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Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Rasheed Al Malik (ranked 25044 p4p, 0 weight class) and Roger Julyfeather (ranked 2805 p4p, 255 weight class). Rasheed Al Malik has the edge in experience - let's see if he can make that count tonight.
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BJJ Blue Belt
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
0 - 9 - 0, fighting out of New York, Rasheed Al Malik!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
3 - 0 - 0, fighting out of New York, Roger Julyfeather!
The judges for this bout are John Kavanagh, David Schapiro and Dean Styles.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Al Malik will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
Julyfeather changes levels for a counter takedown but doesn't follow through with his attempt.
Al Malik tries to close the distance and clinch up but Julyfeather swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Julyfeather feints the counter takedown.
Al Malik fails miserably with a takedown attempt.
A lazy left from Julyfeather finds it's target.
Julyfeather misses with a wild body shot.
Julyfeather tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Al Malik was well out of range. Poor timing from Julyfeather.
Al Malik is trying to close the distance and clinch up, after that failed offence from Julyfeather.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Julyfeather throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Julyfeather slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
Al Malik shoots in for a takedown but Julyfeather shows good takedown defense there and keeps this one on the feet.
And Julyfeather tries to counter it with a takedown but Al Malik pushes his down on his head and steps out.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Rasheed Al Malik. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Al Malik misses with a low kick.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Julyfeather fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Al Malik tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Julyfeather paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Julyfeather with the counter takedown but Al Malik avoids it easily.
Julyfeather uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
Al Malik dives in and grabs Julyfeather's left leg, looking for a takedown. Julyfeather pushes down on Al Malik's head and hops out.
Al Malik avoids a punch combination nicely.
Al Malik misses with a takedown attempt - Julyfeather sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
Al Malik closes this distance looking for a takedown but Julyfeather circles away.
Al Malik tries to close the distance and clinch but Julyfeather swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Al Malik with a lazy takedown attempt
and Julyfeather counters by clinching up.
Al Malik tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Julyfeather avoids it.
Julyfeather breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Julyfeather avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Julyfeather swats away the attempt to clinch by Al Malik.
Al Malik throws a solid leg kick but Julyfeather takes the impact on his shin and smiles at Al Malik.
And Julyfeather tries to counter it with a takedown but Al Malik pushes his down on his head and steps out.
Al Malik misses with an uppercut.
Julyfeather walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
Horrible takedown attempt by Al Malik or perhaps it was just good defense by Julyfeather, which made it look bad.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Julyfeather tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Al Malik was well out of range. Poor timing from Julyfeather.
Rasheed Al Malik seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Al Malik tries to close the distance and clinch but Julyfeather swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Julyfeather with the counter takedown but Al Malik avoids it easily.
Julyfeather lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Al Malik throws a leg kick but Julyfeather moved away.
Julyfeather changes levels for a counter takedown but doesn't follow through with his attempt.
Al Malik throws a combination that misses
and Julyfeather moves into the clinch.
Julyfeather escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Nice uppercut there from Julyfeather.
Julyfeather connects with a nice looking jab.
Al Malik tries to close the distance and clinch up but Julyfeather swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Horrible takedown attempt by Al Malik or perhaps it was just good defense by Julyfeather, which made it look bad.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Julyfeather swings for the body but Al Malik moves out of range.
Al Malik fails with an attempt to clinch.
Al Malik needs to keep his hands up - Julyfeather had a free shot at his head there.
Julyfeather throws a jab when Al Malik was well out of range.
Al Malik takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Al Malik keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Julyfeather fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
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!
Julyfeather lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
Al Malik shoots in looking for a takedown. Julyfeather tries to sprawl out of it but Al Malik keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. Julyfeather manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.
Julyfeather changes levels for a counter takedown but doesn't follow through with his attempt.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Roger Julyfeather 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.
Julyfeather scores with a body shot.
Al Malik takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Al Malik tries to close the distance and clinch up but Julyfeather swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Nice shot by Julyfeather.
Horrible takedown attempt by Al Malik or perhaps it was just good defense by Julyfeather, which made it look bad.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Al Malik shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Julyfeather connects with a body shot.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Al Malik tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Julyfeather with the counter takedown but Al Malik avoids it easily.
Al Malik dives in for a single leg takedown but Julyfeather sprawls and the fighters end up clinched against the cage.
Julyfeather connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
Al Malik shoots in but no luck this time.
Julyfeather with the counter takedown but Al Malik avoids it easily.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Rasheed Al Malik. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Al Malik throws a head kick but Julyfeather moves out of range.
Al Malik fakes high and shoots in for a takedown but Julyfeather avoids it really well and circles away.
Julyfeather lands a jab to Al Malik's midsection.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Al Malik doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Julyfeather jabs Al Malik to the body, keeping him at a distance.
Julyfeather tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Al Malik was well out of range. Poor timing from Julyfeather.
Al Malik seem to be loading up, looking for a big counter.
Al Malik misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.
Julyfeather stuffs the takedown attempt from Al Malik. Al Malik gets slowly back to his feet.
Julyfeather has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Julyfeather circles away from the clinch attempt.
Julyfeather slaps away a takedown attempt from Al Malik, before circling back to the center of the mat.
Roger Julyfeather is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Al Malik wants to clinch up but Julyfeather keeps it at a distance.
And Julyfeather tries to counter it with a takedown but Al Malik pushes his down on his head and steps out.
Al Malik fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Al Malik tries to clinch there but Julyfeather circles away.
Julyfeather's corner calls for a 1, 2 combination and Julyfeather duly obliges.
Al Malik shoots for a double leg takedown but Julyfeather sprawls well. He's pushed Al Malik's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.
Julyfeather feints the counter takedown.
Al Malik looks frustrated there after his takedown attempt is stuffed easily.
And Julyfeather tries to counter it with a takedown but Al Malik pushes his down on his head and steps out.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Julyfeather avoids the head kick by Al Malik.
Julyfeather ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Julyfeather moves out of range of the body kick.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Al Malik takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Julyfeather scores with a nice right hand.
Al Malik shoots in and drives through. Julyfeather sprawls well.
Julyfeather lands a nice hook to Al Malik's body. Al Malik takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Nice shot by Julyfeather.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Al Malik shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with Julyfeather but Julyfeather pushes him off and we're back to square one.
Julyfeather with the counter takedown but Al Malik avoids it easily.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Julyfeather lands a nice shot to the body.
Julyfeather scores with a body shot.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Roger Julyfeather showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! Let's get this one finished - here comes the final round!
Julyfeather lands a body shot.
Julyfeather throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Al Malik falls off balance throwing a combination
and Julyfeather moves into the clinch.
Al Malik tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Julyfeather breaks the clinch.
Al Malik with a jab.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Julyfeather throws a body shot but no joy.
Al Malik shoots in looking for a takedown but Julyfeather manages to keep the fight standing, pushing Al Malik's face into the canvas for good measure before circling away.
Julyfeather feints the counter takedown.
Al Malik rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Julyfeather moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Al Malik tries to close the distance and clinch up but Julyfeather swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Julyfeather lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
Julyfeather works over Al Malik's head and body with a nice combination.
No luck for Al Malik with that takedown attempt.
And Julyfeather tries to counter it with a takedown but Al Malik pushes his down on his head and steps out.
Julyfeather connects with a single shot there.
A shot to the liver by Julyfeather. Beautiful body shot.
Julyfeather stuffs the takedown.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Rasheed Al Malik. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Julyfeather lands with a nice body punch.
Roger Julyfeather is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Al Malik shoots in looking for a takedown but Julyfeather manages to keep the fight standing, pushing Al Malik's face into the canvas for good measure before circling away.
Julyfeather feints the counter takedown.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Julyfeather punishes Al Malik's body with a nice straight punch.
Al Malik moves forwards but Julyfeather connects with a nice, crisp jab.
Al Malik doesn't manage to clinch there - Julyfeather circles away.
Julyfeather is throwing a lot of body shots here, looking to wear down Al Malik rather than just go for the knockout.
Julyfeather lands with a cross.
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!
Al Malik looks for a takedown but Julyfeather sprawls well.
And Julyfeather tries to counter it with a takedown but Al Malik pushes his down on his head and steps out.
Julyfeather connects with a body shot that sends Al Malik's belly button to the back.
Al Malik tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
A jab lands there for Julyfeather.
Julyfeather wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Al Malik looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
Julyfeather throws a body shot but no joy.
Al Malik seem to be loading up, looking for a big counter.
Julyfeather scores with a nice head shot.
Julyfeather keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.
Rasheed Al Malik is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Al Malik throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Julyfeather.
Julyfeather bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
Al Malik wants to clinch.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Al Malik fails miserably with a takedown attempt.
Julyfeather stuffs the takedown.
And Julyfeather tries to counter it with a takedown but Al Malik pushes his down on his head and steps out.
Roger Julyfeather seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Julyfeather lands a nice looking body shot.
A jab from Julyfeather finds it's way through Al Malik's defenses.
Al Malik throws a body kick that misses.
A jab from Julyfeather finds it's way through Al Malik's defenses.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Al Malik closes the distance and clinches up with Julyfeather, looking for a takedown. Al Malik pushes Julyfeather against the cage but Julyfeather circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.
Rasheed Al Malik has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Julyfeather lands a right hook to the body.
And that's the end of the fight!
Roger Julyfeather comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Julyfeather has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. 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 John Kavanagh scores the fight 26:30
Judge David Schapiro scores the fight 26:30
Judge Dean Styles scores the fight 26:30
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Roger Julyfeather!
Roger Julyfeather decided to thank the fans in attendance for making a great atmosphere. It seemed to go down pretty well.
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