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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Abaka Khan (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Okin Slavas (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). The crowd seem to be enjoying Slavas's choice of entrance music: WolfMother. Okin Slavas acknowledges the crowd's support as he enters the cage.
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182 lbs
26 - 14 - 1 |
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188 lbs
19 - 7 - 0 |
Good wrestling
World class MT
Insanely flexible |
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Excellent grappler
Excellent 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
26 - 14 - 1, fighting out of Montreal, Abaka Khan!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
19 - 7 - 0, fighting out of New York, Okin Slavas!
The judges for this bout are Dean Styles, David Schapiro and Jonathan Paton.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Khan moves in looking to clinch but Slavas pushes him off.
Khan walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
Khan tries to land a front kick but Slavas steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
Khan attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
A head kick misses from Khan.
Khan ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Slavas moves away.
Khan throws a half hearted mid kick.
Khan misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Khan tries to clinch up.
Slavas lands with an uppercut that bounces Khan off the cage and back into range.
Slavas throws a hook but Khan avoids it easily.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Slavas fakes high and shoots in for a takedown but Khan avoids it really well and circles away.
Khan tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Slavas circles away from the clinch attempt.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Khan tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Slavas throws a hook but Khan blocks it.
Khan fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Slavas, pushing him back against the cage.
Slavas trying to control the position but instead, Khan has worked for underhooks and has pushed Slavas into the cage.
Khan looking to throw knees to the head but Slavas is blocking nicely.
Khan tries to land a knee to the head but Slavas blocks with his arms.
Khan trying to land knees to the body.
Khan throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Slavas blocks it with crossed arms.
Slavas scores with a shot to the side of Khan's head.
Our sources have told us that Khan has been working on his knees in the buildup to the fight.
Khan unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Khan putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Slavas in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Slavas blocking some punches.
Slavas is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Khan tries a body shot but Slavas blocks it.
Slavas avoids a wild elbow strike from Khan.
A bit of stalling here from Slavas.
Slavas blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Come on Slavas - let's have some action - none of this stalling nonsense.
Khan throws an elbow but it misses.
Slavas on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Slavas blocks the elbow strike.
Slavas will no doubt start fighting again in a minute but for now he's just having a little rest, leaning Khan up against the cage.
Slavas is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Khan misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Slavas.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Slavas jumps guard but his hands slip and he falls flat on his back. Well, he's made himself look a right mug there, as Khan walks away with a smile on his face. Slavas gets slowly back to his feet and shakes his head.
Khan lands a high kick!
Slavas doesn't succeed with the takedown
and Khan counters by moving into the clinch.
Abaka Khan has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Okin Slavas.
Slavas is looking to break free of the clinch but Khan has double underhooks.
Khan misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Slavas.
Slavas wants to break the clinch but can't.
Slavas wants to stall.
Khan tries to land knees in the clinch but Slavas avoids the damage to the body.
Slavas blocks the elbow strike.
Slavas blocks the elbow strike.
A knee to the head by Khan.
It looks like Okin Slavas has been cut.
Khan pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Khan with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Slavas managing to block the knees to the body from Khan.
Khan looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Slavas taking a breather.
Khan tries to land knees in the clinch but Slavas avoids the damage to the body.
A head punch on the inside from Khan fails to land.
Khan tries to land knees in the clinch but Slavas avoids the damage to the body.
Slavas blocks a body shot from Khan.
Slavas pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
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!
Slavas changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Slavas looks for a takedown. He's got it. We're now in half guard.
Slavas is thwarting Khan's attempts to control the position.
Khan looking for submissions off his back.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Abaka Khan dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Okin Slavas's cut.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.
A looping hook to the body misses from Slavas. Khan does a little dance to reset his feet.
Khan is looking to clinch.
Slavas misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Khan.
Slavas tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Khan was well out of range. Poor timing from Slavas.
Slavas throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.
Khan tries a head kick but it misses.
Slavas pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Khan tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Slavas paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Khan tries to close the distance and clinch up but Slavas swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Slavas misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.
Khan tries to move into range but Slavas moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Khan displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Slavas throws out the jab.
Slavas lands a glancing blow to the side of Khan's head.
Slavas lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Nice takedown defense from Khan. No joy for Slavas on that attempt.
Khan leaves Slavas with his face pressed against the mat as he sprawls beautifully, defending against a solid takedown attempt.
Abaka Khan has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Okin Slavas.
Khan fails in his attempt to clinch.
Slavas avoids the head kick by Khan.
Slavas throws a hook to the side of Khan's head but Khan sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
A head kick misses from Khan.
Khan clinches up against the cage.
Khan is trying to stall.
Khan tries to land knees in the clinch but Slavas avoids the damage to the body.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Slavas prevents a body shot from Khan.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Khan obliges.
Khan gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Slavas looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Slavas managing to block the knees to the body from Khan.
A knee to the head by Khan.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Khan throws an elbow that misses.
Khan is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Slavas can do to turn this around?
A head punch on the inside from Khan fails to land.
Khan content to slow the pace in the clinch.
Khan misses with a punch on the inside.
Slavas blocks the elbow strike.
Khan tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Slavas is looking to break free of the clinch but Khan has double underhooks.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Khan tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Slavas takes a knee right on the jaw!
Khan prevents a takedown attempt there.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
Abaka Khan has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Khan stalling against the cage.
Khan utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
A knee to the head by Khan.
Khan creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Khan lands an elbow just above Slavas 's eye.
Khan connects with a nasty looking knee right to Slavas's face.
Slavas is rocked!
Slavas is pressed against the cage. Khan pushes back and unleashes a big elbow that really hurts Slavas! Two more big strikes from Khan and Slavas crumples to the mat and taps out furiously due to the strikes!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:57 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Strikes). Abaka Khan!
A victorious Abaka Khan thanked his army of followers in his post fight interview, telling people to make sure they follow him on Twitter.
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hype
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