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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Amir Subdollah (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Duke Rance (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.
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181 lbs
9 - 5 - 0 |
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170 lbs
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Good wrestling
Excellent MT
Insanely flexible |
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Dangerous knees
Good gas tank |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, for the welterweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
9 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Amir Subdollah!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
6 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Duke Rance!
The judges for this bout are Alan Glass, Frank Dennis and Wesley Smith.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Rance tries to clinch there but Subdollah circles away.
Rance closes the distance looking to clinch
and Subdollah counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.
Rance closes the distance but Subdollah moves to the side
and Subdollah cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Subdollah avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Rance fails in his attempt to clinch.
Subdollah circles away from the clinch attempt
and Subdollah counters with a nice kick to the body.
Rance tries to clinch up
and Subdollah counters with a stiff right hand.
Subdollah delivers a nice body kick.
Rance tries to clinch but Subdollah moves away
and Subdollah counters with a stiff right hand.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Rance tries to clinch but Subdollah moves out of range.
Rance tries to clinch
and Subdollah counters with a solid body kick.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Rance on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
Subdollah does a little shimmy and throws a leg kick. The leg kick missed by a considerable margin though, making him look a little bit silly for doing the shimmy.
Rance closes the distance but Subdollah moves to the side
and Subdollah counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Rance moves to clinch but Subdollah breaks away
and Subdollah counters with a nice uppercut.
Rance doesn't manage to clinch there - Subdollah circles away.
Rance fails with an attempt to clinch.
Rance takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Subdollah scores with a leg kick.
Subdollah tries a head kick but it misses.
Subdollah circles away from the clinch attempt.
Rance tries to clinch
and Subdollah makes the exchange count by landing a cracking kick to the body. Rance really felt that one!
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Rance tries to clinch up
and Subdollah counters with a good, hard body kick but Rance shrugs it off.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Rance tries to clinch
and Rance takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Subdollah circles away from the clinch attempt
and Subdollah counters with a series of strikes. Rance will be more careful next time no doubt.
Rance on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Subdollah. Subdollah obviously looking to wear him down.
Subdollah tries to land a leg kick but Rance saw it coming and moves away.
Subdollah chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Rance wants to clinch but Subdollah slips to the side
and Subdollah makes him pay by landing a thudding low kick.
Rance tries to clinch but Subdollah moves away
and Subdollah counters with a thumping low kick.
Subdollah tries a head kick but it misses.
Rance tries to clinch but Subdollah moves away
and Subdollah counters with a slapping leg kick.
Rance wants to clinch
and Subdollah makes the exchange count by landing a cracking kick to the body. Rance really felt that one!
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Rance takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Rance fails with an attempt to clinch.
Rance tries to clinch but fails miserably
and Subdollah makes him pay by landing a thudding low kick.
Rance tries to clinch up
and Subdollah counters with a solid body kick.
Subdollah avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Rance moves into the clinch successfully.
Knees in the clinch landing for Subdollah.
Subdollah pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Rance trying to land knees to the body.
Subdollah lands with a short shot to the head.
Rance misses with a knee to the head.
Rance blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Rance with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Rance misses with a knee strike.
Rance's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Rance avoids a wild elbow strike from Subdollah.
Subdollah landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Rance dodges an elbow strike from Subdollah.
Subdollah lands an elbow inside.
It looks like Duke Rance has been cut.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Rance avoids a wild elbow strike from Subdollah.
Rance tries a knee to the head but Subdollah blocks it.
A knee to the head by Rance.
Subdollah comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Rance misses with a knee strike.
Rance blocks an elbow strike from Subdollah.
Rance is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Subdollah pushes off an throws an elbow but Rance leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Rance throws a knee to the head but misses.
Rance using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Subdollah has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Rance throws a knee to the head but misses.
Rance misses with a knee to the head.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Amir Subdollah dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Duke Rance's cut.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.
Rance tries to grapple but his opponent circles
and Subdollah counters with a head kick that drops Rance - he's looking to finish, following his stunned foe to the ground!
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Rance has no desire to be mounted, so is trying to control. Subdollah is working away from the top position though.
Subdollah wants to free his trapped foot but Rance is holding on for dear life with his legs.
Subdollah prevents Rance from standing back up.
Rance trying to hold on to Subdollah's head to control him but Subdollah postures up.
Subdollah keeping composed on the top, looking to control the action.
Subdollah's ground tactics aren't going to win him many fans. Let's hope he's got fireworks for us if he gets back to his feet because he's not doing much on the ground.
It looks like we're going to have a standup here. Neither fighter is doing enough on the ground.
Rance moves to clinch but Subdollah breaks away
and Subdollah counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Rance wants to clinch
and Subdollah counters with an inside leg kick.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Rance tries to clinch but Subdollah is having none of it.
Rance tries to grapple but his opponent circles
and Subdollah makes him pay by landing a thudding low kick.
Rance moves to clinch but Subdollah breaks away
and Subdollah counters with a thumping low kick.
Rance moves in looking to clinch but Subdollah pushes him off.
Rance closes the distance looking to clinch
and Subdollah counters with a right hand to the body.
Amir Subdollah is winning the standup battle so far.
Subdollah tries a head kick but it misses.
Duke Rance seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Rance wants to clinch but Subdollah slips to the side
and Subdollah counters with a big head kick but Rance shrugs it off.
Subdollah looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Subdollah, right into the meat.
Rance closes the distance and clinches.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Rance landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Rance has developed a nice purple lump on his ribcage, as a result of some heavy body kicks from Subdollah.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Rance using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Subdollah has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Rance misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Subdollah.
Subdollah lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Rance looking to throw knees to the head but Subdollah is blocking nicely.
Rance tries to land knees in the clinch but Subdollah avoids the damage to the body.
Subdollah comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Rance is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Rance with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Rance misses with a knee strike.
Rance tries a knee to the head but Subdollah blocks it.
Subdollah lands a good knee to the midsection. Rance won't want to take too many of those.
Rance with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Rance managing to block the knees to the body from Subdollah.
Rance looking to throw knees to the head but Subdollah is blocking nicely.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Rance tries to land a knee to the head but Subdollah blocks with his arms.
Rance lands a knee to the body.
Subdollah scores with a knee to the head.
Subdollah misses with an elbow over the top.
Rance tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Subdollah avoids it.
Rance unloads a knee to the mid-section. Subdollah lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Subdollah tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Rance tries to land a knee to the head but Subdollah blocks with his arms.
Rance misses with a knee to the head.
Rance tries a knee to the head but Subdollah blocks it.
Rance tries to land a knee to the head but Subdollah blocks with his arms.
Subdollah scores with a shoulder strike.
Subdollah lands a right hand that snaps the head of Rance backwards.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Subdollah throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Rance blocks it with crossed arms.
Rance misses with a knee to the head.
Rance lands a knee to the head.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Subdollah lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Rance with an attempt at a knee that misses.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Subdollah just misses with a elbow thrown towards Rance's brow.
Rance tries to land a knee to the head but Subdollah blocks with his arms.
Rance with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Subdollah takes a knee to the side of the body.
Rance throws a knee to the head but misses.
Rance is breathing heavily.
Subdollah throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Nice elbow from Subdollah.
Rance misses with a knee to the head.
Rance with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Rance is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Subdollah is defending well for now.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Subdollah pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Subdollah misses with a knee strike.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Subdollah just misses with a elbow thrown towards Rance's brow.
Rance misses with a knee strike.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close second round but I would say that Amir Subdollah will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Duke Rance's cut.
That's time! Back to the action! This is the final round!
Rance tries to clinch but fails miserably
and Subdollah counters with a body kick that brings a smile to the face of both fighters.
Subdollah circles away from the clinch attempt.
Rance tries to close the distance and clinch but Subdollah swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Rance is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Rance darts in trying to clinch
and Subdollah makes him pay by landing a thudding low kick.
Rance tries to clinch
and Subdollah makes the exchange count by landing a cracking kick to the body. Rance really felt that one!
Subdollah swats away the attempt to clinch by Rance.
Rance moves to clinch but Subdollah breaks away
and Subdollah connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Rance looks to clinch
and Subdollah counters with a nice uppercut.
Rance tries to clinch up
and Subdollah counters with a nice low kick that buckles Rance's knee momentarily.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Rance tries to grapple but his opponent circles
and Subdollah counters with a good low kick that Rance was not able to check.
Rance closes the distance but Subdollah moves to the side
and Subdollah counters with a low kick, right behind Rance 's knee.
Rance closes the distance and pushes Subdollah back into the cage.
Subdollah fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Rance missing with knees to the body.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Subdollah just misses with a elbow thrown towards Rance's brow.
Subdollah using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Rance has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Rance tries a knee to the head but Subdollah blocks it.
Subdollah misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Rance.
Rance takes a knee right on the jaw!
Subdollah works on Rance's body with a couple of short punches.
Duke Rance seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Rance tries a knee to the head but Subdollah blocks it.
Rance with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Rance takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Subdollah managing to block the knees to the body from Rance.
Rance avoiding damage as Subdollah throws knees to the body.
Rance misses with a knee to the head.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Rance missing with knees to the body.
Rance looking to throw knees to the head but Subdollah is blocking nicely.
Rance trying to land knees to the body.
Rance misses with a knee strike.
Rance using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Subdollah has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
With the fighters up against the cage, Subdollah throws an elbow but misses.
Rance blocks an elbow strike from Subdollah.
Rance managing to block the knees to the body from Subdollah.
Rance misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Subdollah.
Subdollah lands an elbow just above Rance 's eye.
Subdollah tries a body shot but Rance blocks it.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Subdollah putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Rance in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Rance avoids a wild elbow strike from Subdollah.
Subdollah lands a nice knee to the body.
Rance missing with knees to the body.
Rance with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Subdollah lands an elbow inside that Rance shrugs off.
Rance tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Subdollah avoids it.
Rance tries a knee to the head but Subdollah blocks it.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Subdollah.
Rance tries a knee to the head but Subdollah blocks it.
Rance misses with a knee to the head.
Subdollah lands an elbow that stopped Rance in his tracks for a moment.
Subdollah managing to block the knees to the body from Rance.
Rance tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Rance misses with a knee to the head.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Subdollah.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Rance tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Subdollah throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Subdollah on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Subdollah gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Rance avoids the elbow strike from Subdollah, against the cage.
Subdollah managing to block the knees to the body from Rance.
Rance using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Subdollah has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Subdollah misses with an elbow over the top.
Rance throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Subdollah blocks it with crossed arms.
Amir Subdollah is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
A nice right hand lands inside from Subdollah.
Subdollah scores with a shoulder strike.
Rance takes an elbow to the temple.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Subdollah.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Subdollah obliges.
Subdollah creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Duke Rance has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Subdollah unloads a knee to the mid-section.
And that's the end of the fight!
Amir Subdollah showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Subdollah, 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 Alan Glass scores the fight 30:27
Judge Frank Dennis scores the fight 30:27
Judge Wesley Smith scores the fight 30:27
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Amir Subdollah!
Amir Subdollah is the new welterweight champion!
Amir Subdollah managed to slip a mention for his sponsors, GREEN!, into his post fight interview.
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