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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Conrad Calacon (ranked 779 p4p, 109 weight class) and Ibrahim Suleyman (ranked 1269 p4p, 177 weight class). This should be a great matchup!
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Good wrestling
Excellent MT
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BJJ Purple Belt
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the middleweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
5 - 0 - 0, fighting out of New York, Conrad Calacon!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
4 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Ibrahim Suleyman!
The judges for this bout are Roosa Järviläinen, Arvi Lind and Tarja Halkonen.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Suleyman misses with an uppercut.
Calacon scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Suleyman misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Calacon.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Suleyman, right into the meat.
Calacon scores with a nice body kick.
Calacon scores with a kick to the midsection.
Calacon looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
A chopping leg kick lands by Calacon.
Calacon fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Suleyman manages to avoid it.
Calacon takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
Suleyman looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Calacon checks the leg kick.
Suleyman keeps Calacon at a distance using the push kick.
Suleyman misses with a low kick.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Suleyman thumps Calacon with a low kick.
Calacon thows a left - swing and a miss!
Suleyman rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
enabling Calacon to counter with a crisp jab.
A low kick from Calacon misses
and Suleyman counters with a stiff right hand.
Calacon checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time.
Suleyman misses with a kick to the body
and Calacon cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Calacon misses with a right hand
and Suleyman counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Calacon thinking.
Calacon with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Suleyman buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Suleyman misses with a hook. Calacon ducked under it nicely.
Suleyman throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Suleyman throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Suleyman waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Calacon.
Suleyman throws a leg kick but Calacon sees it coming and checks it nicely.
Suleyman throws a big shot that misses.
Suleyman looks to land a left hand but Calacon moved out of range nicely.
A little feinted left hand from Calacon on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
Calacon throws a jab when Suleyman was well out of range.
Suleyman is clearly trying to counter these attacks from Calacon with a body shot.
Suleyman slips a straight right by Calacon.
Suleyman throws out a counter right but Calacon avoids it with no problem.
Suleyman looks to score with a jab to the body but Calacon is just out of range.
Suleyman misses with a wild combination.
As Suleyman backs away, Calacon returns fire with a leg kick that just misses.
Calacon waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Suleyman.
Calacon misses the shot to the body.
A little jabbing left from Suleyman on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Suleyman throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Calacon sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Calacon is looking to counter punch.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
A cross from Calacon lands.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Calacon throws a big shot that misses.
Calacon lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Calacon throws a lazy right hand but Suleyman sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Suleyman throws a hook but Calacon avoids it easily.
Suleyman tries a low kick but Calacon avoids it.
Calacon throws out a loose jab but Suleyman uses good head movement to avoid it.
Calacon dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Suleyman. That did some damage!
Calacon throws a shot from downtown. Suleyman moves away and avoids it.
An inside leg kick lands from Calacon.
A big right from Suleyman misses.
Suleyman cracks a nice hook into Calacon's ribs.
Suleyman is looking to score with low kicks.
Calacon was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
Conrad Calacon seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Calacon is looking to slow Suleyman down with leg kicks.
Suleyman tries to land a front kick but Calacon steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
Calacon misses with a wild body shot.
A countering left hand to the body from Suleyman misses.
Suleyman staying out of range there.
Suleyman gets cracked there but stands up to it.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Suleyman takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Suleyman takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Calacon misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Suleyman.
Suleyman's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Calacon connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Suleyman scrambles back to his feet.
Suleyman tries to land a leg kick but Calacon saw it coming and moves away.
Calacon lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Suleyman shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.
Suleyman throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Calacon counters with a nice leg kick.
Suleyman dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
A bone on bone clash there as Suleyman blocks the leg kick.
Suleyman throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
A little feinted left hand from Calacon on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
Calacon tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Calacon scoring well with a low kick there.
Suleyman throws a half hearted mid kick.
Calacon throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Calacon throws an overhand right that lands on Suleyman's shoulder, as Suleyman tries to avoid the shot.
Suleyman lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Calacon lands a high kick!
Suleyman misses with a low kick.
Suleyman moves out of range of the leg kick from Calacon.
Calacon moves away from the strike by Suleyman.
Calacon fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Suleyman checks it well.
Calacon throws a looping overhand right but Suleyman ducks down to avoid it.
Suleyman throws out a loose jab but Calacon uses good head movement to avoid it.
Suleyman lands a body shot.
Suleyman scores with a decent looking hook.
Suleyman just misses with a punch to the body.
Suleyman fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Decent striking displayed by Calacon there.
Suleyman defending well as Calacon loads up on a big left hand.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Calacon misses with an uppercut.
Suleyman pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Suleyman misses with a kick to the body
and Calacon counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
A big left from Suleyman misses.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close round but I would say that Conrad Calacon will probably get the nod.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.
Calacon keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Suleyman.
Nice jab there from Calacon.
Suleyman's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Calacon lands a kick to the ribs of his opponent. Nice work there - in and out in a flash.
Good exchange - Suleyman coming out on top.
Suleyman on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Calacon. Calacon obviously looking to wear him down.
Suleyman moves out of range of the strikes.
Calacon on the wrong end of a nice jab.
Calacon throws a leg kick but Suleyman moved away.
Suleyman misses the shot to the body.
Suleyman ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Calacon moves away.
Calacon missing with a left hand there. Suleyman was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
A punch lands to the side of Suleyman 's head but he takes it in his stride.
Suleyman is rocked!
Calacon circles and sees the opportunity to plant his feet and throw a really nice straight left hand that drops Suleyman to the canvas! Suleyman doesn't know where he is but he's trying to survive - Calacon keeps piling on the pressure and forces the referee to step in! This one is aaaaaall over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:47 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Conrad Calacon!
Conrad Calacon retains his middleweight title!
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