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Coming up we have a welterweight kickboxing rules bout between Irshaad Sayed (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Andre Mitchell (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Irshaad Sayed had real problems making weight for this fight. After initially coming in at 171.9lbs, he had two hours to make the official fight weight. He made it but it will have taken a lot out of him to cut those extra few pounds. Both these guys have solid standup skills and neither is particularly fantastic on the ground, so let's hope for a nice standup war!
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 2 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
1 - 1 - 1, fighting out of The Island, Irshaad Sayed!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Andre Mitchell!
The judges for this bout are Bart Greer, Peter Branson and Winston Alpacca.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Sayed keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Mitchell.
Sayed scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Sayed slips under a jab from Mitchell.
Sayed looks to land a left hand but Mitchell moved out of range nicely.
Mitchell uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Sayed.
Sayed seems to be moving with more speed, compared to his last bout. He must have been working on that in the gym.
No joy there for Mitchell, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Mitchell throws a body punch but Sayed moves out of range.
Mitchell throws a body shot but no joy.
Mitchell darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
Mitchell throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Sayed sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Sayed takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
Mitchell connects with a nice looking jab.
Sayed throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Sayed misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Mitchell thows a left - swing and a miss!
Mitchell slips a jab and a cross from Sayed.
Mitchell connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Sayed momentarily.
Mitchell tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Sayed manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Mitchell swings for the body but Sayed moves out of range.
Sayed throws the left hand but Mitchell avoids the punch easily.
Mitchell looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights.
Sayed misses with a straight right.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Mitchell tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Mitchell wants to clinch
and Sayed counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Sayed feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Mitchells jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!
Sayed moves away from the strike by Mitchell.
Mitchell tries to close the distance and clinch up but Sayed swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Sayed throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Mitchell.
A big right from Mitchell misses.
Mitchell lands the left hand.
Sayed throws a series of punches but Mitchell moves out of range.
Mitchell tries to clinch but fails miserably
and Sayed counters with a lovely shot to the body.
Sayed takes a swing at Mitchell's ribcage but misses.
Mitchell wants to clinch.
Sayed throws a looping overhand right but Mitchell ducks down to avoid it.
Sayed feints a jab promting Mitchell to slip. Sayed then demonstrates his capabilities by jabbing again. Mitchell slips again and ducks right into an uppercut.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Mitchell is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Sayed.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Sayed takes one to the chin there.
Mitchell scores with a jab.
Mitchell is looking to clinch.
Mitchell tries to clinch there but Sayed circles away.
Sayed slips a straight right by Mitchell.
Mitchell is using his reach advantage to land shots from outside his opponent's range.
Mitchell swings for the body but Sayed moves out of range.
Sayed throws a looping overhand right but Mitchell ducks down to avoid it.
Sayed throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Mitchell gets a clinch.
Mitchell is looking to break free of the clinch but Sayed has double underhooks.
Sayed breaks the clinch.
Sayed avoids the body shot from Mitchell.
Mitchell throws a right and a left that Sayed avoids nicely.
Sayed takes one on the chin but seems OK.
Sayed takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
Mitchell scores with a three punch combo!
Sayed lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Mitchell circles away quickly and effectively.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sayed avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Sayed paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
Mitchell stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
Sayed misses with a hook. Mitchell ducked under it nicely.
A decent looking cross lands there for Mitchell.
Sayed ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Sayed is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Mitchell.
No joy there for Sayed, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Mitchell misses with a series of wild punches.
Mitchell moves into the clinch.
Sayed can't break the clinch.
Mitchell is trying to break the clinch but Sayed has him pressed against the cage.
Mitchell looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Sayed breaks the clinch.
Mitchell uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Sayed.
Sayed looks to score with a jab to the body but Mitchell is just out of range.
Sayed fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Mitchell manages to avoid it.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Mitchell misses with a body punch
and Sayed counters with a stiff right hand.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Sayed scores with a crisp jab that stopped Mitchell in his tracks.
Mitchell takes a swing at Sayed's ribcage but misses.
Sayed avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Sayed throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Mitchell takes a swing at Sayed's ribcage but misses.
Mitchell tries to clinch but Sayed is having none of it.
Sayed misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Mitchell.
Mitchell tries to close the distance and clinch but Sayed swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Mitchell lands with an overhand left.
Sayed throws a series of punches but Mitchell avoids them all with ease.
Sayed tries to keep at a distance but Mitchell has taken the fight into the clinch.
Mitchell blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Mitchell pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Mitchell lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Sayed at a distance.
Sayed on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
The fighters circling - Mitchell throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
That's five minutes gone in the round.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Mitchell.
Sayed rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Mitchell moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Mitchell steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Sayed.
Mitchell throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Mitchell swinging wildly here.
No joy there for Sayed, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Mitchell misses with a straight right.
Sayed fails to land with a series of punches.
Sayed walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
Mitchell fails with an attempt to clinch.
Mitchell swinging wildly here.
Mitchell jabs at Sayed's body.
Mitchell misses the body punch
and Sayed counters with a two punch combo.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Mitchell tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Sayed paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Sayed's corner calls for a 1, 2 combination and Sayed duly obliges.
That's six minutes gone in the round.
Mitchell dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Mitchell is landing a lot of head punches in this opening round! Sayed had better start moving his head a bit unless he wants his face to turn into pâté.
Mitchell closes the distance and clinches.
Mitchell stalling in the clinch but Sayed improves position.
Sayed gets through Mitchell's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Sayed's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Left hook, right uppercut from Mitchell.
Sayed keeps the fight on the outside.
Mitchell moves away from the strike by Sayed.
Mitchell wants to clinch up but Sayed keeps it at a distance.
Some wild striking there from Sayed.
Mitchell throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Sayed counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Nice jab there from Mitchell.
Mitchell is looking to clinch but Sayed is avoiding it.
Mitchell throws a body punch but Sayed moves out of range.
Mitchell keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Mitchell throws a looping overhand right but Sayed ducks down to avoid it.
Sayed misses with an uppercut. Mitchell saw that one coming.
That's seven minutes gone in the round.
Mitchell is looking to clinch but Sayed is avoiding it.
Jab from Sayed.
Mitchell dodges the punch combination from Sayed.
Mitchell tries to clinch there but Sayed circles away.
Jab, jab by Mitchell - just one landing.
Sayed rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Mitchell moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Mitchell throws a hook but Sayed blocks it.
Mitchell throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Sayed fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Sayed is breathing heavily.
Mitchell moves in looking to clinch but Sayed pushes him off.
Sayed throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
letting Mitchell counter with a right hand.
Sayed gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Mitchell.
Mitchell wants to clinch
enabling Sayed to counter with a crisp jab.
Mitchell's corner calls for a 1-2. Mitchell obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Mitchell misses with a straight left.
Sayed swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
That's eight minutes gone in the round.
Mitchell moves in looking to clinch but Sayed pushes him off.
Mitchell fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Sayed looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Mitchell connects with a crisp jab.
Sayed takes a swing at Mitchell's ribcage but misses.
Mitchell is looking to clinch.
Mitchell scores with a jab.
Mitchell tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Sayed paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Mitchell throws a body punch but Sayed moves out of range.
Sayed misses with a hook. Mitchell ducked under it nicely.
Sayed takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Mitchell throws the left hand but Sayed avoids the punch easily.
Sayed ducks under a wild hook from Mitchell.
Mitchell tries to clinch but Sayed is having none of it.
Mitchell is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Sayed.
Sayed misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Mitchell takes the fight into the clinch.
Mitchell wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Sayed has him pressed against the cage.
That's nine minutes gone in the round.
Mitchell is trying to maintain a safe position but Sayed gets an underhook and turns Mitchell into the cage.
Mitchell looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Sayed's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Mitchell is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Mitchell cracks Sayed with a good jab.
Sayed misses with a looping left.
Mitchell is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Sayed.
Sayed looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
Good exchange - Mitchell coming out on top.
Mitchell tries to clinch but Sayed is having none of it.
Mitchell rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Sayed moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Sayed swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
A shot to the liver by Mitchell. Beautiful body shot.
Mitchell throws the left hand but Sayed avoids the punch easily.
Mitchell has used his reach advantage pretty well so far tonight.
Mitchell throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Mitchell fails in his attempt to clinch.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close round but Andre Mitchell will probably get the nod.
That's time! Sayed's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight. This is the final round!
Mitchell fails in his attempt to clinch.
The fight stays on the outside here - Mitchell looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Sayed connects with the punch.
Mitchell keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
Mitchell doesn't manage to clinch there - Sayed circles away.
Mitchell slips a jab from Sayed.
Mitchell looks to score with a jab to the body but Sayed is just out of range.
Mitchell lands the left hand.
Mitchell's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Sayed connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Mitchell scrambles back to his feet.
Mitchell wants to clinch.
Sayed throws a series of punches but Mitchell moves out of range.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Sayed connects with a nice looking jab.
Mitchell misses with a series of wild punches.
Mitchell fails with an attempt to clinch.
Irshaad Sayed is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Mitchell throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Mitchell throws a looping overhand right but Sayed ducks down to avoid it.
Mitchell tries to clinch but Sayed is having none of it.
Mitchell misses with a straight right.
Mitchell misses with a looping right.
Sayed takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Mitchell tries to clinch there but Sayed circles away.
Mitchell swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Mitchell throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Sayed.
Mitchell just misses with a punch to the body.
Sayed scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.
Mitchell wants to clinch up but Sayed keeps it at a distance.
Sayed throws a right and a left that both miss.
Sayed keeps the fight on the outside.
Mitchell tries to close the distance and clinch up but Sayed swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Nice jab there from Mitchell.
Sayed circles away from the clinch attempt
and Sayed counters with a three punch combo that has Mitchell backing up. Mitchell nods at Sayed to acknowledge the strikes.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Mitchell throws a hook but Sayed avoids it easily.
Mitchell closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
Mitchell fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Sayed looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Sayed circles away from the clinch attempt.
Mitchell bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Sayed's head.
Mitchell uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Sayed.
Sayed slips under a jab from Mitchell.
Mitchell tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Mitchell tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Sayed manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Mitchell is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
No joy there for Sayed, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Mitchell takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
Mitchell takes a swing at Sayed's ribcage but misses.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Mitchell tries to clinch there but Sayed circles away.
Sayed tries to move into range but Mitchell moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
Mitchell connects with a body shot.
Mitchell ducks under a wild hook from Sayed.
Mitchell wants to clinch.
Mitchell fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Sayed manages to avoid it.
Sayed throws a series of punches but Mitchell avoids them all with ease.
Mitchell tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Sayed paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Sayed looks to land a combination but Mitchell avoids it well.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Sayed swats away the attempt to clinch by Mitchell.
Mitchell tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Sayed moves out of range as Mitchell strikes.
A looping hook to the body misses from Mitchell. Sayed does a little dance to reset his feet.
No joy there for Sayed, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Sayed misses with a series of wild punches.
Andre Mitchell seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Mitchell closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Sayed tries to circle away but Mitchell has him pinned against the cage.
Sayed escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Sayed ducks under a wild hook from Mitchell.
Mitchell cracks Sayed with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Mitchell tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Sayed manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Mitchell uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Sayed.
Sayed misses with a straight right.
Mitchell scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Mitchell tries to clinch
and Sayed connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Mitchell throws a hook but Sayed blocks it.
Mitchell smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
Mitchell tries to close the distance and clinch up but Sayed swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Mitchell misses the shot to the body.
That's five minutes gone in the round.
Sayed throws a right and a left that both miss.
Mitchell throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Sayed.
Sayed takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
Mitchell doesn't manage to clinch there - Sayed circles away.
Mitchell throws an overhand right that lands on Sayed's shoulder, as Sayed tries to avoid the shot.
Sayed takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Sayed uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Mitchell.
Sayed misses with a straight left.
Mitchell tries to clinch but Sayed is having none of it.
A punch lands to the side of Sayed 's head but he takes it in his stride.
A looping hook to the body misses from Mitchell. Sayed does a little dance to reset his feet.
Sayed throws a nice looking combination but Mitchell bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Mitchell tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Sayed manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Sayed takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
Mitchell comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Nice cross by Mitchell.
That's six minutes gone in the round.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Mitchell wants to clinch
and Sayed counters with a left and a right that stings Mitchell.
Mitchell misses with an uppercut.
A swing and a miss from Sayed.
Sayed waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Mitchell.
Mitchell tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Mitchell swings for the body but Sayed moves out of range.
Mitchell rushes Sayed and presses him up against the cage.
Sayed breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Sayed misses with a few strikes there.
Sayed circles away from the clinch attempt.
Sayed swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Sayed throws a right and a left that both miss.
Mitchell moves to clinch but Sayed breaks away
and Sayed counters with a series of strikes. Mitchell will be more careful next time no doubt.
A combination from Mitchell does no damage.
That's seven minutes gone in the round.
Sayed dodges the punch combination from Mitchell.
Sayed needs to keep his hands up - Mitchell had a free shot at his head there.
Mitchell scores with a nice strike.
The fight stays on the outside here - Mitchell looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Sayed swats away the attempt to clinch by Mitchell.
Sayed moves out of range of the strikes.
Mitchell digs a good body shot into Sayed's ribs.
Sayed rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Mitchell moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Mitchell tries to clinch but Sayed moves out of range.
Mitchell scores with a body shot.
Sayed is really head hunting here, hardly looking to strike to the body at all.
Mitchell tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Sayed paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Sayed throws a nice looking combination but Mitchell bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Mitchell scores with a decent looking hook.
That's eight minutes gone in the round.
Mitchell thows a left - swing and a miss!
Mitchell scores with a hook.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Mitchell missing with a left hand there. Sayed was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Mitchell tries to close the distance and clinch up but Sayed swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Mitchell rushes Sayed and presses him up against the cage.
Sayed escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Mitchell jabs. That one connects to the head of his opponent.
Sayed throws a nice looking combination but Mitchell bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Mitchell misses with an uppercut.
Mitchell tries to grapple but his opponent circles
and Sayed counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Sayed swats away the attempt to clinch by Mitchell.
Mitchell tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Sayed paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Sayed fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
That's nine minutes gone in the round.
A left lands for Sayed.
Sayed rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Mitchell moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Mitchell fails with an attempt to clinch.
Mitchell misses with a series of wild punches.
Sayed looks to land a left hand but Mitchell moved out of range nicely.
Mitchell throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Sayed stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Mitchell walks into a left hand.
Mitchell tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Mitchell takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
Mitchell wants to clinch.
Sayed looks to land a combination but Mitchell avoids it well.
Mitchell wants to clinch.
Mitchell is looking to clinch.
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 Irshaad Sayed.
I have no idea who won that fight. Let's wait and see whether the judges are as confused as me! Time for a split decision perhaps?!. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Bart Greer scores the fight for Irshaad Sayed!
Judge Peter Branson scores the fight for Andre Mitchell!
Judge Bart Greer scores the fight as a draw!
The fight ends as a draw!
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