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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Sameh Mahmoud (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Darnell Cane (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). I can't wait for this one - let's get the fighter introductions out of the way and get this one started!
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193 lbs
14 - 3 - 0 |
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202 lbs
11 - 3 - 1 |
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World class boxer
Granite chin |
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World class boxer
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
14 - 3 - 0, fighting out of New York, Sameh Mahmoud!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
11 - 3 - 1, fighting out of Los Angeles, Darnell Cane!
The judges for this bout are Tarja Halkonen, Johanna Lukiainen and Marco Blurström.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Mahmoud fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Cane manages to avoid it.
A left and a right from Cane both land. Nice combination.
Cane throws a big shot that misses.
Jab from Mahmoud.
Mahmoud bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Cane throws a lazy uppercut
and Mahmoud connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
It looks like Darnell Cane has been cut.
Mahmoud instigates a clinch.
Cane is trying to stall.
Mahmoud using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Cane lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Mahmoud doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Mahmoud unloads a knee to the mid-section. Cane lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Cane looks winded!
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Mahmoud lands a shoulder strike.
Mahmoud works on Cane's body with a couple of short punches.
Mahmoud scores with a knee to the head.
Cane blocking some punches.
Cane working aggressively here.
Mahmoud lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Mahmoud lands with a left to the head.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Mahmoud tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Mahmoud scores with a shoulder strike.
Cane takes a shot to the head.
Mahmoud tries to work over Cane's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Mahmoud lands a shoulder strike.
Cane lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Mahmoud working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Mahmoud throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Canes head.
Cane throws a punch but it's blocked by Mahmoud.
Mahmoud blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Cane swings wildly with an uppercut but Mahmoud uses good head movement to avoid it.
A knee to the head by Mahmoud.
Cane misses with the head strike.
Mahmoud throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Cane blocks it with crossed arms.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Mahmoud swings wildly with an uppercut but Cane uses good head movement to avoid it.
Mahmoud swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Cane fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Cane lands with a light punch inside.
I was talking to Mahmoud's coach per-fight and he was telling me that they'd been working on the clinch in the runup to this fight.
Mahmoud lands an uppercut.
Mahmoud lands a hook that snaps the head of Cane backwards.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Cane.
Cane lands a right hand.
Cane working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Mahmoud blocking some punches.
Mahmoud misses with a short punch on the inside.
Mahmoud lands an uppercut.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Mahmoud as Cane tries to tie him up.
Mahmoud tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Cane's elbow.
Cane stalling in the clinch.
Mahmoud blocks an uppercut.
Cane breaks from the clinch.
Mahmoud lands a glancing blow to the side of Cane's head.
Cane walks into a straight right hand from Mahmoud.
Cane throws a body punch but Mahmoud moves out of range.
Mahmoud looks to land a left hand but Cane moved out of range nicely.
A big left from Cane misses.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Mahmoud lands a jab to the head.
Cane scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Cane fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Mahmoud looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
A jab from Mahmoud misses.
Cane throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Cane lands a jab to the nose.
Cane throws an off balance right hand
and Mahmoud counters with a stiff right hand.
Cane swats away the attempt to clinch by Mahmoud.
Cane 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.
Cane swings widly with a right hand
and Mahmoud cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Mahmoud has taken the fight to the clinch.
Cane swings away with an uppercut that misses.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Mahmoud tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Cane's elbow.
Mahmoud misses with some punches.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Mahmoud misses with a knee to the head.
Mahmoud lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Mahmoud lands on the inside with an uppercut.
A shot in the inside from Mahmoud.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Mahmoud creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Mahmoud tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Mahmoud with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Mahmoud tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Mahmoud looking to throw knees to the head but Cane is blocking nicely.
Mahmoud gets underhooks to prevent Cane's takedown attempt.
Cane throws a punch but it's blocked by Mahmoud.
Cane scores with a shot to the side of Mahmoud's head.
Cane breaks from the clinch.
Cane staying out of range there.
Cane keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Mahmoud swings for the body but Cane moves out of range.
Jab, jab by Cane - just one landing.
Mahmoud lands a kick to the ribs of his opponent. Nice work there - in and out in a flash.
A slow jab from Mahmoud misses its intended target.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Sameh Mahmoud dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Darnell Cane's cut.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.
Mahmoud looks to score with a jab to the body but Cane is just out of range.
Cane tries to counter with a clinch but Mahmoud shakes him off and moves away.
A nice leg kick lands there from Mahmoud.
Cane fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Mahmoud tries to counter by clinching up but Cane breaks away and moves out of range.
Cane keeps the fight on the outside.
Mahmoud lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
The fighters circling - Mahmoud throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
A decent looking cross lands there for Mahmoud.
Cane lands with a nice body punch.
Mahmoud wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Cane misses with a straight left.
Mahmoud seemed to be looking to counter by closing the distance.
Cane throws a shot from downtown. Mahmoud moves away and avoids it.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Cane is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
A jab from Mahmoud does it's job there.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Mahmoud moves out of range of the strikes.
Mahmoud is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Cane can do to turn this around?
Cane blocks the body kick.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Cane is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
Cane is rocked!
That's one minute gone in the round.
Mahmoud has closed the distance and engaged Cane in a clinch.
Mahmoud pushes Cane back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Mahmoud lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Cane backwards.
Cane is still on wobbly legs! Can Mahmoud finish him?
Good body shot from Mahmoud.
Mahmoud softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Cane is breathing heavily.
Nice body punch from Mahmoud - that landed with a thud.
A right hand to the body from Mahmoud.
Mahmoud working aggressively here.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Mahmoud.
Sameh Mahmoud has scored more points in the clinch so far.
A short right from Mahmoud.
Mahmoud misses with a knee strike.
A right hook to the body lands for Mahmoud.
Mahmoud lands with a light punch inside.
Nice body punch from Mahmoud - that landed with a thud.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Mahmoud stalls.
Mahmoud struggles to land a body shot inside as Cane controls his hands.
Cane misses with a short punch on the inside.
Cane seems to have recovered his senses.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Mahmoud lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Cane backwards.
Mahmoud fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Cane tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Mahmoud lands a shoulder strike.
Cane misses with a short punch on the inside.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Mahmoud.
Cane working aggressively here.
Cane blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Mahmoud.
Mahmoud misses with a punch on the inside.
Mahmoud misses with a hook from the clinch.
Mahmoud lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Mahmoud stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.
Cane scores with a nice hook to the head.
Cane throws a punch but it's blocked by Mahmoud.
Come on Cane - let's have some action - none of this stalling nonsense.
A head punch on the inside from Cane fails to land.
Cane is trying to break the clinch but Mahmoud has him pressed against the cage.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Cane blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Mahmoud lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Mahmoud goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Mahmoud misses with an elbow over the top.
A shot in the inside from Mahmoud.
Cane misses with some punches.
Cane stalls.
Knees to the body from Mahmoud.
Mahmoud throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Cane blocks it with crossed arms.
Mahmoud with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Cane looking to stall.
Mahmoud working Cane over with knees to the body.
Mahmoud lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Mahmoud lands a right hand that snaps the head of Cane backwards.
A nice right hand lands inside from Mahmoud.
Mahmoud goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Cane is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Mahmoud landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Mahmoud tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Knees to the body from Mahmoud.
Mahmoud misses with a hook to the ribs.
Mahmoud lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Mahmoud lands a nice shot to the body.
Mahmoud throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Canes head.
Mahmoud connects with a knee to the head.
Mahmoud lands a big right hand that drops Cane! The killer instinct kicks in and Mahmoud finishes his opponent with a series of strikes from mount. A dominating finish by Mahmoud!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:38 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Sameh Mahmoud!
Post fight, Sameh Mahmoud stared into the camera and said 'I want my title back'.
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hype
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