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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Kunta Kinte (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Cassius Foreman Frazier (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Chooooooooon! I think Kinte might be my favorite fighter, now he's come out to Wu Tang Clan- Shame On A Nigga. The crowd seem to be enjoying Foreman Frazier's choice of entrance music: My Inspiration. Cassius Foreman Frazier has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?
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194 lbs
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Abu Dhabi Champ
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
14 - 4 - 1, fighting out of Hilo, Kunta Kinte!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
11 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Cassius Foreman Frazier!
The judges for this bout are Yves DeLean, Steve Smith and William Peck.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Foreman Frazier loads up on a big right hand but Kinte slips the punch.
Kinte avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Foreman Frazier wants to clinch up but Kinte keeps it at a distance.
Kinte takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Kinte walks into a jab.
Kinte circles away from the clinch attempt.
Kinte drives through and clinches with Foreman Frazier against the cage.
Foreman Frazier blocking some punches.
Kinte prevents a body shot from Foreman Frazier.
Kinte is looking to break free of the clinch but Foreman Frazier has double underhooks.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Kinte swings wildly with an uppercut but Foreman Frazier uses good head movement to avoid it.
Foreman Frazier misses with a hook to the ribs.
Kinte throws a punch but it's blocked by Foreman Frazier.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Kinte.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Foreman Frazier misses with the head strike.
Kinte lands with a left to the head.
Foreman Frazier goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Foreman Frazier is leaning against Kinte and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Kinte misses with some punches.
Foreman Frazier softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Kinte blocks an uppercut.
Kinte blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Foreman Frazier's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Kinte is looking to break free of the clinch but Foreman Frazier has double underhooks.
Foreman Frazier tries a body shot but Kinte blocks it.
Kinte scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Kinte swings wildly with an uppercut but Foreman Frazier uses good head movement to avoid it.
Kinte blocks a body shot from Foreman Frazier.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Kinte has a couple of punches blocked by Foreman Frazier.
Foreman Frazier misses with the head strike.
Foreman Frazier throws a head punch that misses.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Kinte.
Foreman Frazier misses with a punch on the inside.
Foreman Frazier misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Kinte tries to work over Foreman Frazier's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Foreman Frazier prevents a body shot from Kinte.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Foreman Frazier.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Kinte prevents a body shot from Foreman Frazier.
Foreman Frazier misses with a hook to the ribs.
Kinte misses with a short punch on the inside.
Kinte is trying to break the clinch but Foreman Frazier has him pressed against the cage.
Foreman Frazier lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Foreman Frazier throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Kintes head.
Foreman Frazier working aggressively here.
Kinte definitely looks more muscular than last time we saw him fight.
Kinte breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Kinte moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
It looks like Kunta Kinte has been cut.
Kinte tries a low kick but Foreman Frazier avoids it.
Cassius Foreman Frazier seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Kinte takes one on the button.
Foreman Frazier clinches up against the cage.
Foreman Frazier scores with an uppercut up the middle.
A nice left hand lands by Kinte.
Kinte blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Kinte fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Foreman Frazier lands a body punch in the clinch.
Foreman Frazier tries to work over Kinte's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Foreman Frazier lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
A nice left hand lands by Foreman Frazier.
Foreman Frazier tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Kinte's elbow.
Foreman Frazier blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Foreman Frazier lands a body shot.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Foreman Frazier.
Foreman Frazier digs a right hand underneath Kinte's ribcage. Kinte let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Kinte is breathing heavily.
Kinte is trying to push Foreman Frazier away but Foreman Frazier has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
A short right from Foreman Frazier.
Kinte blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Kinte misses with a punch on the inside.
Kinte blocks a body shot from Foreman Frazier.
Foreman Frazier misses with a punch to the body.
A head punch on the inside from Kinte fails to land.
Foreman Frazier misses with a shot to the kidneys.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Cassius Foreman Frazier dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Kunta Kinte's cut.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!
Foreman Frazier lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Kinte fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Foreman Frazier has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Kinte avoids the body shot from Foreman Frazier.
Kinte wants to take advantage of his opponent's missed offense by moving into the clinch.
Foreman Frazier throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Foreman Frazier has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Kinte connects with a nice looking jab.
An inside leg kick lands from Kinte.
Foreman Frazier lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
Foreman Frazier misses with an uppercut. Kinte saw that one coming.
A jab lands there for Foreman Frazier.
Kinte gets cracked there but stands up to it.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Foreman Frazier checks a leg kick.
Foreman Frazier tries to close the distance and clinch but Kinte swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Foreman Frazier misses with a straight right.
Kinte defending well as Foreman Frazier loads up on a big left hand.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Foreman Frazier ducks under a wild hook from Kinte.
Foreman Frazier has been working his punching technique in the buildup to the fight and it appears to be paying off.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Foreman Frazier checks the leg kick nicely there.
Foreman Frazier fails in his attempt to clinch.
Kinte tries to counter with a takedown but Foreman Frazier is quick to defend against it.
Foreman Frazier throws a lazy right hand but Kinte sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Kinte seemed to be looking to counter by closing the distance.
Kinte moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
A chopping leg kick lands by Kinte.
Foreman Frazier pushes Kinte up against the cage in a clinch.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Foreman Frazier.
Kinte blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Foreman Frazier throws a head punch that misses.
Kinte blocking some punches.
Kinte takes a shot to the head.
A short left from Kinte.
A left hand lands to the body for Foreman Frazier.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Foreman Frazier.
Foreman Frazier tries to throw a body punch but Kinte avoids it by throwing Foreman Frazier back against the cage.
Foreman Frazier lands an uppercut.
Foreman Frazier lands a shot to the body.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Kinte is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Kinte misses with a punch to the body.
Foreman Frazier misses with a body punch.
Cassius Foreman Frazier seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Kinte tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Foreman Frazier blocks an uppercut.
Kinte blocking some punches.
Foreman Frazier throws a head punch that misses.
Foreman Frazier fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Kinte blocking some punches.
Foreman Frazier misses with a short punch on the inside.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Foreman Frazier digs a right hand underneath Kinte's ribcage. Kinte let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Foreman Frazier lands a body punch.
Foreman Frazier blocking some punches.
A head punch on the inside from Foreman Frazier fails to land.
Foreman Frazier swings wildly with an uppercut but Kinte uses good head movement to avoid it.
Foreman Frazier doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Foreman Frazier can't find room to land a body shot as Kinte controls the action.
Foreman Frazier lands with a left to the head.
Foreman Frazier has a couple of punches blocked by Kinte.
Kinte's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Kinte blocks a body shot from Foreman Frazier.
Foreman Frazier digs a right hand underneath Kinte's ribcage. Kinte let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Foreman Frazier misses with a punch to the body.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Foreman Frazier misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Kinte lands a right hand that snaps the head of Foreman Frazier backwards.
Foreman Frazier tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Kinte breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Kinte moves out of range of the strikes.
Foreman Frazier lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
Cassius Foreman Frazier seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Foreman Frazier throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Kinte drops down looking for a counter takedown but Foreman Frazier sprawls and moves away.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Foreman Frazier tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Kinte was well out of range. Poor timing from Foreman Frazier.
Kinte doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Foreman Frazier checks a leg kick nicely.
Foreman Frazier lets it all go there with a big combo counter but none of the punches connected.
Kinte connects with an inside leg kick.
Kinte slips a jab from Foreman Frazier.
Foreman Frazier pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Cassius Foreman Frazier showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Kunta Kinte's cut.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! This is the final round!
Foreman Frazier tries to clinch but Kinte is having none of it.
Kinte appears to be looking for a counter takedown.
Foreman Frazier has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Kinte finds it's way round the side to connect with Foreman Frazier's head.
Kinte misses with an uppercut.
It seemed like Foreman Frazier was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Foreman Frazier scores with a jab.
Kinte keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Kinte wants to take advantage of his opponent's missed offense by moving into the clinch.
Foreman Frazier is looking to clinch but Kinte is avoiding it.
Kinte drops down looking for a counter takedown but Foreman Frazier sprawls and moves away.
A low kick from Kinte misses
and Foreman Frazier counters with a straight right hand.
Foreman Frazier checks a low kick from Kinte.
Kinte lands with a nice combination. Foreman Frazier backs away looking to recover.
Foreman Frazier loads up on a big right hand but Kinte slips the punch.
Foreman Frazier tests Kinte's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Kinte ducks under a wild hook from Foreman Frazier.
As Foreman Frazier tries to get set, Kinte tries to push him back and clinch up but Foreman Frazier manages to avoid the attempt.
Foreman Frazier moves into the clinch successfully.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Foreman Frazier tries to work over Kinte's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Foreman Frazier tries to throw a body punch but Kinte avoids it by throwing Foreman Frazier back against the cage.
Foreman Frazier lands a right hand that snaps the head of Kinte backwards.
Kinte misses with some punches.
Foreman Frazier tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Foreman Frazier working aggressively here.
Kinte blocks an uppercut.
Kinte is trying to break free.
Foreman Frazier tries to work over Kinte's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Foreman Frazier lands a hook that snaps the head of Kinte backwards.
Foreman Frazier throws a punch but it's blocked by Kinte.
Kinte can't find room to land a body shot as Foreman Frazier controls the action.
Kinte is trying to break the clinch but Foreman Frazier is controlling him.
A hook to the body from Foreman Frazier.
Cassius Foreman Frazier is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Kinte tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Foreman Frazier's elbow.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Foreman Frazier.
A frustrated look appears on Kinte's face as he tries to break the clinch.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Foreman Frazier.
Kinte wants to break free but Foreman Frazier has control.
Kinte breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Foreman Frazier throws an overhand right that lands on Kinte's shoulder, as Kinte tries to avoid the shot.
Kinte tries to keep at a distance but Foreman Frazier has taken the fight into the clinch.
Foreman Frazier has a couple of punches blocked by Kinte.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Kinte.
Kinte tries to work over Foreman Frazier's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Foreman Frazier blocks an uppercut.
Foreman Frazier misses with a punch to the body.
Kinte swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Kinte goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Foreman Frazier prevents Kinte from breaking the clinch.
Foreman Frazier misses with the head strike.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
There's not a lot going on here and the crowd are letting the fighters know they're not willing to tolerate a lack of action.
Kinte working aggressively here.
Foreman Frazier takes a shot to the head.
Kinte swings wildly with an uppercut but Foreman Frazier uses good head movement to avoid it.
Kinte working aggressively here.
Kinte blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Kinte blocking some punches.
Kunta Kinte has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Foreman Frazier scores with a shoulder strike.
And that's the end of the fight!
Cassius Foreman Frazier comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Foreman Frazier has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. 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 Yves DeLean scores the fight 27:30
Judge Steve Smith scores the fight 27:30
Judge William Peck scores the fight 27:30
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Cassius Foreman Frazier!
Post fight, an emotional Cassius Foreman Frazier said 'C'mon, I'm going back!'.
Kunta Kinte spoke after the fight, saying 'You mothafuckaz!'.
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