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Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Sadiq Hossein (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Renato Gracie (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Gracie has chosen Bring Da Ruckus as his entrance music. Both fighter's entrance songs getting the crowd jumping here.
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152 lbs
26 - 17 - 4 |
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158 lbs
39 - 26 - 0 |
Good wrestling
World class boxer
Insanely flexible |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
26 - 17 - 4, fighting out of New York, Sadiq Hossein!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
39 - 26 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Renato Gracie!
The judges for this bout are Gregory Folan, Yves DeLean and Robert Douchet.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Hossein misses with a wild body shot.
Hossein throws a poor cross that misses
and Gracie counters with a slapping leg kick.
Gracie throws a wild body kick that Hossein sees coming a mile off.
Gracie's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Hossein connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Gracie scrambles back to his feet.
Hossein looks to land a right hand but Gracie moved out of range.
Hossein lands a jab to Gracie's midsection.
Gracie takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Hossein swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Hossein lunges at Gracie with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Gracie's hand.
Hossein works the jab nicely.
Hossein misses with a straight left.
Hossein throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Hossein takes a swing at Gracie's ribcage but misses.
Hossein has been working on his boxing with his coaches at The Sweat Lodge in the buildup to the fight.
Hossein fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Gracie looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Hossein finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
A head kick by Gracie misses
and Hossein counters with a good, hard body kick but Gracie shrugs it off.
Hossein throws a series of punches but Gracie moves out of range.
Gracie lands a head kick. Hossein smiles back at him and beckons him forward.
It looks like Sadiq Hossein has been cut.
Gracie checks a leg kick.
Hossein throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Hossein tries a head kick but it misses.
Gracie throws a head kick but Hossein moves out of range.
Hossein misses with a body punch
and Gracie counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Gracie misses with a body shot
and Hossein makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Gracie checks a low kick from Hossein.
Hossein throws a jab but it's blocked by Gracie.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Gracie throws a mid kick that lands with a slap.
Hossein throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Gracie 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.
Hossein throws a leg kick that misses.
Gracie misses with a jab, cross combination.
Hossein dodges the punch combination from Gracie.
Hossein throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
No joy there for Hossein, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Hossein avoids the body shot from Gracie.
Hossein throws a hook to the side of Gracie's head but Gracie sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Gracie slips under a jab.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Nice defenses there by Gracie.
Hossein throws the left hand but Gracie avoids the punch easily.
Gracie misses with a wild body shot.
Hossein with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Gracie dodges the punch combination from Hossein.
Hossein lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
Gracie throws a leg kick
and Hossein counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Gracie looks to score with a jab to the body but Hossein is just out of range.
Gracie takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
Hossein misses with a straight left.
Hossein ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Gracie moves away.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Gracie looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Gracie goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Gracie looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
Hossein jabbing away but nothing is landing.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Hossein throws a series of punches but Gracie avoids them all with ease.
A swing and a miss from Gracie.
Gracie is on the wrong end of a nice combination from Hossein.
Hossein wants to slow Gracie down by chopping away at his legs.
Hossein lands a nice leg kick that just misses Gracie's sensitive parts.
Hossein misses with a body shot
and Gracie connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Gracie throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Hossein on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Gracie. Gracie obviously looking to wear him down.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Sadiq Hossein dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Sadiq Hossein's cut.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!
Hossein scoring well with a low kick there.
Hossein throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Sadiq Hossein seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Hossein throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Hossein throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Gracie counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Hossein thinking.
Hossein keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Gracie.
Gracie moves out of range as Hossein throws a body kick.
Gracie displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Hossein throws out the jab.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Hossein.
Gracie connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Hossein's hands.
Sadiq Hossein is winning the standup battle so far.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Hossein throws a jab when Gracie was well out of range.
A decent looking cross lands there for Gracie.
Gracie moves out of range as Hossein strikes.
Gracie throws out a loose jab but Hossein uses good head movement to avoid it.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Good leg kick by Gracie there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Gracie is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Hossein.
Gracie lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Hossein is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Gracie can do to turn this around?
Some bone on bone action there as Gracie checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
A combination from Hossein does no damage.
Hossein lets the fists fly and connects with a left straight followed by a right hook.
It looks like Renato Gracie has been cut.
Hossein thuds a left hand into Gracie's body.
Both these guys seem content to just stand up and trade with eachother but Gracie might want to think about changing up his gameplan a bit because over the course of the fight, Hossein has got the better of the exchanges.
Hossein digs a good body shot into Gracie's ribs.
Some bone on bone action there as Hossein checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
Gracie connects with a solid leg kick.
Hossein throws a shot from downtown. Gracie moves away and avoids it.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hossein uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Gracie.
Hossein throws a leg kick but Gracie sees it coming and moves out of range.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Gracie lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Hossein circles away quickly and effectively.
Hossein pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Gracie loads up on a big right hand but Hossein slips the punch.
Hossein misses with a low kick.
Gracie throws a push kick but Hossein slaps the foot to one side.
Hossein paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
Hossein misses with a leg kick.
Gracie slips a jab and a cross from Hossein.
Hossein throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Gracie stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
A jab lands there for Gracie.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Gracie.
Gracie takes a jab right on the kisser.
Donk. Hossein catches Gracie right on the button with a cross.
Hossein connects with a leg kick. Gracie looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
Hossein misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Gracie.
Hossein takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Hossein misses the jab.
Gracie misses the shot to the body.
Hossein takes a swing at Gracie's ribcage but misses.
Hossein throws a body punch but Gracie moves out of range.
Hossein lands a nice leg kick that just misses Gracie's sensitive parts.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Hossein swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Gracie fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Hossein.
Hossein moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Hossein works over Gracie's head and body with a nice combination.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Hossein pivots, looking for a leg kick but Gracie is out of range and Hossein settles back down.
Hossein just misses with a punch to the body.
A head kick misses from Hossein.
A nice leg kick lands there from Gracie.
Gracie checks a leg kick nicely.
Gracie moves away from the strike by Hossein.
A right-left combo lands from Hossein.
Hossein tries a head kick but it misses.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Sadiq Hossein dominated that second round.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! This is the final round!
Gracie scores with a kick to the midsection.
Gracie with a hook.
Gracie blocks a jab.
The fighters circling - Gracie throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Hossein throws a leg kick but Gracie moved away.
Nice jab there from Hossein.
Gracie checks a leg kick.
Gracie misses with a low kick.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Hossein scores to the head and body with a nice combination!
Gracie fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Hossein blocks a low kick nicely.
Hossein avoids a punch combination nicely.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Hossein fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Gracie.
Gracie uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Hossein.
Hossein fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Gracie manages to avoid it.
Gracie's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Hossein misses with an uppercut
enabling Gracie to counter with a crisp jab.
Gracie misses with an uppercut. Hossein saw that one coming.
Gracie throws a lazy uppercut
and Hossein counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Gracie walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
Gracie avoids the body shot from Hossein.
Hossein throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Hossein chopping away at his opponent's legs.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Good leg kick by Gracie there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Gracie scores with a kick to the midsection.
Hossein throws a leg kick
and Gracie counters with an inside leg kick.
Hossein misses with a hook. Gracie ducked under it nicely.
Hossein connects with a good right hand that stumbles Gracie. Gracie circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Hossein looks to score with a jab to the body but Gracie is just out of range.
Hossein lands the left hand.
Hossein fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Hossein connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
Gracie has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
Gracie throws a right hand that Hossein ducks under and follows up with a left that Hossein also avoids with ease.
Hossein's jab looks to have found its range, popping Gracie under the eye.
Hossein takes a swing at Gracie's ribcage but misses.
Renato Gracie has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hossein moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Gracie takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
Hossein scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Gracie looks to throw the jab but Hossein is out of range.
Gracie fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Gracie blocks a jab.
A decent looking cross lands there for Gracie.
Gracie fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Hossein looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Good work by Gracie as he checks the leg kick.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Gracie, right into the meat.
Gracie fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Hossein on the side of the head.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Gracie misses with a leg kick.
Hossein throws a sloppy head kick and Gracie moves out of range easily.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Hossein chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Gracie misses with a body kick.
Gracie moves out of range of the body kick.
Gracie lands with a good body shot.
Gracie throws a quick head kick that skims the top of Hossein's head.
A telegraphed right hand from Hossein misses the target.
Gracie just misses with a punch to the body.
Gracie walks into a jab.
Donk. Hossein catches Gracie right on the button with a cross.
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 Sadiq Hossein.
Well Hossein has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... 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 Gregory Folan scores the fight 30:27
Judge Yves DeLean scores the fight 30:27
Judge Robert Douchet scores the fight 30:27
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Sadiq Hossein!
Sadiq Hossein seemed lost for words in his post fight interview but he remembered to thank his fans and directed everyone to his website.
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