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Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Achmed Muhammad (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Gstring Borad (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Gstring Borad acknowledges the crowd's support as he enters the cage.
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171 cm
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165 lbs
2 - 1 - 0 |
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180 cm
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155 lbs
2 - 1 - 0 |
BJJ Brown Belt
Brawler
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BJJ Blue Belt
Solid Muay Thai
Solid chin |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division. Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner. With a record of
2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Achmed Muhammad! And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner. With a record of
2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Gstring Borad! The judges for this bout are Josh West, Colin Fray and Ryoma Takatsuka.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway! Borad fails in his attempt to clinch. Borad drives through and clinches with Muhammad against the cage.
Borad unloads a knee to the mid-section. Borad is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath. Borad unloads a knee to the mid-section. Muhammad takes an elbow to the temple. Borad throws a knee to the head but misses.
Borad connects with a nasty looking knee right to Muhammad's face.
Borad with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
It looks like Achmed Muhammad has been cut. Borad lands a damaging elbow. Borad blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning. Muhammad wants a takedown.
Borad lands a good knee to the midsection. Muhammad won't want to take too many of those. This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff! Borad's corner are urging him to control the action in the clinch for a moment, rather than mount any serious offense. I'm sure the crowd appreciate those instructions... not. Muhammad with an attempt at a knee that misses.
That's one minute gone in the round. Borad scores with a knee to the head.
Borad keeps control of Muhammad as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks. Borad with a knee to the head.
Muhammad trying to control the position but instead, Borad has worked for underhooks and has pushed Muhammad into the cage. A frustrated look appears on Muhammad's face as he tries to break the clinch. A knee to the head by Borad.
Borad is trying to maintain a safe position but Muhammad gets an underhook and turns Borad into the cage. Borad scores with a knee to the head.
Borad lands an elbow that stopped Muhammad in his tracks for a moment. Stalling in the clinch from Borad.
Muhammad is looking to take this one to the mat. Muhammad is trying to break the clinch but Borad has him pressed against the cage.
That's two minutes gone in the round. Borad tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
A knee to the head by Borad.
Borad slows down the pace here.
Borad creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Muhammad's defenses. Borad lands a nice elbow from the clinch. Borad lands an elbow inside. Muhammad manages to get underhooks and slows down the pace for a moment.
Borad unloads a knee to the mid-section. Muhammad fails to pull guard.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Achmed Muhammad. That's going to take a lot out of him. Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show! Muhammad takes a knee right on the jaw!
That's three minutes gone in the round. Muhammad will no doubt start fighting again in a minute but for now he's just having a little rest, leaning Borad up against the cage. Borad putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Muhammad in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body. Borad connects with a nasty looking knee right to Muhammad's face.
Borad unloads a knee to the mid-section. Muhammad lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh. Muhammad leaning his opponent against the cage. Borad utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body. Borad throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Muhammad blocks it with crossed arms. Borad landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Borad with a knee to the head.
That's four minutes gone in the round. Muhammad has dropped down and is looking to force the takedown but it's defended by Borad after a bit of a struggle. Borad with a knee to the head.
Muhammad takes an elbow to the forehead. Borad landing knees to the body.
Muhammad throws a knee to the head but misses.
Borad lands a damaging elbow. Borad trying to control the position but instead, Muhammad has worked for underhooks and has pushed Borad into the cage. Muhammad looking to throw knees to the head but Borad is blocking nicely.
Borad with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action. Borad connects with a nasty looking knee right to Muhammad's face.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show! Knees to the body from Borad.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Borad obliges. And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Gstring Borad dominated that round. The cut man is working on Achmed Muhammad's cut. The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!
Muhammad fails in his attempt to clinch. Muhammad tries to close the distance and clinch up but Borad swats him away and circles back towards the center. Borad digs a good hook to Muhammad's body.
Borad has taken the fight to the clinch.
Borad is struggling to control the position. Borad tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Knees to the body from Borad.
Borad with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head. Borad landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Borad lands an elbow that stopped Muhammad in his tracks for a moment. Muhammad is trying to pull guard but Borad has him pressed against the cage. Muhammad wants to get back to striking at distance but Borad won't allow it.
Borad lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
That's one minute gone in the round. Muhammad escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Borad gets caught flat footed, as Muhammad shoots in with a quick takedown into guard. The fighters are starting to get a bit slippery now, which will make submissions a bit more difficult. Muhammad trying to control but Borad is working from the bottom. Muhammad got a little sloppy there for a moment and Borad has worked his way into a loose triangle - can he finish it?! No, Muhammad has managed to get both his arms back between Borad's legs - danger averted. Borad isolates an arm and boxes in a triangle. Muhammad stacks Borad on his neck as he steps over and passes to the side. He's now in a much more dominant position where he can look to do some serious damage. Nice move by Muhammad! Borad is breathing heavily. Borad wants to control but Muhammad postures up.
That's two minutes gone in the round. Muhammad wants to control but Borad is keeping him busy. Muhammad working hard here to secure a kimura but he's not really in the right position for it. The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work. Borad wants to control but Muhammad postures up. Borad prevents Muhammad from moving into mount. Muhammad looking to punish the body of his opponent here but Borad is avoiding damage well.
Muhammad stands up and we're back to a striking position.
That's three minutes gone in the round. Borad fails to land with a series of punches.
Borad stalks Muhammad and leaps in with a furious combination of punches. Uppercuts and crosses smash into Muhammad's face. Muhammad staggers backwards, shaken. Muhammad misses with a takedown attempt - Borad sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses. Borad has closed the distance and engaged Muhammad in a clinch.
Gstring Borad seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far. Knees to the body from Borad.
Muhammad throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Borad blocks it with crossed arms. Muhammad wants to stall.
Borad tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
That's four minutes gone in the round. A knee to the head by Borad.
Borad with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Borad utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body. Borad gets double underhooks to prevent a takedown attempt from Muhammad.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Achmed Muhammad. That's going to take a lot out of him. Borad is looking to control Muhammad's arms but Muhammad gets an underhook and turns him. Now Borad has his back to the cage. Borad lands a damaging elbow. Borad with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Muhammad is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage. As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action. Borad looking to stall.
Borad letting Muhammad take a breather here. And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Gstring Borad showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards. The cut man is working on Achmed Muhammad'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. This is the final round!
Muhammad throws a head kick that misses. Borad works the jab nicely. Borad scores with a three punch combo!
Muhammad looks for a takedown but Borad sprawls well. Borad jabs at Muhammad's body. Muhammad needs to keep his hands up - Borad had a free shot at his head there. Borad closes the distance but Muhammad moves to the side and Muhammad counters with a nice double leg into guard. Borad is trying to control the position from the bottom.
This has been an exciting period of action! Muhammad trying to control but Borad is working from the bottom.
That's one minute gone in the round. Borad preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage. Muhammad is pushing down on Borad's leg trying to pass to half guard. Borad is fighting to maintain full guard but Muhammad has managed to sneak the leg through. Borad really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Muhammad. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out. Muhammad prevents Borad from standing back up.
Borad looking for submissions off his back. Borad takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired. Borad has no desire to be mounted, so is trying to control. Muhammad is working away from the top position though.
That's two minutes gone in the round. Muhammad performing his best blanket impression for a moment.
The ref stands the fighters back up because Achmed Muhammad just wasn't active enough. Borad throws a shot to the body.
That's three minutes gone in the round. Borad wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection. Muhammad drops down and drives through with a powerful takedown into guard. Muhammad wants to control from the top but Borad keeps moving. Borad wants to control but instead he gets his guard passed and Muhammad is now in half guard. Muhammad stands up from half guard. Nice shot by Borad. Gstring Borad is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
That's four minutes gone in the round. Borad swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Muhammad. Borad slips a jab and a cross from Muhammad.
Gstring Borad is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight. Muhammad misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out. Achmed Muhammad is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things. Borad takes the fight into the clinch. Muhammad goes for a takedown in the clinch but Borad prevents it.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Achmed Muhammad. That's going to take a lot out of him. Borad lands a knee to the head.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd. As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action. Borad landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Borad lands an elbow just above Muhammad 's eye. Achmed Muhammad has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here! Borad lands a knee to the head.
And that's the end of the fight! That was a close round. You could make an argument for either fighter but I would give it to Achmed Muhammad. I think Borad has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. 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 Josh West scores the fight 28:29 Judge Colin Fray scores the fight 28:29 Judge Ryoma Takatsuka scores the fight 28:29
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Gstring Borad!
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energy
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hype
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pop
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mgr
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