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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Don Julio (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Abaka Khan (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Don Julio has a significant reach advantage - let's see if he can make it count.
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
14 - 11 - 0, fighting out of New York, Don Julio!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
28 - 18 - 1, fighting out of Montreal, Abaka Khan!
The judges for this bout are Jorge Garcia, Joseph Jones and Franklyn Lucas.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Julio throws the kick towards the body but Khan avoids it.
Julio takes a kick to the side of the head.
Khan tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Julio manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Khan misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
A shot to the liver by Khan. Beautiful body shot.
Julio misses with a wild body shot.
We've been informed that Khan has been sparring a lot of Muay Thai in the buildup to this fight so let's see if that has an impact on the result.
Khan avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Khan is trying to counter with his kicks.
Khan misses with a head kick.
Khan blocks a head kick by Julio.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Julio throws a head kick that looked like it stung.
Julio misses with a wild combination.
Julio lands with a straight right. Khan didn't see that one coming.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Julio throws a chopping leg kick but Khan manages to avoid taking any serious damage.
Khan wants to counter the offense by Julio and move into the clinch position.
Julio throws a push kick but Khan slaps the foot to one side.
Khan lands a front kick.
Julio throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Khan plants his feet and lands a nice head kick!
Nice jab there from Julio.
Khan takes a jab right on the kisser.
Julio is looking to land body kicks.
Julio avoids the head kick by Khan.
Khan throws a body kick that misses.
Julio scores with a decent looking hook.
Julio pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Julio tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Jab from Julio.
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!
Khan tries to clinch but Julio is having none of it.
A looping hook to the body misses from Julio. Khan does a little dance to reset his feet.
Julio keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Khan.
Julio throwing a counter right hand but Khan manages to avoid it.
Julio scores to the head and body with a nice combination!
Julio swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Julio scores with a kick to the midsection.
Khan throws a body kick that misses.
Julio throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Khan tries to counter by closing the distance.
Khan tries to clinch but fails miserably
and Julio counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Julio connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
Khan blocks a jab.
Julio is using his reach advantage well here, landing the more effective single shots from range.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Khan throws a head kick but Julio moves out of range.
Khan pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Julio is using his height advantage well here, landing a good percentage of his punches.
Julio misses with a head kick.
Julio avoids the body shot from Khan.
Julio misses with a hook. Khan ducked under it nicely.
Khan turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
A decent looking cross lands there for Julio.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Julio, right into the meat.
Khan wants to clinch but Julio slips to the side
and Julio counters with an inside leg kick.
Julio scores with a shot to the body.
Julio changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Khan gets off balance looking for a body kick
enabling Julio to counter with a crisp jab.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Khan tries to clinch up but Julio circles away and keeps his distance.
Khan showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Julio.
Julio is really peppering his opponent's head with punches.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Khan moves to clinch but Julio breaks away
and Julio counters with a nice body shot.
Julio avoids the head kick by Khan.
Julio misses with a hook. Khan ducked under it nicely.
Julio misses with a looping left.
Julio connects with a body shot.
Julio throws the kick towards the body but Khan avoids it.
Khan looks for the body kick but Julio saw that one coming.
Khan wants to clinch.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Don Julio dominated that round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!
Julio is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Khan.
Khan throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
A head kick misses from Khan.
Both these guys seem content to just stand up and trade with eachother but Khan might want to think about changing up his gameplan a bit because over the course of the fight, Julio has got the better of the exchanges.
Khan tries to close the distance and clinch but Julio swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Julio avoids the head kick by Khan.
It looked like Julio wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
Khan clinches up against the cage.
Khan pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Khan misses with a hook from the clinch.
Khan has a couple of punches blocked by Julio.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Knees to the body from Khan.
Khan struggles to land a body shot inside as Julio controls his hands.
Julio breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Julio throws a head kick that misses.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Khan throws a sloppy head kick
and Julio counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Khan looks to clinch
and Julio counters with a nice body kick.
Khan tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and Julio is able to avoid easily.
Khan takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Julio throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Khan tries to clinch but Julio moves away
and Julio counters with a three punch combo that has Khan backing up. Khan nods at Julio to acknowledge the strikes.
Khan tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Julio paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Julio is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Khan can do to turn this around?
Khan tries to close the distance and clinch up but Julio swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Khan is looking to clinch.
Julio blocks a head kick by Khan.
Julio takes a swing at Khan's ribcage but misses.
Khan darts in trying to clinch
and Julio counters with a lovely shot to the body.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Khan fails in his attempt to clinch.
Khan misses with a leg kick.
Julio scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Khan tries to clinch up.
Khan slips under a jab.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Julio lands a head kick!
Julio moves out of range as Khan throws a body kick.
Julio throws a push kick but Khan slaps the foot to one side.
Jab, jab by Julio - just one landing.
A jab from Julio misses.
Khan looks like he wanted to counter with a high kick but didn't throw it.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Julio keeps the fight on the outside.
Julio connects with a crisp jab.
Khan moves out of range as Julio strikes.
Khan walks into a left hand.
Nice cross by Julio.
Khan closes the distance and clinches.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Khan.
It looks like Don Julio has been cut.
Khan lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Khan misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Julio.
Julio on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Khan tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Julio pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Khan takes a swing at Julio's ribcage but misses.
Julio is looking to counter with a body kick.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Khan throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Julio thinks about countering with a head kick.
Julio just misses with a punch to the body.
Julio blocks a head kick by Khan.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Julio avoids the head kick by Khan.
A looping hook to the body misses from Julio. Khan does a little dance to reset his feet.
Khan throws a body kick, spinning off balance
and Julio counters with a slapping leg kick.
A head kick misses from Julio.
Julio takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Khan pushes Julio up against the cage in a clinch.
Julio takes a knee to the side of the body.
Khan misses with a body punch.
Julio managing to block the knees to the body from Khan.
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 Don Julio will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Don Julio's cut.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action. Let's get this one finished - here comes the final round!
Julio throws out a powerful jab.
Khan slips under a jab from Julio.
Julio loads up on a big right hand but Khan slips the punch.
Julio looks to land a left hand but Khan moved out of range nicely.
Khan swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Khan tries to close the distance and clinch up but Julio swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Julio is looking to counter punch.
Julio keeps Khan at a distance using the push kick.
Khan gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Julio tries to bum rush Khan with a series of wild strikes but Khan uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Khan steps in looking to clinch after the strikes miss from Julio.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Julio misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Khan avoids the head kick by Julio.
Don Julio is winning the standup battle so far.
Julio thuds a left hand into Khan's body.
Julio throws a looping overhand right but Khan ducks down to avoid it.
Khan wants to counter with a clinch but Julio pushes him away.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Julio wants to land a leg kick but Khan is out of range.
Julio moves out of range as Khan throws a body kick.
Khan tries a head kick but it misses.
Julio throws a body shot but no joy.
A decent looking body kick lands there for Khan.
Julio gets off balance looking for a body kick
and Khan counters with a thumping low kick.
Khan misses with a head kick.
Khan pushes Julio up against the cage in a clinch.
Julio is trying to break free.
Julio has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Khan lands a knee to the body.
Khan misses with a punch on the inside.
Abaka Khan has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Julio takes a knee right on the jaw!
Khan throws a knee to the head but misses.
Julio wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Khan tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Julio avoids it.
A nice right hand lands inside from Khan.
Khan lands a damaging elbow.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Julio breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Khan ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Julio gets tackled into the cage by Khan. Khan maintains the clinch.
Khan misses with a knee strike.
Julio managing to block the knees to the body from Khan.
Abaka Khan seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Julio blocks a body shot from Khan.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Khan is struggling to control the position.
Julio pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Khan moves into range and clinches up with Julio.
Khan lands an uppercut.
Khan scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Khan tries to land knees in the clinch but Julio avoids the damage to the body.
Julio takes an elbow to the temple.
Khan is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Julio is defending well for now.
Khan displaying some good clinch control by pressing Julio up against the cage.
Khan keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Julio's efforts to push away.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Julio blocks an elbow strike from Khan.
Khan misses with an elbow over the top.
Khan struggles to land a body shot inside as Julio controls his hands.
Khan lands a nice elbow.
Khan landing knees to the body.
Julio dodges an elbow strike from Khan.
Khan crunches a lovely knee into Julio's ribcage.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Khan lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Julio dodges an elbow strike from Khan.
Khan working Julio over with knees to the body.
Don Julio is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Khan tries a knee to the head but Julio blocks it.
And that's the end of the fight!
Abaka Khan comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think Julio has won this one but let's see what the judges have to say. 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 Jorge Garcia scores the fight 29:28
Judge Joseph Jones scores the fight 29:28
Judge Franklyn Lucas scores the fight 29:28
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Don Julio!
Don Julio managed to slip a mention for his sponsors, Alpha-Male Nutritional Supplements (q160), into his post fight interview.
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