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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Ashwan Balrak (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Earl Dixon (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Well, the cameraman is lingering on a pretty young lady for a bit too long there. Keep your eyes on the prize buddy or you'll miss the fighter intros!
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BJJ White Belt
Excellent MT
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
2 - 4 - 0, fighting out of London, Ashwan Balrak!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
3 - 2 - 0, fighting out of London, Earl Dixon!
The judges for this bout are Donald Grub, Colin Fotheringham and Paul Tew.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Dixon missing with a left hand there. Balrak was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Dixon avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Balrak tries to clinch there but Dixon circles away.
Dixon misses with a looping right.
Balrak tries to clinch but Dixon moves out of range.
Balrak showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Dixon.
Dixon waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Balrak.
The fighters circle momentarily. Dixon darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.
A head kick from Balrak lands but Dixon takes it in his stride.
It looks like Earl Dixon has been cut.
Balrak keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Balrak doesn't manage to clinch there - Dixon circles away.
Balrak shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Dixon stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
Earl Dixon seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Dixon swinging wildly here.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Balrak misses with a kick to the body.
Balrak tries to clinch but Dixon moves out of range.
Balrak fails in his attempt to clinch.
Dixon circles away from the clinch attempt.
Dixon has been spending a lot of time sparring his boxing in the run up to the fight, trying to sharpen up those hands and look for a knockout.
The fight stays on the outside here - Balrak looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Balrak avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Balrak tries to clinch up.
Balrak tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Dixon paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Dixon misses the jab.
Balrak moves in looking to clinch but Dixon pushes him off.
Balrak takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Balrak walks into a straight right hand from Dixon.
Dixon moves into range and connects with a jab.
Dixon just misses with a punch to the body.
Dixon lands a jab to the nose.
Balrak is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Balrak tries to clinch there but Dixon circles away.
Dixon throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Dixon lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
Dixon ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Balrak is looking to clinch.
Balrak's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Dixon connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Balrak scrambles back to his feet.
A left and a right from Dixon both land. Nice combination.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Balrak fails with an attempt to clinch.
Balrak takes a punch to the jaw and another one to the bread basket.
Dixon misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Balrak.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Dixon circles away from the clinch attempt.
Dixon misses with a looping left.
Dixon looks to land a left hand but Balrak moved out of range nicely.
Dixon throws a hook but Balrak avoids it easily.
Dixon throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Balrak sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Balrak tries to clinch but Dixon is having none of it.
Dixon's corner calls for a 1-2. Dixon obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
Balrak ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Dixon darts in and lands a nice takedown into half guard.
The referee is pacing around the two fighters - he looks like he's thinking about a standup.
Dixon is controlling the pace.
Balrak is trying to defend against the ground and pound but Dixon scores with a couple of nice shots.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Balrak keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Dixon has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Well, if Dixon is going to just lie there, perhaps we should talk about what we're having for dinner tonight… I'm having a ham and pineapple pizza… Yum. Can't wait.
Dixon 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.
Dixon performing his best blanket impression for a moment.
Dixon missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
Dixon keeping composed on the top, looking to control the action.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Dixon thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
Dixon sitting and controlling from the half guard.
The ref stands the fighters back up. Earl Dixon was stalling too much, according to the referee.
Dixon throws a right and a left that Balrak avoids nicely.
Balrak slips under a jab from Dixon.
Dixon is landing a lot of head punches in this opening round! Balrak had better start moving his head a bit unless he wants his face to turn into pâté.
Dixon lands a jab to Balrak's midsection.
Dixon digs a good hook to Balrak's body.
Balrak throws a head kick that misses.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
The fight stays on the outside here - Balrak looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Balrak walks into a jab.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Dixon misses with a wild body shot.
Balrak fails to land with a series of punches.
Dixon lands a jab to Balrak's midsection.
Dixon looks to score with a jab to the body but Balrak is just out of range.
Dixon takes a head kick and shrugs it off.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Earl Dixon dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Earl Dixon's cut.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.
Dixon connects with a crisp jab.
Balrak throws a right high kick that is partially blocked by Dixon.
Dixon misses with a straight left.
Balrak tries to clinch up but Dixon circles away and keeps his distance.
Balrak wants to clinch.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Balrak, right into the meat.
Dixon misses with a straight left.
Dixon throws a body punch but Balrak moves out of range.
Dixon fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Dixon thows a left - swing and a miss!
Balrak takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Dixon avoids a kick to the body.
Dixon lands a jab to Balrak's midsection.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Dixon lands with a straight right. Balrak didn't see that one coming.
Dixon misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Balrak.
Balrak throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Earl Dixon seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Dixon tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Balrak was well out of range. Poor timing from Dixon.
The fight stays on the outside here - Balrak looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Dixon takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Dixon misses with a straight left.
Balrak throws a shot from downtown. Dixon moves away and avoids it.
Balrak keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Dixon.
Dixon throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Dixon misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Dixon lands with a right hand.
Dixon connects with a single shot there.
Balrak takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
Dixon keeps the fight on the outside.
Dixon scores with a jab to the body.
Dixon displaying good standup as he scores with a three punch combination.
Dixon lands with a shot to the body.
Nice straight punches there by Dixon. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Dixon.
Nice straight punches there by Dixon. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Dixon.
Balrak tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Dixon manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Donk. Dixon catches Balrak right on the button with a cross.
Balrak tries to clinch but Dixon is having none of it.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Dixon, as that shot connected.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Dixon scores with a nice strike.
A left lands for Dixon.
Balrak takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Dixon misses with a hook.
A telegraphed right hand from Dixon misses the target.
Dixon cracks Balrak with a right hand to the side of the head.
Balrak looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
Balrak looks to land a body kick but Dixon moved away.
Dixon moves into range and connects with a jab.
Dixon with a jab.
Dixon goes to the watering hole and comes back with a big thumbs up from the judges as he scores a three punch combo.
Balrak throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Balrak wants to clinch.
Dixon takes a punch to the jaw and another one to the bread basket.
That has opened up Earl Dixon's cut even more.
Dixon bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Balrak's head.
Balrak fails in his attempt to clinch.
Balrak tries to close the distance and clinch but Dixon swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Dixon lands a nice shot that snaps Balrak's head back.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Dixon shoots in with a lovely double leg takedown. Balrak manages to land in full guard to minimise the damage.
Dixon is trying to work a guillotine from the top, or something like that? Don't know how he thinks he's going to get a finish from there.
Dixon is stalling in the full guard.
Dixon lands a couple of digs.
Dixon controls the pace of the fight for a moment.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Dixon accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
The referee is asking the fighters to pick up the pace.
Dixon controlling from the top position.
The ref stands the fighters back up, due to lack of action by Earl Dixon.
Dixon scores with a jab. Balrak acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
Dixon looks to score with a jab to the body but Balrak is just out of range.
Dixon scores with a nice head shot.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Balrak is looking to clinch.
Balrak keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Dixon tests Balrak's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Dixon jabs Balrak to the body, keeping him at a distance.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Dixon throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Dixon scores with a jab to the body.
No joy there for Dixon, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Ashwan Balrak is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Dixon lands a jab to Balrak's midsection.
Dixon lands with a good body shot.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Earl Dixon showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Earl Dixon's cut.
That's time! Balrak's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight. 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.
A big left from Dixon misses.
Dixon scores with a decent looking hook.
Balrak avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Jab, cross, leg kick. Nice combination by Dixon!
Balrak slips under a jab from Dixon.
Dixon swats away the attempt to clinch by Balrak.
Balrak is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Dixon swats away the attempt to clinch by Balrak.
Dixon will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Balrak uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Dixon.
Balrak displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Dixon throws out the jab.
Dixon lands with a nice body punch.
Dixon throws a lazy right hand but Balrak sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Dixon stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
Balrak doesn't manage to clinch there - Dixon circles away.
Dixon throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Balrak stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Balrak tries a head kick but it misses.
The fight stays on the outside here - Balrak looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
A decent looking cross lands there for Dixon.
Balrak takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Balrak doesn't manage to clinch there - Dixon circles away.
Dixon lands a really nice looking cross but Balrak seems unphased.
Dixon jabbing away but nothing is landing.
A looping hook to the body misses from Dixon. Balrak does a little dance to reset his feet.
Balrak takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
Dixon throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Balrak blocks a jab.
Dixon scores with a nice head shot.
Balrak fails with an attempt to clinch.
Dixon with a jab.
Balrak takes one on the button.
Balrak tries to clinch but Dixon is having none of it.
Balrak takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
Dixon misses with a hook. Balrak ducked under it nicely.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Balrak has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Balrak there as he acknowledges the shot.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Balrak tries to clinch up but Dixon circles away and keeps his distance.
Dixon throws a nice looking combination but Balrak bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Balrak tries to close the distance and clinch up but Dixon swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Dixon ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Dixon lands a lovely overhand right.
Balrak fails with an attempt to clinch.
Dixon avoids the head kick by Balrak.
Balrak takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Dixon ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Balrak moves away.
Dixon lands three nice shots there - that looked like it hurt!
Dixon scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Balrak doesn't seem bothered though.
Dixon with a jab.
Dixon misses the shot to the body.
Dixon uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Balrak has time to react.
Dixon throws out a loose jab but Balrak uses good head movement to avoid it.
Nice cross by Dixon.
Balrak tries to close the distance and clinch but Dixon swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Balrak slips under a jab.
Dixon has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Dixon swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Balrak tries to close the distance and clinch but Dixon swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Balrak doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Balrak swings away with a leg kick that misses.
Dixon is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Balrak.
Dixon tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Balrak was well out of range. Poor timing from Dixon.
Balrak takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
Dixon thows a body shot but no joy.
Dixon throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Balrak tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Dixon manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Dixon ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Balrak moves away.
Dixon misses the jab.
Balrak is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
Dixon throws a hook but Balrak avoids it easily.
Balrak keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Balrak tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Dixon manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Balrak clinches.
Some stalling of biblical proportions here from Dixon.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Dixon scores with a shoulder strike.
Balrak with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Balrak misses with a short punch on the inside.
Stalling in the clinch from Dixon.
Dixon blocking some punches.
Dixon is stalling here. The referee will be looking to step in if he doesn't pick up the pace.
Dixon blocks a punch to the side of the head.
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!
A short uppercut from Balrak.
Earl Dixon is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Dixon scores with a nice hook to the head.
Balrak being controlled against the cage.
Ashwan Balrak has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Balrak is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
And that's the end of the fight!
Earl Dixon comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Dixon has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. 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 Donald Grub scores the fight 27:30
Judge Colin Fotheringham scores the fight 27:30
Judge Paul Tew scores the fight 27:30
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Earl Dixon!
Earl Dixon took to the mic in his post fight interview and said 'Yo I just wanna thank my manager Willy Jones. This guy's the real deal man, yo in the future you're gonna be seeing a lot of me, and you're gonna be seeing a lot of him!'.
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