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Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Felipe Luiz (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Kublai Khan (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Felipe Luiz has a significant reach advantage - let's see if he can make it count.
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150 lbs
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155 lbs
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Good wrestling
Good kicks
Good chin |
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BJJ White Belt
Solid Muay Thai
Tends to cut |
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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
3 - 2 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Felipe Luiz!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Kublai Khan!
The judges for this bout are Dirk Anderson, David Hoff and Daniel Franklin.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Luiz throws a wild body kick that Khan sees coming a mile off.
Khan tries to close the distance and clinch but Luiz swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Luiz just misses with a punch to the body.
Luiz misses with a looping left.
Luiz swats away the attempt to clinch by Khan.
Khan bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Khan pushes forward with a 1-2 combination that forces Luiz back to the cage. Khan follows up with a solid lead hook to the liver.
Luiz misses with an attempted mid kick.
Khan throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Luiz moves into range and connects with a jab.
Khan misses with a double jab.
Luiz definitely looks more muscular than last time we saw him fight.
Luiz swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Khan counters with a nice low kick that buckles Luiz's knee momentarily.
Khan is looking to clinch.
Luiz keeps the fight on the outside.
Khan thows a leg kick but Luiz checks it
and Luiz counters with a lovely straight right hand!
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Khan clinches up with Luiz and pushes him back against the cage.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Luiz tightens his grip and picks Khan up, before dumping him to the ground. Khan manages to land in guard.
Khan manages to sweep nicely, so he's now on top. Luiz manages to get himself to full guard.
Khan's corner is telling him to maintain position.
Khan forces his way into half guard.
Luiz is looking to improve his position.
Luiz taking some punishment here, with Khan in his half guard.
Khan prevents Luiz from improving his position.
Khan tries to pass the half guard into mount. Luiz knows what he's doing though and prevents the attempt.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Luiz wants to control the action here but instead Khan manages to pass to full mount!
Khan with shots to the head and body - Luiz looks very uncomfortable down there.
Khan putting on the heat here with some good ground and pound!
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Luiz is in a horrible position here. Khan smacks him with another shot as he tries to escape the position.
Luiz is trying desperately to improve position.
Luiz on his back here. We all know that wrestlers don't like being on their back so let's see if Luiz tries to get out of the position.
Khan putting on the heat here with some good ground and pound!
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Khan trying to control but Luiz is having none of it.
Khan might have to switch it up a bit here because his efforts to control Luiz haven't been going to plan, at least at the current moment in time.
Luiz can't escape the position.
Khan is in the full mount, landing strikes.
Luiz knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Khan on the ground.
Luiz is looking to get to half guard.
Khan jumps to side control looking for an arm triangle but Luiz manages to avoid the submission attempt.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Khan is looking to finish here, going for an Americana. Luiz knows the correct defense though, so he's OK.
Luiz taking a bit of punishment here - Khan scoring with strikes.
Luiz is looking for a sweep.
Khan landing with strikes to the head and body from side control.
Luiz tries to improve position but can't.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Kublai Khan dominated that round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!
Khan fails in his attempt to clinch.
Khan waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Luiz.
Luiz clinches with his opponent.
Luiz breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Khan misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Khan staying out of range there.
Luiz moves into range and clinches up with Khan.
Luiz drops down looking for an ankle pick but Khan pulls his leg out and moves away.
Khan fails to land with a series of punches.
Khan has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Khan moves into range and throws a combination. A nice jab followed by a hook to the body.
Felipe Luiz seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Luiz avoids the head kick by Khan.
Luiz looks to land a right hand but Khan moved out of range.
Luiz clinches up against the cage.
Luiz changes levels and goes for a takedown here. Khan fights it off and pushes away nicely.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Khan slips a jab and a cross from Luiz.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Khan closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Luiz avoids the elbow strike from Khan, against the cage.
Luiz drops down looking for an ankle pick but Khan pulls his leg out and moves away.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Felipe Luiz. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Luiz swats away the attempt to clinch by Khan.
Khan feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Luiz's calf.
Luiz misses with a straight left.
Khan wants to clinch but Luiz slips to the side
and Luiz counters with a body kick.
Luiz lands a jab to the nose.
Khan tries to clinch but Luiz moves out of range.
Khan closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
Khan tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Luiz paws at him with a jab and circles away.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Khan shoots in but no luck this time.
Khan blocks a jab.
Khan walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
Luiz throws a hook but Khan avoids it easily.
Khan is looking for the big counter here.
Khan connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Luiz throws a series of punches but Khan avoids them all with ease.
Luiz throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Luiz swats away the attempt to clinch by Khan.
Luiz just misses with a punch to the body.
Felipe Luiz is winning the standup battle so far.
Luiz showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Khan.
Khan slips under a jab from Luiz.
A jab from Khan finds it's way through Luiz's defenses.
Khan lands a jab to the head.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Luiz lands with a head kick! That's gotta hurt.
It looks like Kublai Khan has been cut.
Luiz circles away from the clinch attempt.
Khan connects with a body shot that sends Luiz's belly button to the back.
Khan lands a nice looking kick to the body. Luiz takes a step back to recover.
Khan cracks the inside of Luiz's front leg.
Some wild striking there from Luiz.
Luiz displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Khan throws out the jab.
Khan tries to close the distance and clinch but Luiz swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Khan throws a right and a left that both miss.
Khan moves in looking to clinch but Luiz pushes him off.
Luiz rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Khan moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Khan swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Luiz was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
Khan is breathing heavily.
The fighters circling - Luiz throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Luiz with a body punch. A glancing blow.
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!
Luiz tries a head kick but it misses.
Khan shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with Luiz but Luiz pushes him off and we're back to square one.
Khan walks into a straight right hand from Luiz.
Khan avoids a punch combination nicely.
Khan shoots in looking for a takedown. Luiz tries to sprawl out of it but Khan keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. Luiz manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.
Luiz scores with a body shot.
Felipe Luiz is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Khan doesn't succeed with the takedown
and Luiz counters by moving into the clinch.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Felipe Luiz dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Kublai Khan's cut.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action! Let's hear some noise people - this is the final round!
Khan avoids the head kick by Luiz.
Khan unleashes a big counter combination but Luiz bobs and weaves and avoids any damage.
Khan scoring well with a low kick there.
Khan tries to close the distance and clinch up but Luiz swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Khan misses with a looping left.
Luiz circles away from the clinch attempt.
Khan throws a right and a left that both miss.
Khan tries to close the distance and clinch but Luiz swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Luiz jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Luiz keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Luiz circles away from the clinch attempt.
Khan clinches up against the cage.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Luiz has a body lock and is looking for a takedown. Khan is bouncing around trying to prevent the takedown and somehow he has indeed managed to stay on his feet.
Khan fails to pull the fight into his guard.
Khan is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Luiz is keeping busy.
Luiz is trying to pull guard but Khan has him pressed against the cage.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Luiz is looking for a takedown.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Felipe Luiz. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Khan misses with a short punch on the inside.
Luiz misses with a knee strike.
Luiz can't break the clinch.
Luiz tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Khan avoids it.
Luiz is trying to pull guard but being pressed up against the cage enables Khan to keep the fight standing.
Khan with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Khan pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Luiz closes the distance and clinches.
Luiz tries to pull guard but Khan forces him back to his feet, against the cage.
Luiz is defending well against a takedown attempt.
Khan gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Luiz can't find room to land a body shot as Khan controls the action.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Luiz fails to pull guard.
Khan wants to break free but Luiz has control.
Khan has a body lock and is looking for a takedown. Luiz is bouncing around trying to prevent the takedown and somehow he has indeed managed to stay on his feet.
Khan takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Luiz tries to jump guard but he falls flat on his backside. Khan smiles and moves away.
Luiz circles away from the clinch attempt
and Luiz connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Luiz throws a head kick that misses.
Khan pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Luiz throwing a counter right hand but Khan manages to avoid it.
Khan throws a low kick but Luiz moves out of range easily.
Luiz keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.
Luiz instigates a clinch.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Khan tries to break free but Luiz pushes him back against the cage.
Luiz tries for a takedown. No joy.
Luiz is working on a leg, looking for a takedown but Khan is defending well.
Luiz is looking for a takedown.
Luiz is pressed up against the cage. Khan has hold of a leg and is looking to drag Luiz down to the mat. Luiz avoids the attempt though and has circled away. We're back to striking at a distance.
Khan throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Luiz clinches with his opponent.
Some stalling of biblical proportions here from Luiz.
Luiz has dropped down and is looking to force the takedown but it's defended by Khan after a bit of a struggle.
Khan prevents the takedown attempt.
Knees in the clinch landing for Khan.
Luiz wants to get back to striking at distance but Khan won't allow it.
Khan misses with an elbow strike.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Luiz fails to pull guard.
Khan looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Khan working Luiz over with knees to the body.
Luiz blocks an elbow strike.
Luiz drops to a knee looking for a takedown but Khan gets the underhooks and prevents it.
Luiz on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Luiz lands a nice shot to the body.
Luiz pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Khan throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Good work by Khan as he checks the leg kick.
Khan slips a jab and a cross from Luiz.
And that's the end of the fight!
Kublai Khan comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
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 Dirk Anderson scores the fight 28:29
Judge David Hoff scores the fight 28:29
Judge Daniel Franklin scores the fight 28:29
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Kublai Khan!
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