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Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Pio Iafeta (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Shabazz Mohammed (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Pio Iafeta has the edge in experience - let's see if he can make that count tonight.
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168 lbs
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170 cm
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168 lbs
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Good takedowns
Brawler
Very quick |
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Decent wrestler
Decent boxing
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
4 - 6 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Pio Iafeta!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
1 - 2 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Shabazz Mohammed!
The judges for this bout are , and .
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Iafeta tries to clinch
letting Mohammed counter with a right hand.
Mohammed works over Iafeta's head and body with a nice combination.
Mohammed swinging wildly here.
The fight stays on the outside here - Iafeta looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Mohammed keeps the fight on the outside.
Iafeta moves in looking to clinch but Mohammed pushes him off.
Iafeta tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Mohammed manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Iafeta tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Mohammed manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Iafeta tries to clinch up but Mohammed circles away and keeps his distance.
Mohammed shuffles to his left behind two crisp jabs. Iafeta eats them both and turns towards Mohammed to reposition himself and eats a stinging right hand-left hook combo.
Iafeta doesn't manage to clinch there - Mohammed circles away.
Mohammed throws a jab when Iafeta was well out of range.
Iafeta tries to clinch but fails miserably
enabling Mohammed to counter with a crisp jab.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Iafeta tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Mohammed paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Mohammed swats away the attempt to clinch by Iafeta.
Mohammed lands with a hook. Iafeta tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
Mohammed fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
Pio Iafeta seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Mohammed misses with a hook.
Iafeta could do with losing a few pounds - he looks very soft around the mid section, to put it politely.
Iafeta has his head slapped from side to side by a 3 punch combination. That must have hurt him.
Iafeta is rocked!
Iafeta is looking to clinch but Mohammed is avoiding it.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Iafeta moves in looking to clinch but Mohammed pushes him off.
Iafeta moves in looking to clinch but Mohammed pushes him off.
Iafeta tries to clinch but Mohammed moves out of range.
Iafeta tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Mohammed paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Mohammed throws a series of punches but Iafeta moves out of range.
Iafeta wants to clinch up but Mohammed keeps it at a distance.
Iafeta tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Mohammed paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Iafeta tries to clinch up but Mohammed circles away and keeps his distance.
Iafeta doesn't manage to clinch there - Mohammed circles away.
Iafeta tries to clinch
and Mohammed counters with a left and a right that stings Iafeta.
Iafeta fails with an attempt to clinch.
Iafeta avoids the body shot from Mohammed.
Mohammed looks winded!
Iafeta tries to close the distance and clinch but Mohammed swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Iafeta ducks under a wild hook from Mohammed.
Iafeta tries to close the distance and clinch but Mohammed swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Iafeta tries to clinch up but Mohammed circles away and keeps his distance.
Iafeta tries to clinch but Mohammed moves out of range.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Nice defenses there by Iafeta.
A jab from Mohammed misses.
Mohammed looks to land a combination but Iafeta avoids it well.
Iafeta is looking to clinch but Mohammed is avoiding it.
Iafeta tries to clinch up but Mohammed circles away and keeps his distance.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Iafeta fails in his attempt to clinch.
Mohammed throws a right hand that Iafeta ducks under and follows up with a left that Iafeta also avoids with ease.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Mohammed jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Iafeta fails with an attempt to clinch.
Mohammed keeps the fight on the outside.
Iafeta fails with an attempt to clinch.
Iafeta avoids a punch combination nicely.
Iafeta fails with an attempt to clinch.
Iafeta moves in looking to clinch but Mohammed pushes him off.
Iafeta tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Mohammed paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Mohammed circles away from the clinch attempt.
A jab from Mohammed does it's job there.
Iafeta tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Iafeta ducks under a wild hook from Mohammed.
Iafeta wants to clinch up but Mohammed keeps it at a distance.
Iafeta slips a straight right by Mohammed.
Iafeta fails with an attempt to clinch.
Mohammed fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Iafeta tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Mohammed manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Iafeta tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Mohammed paws at him with a jab and circles away.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Iafeta is looking to clinch.
Iafeta tries to clinch but Mohammed moves out of range.
Iafeta tries to clinch up.
Iafeta fails with an attempt to clinch.
Iafeta moves in looking to clinch but Mohammed pushes him off.
Iafeta tries to clinch up but Mohammed circles away and keeps his distance.
Iafeta doesn't manage to clinch there - Mohammed circles away.
Iafeta wants to clinch
and Mohammed counters with a nice uppercut.
Iafeta showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Mohammed.
Iafeta tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Mohammed manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
A big left from Mohammed misses.
Mohammed might want to mix his strikes up a bit more. He's just going for head shots at the moment and that can become a bit predictable.
Iafeta steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Mohammed.
Iafeta tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Mohammed manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Iafeta tries to clinch up but Mohammed circles away and keeps his distance.
Iafeta moves in looking to clinch but Mohammed pushes him off.
Iafeta tries to clinch there but Mohammed circles away.
Iafeta fails with an attempt to clinch.
Iafeta tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Iafeta doesn't manage to clinch there - Mohammed circles away.
Iafeta wants to clinch.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Mohammed swats away the attempt to clinch by Iafeta.
Iafeta is looking to clinch.
Iafeta takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Mohammed misses with a straight right.
Mohammed throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Iafeta.
Iafeta tries to clinch up but Mohammed circles away and keeps his distance.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Iafeta is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Mohammed throws a looping overhand right but Iafeta ducks down to avoid it.
Mohammed throws a shot from downtown. Iafeta moves away and avoids it.
Mohammed swings for the body but Iafeta moves out of range.
Iafeta tries to clinch up.
Mohammed looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Iafeta tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Mohammed paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Mohammed avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Mohammed throws a big shot that misses.
Mohammed keeps the fight on the outside.
Iafeta tries to clinch up.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close round but Shabazz Mohammed will probably get the nod.
That's time! Iafeta's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.
Iafeta is looking to clinch.
Mohammed swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Left hook, right uppercut from Mohammed.
Mohammed rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Iafeta moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Iafeta moves in looking to clinch but Mohammed pushes him off.
Iafeta tries to clinch up
and Mohammed counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Iafeta tries to clinch up.
Iafeta tries to clinch up
and Mohammed counters with a series of strikes. Iafeta will be more careful next time no doubt.
Iafeta tries to clinch there but Mohammed circles away.
Iafeta tries to clinch but Mohammed moves out of range.
The fighters circling - Mohammed throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Iafeta is looking to clinch.
Mohammed is breathing heavily.
Mohammed avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Mohammed throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Iafeta keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Iafeta moves in looking to clinch but Mohammed pushes him off.
Iafeta tries to clinch up.
Mohammed avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Iafeta has Mohammed up against the cage in a clinch.
Iafeta goes for a takedown attempt but Mohammed pushes him away and we're back to fighting at a distance.
Mohammed circles away from the clinch attempt.
Iafeta is looking to clinch but Mohammed is avoiding it.
Iafeta tries to clinch but Mohammed is having none of it.
Iafeta wants to clinch
and Mohammed counters with a series of strikes. Iafeta will be more careful next time no doubt.
Iafeta tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Iafeta tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Mohammed manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Iafeta wants to clinch up but Mohammed keeps it at a distance.
Iafeta doesn't manage to clinch there - Mohammed circles away.
Iafeta tries to close the distance and clinch up but Mohammed swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Iafeta tries to clinch up but Mohammed circles away and keeps his distance.
Mohammed lands a jab.
Iafeta is looking to clinch but Mohammed is avoiding it.
Mohammed misses with a two punch combination.
Mohammed throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Iafeta is looking to clinch but Mohammed is avoiding it.
Mohammed clobbers Iafeta with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
Iafeta is looking to clinch but Mohammed is avoiding it.
Sloppy strikes from Mohammed. Those never looked like landing.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Iafeta fails with an attempt to clinch.
Shabazz Mohammed is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Iafeta is looking to clinch.
Iafeta wants to clinch up but Mohammed keeps it at a distance.
Iafeta is looking to clinch.
Mohammed lands a jab, followed by a cross and another cross, as Iafeta backs up against the cage.
Mohammed circles away from the clinch attempt.
Mohammed throws an overhand right that lands on Iafeta's shoulder, as Iafeta tries to avoid the shot.
Iafeta wants to clinch.
Iafeta doesn't manage to clinch there - Mohammed circles away.
Iafeta moves in looking to clinch but Mohammed pushes him off.
Iafeta tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Mohammed paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Mohammed misses with a jab, cross combination.
Iafeta moves in looking to clinch but Mohammed pushes him off.
Shabazz Mohammed seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Mohammed keeps the fight on the outside.
Iafeta tries to close the distance and clinch up but Mohammed swats him away and circles back towards the center.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Iafeta tries to clinch but Mohammed moves out of range.
Mohammed swats away the attempt to clinch by Iafeta.
Iafeta tries to clinch up but Mohammed circles away and keeps his distance.
Iafeta tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Mohammed paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Iafeta tries to close the distance and clinch but Mohammed swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Iafeta is looking to clinch but Mohammed is avoiding it.
Mohammed throws a big shot that misses.
Iafeta tries to clinch but Mohammed is having none of it.
Mohammed keeps the fight on the outside.
Mohammed throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Iafeta tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Mohammed manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Mohammed keeps the fight on the outside.
Mohammed lands with an overhand left.
Mohammed looks to land a right hand but Iafeta moved out of range.
The fight stays on the outside here - Iafeta looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Iafeta wants to clinch
and Mohammed counters with a nice uppercut.
Iafeta tries to close the distance and clinch but Mohammed swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Mohammed throws a looping overhand right but Iafeta ducks down to avoid it.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Iafeta tries to close the distance and clinch but Mohammed swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Iafeta tries to clinch up but Mohammed circles away and keeps his distance.
Mohammed circles away from the clinch attempt.
Mohammed keeps the fight on the outside.
Iafeta tries to clinch but Mohammed is having none of it.
Iafeta tries to clinch up.
Mohammed lands an overhand right.
Iafeta tries to clinch up.
Mohammed swats away the attempt to clinch by Iafeta.
Iafeta tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Mohammed paws at him with a jab and circles away.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Iafeta tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Nice defenses there by Iafeta.
Mohammed throws a nice looking combination but Iafeta bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Iafeta ducks under a wild hook from Mohammed.
Mohammed swats away the attempt to clinch by Iafeta.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Iafeta wants to clinch.
Iafeta fails with an attempt to clinch.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Pio Iafeta dominated that second round.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business. The crowd applaud as we get ready to start the final round!
Iafeta tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Mohammed paws at him with a jab and circles away.
A nice combination there by Mohammed.
Mohammed avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Iafeta tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Iafeta tries to clinch up but Mohammed circles away and keeps his distance.
Iafeta uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Mohammed.
The fight stays on the outside here - Iafeta looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Iafeta tries to clinch there but Mohammed circles away.
Iafeta looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
Iafeta tries to clinch but Mohammed is having none of it.
Iafeta slips a jab from Mohammed.
Iafeta fails with an attempt to clinch.
Iafeta tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Iafeta fails with an attempt to clinch.
Iafeta tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Mohammed takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Iafeta tries to grapple but his opponent circles
and Mohammed counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Iafeta tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Mohammed circles away from the clinch attempt.
Mohammed scores to the head and body with a nice combination!
That's one minute gone in the round.
Iafeta tries to clinch but Mohammed moves out of range.
Iafeta is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Iafeta tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Mohammed paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Mohammed circles away from the clinch attempt.
Iafeta wants to clinch up but Mohammed keeps it at a distance.
Iafeta moves in looking to clinch but Mohammed pushes him off.
Iafeta tries to close the distance and clinch but Mohammed swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Iafeta tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
The fight stays on the outside here - Iafeta looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Iafeta tries to clinch but Mohammed is having none of it.
Iafeta tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Iafeta closes the distance but Mohammed moves to the side
and Mohammed counters with a one-two to the body.
Mohammed misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Iafeta tries to clinch up but Mohammed circles away and keeps his distance.
Iafeta tries to clinch up.
Iafeta is looking to clinch but Mohammed is avoiding it.
Iafeta doesn't manage to clinch there - Mohammed circles away.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Iafeta tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Mohammed manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Iafeta fails in his attempt to clinch.
Iafeta wants to clinch.
Mohammed keeps the fight on the outside.
Iafeta tries to clinch but Mohammed is having none of it.
Mohammed misses with a looping left.
Mohammed swinging wildly here.
Iafeta tries to close the distance and clinch up but Mohammed swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Mohammed throws a right and a left that Iafeta avoids nicely.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Iafeta tries to close the distance and clinch up but Mohammed swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Iafeta tries to close the distance and clinch up but Mohammed swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Iafeta moves in looking to clinch but Mohammed pushes him off.
Iafeta tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Mohammed paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Iafeta wants to clinch up but Mohammed keeps it at a distance.
Mohammed will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Iafeta moves in looking to clinch but Mohammed pushes him off.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Iafeta tries to clinch but Mohammed moves out of range.
Nice defenses there by Iafeta.
Iafeta tries to clinch up but Mohammed circles away and keeps his distance.
Iafeta moves in looking to clinch but Mohammed pushes him off.
Iafeta is looking to clinch but Mohammed is avoiding it.
Mohammed keeps the fight on the outside.
Mohammed circles away from the clinch attempt.
Mohammed swats away the attempt to clinch by Iafeta.
Mohammed moves into range and throws a lovely three punch combination.
Iafeta tries to close the distance and clinch up but Mohammed swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Iafeta is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Iafeta tries to clinch there but Mohammed circles away.
Mohammed avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Mohammed throws a jab but it's blocked by Iafeta.
Iafeta wants to clinch up but Mohammed keeps it at a distance.
Mohammed misses with an uppercut. Iafeta saw that one coming.
Iafeta fails in his attempt to clinch.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Iafeta moves in looking to clinch but Mohammed pushes him off.
Iafeta tries to grapple but his opponent circles
and Mohammed counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Iafeta tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Mohammed manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Mohammed waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Iafeta.
Iafeta tries to clinch up but Mohammed circles away and keeps his distance.
Iafeta fails in his attempt to clinch.
Iafeta is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Iafeta tries to clinch there but Mohammed circles away.
Iafeta tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Iafeta moves in looking to clinch but Mohammed pushes him off.
Iafeta tries to clinch but fails miserably
and Mohammed counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Iafeta wants to clinch up but Mohammed keeps it at a distance.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Iafeta tries to clinch up
and Mohammed cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Iafeta staying out of range there.
Mohammed keeps the fight on the outside.
And that's the end of the fight!
Pio Iafeta showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Iafeta 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 Andi Peters scores the fight 29:28
Judge Gordon Ramsey scores the fight 29:28
Judge Frank Skinner scores the fight 29:28
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Pio Iafeta!
In his post fight interview, Pio Iafeta started talking himself up. Luckily his charisma kept the crowd on side and gave him a good reception.
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