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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Waleed Dheeb (ranked 2696 p4p, 299 weight class) and Eric Marley (ranked 2681 p4p, 297 weight class). Both fighter's entrance songs getting the crowd jumping here.
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180 lbs
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170 lbs
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Dangerous GnP
Counter fighter
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, for the welterweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
3 - 0 - 0, fighting out of New York, Waleed Dheeb!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
5 - 0 - 0, fighting out of New York, Eric Marley!
The judges for this bout are John Kavanagh, Bruno Lombardi and Reed Andrews.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Dheeb throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Dheeb shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has Marley pinned against the cage. Marley gets the underhooks and manages to circle away.
Marley changes levels for a counter takedown but doesn't follow through with his attempt.
Marley fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
Dheeb appears to be looking for a counter takedown.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Dheeb keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.
Marley looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights.
Dheeb closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Dheeb works for the underhooks and manages to get a trip takedown into guard.
Marley working for a triangle but Dheeb defends it easily.
Marley is working actively off his back, looking to secure an arm or perhaps work for a triangle.
Marley escapes his hips to the side and looks to be working for an armbar. Dheeb gives him a little smile and shakes his head. No chance.
Marley working away from the bottom but not quite defensive enough there because Dheeb has passed into half guard!
The fighters are battling for position here. Marley manages to regain full guard. Nice work.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Dheeb trying to control the position from guard on top but Marley is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Dheeb stands up over Marley, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head.
Marley being controlled here, momentarily.
Dheeb with a nice head shot there.
Dheeb working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.
Dheeb landing with the ground and pound.
Dheeb working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of Marley's head.
Dheeb makes a bit of distance and scores with some ground and pound, still in guard.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Dheeb scoring with some ground and pound.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Marley working from the bottom, still in full guard. He's managed to get a loose triangle. Dheeb doesn't seem to be doing much to defend here, obviously he feels comfortable in the position. Dheeb manages to throw the legs off his shoulder and he's back into guard - no problem.
Dheeb preventing the sweep.
Dheeb has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Dheeb's corner. There ya go! There ya go!
Dheeb lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.
Dheeb stands up over Marley, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head.
Marley had isolated an arm as going for a kimura. Dheeb defends it easily.
Marley looks winded!
Dheeb stays in close to Marley's body and controls the position.
Dheeb trying to control but Marley is working from the bottom.
Marley has a loose triangle. He'll be looking to tighten that up but Dheeb can see exactly what he's planning and manages to posture up and free himself.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Dheeb working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of Marley's head.
Dheeb with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.
Dheeb is working Marley over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes.
Dheeb works over Marley with some ground and pound from guard.
Dheeb landing some decent shots from guard.
Marley is rocked!
Dheeb lands a couple of decent looking shots.
Marley is still in real trouble! Can Dheeb finish him?
Dheeb postures up from his opponent's guard, before exploding into some vicious ground and pound! Marley covers up, he's hurt! Dheeb keeps throwing the strikes, glancing at the referee... Will he stop it?? One more big shot from Dheeb and the ref steps in to end the fight! Dheeb can't hide his delight as he celebrates with his corner.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:54 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Waleed Dheeb!
Waleed Dheeb is the new welterweight champion!
During a confident post fight interview, Waleed Dheeb thanked all his fans. He seemed very genuine when describing how motivated his fans keep him.
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energy
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hype
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pop
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mgr
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FIGHT
RATING
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