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Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Tyson Fury (ranked 8659 p4p, 134 weight class) and Muhammad Khalil (ranked 6366 p4p, 118 weight class). 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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BJJ White Belt
Solid boxing
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the super heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Tyson Fury!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Muhammad Khalil!
The judges for this bout are Hugh Johnson, Chris Dean and Topper Green.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Khalil tries to close the distance and clinch up but Fury swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Khalil throws a hook but Fury blocks it.
Fury misses with an uppercut. Khalil saw that one coming.
Khalil throws a body shot but no joy.
Fury tries to counter by moving into the clinch but Khalil manages to circle out of the way.
Fury throws a big shot that misses.
Khalil dodges the punch combination from Fury.
Khalil misses with the combination.
Khalil thows a left - swing and a miss!
Fury ducks under a wild hook from Khalil.
Khalil throws a jab when Fury was well out of range.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Fury misses with a series of wild punches.
Khalil tries to clinch but Fury moves out of range.
Fury scores with a push kick.
Fury ducks under a wild hook from Khalil.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Khalil throws a jab but it's blocked by Fury.
Khalil bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Fury's head backwards.
Fury ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Khalil takes a push kick to the midsection and stumbles backwards.
Khalil looks winded!
Khalil misses with a straight left.
Khalil moves to clinch but Fury breaks away
and Fury counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Fury swinging wildly here.
Khalil throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Fury thows a left - swing and a miss!
Fury will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Khalil misses with a two punch combination.
Khalil takes one to the side of the head.
Fury misses with a few strikes there.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Fury circles away from the clinch attempt
enabling Fury to counter with a crisp jab.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Khalil slips a jab and a cross from Fury.
Khalil is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Nice uppercut lands for Fury. That snapped Khalil's head back.
Fury tries to bum rush Khalil with a series of wild strikes but Khalil uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Fury slips a straight right by Khalil.
Fury blocks a leg kick.
Khalil throws a hook to the side of Fury's head but Fury sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Khalil misses with a lunging right hand
and Fury counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Khalil on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
Fury throws a right and a left that both miss.
Fury connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Khalil takes one on the chin but seems OK.
Fury jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Fury lands a jab-cross combination.
Fury cracks Khalil with a good jab.
Fury is really peppering his opponent's head with punches.
Fury lands a two punch combo.
Fury clobbers Khalil with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
Fury scores with a jab to the head.
Fury scores with a jab to the jaw.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
The fighters circling - Khalil throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Khalil looks to throw the jab but Fury is out of range.
Muhammad Khalil seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Fury fails to land with a series of punches.
A looping hook to the body misses from Fury. Khalil does a little dance to reset his feet.
Fury scores with a jab. Khalil acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
Fury swats away the attempt to clinch by Khalil.
Fury throwing a counter right hand but Khalil manages to avoid it.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Fury with a hook.
Fury looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Khalil! But no joy.
Fury with a jab.
Nice defenses there by Khalil.
Khalil showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Fury.
Fury throws a big shot that misses.
Fury misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Khalil.
Fury waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Khalil.
A punch combination from Fury misses.
Khalil misses the shot to the body.
Khalil misses the shot to the body.
Fury cracks Khalil with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the ropes.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Tyson Fury dominated that round.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.
Fury misses the jab.
Khalil lands a head shot.
Fury has not gone for a single takedown so far in this fight, which seems like a very strange tactic when you consider that he has the superior wrestling and BJJ.
Fury scores with a punch to the head.
Fury misses with a two punch combination.
Fury steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Khalil.
Some wild striking there from Fury.
Fury avoids the body shot from Khalil.
Fury thows a left - swing and a miss!
Fury is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Khalil can do to turn this around?
Khalil misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Khalil throws a shot to the body.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Khalil throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
It looked like Fury wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
Tyson Fury is winning the standup battle so far.
Fury works over Khalil's head and body with a nice combination.
Khalil is breathing heavily.
Fury lands with a nice body punch.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Fury fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Fury swinging wildly here.
A jab lands there for Fury.
Khalil swings and misses with a shot to the body
and Fury counters with a two punch combo.
Fury misses with a double jab.
Fury takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
Khalil misses with a wild body shot.
A telegraphed right hand from Fury misses the target.
Fury scores with a nice strike.
Khalil takes one on the button.
Khalil uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Fury.
Khalil misses with a straight right.
Fury misses with a few strikes there.
Fury scores with a kick to the body.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Fury tests Khalil's chin there with a solid looking shot.
A big right from Fury misses.
Khalil throws a predictable looking body shot
and Fury holds on and brings the fighters into a clinch.
Fury throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Fury avoiding damage as Khalil throws knees to the body.
Fury lands a right hand that snaps the head of Khalil backwards.
Fury scores with a shot to the side of Khalil's head.
Khalil has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
Fury creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Khalil's defenses.
Fury lands a hook that snaps the head of Khalil backwards.
Fury lands with a left to the head.
Fury works on Khalil's body with a couple of short punches.
Fury lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
A right hook to the body lands for Fury.
Fury lands on the inside with an uppercut.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Fury lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Fury lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Fury scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Fury presses Khalil against the ropes and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Fury looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Khalil tries to break the clinch but Fury is controlling the position.
Fury pushes off an throws an elbow but Khalil leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the ropes.
Fury gets through Khalil's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Fury's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Danga de danga de dang - Fury scores with a four punch combination!
Fury thuds his right hand into Khalil's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.
Fury connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
Khalil uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Fury.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Fury connects with a jab.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Fury scores with the left hand. Khalil knows he should have avoided that one.
Khalil tries to grapple but his opponent circles
letting Fury counter with a right hand.
Fury dips to his left and cracks Khalil with an uppercut!
Fury lands a jab-cross combination.
Khalil is rocked!
Khalil takes one to the chin there.
Khalil is still on wobbly legs! Can Fury finish him?
Khalil tries to clinch up.
Khalil seems to have recovered his senses.
Fury throws a good cross that connects.
Fury moves into range and connects with a jab.
Fury scores with a spinning back kick!
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Fury throws a body kick that digs right into the meat.
The fighters circling - Fury throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Khalil walks into a jab.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Tyson Fury dominated that second round.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action! Let's get this one finished - here comes the final round!
Fury lands a nice looking kick to the body. Khalil takes a step back to recover.
Khalil misses with an uppercut.
Khalil has developed a nice purple lump on his ribcage, as a result of some heavy body kicks from Fury.
Fury walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
Fury is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Khalil.
Khalil misses with an uppercut. Fury saw that one coming.
Fury swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
Fury steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Khalil.
A slow jab from Fury misses its intended target.
Fury fails to land with a series of punches.
Khalil misses with a combination
and Fury counters with a two punch combo.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Fury lands a jab followed by a nice looking cross.
A telegraphed right hand from Khalil misses the target.
Fury lands a two punch combo.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Fury misses with an uppercut.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
A right-left combo lands from Fury.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Fury connects with a looping right hand.
Nice jab there from Fury.
Fury 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.
Fury throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Khalil on the side of the head.
Tyson Fury is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
A punch combination from Khalil misses.
Fury lands with a nice body punch.
Fury fakes the leg kick and cracks Khalil in the body.
Fury feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Khalils jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!
A punch combination from Fury misses.
Khalil doesn't fully commit to the body shot counter.
Fury keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
Fury misses with a hook.
Khalil throws a series of punches but Fury avoids them all with ease.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Fury lands a nice looking kick to the body. Khalil takes a step back to recover.
A jab from Fury misses.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Khalil! But no joy.
Tyson Fury is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Fury swinging wildly here.
Fury misses with a jab, cross combination.
Khalil throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Fury on the side of the head.
Khalil swings away with a leg kick that misses.
Khalil connects with a jab.
Fury shuffles to his left behind two crisp jabs. Khalil eats them both and turns towards Fury to reposition himself and eats a stinging right hand-left hook combo.
Fury throws a right hand that Khalil ducks under and follows up with a left that Khalil also avoids with ease.
Fury takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Khalil throws a jab when Fury was well out of range.
Fury lands a two punch combo.
Fury throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Fury looks to land a right hand but Khalil moved out of range.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Khalil misses with a body punch
and Fury counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Khalil throws out a loose jab but Fury uses good head movement to avoid it.
Khalil takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Khalil swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Fury throwing a counter right hand but Khalil manages to avoid it.
Khalil throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Fury's corner calls for a 1-2. Fury obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
Fury feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Khalils jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!
Khalil misses with a straight right.
As Khalil tries to get set, Fury tries to push him back and clinch up but Khalil manages to avoid the attempt.
Fury misses with a jab, cross combination.
Sloppy strikes from Fury. Those never looked like landing.
Khalil swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Fury showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Khalil.
Fury throws a combination. Khalil tries to block but a couple of punches get through.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Fury works the jab nicely.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Khalil avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Khalil throws an overhand right that lands on Fury's shoulder, as Fury tries to avoid the shot.
Khalil falls off balance throwing a combination
and Fury counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
Khalil gets cracked there but stands up to it.
Fury scores to the head and body with a nice combination!
A right-left combo lands from Fury.
Khalil moves out of range as Fury throws a body kick.
A combination from Fury does no damage.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Khalil shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Khalil tries to close the distance and clinch up against the ropes but Fury paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Khalil walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
Muhammad Khalil has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Khalil lands a really nice looking cross but Fury seems unphased.
And that's the end of the fight!
Tyson Fury showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Fury 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 Hugh Johnson scores the fight 30:26
Judge Chris Dean scores the fight 30:26
Judge Topper Green scores the fight 30:26
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Tyson Fury!
In his post fight interview, Tyson Fury started talking himself up. Luckily his charisma kept the crowd on side and gave him a good reception.
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