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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Fahad Al Qarni (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Eddie Melo (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Al Qarni kept the crowd waiting but all that was forgotten when his ring entrance music started. The incomparable musical genius that is Hells Bells. Melo has chosen Max Webster- Toronto Tontos as his entrance music. Buckle up people - heeeeeeeeeere we go!
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187 lbs
25 - 15 - 1 |
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182 cm
30
174 lbs
17 - 11 - 1 |
Abu Dhabi Champ
World class boxer
Insanely flexible |
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Good wrestler
World class boxer
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
25 - 15 - 1, fighting out of New York, Fahad Al Qarni!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
17 - 11 - 1, fighting out of London, Eddie Melo!
The judges for this bout are Yves DeLean, Ian Loll and Gregory Folan.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Melo throws out a leg kick but Al Qarni moves out of range and Melo only half commits.
Melo 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.
Al Qarni keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
Melo tests Al Qarni's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Melo feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Al Qarni's calf.
Melo jabs Al Qarni right on the nose. Al Qarni blinks but takes it well.
Both fighters circling a little - Al Qarni finishes the exchange with a kick to the body.
Al Qarni checks a low kick from Melo.
Melo throws a low kick but Al Qarni moves out of range easily.
Some bone on bone action there as Al Qarni checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
It looked like Al Qarni was trying to counter with a body shot coming off that last attack from Melo.
Melo throws a jab but it's blocked by Al Qarni.
Al Qarni gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Al Qarni uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Melo has time to react.
Al Qarni keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Al Qarni is looking to counter with a body kick.
Melo looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Al Qarni throws a hook but Melo blocks it.
Melo takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Nice body kick there by Melo.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Al Qarni throws a lazy right hand but Melo sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Melo throws out a counter right but Al Qarni avoids it with no problem.
Melo looks to score with a jab to the body but Al Qarni is just out of range.
Melo just misses with a punch to the body.
Al Qarni throws a shot to the body.
Melo misses with a straight right.
Melo misses with a wild body shot.
Al Qarni takes a kick to the side of the head.
Al Qarni throws an overhand right that lands on Melo's shoulder, as Melo tries to avoid the shot.
Nice shot lands for Al Qarni.
Melo throws a head kick that misses.
It looked like Al Qarni wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
Al Qarni lands a head shot.
Al Qarni throws a hook to the side of Melo's head but Melo sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Al Qarni misses with a hook
and Melo counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Melo lands a head kick. Al Qarni smiles back at him and beckons him forward.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Al Qarni gets his takedown attempt stuffed easily
and Melo counters with a nice body shot.
Melo looks to throw the jab but Al Qarni is out of range.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Al Qarni uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Melo.
Al Qarni looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Melo fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Al Qarni on the side of the head.
Melo ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Al Qarni moves away.
A left lands for Melo.
Melo tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Al Qarni keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
That kick from Al Qarni tenderised Melo's leg. Melo is trying to keep his angry face on.
Al Qarni jabs at Melo's body.
Melo has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Al Qarni.
A low kick from Melo misses
and Al Qarni counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Al Qarni checks a low kick from Melo.
Melo lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Melo swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Al Qarni takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Al Qarni ducks under a wild hook from Melo.
An attempted straight right counter from Al Qarni misses the target.
Al Qarni throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Melo 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.
Melo scores with a leg kick.
Melo bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Melo feints and then cracks Al Qarni's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Al Qarni down.
Al Qarni throws a head kick that misses.
Melo throws a low kick but Al Qarni avoids it.
Al Qarni throws a shot to the body.
Melo throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Al Qarni jabs at Melo's body.
Melo keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Melo throws a head kick but Al Qarni moves out of range.
Melo takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
Al Qarni lands with a thumping leg kick.
Al Qarni lands a jab.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Al Qarni takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Melo scores with a kick to the body.
Al Qarni steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Melo.
Al Qarni shoots in and bounces Melo off the cage to secure the takedown into guard.
Al Qarni looking to pass the guard.
Melo keeping moving, preventing Al Qarni from controlling successfully.
Al Qarni tries to free his leg and advance position but Melo is retaining full guard.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Al Qarni trying to pass the guard. He's being very persistent here but Melo manages to land a sweep and now he's on top!
Melo is looking to stand up but Al Qarni won't let him.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Eddie Melo dominated that round.
That's time! Al Qarni's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.
Melo scores with a jab.
Melo throws a jab when Al Qarni was well out of range.
Melo looks to throw the jab but Al Qarni is out of range.
Good leg kick by Al Qarni there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Al Qarni loads up on a big right hand but Melo slips the punch.
Al Qarni shoots for a takedown but Melo saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.
Al Qarni will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.
Melo lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
Melo bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Al Qarni's head.
Al Qarni listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Melo explodes with a nice body kick and back out of range. Nice work.
Melo lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Al Qarni lands a jab.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
A punch combination from Melo misses.
Al Qarni moves out of range as Melo throws a body kick.
Melo has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Melo throws a right hand that misses
and Al Qarni cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Melo tried to score with a low kick but Al Qarni checks it.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Melo connects with a nice looking jab.
Melo connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Al Qarni misses with an uppercut
and Melo cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Melo is looking to slow Al Qarni down with leg kicks.
Al Qarni takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Al Qarni throws out a loose jab but Melo uses good head movement to avoid it.
Melo throws a big counter head kick but Al Qarni avoids it with no problem.
Al Qarni blocks a low kick nicely.
Melo takes a shot right to the bread basket.
A big left from Melo misses.
Eddie Melo is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Melo tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Al Qarni lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Melo with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Al Qarni lands a vicious shot with the stealth of a sniper and the strength of a viper. Are vipers that strong? I can think of lots of things that are stronger than a viper - not many rhyme with sniper though.
A big left from Melo misses.
Melo connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
Nice jab there from Al Qarni.
Al Qarni takes one on the button.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Al Qarni blocks a low kick nicely.
Al Qarni is looking to land body kicks.
Al Qarni missing with a left hand there. Melo was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Al Qarni turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Al Qarni checks a leg kick.
Melo scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Al Qarni on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
Al Qarni misses the jab.
Melo swings away with a leg kick that misses.
Eddie Melo seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Al Qarni takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Melo slaps away a takedown attempt from Al Qarni, before circling back to the center of the mat.
Melo looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Al Qarni throws a right hand that misses
enabling Melo to counter with a crisp jab.
Al Qarni throws a big shot that misses.
That's a knee to de groin and it's over and out! Melo crumples to the ground after an illegal strike from Al Qarni - the referee stops the clock and Melo gets 5 minutes to recover from that one. "I'm sorry" says Al Qarni. Melo manages to get back to his feet and the fight resumes.
Melo misses with a low kick.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Al Qarni throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
Melo throws a jab but it's blocked by Al Qarni.
Al Qarni throwing a counter right hand but Melo manages to avoid it.
Al Qarni drops down and drives through with a powerful takedown into guard.
Melo keeping full guard, as Al Qarni tries to pass.
Al Qarni passes Melo's right leg, so he's now in half guard.
Al Qarni looking for a kimura but he'll have to free his other leg if he wants to finish that. Perhaps he's just using it as a distraction technique.
Melo is trying to stand.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Al Qarni is working for a kimura but Melo is defending it quite comfortably.
Al Qarni stops Melo from getting back to his feet.
Melo is staying active underneath Al Qarni, who seems content to just control the action from this position.
Al Qarni seems to be looking for submissions.
Al Qarni is trying for a kimura here. Melo looks like he's in a lot of pain... and he's tapping out! Al Qarni wins by kimura!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:59 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Kimura). Fahad Al Qarni!
During a confident post fight interview, Fahad Al Qarni thanked all his fans. He seemed very genuine when describing how motivated his fans keep him.
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energy
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hype
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