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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Adam Khaliev (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Seb Sha (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Khaliev kept the crowd waiting but all that was forgotten when his ring entrance music started. The incomparable musical genius that is T-Wayne - Nasty Freestyle. Adam Khaliev has the edge in experience - let's see if he can make that count tonight.
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205 lbs
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210 lbs
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Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
Granite chin |
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Good takedowns
Lethal high kicks
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
3 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Adam Khaliev!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Seb Sha!
The judges for this bout are Gwen Towbar, Frank Dennis and Stewart Dunkirk.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Sha closes this distance looking for a takedown but Khaliev circles away.
Sha's coach down at Madness MMA was telling us pre-fight that they have been working on Sha's balance. Obviously they view that as a key factor in the outcome of this fight.
Sha works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
Sha throws a shot to the body.
Khaliev closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
A short right from Khaliev on the inside.
Sha tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Sha swings wildly with an uppercut but Khaliev uses good head movement to avoid it.
Khaliev misses with a hook from the clinch.
Sha blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Khaliev working aggressively here.
A short right from Khaliev on the inside.
Khaliev blocking some punches.
Sha misses with the head strike.
Khaliev working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Sha tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Sha.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Sha lands a body punch.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Khaliev.
Khaliev blocking some punches.
Khaliev swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Sha misses with a shot to the kidneys.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Sha misses with a punch on the inside.
Sha goes for a takedown attempt but Khaliev pushes him away and we're back to fighting at a distance.
Sha scores with the left hand. Khaliev knows he should have avoided that one.
Adam Khaliev is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Khaliev takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
Khaliev lands a head shot.
Khaliev clinches up with Sha and pushes him back against the cage.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Sha creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Khaliev scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Sha works on Khaliev's body with a couple of short punches.
Sha misses with a punch to the body.
Sha pulls guard effortlessly.
Khaliev has to be careful here, sitting in the guard of a superior BJJ player.
Sha not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
Khaliev tries to free his leg and advance position but Sha is retaining full guard.
Sha wants to sweep here but Khaliev controlling him for the moment.
Khaliev pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Sha is keeping the position for now.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Khaliev avoids a guillotine attempt easily.
Sha keeping moving, preventing Khaliev from controlling successfully.
Sha is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.
Sha escapes his hips to the side and looks to be working for an armbar. Khaliev gives him a little smile and shakes his head. No chance.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Khaliev passes Sha's right leg, so he's now in half guard.
Khaliev is looking to stall here but Sha recovers full guard.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Khaliev wants to control from the top but Sha keeps moving.
Khaliev tries to free his leg and advance position but Sha is retaining full guard.
We've been hearing good reports from Khaliev's training camp. Apparently he has been rolling around with some good quality BJJ practitioners and has been sharpening his skills. Let's see if that has an impact on the fight today.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Khaliev stands and throws Sha's legs to the side, diving into side control.
Khaliev advances nicely into full mount.
Khaliev wants to control the pace but Sha is squirming around nicely.
Khaliev goes for an armbar but he's fallen flat on his backside there and now Sha is on top in guard.
Khaliev looking to sweep using the butterfly guard but Sha puts pay to that idea as he passes nicely into half guard.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Sha is trying to control the action in half guard but Khaliev is working away on the bottom, looking perhaps to get back to full guard.
Khaliev is looking to control Sha's leg but it's slowly edging free. Can Khaliev avoid being mounted?
Khaliev on the receiving end of some nice ground and pound.
Khaliev trying to hold on to Sha's head to control him but Sha postures up.
Sha passes into side control, despite Khaliev's attempt to control the position.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Sha landing a few strikes.
Khaliev regains half guard.
Sha prevents Khaliev from improving his position.
Khaliev looking for submissions from an awkward position here.
Khaliev is trying to get back to full guard.
Sha lands strikes from half guard.
Sha scores with a couple of good hammerfists.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Sha working some ground and pound from close in. He's looking to maintain this position and strike for a while by the looks of things... although he'll probably advance to full mount in a minute now I've said that.
Sha lands with a punch from half guard.
Sha trying to control the pace.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Seb Sha dominated that round.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.
Sha dips to his left and cracks Khaliev with an uppercut!
Khaliev stalks Sha and leaps in with a furious combination of punches. Uppercuts and crosses smash into Sha's face. Sha staggers backwards, shaken.
The fight moves into the clinch position.
Sha lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Khaliev backwards.
Adam Khaliev has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Khaliev tries to stall but Sha uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Khaliev throws a head punch that misses.
Khaliev misses with a punch on the inside.
Khaliev misses with a punch on the inside.
Sha throws a punch but it's blocked by Khaliev.
Sha prevents a body shot from Khaliev.
A short right from Sha.
Sha lands a right hand that snaps the head of Khaliev backwards.
Khaliev misses with a punch on the inside.
Khaliev misses with some punches.
Sha has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Sha tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Khaliev blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Sha lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Sha misses with a hook from the clinch.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Sha blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Sha misses with a hook to the ribs.
Sha lands with a short shot to the head.
Khaliev taking a break, stalling in the clinch.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Khaliev swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Sha tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Khaliev swings wildly with an uppercut but Sha uses good head movement to avoid it.
Khaliev is trying to stall.
Sha doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
A head punch on the inside from Sha fails to land.
Sha tries a body shot but Khaliev blocks it.
Sha tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
A head punch on the inside from Khaliev fails to land.
Sha blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Sha has a couple of punches blocked by Khaliev.
The two fighters are working to gain dominance in the clinch.
Khaliev misses with a hook from the clinch.
Khaliev pulls guard effortlessly.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Khaliev looking for submissions from the bottom here. Moving his hips around, possibly looking for an armbar.
Khaliev working away from the bottom but not quite defensive enough there because Sha has passed into half guard!
Sha looks to score some points with some ground and pound.
Khaliev tries to get to full guard but Sha has control of the leg.
Sha working Khaliev over with strikes.
Sha slips a nice elbow through Khaliev's hands, connecting with Khaliev's forehead.
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!
Sha working the head and body with strikes.
Khaliev tries to get to full guard but Sha has control of the leg.
Sha working some ground and pound from close in. He's looking to maintain this position and strike for a while by the looks of things... although he'll probably advance to full mount in a minute now I've said that.
Sha prevents Khaliev from improving his position.
Sha has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Sha slips a nice elbow through Khaliev's hands, connecting with Khaliev's forehead.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sha seems very keen to just sit and control from half guard but Khaliev does not like that idea so much and is remaining active off his back.
Sha works his way into full mount!
Sha with good strikes from the mount here!
Khaliev is rocked!
Sha postures up and connects with a big shot that has rocked Khaliev badly. He's trying desperately to grab hold of Sha around the waist but Sha pushes him off and unloads with more strikes, forcing the referee to jump in and save him! Sha is the winner by TKO! Sha jumps onto the cage and shouts into the camera. "We did it momma!"
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:41 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Seb Sha!
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energy
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hype
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pop
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