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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Malik Al-Khaldi (ranked 758 p4p, 93 weight class) and Michael Garibaldi (ranked 958 p4p, 122 weight class). Al-Khaldi's ring entrance music is that housewives' favourite, Terror - Shot Of Reality. Garibaldi has chosen Resist and Bite - Sabaton as his entrance music. Both these guys have really solid chins. Will we see a standup war or will they both decide that a knockout is unlikely and try to win the fight elsewhere?
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World class boxer
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
27 - 8 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Malik Al-Khaldi!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
11 - 5 - 0, fighting out of New York, Michael Garibaldi!
The judges for this bout are Jack Bonds, Don Winkell and Frank Antenori.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Garibaldi throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Al-Khaldi on the side of the head.
It looks like Malik Al-Khaldi has been cut.
Garibaldi steps to his left, right into the path of a big body kick from Al-Khaldi. That one must have hurt.
Garibaldi fails in his attempt to clinch.
Garibaldi fails in his attempt to clinch.
Garibaldi with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Al-Khaldi misses with a looping left.
Garibaldi throws a chopping leg kick but Al-Khaldi manages to avoid taking any serious damage.
Garibaldi throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
The fighters circling - Garibaldi throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
That's a knee to de groin and it's over and out! Al-Khaldi crumples to the ground after an illegal strike from Garibaldi - the referee stops the clock and Al-Khaldi gets 5 minutes to recover from that one. "I'm sorry" says Garibaldi. Al-Khaldi manages to get back to his feet and the fight resumes.
Al-Khaldi scores with a hook.
Al-Khaldi uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Garibaldi.
Al-Khaldi is looking to counter with a body kick.
Garibaldi throws a body punch but Al-Khaldi moves out of range.
Al-Khaldi avoids the body shot from Garibaldi.
Al-Khaldi slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
A slow jab from Al-Khaldi misses its intended target.
Garibaldi swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Al-Khaldi steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Garibaldi.
Garibaldi has his head slapped from side to side by a 3 punch combination. That must have hurt him.
Garibaldi lands a nice looking body shot.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Garibaldi swings away with a body shot that misses
and he gets countered with a snapping leg kick.
Al-Khaldi fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Garibaldi has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Al-Khaldi wants to slow Garibaldi down by chopping away at his legs.
Garibaldi tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Al-Khaldi throws a leg kick but Garibaldi sees it coming and moves out of range.
Garibaldi gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Garibaldi tries to throw a body punch but Al-Khaldi avoids it by throwing Garibaldi back against the cage.
Garibaldi tries to pull guard but can't drag his opponent to the mat. Al-Khaldi just stands there and leans against the cage.
Al-Khaldi lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Al-Khaldi lands a left hand.
Garibaldi lands a body punch in the clinch.
Al-Khaldi misses with a hook from the clinch.
Al-Khaldi goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Al-Khaldi is leaning against Garibaldi and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Al-Khaldi scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Garibaldi lands a hook that snaps the head of Al-Khaldi backwards.
Garibaldi working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Garibaldi blocks an uppercut.
Al-Khaldi scores with a hook to the body.
Al-Khaldi avoids the elbow strike from Garibaldi, against the cage.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Garibaldi goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Al-Khaldi blocks an uppercut.
Al-Khaldi tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Garibaldi scores with a shoulder strike.
Al-Khaldi blocks an uppercut.
Garibaldi tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Garibaldi blocks an uppercut.
Garibaldi blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Al-Khaldi.
Al-Khaldi struggles to land a body shot inside as Garibaldi controls his hands.
Al-Khaldi tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Garibaldi.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
Garibaldi swings wildly with an uppercut but Al-Khaldi uses good head movement to avoid it.
Al-Khaldi digs a right hand into Garibaldi's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Garibaldi's gas tank.
Garibaldi is trying to pull guard but being pressed up against the cage enables Al-Khaldi to keep the fight standing.
Al-Khaldi blocking some punches.
Garibaldi fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Garibaldi blocks a punch to the side of the head.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Al-Khaldi blocks a body shot from Garibaldi.
Garibaldi blocking some punches.
A left hand lands to the body for Al-Khaldi.
Al-Khaldi working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Al-Khaldi lands a left hand.
Al-Khaldi works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Garibaldi has a couple of punches blocked by Al-Khaldi.
Al-Khaldi tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Garibaldi's elbow.
Garibaldi blocking some punches.
Al-Khaldi lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Garibaldi throws a punch but it's blocked by Al-Khaldi.
Nice body punch from Al-Khaldi - that landed with a thud.
Garibaldi looks winded!
Garibaldi blocking some punches.
Al-Khaldi throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Al-Khaldi struggles to land a body shot inside as Garibaldi controls his hands.
Al-Khaldi lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Al-Khaldi lands a right hand.
Al-Khaldi lands a nice uppercut.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
A head punch on the inside from Al-Khaldi fails to land.
Al-Khaldi stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Garibaldi scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Al-Khaldi misses with a punch on the inside.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Al-Khaldi has a couple of punches blocked by Garibaldi.
Garibaldi misses with the head strike.
Al-Khaldi lands an uppercut.
Garibaldi lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Al-Khaldi misses with a hook from the clinch.
Garibaldi struggles to land a body shot inside as Al-Khaldi controls his hands.
Al-Khaldi swings wildly with an uppercut but Garibaldi uses good head movement to avoid it.
Al-Khaldi fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Garibaldi tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Al-Khaldi's elbow.
Garibaldi struggles to land a body shot inside as Al-Khaldi controls his hands.
Al-Khaldi lands a nice uppercut.
Al-Khaldi misses with the head strike.
Al-Khaldi misses with a punch on the inside.
Garibaldi misses with a punch to the body.
A head punch on the inside from Al-Khaldi fails to land.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Garibaldi doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Al-Khaldi misses with a punch to the body.
Garibaldi misses with a knee to the head.
Garibaldi lands a body punch in the clinch.
Garibaldi blocks a punch to the side of the head.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Malik Al-Khaldi dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Malik Al-Khaldi's cut.
That's time! Back to the action!
Garibaldi finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
Al-Khaldi pivots, looking for a leg kick but Garibaldi is out of range and Al-Khaldi settles back down.
Al-Khaldi moves away from the strike by Garibaldi.
Al-Khaldi avoids the head kick by Garibaldi.
Al-Khaldi tries to clinch up.
Garibaldi rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Garibaldi takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Garibaldi lands a nice hook to Al-Khaldi's body. Al-Khaldi takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Al-Khaldi throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Al-Khaldi throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Al-Khaldi looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Garibaldi tries to clinch up but Al-Khaldi circles away and keeps his distance.
Al-Khaldi throws a body punch but Garibaldi moves out of range.
Al-Khaldi is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Garibaldi can do to turn this around?
Garibaldi throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Garibaldi delivers a nice body kick.
Garibaldi throws a leg kick that misses.
Garibaldi misses with a kick to the body.
Al-Khaldi throws a body kick, spinning off balance
and Garibaldi counters with a left to the body.
Al-Khaldi uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Garibaldi.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Garibaldi misses with a body kick.
Al-Khaldi fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Garibaldi manages to avoid it.
Al-Khaldi connects with a jab.
A looping hook to the body misses from Garibaldi. Al-Khaldi does a little dance to reset his feet.
That kick from Al-Khaldi tenderised Garibaldi's leg. Garibaldi is trying to keep his angry face on.
Garibaldi wants to clinch.
Al-Khaldi misses with a head kick.
Michael Garibaldi seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Al-Khaldi thows a body kick. Garibaldi tries to catch it but that hurt him.
Al-Khaldi lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Garibaldi scores with a crisp jab that stopped Al-Khaldi in his tracks.
Garibaldi just misses with a punch to the body.
Al-Khaldi misses with a hook to the body
and Garibaldi cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Garibaldi throws a hook but Al-Khaldi avoids it easily.
Garibaldi on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Al-Khaldi. Al-Khaldi obviously looking to wear him down.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Al-Khaldi walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Garibaldi checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
Al-Khaldi takes the fight into the clinch.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Garibaldi misses with a punch to the body.
Garibaldi has been looking to improve his clinch game in recent weeks. Al-Khaldi seems to have the measure of him in the clinch so far, so let's see if Garibaldi can turn it around.
Al-Khaldi lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Garibaldi backwards.
Garibaldi tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Garibaldi lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Garibaldi tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Al-Khaldi scores with a shot to the side of Garibaldi's head.
A nice right hand lands inside from Al-Khaldi.
Garibaldi can't find room to land a body shot as Al-Khaldi controls the action.
Garibaldi working aggressively here.
Al-Khaldi tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Garibaldi stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Still in the clinch, Al-Khaldi scores with a nice short uppercut.
Garibaldi lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Al-Khaldi misses with a punch on the inside.
Al-Khaldi makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Al-Khaldi misses with the head strike.
Garibaldi prevents a body shot from Al-Khaldi.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Al-Khaldi misses with a short punch on the inside.
A shot in the inside from Al-Khaldi.
Garibaldi blocks an uppercut.
Garibaldi working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Garibaldi throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Al-Khaldi lands a hook to the side of the head.
Garibaldi has a couple of punches blocked by Al-Khaldi.
Garibaldi fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Malik Al-Khaldi has scored more points in the clinch so far.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Garibaldi.
Al-Khaldi lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Al-Khaldi lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Garibaldi or not.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Al-Khaldi.
Al-Khaldi blocks a body shot from Garibaldi.
Al-Khaldi takes a shot to the head.
Al-Khaldi fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Al-Khaldi tries to work over Garibaldi's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
A nice left hand lands by Al-Khaldi.
Al-Khaldi blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Garibaldi tries to work over Al-Khaldi's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Al-Khaldi fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Garibaldi blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Al-Khaldi lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Al-Khaldi tries a body shot but Garibaldi blocks it.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Al-Khaldi.
Garibaldi lands with a right to the head.
Al-Khaldi has a couple of punches blocked by Garibaldi.
A short right from Garibaldi.
Garibaldi tries to work over Al-Khaldi's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Garibaldi goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Al-Khaldi lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Garibaldi backwards.
Al-Khaldi softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Al-Khaldi pushes Garibaldi back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Garibaldi lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Garibaldi tries to take the fight to the ground by pulling guard but can't manage it.
Garibaldi tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Garibaldi blocks a punch to the side of the head.
A right handed body shot lands from Al-Khaldi.
Garibaldi is breathing heavily.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Al-Khaldi misses with a punch on the inside.
Garibaldi tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Garibaldi tries a body shot but Al-Khaldi blocks it.
Garibaldi works on Al-Khaldi's body with a couple of short punches.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Malik Al-Khaldi dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Malik Al-Khaldi's cut.
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!
Al-Khaldi ducks under a wild hook from Garibaldi.
Al-Khaldi throws a quick counter head kick but Garibaldi was just out of range.
Garibaldi lands a jab to Al-Khaldi's midsection.
Al-Khaldi keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
Al-Khaldi slips a straight right by Garibaldi.
Al-Khaldi checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time.
Al-Khaldi throwing a counter right hand but Garibaldi manages to avoid it.
Al-Khaldi throws a leg kick but Garibaldi moved away.
Garibaldi throws a body punch but Al-Khaldi moves out of range.
Garibaldi walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Al-Khaldi checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
Al-Khaldi throws out a loose jab but Garibaldi uses good head movement to avoid it.
A cross from Al-Khaldi lands.
The fight stays on the outside here - Garibaldi looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Garibaldi throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Al-Khaldi drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
Al-Khaldi connects with a nice looking jab.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Al-Khaldi, right into the meat.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Garibaldi motions for Al-Khaldi to come forward. Garibaldi throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Garibaldi tries to land a leg kick but Al-Khaldi saw it coming and moves away.
Garibaldi throws a right hand that misses
enabling Al-Khaldi to counter with a crisp jab.
Nice body kick from Al-Khaldi.
Al-Khaldi throws a body kick that misses.
Garibaldi looks to land a right hand but Al-Khaldi moved out of range.
A jab from Garibaldi finds it's way through Al-Khaldi's defenses.
Garibaldi scores with a hook to the body. Al-Khaldi takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Jab, jab by Al-Khaldi - just one landing.
Al-Khaldi misses with a straight left.
Garibaldi throws a hook but Al-Khaldi blocks it.
Al-Khaldi lands a jab.
Al-Khaldi scores with a hook to the body. Garibaldi takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Garibaldi takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Al-Khaldi fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Garibaldi.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Garibaldi takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
Michael Garibaldi has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Al-Khaldi bobs and weaves and then throws a good body kick.
Al-Khaldi takes a push kick to the midsection and stumbles backwards.
Garibaldi slips under a jab.
Al-Khaldi misses with a hook.
Garibaldi tries to check a leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Garibaldi's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Al-Khaldi looks to throw the jab but Garibaldi is out of range.
Garibaldi looks to land a right hand but Al-Khaldi moved out of range.
Al-Khaldi scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
Al-Khaldi tests Garibaldi's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Garibaldi misses with a looping right.
Al-Khaldi tries a head kick but it misses.
Al-Khaldi lands a jab to Garibaldi's midsection.
Garibaldi misses with a kick to the body
and Al-Khaldi counters with a nice uppercut.
Al-Khaldi throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Al-Khaldi throws a mid kick that lands with a slap.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Garibaldi swings widly with a right hand
and Al-Khaldi counters with a low kick, right behind Garibaldi 's knee.
Garibaldi throws a sloppy head kick
and Al-Khaldi counters with an outside leg kick.
Garibaldi jabs. That one connects to the head of his opponent.
Al-Khaldi throws a head kick that looked like it stung.
Al-Khaldi throws a head kick but Garibaldi moves out of range.
Garibaldi misses with a wild body shot.
Garibaldi takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
Garibaldi throws a hook but Al-Khaldi avoids it easily.
Al-Khaldi lands a glancing blow to the side of Garibaldi's head.
Garibaldi clinches up against the cage.
Al-Khaldi misses with a hook from the clinch.
Garibaldi misses with some punches.
Al-Khaldi tries a body shot but Garibaldi blocks it.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Garibaldi.
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!
A head punch blocked on the inside by Garibaldi.
Garibaldi throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Al-Khaldis head.
Malik Al-Khaldi is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Al-Khaldi misses with a short punch on the inside.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Garibaldi tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Garibaldi tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Al-Khaldi's elbow.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Garibaldi.
Garibaldi pulls guard effortlessly.
Al-Khaldi has to be careful here, sitting in the guard of a superior BJJ player.
Al-Khaldi wants to control from the top but Garibaldi keeps moving.
Al-Khaldi avoids a guillotine attempt easily.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Garibaldi escapes his hips to the side and looks to be working for an armbar. Al-Khaldi gives him a little smile and shakes his head. No chance.
Garibaldi has a closed guard, preventing Al-Khaldi from standing up.
And that's the end of the fight!
Malik Al-Khaldi showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Al-Khaldi, 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 Jack Bonds scores the fight 30:27
Judge Don Winkell scores the fight 30:27
Judge Frank Antenori scores the fight 30:27
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Malik Al-Khaldi!
Malik Al-Khaldi seemed lost for words in his post fight interview but he remembered to thank his fans and directed everyone to his website.
Michael Garibaldi was interviewed post fight and said 'Grumpy, stop being such a libturd. It's obvious that's what you are.'.
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