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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Laish Tenedos (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Imran Khan (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Imran Khan told me before the fight that he's been watching a lot of DVDs so let's see if that helps him in this one! I can't wait to find out!
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210 lbs
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BJJ Blue Belt
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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
5 - 9 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Laish Tenedos!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
0 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Imran Khan!
The judges for this bout are Donatello Bradman, Hugh Johnson and Winston Howard.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Tenedos misses with a head kick.
Khan scores with a nice right hand.
Khan throws a nice looking combination but Tenedos bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Khan gets a clinch.
Khan struggles to land a body shot inside as Tenedos controls his hands.
Tenedos takes an elbow to the forehead.
Khan landing knees to the head.
It looks like Laish Tenedos has been cut.
Khan throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Tenedos blocks it with crossed arms.
Khan pressing his opponent against the cage.
Khan lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Khan landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Khan wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Tenedos pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Khan throws a head kick but Tenedos moves out of range.
Khan avoids the head kick by Tenedos.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Tenedos scores with a kick to the body.
Khan closes the distance and pushes Tenedos back into the cage.
A short left from Khan.
Tenedos wants to get back to striking at distance but Khan won't allow it.
Khan throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Tenedos tries to circle away but Khan has him pinned against the cage.
Tenedos with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Tenedos misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Khan.
Khan breaks the clinch.
Khan is looking to clinch.
Tenedos throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Khan fails with an attempt to clinch.
Tenedos swats away the attempt to clinch by Khan.
A head kick misses from Tenedos.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Khan avoids the head kick by Tenedos.
Tenedos tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Khan pushes Tenedos up against the cage in a clinch.
Khan breaks the clinch.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Khan tries to clinch there but Tenedos circles away.
Khan pushes Tenedos up against the cage in a clinch.
Khan tries to land a knee to the head but Tenedos blocks with his arms.
Tenedos tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Khan avoids it.
Tenedos tries to land knees in the clinch but Khan avoids the damage to the body.
Khan avoiding damage.
Tenedos is looking to break free of the clinch but Khan has double underhooks.
Khan displaying some good clinch control by pressing Tenedos up against the cage.
Tenedos tries to land a knee to the head but Khan blocks with his arms.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Tenedos managing to block the knees to the body from Khan.
Tenedos takes a shot to the head.
Khan prevents Tenedos from breaking the clinch.
Tenedos on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Khan connects with a nasty looking knee right to Tenedos's face.
Khan throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Tenedos blocks it with crossed arms.
Tenedos's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Khan rushes Tenedos and presses him up against the cage.
Tenedos pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Khan dodges an elbow strike from Tenedos.
Tenedos breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Khan clinches with his opponent.
Tenedos wants to break the clinch but can't.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Khan breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Tenedos throws a head kick that misses.
Tenedos misses with a kick to the body
and Khan counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Tenedos lands with a kick to the ribs.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Khan drives through and clinches with Tenedos against the cage.
Khan is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Stalling in the clinch from Khan.
Khan breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Tenedos misses with a kick to the body.
Tenedos throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Khan tries to clinch up.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Khan blocks a head kick by Tenedos.
Khan tries to clinch but Tenedos is having none of it.
Khan rushes Tenedos and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Tenedos working hard to break the clinch.
And that�s the end of the round � the fighters go back to their corners.
Imran Khan dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Laish Tenedos's cut.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.
Tenedos tries a head kick but it misses.
Imran Khan seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Tenedos throws a head kick but Khan moves out of range.
Tenedos throws a head kick but Khan moves out of range.
Khan moves out of range of the leg kick from Tenedos.
Khan instigates a clinch.
Khan missing with knees to the body.
Tenedos takes a knee right on the jaw!
A frustrated look appears on Khan's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Tenedos escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Tenedos misses with a low kick.
Tenedos throws a lazy head kick
and Khan moves into the clinch.
Imran Khan seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Khan lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Khan tries a knee to the head but Tenedos blocks it.
Khan prevents Tenedos from breaking the clinch.
Khan stalls.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Khan scores with a shoulder strike.
Khan pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Khan tries to close the distance and clinch but Tenedos swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Tenedos throws a leg kick but Khan sees it coming and checks it nicely.
Tenedos throws a head kick that looked like it stung.
It looks like Imran Khan has been cut.
Khan blocks the body kick.
Tenedos throws a lazy head kick
and Khan counters with a series of strikes. Tenedos will be more careful next time no doubt.
The fight moves into the clinch position.
A short uppercut from Khan.
Khan manages to break the clinch.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
A decent looking body kick lands there for Tenedos.
A head kick by Tenedos misses
and Khan counters by moving into the clinch. Good anticipation by Khan.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Khan lands a body punch in the clinch.
Tenedos takes a knee right on the jaw!
Khan content to slow the pace in the clinch.
Tenedos is trying to break the clinch but Khan has him pressed against the cage.
Tenedos tries to circle away but Khan has him pinned against the cage.
Tenedos jumps guard but his hands slip and he falls flat on his back. Well, he's made himself look a right mug there, as Khan walks away with a smile on his face. Tenedos gets slowly back to his feet and shakes his head.
The fight stays on the outside here - Khan looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Khan closes the distance looking to clinch
and Tenedos counters with a good, hard body kick but Khan shrugs it off.
Khan misses with a wild combination.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Tenedos lands with a nice body kick.
Khan tries to clinch up but Tenedos circles away and keeps his distance.
Tenedos tries to keep at a distance but Khan has taken the fight into the clinch.
Khan lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Tenedos throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Khan blocks it with crossed arms.
Khan working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Khan lands a left hand.
Khan is clearly stalling here... Pick up the pace son.
Khan tries to land knees in the clinch but Tenedos avoids the damage to the body.
Khan keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Tenedos's efforts to push away.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Khan landing knees to the head.
Tenedos blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Tenedos jumps guard but his hands slip and he falls flat on his back. Well, he's made himself look a right mug there, as Khan walks away with a smile on his face. Tenedos gets slowly back to his feet and shakes his head.
Laish Tenedos is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Tenedos looks to land a body kick but Khan moved away.
Tenedos avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Tenedos misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Khan lets the fists fly and connects with a left straight followed by a right hook.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Tenedos throws a body kick that misses.
Khan takes a head kick and keeps coming.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Khan scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.
Khan misses with the combination.
Khan closes the distance and clinches.
And that�s the end of the round � the fighters go back to their corners.
A close second round but Imran Khan will probably get the nod - 10:9.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action! This is the final round!
Tenedos misses with a head kick.
Khan pushes Tenedos up against the cage in a clinch.
Tenedos fails to pull guard.
Tenedos wants to break the clinch but can't.
Tenedos throws a knee to the head but misses.
A short uppercut from Khan.
Khan unloads a knee to the mid-section. Tenedos lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Khan lands an elbow inside.
Tenedos tries to pull guard but can't drag his opponent to the mat. Khan just stands there and leans against the cage.
Khan is trying to break the clinch but Tenedos has him pressed against the cage.
Nice elbow from Khan.
Khan lands a knee to the body.
A frustrated look appears on Tenedos's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Khan displaying some good clinch control by pressing Tenedos up against the cage.
Khan stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Tenedos wants to break free but Khan has control.
Khan lands an elbow that stopped Tenedos in his tracks for a moment.
Tenedos is trying to work for a single leg takedown but Khan pulls him back up using the underhooks.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Laish Tenedos. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Khan lands a knee to the head.
Khan with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Khan.
Tenedos's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Khan slows down the pace here.
Khan connects with a nasty looking knee right to Tenedos's face.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Tenedos can't break the clinch.
Nice body punch from Khan.
Khan utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Khan lands with a right to the head.
Khan escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Khan swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Khan tries to clinch there but Tenedos circles away.
Tenedos tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Khan tries to clinch up but Tenedos circles away and keeps his distance.
Khan clinches up against the cage.
Khan stalls.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Tenedos is trying to push Khan away but Khan has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
A nice right hand lands inside from Khan.
Tenedos throws a knee to the head but misses.
Khan lands a knee to the head.
Khan prevents Tenedos from breaking the clinch.
Tenedos avoiding damage as Khan throws knees to the body.
Khan manages to get underhooks and slows down the pace for a moment.
Tenedos tries to pull guard but can't drag his opponent to the mat. Khan just stands there and leans against the cage.
Imran Khan is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.
Khan escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Tenedos throws a leg kick that is checked
and Khan cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Khan has managed to clinch.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Khan lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Khan keeps control of Tenedos as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Khan is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Khan with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Tenedos is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Khan is defending well for now.
Khan working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Khan lands an uppercut.
Tenedos has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Khan keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Tenedos's efforts to push away.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
A short uppercut from Khan.
Laish Tenedos has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Tenedos scores a nice knee to the body.
And that's the end of the fight!
Imran 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 Donatello Bradman scores the fight 27:30
Judge Hugh Johnson scores the fight 27:30
Judge Winston Howard scores the fight 27:30
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Imran Khan!
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energy
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hype
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