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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Ivan Justice (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Itsik Obas (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Justice comes to the cage accompanied by Westside Connection - Bow Down . Obas is bouncing up and down as he enters the arena, backed by Perfect Gentelman. Itsik Obas will no doubt be looking to use his reach advantage to good effect.
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220 lbs
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World class boxer
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
11 - 4 - 0, fighting out of New York, Ivan Justice!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
10 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Itsik Obas!
The judges for this bout are Gwen Towbar, Stewart Dunkirk and Frank Dennis.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Obas throws a head kick but Justice moves out of range.
Justice pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Obas fails with an attempt to clinch.
Obas takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
Justice thows a left - swing and a miss!
Obas tries to close the distance and clinch up but Justice swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Obas has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Justice.
Justice misses with a head kick.
Justice with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Justice lands with a nice body punch.
Itsik Obas seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Justice scores with a jab to the body.
Obas tries to clinch but Justice is having none of it.
Justice misses with a right hand
and Obas counters with a nice body 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!
Obas tries to clinch up
and Justice counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
It looks like Itsik Obas has been cut.
Justice throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Justice throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Obas turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Obas uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Justice.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Obas ducks under a wild hook from Justice.
The fight moves into the clinch position.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Justice swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Obas lands a nice knee to the body.
With the fighters up against the cage, Obas throws an elbow but misses.
Justice misses with a hook to the ribs.
Justice lands a nice uppercut.
Obas is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Justice is defending well for now.
Justice misses with an elbow over the top.
Justice looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Obas misses with an elbow strike.
Justice lands a left hand that snaps the head of Obas backwards.
Obas is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Justice is defending well for now.
Obas creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Obas blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Obas throws an elbow that misses.
Obas lands an elbow inside that Justice shrugs off.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Obas creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Justice's defenses.
Justice is trying to force a seperation but Obas has the dominant position.
Justice tries to circle away but Obas has him pinned against the cage.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Justice avoiding damage as Obas throws knees to the body.
Justice pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Justice throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Obas is trying to maintain a safe position but Justice gets an underhook and turns Obas into the cage.
Justice blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Obas blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Justice misses with a punch on the inside.
Justice swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Knees to the body from Obas.
Obas lands an elbow that stopped Justice in his tracks for a moment.
Good body shot from Justice.
Justice lands a right hand that snaps the head of Obas backwards.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Obas.
Obas blocks the elbow strike.
Obas gets double underhooks to prevent a takedown attempt from Justice.
Obas avoiding damage as Justice throws knees to the body.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Justice pushes off an throws an elbow but Obas leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Obas lands a knee to the body.
Justice takes an elbow to the forehead.
Justice breaks from the clinch.
Obas tries to clinch there but Justice circles away.
Obas tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Obas tries a head kick but it misses.
Obas on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Justice looks to score with a jab to the body but Obas is just out of range.
Justice circles away from the clinch attempt.
Obas closes the distance but Justice moves to the side
and Justice counters with a left to the body.
Obas takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
Obas tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Obas scoring well with a low kick there.
Obas wants to clinch.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Obas keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Justice.
Obas gets in close and instigates a clinch.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Obas looking to stall.
Justice misses with a punch on the inside.
Justice manages to break the clinch.
Obas takes one to the chin there.
Justice thumps Obas with a low kick.
Justice checks a leg kick nicely.
Obas moves into the clinch.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Justice's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Obas moves in looking to clinch but Justice pushes him off.
Itsik Obas is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Justice on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Obas. Obas obviously looking to wear him down.
Obas lands a high kick!
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close round but Itsik Obas will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Itsik Obas's cut.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!
Obas tries to clinch
and Justice counters with a head kick. That will keep Obas thinking before he tries any more sloppy attacks!
Obas throws a low kick but Justice moves out of range easily.
Justice connects with a right hand. Obas shakes it off.
Obas lands with a shot to the body.
Obas tries to clinch there but Justice circles away.
Obas looks to clinch
and Justice counters with a left to the body.
Obas moves into the clinch.
Obas connects with a nasty looking knee right to Justice's face.
Obas throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Justice scores with a shoulder strike.
Justice misses with a hook from the clinch.
Obas throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Justice lands a right hand.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
With the fighters up against the cage, Obas throws an elbow but misses.
Justice tries a body shot but Obas blocks it.
Justice cracks Obas with a nice body shot.
Obas is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Justice is defending well for now.
Obas throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Obas blocks an elbow strike.
Justice blocks an elbow strike from Obas.
Obas lands an elbow inside.
Justice lands a right hand that snaps the head of Obas backwards.
Justice scores with a shoulder strike.
Justice misses with an elbow over the top.
Obas blocks an elbow strike.
Justice blocks an elbow strike.
Justice pushes Obas back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Justice has a couple of punches blocked by Obas.
Justice lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Obas backwards.
Obas with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Justice avoids the elbow strike from Obas, against the cage.
Justice blocks the elbow strike.
A hook to the body from Justice.
Justice avoids a wild elbow strike from Obas.
Obas lands an elbow inside that Justice shrugs off.
Justice misses with the head strike.
Obas using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
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!
Obas creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Justice blocks the elbow strike.
Obas has Justice pressed against the cage, preventing Justice from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Justice tries to land knees in the clinch but Obas avoids the damage to the body.
Itsik Obas seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Obas missing with knees to the body.
Justice breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Obas has Justice up against the cage in a clinch.
Obas comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Obas throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Justice blocks it with crossed arms.
Obas looking to throw knees to the head but Justice is blocking nicely.
Justice avoiding damage as Obas throws knees to the body.
Obas is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Justice is defending well for now.
Obas unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Obas lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Justice's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Obas wants to clinch up but Justice keeps it at a distance.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Justice blocks a head kick by Obas.
Obas moves out of range as Justice throws a body kick.
Nice uppercut lands for Justice. That snapped Obas's head back.
Justice just misses with a punch to the body.
Justice throws a body punch but Obas moves out of range.
Ivan Justice is winning the standup battle so far.
Obas avoids the body shot from Justice.
Obas tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Justice lands a nice shot to the body.
Obas is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Obas connects with a high kick.
Obas tries to clinch up.
Obas uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Justice.
Justice throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Obas wants to clinch up but Justice keeps it at a distance.
Justice swats away the attempt to clinch by Obas.
Justice uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Obas has time to react.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Obas doesn't manage to clinch there - Justice circles away.
Obas tries to close the distance and clinch up but Justice swats him away and circles back towards the center.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Obas tries to clinch up
and Obas takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Obas tries to clinch but Justice moves out of range.
Obas is looking to clinch.
Obas slips under a jab.
Obas wants to clinch but Justice slips to the side
and Justice counters with a nice uppercut.
Obas keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Justice.
Obas is looking to clinch.
Justice tries to work over Obas's front leg with a kick but Obas checks it.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
A nice leg kick lands there from Justice.
Justice misses with a body shot.
Obas cracks the inside of Justice's front leg.
Obas is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close second round but Itsik Obas will probably get the nod - 10:9.
The cut man is working on Itsik Obas'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. This is the final round!
Obas misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
A shot to the liver by Justice. Beautiful body shot.
Justice cracks Obas with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
Obas walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
Obas takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
Justice throws a hook but Obas avoids it easily.
A looping hook to the body misses from Justice. Obas does a little dance to reset his feet.
Justice shoots for a takedown but Obas saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.
Obas slips under a jab from Justice.
Obas throws a low kick but Justice moves out of range easily.
Justice keeps the fight on the outside.
Justice swats away the attempt to clinch by Obas.
Obas fails with an attempt to clinch.
Obas checks a leg kick nicely.
Obas gets in close and instigates a clinch.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Obas is trying to stall.
Obas creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Justice's defenses.
Obas creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Justice's defenses.
Obas scores a nice knee to the body.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Justice tries a body shot but Obas blocks it.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Justice.
Obas scores with a knee to the head.
With the fighters up against the cage, Obas throws an elbow but misses.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Obas just misses with a elbow thrown towards Justice's brow.
Obas lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Knees to the body from Obas.
Obas tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Justice avoids it.
Justice makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Obas lands an elbow just above Justice 's eye.
Obas lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Justice is working Obas over against the cage.
Ivan Justice has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Justice working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Justice misses with a short punch on the inside.
Justice doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Justice.
Justice blocks an elbow strike from Obas.
Obas on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Obas connects with a knee to the head.
Obas throws an elbow that misses.
Obas looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Obas lands an elbow inside that Justice shrugs off.
Justice avoids the elbow strike from Obas, against the cage.
Obas pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Obas misses with an elbow over the top.
A short right from Justice.
Justice avoiding damage as Obas throws knees to the body.
A short uppercut from Justice.
Obas missing with knees to the body.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
Justice breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Justice throws a hook to the side of Obas's head but Obas sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Obas has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Justice finds it's way round the side to connect with Obas's head.
Obas wants to clinch.
A clash of legs there as Obas blocks the low kick.
Justice dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Obas tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Justice paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Obas bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Justice swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Justice takes a swing at Obas's ribcage but misses.
Justice circles away from the clinch attempt.
Justice waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Obas.
Obas tries to close the distance and clinch but Justice swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Itsik Obas is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Justice keeps the fight on the outside.
Obas is looking to clinch but Justice is avoiding it.
Justice misses with an uppercut. Obas saw that one coming.
Obas looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Obas lands a head kick!
Obas is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Justice circles away from the clinch attempt
and Obas takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Obas throws a half hearted mid kick.
Obas tries to clinch but fails miserably
and Justice counters with a left to the body.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Justice checks a leg kick nicely.
Obas fails in his attempt to clinch.
Justice swats away the attempt to clinch by Obas.
Obas tries to clinch up but Justice circles away and keeps his distance.
And that's the end of the fight!
I would just about give that final round to Itsik Obas.
I've got Obas 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 Gwen Towbar scores the fight 27:30
Judge Stewart Dunkirk scores the fight 27:30
Judge Frank Dennis scores the fight 28:30
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Itsik Obas!
An out of breath Itsik Obas thanked his loyal fans in his post fight interview, giving them credit for his success over the course of his career.
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energy
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hype
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