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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Argat Khan (ranked 1519 p4p, 197 weight class) and Noob Saibot (ranked 2307 p4p, 276 weight class). The crowd seem to be enjoying Saibot's choice of entrance music: New York. These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.
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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
4 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Argat Khan!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
39 - 18 - 1, fighting out of London, Noob Saibot!
The judges for this bout are Lou da Vinci, Franklyn Lucas and Chad Campbell.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Nice defenses there by Saibot.
Saibot tries to close the distance and clinch but Khan swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Saibot's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Khan connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Saibot scrambles back to his feet.
Saibot closes the distance and clinches.
Khan pushes Saibot back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Saibot swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Saibot throws a punch but it's blocked by Khan.
Saibot blocks a body shot from Khan.
Khan lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Saibot backwards.
It looks like Noob Saibot has been cut.
I was talking to Khan's coach per-fight and he was telling me that they'd been working on the clinch in the runup to this fight.
Saibot takes a shot to the head.
Saibot tries to land a knee to the head but Khan blocks with his arms.
Khan gets through Saibot's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Khan prevents a body shot from Saibot.
Saibot working some nice short punches in the clinch.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Saibot lands a body punch in the clinch.
Khan misses with a short punch on the inside.
Saibot with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Khan misses with a punch to the body.
Khan is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Saibot is keeping busy.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Khan softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Khan lands a body punch.
Khan gets through Saibot's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Khan has a couple of punches blocked by Saibot.
The two fighters are working to gain dominance in the clinch.
Saibot digs a right hand underneath Khan's ribcage. Khan let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Saibot blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Saibot tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Khan scores with a hook to the body.
Saibot tries a body shot but Khan blocks it.
Saibot misses with some punches.
Khan avoiding damage as Saibot throws knees to the body.
Khan lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Khan is stalling here.
A short right from Khan.
Saibot throws a punch but it's blocked by Khan.
Khan lands a right hand that snaps the head of Saibot backwards.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Khan tries a body shot but Saibot blocks it.
Saibot swings wildly with an uppercut but Khan uses good head movement to avoid it.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Saibot lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Saibot letting Khan take a breather here.
Khan tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Saibot's elbow.
Khan working aggressively here.
A head punch on the inside from Khan fails to land.
Khan misses with a punch on the inside.
Saibot looking to stall.
A short uppercut from Khan.
Saibot landing knees to the body.
Khan presses Saibot against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Khan tries a body shot but Saibot blocks it.
A head punch on the inside from Khan fails to land.
Saibot blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Saibot lands with a left to the head.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Khan misses with a short punch on the inside.
Khan tries to throw a body punch but Saibot avoids it by throwing Khan back against the cage.
Khan lands with a light punch inside.
Saibot lands an elbow inside.
Khan misses with a hook from the clinch.
Khan scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Khan has a couple of punches blocked by Saibot.
Khan scores with a nice hook to the head.
Khan fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
A head punch on the inside from Khan fails to land.
Khan scores with a hook to the body.
Khan working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Khan softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Khan is trying to push Saibot away but Saibot has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Khan blocking some punches.
Khan lands with a short head shot on the inside.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Saibot working aggressively here.
Khan misses with the head strike.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Khan throws a head punch that misses.
Khan misses with a punch on the inside.
Khan working aggressively here.
Saibot missing with knees to the body.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Khan creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
A nice right hand lands inside from Khan.
Khan working aggressively here.
A right handed body shot lands from Khan.
Khan lands a right hand.
Saibot takes a shot to the head.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Khan creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Khan creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Khan lands a left hand that snaps the head of Saibot backwards.
A head punch on the inside from Khan fails to land.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Saibot lands with a left to the head.
Khan pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Saibot fails with an attempt to clinch.
Saibot tries to clinch there but Khan circles away.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Argat Khan dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Noob Saibot's cut.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.
Saibot pushes Khan up against the cage in a clinch.
Nice body punch from Khan.
A head punch on the inside from Khan fails to land.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Saibot.
Khan blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Saibot has a couple of punches blocked by Khan.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Khan.
Khan swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Saibot lands a nice shot to the body.
Khan misses with a short punch on the inside.
Saibot scores a nice knee to the body.
Khan lands a hook to the side of the head.
Saibot working aggressively here.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Saibot blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Khan tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Khan is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Saibot can do to turn this around?
Khan lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Saibot backwards.
Khan blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
A head punch on the inside from Khan fails to land.
Saibot misses with a punch to the body.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Saibot misses with the head strike.
Saibot misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Khan.
A short uppercut from Khan.
Saibot blocks an uppercut.
Khan has a couple of punches blocked by Saibot.
A shot in the inside from Khan.
Khan misses with a short punch on the inside.
Khan misses with some punches.
Khan blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Khan misses with some punches.
Khan blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Khan misses with some punches.
Saibot trying to land knees to the body.
Khan lands a left hand that snaps the head of Saibot backwards.
Argat Khan has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Saibot tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Khan lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Saibot lands an uppercut.
Khan lands a left hand.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Saibot lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Saibot misses with a hook from the clinch.
Khan lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Saibot backwards.
Khan makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Khan misses with a punch to the body.
Khan tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Saibot blocking some punches.
Saibot blocks an uppercut.
Khan misses with a punch on the inside.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Saibot creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Khan throws a punch but it's blocked by Saibot.
Khan misses with the head strike.
A head punch on the inside from Khan fails to land.
Saibot throws a punch but it's blocked by Khan.
A head punch on the inside from Saibot fails to land.
Khan fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Khan lands a shoulder strike.
Khan throws a head punch that misses.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Nice elbow from Saibot.
Saibot blocking some punches.
Saibot tries to work over Khan's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Khan scores with a nice hook to the head.
Saibot tries to throw a body punch but Khan avoids it by throwing Saibot back against the cage.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Khan.
Saibot is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Khan is keeping busy.
Saibot lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Khan lands a hook to the side of the head.
Still in the clinch, Khan scores with a nice short uppercut.
Saibot comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
A shot in the inside from Khan.
Saibot blocks a body shot from Khan.
Saibot softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Khan avoiding damage as Saibot throws knees to the body.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Khan.
Khan lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Saibot backwards.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Khan lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Khan misses with a punch on the inside.
Khan misses with a punch to the body.
Saibot misses with a short punch on the inside.
Khan lands with a right to the head.
Saibot scores with a nice hook to the head.
Saibot pushes off an throws an elbow but Khan leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Khan blocks a body shot from Saibot.
Saibot presses Khan against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Saibot misses with a hook from the clinch.
Saibot blocks an uppercut.
Khan misses with the head strike.
Saibot throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Khans head.
Saibot misses with a hook to the ribs.
Khan scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Khan has a couple of punches blocked by Saibot.
Saibot tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Khan has a couple of punches blocked by Saibot.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Argat Khan dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Noob Saibot's cut.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business. This is the final round!
Khan digs a good body shot into Saibot's ribs.
Nice uppercut lands for Khan. That snapped Saibot's head back.
Khan swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Khan throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Saibot.
Saibot misses with a takedown
and Khan holds on and brings the fighters into a clinch.
Khan makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Saibot throws a head punch that misses.
A head punch on the inside from Khan fails to land.
Khan lands a right hand.
Saibot prevents a body shot from Khan.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Khan misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Khan can't find room to land a body shot as Saibot controls the action.
Saibot misses with an elbow over the top.
Khan manages to break the clinch.
Noob Saibot seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
A big left from Khan misses.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Saibot moves in looking to clinch but Khan pushes him off.
Saibot takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
A jab from Khan misses.
Saibot is trying to avoid his opponent's strikes and get into the clinch.
Saibot moves away from the strike by Khan.
Saibot is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Khan takes a swing at Saibot's ribcage but misses.
Saibot gets a clinch.
Khan throws a punch but it's blocked by Saibot.
Khan looking to slow down the pace here.
A knee to the head by Saibot.
It looks like Argat Khan has been cut.
A head punch on the inside from Khan fails to land.
Khan throws a head punch that misses.
Khan softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Khan avoiding damage as Saibot throws knees to the body.
Noob Saibot has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Saibot lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
A head punch on the inside from Khan fails to land.
Khan working aggressively here.
A head punch on the inside from Khan fails to land.
Khan can't find room to land a body shot as Saibot controls the action.
Khan blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
A head punch blocked on the inside by Saibot.
Khan lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Saibot backwards.
Saibot trying to land knees to the body.
Saibot throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Saibot lands a left hand.
Khan tries to throw a body punch but Saibot avoids it by throwing Khan back against the cage.
Khan lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Saibot throws an elbow but it misses.
Khan blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Khan tries to work over Saibot's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Khan lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Khan lands a hook that snaps the head of Saibot backwards.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Khan misses with a hook from the clinch.
A head punch on the inside from Khan fails to land.
Khan tries to circle away but Saibot has him pinned against the cage.
Khan is working Saibot over against the cage.
Khan lands a hook to the side of the head.
Saibot lands a body shot in the clinch.
Khan scores with a nice hook to the head.
Khan taking a breather.
Saibot throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Khan throws a head punch that misses.
Khan blocking some punches.
Argat Khan is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Khan tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Saibot's elbow.
Khan tries to work over Saibot's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Saibot blocking some punches.
Saibot blocking some punches.
Saibot's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
That's four minutes gone in the round.
A head punch on the inside from Saibot fails to land.
A nice right hand lands inside from Saibot.
Khan misses with an elbow strike.
Khan goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Saibot scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Saibot tries a knee to the head but Khan blocks it.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
A shot in the inside from Saibot.
Saibot with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Khan.
Saibot tries to land knees in the clinch but Khan avoids the damage to the body.
A right hook to the body lands for Saibot.
Khan has a couple of punches blocked by Saibot.
Khan throws a punch but it's blocked by Saibot.
Still in the clinch, Saibot scores with a nice short uppercut.
Saibot misses with a short punch on the inside.
And that's the end of the fight!
Argat Khan showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Khan 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 Lou da Vinci scores the fight 30:27
Judge Franklyn Lucas scores the fight 30:27
Judge Chad Campbell scores the fight 30:27
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Argat Khan!
Argat Khan decided to thank the fans in attendance for making a great atmosphere. It seemed to go down pretty well.
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