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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between James Isaac Abraham (ranked 5696 p4p, 0 weight class) and Tzivah Amal (ranked 5253 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, James Isaac Abraham!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of New York, Tzivah Amal!
The judges for this bout are Dean Styles, Bruno Lombardi and David Schapiro.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Abraham with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Amal wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
A swing and a miss from Abraham.
Amal lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
A combination from Amal does no damage.
Amal lands a jab to the nose.
Abraham avoids the body shot from Amal.
Abraham tries to close the distance and clinch up but Amal swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Abraham darts in and clinches Amal up against the cage.
Amal blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Abraham scores with a shoulder strike.
Abraham digs a right hand underneath Amal's ribcage. Amal let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Abraham lands a shoulder strike.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Abraham makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Abraham works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Abraham lands with a right to the head.
Amal wants to get back to striking at distance but Abraham won't allow it.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Abraham working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Amal is looking to break free of the clinch but Abraham has double underhooks.
Amal wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Abraham has Amal pressed against the cage, preventing Amal from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Abraham lands an uppercut.
Amal blocks an uppercut.
Abraham lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Amal blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Amal is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Abraham has Amal pressed against the cage, preventing Amal from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Abraham makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Abraham scores with a shoulder strike.
Abraham has Amal pressed against the cage, preventing Amal from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Abraham fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Abraham lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Amal backwards.
Amal wants to get back to striking at distance but Abraham won't allow it.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Abraham lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Amal.
A short left from Abraham.
A short left from Abraham.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Abraham misses with a hook from the clinch.
Abraham misses with a short punch on the inside.
A short right from Abraham.
Abraham makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Abraham scores with a shot to the side of Amal's head.
Abraham lands a body shot.
Amal prevents a body shot from Abraham.
Amal has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Amal is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Amal blocking some punches.
Amal blocking some punches.
Abraham scores with a shoulder strike.
Amal blocking some punches.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Abraham working aggressively here.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Abraham.
Abraham lands a hook to the side of the head.
Abraham lands a shoulder strike.
Abraham lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Abraham misses with some punches.
Abraham lands a right hand.
Abraham swings wildly with an uppercut but Amal uses good head movement to avoid it.
Abraham lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Amal backwards.
Amal is trying to break the clinch but Abraham has him pressed against the cage.
A short right from Abraham.
Abraham lands with a short shot to the head.
Amal blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Amal is trying to push Abraham away but Abraham has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Amal blocks a punch to the side of the head.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Still in the clinch, Abraham scores with a nice short uppercut.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Amal blocking some punches.
A short right from Abraham on the inside.
Abraham lands a right hand that snaps the head of Amal backwards.
Abraham keeps control of Amal as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Amal blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Abraham misses with some punches.
Amal blocking some punches.
Abraham pushes Amal back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Abraham lands a right hand.
Amal is looking to break free of the clinch but Abraham has double underhooks.
Abraham lands with a light punch inside.
Abraham lands a body shot.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Abraham.
Amal is trying to break free.
Abraham lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Amal's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
James Isaac Abraham dominated that round.
That's time! Abraham's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.
Abraham misses with a body shot.
Abraham lands a jab to the head.
Abraham is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Amal can do to turn this around?
Abraham wants to clinch up but Amal keeps it at a distance.
Amal tries to counter by closing the distance.
Abraham gets a clinch.
Abraham swings wildly with an uppercut but Amal uses good head movement to avoid it.
Amal blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Abraham makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Amal has had enough of the clinch but Abraham keeps him there for the moment.
Abraham lands a right hand that snaps the head of Amal backwards.
Abraham scores with an uppercut up the middle.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Abraham throws a head punch that misses.
Abraham throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Abraham working aggressively here.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Amal.
Abraham misses with a punch to the body.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Abraham lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Amal backwards.
Amal blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Amal wants to get back to striking at distance but Abraham won't allow it.
Abraham lands a body shot.
Amal blocking some punches.
A left hand lands to the body for Abraham.
Amal blocking some punches.
Amal tries to break the clinch but Abraham is controlling the position.
A right hand to the body from Abraham.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Abraham.
Abraham working aggressively here.
Abraham misses with some punches.
Abraham fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Abraham fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Amal wants to get back to striking at distance but Abraham won't allow it.
Abraham lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Abraham creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
A head punch on the inside from Abraham fails to land.
Abraham scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Amal blocking some punches.
Abraham misses with a short punch on the inside.
Abraham pushes Amal back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
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!
Abraham scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Abraham misses with a punch on the inside.
Abraham tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Abraham tries to work over Amal's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
We've been informed that Amal has been working hard on his conditioning in the buildup to the fight.
Abraham keeps control of Amal as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Abraham misses with a short punch on the inside.
Abraham throws a head punch that misses.
Amal wants to break the clinch but can't.
Abraham softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
James Isaac Abraham has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Amal is trying to break the clinch but Abraham is controlling him.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Abraham misses with the head strike.
Abraham swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Amal is trying to break free.
Abraham fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Abraham tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Abraham misses with a hook from the clinch.
Abraham lands a hook that snaps the head of Amal backwards.
Abraham swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Abraham keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Amal's efforts to push away.
Abraham swings wildly with an uppercut but Amal uses good head movement to avoid it.
Abraham scores with a shoulder strike.
Abraham misses with a punch on the inside.
Abraham misses with a short punch on the inside.
Abraham has a couple of punches blocked by Amal.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Abraham tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Abraham.
Abraham pushes Amal back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Abraham scores with a nice hook to the head.
Abraham lands a shot to the body.
Amal blocks an uppercut.
Abraham lands a body shot.
Amal's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
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!
Abraham misses with a hook from the clinch.
Abraham misses with the head strike.
Amal blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
A short left from Abraham.
Abraham lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Abraham misses with a short punch on the inside.
Abraham lands with a left to the head.
Abraham scores with a shoulder strike.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
James Isaac Abraham dominated that second round.
That's time! Back to the action! So, we enter the final round. Let's see if either fighter can bring us a finish, or whether we're going to the judges scorecards.
Amal moves out of range as Abraham strikes.
Amal takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Tzivah Amal is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Amal throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Abraham tries to clinch but Amal moves out of range.
A big right from Abraham misses.
Amal takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
Abraham changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Abraham tries to bum rush Amal with a series of wild strikes but Amal uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Abraham misses with an uppercut.
Amal tries to counter by closing the distance.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Amal throws a left and a right that both miss
and Abraham counters with a stiff right hand.
Abraham is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Amal.
Amal tries to counter with a clinch but Abraham shakes him off and moves away.
Abraham rushes Amal and presses him up against the cage.
Amal can't break the clinch.
Abraham fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Abraham struggles to land a body shot inside as Amal controls his hands.
Abraham misses with a hook from the clinch.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Abraham.
Abraham gets through Amal's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Abraham misses with a punch on the inside.
Abraham misses with a punch on the inside.
A head punch on the inside from Abraham fails to land.
Abraham working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Abraham tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Amal's elbow.
Abraham throws a head punch that misses.
Abraham working aggressively here.
Abraham misses with some punches.
Abraham working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Amal blocking some punches.
Amal blocking some punches.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Abraham misses with a punch on the inside.
A shot in the inside from Abraham.
Abraham lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Abraham misses with the head strike.
Amal takes a shot to the head.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Amal blocks an uppercut.
Amal wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Abraham has him pressed against the cage.
Amal blocks an uppercut.
Abraham throws a head punch that misses.
Amal looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Abraham throws a head punch that misses.
Abraham working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Abraham misses with the head strike.
Abraham has a couple of punches blocked by Amal.
A head punch on the inside from Abraham fails to land.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Abraham has Amal pressed against the cage, preventing Amal from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Amal is looking to break free of the clinch but Abraham has double underhooks.
Abraham tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Abraham has a couple of punches blocked by Amal.
Abraham misses with a short punch on the inside.
Abraham misses with a short punch on the inside.
Abraham lands a nice uppercut.
Abraham lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Abraham misses with the head strike.
Amal wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Abraham tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Amal blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Abraham lands a hook that snaps the head of Amal backwards.
Abraham scores with a shoulder strike.
Amal is trying to break free.
Abraham softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Amal is trying to break the clinch but Abraham is controlling him.
Abraham lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Amal backwards.
Abraham lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
A head punch on the inside from Abraham fails to land.
Amal is trying to force a seperation but Abraham has the dominant position.
Abraham throws a punch but it's blocked by Amal.
A short uppercut from Abraham.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Abraham working aggressively here.
Abraham swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Abraham misses with a punch on the inside.
A short left from Abraham.
Abraham keeps control of Amal as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Abraham tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Amal blocking some punches.
Tzivah Amal has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
James Isaac Abraham is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Amal blocks a punch to the side of the head.
And that's the end of the fight!
James Isaac Abraham showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Abraham 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 Dean Styles scores the fight 30:25
Judge Bruno Lombardi scores the fight 30:25
Judge David Schapiro scores the fight 30:25
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... James Isaac Abraham!
A relieved looking James Isaac Abraham thanked the fans for their support and gave the usual line about them being amazing. They seemed to believe that he actually meant it.
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energy
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hype
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pop
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RATING
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