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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Pat Small (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Genghis Khan (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Khan comes into a darkened arena with his song building. Mongol kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! Pat Small has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?
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182 cm
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178 lbs
25 - 6 - 0 |
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180 cm
31
181 lbs
20 - 8 - 0 |
Good wrestling
World class boxer
Granite chin |
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Excellent grappler
World class boxer
Good gas tank |
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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
25 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Pat Small! And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner. With a record of
20 - 8 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Genghis Khan! The judges for this bout are Eliza Hachem, Francis DeMontford and Hugh Johnson.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway! Small throws a series of punches but Khan avoids them all with ease. Small lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range. Small throws out a token jab with nothing on it. Small tries to score with a low kick but Khan moves his leg out of the way. Khan ducks under a wild hook from Small. Small scores with a hook. Small looks to land a left hand but Khan moved out of range nicely. Khan takes one on the chin but seems OK.
Khan ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent. Small misses with a looping left. Khan lands a nice looking body shot.
Small throws a leg kick which misses Khan's front leg but catches the back leg as Khan tries to avoid it. Small throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
This has been an exciting period of action! Khan misses with a body shot
and Small counters with a lovely straight right hand! Small motions for Khan to come forward. Small throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.
That's one minute gone in the round. Small throws a left and a right that both miss
and Khan counters with a nice double leg into half guard. Neither fighter is being very active at the moment, with Khan in particular looking to stall. Khan looking to pass the half guard. Not this time. Khan passes the guard and advances to mount! Khan is working for a guillotine from mount but Small frees his head quite easily.
That's two minutes gone in the round. Small working to try and regain half guard.
Khan looking to control but Small is working nicely, looking to advance position himself. Khan landing shots from mount. Khan trying to control but Small is having none of it.
That's three minutes gone in the round. Khan lands a nice shot to the head. Small is in all sorts of trouble here.
Khan tries to control but Small wriggling away. Small is writhing around trying to get back to his feet. Khan controlling from the full mount. Khan misses with a head shot. Khan tucks in and makes sure he doesn't lose the dominant position.
That's four minutes gone in the round. Small keeping his composure momentarily, calmly looking to get back to half guard.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work. Small wriggling around on the bottom manages to avoid the strikes thrown by Khan.
Khan postures up and cracks his opponent a couple of times before moving back into close ground control. Small looks a forlorn figure.
Small tries to hold on but Khan pushes him away. And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Genghis Khan dominated that round. 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.
Khan pushing out the jab but it's not landing. Decent striking displayed by Khan there. Khan scores with a hook to the body. Small takes a step back and tries to catch his breath. Khan connects with a single shot there. Khan misses with a few strikes there.
Khan throws a jab when Small was well out of range. Small tries to bum rush Khan with a series of wild strikes but Khan uses good footwork to avoid the assault. Khan avoids a low kick by using good footwork. Small misses with a low kick.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up. Small looks to land a left hand but Khan moved out of range nicely. Khan smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button. Khan lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent. Khan fails to land with a series of punches.
That's one minute gone in the round. Small swinging wildly here.
Khan has done a lot of speed work in the buildup to this fight. Small misses with a low kick. Small swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Khan counters with a takedown into side control! That could mean trouble for Small! Khan is looking to take a break and control but Small is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom. Khan in side control, trying to ground and pound but not landing this time. Khan wants to lay and pray for a moment but Small keeps working. Khan lands a knee to the body and follows it up with some ground and pound to the head. That will wear Small down.
That's two minutes gone in the round. Small tries to improve position but can't. Khan happy to just control the position for now. Small bucks up and manages to escape back to his feet! Small lets the fists fly and connects with a left straight followed by a right hook. The crowd are loving this. Great action here. Small throws a looping overhand right but Khan ducks down to avoid it. Khan throws a shot from downtown. Small moves away and avoids it. Small loads up on a big right hand but Khan slips the punch. Small looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight. Small pivots, looking for a leg kick but Khan is out of range and Small settles back down.
That's three minutes gone in the round. Khan jabs Small right on the nose. Small blinks but takes it well. Khan ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent. Small throws an off balance right hand
and Khan counters with a nice double leg into guard. Small looking to hit a scissor sweep but Khan is one step ahead there. Small wants to get back to his feet but Khan is in a dominant position and won't allow it. Khan throws a big elbow that misses. Small keeping moving, preventing Khan from controlling successfully. Khan has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
That's four minutes gone in the round. Khan forces his way into half guard. Khan tries to pass the half guard into mount. Small knows what he's doing though and prevents the attempt. Khan is figuring out what he wants to do next. And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Genghis Khan showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards. The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action! This is the final round!
Khan takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
A jab from Small misses. Khan dips down and scores with a jab to the body. Khan checks the leg kick. Danga de danga de dang - Khan scores with a four punch combination! Pat Small is winning the standup battle so far. Small misses with an uppercut. A combination from Small does no damage. We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up. Small misses with a wild body shot. Khan dodges the punch combination from Small.
Small throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
That's one minute gone in the round. Khan uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Small. Khan ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face. Small throws a series of punches but Khan avoids them all with ease. Small tries to clinch up. Small throws a hook but Khan blocks it. Small rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Khan moves out of range and avoids them all easily. Khan blocks a jab. Small throws a series of strikes that have Khan backpedaling.
Small uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Khan. Small walks into a left hand. A chopping leg kick lands by Small. Khan tries to close the distance and clinch but Small swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
That's two minutes gone in the round. Small throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land. Small throws a series of punches but Khan avoids them all with ease. A big left from Khan misses. This has been an exciting period of action! A cross from Khan lands. Khan moves out of range of the strikes. Khan swats away the attempt to clinch by Small. Khan shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it. Khan cracks Small with a right hand to the side of the head. A big right from Small misses. Small throws a solid leg kick but Khan takes the impact on his shin and smiles at Small. Khan takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
That's three minutes gone in the round. Small will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Small misses with a low kick as Khan jumps back. Khan throws a lazy uppercut
and Small counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head. Small takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor. Khan uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook. Small throws a right hand that Khan ducks under and follows up with a left that Khan also avoids with ease. Khan swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Small. Small looks to score with a combo but nothing lands. Small misses with a leg kick. Small defending well as Khan loads up on a big left hand. Small looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
That's four minutes gone in the round. Small takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily. The crowd are loving this. Great action here. Small throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Khan on the side of the head. Khan scores with a nice head shot. Small tries to close the distance and clinch up but Khan swats him away and circles back towards the center. Small throws a jab when Khan was well out of range. Pat Small has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here! Khan misses with a straight left. Small walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head. Small swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Khan counters with a nice shoot takedown that brings the fighters to the ground.
Small is rocked! Both fighters are breathing heavily. Small looking to control but Khan passes into half guard.
Khan takes a deep breath and rests his weight momentarily on top of his opponent, to control the position.
And that's the end of the fight! That was a close round. You could make an argument for either fighter but I would give it to Pat Small. I think Khan 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 Eliza Hachem scores the fight 28:29 Judge Francis DeMontford scores the fight 28:29 Judge Hugh Johnson scores the fight 28:29
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Genghis Khan! In his post fight interview, Genghis Khan gave a big smile as he said 'I am not your father!'.
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energy
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hype
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pop
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mgr
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