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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Duke Lupus (ranked 2813 p4p, 358 weight class) and Achmed Khan (ranked 2693 p4p, 347 weight class). Duke Lupus could well score a knockout today. He has the power to get to Achmed Khan's chin.
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208 lbs
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217 lbs
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BJJ White Belt
Great elbows
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
3 - 10 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Duke Lupus!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
5 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Achmed Khan!
The judges for this bout are Joseph Jones, Steve Montenegro and Jonathan Paton.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
A leg kick checked by Khan.
Lupus has Khan up against the cage in a clinch.
Nice elbow from Lupus.
Lupus is trying to break the clinch but Khan has him pressed against the cage.
Lupus tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Khan avoids it.
Khan misses with an elbow over the top.
Khan fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Khan dodges an elbow strike from Lupus.
Khan dodges an elbow strike from Lupus.
Khan throws an elbow that misses.
Lupus lands an elbow that stopped Khan in his tracks for a moment.
It looks like Achmed Khan has been cut.
Khan throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Lupus is clearly stalling here... Pick up the pace son.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Khan controlling the action here for a moment.
Lupus tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Khan's elbow.
Khan misses with a punch on the inside.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Khan looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Lupus stalling in the clinch.
Lupus wants to get back to striking at distance but Khan won't allow it.
Lupus lands a damaging elbow.
Khan looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Khan scores with a hook to the body.
Lupus has Khan pressed up against the cage and is working for takedown. Khan manages to improve position though and keeps the fight standing.
Khan tries to work over Lupus's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Lupus's corner are urging him to control the action in the clinch for a moment, rather than mount any serious offense. I'm sure the crowd appreciate those instructions... not.
Khan doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Lupus prevents a body shot from Khan.
Lupus stalling in the clinch but Khan improves position.
Khan has a couple of punches blocked by Lupus.
Khan avoids a wild elbow strike from Lupus.
Nice body punch from Khan - that landed with a thud.
Khan lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Lupus backwards.
Lupus creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Khan's defenses.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Khan tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Lupus's elbow.
Lupus avoids the elbow strike from Khan, against the cage.
Khan misses with a hook from the clinch.
Khan lands a hook that snaps the head of Lupus backwards.
Khan misses with a punch on the inside.
Khan looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
A head punch on the inside from Khan fails to land.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Lupus lands with a short shot to the head.
Lupus is trying to force a seperation but Khan has the dominant position.
Lupus manages to get underhooks and slows down the pace for a moment.
Khan throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Lupus lands a left hand that snaps the head of Khan backwards.
Lupus trying to land knees to the body.
Khan scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Khan fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Khan pushes off an throws an elbow but Lupus leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Come on Khan - let's have some action - none of this stalling nonsense.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Lupus is looking for a takedown.
Khan tries to work over Lupus's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Lupus can't get the takedown.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Duke Lupus. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Khan avoids the elbow strike from Lupus, against the cage.
Lupus pushes off an throws an elbow but Khan leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Khan lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Lupus or not.
Khan throws an elbow but it misses.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Khan looking to slow down the pace here.
Khan throws a punch but it's blocked by Lupus.
With the fighters up against the cage, Lupus throws an elbow but misses.
Khan tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Khan misses with a punch to the body.
Lupus looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Khan misses with a hook from the clinch.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Khan just misses with a elbow thrown towards Lupus's brow.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Khan blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Khan avoids a wild elbow strike from Lupus.
Khan misses with an elbow over the top.
Khan has Lupus pressed against the cage, preventing Lupus from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
With the fighters up against the cage, Lupus throws an elbow but misses.
Khan is looking to control Lupus's arms but Lupus gets an underhook and turns him. Now Khan has his back to the cage.
Lupus jumps into guard, dragging Khan to the mat.
Lupus wants to get back to his feet but Khan is in a dominant position and won't allow it.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Khan content to stall in guard here.
Lupus has his feet on Khan's hips. He pushes off and gets to his feet. Nice work.
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 Duke Lupus will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Achmed Khan's cut.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!
Lupus closes the distance and clinches.
Lupus has Khan pressed up against the cage and is working for takedown. Khan manages to improve position though and keeps the fight standing.
Khan scores with a nice hook to the head.
It looks like Duke Lupus has been cut.
Lupus avoids a wild elbow strike from Khan.
Lupus blocks the elbow strike.
Khan throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Khan throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Lupus looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Khan managing to block the knees to the body from Lupus.
Lupus takes a shot to the head.
Lupus misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Khan.
Khan stops a takedown attempt from Lupus.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Lupus is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
Khan throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Khan displaying some good clinch control by pressing Lupus up against the cage.
Lupus breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Lupus tries for a takedown but Khan sees it coming a mile off and avoids it easily.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Duke Lupus. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Lupus throws a series of punches but Khan moves out of range.
Lupus fakes high and shoots in for a takedown but Khan avoids it really well and circles away.
Duke Lupus seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
The fighters circle momentarily. Khan darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.
Khan misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Lupus.
Khan swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Lupus lifts his leg as if looking to counter with a high kick.
Khan misses with a hook. Lupus ducked under it nicely.
Lupus fails with a takedown attempt.
Lupus looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Lupus fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
Khan looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Lupus misses with a takedown attempt - Khan sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
Lupus keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
A shot to the liver by Khan. Beautiful body shot.
Lupus closes the distance and clinches.
Khan misses with a body punch.
Lupus with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Khan lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
A left hand lands to the body for Khan.
Lupus lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Khan works on Lupus's body with a couple of short punches.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Khan.
Achmed Khan seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Lupus avoids a wild elbow strike from Khan.
Khan doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Khan tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Lupus's elbow.
Khan misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Lupus blocks an elbow strike.
Lupus creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Khan's defenses.
Khan misses with an elbow over the top.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Khan throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Lupuss head.
Khan is leaning against Lupus and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Lupus lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Lupus blocks the elbow strike.
Khan misses with an elbow over the top.
Lupus avoids a wild elbow strike from Khan.
Khan throws a head punch that misses.
Khan misses with an elbow over the top.
Lupus's corner are urging him to control the action in the clinch for a moment, rather than mount any serious offense. I'm sure the crowd appreciate those instructions... not.
Khan pushes off an throws an elbow but Lupus leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Khan goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Khan throws an elbow that misses.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Lupus.
Lupus avoiding damage.
Lupus is trying to pull guard but being pressed up against the cage enables Khan to keep the fight standing.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Lupus looking to slow down the pace here.
Lupus manages to break the clinch.
Khan takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Lupus takes the fight into the clinch.
Lupus throws an elbow that misses.
Lupus is trying to break the clinch but Khan has him pressed against the cage.
Khan has a couple of punches blocked by Lupus.
Lupus prevents a body shot from Khan.
Khan takes an elbow to the temple.
Khan swings away with an uppercut that misses.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
A frustrated look appears on Lupus's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Lupus avoids the elbow strike from Khan, against the cage.
Khan throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Khan avoids the elbow strike from Lupus, against the cage.
Lupus dodges an elbow strike from Khan.
Khan is working Lupus over against the cage.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Achmed Khan showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
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. This is the final round!
An inside leg kick from Lupus misses.
Lupus closes the distance and clinches.
Lupus avoids the elbow strike from Khan, against the cage.
Lupus stalls.
Khan swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Lupus throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Khan blocks it with crossed arms.
Lupus ties up his opponent against the cage and manages to drag the fight down to the ground. Lupus no doubt will be looking to work submissions from his guard.
Lupus looking for a sweep. Not yet Lupus, not yet.
Khan is stalling in the full guard.
Lupus wants to stand up but Khan is controlling him.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Khan sitting in guard here, content to control.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Khan looking to pass the guard.
Khan engaging in some classic timewasting tactics.
Lupus working a defensive guard here.
Khan is stalling in the full guard.
The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Neither fighter has done anything of merit for a good minute or two here and the crowd are not happy about it.
Lupus shoots in but no luck this time.
Khan misses with a wild body shot.
Lupus shoots in for a takedown but Khan shows good takedown defense.
Horrible takedown attempt by Lupus or perhaps it was just good defense by Khan, which made it look bad.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Duke Lupus. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Khan throws a hook but Lupus blocks it.
Lupus gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Lupus prevents a body shot from Khan.
Khan misses with some punches.
Lupus misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Khan.
Khan lands an uppercut.
Some stalling of biblical proportions here from Khan.
Lupus pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Khan pushes off an throws an elbow but Lupus leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Lupus as Khan tries to tie him up.
Lupus swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Khan looks to throw an elbow but misses.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Lupus throws a punch but it's blocked by Khan.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Lupus blocks an elbow strike from Khan.
Lupus misses with an elbow over the top.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Lupus misses with an elbow strike.
Khan throws an elbow but it misses.
Khan misses with an elbow strike.
Lupus blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Khan misses with a body punch.
Khan lands with a short shot to the head.
Khan pushes off an throws an elbow but Lupus leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Khan working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Khan misses with a body punch.
Lupus jumps into guard, dragging Khan to the mat.
Khan showing good wrestling skills to control the position.
Khan tries to free his leg and advance position but Lupus is retaining full guard.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Lupus can't do much from the bottom at the moment, as Khan controls the pace.
Lupus wants to stand but Khan is controlling the position.
Lupus is trying to keep Khan in close.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
The referee claps his hands together and tells the fighters to work.
Khan must be cautious of submissions here, given that his opponent has the superior Jiu Jitsu.
Khan sitting in guard here, content to control.
The referee has motioned to the fighters to stand back up. He just wasn't happy with the level of activity.
And that's the end of the fight!
Achmed Khan comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think Khan has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. 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 Joseph Jones scores the fight 28:29
Judge Steve Montenegro scores the fight 28:29
Judge Jonathan Paton scores the fight 28:29
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Achmed Khan!
Achmed Khan took to the microphone after his victory and thanked his sponsors, Tauromorphous Threads ~ 15% Laundry for their support in the buildup to the fight.
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energy
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hype
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