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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Josh Howell (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Khalifa Khalifa (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Khalifa has chosen Habibi Ya Nour El Ain as his entrance music, which hasn't gone down very well with the crowd. Well, I have no idea who's going to take this one!
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223 lbs
10 - 1 - 0 |
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34
205 lbs
18 - 15 - 0 |
Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
Insanely flexible |
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Decent boxing
Powerful |
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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
10 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Josh Howell!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
18 - 15 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Khalifa Khalifa!
The judges for this bout are Topper Green, Francis DeMontford and Bruno Hogan.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Howell throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Howell throws a shot from downtown. Khalifa moves away and avoids it.
A jab from Howell finds it's way through Khalifa's defenses.
Howell uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Khalifa.
Khalifa lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Howell circles away quickly and effectively.
Howell has been working on his boxing with his coaches at All-Out Gym Sydney in the buildup to the fight.
Howell throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Khalifa stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Khalifa gets his takedown attempt stuffed easily
and Howell counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
Howell blocks a jab.
Howell swings for the body but Khalifa moves out of range.
Howell throws a hook but Khalifa avoids it easily.
Howell misses with a looping left.
Horrible takedown attempt by Khalifa or perhaps it was just good defense by Howell, which made it look bad.
Howell lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Howell connects with a jab.
Howell moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Howell connects with the punch.
Howell thows a left - swing and a miss!
Howell fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Khalifa manages to avoid it.
Khalifa takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Josh Howell seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Howell lands with an overhand left.
Some wild striking there from Khalifa.
Howell misses with an uppercut. Khalifa saw that one coming.
Khalifa throws a body punch but Howell moves out of range.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Howell jabs at Khalifa's body.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Howell connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
Khalifa shoots in and drives through. Howell sprawls well.
Josh Howell has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Khalifa Khalifa.
Khalifa misses with a left hand
and Howell counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Khalifa is rocked!
Howell drops Khalifa with a big left hand! Khalifa is injured, injured bad! Howell jumps in and finished him with strikes! The fight is over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:24 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Josh Howell!
Josh Howell decided to thank the fans in attendance for making a great atmosphere. It seemed to go down pretty well.
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energy
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hype
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pop
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mgr
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FIGHT
RATING
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