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Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Sadiq Hossein (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Emmett Brown (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.
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152 lbs
35 - 21 - 5 |
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168 cm
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147 lbs
13 - 5 - 1 |
Good wrestling
World class boxer
Cardio machine |
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Excellent MT
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
35 - 21 - 5, fighting out of New York, Sadiq Hossein!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
13 - 5 - 1, fighting out of Los Angeles, Emmett Brown!
The judges for this bout are Jorge Garcia, Joseph Jones and Lou da Vinci.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Hossein.
Hossein misses with a low kick.
Brown avoids the head kick by Hossein.
Brown replies with a solid counter kick to the body but Hossein blocks it well.
Hossein's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Brown connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Hossein scrambles back to his feet.
It looks like Sadiq Hossein has been cut.
Brown's coach down at Masaru Fighting Systems II was telling us pre-fight that they have been working on Brown's balance. Obviously they view that as a key factor in the outcome of this fight.
No joy there for Hossein, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Brown is trying to counter with his kicks.
Hossein shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
A big right from Hossein misses.
Brown looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Hossein takes a swing at Brown's ribcage but misses.
Hossein lands with a hook. Brown tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
Hossein takes a swing at Brown's ribcage but misses.
A looping hook to the body misses from Hossein. Brown does a little dance to reset his feet.
Hossein throws a lazy right hand but Brown sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Hossein slips under a jab.
Brown on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Hossein. Hossein obviously looking to wear him down.
Brown fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
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!
Hossein takes a kick to the body and keeps moving.
Hossein throws a big shot that misses.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Hossein misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Hossein throws a lazy head kick
and Brown counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Hossein throws an overhand right that lands on Brown's shoulder, as Brown tries to avoid the shot.
Brown on the wrong end of a nice jab.
Hossein missing with a left hand there. Brown was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Hossein cracks Brown with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
Hossein pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Donk. Hossein catches Brown right on the button with a cross.
Hossein looks to throw the jab but Brown is out of range.
Hossein lands an overhand right.
Hossein misses with a hook.
Brown misses with a looping right.
Hossein misses with an uppercut. Brown saw that one coming.
Hossein misses with a looping right.
Brown throws a jab when Hossein was well out of range.
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!
Hossein pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
A swing and a miss from Hossein.
Brown looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
A looping hook to the body misses from Brown. Hossein does a little dance to reset his feet.
Hossein scores with a jab. Brown acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
Brown takes a swing at Hossein's ribcage but misses.
A swing and a miss from Hossein.
A jab from Hossein misses.
Brown is looking to score with low kicks.
Hossein lands a really nice looking cross but Brown seems unphased.
Hossein throws an overhand right that lands on Brown's shoulder, as Brown tries to avoid the shot.
A nice leg kick lands there from Hossein.
Hossein works Brown's body with a nice hook.
Hossein throws a hook to the side of Brown's head but Brown sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Brown takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Brown connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Hossein momentarily.
Brown misses the shot to the body.
Sadiq Hossein seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hossein connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Brown slips a straight right by Hossein.
Hossein throws a leg kick which misses Brown's front leg but catches the back leg as Brown tries to avoid it.
Brown walks into a straight right hand from Hossein.
Hossein listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Brown throws a hook but Hossein blocks it.
Brown lands with a thumping leg kick.
Hossein misses with a body kick.
Hossein throws a poor cross that misses
and Brown connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Brown slips a straight right by Hossein.
Hossein throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Hossein misses with an uppercut
and Brown counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Hossein throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Brown sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Brown shapes to counter with a head kick.
Hossein throws a series of strikes that have Brown backpedaling.
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!
Brown darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Brown has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Brown there as he acknowledges the shot.
Hossein keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Brown.
Hossein tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Brown was well out of range. Poor timing from Hossein.
Brown with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Hossein to score with a decent uppercut.
Jab, cross, leg kick. Nice combination by Hossein!
A right-left combo lands from Hossein.
Brown wants to slow Hossein down by chopping away at his legs.
Hossein scores with a hook.
Hossein throws an off balance right hand
and Brown counters with a lovely shot to the body.
Hossein walks forward, straight into a front kick from Brown.
Hossein connects with a body shot.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Hossein throws out a leg kick but Brown moves out of range and Hossein only half commits.
Brown misses the shot to the body.
Hossein swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Brown counters with a nice body shot.
A cross from Brown lands.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Sadiq Hossein dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Sadiq Hossein'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.
Hossein throws a looping overhand right but Brown ducks down to avoid it.
Brown throws a jab when Hossein was well out of range.
Hossein feinted there with a counter leg kick.
Hossein looks to throw a body kick
and Brown makes him pay by landing a thudding low kick.
Brown tries to check a leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Brown keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Brown ducks under a wild hook from Hossein.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Brown! But no joy.
Hossein dips to his left and cracks Brown with an uppercut!
Hossein fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Brown throws a nice outside leg kick.
Brown lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Hossein at a distance.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Hossein on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
Brown stuns Hossein with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Hossein fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Brown manages to avoid it.
Brown only half commits to the counter leg kick.
Brown throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Hossein throws a shot from downtown. Brown moves away and avoids it.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Hossein is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Brown.
Brown chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Hossein can pounce on him.
Hossein is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Brown can do to turn this around?
Hossein throws a leg kick
and Brown connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Brown defending well as Hossein loads up on a big left hand.
Brown ducks under a wild hook from Hossein.
Brown is clearly trying to counter these attacks from Hossein with a body shot.
Hossein misses with a straight right.
A little jabbing left from Brown on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Hossein tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Brown appears to be waiting to throw a counter punch to the body.
A big right from Hossein misses.
Brown punishes Hossein's body with a nice straight punch.
Hossein looks to land a right hand but Brown moved out of range.
Sloppy strikes from Brown. Those never looked like landing.
Hossein avoids the body shot from Brown.
Hossein throws a hook to the side of Brown's head but Brown sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Nice shot lands for Hossein.
Hossein with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Brown misses with a straight left.
Brown walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Brown displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Hossein throws out the jab.
Hossein looks for the body kick but Brown saw that one coming.
Brown is trying to counter with his kicks.
Hossein looks to land a left hand but Brown moved out of range nicely.
Both these guys seem content to just stand up and trade with eachother but Brown might want to think about changing up his gameplan a bit because over the course of the fight, Hossein has got the better of the exchanges.
Hossein walks into a stiff left hand from Brown.
Hossein with a hook.
Brown has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
Brown lands with a nice combination. Hossein backs away looking to recover.
Hossein swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Hossein throws a mid kick that lands with a slap.
Hossein misses with a wild combination.
Brown slips under a jab from Hossein.
Brown steps in looking to counter with the mid kick but it doesn't connect.
Hossein scores with a punch to the head.
We are yet to see a takedown attempt from Brown in the fight. On paper you would think he is the more dominant ground fighter so let's see if these unusual tactics pay off.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Brown misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Hossein.
Hossein misses with a straight right.
Sadiq Hossein is winning the standup battle so far.
Jab by Brown.
Hossein comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Brown throws a wild body kick that Hossein sees coming a mile off.
Hossein moves out of range of the body kick from Brown.
Brown throws a body shot but no joy.
Hossein connects with a right hand. Brown shakes it off.
Hossein defending well as Brown loads up on a big left hand.
Hossein misses with a straight left.
Brown throws a head kick that misses.
Hossein lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Hossein misses with a low kick.
Brown throws a body shot but no joy.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Hossein looks to land a left hand but Brown moved out of range nicely.
Brown pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Hossein throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Brown is looking for the big counter here.
Hossein misses with an uppercut. Brown saw that one coming.
Brown bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Hossein fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Brown has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Brown tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Brown ducks under a wild hook from Hossein.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Brown! But no joy.
Brown takes one to the side of the head.
Hossein throws a hook but Brown blocks it.
Hossein scores with a jab to the jaw.
Hossein buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Brown steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Hossein.
Hossein connects with a single shot there.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Sadiq Hossein dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Sadiq Hossein's cut.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.
Hossein lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
Hossein works Brown's body with a nice hook.
Brown slips under a jab from Hossein.
Hossein buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Brown ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Brown pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
That's a knee to de groin and it's over and out! Hossein crumples to the ground after an illegal strike from Brown - the referee stops the clock and Hossein gets 5 minutes to recover from that one. "I'm sorry" says Brown. Hossein manages to get back to his feet and the fight resumes.
Hossein throws a hook but Brown blocks it.
A slow jab from Brown misses its intended target.
Brown shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Hossein sizes up Brown with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
Hossein throws a leg kick but Brown checks it.
Brown was about to counter that last move with a leg kick but changes his mind.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Brown.
Brown throws a nice looking combination but Hossein bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Brown checks a low kick from Hossein.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Hossein listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Hossein throws the left hand but Brown avoids the punch easily.
Brown misses the jab.
Brown throws a body kick that sends a sickening thudding noise reverberating around the arena.
Hossein throws a hook to the side of Brown's head but Brown sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Brown tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Hossein misses with a straight right.
A chopping leg kick lands by Brown.
Hossein throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
A nice side step and Brown releases a counter shot to the body, but it doesn't find it's home.
Hossein swings widly with a right hand
and Brown counters with a good, hard body kick but Hossein shrugs it off.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Hossein tries to land a leg kick but Brown saw it coming and moves away.
Brown moves forwards but Hossein connects with a nice, crisp jab.
Danga de danga de dang - Hossein scores with a four punch combination!
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
A jab from Brown misses.
Hossein throws a hook but Brown blocks it.
Brown misses with a body kick.
The fighters circling - Brown throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Hossein takes a head kick and shrugs it off.
Nice uppercut there from Hossein.
Brown throws a push kick but Hossein slaps the foot to one side.
Hossein sees a low kick coming and goes to check it, but it's actually a body kick and it thuds into his unprotected ribs.
Hossein throws a hook but Brown avoids it easily.
Hossein lands a nice shot to the body.
Hossein throws a leg kick but Brown moved away.
Brown is clearly trying to counter these attacks from Hossein with a body shot.
Hossein uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Brown.
Hossein moves into range and throws a combination. A nice jab followed by a hook to the body.
Brown scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hossein throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Brown sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Hossein throws a body shot but no joy.
Hossein misses with a straight left.
Brown is loading up here, looking for a big counter of his own.
Brown moves out of range of the strikes.
Brown throws the kick towards the body but Hossein avoids it.
Hossein throws an off balance right hand
and Brown counters with a straight right hand.
Sadiq Hossein's cut is getting worse.
Hossein throws a lazy uppercut
and Brown cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Hossein jabs Brown right on the nose. Brown blinks but takes it well.
Brown lands with a good body shot.
Hossein pivots, looking for a leg kick but Brown is out of range and Hossein settles back down.
Hossein fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Brown has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Hossein throws a big shot that misses.
Brown throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Brown misses with an attempted mid kick.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Brown staying out of range there.
Brown let fly with a counter punch to the body but it didn't land.
Brown checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time.
Hossein misses with a shot to the body
letting Brown counter with a right hand.
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!
A telegraphed right hand from Brown misses the target.
Hossein cracks the inside of Brown's front leg.
Hossein misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Hossein takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
Hossein misses the body punch
and Brown counters with a nice uppercut.
A slapping leg kick lands for Hossein.
Hossein throws a good cross that connects.
Hossein pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Hossein misses with a looping left.
Brown throws an overhand right that lands on Hossein's shoulder, as Hossein tries to avoid the shot.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close round but Sadiq Hossein did the better work so I'd imagine he'll take it.
The cut man is working on Sadiq Hossein'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.
Hossein is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
Brown looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Hossein lunges at Brown with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Brown's hand.
Hossein throws a jab when Brown was well out of range.
Hossein uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Brown.
Hossein pivots, looking for a leg kick but Brown is out of range and Hossein settles back down.
Brown looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Hossein swings for the body but Brown moves out of range.
A punch combination from Hossein misses.
Brown throws a looping overhand right but Hossein ducks down to avoid it.
Brown goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Brown is looking to land body kicks.
Brown swings away with a body shot that misses
enabling Hossein to counter with a crisp jab.
Hossein misses with an uppercut
and Brown makes the exchange count by landing a cracking kick to the body. Hossein really felt that one!
Brown connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Hossein momentarily.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Hossein ducks under a wild hook from Brown.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Hossein.
Brown fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Hossein looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Hossein throws a leg kick which misses Brown's front leg but catches the back leg as Brown tries to avoid it.
Good shot there by Hossein.
Hossein connects with a solid leg kick.
Brown throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Brown on the wrong end of a nice jab.
Brown dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Brown throws a sloppy head kick and Hossein moves out of range easily.
Hossein scores with a decent looking hook.
Hossein pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Brown let fly with a counter punch to the body but it didn't land.
A big left from Hossein misses.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hossein ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
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!
A telegraphed right hand from Hossein misses the target.
Brown turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Hossein takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Brown misses with a low kick.
A big left from Hossein misses.
Nice body kick there by Brown.
Hossein is looking to land body kicks.
Hossein throws a right high kick that is partially blocked by Brown.
Hossein throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Hossein will be looking to protect his midsection after taking some solid kicks to the body.
A jab from Hossein does it's job there.
Hossein loads up on a big right hand but Brown slips the punch.
Brown checks the leg kick.
Brown moves out of range of the strikes.
Brown is looking for the big counter here.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hossein throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Brown displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Hossein throws out the jab.
Brown doesn't fully commit to the body shot counter.
Hossein pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Hossein is looking to land body kicks.
Brown doesn't fully commit to the body shot counter.
Brown throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Brown throws a leg kick but Hossein checks it.
Brown swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Hossein will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.
A leg kick checked by Brown.
A good leg kick by Hossein.
Hossein falls off balance throwing a combination
and Brown counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Hossein thinking.
It's got to the stage where if one of these guys blows hard enough, the other might fall over.
Brown ducks under a wild hook from Hossein.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Hossein takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Hossein has a nice red mark on his side after a thudding body kick by Brown.
The fighters circling - Brown throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Hossein rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Brown cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Brown checks the leg kick nicely there.
Hossein throws a right and a left that Brown avoids nicely.
Brown was about to counter that last move with a leg kick but changes his mind.
Brown bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Brown follows through with a counter body kick but it doesn't land.
Brown takes a push kick to the midsection and stumbles backwards.
Brown gets cracked there but stands up to it.
Hossein defending well as Brown loads up on a big left hand.
Hossein throws a leg kick
and he gets countered with a snapping leg kick.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Hossein, right into the meat.
Hossein swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Sadiq Hossein had his way with Emmett Brown in that round.
The cut man is working on Sadiq Hossein's cut.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action. And we move into the final round!
Hossein throws a poor cross that misses
and Brown counters with a right hand to the body.
Brown uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Hossein.
Brown ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Hossein moves away.
Hossein fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Brown has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Hossein scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.
A slow jab from Brown misses its intended target.
Brown misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Hossein misses with a wild combination.
As Hossein backs off Brown throws a huge counter combo but Hossein manages to avoid it all.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
A combination from Hossein does no damage.
Brown unleashes a big counter combination but Hossein bobs and weaves and avoids any damage.
Hossein moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Hossein lands with a shot to the body.
Hossein tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Hossein throws a quick head kick that skims the top of Brown's head.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Hossein pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Hossein misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Brown tries a quick counter leg kick but Hossein is wise to it.
Both of our modern day gladiators look out of it here - a gruelling 5 rounds of action taking it's toll on them, no doubt.
Brown scores with a sloppy right hand. Hossein should have avoided that one.
Brown moves away from the strike by Hossein.
Hossein throws a poor cross that misses
and Brown counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Brown throws out a loose jab but Hossein uses good head movement to avoid it.
Hossein misses with a straight right.
Hossein throws a series of punches but Brown moves out of range.
Brown throws a body shot but no joy.
Hossein dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Brown lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Brown moves out of range of the body kick.
Brown throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Emmett Brown has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Brown ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Hossein moves out of range of the body kick from Brown.
Hossein throws a nice looking combination but Brown bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Hossein looks to land a right hand but Brown moved out of range.
Brown throws out a counter right but Hossein avoids it with no problem.
Hossein tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Brown was well out of range. Poor timing from Hossein.
Despite the aggression on Brown's face he doesn't fully commit to the counter.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Hossein cracks the inside of Brown's front leg.
Hossein dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Brown. That did some damage!
The crowd cheers as Brown lands an impressive looking overhand right. Hossein doesn't seem phased though.
Brown misses with a body kick.
Hossein is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
Both fighters circling a little - Brown finishes the exchange with a kick to the body.
Brown's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Hossein swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Hossein moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hossein misses with a leg kick.
Brown follows through with a counter body kick but it doesn't land.
Brown on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Hossein. Hossein obviously looking to wear him down.
Hossein misses with a few strikes there.
Brown takes a swing at Hossein's ribcage but misses.
Hossein throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Brown counters with a nice body kick.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Brown checks a leg kick.
It seemed like Brown was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Hossein throws a hook but Brown avoids it easily.
Brown swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Brown lands a jab.
Hossein cracks a nice hook into Brown's ribs.
Hossein misses with a body shot
and Brown counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Brown blocks a low kick nicely.
Hossein throws a body punch but Brown moves out of range.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Brown lands with a slapping head kick.
Hossein is rocked!
Hossein thuds a mid kick into his opponent's body. That will wear on Brown if he has to take too many more of those.
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!
Hossein works the jab nicely.
Good standup being displayed there by Hossein as he connects with a hook.
Hossein with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
A combination from Hossein does no damage.
Hossein throws the kick towards the body but Brown avoids it.
A countering left hand to the body from Brown misses.
Brown throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.
Hossein throws a right hand that misses
and Brown counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Brown misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
A jab from Brown misses.
Hossein throws a big counter combination but Brown scrambles out of danger and avoids any damage.
Hossein scores with a decent looking hook.
Brown stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Hossein.
And that's the end of the fight!
Sadiq Hossein showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Hossein 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 Jorge Garcia scores the fight 49:46
Judge Joseph Jones scores the fight 50:45
Judge Lou da Vinci scores the fight 49:46
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Sadiq Hossein!
An out of breath Sadiq Hossein thanked his loyal fans in his post fight interview, giving them credit for his success over the course of his career.
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