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Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Irshaad Sayed (ranked 1851 p4p, 192 weight class) and Eli Peterson (ranked 5739 p4p, 412 weight class). Rumors backstage are that the fighters have been paid to keep it standing but we know that would never happen in MMA!
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Good wrestling
Excellent MT
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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
7 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Irshaad Sayed!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
5 - 7 - 0, fighting out of New York, Eli Peterson!
The judges for this bout are Jorge Garcia, John Roberts and Bruno Lombardi.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Sayed scores with a head kick.
Sayed throws a head kick that half lands.
Sayed ducks under a wild hook from Peterson.
Sayed lands a two punch combo.
Peterson scores with a punch to the head.
Sayed fails to land with a series of punches.
Sayed ducks under a wild hook from Peterson.
Peterson lands a glancing blow to the side of Sayed's head.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Sayed misses with a straight right.
Peterson looks to land a right hand but Sayed moved out of range.
Sayed throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Peterson.
Peterson misses with a jab, cross combination.
Sayed turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Peterson on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Sayed ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Sayed lands a nice shot to the body.
Peterson drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
Peterson loads up on a big right hand but Sayed slips the punch.
Sayed lets loose with a powerful body kick. Peterson will feel that in the morning.
Sayed connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Peterson scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
Peterson tries to land a leg kick but Sayed saw it coming and moves away.
An attempted straight right counter from Sayed misses the target.
Peterson ducks right into an uppercut from Sayed.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Sayed moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
Sayed lands a nice looking kick to the body. Peterson takes a step back to recover.
A telegraphed right hand from Peterson misses the target.
Sayed blocks a head kick by Peterson.
Sayed rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Peterson moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Peterson swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Peterson tries to bum rush Sayed with a series of wild strikes but Sayed uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Peterson walks into a jab.
Sayed bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Peterson's head backwards.
Sayed changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Peterson misses with the combination.
Sayed tests Peterson's chin there with a solid looking shot.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Peterson connects with a body shot that sends Sayed's belly button to the back.
Peterson rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Sayed moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Eli Peterson seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Peterson throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Sayed counters with a lovely shot to the body.
Sayed works Peterson's body with a nice hook.
Peterson takes a kick to the side of the head.
Sayed throws a quick inside leg kick.
Sayed lands a nice hook to Peterson's body. Peterson takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
A left lands for Peterson.
Sayed uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Peterson.
Peterson takes one on the button.
Peterson misses with a few strikes there.
Peterson on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
Sayed works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
Peterson rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Sayed moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Peterson misses with an uppercut. Sayed saw that one coming.
Peterson will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Sayed appeared to be looking to counter that last move with a leg kick.
Peterson looks to land a left hand but Sayed moved out of range nicely.
Sayed ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Sayed is really peppering his opponent's head with punches.
Nice uppercut lands for Sayed. That snapped Peterson's head back.
A jab from Sayed finds it's way through Peterson's defenses.
Peterson swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Peterson avoids the head kick by Sayed.
Sayed's corner calls for a 1, 2 combination and Sayed duly obliges.
Peterson just misses with a punch to the body.
Sayed slips a jab from Peterson.
A right-left combo lands from Sayed.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sayed lands a vicious shot with the stealth of a sniper and the strength of a viper. Are vipers that strong? I can think of lots of things that are stronger than a viper - not many rhyme with sniper though.
It looks like Sayed has been trying to sharpen up his punching technique, as it looks crisper than last time we saw him.
Sayed thumps Peterson with a low kick.
Sayed throws a leg kick which misses Peterson's front leg but catches the back leg as Peterson tries to avoid it.
Peterson throws an ugly left hook that misses
enabling Sayed to counter with a crisp jab.
Sayed lands with a cross.
Peterson lands the left hand.
Peterson avoids the head kick by Sayed.
A slapping leg kick lands for Sayed.
Peterson rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Sayed moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Sayed lifts his leg as if looking to counter with a high kick.
Peterson throws a two punch combo that lands nicely.
It looks like Irshaad Sayed has been cut.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Sayed throws a mid kick that lands with a slap.
Peterson changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Peterson shuffles to his left behind two crisp jabs. Sayed eats them both and turns towards Peterson to reposition himself and eats a stinging right hand-left hook combo.
Sayed uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Peterson.
Sayed cracks Peterson with a good jab.
Peterson closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
Peterson fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Sayed connects with an inside leg kick.
Peterson throws a jab when Sayed was well out of range.
Sayed scores with a nice head shot.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Sayed connects with a solid leg kick.
Sayed uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Peterson has time to react.
Sayed uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Peterson.
Sayed uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Peterson.
Sayed moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Peterson misses with a two punch combination.
Sayed feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Peterson's calf.
Peterson takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Peterson lands with an overhand left.
Peterson might want to mix his strikes up a bit more. He's just going for head shots at the moment and that can become a bit predictable.
Peterson has his head slapped from side to side by a 3 punch combination. That must have hurt him.
Sayed fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Peterson ducks right into an uppercut from Sayed.
Peterson takes a head kick and shrugs it off.
Sayed misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Peterson walks into a jab.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Peterson tests Sayed's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Sayed ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
The fighters circling - Peterson throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Peterson tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Sayed was well out of range. Poor timing from Peterson.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Irshaad Sayed dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Irshaad Sayed'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.
Peterson takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
Sayed lands a nice looking kick to the body. Peterson takes a step back to recover.
Peterson has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Sayed finds it's way round the side to connect with Peterson's head.
Sayed throws a quick inside leg kick.
Sayed delivers a nice body kick.
A slow jab from Peterson misses its intended target.
Sayed lands a body shot.
Eli Peterson is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Sayed moves out of range of the strikes.
Peterson swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
letting Sayed counter with a right hand.
A good leg kick by Sayed.
Peterson just misses with a punch to the body.
Sayed lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Sayed stalks Peterson and leaps in with a furious combination of punches. Uppercuts and crosses smash into Peterson's face. Peterson staggers backwards, shaken.
Sloppy strikes from Peterson. Those never looked like landing.
Sayed dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Peterson. That did some damage!
Sayed's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Peterson connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Sayed scrambles back to his feet.
Peterson steps to his left, right into the path of a big body kick from Sayed. That one must have hurt.
Peterson ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Sayed moves away.
Peterson has tried to improve his agility in the runup to this fight.
Sayed lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Sayed walks into a jab.
Sayed throws a quick inside leg kick.
Sayed lets loose with a powerful body kick. Peterson will feel that in the morning.
Peterson takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Peterson throws out a loose jab but Sayed uses good head movement to avoid it.
Both these guys seem content to just stand up and trade with eachother but Peterson might want to think about changing up his gameplan a bit because over the course of the fight, Sayed has got the better of the exchanges.
The fighters circling - Peterson throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Peterson misses the jab.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Peterson feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Sayeds jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!
Sayed defending well as Peterson loads up on a big left hand.
Sayed checks a low kick from Peterson.
Peterson on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
Peterson throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Sayed lands three nice shots there - that looked like it hurt!
This has been an exciting period of action!
Peterson swings widly with a right hand
and Sayed counters with a good low kick that Peterson was not able to check.
A combination from Peterson does no damage.
Sayed is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Peterson can do to turn this around?
Peterson on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
Peterson's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Sayed connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Peterson scrambles back to his feet.
Sayed scores with a kick to the midsection.
Sayed lands a vicious shot with the stealth of a sniper and the strength of a viper. Are vipers that strong? I can think of lots of things that are stronger than a viper - not many rhyme with sniper though.
Sayed connects with a body shot that sends Peterson's belly button to the back.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Peterson takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Sayed moves out of range of the strikes.
Irshaad Sayed is winning the standup battle so far.
Peterson misses with a straight right.
Sayed connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Sayed takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Sayed lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Sayed throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Sayed tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Peterson was well out of range. Poor timing from Sayed.
Sayed throws a series of punches but Peterson avoids them all with ease.
Peterson now looks to counter with a shot at the body.
Peterson blocks a head kick by Sayed.
Peterson has developed a nice purple lump on his ribcage, as a result of some heavy body kicks from Sayed.
Sayed throws a sloppy head kick and Peterson moves out of range easily.
Peterson jabs at Sayed's body.
Peterson tries to land a body kick
and Peterson takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Peterson swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Peterson on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Sayed. Sayed obviously looking to wear him down.
Sayed misses with a hook.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Sayed, right into the meat.
Sayed takes a swing at Peterson's ribcage but misses.
Peterson lands a really nice looking cross but Sayed seems unphased.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sayed throws a series of punches but Peterson avoids them all with ease.
Peterson throws a leg kick but Sayed checks it.
Sayed goes for a high kick. It partially lands.
Peterson connects with a good right hand that stumbles Sayed. Sayed circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
Peterson takes a kick to the body and keeps moving.
Sayed jabs at Peterson's body.
Peterson has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
Sayed throws a leg kick which misses Peterson's front leg but catches the back leg as Peterson tries to avoid it.
Peterson's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Sayed lands a two punch combo.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Sayed looks to throw the jab but Peterson is out of range.
Sayed throws a sloppy head kick and Peterson moves out of range easily.
Peterson throws a series of punches but Sayed avoids them all with ease.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Peterson jabs. That one connects to the head of his opponent.
Sayed keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Peterson.
Sayed connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Peterson's hands.
Sayed lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Sayed checks the leg kick nicely there.
Sayed scores with a head kick. Peterson tried to block it but didn't get his arm up in time.
Peterson misses the shot to the body.
Sayed throws a big counter combination but Peterson scrambles out of danger and avoids any damage.
Sayed's jab looks to have found its range, popping Peterson under the eye.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Peterson swings and misses with a hook to the body.
A right-left combo lands from Peterson.
Sayed comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Peterson scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
Peterson is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Sayed.
Peterson looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
Peterson fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Sayed manages to avoid it.
Peterson takes a head kick and shrugs it off.
Sayed tries a head kick but it misses.
A jab from Sayed finds it's way through Peterson's defenses.
Sayed works Peterson's body with a nice hook.
Sayed lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Peterson throws a hook but Sayed avoids it easily.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Peterson has a nice red mark on his side after a thudding body kick by Sayed.
Sayed feints and then cracks Peterson's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Peterson down.
Peterson misses with a double jab.
Sayed throws a good cross that connects.
Peterson throws out a loose jab but Sayed uses good head movement to avoid it.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Irshaad Sayed dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Irshaad Sayed's cut.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action! This is the final round!
Peterson swings for the body but Sayed moves out of range.
Sayed misses with a hook. Peterson ducked under it nicely.
Sayed displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Peterson throws out the jab.
Sayed throws a right hand that Peterson ducks under and follows up with a left that Peterson also avoids with ease.
Peterson throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Sayed misses with a head kick.
Peterson swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Peterson throws a big shot that misses.
A big right from Peterson misses.
Peterson throws a jab when Sayed was well out of range.
Jab by Sayed.
Peterson looks to score with a jab to the body but Sayed is just out of range.
The fighters circling - Peterson throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Peterson throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Sayed changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Peterson throws a hook but Sayed avoids it easily.
Sayed lands a nice shot that snaps Peterson's head back.
Sayed throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
A left lands for Peterson.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Peterson looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Sayed getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
Sayed stuns Peterson with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Nice shot by Sayed.
Peterson takes a kick to the body and keeps moving.
Peterson misses with a few strikes there.
Peterson takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Sayed connects with the punch.
Peterson showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Sayed.
Peterson on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Peterson avoids the body shot from Sayed.
Sayed throws a quick inside leg kick.
Sayed throws a head kick that connects with a bit of head and a bit of hand.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Sayed on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Peterson looks to score with a jab to the body but Sayed is just out of range.
Peterson lands with a good body shot.
Peterson throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Sayed sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Peterson takes a swing at Sayed's ribcage but misses.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Peterson on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Peterson has his head slapped from side to side by a 3 punch combination. That must have hurt him.
Peterson pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Sayed connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
A decent looking cross lands there for Sayed.
Sayed looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Sayed stuns Peterson with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
A punch combination from Sayed misses.
Sayed swings for the body but Peterson moves out of range.
Peterson scores with a three punch combo!
Peterson misses with a few strikes there.
A combination from Sayed does no damage.
Peterson thows a left - swing and a miss!
Peterson fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Sayed looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Sayed lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Peterson throws a lazy right hand but Sayed sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Peterson uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Sayed.
Peterson missing with a left hand there. Sayed was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
An attempted straight right counter from Sayed misses the target.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Peterson throws a jab when Sayed was well out of range.
Jab by Sayed.
Sayed checks the leg kick nicely there.
Peterson misses with an uppercut.
Sayed steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Peterson.
Sayed throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Peterson on the side of the head.
Peterson doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Peterson thows a left - swing and a miss!
Eli Peterson has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Sayed checks the leg kick nicely there.
Peterson throws a shot from downtown. Sayed moves away and avoids it.
Peterson misses with a telegraphed body shot
and Sayed counters with a thumping low kick.
Sayed lands a nice leg kick that just misses Peterson's sensitive parts.
Peterson waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Sayed.
Peterson rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Sayed counters with a left and a right that stings Peterson.
Sayed scores with the left hand. Peterson knows he should have avoided that one.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Peterson misses with a two punch combination.
Peterson takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Sayed fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Peterson has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Peterson gets cracked there but stands up to it.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Sayed.
Sayed moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Peterson finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
Sayed dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Peterson. That did some damage!
Peterson misses with a body shot.
Sayed lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Peterson falls off balance throwing a combination
and Peterson takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Peterson waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Sayed.
Sayed throws a nice inside leg kick.
Peterson has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Sayed.
Irshaad Sayed is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Sayed takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Peterson waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Sayed.
Peterson swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Sayed counters with a one-two to the body.
Good leg kick by Sayed there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Peterson dodges the punch combination from Sayed.
And that's the end of the fight!
Irshaad Sayed showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Sayed 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 Jorge Garcia scores the fight 30:27
Judge John Roberts scores the fight 30:27
Judge Bruno Lombardi scores the fight 30:27
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Irshaad Sayed!
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