.
Terra moves in looking to clinch but Al Zahran pushes him off.
Al Zahran takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Al Zahran pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Al Zahran gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Terra tries to clinch up but Al Zahran circles away and keeps his distance.
A slow jab from Al Zahran misses its intended target.
Bill Terra has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Terra throws a body punch but Al Zahran moves out of range.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Terra has a nice red mark on his side after a thudding body kick by Al Zahran.
A slow jab from Terra misses its intended target.
Al Zahran throws a nice inside leg kick.
Hamad Al Zahran is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Al Zahran lands the left hand.
And that's the end of the fight!
Hamad Al Zahran showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Al Zahran, winning every round. Will the judges agree? They are the ones who matter, even if they are often depressingly incompetent. 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 Emerson Jorge scores the fight 29:28
Judge Daniel Cesar scores the fight 29:28
Judge Luis Engracia scores the fight 29:28
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Hamad Al Zahran!
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energy
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hype
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pop
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RATING
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