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Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Kaan Aromdee (ranked 4177 p4p, 407 weight class) and Aston Davids (ranked 8933 p4p, 0 weight class). Aromdee has a slight injury, which hopefully won't affect the fight too much. Kaan Aromdee had a look across the cage there at his opponent. He definitely means business
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145 lbs
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150 lbs
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BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
4 - 0 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Kaan Aromdee!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
2 - 2 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Aston Davids!
The judges for this bout are Michael Johnstone, Sandra Marshall and Peter Branson.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
The fight stays on the outside here - Davids looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Davids tries to close the distance and clinch but Aromdee swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
The crowd cheers as Aromdee lands an impressive looking overhand right. Davids doesn't seem phased though.
Davids doesn't manage to clinch there - Aromdee circles away.
Davids darts in and clinches Aromdee up against the cage.
Aromdee cracks Davids with a nice body shot.
Davids changes levels and goes for a takedown here. Aromdee fights it off and pushes away nicely.
Aromdee connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Aromdee fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Davids shoots in for a double leg but Aromdee sprawls well. That's going to sap some energy.
Aromdee listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Davids misses with a wild combination.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Aromdee connects with a single shot there.
Davids fakes high and shoots in for a takedown but Aromdee avoids it really well and circles away.
Kaan Aromdee has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Aston Davids.
Davids tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Aromdee manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Sloppy strikes from Davids. Those never looked like landing.
Aromdee digs a good body shot into Davids's ribs.
Aromdee is using his reach advantage well here, landing the more effective single shots from range.
Aromdee's jab looks to have found its range, popping Davids under the eye.
Davids takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Aromdee's corner calls for a 1-2. Aromdee obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
Davids looks to clinch
and Aromdee counters with a nice body shot.
Davids looks winded!
Aromdee connects with a jab.
Aromdee showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Davids.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Davids looks frustrated there after his takedown attempt is stuffed easily.
Davids takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Aromdee works Davids's body with a nice hook.
Davids takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Aromdee lands a nice looking body shot.
Davids shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Aromdee scores with a nice right hand.
Kaan Aromdee is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Aromdee's jab looks to have found its range, popping Davids under the eye.
Davids misses with a left hand
and Aromdee counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Aromdee scores with a body shot.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Davids is looking to clinch but Aromdee is avoiding it.
Aromdee swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Davids.
Aromdee bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Davids's head.
Aromdee is really peppering his opponent's head with punches.
Davids will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Davids motions for Aromdee to come forward. Davids throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Aromdee works Davids's body with a nice hook.
Davids has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Davids there as he acknowledges the shot.
Aromdee dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Davids steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Aromdee.
Davids tries to clinch up but Aromdee circles away and keeps his distance.
Aromdee was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
Aromdee misses with a looping right.
It seemed like Davids was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Aromdee tries to keep at a distance but Davids has taken the fight into the clinch.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Aromdee working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Davids is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Aromdee is keeping busy.
Davids looking for a takedown.
Aromdee can't break the clinch.
Davids tries for a takedown but Aromdee manages to get underhooks.
A right hand to the body from Aromdee.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Davids tries to pull guard but Aromdee holds him up against the cage and eventually Davids drops back down to his feet.
Aromdee lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Davids tries to pull guard but can't drag his opponent to the mat. Aromdee just stands there and leans against the cage.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Kaan Aromdee dominated that round.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action.
Nice shot by Aromdee.
Davids should think about turning a few of those tyres round his middle into muscle if he wants people to take him seriously as an athlete.
Davids is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Davids moves forwards but Aromdee connects with a nice, crisp jab.
Aromdee wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Davids is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Davids shoots for a double leg takedown but Aromdee sprawls well. He's pushed Davids's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.
Aromdee throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Aromdee lands a right hook to the body.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Davids takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Davids is looking to clinch.
Aromdee digs a good body shot into Davids's ribs.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Aromdee throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Aromdee connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
Aromdee swinging wildly here.
Davids throws a sloppy head kick and Aromdee moves out of range easily.
Aromdee tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Davids was well out of range. Poor timing from Aromdee.
Aromdee is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Davids can do to turn this around?
Davids shoots in for a takedown but Aromdee shows good takedown defense there and keeps this one on the feet.
Davids closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Davids trying to control the position but instead, Aromdee has worked for underhooks and has pushed Davids into the cage.
Aromdee lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Aromdee working aggressively here.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Davids misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Davids looking for a takedown.
Kaan Aromdee has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Aston Davids.
Davids misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Davids is trying to pull guard but Aromdee turns him against the cage and we stay in the clinch.
Davids blocks a body shot from Aromdee.
Aromdee keeps control of Davids as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
A short left from Aromdee.
A nice right hand lands inside from Aromdee.
Davids is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Aromdee is defending well for now.
Davids tries for a takedown but Aromdee manages to get underhooks.
Davids jumps guard but Aromdee stands there with Davids around his waist. Davids gives up and drops back to his feet. We remain in the clinch.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Davids wants a takedown but no success here.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
A shot in the inside from Aromdee.
Davids jumps guard.
Aromdee would like to get this fight back to the feet but can't get free from the closed guard.
Aromdee slows down the pace of the fight, as he sits in guard.
Aromdee trying to control the position from guard on top but Davids is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Davids has been taking part in the yoga sessions down at Cozad The Island. Presumably he's going to look for a slick submission... Or maybe he's looking to avoid one.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Davids seems keen to control Aromdee's posture.
Davids is looking to stand up but Aromdee isn't so interested in that idea.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Davids is active off his back here, looking for submissions.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Kaan Aromdee dominated that second round.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action. Ladies and gentlemen, this is the final round!
A looping hook to the body misses from Aromdee. Davids does a little dance to reset his feet.
Kaan Aromdee seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Aromdee lands a jab to the head.
Davids moves forwards but Aromdee connects with a nice, crisp jab.
Aromdee ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Davids moves away.
Aromdee thuds his right hand into Davids's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.
Davids tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Davids tries to clinch up.
Aromdee was looking to counter that last move with a shot to the body but he didn't commit.
Davids wants to clinch up but Aromdee keeps it at a distance.
Davids tries to clinch up.
Kaan Aromdee is winning the standup battle so far.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Davids clinches with his opponent.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Davids misses with a knee strike.
Aromdee misses with a body punch.
Aromdee swings wildly with an uppercut but Davids uses good head movement to avoid it.
Davids goes for a takedown in the clinch but Aromdee prevents it.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Davids leaning against his opponent.
Aromdee tries to work over Davids's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Davids has Aromdee pressed up against the cage and is working for takedown. Aromdee manages to improve position though and keeps the fight standing.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
Davids struggles to land a body shot inside as Aromdee controls his hands.
Aromdee has Davids pressed against the cage, preventing Davids from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Aromdee lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Davids's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Aromdee lands a right hand.
Davids breaks the clinch.
Aromdee scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Aromdee cracks Davids with a right hand to the side of the head.
Davids takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
Aston Davids is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
A combination from Aromdee does no damage.
Davids ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Davids instigates a clinch.
A head punch on the inside from Aromdee fails to land.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Davids is trying to work for a single leg takedown but Aromdee pulls him back up using the underhooks.
Kaan Aromdee has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Aston Davids.
Davids breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Aromdee connects with a nice looking jab.
Aromdee scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
Aromdee bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Davids tries to close the distance and clinch up but Aromdee swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Davids misses with a head kick.
Davids swinging wildly here.
Davids fails with an attempt to clinch.
Davids misses with a double jab.
A little feinted left hand from Aromdee on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
Aromdee catches Davids with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
Kaan Aromdee is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Aromdee scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.
Davids fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
Aromdee scores with a jab to the jaw.
Aromdee throws a shot from downtown. Davids moves away and avoids it.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Davids throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Aromdee lands with an overhand left.
Aromdee checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time.
Aromdee scores with a nice right hand.
Davids shoots in looking for a takedown but Aromdee manages to keep the fight standing, pushing Davids's face into the canvas for good measure before circling away.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Aromdee catches Davids with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
A jab from Aromdee does it's job there.
Aromdee throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Davids sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Davids throws a sloppy head kick and Aromdee moves out of range easily.
Aromdee throwing a counter right hand but Davids manages to avoid it.
Davids tries to clinch up but Aromdee circles away and keeps his distance.
Jab, jab by Aromdee - just one landing.
Aston Davids has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Davids moves in looking to clinch but Aromdee pushes him off.
And that's the end of the fight!
Kaan Aromdee showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Aromdee, winning every round. Will the judges agree? They are the ones who matter, even if they are often depressingly incompetent. 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 Michael Johnstone scores the fight 30:27
Judge Sandra Marshall scores the fight 30:27
Judge Peter Branson scores the fight 30:27
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Kaan Aromdee!
Kaan Aromdee spent the whole post fight interview bigging himself up. It didn't go down that well with the fans after a while as they thought it was a bit arrogant.
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