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Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Jalaluddin Aziz (ranked 570 p4p, 71 weight class) and Francis Fitzpatrick (ranked 153 p4p, 19 weight class). Aziz's ring entrance music is that housewives' favourite, Dalshar Project - Afghan Rastaman. These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.
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158 lbs
14 - 3 - 0 |
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165 lbs
23 - 13 - 0 |
Abu Dhabi Champ
World class boxer
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Olympic wrestler
World class MT
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
14 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Jalaluddin Aziz!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
23 - 13 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Francis Fitzpatrick!
The judges for this bout are Yukihiro Shimada, Hirohito Nitta and Yasuomi Hirokawa.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Aziz moves into range and connects with a jab.
Fitzpatrick tries to clinch up.
Fitzpatrick throws a hook but Aziz avoids it easily.
Fitzpatrick lands with a nice body punch.
Fitzpatrick misses with a body shot.
A little feinted left hand from Aziz on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
Fitzpatrick misses with a looping left.
Fitzpatrick waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Aziz.
Fitzpatrick cracks Aziz with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
Fitzpatrick thows a left - swing and a miss!
Aziz throws a predictable looking body shot
and Fitzpatrick connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Fitzpatrick needs to keep his hands up - Aziz had a free shot at his head there.
Fitzpatrick moves into the clinch.
Aziz gets through Fitzpatrick's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
A head punch on the inside from Fitzpatrick fails to land.
Fitzpatrick misses with an elbow over the top.
Fitzpatrick presses Aziz against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Nice body punch from Aziz - that landed with a thud.
Aziz misses with a hook from the clinch.
Fitzpatrick lands a left hand that snaps the head of Aziz backwards.
Aziz can't find room to land a body shot as Fitzpatrick controls the action.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Fitzpatrick pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Aziz misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Aziz struggles to land a body shot inside as Fitzpatrick controls his hands.
Aziz pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Aziz connects with a nice looking jab.
Fitzpatrick takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Fitzpatrick tries to move into range but Aziz moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
Fitzpatrick's corner calls for a 1-2. Fitzpatrick obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
Aziz moves away from the strike by Fitzpatrick.
Aziz appears to be looking for a counter punch to the body.
Fitzpatrick connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
Aziz is rocked!
and Fitzpatrick counters with a massive uppercut that badly hurts Aziz! He's just covering up as Fitzpatrick starts to tee off till the referee steps in and stops the fight!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:43 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Francis Fitzpatrick!
In his post fight interview, Francis Fitzpatrick started talking himself up. Luckily his charisma kept the crowd on side and gave him a good reception.
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energy
A | B |
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hype
A | B |
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pop
A | B |
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mgr
A | B |
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FIGHT
RATING
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