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Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Richard Dawkins (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Rajja Khan (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Dawkins comes to the cage accompanied by Prong - Snap Your Fingers, Snap Your Neck . Khan is bouncing up and down as he enters the arena, backed by tubular bells. There are an array of beautiful celebrities at ringside tonight! I wonder if any of them paid for their tickets.
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159 lbs
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179 cm
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160 lbs
18 - 4 - 2 |
Abu Dhabi Champ
World class boxer
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
24 - 11 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Richard Dawkins!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
18 - 4 - 2, fighting out of London, Rajja Khan!
The judges for this bout are Dillan Fox, Elvis Blanc and Alec Ball.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Khan keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Dawkins.
Khan checks a leg kick nicely.
Dawkins stuffs the takedown.
Dawkins misses with a double jab.
A kick lands to the mid section there for Dawkins.
Dawkins slips under a jab from Khan.
Khan moves out of range of the strikes.
Some wild striking there from Khan.
Richard Dawkins seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Khan lands with a kick to the ribs.
Dawkins lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Khan lands a nice shot to the body.
Khan lands a high kick!
A looping hook to the body misses from Dawkins. Khan does a little dance to reset his feet.
Khan throws a sloppy head kick and Dawkins moves out of range easily.
Khan blocks the body kick.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Khan moves out of range of the body kick.
Dawkins fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Khan is out of range.
Dawkins slips a jab from Khan.
Khan swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Khan throws a lazy head kick
and Dawkins counters with a low kick, right behind Khan 's knee.
Dawkins throws a sloppy body shot
and Khan counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Dawkins lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Dawkins looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
Khan swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Khan blocks a jab.
Khan lets loose with a powerful body kick. Dawkins will feel that in the morning.
Dawkins blocks a head kick by Khan.
Dawkins misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Dawkins throws a front kick aimed at Khan's knee but Khan avoids it well.
A low kick from Dawkins is predictable there
and Khan counters with a nice uppercut.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Nice body kick from Dawkins.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Khan throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Khan avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
Khan takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Khan is trying hard to land a takedown here. Dawkins sprawls well and keeps this one on the feet.
Khan keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
Dawkins misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Khan.
Khan uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Dawkins.
Dawkins connects with an inside leg kick.
Khan throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Dawkins sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Dawkins scores with the left hand. Khan knows he should have avoided that one.
Khan ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Dawkins moves away.
Khan doesn't manage to clinch there - Dawkins circles away.
A shot to the body from Dawkins misses
and Khan counters with a nice body shot.
Khan takes one to the side of the head.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Dawkins attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
Khan thows a left - swing and a miss!
Dawkins doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Khan is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Khan fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Dawkins manages to avoid it.
Dawkins defending well as Khan loads up on a big left hand.
Dawkins throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Khan sees it coming and avoids it easily.
A decent looking body kick lands there for Khan.
Dawkins bobs and weaves and then throws a good body kick.
Dawkins dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Khan. That did some damage!
Dawkins changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Dawkins connects with a leg kick. Khan looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
Khan tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Dawkins throws a head kick but Khan moves out of range.
A swing and a miss from Dawkins.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Dawkins throws a leg kick
and Khan counters with a one-two to the body.
Khan misses with a straight left.
Khan loads up on a big right hand but Dawkins slips the punch.
Khan tries to clinch but Dawkins moves out of range.
Khan misses with a kick to the body.
Dawkins jabs Khan to the body, keeping him at a distance.
Dawkins buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Khan takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Nice sprawl there from Dawkins as Khan shoots in.
Richard Dawkins has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Rajja Khan.
Khan looks winded!
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Khan ducks under a wild hook from Dawkins.
Dawkins darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
Dawkins lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Richard Dawkins dominated that round.
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.
Khan swings and misses with a shot to the body
and Dawkins counters with a shoot takedown. Khan fights it but they end up in guard.
Dawkins won't allow Khan to sweep him here.
Dawkins stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Khan swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Dawkins is working Khan over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes.
Khan keeping full guard, as Dawkins tries to pass.
Khan is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.
Dawkins tries to get to full guard but Khan has control of the leg.
Khan working some ground and pound from close in. He's looking to maintain this position and strike for a while by the looks of things... although he'll probably advance to full mount in a minute now I've said that.
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!
Khan thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Dawkins's head.
Dawkins keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Dawkins wants to get back to full guard.
Khan is keen to just control but Dawkins is a slippery customer.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Dawkins looking to work for a kimura from the bottom.
Dawkins has hold of Khan's hands but Khan slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.
Khan trying to mount his opponent but Dawkins defends it.
Khan thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Dawkins's head.
Dawkins manages to get to full guard.
Dawkins is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.
Dawkins trying to mount his opponent but Khan defends it.
Khan makes some distance and scrambles quickly back to his feet. Nice work!
Dawkins tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Dawkins takes a swing at Khan's ribcage but misses.
Dawkins misses with a combination
and Khan counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Dawkins moves out of range of the body kick from Khan.
Khan's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Dawkins connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Khan scrambles back to his feet.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Dawkins stuffs the takedown attempt from Khan. Khan gets slowly back to his feet.
Khan looks to land a body kick but Dawkins moved away.
Khan tries to close the distance and clinch up but Dawkins swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Dawkins walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Khan checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
Khan lands a body shot.
Khan blocks the body kick.
Dawkins looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Khan walks into a jab.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Dawkins blocks a head kick by Khan.
Dawkins tries a low kick but Khan avoids it.
The fight stays on the outside here - Khan looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Dawkins paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
Dawkins looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Khan tries a head kick but it misses.
Khan tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Khan ducks right into an uppercut from Dawkins.
Dawkins scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Khan tried to score with a low kick but Dawkins checks it.
Dawkins fakes high and shoots in for a takedown but Khan avoids it really well and circles away.
Dawkins avoids the head kick by Khan.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Dawkins scoring well with a low kick there.
Dawkins throws a right and a left that both miss.
Dawkins takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Dawkins scores with a jab to the body.
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!
Khan is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Dawkins misses with a two punch combination.
Dawkins swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Dawkins gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Khan keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
Khan throws a head kick that misses.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Richard Dawkins dominated that second round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! This is the final round!
Khan shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.
A looping hook to the body misses from Khan. Dawkins does a little dance to reset his feet.
Dawkins clobbers Khan with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
Dawkins fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Khan takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Dawkins tries a low kick but Khan avoids it.
Dawkins looks to score with a jab to the body but Khan is just out of range.
Khan on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
Khan closes this distance looking for a takedown but Dawkins circles away.
Khan has used his reach advantage pretty well so far tonight.
Khan swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Dawkins throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Khan stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Khan swings for the body but Dawkins moves out of range.
Khan takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Khan closes the distance and clinches.
Dawkins lands on the inside with an uppercut.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Dawkins working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Dawkins misses with a punch on the inside.
Khan makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Dawkins lands a nice uppercut.
A head punch on the inside from Khan fails to land.
Dawkins pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Good leg kick by Dawkins there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Sloppy strikes from Dawkins. Those never looked like landing.
Khan looks to land a body kick but Dawkins moved away.
Khan throws a series of punches but Dawkins moves out of range.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Khan.
Dawkins lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Khan avoids the body shot from Dawkins.
Dawkins misses the shot to the body.
Dawkins connects with a right hand. Khan shakes it off.
Dawkins lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Dawkins lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
A good leg kick by Dawkins.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Dawkins lands a glancing blow to the side of Khan's head.
Dawkins fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Khan manages to avoid it.
Khan misses with a left hand
and Dawkins counters with a good, hard body kick but Khan shrugs it off.
Khan throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Khan on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Dawkins. Dawkins obviously looking to wear him down.
Khan's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Dawkins cracks the inside of Khan's front leg.
Dawkins tries to land a front kick but Khan steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
Dawkins throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Khan throws an overhand right that lands on Dawkins's shoulder, as Dawkins tries to avoid the shot.
Khan thumps Dawkins with a low kick.
Khan fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
Rajja Khan has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Dawkins bobs and weaves into range and then changes levels and scores with a nice takedown into side control.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Khan on the wrong end of some ground and pound.
Khan is looking for a sweep.
Khan is trying to get back to half guard. He's pushing on Dawkins's leg. He's managed it. Nice work.
Dawkins throwing shots but Khan is blocking nicely.
Dawkins with a momentary lay and pray from half guard.
Dawkins thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
Richard Dawkins overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Khan is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
Dawkins drops an elbow to the side of Khan's head.
Khan regains full guard. Nicely done.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Dawkins's corner. There ya go! There ya go!
Khan looking for submissions off his back, moving his hips, looking for an opening.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Dawkins tries to free his leg and advance position but Khan is retaining full guard.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Dawkins passes into half guard.
Dawkins is nestled in close to Khan, controlling him well. He's worked in a nice elbow to the side of the head as well, for good measure.
Khan is looking for a sweep. Dawkins is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
Dawkins takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Dawkins is sneakily working for an arm triangle but Khan sees it coming and defends easily.
Khan slips a foot under and gets full guard. Nice work.
Khan has an active guard here but Dawkins has managed to pass into half guard.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Khan moves into full guard.
And that's the end of the fight!
Richard Dawkins showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Dawkins has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... 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 Dillan Fox scores the fight 30:27
Judge Elvis Blanc scores the fight 30:27
Judge Alec Ball scores the fight 30:27
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Richard Dawkins!
Richard Dawkins took to the microphone after his victory and thanked his sponsors, Convicted Trap House for their support in the buildup to the fight.
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