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Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Raivo Kull (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Aziz Rahali (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Aziz Rahali will no doubt be looking to use his reach advantage to good effect.
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140 lbs
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150 lbs
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BJJ Blue Belt
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Raivo Kull!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Aziz Rahali!
The judges for this bout are Nard Betker, Wagner Zegers and Daniel Blasius.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Rahali tries to clinch but fails miserably
and Kull counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Kull has been working on his boxing with his coaches at Team Migraine in the buildup to the fight.
Rahali shoots for a takedown but Kull saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.
Rahali looks to land a combination but Kull avoids it well.
Aziz Rahali seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Rahali fails to land the takedown.
Kull tried to counter with a leg kick but Rahali avoided it.
Rahali throws a front kick that sends Kull stumbling back into the cage.
Kull moves away from the strike by Rahali.
Rahali tries to grapple but his opponent circles
and Kull counters with a leg kick.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Rahali tries to clinch there but Kull circles away.
Kull is looking to counter punch.
Rahali checks the leg kick.
Raivo Kull is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
That's one minute gone in the round.
That kick from Kull tenderised Rahali's leg. Rahali is trying to keep his angry face on.
Kull throws a hook to the side of Rahali's head but Rahali sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Kull avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from Rahali.
Raivo Kull has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Aziz Rahali.
Kull lands with a good body shot.
Kull misses with a low kick as Rahali jumps back.
Rahali fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Kull, pushing him back against the cage.
Rahali managing to block the knees to the body from Kull.
Kull breaks the clinch.
Rahali is trying hard to land a takedown here. Kull sprawls well and keeps this one on the feet.
Kull throws a low kick but Rahali moves out of range easily.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Kull misses with a straight right.
Rahali throws a hook but Kull blocks it.
Kull lands with a cross.
Rahali fails to land the takedown.
Rahali tries to score a power double leg takedown but Kull sees that one coming and sprawls well. That will dishearten Rahali somewhat.
Rahali avoids the head kick by Kull.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Kull throws a head kick but Rahali moves out of range.
Rahali fails with an attempt to clinch.
Rahali tries to close the distance and clinch but Kull swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Kull throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Kull fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Rahali, pushing him back against the cage.
Kull breaks from the clinch.
Rahali has his takedown stuffed
and Kull connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Kull throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Rahali on the side of the head.
Kull throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Kull swings for the body but Rahali moves out of range.
Kull moves into range and clinches up with Rahali.
Rahali blocks the elbow strike.
Kull is stalling here.
Rahali fails to pull guard.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Rahali is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Kull lands with a light punch inside.
Kull lands a shot to the body.
Rahali looks winded!
Kull lands a right hand.
Rahali is trying to maintain a safe position but Kull gets an underhook and turns Rahali into the cage.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Kull creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Kull scores with a shot to the side of Rahali's head.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Kull.
Rahali managing to block the knees to the body from Kull.
Kull gets double underhooks to prevent a takedown attempt from Rahali.
Rahali is working for a takedown up against the cage. He can't get it on this occasion though.
Kull lands with a short shot to the head.
Rahali can't break the clinch.
Kull goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Raivo Kull dominated that round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.
Rahali has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Kull.
Kull connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
Kull is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Rahali can do to turn this around?
Kull scoring well with a low kick there.
Rahali shoots in for a takedown but Kull shows good takedown defense there and keeps this one on the feet.
Rahali fails with the takedown
and Kull cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Rahali shoots in but doesn't get the takedown
and Kull counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Raivo Kull has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Aziz Rahali.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Rahali shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has Kull pinned against the cage. Kull gets the underhooks and manages to circle away.
Aziz Rahali is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Rahali is breathing heavily.
Kull bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Rahali's head.
That's one minute gone in the round.
A lazy left from Kull finds it's target.
Kull looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Kull throws a head kick but Rahali moves out of range.
Rahali goes for a double leg but Kull avoids the attempt and the two fighters end up clinched against the cage as Kull continues to drive forward.
Kull throws a body kick that sends a sickening thudding noise reverberating around the arena.
A chopping leg kick lands by Kull.
Good leg kick by Kull there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Kull instigates a clinch.
Kull doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Kull as Rahali tries to tie him up.
Kull lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Kull landing knees to the body.
Kull manages to break the clinch.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Rahali wants to clinch up but Kull keeps it at a distance.
Rahali tries to keep at a distance but Kull has taken the fight into the clinch.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
Kull lands a nice shot to the body.
Rahali goes for a takedown attempt but Kull pushes him away and we're back to fighting at a distance.
Rahali gets tackled into the cage by Kull. Kull maintains the clinch.
Kull lands with a short head shot on the inside.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
A short right from Kull.
Kull can't find room to land a body shot as Rahali controls the action.
Kull lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Rahali backwards.
Rahali drops down looking for an ankle pick but Kull pulls his leg out and moves away.
Kull throws a quick inside leg kick.
Kull throws out a powerful jab.
Rahali tries to close the distance and clinch up but Kull swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Rahali tries to clinch up but Kull circles away and keeps his distance.
Kull throws a quick counter kick to the body but Rahali avoids it.
Kull walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Rahali checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
Rahali wants to counter the offense by Kull and move into the clinch position.
Kull tried to score with a low kick but Rahali checks it.
Rahali's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Rahali has a takedown stuffed.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Rahali tries to clinch but Kull is having none of it.
Kull looked to counter that last move with a leg kick but didn't pull the trigger.
Rahali fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
Kull digs a good hook to Rahali's body.
Rahali on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Kull. Kull obviously looking to wear him down.
Kull gets a clinch.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Rahali takes a shot to the head.
Kull lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Kull working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Rahali avoiding damage as Kull throws knees to the body.
Rahali prevents a body shot from Kull.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Raivo Kull dominated that second round.
That's time! Back to the action! This is the final round!
Rahali shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Rahali is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Kull seem to be loading up, looking for a big counter.
Rahali shoots in looking for a double leg takedown. Kull defends it nicely.
Rahali will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
Raivo Kull has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Aziz Rahali.
Rahali fails to land the takedown.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Kull gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Rahali takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Rahali is working on a leg, looking for a takedown but Kull is defending well.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Kull breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Rahali blocks a head kick by Kull.
Rahali fails miserably with a takedown attempt.
Kull throws a head kick that misses.
Kull moves into the clinch.
Kull breaks the clinch.
Kull really does look like a pencil wearing a pair of gloves. Let's hope he has a gameplan to suit that ridiculous body shape.
Rahali checks a leg kick.
Kull has taken the fight to the clinch.
Rahali looking for a takedown.
Kull dictating the pace here, as the fighters clinch against the cage.
Kull lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Kull misses with a knee to the head.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Kull looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Kull tries to throw a body punch but Rahali avoids it by throwing Kull back against the cage.
Kull misses with a hook to the ribs.
Kull pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
A short right from Kull.
Kull tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Rahali avoids it.
Kull trying to land knees to the body.
Kull lands a right hand that snaps the head of Rahali backwards.
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!
Rahali is stalling here. The referee will be looking to step in if he doesn't pick up the pace.
Kull unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Rahali tries to score a body lock takedown but Kull shows good agility there to stay on his feet.
Kull softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Rahali has thrown a lot of knees so far in this fight and we're lead to believe that's something he's been working on the gym prior to this fight.
Raivo Kull has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Kull lands an elbow inside.
Kull misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Rahali.
Kull working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Kull scores with a shot to the side of Rahali's head.
Kull lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Kull lands with a left to the head.
Rahali pulls guard effortlessly.
Rahali keeping moving, preventing Kull from controlling successfully.
Kull gets to his feet and steps away from his opponent.
Kull tries to bum rush Rahali with a series of wild strikes but Rahali uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Rahali tries a counter takedown but it's more of a dummy move, and he uses it to push himself away.
Kull misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Kull attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
Kull chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Kull drives through and clinches with Rahali against the cage.
Raivo Kull is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Rahali has a body lock and is looking for a takedown. Kull is bouncing around trying to prevent the takedown and somehow he has indeed managed to stay on his feet.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Kull tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Kull landing knees to the body.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Rahali wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Kull has him pressed against the cage.
Kull scores a nice knee to the body.
Kull with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Kull lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Rahali backwards.
Kull lands a body shot in the clinch.
Kull tries to work over Rahali's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Rahali takes an elbow to the forehead.
Kull tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Rahali avoids it.
Kull landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Kull escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Kull instigates a clinch.
Aziz Rahali has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Rahali missing with knees to the body.
And that's the end of the fight!
Raivo Kull showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Kull, winning every round. Will the judges agree? They are the ones who matter, even if they are often depressingly incompetent. 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 Nard Betker scores the fight 30:25
Judge Wagner Zegers scores the fight 30:25
Judge Daniel Blasius scores the fight 30:25
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Raivo Kull!
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