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Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Amir Khan (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Gabriel Rua (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.
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World class boxer
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
15 - 8 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Amir Khan!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
16 - 14 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Gabriel Rua!
The judges for this bout are Ian Loll, Robert Douchet and Elvis Blanc.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Rua will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.
Rua throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Rua throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Rua staying out of range there.
Khan looks to land a right hand but Rua moved out of range.
Good leg kick by Rua there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Rua throws a leg kick which misses Khan's front leg but catches the back leg as Khan tries to avoid it.
Rua takes one to the side of the head.
Khan throws a jab when Rua was well out of range.
Rua takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Rua takes one on the chin but seems OK.
Khan fails to land with a series of punches.
Rua misses with a body kick.
Rua throws a nice outside leg kick.
Khan tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Khan tries to close the distance and clinch but Rua swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Khan scores with a shot to the body.
Khan throws a hook but Rua blocks it.
Khan pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Rua takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Rua walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
Rua drives through and clinches with Khan against the cage.
Rua is looking to control Khan's arms but Khan gets an underhook and turns him. Now Rua has his back to the cage.
Khan misses with a hook from the clinch.
Khan tries to stall but Rua uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Rua trying to stall but Khan improves his position.
A shot in the inside from Khan.
Khan can't find room to land a body shot as Rua controls the action.
Rua blocking some punches.
Khan misses with a short punch on the inside.
Khan is leaning against Rua and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Khan.
Rua pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
Khan misses with a hook to the ribs.
Rua lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Khan tries a body shot but Rua blocks it.
Rua blocks an uppercut.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Khan scores with a nice hook to the head.
Khan throws a head punch that misses.
Khan misses with a hook from the clinch.
Khan displaying some good clinch control by pressing Rua up against the cage.
Rua goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Khan blocks the elbow strike.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Nice elbow from Rua.
It looks like Amir Khan has been cut.
Rua is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Khan makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Rua cracks Khan with a nice body shot.
Rua slows down the pace here.
Rua throws an elbow that misses.
Rua lands an elbow that stopped Khan in his tracks for a moment.
Khan goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Nice elbow from Rua.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Khan misses with a short punch on the inside.
Khan tries a body shot but Rua blocks it.
Rua lands a damaging elbow.
Rua misses with an elbow over the top.
Khan misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Rua tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Rua digs a right hand into Khan's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Khan's gas tank.
Khan avoids a wild elbow strike from Rua.
Khan throws a punch but it's blocked by Rua.
Rua looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Rua blocks an uppercut.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Rua just misses with a elbow thrown towards Khan's brow.
Khan lands a nice shot to the body.
Khan misses with a punch to the body.
Khan misses with a body punch.
Rua throws an elbow but it misses.
Rua lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Khan throws a head punch that misses.
Rua tries a body shot but Khan blocks it.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Khan lands a hook to the side of the head.
Khan lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Rua backwards.
Rua misses with the head strike.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Khan misses with some punches.
Khan stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Khan looking to stall.
Khan misses with a hook to the ribs.
Rua misses with a short punch on the inside.
Khan blocks the elbow strike.
Khan lands a body punch.
Khan has a couple of punches blocked by Rua.
Khan struggles to land a body shot inside as Rua controls his hands.
Khan lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Rua prevents a body shot from Khan.
Rua creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Khan lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Khan.
Khan lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Rua or not.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Amir Khan dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Amir Khan's cut.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.
Good work by Khan as he checks the leg kick.
A slapping leg kick lands for Rua.
Khan is looking to clinch.
Rua tried to score with a low kick but Khan checks it.
Khan throwing a counter right hand but Rua manages to avoid it.
Khan uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
Amir Khan is winning the standup battle so far.
Rua misses with a low kick.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Rua.
Rua is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
A clash of legs there as Khan blocks the low kick.
Nice body punch from Khan.
A jab lands there for Rua.
Rua fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Khan.
Rua is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Khan waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Rua.
Good standup being displayed there by Khan as he connects with a hook.
Khan swats away the attempt to clinch by Rua.
Rua wants to slow Khan down by chopping away at his legs.
Rua lands with a thumping leg kick.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Rua displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Khan throws out the jab.
Khan swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Khan backing away here, and Rua unleashes a leg kick that just misses.
Khan throws a hook to the side of Rua's head but Rua sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Rua lands a nice leg kick that just misses Khan's sensitive parts.
Rua tries to land a front kick but Khan steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
Rua moves away from the strike by Khan.
Rua defending well as Khan loads up on a big left hand.
Rua tries to land a leg kick but Khan saw it coming and moves away.
Rua throws a body kick that misses.
Rua tries a low kick but Khan avoids it.
Rua waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Khan.
Khan fails to land with a series of punches.
Khan blocks a low kick nicely.
Khan feints and then cracks Rua's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Rua down.
Khan is really head hunting here, hardly looking to strike to the body at all.
Khan throws a lazy right hand but Rua sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Rua tries to move into range but Khan moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
Rua moves out of range of the strikes.
Khan works over Rua's head and body with a nice combination.
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!
Rua tried to score with a low kick but Khan checks it.
Rua shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.
Rua lands a nice shot to the body.
Khan swinging wildly here.
Khan tries to clinch but Rua moves out of range.
Khan pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Rua wants to land a leg kick but Khan is out of range.
Rua keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Rua cracks Khan with an open hand slap.
Rua tries to work over Khan's front leg with a kick but Khan checks it.
Some bone on bone action there as Khan checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
Khan is looking to counter with a shot to the body.
A solid leg kick lands there for Rua.
Rua throws a solid leg kick but Khan takes the impact on his shin and smiles at Rua.
Khan misses with a series of wild punches.
Rua tries to counter with a clinch but Khan shakes him off and moves away.
Khan cracks Rua with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Khan connects with a body shot that sends Rua's belly button to the back.
Khan dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Rua. That did some damage!
Khan misses with a looping left.
Rua only half commits to the counter leg kick.
Khan throws a hook but Rua blocks it.
Khan checks a low kick from Rua.
Khan fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Rua, pushing him back against the cage.
Rua has a couple of punches blocked by Khan.
Rua lands an elbow inside that Khan shrugs off.
Rua misses with the head strike.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Rua.
Khan has a couple of punches blocked by Rua.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Khan.
Rua taking a breather.
Khan has a couple of punches blocked by Rua.
Khan blocks an uppercut.
Rua gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Nice body punch from Khan - that landed with a thud.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Khan.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Rua lands an elbow inside that Khan shrugs off.
Rua is clearly stalling here... Pick up the pace son.
Rua throws an elbow that misses.
Rua misses with an elbow strike.
Rua lands a damaging elbow.
Khan slows down the pace here.
Khan lands a hook that snaps the head of Rua backwards.
Khan swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Khan takes an elbow to the temple.
Rua misses with a hook to the ribs.
Khan lands an uppercut.
Rua blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Khan misses with a punch on the inside.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close second round but I would say that Amir Khan will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Amir Khan's cut.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action! This is the final round!
A slow jab from Khan misses its intended target.
Good leg kick by Rua there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Khan throws a body punch but Rua moves out of range.
Rua throws a low kick but it's checked well by Khan.
A solid leg kick lands there for Rua.
Rua lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Khan is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Rua.
Khan misses with a wild body shot.
Rua throws a front kick aimed at Khan's knee but Khan avoids it well.
Khan missing with a left hand there. Rua was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Rua tries to land a leg kick but Khan saw it coming and moves away.
Khan steps to his left, right into the path of a big body kick from Rua. That one must have hurt.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Khan misses with a looping right.
Rua tries to land a leg kick but Khan saw it coming and moves away.
Khan checks the leg kick.
A counter left hand to the body from Khan misses its target.
Khan misses the shot to the body.
Rua has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Khan finds it's way round the side to connect with Rua's head.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Rua.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Khan scores with a sloppy right hand. Rua should have avoided that one.
Rua slips under a jab from Khan.
Rua ducks under a wild hook from Khan.
Khan misses with a wild body shot.
Rua lands a leg kick that knocks Khan off balance momentarily.
Sloppy strikes from Khan. Those never looked like landing.
Rua feints a counter leg kick.
Khan sizes up Rua with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
Rua is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Rua lands a kick to the ribs of his opponent. Nice work there - in and out in a flash.
Rua keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Khan tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Rua was well out of range. Poor timing from Khan.
Khan is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
Rua is looking to land body kicks.
Rua throws a front kick aimed at Khan's knee but Khan avoids it well.
Rua tries to move into range but Khan moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
Rua cracks the inside of Khan's front leg.
Gabriel Rua has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Khan throws the left hand but Rua avoids the punch easily.
Rua slips a straight right by Khan.
Rua only half commits to the counter leg kick.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Rua throws a right high kick that is partially blocked by Khan.
Khan is rocked!
Rua throws a mid kick that lands with a slap.
Oh Khan is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Khan tries to check a leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Rua moves into range and clinches up with Khan.
Rua lands an elbow that stopped Khan in his tracks for a moment.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Rua.
Rua creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Khan's defenses.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as Rua takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.
Rua gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Rua lands an uppercut in the clinch that drops Khan to his knees! Rua keeps firing more shots against his stricken opponent and the referee jumps in to save him!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:31 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Gabriel Rua!
Gabriel Rua opened up his post fight interview with a scream to camera that he wants a title shot! Whether he deserves the shot will be up to the management of the organization, so I guess he'll have to wait and see.
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hype
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