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Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Irshaad Sayed (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Tyberius Furiusz (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both these fighters are unbeaten, so somebody's 0 has got to go!There are an array of beautiful celebrities at ringside tonight! I wonder if any of them paid for their tickets.
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143 lbs
6 - 0 - 0 |
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178 cm
25
156 lbs
5 - 0 - 0 |
Decent wrestler
Decent elbows
Cuts easily |
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BJJ Blue Belt
Counter fighter
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, for the lightweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
6 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Irshaad Sayed!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
5 - 0 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Tyberius Furiusz!
The judges for this bout are Arvi Lind, Roosa Järviläinen and Matti Vanhoillinen.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Furiusz clinches.
Sayed creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Furiusz's defenses.
Sayed lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Sayed lands a knee to the head.
Furiusz wants to break the clinch but can't.
Sayed lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Sayed landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Sayed scores with a knee to the head.
Furiusz can't break the clinch.
Sayed creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Furiusz's defenses.
Sayed with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Sayed with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Furiusz can't break the clinch.
Sayed comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Sayed connects with a knee to the head.
Furiusz is trying to break the clinch but Sayed is controlling him.
Furiusz looks winded!
Furiusz misses with an elbow strike.
Furiusz is trying to push Sayed away but Sayed has him pressed against the ropes, so he's going nowhere.
I was talking to Sayed's coach per-fight and he was telling me that they'd been working on the clinch in the runup to this fight.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Sayed.
A knee to the head by Sayed.
Sayed comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Furiusz takes an elbow to the temple.
Sayed lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Furiusz pushes off an throws an elbow but Sayed leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the ropes.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Sayed lands a damaging elbow.
Furiusz lands a nice elbow.
Sayed lands a knee to the head.
Furiusz has been looking to improve his clinch game in recent weeks. Sayed seems to have the measure of him in the clinch so far, so let's see if Furiusz can turn it around.
Nice elbow from Sayed.
Sayed lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Sayed lands a damaging elbow.
Sayed unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Sayed landing knees to the body.
Sayed lands a knee to the head.
Sayed crunches a lovely knee into Furiusz's ribcage.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Furiusz takes an elbow to the temple.
Furiusz takes a knee to the side of the body.
Sayed connects with a nasty looking knee right to Furiusz's face.
Furiusz is rocked!
Sayed lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Furiusz is still on wobbly legs! Can Sayed finish him?
Sayed lands a nice elbow.
Sayed gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Sayed with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Sayed gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Sayed lands an elbow just above Furiusz 's eye.
Sayed comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Sayed has Furiusz pressed up against the ropes in a tight Thai clinch. Furiusz is arching his back, trying to avoid the knees but a big one sneaks through from Sayed - that's hurt Furiusz badly! Oh, another knee lands and Furiusz is covering up! The referee steps in to save him - possibly a bit early but Furiusz doesn't seem to be complaining.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:09 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Knees). Irshaad Sayed!
Irshaad Sayed is the new lightweight champion!
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hype
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pop
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FIGHT
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