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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Mustafa Khan (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Anthony Anastasio (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Khan's entrance music is Immortal Technique- The Cause of Death. A fine choice. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.
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Great wrestler
World class boxer
Insanely flexible |
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World class MT
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
23 - 6 - 0, fighting out of London, Mustafa Khan!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
19 - 7 - 0, fighting out of New York, Anthony Anastasio!
The judges for this bout are Sam Margolis, Richard Clark and Andrew Berry.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Anastasio keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
Khan definitely looks more muscular than last time we saw him fight.
Khan throws a half hearted mid kick.
Khan throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Anastasio on the side of the head.
Khan scores with a jab to the body.
Anastasio takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Anastasio scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Khan ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Anastasio moves away.
Khan misses with a body kick.
Anastasio throws a sloppy head kick
and Khan connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Khan looks for the body kick but Anastasio saw that one coming.
A nice inside leg kick there by Khan. That's going to slow Anastasio down.
Khan misses with a head kick.
Khan lands a nice shot to the body.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Khan throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Khan ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Anastasio moves away.
Khan is looking to wear down Anastasio with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
Anastasio is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Anastasio moves forwards but Khan connects with a nice, crisp jab.
That's one minute gone in the round.
A clash of legs there as Khan blocks the low kick.
Anastasio takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Khan connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Anastasio momentarily.
Anastasio gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Khan.
Khan throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Khan throws a low kick but Anastasio moves out of range easily.
Khan misses with a looping right.
Anastasio now looks to counter with a shot at the body.
Anastasio takes a swing at Khan's ribcage but misses.
Khan throwing a counter right hand but Anastasio manages to avoid it.
Anastasio lands a head kick!
Khan avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
A decent looking body kick lands there for Anastasio.
Anastasio throws a head kick but Khan moves out of range.
Anastasio buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
That's a knee to de groin and it's over and out! Khan crumples to the ground after an illegal strike from Anastasio - the referee stops the clock and Khan gets 5 minutes to recover from that one. "I'm sorry" says Anastasio. Khan manages to get back to his feet and the fight resumes.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Khan misses with a body kick.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Khan shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Khan scores with a jab.
Khan throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Anastasio slips under a jab.
Khan misses with the body kick
and Anastasio cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Anastasio ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Khan moves away.
Anastasio tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Khan uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Anastasio.
Anastasio tries a head kick but it misses.
Anastasio throws a sloppy head kick and Khan moves out of range easily.
Khan scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Khan will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.
Khan keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Crunch! Khan slams his shin into Anastasio's torso.
Anastasio takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Anastasio scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Anastasio goes for a high kick. It partially lands.
Jab, jab by Khan - just one landing.
Khan clobbers Anastasio with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
A nice leg kick lands there from Anastasio.
Khan tries to land a leg kick but Anastasio saw it coming and moves away.
Khan steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Anastasio.
Khan connects with a solid leg kick.
Anastasio misses with a head kick.
Anastasio lands the left hand.
Anastasio throws a head kick that misses.
Anastasio looks to score with a jab to the body but Khan is just out of range.
Anastasio lands with a thumping leg kick.
Anastasio takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Anastasio moves away from the strike by Khan.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Anastasio! But no joy.
Khan throws a poor cross that misses
and Anastasio connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Khan is really peppering his opponent's head with punches.
Nice jab there from Anastasio.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Khan lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Anastasio cracks the inside of Khan's front leg.
Khan tries to score with a low kick but Anastasio moves his leg out of the way.
Khan fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Anastasio looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Khan throws a hook but Anastasio avoids it easily.
Khan takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Khan takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Khan throws a leg kick that is checked
and Anastasio counters with a thumping low kick.
Anastasio throws a nice inside leg kick.
Anastasio misses with a leg kick.
Khan throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Anastasio sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Anastasio raises up his leg as if looking to counter with a high kick.
Anastasio throws a low kick but it's checked well by Khan.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Anastasio moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
Khan throws a chopping leg kick but Anastasio manages to avoid taking any serious damage.
Khan throws a wild body kick that Anastasio sees coming a mile off.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close round but I would say that Mustafa Khan will probably get the nod.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!
Khan avoids the body shot from Anastasio.
Khan avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
Khan throws a looping overhand right but Anastasio ducks down to avoid it.
A low kick from Anastasio misses
and Khan counters with a nice uppercut.
Khan is looking to score with low kicks.
Anastasio swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Anastasio takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Khan is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
Khan lands a lovely overhand right.
Khan throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Anastasio throws a leg kick
and Khan counters with a body kick.
Anastasio misses with a low kick.
A clash of legs there as Anastasio blocks the low kick.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Khan scores with a jab to the head.
Anastasio looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Khan takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
An inside leg kick from Anastasio misses.
Khan ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
That's one minute gone in the round.
An inside leg kick from Khan misses.
Anastasio on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
Anastasio misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Khan is looking to slow Anastasio down with leg kicks.
Both these guys seem content to just stand up and trade with eachother but Anastasio might want to think about changing up his gameplan a bit because over the course of the fight, Khan has got the better of the exchanges.
Anastasio uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Khan.
Khan throws a jab but it's blocked by Anastasio.
A slapping leg kick lands for Khan.
Khan connects with an inside leg kick.
Khan checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time.
Khan swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Khan throws a leg kick but Anastasio sees it coming and checks it nicely.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Khan, right into the meat.
Anastasio lands a right hook to the body.
Anastasio connects with a solid leg kick.
A good leg kick by Anastasio.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Anastasio misses with a low kick.
Khan misses the shot to the body.
Anastasio blocks a head kick by Khan.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Khan tries to keep at a distance but Anastasio has taken the fight into the clinch.
Anastasio blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Khan presses Anastasio against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Khan is trying to break free.
A short left from Anastasio.
Khan misses with a short punch on the inside.
Anastasio is looking to control Khan's arms but Khan gets an underhook and turns him. Now Anastasio has his back to the cage.
Khan lands with a right to the head.
Anastasio blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Khan swings wildly with an uppercut but Anastasio uses good head movement to avoid it.
Anastasio struggles to land a body shot inside as Khan controls his hands.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Anastasio doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
A short right from Khan.
Khan breaks from the clinch.
A jab from Khan does it's job there.
Anastasio misses with a wild body shot.
Anastasio misses with a left hand
and Anastasio takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Khan fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Anastasio manages to avoid it.
Anastasio swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Khan uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Anastasio.
Some bone on bone action there as Anastasio checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
Anastasio throws a good cross that connects.
Khan swings and misses with a hook to the body.
A slapping leg kick lands for Anastasio.
Anastasio throws a solid leg kick but Khan takes the impact on his shin and smiles at Anastasio.
A bone on bone clash there as Anastasio blocks the leg kick.
Khan with a jab.
Anastasio throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Khan throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Anastasio sees it coming and avoids it easily.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Khan's jab looks to have found its range, popping Anastasio under the eye.
Anastasio pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Anastasio thumps Khan with a low kick.
Khan walks into a left hand.
Anastasio moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Khan tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Anastasio slips under a jab from Khan.
Khan throws a low kick but Anastasio moves out of range easily.
Crunch! Anastasio slams his shin into Khan's torso.
Khan misses with a jab, cross combination.
Khan connects with a good right hand that stumbles Anastasio. Anastasio circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
Anastasio throws a leg kick but Khan moved away.
Khan tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Anastasio was well out of range. Poor timing from Khan.
Anastasio swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
A big right from Khan misses.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Mustafa Khan dominated that second round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.
Anastasio keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Khan thumps Anastasio with a low kick.
Anastasio throws a head kick that misses.
Anastasio pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Anastasio takes a nasty kick to the mid section... That should keep him thinking. Does he try and block and risk a head kick landing?
Khan throws out a leg kick but Anastasio moves out of range and Khan only half commits.
Anastasio tries to work over Khan's front leg with a kick but Khan checks it.
An attempted straight right counter from Khan misses the target.
Khan lands a leg kick that knocks Anastasio off balance momentarily.
Anastasio misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
An attempted straight right counter from Khan misses the target.
Khan connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Anastasio throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Khan lands with a hook. Anastasio tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
Mustafa Khan is winning the standup battle so far.
Khan throws a mid kick that lands with a slap.
Khan throws a leg kick
and Anastasio makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Anastasio dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Khan throws the left hand but Anastasio avoids the punch easily.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Anastasio takes one on the chin but seems OK.
A solid body kick from Khan.
Khan swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Khan throws a head kick but Anastasio moves out of range.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Anastasio, right into the meat.
Khan lands with a hook. Anastasio tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
Khan keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Anastasio.
Khan misses with a leg kick.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Khan checks a leg kick.
Khan misses with a looping right.
Anastasio only half commits to the counter leg kick.
Khan lands a jab to the head.
Anastasio avoids the body shot from Khan.
A head kick misses from Anastasio.
Khan appeared to be looking to counter that last move with a leg kick.
Good shot there by Anastasio.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Khan will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.
Khan swings and misses with a shot to the body
and Khan takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Khan walks into a left hand.
Anastasio throws a quick inside leg kick.
Anastasio chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Anastasio misses with a low kick.
Khan lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
Anastasio moves out of range of the body kick.
Anastasio throws a jab when Khan was well out of range.
Khan looks to land a body kick but Anastasio moved away.
Anastasio throws a low kick, looking for Khan's leg but Khan calmly moves out of range.
Khan misses the jab.
Anastasio defending well as Khan loads up on a big left hand.
Khan throws a front kick aimed at Anastasio's knee but Anastasio avoids it well.
Anastasio moves in looking to clinch but Khan pushes him off.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Anastasio tries to clinch there but Khan circles away.
Khan fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
Anastasio fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Khan is out of range.
Anastasio has been working his punching technique in the buildup to the fight and it appears to be paying off.
Anastasio throws a good cross that connects.
Khan stuns Anastasio with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Anastasio throws out a leg kick but Khan moves out of range and Anastasio only half commits.
Khan feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Anastasio's calf.
Khan fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Anastasio looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Anastasio tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Khan swings for the body but Anastasio moves out of range.
Nice shot by Khan.
Anastasio misses with an attempted mid kick.
Anastasio misses with a low kick as Khan jumps back.
Khan feinted there with a counter leg kick.
Anastasio stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Khan.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Anastasio throws a nice inside leg kick.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Khan scores with a crisp jab that stopped Anastasio in his tracks.
Khan lands a nice hook to Anastasio's body. Anastasio takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Khan takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
Anastasio takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Anastasio on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Khan. Khan obviously looking to wear him down.
Anastasio connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Anastasio misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Khan fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Anastasio on the side of the head.
Anastasio uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Khan.
Anastasio blocks a jab.
Anastasio cracks the inside of Khan's front leg.
Anastasio misses with a looping right.
Anastasio tries a head kick but it misses.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Mustafa Khan clearly takes that round.
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.
A shot to the liver by Khan. Beautiful body shot.
Khan's legs have taken a beating and he's really slowing down as a result.
Anastasio throws a body kick that misses.
Anastasio will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.
Anastasio has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
Khan misses with a body shot.
Good standup being displayed there by Khan as he connects with a hook.
Anastasio waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Khan.
Khan on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
Khan shuffles to his left behind two crisp jabs. Anastasio eats them both and turns towards Khan to reposition himself and eats a stinging right hand-left hook combo.
Anastasio pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Anastasio throws a low kick but Khan moves out of range easily.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Khan defending well as Anastasio loads up on a big left hand.
Anastasio takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Anastasio throws a head kick but Khan moves out of range.
Khan fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Anastasio manages to avoid it.
Anastasio is trying to counter with his kicks.
Khan with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Khan throws a low kick but it's checked well by Anastasio.
Khan takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Anastasio pivots, looking for a leg kick but Khan is out of range and Anastasio settles back down.
Khan scoring well with a low kick there.
A swing and a miss from Khan.
Anastasio does a little shimmy and throws a leg kick. The leg kick missed by a considerable margin though, making him look a little bit silly for doing the shimmy.
Anastasio blocks a head kick by Khan.
Anastasio ducks under a wild hook from Khan.
Anastasio cracks Khan with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
Khan connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
Khan is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Anastasio can do to turn this around?
Anastasio looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Anastasio throws a head kick that misses
letting Khan counter with a right hand.
Khan throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Khan throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Anastasio moves out of range of the leg kick from Khan.
Khan throws a leg kick but Anastasio sees it coming and checks it nicely.
Anastasio was about to counter that last move with a leg kick but changes his mind.
Anastasio tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Anastasio ducks under a wild hook from Khan.
A good leg kick by Anastasio.
Anastasio throws a sloppy head kick
and Khan counters with an inside leg kick.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Khan stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Anastasio.
Khan chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Anastasio tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
The fighters circle momentarily. Anastasio darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.
Khan avoids the head kick by Anastasio.
Some wild striking there from Khan.
A solid leg kick lands there for Khan.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Anastasio lands with a hook. Khan tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
Khan tries to work over Anastasio's front leg with a kick but Anastasio checks it.
A kick lands to the mid section there for Khan.
Anastasio has developed a nice purple lump on his ribcage, as a result of some heavy body kicks from Khan.
Anastasio throws a body shot but no joy.
Anastasio scoring well with a low kick there.
Khan misses with a series of wild punches.
Khan lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Khan swings for the body but Anastasio moves out of range.
Khan lands a really nice looking cross but Anastasio seems unphased.
A solid leg kick lands there for Anastasio.
Khan lands with a shot to the body.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Khan misses with the body kick
and Anastasio counters with a left to the body.
Anastasio pivots, looking for a leg kick but Khan is out of range and Anastasio settles back down.
An attempted straight right counter from Khan misses the target.
A shot to the body from Khan misses
and Anastasio counters with a good, hard body kick but Khan shrugs it off.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Khan fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Anastasio has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Khan throws a head kick that misses.
It's got to the stage where if one of these guys blows hard enough, the other might fall over.
Anastasio attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
Khan listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Anastasio misses with an uppercut.
Khan thinks about countering with a body kick.
Khan misses with a low kick.
Anastasio misses with an attempted mid kick.
Khan loads up on a big right hand but Anastasio slips the punch.
Khan lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
Khan lands a head shot.
Some bone on bone action there as Anastasio checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
Khan throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Mustafa Khan had his way with Anthony Anastasio in that round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action. Let's get this one finished - here comes the final round!
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Khan, right into the meat.
Anastasio misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Khan misses with a straight left.
Anastasio displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Khan throws out the jab.
Khan wants to land a leg kick but Anastasio is out of range.
Anastasio throws a body punch but Khan moves out of range.
Anastasio scores with a head kick.
Anastasio moves away from the strike by Khan.
Anastasio throws a counter combo.
Khan checks a leg kick.
Anastasio with a body punch. A glancing blow.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Khan avoids the head kick by Anastasio.
Khan fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Anastasio.
Anastasio throws a leg kick which misses Khan's front leg but catches the back leg as Khan tries to avoid it.
Anastasio throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Khan motions for Anastasio to come forward. Khan throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Khan avoids a kick to the body.
A head kick misses from Anastasio.
Khan fires out a quick counter leg kick but Anastasio just manages to avoid it.
Anastasio takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Anastasio blocks a leg kick.
Anastasio checks a leg kick.
A jab lands there for Anastasio.
Khan throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Khan misses with a wild body shot.
Khan throws the left hand but Anastasio avoids the punch easily.
A jab from Khan misses.
Anastasio scores with a leg kick.
Khan missing with a left hand there. Anastasio was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Both fighters circling a little - Khan finishes the exchange with a kick to the body.
Anastasio fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Khan checks it well.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Khan has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Anastasio.
Anastasio attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
Khan blocks a head kick by Anastasio.
Khan looks to score with a jab to the body but Anastasio is just out of range.
Anastasio scores with a punch to the head.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
That kick from Anastasio tenderised Khan's leg. Khan is trying to keep his angry face on.
Anastasio slips a straight right by Khan.
Anastasio misses with a kick to the body.
Khan scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Anastasio doesn't seem bothered though.
Anastasio throws a body kick despite being completely out of range
and Khan counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.
A low kick from Khan is predictable there
and Anastasio counters with a body kick that stops Khan in his tracks momentarily.
Khan is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Anastasio.
Anastasio unleashes a big counter combination but Khan bobs and weaves and avoids any damage.
Anastasio chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Khan can pounce on him.
Nice defenses there by Anastasio.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Good work by Khan as he checks the leg kick.
Anastasio takes one to the chin there.
Anastasio on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Khan on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Anastasio ducks under a wild hook from Khan.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Anastasio, right into the meat.
Anastasio checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time.
Anastasio pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Khan throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Good leg kick by Khan there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Khan looks to land a right hand but Anastasio moved out of range.
Anthony Anastasio has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
A right-left combo lands from Anastasio.
Khan tries to move into range but Anastasio moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Anastasio connects with an inside leg kick.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Khan misses with an uppercut.
Anastasio follows through with a counter body kick but it doesn't land.
A head kick by Anastasio misses
and Khan counters with a thumping low kick.
Khan misses with a low kick.
Anastasio swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Khan lands a right hook to the body.
Anastasio takes one to the side of the head.
Khan scores with a three punch combo!
Anastasio tries a head kick but it misses.
Khan connects with a body shot.
Both fighters circling a little - Anastasio finishes the exchange with a kick to the body.
A head kick misses from Anastasio.
Anastasio is wobbling all over the place through exhaustion. Will he make it to the final bell?
Anastasio takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Anastasio takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
Khan takes a swing at Anastasio's ribcage but misses.
Mustafa Khan is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Khan pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Anastasio lets it all go there with a big combo counter but none of the punches connected.
And that's the end of the fight!
That was a close round. You could make an argument for either fighter but I would give it to Mustafa Khan.
Well Khan has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 5 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Sam Margolis scores the fight 50:45
Judge Richard Clark scores the fight 50:45
Judge Andrew Berry scores the fight 50:45
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Mustafa Khan!
Our winner, Mustafa Khan, made sure he spent some time buttering up the crowd during his post fight interview, which will no doubt bring him a few more fans.
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