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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Xavier David (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jafar Mehtmeht (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). David comes to the cage accompanied by Bring The Pain. Mehtmeht has chosen shakira - ojos asi as his entrance music. There are an array of beautiful celebrities at ringside tonight! I wonder if any of them paid for their tickets.
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174 lbs
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
28 - 21 - 2, fighting out of New York, Xavier David!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
19 - 5 - 0, fighting out of New York, Jafar Mehtmeht!
The judges for this bout are John Kavanagh, Reed Andrews and Eddie Farnsworth.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
David throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Mehtmeht misses with a low kick.
David bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Mehtmeht throws a hook to the side of David's head but David sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
David on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
That's a knee to de groin and it's over and out! David crumples to the ground after an illegal strike from Mehtmeht - the referee stops the clock and David gets 5 minutes to recover from that one. "I'm sorry" says Mehtmeht. David manages to get back to his feet and the fight resumes.
Mehtmeht waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract David.
We've been told by David's head coaches at Philly Dawgz MMA - PIT Inc that he's been working on his takedown defense in preparation for this fight.
Mehtmeht scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
Mehtmeht uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before David has time to react.
Mehtmeht thows a body shot but no joy.
David throws a chopping leg kick but Mehtmeht manages to avoid taking any serious damage.
David avoids the body shot from Mehtmeht.
Some bone on bone action there as David checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
Mehtmeht attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
That's one minute gone in the round.
David misses with a looping left.
Mehtmeht lands a glancing blow to the side of David's head.
Mehtmeht instigates a clinch.
Mehtmeht looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Mehtmeht lands a left hand that snaps the head of David backwards.
David misses with the head strike.
Mehtmeht gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
David managing to block the knees to the body from Mehtmeht.
David misses with a punch on the inside.
David lands an elbow that stopped Mehtmeht in his tracks for a moment.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from David.
A quick uppercut on the inside from David.
Mehtmeht throws an elbow but it's blocked.
With the fighters up against the cage, David throws an elbow but misses.
Mehtmeht throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but David blocks it with crossed arms.
Mehtmeht is looking to break free of the clinch but David has double underhooks.
Mehtmeht is trying to stall.
Mehtmeht looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights.
David managing to block the knees to the body from Mehtmeht.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Mehtmeht misses with a short punch on the inside.
Mehtmeht works on David's body with a couple of short punches.
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!
Mehtmeht is trying to stall.
Mehtmeht tries to work over David's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Mehtmeht blocks a body shot from David.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
David swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Mehtmeht lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of David backwards.
David lands a damaging elbow.
Mehtmeht trying to stall but David improves his position.
A nice left hand lands by David.
David lands a nice elbow.
David throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Stalling in the clinch from Mehtmeht.
Mehtmeht has a couple of punches blocked by David.
David landing knees to the head.
David creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Mehtmeht's defenses.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
David creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Mehtmeht's defenses.
David throws a punch but it's blocked by Mehtmeht.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
David lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Mehtmeht blocks an uppercut.
David scores with a nice hook to the head.
David lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
David blocks an uppercut.
Mehtmeht can't find room to land a body shot as David controls the action.
David lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Mehtmeht misses with a short punch on the inside.
Mehtmeht blocks a body shot from David.
David lands with a right to the head.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
David trying to land knees to the body.
Mehtmeht lands a body shot in the clinch.
A short left from Mehtmeht.
Mehtmeht blocks a body shot from David.
David blocks an elbow strike from Mehtmeht.
Mehtmeht lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of David backwards.
Mehtmeht lands an elbow that stopped David in his tracks for a moment.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Mehtmeht gets through David's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Mehtmeht lands an uppercut.
Mehtmeht pushes David back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
David lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
David scores a nice knee to the body.
Mehtmeht's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
With the two fighters working up against the cage, David just misses with a elbow thrown towards Mehtmeht's brow.
Mehtmeht stalling in the clinch but David improves position.
David misses with a hook to the ribs.
Mehtmeht blocks the elbow strike.
Mehtmeht misses with an elbow strike.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Mehtmeht.
David lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Mehtmeht takes a shot to the head.
A head punch blocked on the inside by David.
Mehtmeht crunches a lovely knee into David's ribcage.
Mehtmeht lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down David.
David is breathing heavily.
David avoiding damage as Mehtmeht throws knees to the body.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Mehtmeht creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Mehtmeht tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Mehtmeht scores with an uppercut up the middle.
David working aggressively here.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close round but Jafar Mehtmeht will probably get the nod.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!
David blocks the body kick.
Mehtmeht connects with the punch.
A shot to the body from Mehtmeht misses
and David counters with a straight right hand.
David uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Mehtmeht.
David checks the leg kick nicely there.
Mehtmeht throws a body punch but David moves out of range.
A jab from Mehtmeht does it's job there.
A head kick misses from Mehtmeht.
David throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
David on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Mehtmeht throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Mehtmeht throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Mehtmeht is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
David staying out of range there.
Mehtmeht rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and David counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Mehtmeht throws a big shot that misses.
Mehtmeht looks to land a left hand but David moved out of range nicely.
Mehtmeht lands with a nice body kick.
Mehtmeht moves out of range as David strikes.
David's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Mehtmeht connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! David scrambles back to his feet.
Jafar Mehtmeht seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Mehtmeht walks into a jab.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
David avoids a kick to the body.
Mehtmeht pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
David dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Mehtmeht. That did some damage!
David gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Mehtmeht.
Jafar Mehtmeht seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Mehtmeht misses with a looping left.
David moves forwards but Mehtmeht connects with a nice, crisp jab.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Nice shot by Mehtmeht.
Mehtmeht connects with an inside leg kick.
David blocks a leg kick.
David misses with a wild combination.
Mehtmeht is looking to slow David down with leg kicks.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
A head kick misses from David.
Mehtmeht defending well as David loads up on a big left hand.
David slips a straight right by Mehtmeht.
Mehtmeht loads up on a big right hand but David slips the punch.
David takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
David sees a low kick coming and goes to check it, but it's actually a body kick and it thuds into his unprotected ribs.
David looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
Mehtmeht checks a leg kick.
David displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Mehtmeht throws out the jab.
Mehtmeht just misses with a punch to the body.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Mehtmeht lands a nice shot to the body.
Mehtmeht closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
With the fighters up against the cage, Mehtmeht throws an elbow but misses.
Mehtmeht lands an elbow just above David 's eye.
David misses with an elbow over the top.
David is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
David lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Mehtmeht backwards.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
A shot in the inside from Mehtmeht.
David lands a hook to the side of the head.
Mehtmeht misses with the head strike.
Mehtmeht makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Mehtmeht creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Mehtmeht looking to stall.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Mehtmeht swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Mehtmeht swings wildly with an uppercut but David uses good head movement to avoid it.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, David just misses with a elbow thrown towards Mehtmeht's brow.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Jafar Mehtmeht showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
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. So, we enter the final round. Let's see if either fighter can bring us a finish, or whether we're going to the judges scorecards.
Mehtmeht scores with a hook to the body. David takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
A low kick from Mehtmeht is predictable there
and David counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Mehtmeht gets off balance looking for a body kick
and David counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
David thumps Mehtmeht with a low kick.
David tries to bum rush Mehtmeht with a series of wild strikes but Mehtmeht uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
David throws a leg kick which misses Mehtmeht's front leg but catches the back leg as Mehtmeht tries to avoid it.
David moves out of range of the body kick from Mehtmeht.
David throws a low kick but it's checked well by Mehtmeht.
Mehtmeht misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from David.
David gets cracked there but stands up to it.
Mehtmeht takes a head kick and shrugs it off.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Mehtmeht rushes David and presses him up against the cage.
David lands an elbow inside that Mehtmeht shrugs off.
David looks to throw an elbow but misses.
David unloads a knee to the mid-section. Mehtmeht lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Mehtmeht misses with some punches.
David works on Mehtmeht's body with a couple of short punches.
Mehtmeht misses with a short punch on the inside.
Mehtmeht'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.
Mehtmeht lands a knee to the body.
Mehtmeht tries to land knees in the clinch but David avoids the damage to the body.
A nice glancing elbow lands by David.
David tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Mehtmeht swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Nice elbow from Mehtmeht.
This has been an exciting period of action!
David scores with a knee to the head.
A short uppercut from David.
David can't find room to land a body shot as Mehtmeht controls the action.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Mehtmeht throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Davids head.
Mehtmeht throws an elbow but it misses.
Mehtmeht scores with a nice hook to the head.
Mehtmeht swings wildly with an uppercut but David uses good head movement to avoid it.
David lands an elbow that stopped Mehtmeht in his tracks for a moment.
Mehtmeht cracks David with a nice body shot.
Mehtmeht is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. David is defending well for now.
David blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Mehtmeht is looking to control David's arms but David gets an underhook and turns him. Now Mehtmeht has his back to the cage.
Mehtmeht lands a damaging elbow.
David blocks an elbow strike.
A left hand lands to the body for David.
Mehtmeht takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
David lands with a right to the head.
David landing some nice looking knees to the body.
David softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
David gets through Mehtmeht's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
A left hand lands to the body for David.
David tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Xavier David has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Mehtmeht pushes off an throws an elbow but David leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
A nice right hand lands inside from Mehtmeht.
Xavier David has scored more points in the clinch so far.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, David creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Mehtmeht on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
A short right from Mehtmeht.
David lands a right hand that snaps the head of Mehtmeht backwards.
David scores with a nice hook to the head.
Mehtmeht trying to land knees to the body.
David swings away with an uppercut that misses.
David blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
David blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Mehtmeht blocks the elbow strike.
David is using his height advantage well here, landing a good percentage of his punches.
Mehtmeht lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Jafar Mehtmeht is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.
David lands an elbow just above Mehtmeht 's eye.
Mehtmeht misses with a short punch on the inside.
David tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
David misses with the head strike.
David pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
David working aggressively here.
David swings away with an uppercut that misses.
This has been an exciting period of action!
David lands a nice knee to the body.
David working aggressively here.
David misses with an elbow over the top.
David trying to land knees to the body.
David connects with a nasty looking knee right to Mehtmeht's face.
Mehtmeht tries to break the clinch but David is controlling the position.
David tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
David using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Mehtmeht has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
David lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
David blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Mehtmeht avoids the elbow strike from David, against the cage.
David lands a damaging elbow.
And that's the end of the fight!
Xavier David showed his dominance in that final round.
I think Mehtmeht 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 John Kavanagh scores the fight 28:29
Judge Reed Andrews scores the fight 28:29
Judge Eddie Farnsworth scores the fight 28:29
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Jafar Mehtmeht!
Our winner, Jafar Mehtmeht, made sure he spent some time buttering up the crowd during his post fight interview, which will no doubt bring him a few more fans.
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