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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Bashaad Al Hammad (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jack Lewis (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Jack Lewis has the eye of the tiger tonight.
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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
2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Bashaad Al Hammad!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Jack Lewis!
The judges for this bout are Johanna Lukiainen, Ben Zyskovitsi and Anni Minnemäki.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Lewis closes this distance looking for a takedown but Al Hammad circles away.
Lewis shoots in from a long way out. He's driving through with the takedown attempt and he eventually gets it, landing in Al Hammad's guard.
Al Hammad tries to strike from the bottom.
Lewis controls from within his opponent's guard.
Al Hammad is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Lewis is trying to maintain the position but Al Hammad is very close to passing his half guard.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Al Hammad blocks the strikes from Lewis.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Al Hammad missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
Lewis looking for submissions off his back.
Lewis wants to control but Al Hammad is keeping busy and won't allow it.
Lewis is not content to let Al Hammad control the position.
Lewis has hold of Al Hammad's hands but Al Hammad slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
A few boos can be heard. I'm sure they will multiply if the fighters don't pick up the pace.
Al Hammad is nestled in close to Lewis, controlling him well. He's worked in a nice elbow to the side of the head as well, for good measure.
Al Hammad is controlling the pace.
Al Hammad prevents Lewis from improving his position.
Lewis wants to control but Al Hammad is keeping busy.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Al Hammad lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.
Al Hammad lands with a punch from half guard.
Al Hammad trying to control the action but Lewis is working from the bottom.
Lewis is positioning himself well to prevent Al Hammad advancing to mount.
Lewis is trying to control but can't.
The referee has decided to stand the fighters back up, so we'll restart on the feet.
Al Hammad dives in and scores a takedown into Lewis's guard.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Al Hammad with a nice head shot there.
Lewis can't do much from the bottom at the moment, as Al Hammad controls the pace.
Al Hammad working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of Lewis's head.
Al Hammad is intent on slowing down the pace of the fight, simply looking to control.
Al Hammad with a flurry of punches that miss.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Lewis keeping moving, preventing Al Hammad from controlling successfully.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Al Hammad with a flurry of punches that miss.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Bashaad Al Hammad dominated that round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!
Lewis has his takedown stuffed
and Al Hammad counters with a three punch combo that has Lewis backing up. Lewis nods at Al Hammad to acknowledge the strikes.
Lewis tries to shoot in for a takedown. He's got hold of a leg but Al Hammad swivels and escapes.
Lewis stuffs a takedown. It's all about dictating where the fight takes place and Lewis wants it to stay on the feet.
Al Hammad misses with a takedown
and Lewis decides to take the opportunity to score a takedown. He's landed in Al Hammad's guard.
Lewis trying to control but Al Hammad is working from the bottom.
Al Hammad throwing strikes off his back to little effect.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Al Hammad lands with a heel strike from the guard.
Al Hammad looking for submissions from the bottom but instead Lewis passes into half guard.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Lewis is trying to work for a kimura but Al Hammad is defending well.
Lewis is looking for an arm triangle, whilst trying to pass to side control. Al Hammad doesn't seem that keen to cooperate though. No luck this time Lewis.
Al Hammad trying to control but Lewis postures up.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are hurling abuse towards the fighters... You can hardly blame them though because there isn't a lot going on in the fight.
Al Hammad flails away from the bottom but he's not doing any damage.
Lewis tries to pass to full mount but Al Hammad defends it.
Al Hammad is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Lewis can do to turn this around?
Lewis is keen to just control but Al Hammad is a slippery customer.
Al Hammad tries to strike from the bottom but it doesn't land.
The referee has stepped in and called for a break in the action. We'll restart on the feet.
Lewis will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
Al Hammad attempts a counter takedown but Lewis avoids it well and moves away.
Bashaad Al Hammad has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Jack Lewis.
Al Hammad shoots in looking for a double leg takedown. Lewis defends it nicely.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Lewis throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around Al Hammad's waist but Al Hammad gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing Lewis off to one side.
Nice sprawl there from Lewis as Al Hammad shoots in.
Lewis tries a counter takedown but it's more of a dummy move, and he uses it to push himself away.
Al Hammad shoots in for a takedown! He's got it and he's managed to land in side control! That's better than Al Hammad was expecting from the takedown attempt, I'm sure!
Al Hammad controlling from side mount.
Lewis is trying to control Al Hammad's posture but Al Hammad avoids it.
Check out the look on Al Hammad's face as he threw that strike - that's one determined fighter!
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Al Hammad working away.
Al Hammad lands some shots froms side control.
Lewis is not content to let Al Hammad control the position.
Lewis struggling a bit here.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Lewis gets one leg under and gets the fight to half guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Bashaad Al Hammad dominated that second round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action! This is the final round!
Nice takedown defense from Al Hammad. No joy for Lewis on that attempt.
Lewis shoots for a takedown but Al Hammad saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.
Al Hammad looking to score a takedown here. Lewis is defending well but Al Hammad drives through and ends up in Lewis's guard.
Lewis throwing his legs up looking for a triangle.
Al Hammad passes into half guard under a barage of strikes.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Al Hammad wants to lay and pray for a moment but Lewis keeps working.
Al Hammad is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Lewis moves into full guard.
Lewis pulls Al Hammad in close to prevent any damage.
Lewis is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
Lewis is looking for a guillotine. You can't force these things though and Al Hammad defends well.
Al Hammad has to be careful here, sitting in the guard of a superior BJJ player.
Al Hammad postures up in Lewis's guard and throws a big left but Lewis blocks it.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
Al Hammad working some strikes from top position.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Al Hammad accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Lewis has momentary wrist control but Al Hammad slips an elbow through the middle.
Bashaad Al Hammad overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Al Hammad wants to control from the top but Lewis keeps moving.
Al Hammad works over Lewis with some ground and pound from guard.
Lewis can't do much from the bottom at the moment, as Al Hammad controls the pace.
Al Hammad is looking to work some ground and pound but Lewis has wrist control.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Al Hammad scoring with punches to the head and body.
Al Hammad avoids a guillotine attempt easily.
Al Hammad forces his way into half guard.
Al Hammad lands strikes from half guard.
Lewis missing with punches from the bottom.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are hurling abuse towards the fighters... You can hardly blame them though because there isn't a lot going on in the fight.
Lewis is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Al Hammad tries for a takedown but Lewis circles away easily
so Lewis counters with a double leg into guard. Good agility.
Lewis loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Al Hammad working for a triangle but Lewis defends it easily.
Lewis trying to control the position from guard on top but Al Hammad is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
And that's the end of the fight!
Bashaad Al Hammad showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Al Hammad has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... 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 Johanna Lukiainen scores the fight 30:27
Judge Ben Zyskovitsi scores the fight 30:27
Judge Anni Minnemäki scores the fight 30:27
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Bashaad Al Hammad!
After the big win, Bashaad Al Hammad made sure to do all the important stuff like thanking his sponsors Strong Suplementos 159Q/$200 and telling the interviewer how much he loves him.
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RATING
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