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Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Demetrius Tektas (ranked 1340 p4p, 167 weight class) and Jalaluddin Aziz (ranked 1642 p4p, 204 weight class). Tektas comes to the cage accompanied by Alexander The Great. The crowd seem to be enjoying Aziz's choice of entrance music: Dalshar Project - Afghan Rastaman. Demetrius Tektas could well score a knockout today. He has the power to get to Jalaluddin Aziz's chin.
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182 cm
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163 lbs
15 - 11 - 2 |
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177 cm
32
158 lbs
16 - 5 - 0 |
Abu Dhabi Champ
World class boxer
Insanely flexible |
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Excellent grappler
World class boxer
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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
15 - 11 - 2, fighting out of Amsterdam, Demetrius Tektas! And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner. With a record of
16 - 5 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Jalaluddin Aziz! The judges for this bout are Patrick Alders, Paul Aken and Saam Ante.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway! Tektas displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Aziz throws out the jab. Tektas appears to be looking for a counter takedown. Aziz fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Tektas looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath. Aziz throws a body shot but no joy. Tektas drops down looking for a counter takedown but Aziz sprawls and moves away. Tektas ducks under a wild hook from Aziz. Aziz misses with a right hand and Tektas counters with a nice uppercut. Tektas misses with an attempted mid kick.
Aziz scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Tektas doesn't seem bothered though. A shot to the liver by Tektas. Beautiful body shot. Aziz lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head. Tektas keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
Tektas throws a big shot that misses. Tektas takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch. Aziz fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Tektas on the side of the head. Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show! Aziz misses with a hook.
That's one minute gone in the round. Tektas swings widly with a right hand
and Aziz counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body. Aziz uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Tektas. Aziz has been spending a lot of time sparring his boxing in the run up to the fight, trying to sharpen up those hands and look for a knockout. Tektas throws a hook but Aziz blocks it. Aziz throws a lazy right hand but Tektas sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily. A jab from Aziz misses. A telegraphed right hand from Tektas misses the target. Tektas misses with a few strikes there.
Aziz throws an overhand right that lands on Tektas's shoulder, as Tektas tries to avoid the shot. Jalaluddin Aziz seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout. Aziz keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Tektas. A head kick misses from Tektas. Tektas misses with a looping right. Aziz scores with a body shot.
Tektas shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down. Aziz punishes Tektas's body with a nice straight punch.
That's two minutes gone in the round. Tektas on the wrong end of a nice jab. Tektas uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Aziz. Tektas throws a body shot but no joy. Aziz looks like he wants to counter punch here. Aziz moves into the clinch successfully.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here. Tektas gets a trip takedown into half guard. Aziz wants to get back to full guard. Tektas lands a big shot. The thud that echoes around the arena is like music to the fans' ears. Aziz wants to improve his position but Tektas is controlling well.
The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. Tektas lands a nice short elbow. Aziz looking for submissions off his back. Aziz is defending against the submission attempts here by Tektas.
That's three minutes gone in the round. Tektas winds up and cracks Aziz with a swinging punch to the side of the head. Tektas wants to work for an arm triangle but Aziz is really keeping half guard well and defending the submission attempt.
Tektas prevents Aziz from improving his position. Tektas scoring with strikes to the body and head. Aziz trying to control here.
Tektas prevents Aziz from improving his position. Tektas is trying to control the action in half guard but Aziz is working away on the bottom, looking perhaps to get back to full guard. The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. Tektas lands a nice short elbow. The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
That's four minutes gone in the round. Aziz controlling the position for now. Tektas seems very keen to just sit and control from half guard but Aziz does not like that idea so much and is remaining active off his back. Tektas is controlling the pace.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now. Aziz looking for submissions from an awkward position here. Aziz trying to control here.
Aziz is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though. Tektas is just sitting in half guard, waiting for something to happen. And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close round but I would say that Demetrius Tektas will probably get the nod. Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!
Tektas thumps Aziz with a low kick. Tektas lands a high kick!
Tektas throws a leg kick but Aziz checks it. Tektas lands a slapping body shot.
Aziz lands with a nice body punch. A looping hook to the body misses from Aziz. Tektas does a little dance to reset his feet. Aziz loads up on a big right hand but Tektas slips the punch. We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up. Tektas takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it. Tektas misses with a straight right. The fighters circling - Aziz throws out the jab but it was never going to land. Aziz throws a hook but Tektas blocks it. Tektas takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
That's one minute gone in the round. Aziz throws an off balance right hand
so Tektas counters with a double leg into guard. Good agility. Aziz looking to control but Tektas passes into half guard.
Tektas seems very keen to just sit and control from half guard but Aziz does not like that idea so much and is remaining active off his back. Tektas moves into side control, avoiding a weak kimura attempt from Aziz. Aziz tries to buck Tektas off but Tektas is having none of it. Aziz is persisting with the attempt to improve his position. Aziz is not content to let Tektas control the position. The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing. Aziz is trying to control Tektas's posture but Tektas avoids it. Aziz is trying to improve his position.
That's two minutes gone in the round. Jalaluddin Aziz has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here! Tektas tries for a kimura. Not really close to a finish though. Check out the look on Tektas's face as he threw that strike - that's one determined fighter!
Tektas lands an elbow. Tektas is staying tight to Aziz's torso, preventing him from escaping. Aziz tries to buck Tektas off but Tektas is having none of it. Tektas scoring with punches from side control. Aziz is looking to reverse the position. Tektas is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Aziz can do to turn this around?
That's three minutes gone in the round. Tektas trying to control the position but Aziz is working away. We've been hearing good reports from Tektas's training camp. Apparently he has been rolling around with some good quality BJJ practitioners and has been sharpening his skills. Let's see if that has an impact on the fight today. Aziz is trying to get back to half guard. Tektas trying to control the position but Aziz is working away. Aziz is looking to slip a leg under and get half guard but Tektas is one step ahead and moves to full mount! Tektas 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. Tektas landing shots from mount. Aziz tries to reverse the position but Tektas maintains control. Tektas lands a couple of nice shots there from mount.
Aziz is rocked! Tektas landing strikes, looking to finish! Aziz is still in real trouble! Can Tektas finish him? Tektas looking to control and managing it successfully. Aziz is trying desperately to improve position.
That's four minutes gone in the round. Tektas lands with some vicious ground and pound - can Aziz hang on? Tektas postures up and throws a couple of big shots that have Aziz in real trouble here! The ref calls for Aziz to improve his position which he doesn't do, so the referee has no choice but to end the fight due to the strikes!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:29 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Demetrius Tektas! A loyal slave to those sponsorship dollars, Demetrius Tektas made sure he mentioned OLIMPO, along with how happy he was to win his fight.
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energy
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hype
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pop
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