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Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Mamed Khalidov (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Gogo Munjiza (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Khalidov comes to the cage accompanied by Rick Astley - Never Gonna Give You Up. Mamed Khalidov has a significant reach advantage - let's see if he can make it count.
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241 lbs
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270 lbs
4 - 4 - 0 |
BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent boxer
Very quick |
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BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent boxer
Knockout power |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the super heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
4 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Mamed Khalidov!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
4 - 4 - 0, fighting out of New York, Gogo Munjiza!
The judges for this bout are Bruno Lombardi, Franklyn Lucas and Reed Andrews.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Khalidov looks to land a combination but Munjiza avoids it well.
Munjiza takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
Munjiza has been spending a lot of time sparring his boxing in the run up to the fight, trying to sharpen up those hands and look for a knockout.
Munjiza on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
Khalidov takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
Munjiza misses with a jab, cross combination.
As Munjiza looks to move away, Khalidov throws a big counter combo but Munjiza just gets out of the way.
No joy there for Khalidov, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Khalidov closes the distance and clinches.
Munjiza wants a takedown but no success here.
Khalidov lands a body shot in the clinch.
Munjiza blocks an uppercut.
Khalidov swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Khalidov lands with a short head shot on the inside.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Khalidov softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
The two fighters are working to gain dominance in the clinch.
Khalidov lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Munjiza backwards.
Khalidov scores with a nice hook to the head.
Munjiza has hold of a leg and is looking for a trip takedown. Khalidov avoids it nicely though and we remain in the clinch.
Munjiza is looking to break free of the clinch but Khalidov has double underhooks.
A short body shot lands from Khalidov as the two fighters clinch.
Khalidov content to slow the pace in the clinch.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Khalidov lands with a short punch from the clinch.
We've been hearing reports that Khalidov has been drilling takedowns in recent sessions so let's see if that has an impact on the result of this fight.
Munjiza has dropped down and is looking to force the takedown but it's defended by Khalidov after a bit of a struggle.
Mamed Khalidov has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Gogo Munjiza.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Khalidov.
Munjiza is looking to take this one to the mat.
Khalidov avoiding damage.
Khalidov misses with a punch to the body.
Khalidov lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Munjiza wants a takedown but no success here.
Khalidov can't find room to land a body shot as Munjiza controls the action.
Khalidov lands a hook that snaps the head of Munjiza backwards.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Khalidov creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Khalidov is pressed up against the cage. Munjiza has hold of a leg and is looking to drag Khalidov down to the mat. Khalidov avoids the attempt though and has circled away. We're back to striking at a distance.
Khalidov fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Munjiza, pushing him back against the cage.
Stalling in the clinch from Khalidov.
Khalidov is working Munjiza over against the cage.
Munjiza looks winded!
Khalidov lands a left hand.
Munjiza is rocked!
Khalidov creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Munjiza's defenses.
Munjiza is still on wobbly legs! Can Khalidov finish him?
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Khalidov pushes Munjiza against the cage. Khalidov is working some dirty boxing. Khalidov pushes off with a quick right hook! Munjiza goes down! Munjiza tries to stand but stumbles back to his kness! Khalidov moves in to finish and the ref steps in to prevent any more damage!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:08 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Mamed Khalidov!
Jumping up and down and very excited, Mamed Khalidov waved his t-shirt featuring Mohito Fightwear's logo in front of the cameras.
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energy
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hype
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pop
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