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Event:
GAMMA#1053 Milo v Radu
Date: Apr 13, 2024 |
#R1#
Khanna swings for the body but Takeda moves out of range.
Nice sprawl there from Khanna as Takeda shoots in.
Khanna swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Takeda dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Takeda shoots in and drives through. Khanna sprawls well.
Takeda throws a body shot but no joy.
Takeda jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Khanna looks to score with a jab to the body but Takeda is just out of range.
Khanna lands with a slapping head kick.
Takeda tries to move into range but Khanna moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
Takeda shoots in looking for a takedown. Khanna tries to sprawl out of it but Takeda keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. Khanna manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Kazuki Takeda. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Takeda walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
Khanna lands with a good body shot.
Khanna throws a body shot but no joy.
Khanna fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Takeda.
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!
Khanna throws a push kick but Takeda slaps the foot to one side.
A jab from Takeda finds it's way through Khanna's defenses. #CUT#It looks like Raja Khanna has been cut.
Khanna throws a nice outside leg kick.
Takeda avoids a kick to the body.
#T1#
Khanna moves forwards but Takeda connects with a nice, crisp jab.#TD#
Takeda closes the distance and after a bit of a stuggle, scores a takedown into Khanna's guard.
Khanna pulls Takeda in close to his closed guard and prevents Takeda from doing any damage or advancing position.#SUB2#
Khanna looking for a guillotine here but Takeda defends easily.
Khanna looking to hit a scissor sweep but Takeda is one step ahead there. #SUB2#
Khanna working from the bottom, still in full guard. He's managed to get a loose triangle. Takeda doesn't seem to be doing much to defend here, obviously he feels comfortable in the position. Takeda manages to throw the legs off his shoulder and he's back into guard - no problem.
Khanna pulls Takeda in close to prevent any damage.
Khanna keeping moving, preventing Takeda from controlling successfully. #T2#
Khanna is pulling down on Takeda's head. It's preventing any offense from Takeda, at least for the moment.
Khanna is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Takeda landing some decent shots from guard.
Takeda lands a couple of digs.
Takeda is looking to pass into half guard but Khanna pushes him away with his feet and jumps on top - now Khanna is in guard.#REVB#
Takeda seems to have improved his submission grappling technique since last time we saw him. Let's see if he can pull off a submission.
Takeda being controlled here, momentarily. #SUB#
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Khanna got a little sloppy there for a moment and Takeda has worked his way into a loose triangle - can he finish it?! No, Khanna has managed to get both his arms back between Takeda's legs - danger averted.
Khanna stopping the sweep attempt from Takeda.#T3#
Takeda is working hard here to advance position.
Khanna sitting in guard here, content to control.
Khanna trying to control the position from guard on top but Takeda is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can. #SUB#
Takeda looking for subs off his back but Khanna has passed one foot through into half guard.
Khanna wants to pass to mount but Takeda is defending the position.
Khanna moves nicely into side control.
Khanna is looking to take a break and control but Takeda is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom. #T4#
The crowd are getting on the fighters' backs, as the pace has dropped off in the last minute or so.
Takeda struggling a bit here.
Takeda is sneaking out the side here. He's bucked Khanna off and has taken his back!
Can Khanna hold on?! Takeda is landing more strikes to his hapless foe.
Khanna can't escape the position.
Khanna turns into Takeda and is now in his guard.
Khanna trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Khanna trying to control but Takeda is working from the bottom. #SUB#
Takeda looks to be working for a triangle here. Oh, it looks like he might have it! Khanna has picked Takeda up and slammed him! Takeda can't keep hold of the triangle and Khanna manages to pass to side control!
Khanna working away.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Raja Khanna dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Raja Khanna's cut.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action.#R2#
Takeda getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
Takeda throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Takeda throws a head kick that misses.
Raja Khanna seems to be getting the better of the standup.#TD#
Takeda scores with a takedown into Khanna's guard.
Takeda wants to control from the top but Khanna keeps moving. #SUB2#
Khanna escapes his hips to the side and looks to be working for an armbar. Takeda gives him a little smile and shakes his head. No chance.
Khanna is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.
Takeda won't allow Khanna to get back to his feet.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Takeda trying to control the position from guard on top but Khanna is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Khanna avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Khanna is doing well to control the posture of his opponent and prevent any damage.
Khanna keeping full guard, as Takeda tries to pass. #T1#
Khanna controls Takeda momentarily but Takeda frees himself.
Takeda trying to control the position from guard on top but Khanna is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Takeda throws an elbow that misses. Khanna uses the momentum to reverse the position. He's now in Takeda's guard. Nice move by Khanna!#REVB#
Khanna tries to free his leg and advance position but Takeda is retaining full guard.
Khanna forces his way into half guard.
Khanna tries to pass the half guard into mount. Takeda knows what he's doing though and prevents the attempt.
Khanna working to pass to mount. He's got his hand pressing down on Takeda's thigh. Takeda counters though and makes it back to full guard.
Khanna showing good wrestling skills to control the position. #T2#
Khanna wants to control from the top but Takeda keeps moving.
Raja Khanna has got the better of the ground game so far.
Takeda looking to hit a scissor sweep but Khanna is one step ahead there.
Khanna trying to control but Takeda is working from the bottom.
Khanna trying to pass the guard. He's being very persistent here but Takeda manages to land a sweep and now he's on top! #REVR##SUB2#
Khanna is looking for a triangle but Takeda pushes his legs off easily.
#T3#
Takeda throws a big right hand that misses.
Takeda sitting in guard here, content to control.
Khanna looking to hit a scissor sweep but Takeda is one step ahead there.
Takeda postures up in Khanna's guard and throws a big left but Khanna blocks it.
Takeda throws a big right hand that misses.
Takeda trying to control but Khanna is working from the bottom.
Takeda is sitting in guard, working some ground and pound.
Khanna pulls Takeda in close to prevent any damage.
Takeda postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
Takeda stands up over Khanna, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head.
Takeda lands a couple of decent looking shots.
Khanna is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.#T4#
Takeda trying to control but Khanna is working from the bottom.
Khanna working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Takeda. #SUB2#
Takeda avoids a guillotine attempt easily.
Takeda is frustrating his opponent with some stalling tactics from top position.
Khanna keeping moving, preventing Takeda from controlling successfully.
Takeda throws a strike but Khanna rolls with it and manages to sweep. Now he's in guard on top. #REVB#
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Khanna controlling from the guard. I say controlling but really, he's stalling. #SUB#
Takeda has a loose triangle. He'll be looking to tighten that up but Khanna can see exactly what he's planning and manages to posture up and free himself.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Kazuki Takeda dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Raja Khanna's cut.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin! This is the final round!#R3#
No luck for Takeda with that takedown attempt.
Khanna keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Takeda.
Takeda throws a hook but Khanna avoids it easily.
It seemed like Khanna was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Takeda scores with a hook.
Khanna tried to score with a low kick but Takeda checks it.
Takeda tries to score a power double leg takedown but Khanna sees that one coming and sprawls well. That will dishearten Takeda somewhat.
Takeda gets his takedown attempt stuffed easily
and Khanna counters with a lovely straight right hand!
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Kazuki Takeda. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Takeda misses with an uppercut.
Khanna plants his feet and lands a nice head kick!
Khanna just misses with a punch to the body.
Khanna is throwing a lot of body shots here, looking to wear down Takeda rather than just go for the knockout.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Khanna.
Khanna throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Takeda gets his takedown attempt stuffed easily
and Khanna counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Takeda thinking.
Takeda looks to score with a jab to the body but Khanna is just out of range.
Khanna throws an overhand right that lands on Takeda's shoulder, as Takeda tries to avoid the shot. #T1#
Khanna slips a jab and a cross from Takeda.
Takeda is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Khanna.
Khanna is looking to slow Takeda down with leg kicks.
Takeda fails with an attempt to clinch.
Takeda throws an overhand right that lands on Khanna's shoulder, as Khanna tries to avoid the shot.
Takeda has a takedown stuffed.
Raja Khanna is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Takeda goes for a double leg but Khanna avoids the attempt and the two fighters end up clinched against the cage as Khanna continues to drive forward.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Khanna is defending well against a takedown attempt.
Takeda blocks an uppercut.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Takeda.
Khanna lands a right hand.
A head punch on the inside from Khanna fails to land.
Khanna lands with a left to the head. #TD#
Takeda wants the takedown. Khanna is fighting it off but Takeda persists and manages to bring the fight to the ground, ending up in Khanna's guard against the cage.
Khanna utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
This has been an exciting period of action!#SUB2#
Khanna is throwing his legs up, looking for submissions. Takeda is aware though and is defending well.
Khanna tries to land a sweep but no joy. #SUB2#
Khanna had isolated an arm as going for a kimura. Takeda defends it easily.#T2#
Takeda lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.
Takeda throws an elbow that misses. Khanna uses the momentum to reverse the position. He's now in Takeda's guard. Nice move by Khanna!#REVB#
Takeda keeping moving, preventing Khanna from controlling successfully.
Khanna won't allow Takeda to sweep him here.
Khanna trying to control the position from guard on top but Takeda is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can. #SUB#
Takeda looking for a guillotine here but Khanna defends easily.
Khanna trying to control but Takeda is working from the bottom. #T3#
Takeda keeping full guard, as Khanna tries to pass.
Khanna is just sitting in guard, looking to avoid any submissions.
Takeda trying to control the position.
Khanna tries to free his leg and advance position but Takeda is retaining full guard. #SUB#
Takeda looking for a guillotine here but Khanna defends easily.
Khanna trying to control the position from guard on top but Takeda is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can. #T4#
Neither fighter has done anything of merit for a good minute or two here and the crowd are not happy about it.#SUB#
Takeda working from the bottom, still in full guard. He's managed to get a loose triangle. Khanna doesn't seem to be doing much to defend here, obviously he feels comfortable in the position. Khanna manages to throw the legs off his shoulder and he's back into guard - no problem.
Khanna stands and throws Takeda's legs to the side, diving into side control.
Takeda is looking to reverse the position.
You can see the frustration on Takeda's face as Khanna controls the position.
Khanna tries to cartwheel into mount but he doesn't manage it.
Takeda tries to work a leg under to get back to half guard but Khanna wriggles his own leg back out and remains in side control.
Khanna wants to control but Takeda is keeping him busy.
And that's the end of the fight!
Raja Khanna comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Khanna 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 James Ackerman scores the fight 28:29
Judge Colin Fotheringham scores the fight 28:29
Judge Chris Edwards scores the fight 28:29
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Raja Khanna! |
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Event:
GAMMA#1046 Wrecks v Fleximario
Date: Mar 09, 2024 |
#R1#
Nice shot lands for Rhodes.
Khanna is looking to land body kicks.
Khanna lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Rhodes misses the shot to the body.
Khanna throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Khanna throws a leg kick that is checked
and Rhodes cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.#CUT2#It looks like Raja Khanna has been cut.
Khanna scores with a jab to the head.
Khanna blocks a jab.
We can't be sure of the tactics at this early stage but we have heard that Rhodes has been working on his takedowns a lot in the buildup to the fight and we can only assume he's going to look to take this to the mat.
Rhodes stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Khanna.
Khanna uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Rhodes.
Rhodes moves out of range as Khanna throws a body kick.
Khanna looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Rhodes throws a body shot but no joy.
Nice body kick from Khanna.
Khanna slips a straight right by Rhodes.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Khanna throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Rhodes misses with an uppercut.
Rhodes throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Khanna sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Khanna ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Khanna throws a head kick but Rhodes moves out of range.
#T1#
A cross from Rhodes lands.
Khanna takes one to the side of the head.
Rhodes throws out a loose jab but Khanna uses good head movement to avoid it.
Khanna throws a push kick but Rhodes slaps the foot to one side.
Khanna looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Khanna takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.#CL2#
Khanna gets tackled into the cage by Rhodes. Rhodes maintains the clinch.
Khanna has Rhodes pushed against the cage.
Khanna misses with some punches.
Khanna lands a right hand.
Still in the clinch, Khanna scores with a nice short uppercut.
Rhodes misses with a punch on the inside.
Rhodes misses with the head strike.
#TD2#
Rhodes gets double underhooks and manages to take the fight to the ground.
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!#SUB#
Khanna working from the bottom, still in full guard. He's managed to get a loose triangle. Rhodes doesn't seem to be doing much to defend here, obviously he feels comfortable in the position. Rhodes manages to throw the legs off his shoulder and he's back into guard - no problem.
Rhodes not doing a lot at the moment. He'll have to show some more aggression or the fight will get stood up. #T2##SUB#
Khanna is looking for a triangle but Rhodes pushes his legs off easily.
#SUB#
Rhodes avoids a guillotine attempt easily.
Rhodes landing with the ground and pound. #T3#
Rhodes keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Khanna's head.
Khanna tries to land a sweep but no joy.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Khanna is looking to sweep but instead, Rhodes has passed into half guard.
Khanna is trying to defend against the ground and pound but Rhodes scores with a couple of nice shots.
Rhodes wants to control but Khanna is keeping him busy.
Khanna is pressing down on Rhodes's left leg trying to get back to full guard. He's managed it.
Khanna looking to hit a scissor sweep but Rhodes is one step ahead there.
Rhodes is taking a break and basically stalling. The referee will not allow him to do that for long.
Rhodes has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.#T4#
Khanna tries to land a sweep but no joy. #SUB#
Khanna throwing his legs up looking for a triangle.
#SUB#
Khanna is looking for a guillotine. You can't force these things though and Rhodes defends well.
Khanna wants to get back to his feet but Rhodes is in a dominant position and won't allow it. #SUB#
Khanna is active off his back here, looking for submissions.
Khanna looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
A close round but Dusty Rhodes will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Raja Khanna's cut.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.#R2#
Khanna takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
A bone on bone clash there as Rhodes blocks the leg kick.
Rhodes thows a left - swing and a miss!
Khanna takes a swing at Rhodes's ribcage but misses.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Khanna.
Rhodes closes the distance and clinches up with Khanna, looking for a takedown. Rhodes pushes Khanna against the cage but Khanna circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.
A decent looking cross lands there for Rhodes.
Rhodes closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
Rhodes throws an overhand right that lands on Khanna's shoulder, as Khanna tries to avoid the shot.
Khanna pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Rhodes with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Khanna is looking to land body kicks.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Rhodes pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Rhodes tries to close the distance and clinch up but Khanna swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Khanna misses with a wild body shot.
Rhodes tries to move into range but Khanna moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
Khanna takes one 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!
Khanna throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.#T1#
Khanna defends well against a solid takedown attempt from Rhodes.
A shot to the body from Khanna misses
and Rhodes cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
A jab from Rhodes does it's job there.
Khanna lands a nice looking body shot.
Khanna takes a swing at Rhodes's ribcage but misses.
Rhodes throws out a counter right but Khanna avoids it with no problem.
Rhodes scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Rhodes tries to clinch but Khanna moves out of range.
Nice straight punches there by Rhodes. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Rhodes.
Khanna lands a head kick!
#CUT#It looks like Dusty Rhodes has been cut.
Rhodes ducks right into an uppercut from Khanna.
Rhodes tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Khanna manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Rhodes lands a slapping body shot.
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!
Khanna swinging wildly here.
Dusty Rhodes seems to be getting the better of the standup.#CL2#
Rhodes clinches. #T2#
Rhodes is working on a leg, looking for a takedown but Khanna is defending well.
Raja Khanna has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Dusty Rhodes.
Rhodes tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Rhodes fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
#TD2#
Rhodes has dropped down and is working for a takedown. Khanna is trying to keep an underhook but Rhodes manages to get the takedown into half guard.
Rhodes wants to take a breather but Khanna is having none of it.
Rhodes landing with strikes to the body and head, softening up his opponent.
Khanna is trying to control but can't.
Rhodes is looking to take a break and control but Khanna is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Rhodes winds up and cracks Khanna with a swinging punch to the side of the head.
Dusty Rhodes has got the better of the ground game so far.
Rhodes looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Khanna with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
Rhodes looks over to his corner - he wants some instructions but his corner are not responding.
Rhodes trying to control from half guard but Khanna is working away. #T3#
Ground and pound from Rhodes.
Rhodes trying to control from half guard but Khanna is working away.
Khanna is trying to stand.
Rhodes thows a huge punch but Khanna dodges it nicely.
Rhodes trying to control from half guard but Khanna is working away. #SUB#
Khanna is looking to sinch up a guillotine here but Rhodes pulls his head out easily.
Khanna manages to get to full guard.
#T4#
The crowd are hurling abuse towards the fighters... You can hardly blame them though because there isn't a lot going on in the fight.
Rhodes with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.
Khanna wants to sweep but no luck.
Rhodes lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.
Rhodes trying to control the position from guard on top but Khanna is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Khanna is trying to control the position but Rhodes postures up. #REF3#
The referee has stepped in and called for a break in the action. We'll restart on the feet.
Khanna throws a head kick that misses.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Dusty Rhodes showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
That's time! Back to the action! This is the final round!#R3#
Rhodes works Khanna's body with a nice hook.
Raja Khanna has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!#CL2#
Rhodes forces Khanna back against the cage and clinches.
Nice body punch from Rhodes.
Rhodes scores with a nice hook to the head.
Rhodes has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Rhodes lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Khanna lands with a left to the head.
Khanna misses with a hook from the clinch.
Khanna lands a hook that snaps the head of Rhodes backwards.
Rhodes scores with a shoulder strike.
Rhodes drops down for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Rhodes lands a hook to the side of the head.
Khanna misses with a punch to the body.
Khanna is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Rhodes drops down looking for an ankle pick but Khanna pulls his leg out and moves away.
Khanna misses with a straight left.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Rhodes lands a body shot.
Rhodes is looking to clinch. #T1#
Rhodes dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Rhodes connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Khanna's hands.
Khanna misses with a looping left.
Rhodes is clearly trying to counter these attacks from Khanna with a body shot.
Khanna circles away from the clinch attempt.
#TD2#
Rhodes gets the takedown into side control.
Khanna tries to buck Rhodes off but Rhodes is having none of it.
Rhodes trying to control the position but Khanna is working away.
Rhodes scores with a couple of nice shots to the head there. The referee takes a look at Khanna to see if he's OK.
Khanna can't do much from the bottom here.
Rhodes trying to control the position but Khanna is working away.
Khanna is in a tricky position but he's been working on his transitions down at Stormcrow Centre, so we'll see if he gets out of it.#T2#
Rhodes landing with strikes to the head and body from side control.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Khanna taking punishment in the form of punches.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Khanna tries to work a leg under to get back to half guard but Rhodes wriggles his own leg back out and remains in side control.
Rhodes trying to control the action but Khanna is working from the bottom.
Dusty Rhodes is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.
Khanna is looking to slip a leg under and get half guard but Rhodes is one step ahead and moves to full mount!
Rhodes looking to control and managing it successfully. #T3#
Let's hope that Rhodes has the urge to step up the pace any second now because for the last 15 or 20 seconds he's just been holding on tight.
Khanna can't escape the position.
Rhodes controlling his opponent.
Khanna tries to reverse the position but Rhodes maintains control.
Rhodes sitting in mount, just looking to control for the moment.
We're seeing a lot of stalling here from Rhodes.#T4#
My god... these two guys really need to pick up the pace or everyone will leave to go get a beer.
Yet more stalling tactics from Rhodes.
And that's the end of the fight!
Dusty Rhodes comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Rhodes 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 Don Winkell scores the fight 28:30
Judge Jack Bonds scores the fight 27:30
Judge Frank Antenori scores the fight 27:30
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Dusty Rhodes!
Dusty Rhodes opened up his post fight interview with a scream to camera that he wants a title shot! Whether he deserves the shot will be up to the management of the organization, so I guess he'll have to wait and see. |
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Event:
GAMMA#1039 Odin v Jorgen
Date: Feb 03, 2024 |
#R1#
Khanna thuds his right hand into Rhodes's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.#CUT2#It looks like Dusty Rhodes has been cut.
Rhodes looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Khanna misses the jab.
Rhodes takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
Khanna lands a jab to the head.
Khanna throws a hook but Rhodes avoids it easily.
Khanna fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Rhodes checks it well.
Rhodes connects with a single shot there.
Khanna lands with a shot to the body.
Khanna takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
Khanna lands a nice looking body kick.
Rhodes takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Khanna jabs at Rhodes's body.
Some wild striking there from Rhodes.
Rhodes misses with a jab, cross combination.
Rhodes misses with a wild body shot.
Khanna uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Rhodes.
Rhodes connects with a nice looking jab.
Khanna uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Rhodes.
Rhodes swinging wildly here.
#T1#
Khanna with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Some wild striking there from Rhodes.
Khanna has used his reach advantage pretty well so far tonight.
Khanna throws a low kick but Rhodes avoids it.
A solid leg kick lands there for Khanna.
Rhodes misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Khanna.
Khanna connects with a solid leg kick.
Rhodes tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Khanna manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
And Khanna responds with a good body kick, but Rhodes manages to step out the way in time.
Rhodes lands an overhand right.
Rhodes throws a big shot that misses.
Rhodes throws a body shot but no joy.
Khanna throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
A solid leg kick lands there for Khanna.
Khanna slips under a jab.
Khanna throws out a counter right but Rhodes avoids it with no problem.
Khanna throws a mid kick that lands with a slap.
Khanna throws the kick towards the body but Rhodes avoids it.
Khanna explodes with a nice body kick and back out of range. Nice work.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Rhodes blocks the body kick.
#T2#
Rhodes just misses with a punch to the body.
Khanna misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Rhodes.
Rhodes tries to check a leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
A jab lands there for Khanna.
Khanna throws a body kick that misses.
Rhodes avoids the body shot from Khanna.
Rhodes is looking to counter with a shot to the body.
Nice shot by Rhodes.#CL#
Rhodes gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Rhodes tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Khanna tries a body shot but Rhodes blocks it.
Rhodes misses with a punch on the inside.
Khanna swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Rhodes lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Khanna misses with a hook from the clinch.
Khanna working aggressively here.
#TD#
Rhodes lands a takedown into guard.
Khanna bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Rhodes's guard. #REVB##SUB#
Rhodes isolates an arm and boxes in a triangle. Khanna stacks Rhodes on his neck as he steps over and passes to the side. He's now in a much more dominant position where he can look to do some serious damage. Nice move by Khanna!#T3#
Rhodes manages to get back to half guard.
Rhodes is trying to control but can't.
Khanna is trying to control the action in half guard but Rhodes is working away on the bottom, looking perhaps to get back to full guard.
Still in half guard, Khanna seems content to control.
Rhodes is working for an escape here. He's hooked one of Khanna's legs and he's managed to sneak out and take Khanna's back!
Rhodes has the hooks sunk in and you can see the will to fight slowly draining out of Khanna's body.
Khanna is trying to break free.
Rhodes is not going to allow Khanna to sit and survive in this position. #T4#
Khanna is trying to break free.
Rhodes softening up his opponent with strikes here.
Rhodes landing with strikes.
Rhodes trying desperately to keep hold of the dominant position.
Rhodes scores with strikes from the back.
Rhodes 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.#SUB#
Rhodes is working hard for the rear naked choke here.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Rhodes is working the ground and pound. Can Khanna escape?
Rhodes keeps control of the position as Khanna tries to break free.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close round but I would say that Dusty Rhodes will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Dusty Rhodes's cut.
That's time! Back to the action!#R2#
Khanna's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Rhodes connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Khanna scrambles back to his feet.
Rhodes throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Rhodes jabs at Khanna's body.
A jab from Rhodes misses.
Rhodes misses with an uppercut. Khanna saw that one coming.
Khanna dips down and scores with a jab to the body.#CL2#
Rhodes gets tackled into the cage by Khanna. Khanna maintains the clinch.
A head punch on the inside from Khanna fails to land.
Rhodes has a couple of punches blocked by Khanna.
Khanna swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Khanna tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Khanna fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.#TD#
Rhodes has hold of one of Khanna's legs. Khanna is fighting the takedown attempt but Rhodes gets the trip and lands the takedown into guard.
Our spies down at at Stormcrow Centre inform us that Khanna has really been working on his submissions in the buildup to this fight. Will it pay off?
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!
Rhodes landing with the ground and pound.
Rhodes being controlled here momentarily.
Rhodes throws a big elbow that misses.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.#T1#
Rhodes trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Khanna looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Rhodes postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.
Rhodes trying to control but Khanna is working from the bottom.
Rhodes lands a couple of decent looking shots.
Rhodes trying to control but Khanna is working from the bottom. #T2#
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
Khanna is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Rhodes's corner. There ya go! There ya go!
Khanna is trying to stand up but he's not managed so far.
Rhodes stopping the sweep attempt from Khanna.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Rhodes accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand. #SUB2#
Khanna is looking for a guillotine. You can't force these things though and Rhodes defends well.
Rhodes trying to control but Khanna is working from the bottom. #REF3#
The referee has decided to stand the fighters back up, so we'll restart on the feet.#T3#
Rhodes cracks Khanna with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.#TD#
Rhodes shoots in for a takedown and gets it.#SUB#
Rhodes is trying a forearm choke… I don't think that's going to do much at this level of the game.
Khanna is looking to escape.
Khanna tries to get to full guard but Rhodes has control of the leg.
Rhodes is thwarting Khanna's attempts to control the position.#T4#
Rhodes with the ground and pound but Khanna uses the opportunity to regain guard.
Khanna trying to keep a closed guard but Rhodes is proving a slippery customer.
Rhodes distracts Khanna with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.
Khanna looking to sweep using the butterfly guard but Rhodes puts pay to that idea as he passes nicely into half guard.
The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. Rhodes lands a nice short elbow.
Rhodes not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Rhodes seems to be taking a bit of a break to think of his next move. He lands a short punch in the meantime.
Dusty Rhodes overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Rhodes is figuring out what he wants to do next.
Khanna works his way to full guard. Good work.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Dusty Rhodes dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Dusty Rhodes's cut.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action. This is the final round!#R3#
Khanna tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and Rhodes is able to avoid easily.
Raja Khanna has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Khanna fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Rhodes manages to avoid it.
Khanna ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Rhodes moves away.
Khanna fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Rhodes manages to avoid it.
Khanna scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Khanna misses with a looping left.
A counter left hand to the body from Rhodes misses its target.
Khanna pushes Rhodes away with a front kick.#CL#
Rhodes closes the distance and clinches.
Rhodes swings wildly with an uppercut but Khanna uses good head movement to avoid it.
Khanna can't find room to land a body shot as Rhodes controls the action.
Khanna tries a body shot but Rhodes blocks it.
Rhodes misses with a short punch on the inside.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Rhodes makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Rhodes swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Rhodes tries for a takedown but Khanna manages to get underhooks.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Khanna.
Rhodes tries to work over Khanna's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Rhodes prevents a body shot from Khanna.
Khanna working aggressively here.
#T1#
Rhodes blocking some punches.
Khanna tries to work over Rhodes's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Rhodes working aggressively here.
#TD#
Rhodes has hold of one of Khanna's legs. Khanna is fighting the takedown attempt but Rhodes gets the trip and lands the takedown into guard.#SUB2#
Khanna has his foot on Rhodes's thigh. He's trying to push off and get in position for a triangle, I think. Rhodes works his way back into a safe position though.
Rhodes throwing strikes but missing.
Dusty Rhodes is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Rhodes is just sitting in guard, looking to avoid any submissions.
Rhodes trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Rhodes controlling from the top position.
There's a bit of a scramble here and now Khanna is on top in guard.
#REVB##T2#
Khanna throwing strikes from guard but Rhodes blocks nicely.
Khanna trying to control the position from guard on top but Rhodes is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Rhodes can't do much from the bottom at the moment, as Khanna controls the pace.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Rhodes bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Khanna's guard. #REVR#
Rhodes might be looking to lock onto one of his opponent's long limbs for a submission, whilst we're on the ground.
Rhodes is intent on slowing down the pace of the fight, simply looking to control.#SUB2#
Khanna is active off his back here, looking for submissions.
#T3#
Khanna working a defensive guard but Rhodes passes into half guard.
Neither fighter is being very active at the moment, with Rhodes in particular looking to stall.
Khanna is working for an escape here. He's hooked one of Rhodes's legs and he's managed to sneak out and take Rhodes's back!
Rhodes tries to escape the position - he's now mounted. Is that better or worse? Hard to tell!
Rhodes is writhing around trying to get back to his feet.
Rhodes manages to regain half guard. Good work. #SUB2#
Khanna is working for a kimura but Rhodes is defending it quite comfortably.
Rhodes gets back to full guard.
#T4#
Rhodes looking to hit a scissor sweep but Khanna is one step ahead there.
Rhodes keeping full guard, as Khanna tries to pass.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Khanna postures up in Rhodes's guard and throws a big left but Rhodes blocks it.
Khanna in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
And that's the end of the fight!
I would just about give that final round to Raja Khanna.
I think Rhodes has won this one but let's see what the judges have to say. 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 Colin Fotheringham scores the fight 29:29
Judge Chris Edwards scores the fight 29:28
Judge James Ackerman scores the fight 29:29
The fight is ruled a majority draw! |
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Event:
SUF 15: Christmas Bash
Date: Dec 23, 2023 |
#R1#
Khanna scores with a body shot.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Adofo scores with a body shot.
We've been told by Adofo's head coaches at The Devil’s Playground that he's been working on his takedown defense in preparation for this fight.
Adofo is looking to clinch but Khanna is avoiding it.
Adofo fails to land with a series of punches.
Adofo uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Khanna.
Adofo fails in his attempt to clinch.
Khanna throws a hook to the side of Adofo's head but Adofo sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Both fighters circling a little - Khanna finishes the exchange with a kick to the body. #CL#
Adofo fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Khanna, pushing him back against the ropes.
Khanna tries a body shot but Adofo blocks it.
Khanna struggles to land a body shot inside as Adofo controls his hands.
A short right from Adofo on the inside.
Khanna lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Khanna lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Khanna throws a head punch that misses.
A right handed body shot lands from Khanna.
Khanna scores with a shot to the side of Adofo's head.
A short right from Adofo.
Nice body punch from Adofo - that landed with a thud.
Adofo lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the ropes.
Khanna looks winded!
Adofo tries a knee to the head but Khanna blocks it.
Adofo with a knee to the head.
#CUT#It looks like Raja Khanna has been cut.
Adofo connects with a nasty looking knee right to Khanna's face.
#T1#
Adofo lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Adofo struggles to land a body shot inside as Khanna controls his hands.
Adofo softening up his opponent with strikes, against the ropes.
Adofo misses with a knee strike.
Adofo misses with some punches.
Khanna struggles to land a body shot inside as Adofo controls his hands.
Khanna misses with some punches.
Adofo with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Khanna tries to throw a body punch but Adofo avoids it by throwing Khanna back against the ropes.
Khanna lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Khanna swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Adofo throws a punch but it's blocked by Khanna.
Khanna lands a right hand that snaps the head of Adofo backwards.
Khanna misses with some punches.
Adofo tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Adofo misses with the head strike.
Khanna lands a nice shot to the body.
Adofo blocks an uppercut.
Adofo lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Adofo with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
#T2#
Adofo using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Khanna has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Adofo lands with a left to the head.
Adofo with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Adofo using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Khanna has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Khanna lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Khanna lands with a right to the head.
Adofo working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Khanna misses with a hook to the ribs.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Khanna lands a hook to the side of the head.
Khanna throws a punch but it's blocked by Adofo.
Khanna misses with a short punch on the inside.
Adofo blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Adofo misses with a knee to the head. #BC2#
Khanna breaks the clinch.
#CL#
Khanna tries to keep at a distance but Adofo has taken the fight into the clinch.
Adofo doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Adofo blocking some punches.
A head punch on the inside from Khanna fails to land. #BC2#
Khanna breaks the clinch.
#T3#
Adofo takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Adofo wants to clinch.
Adofo on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
#CL#
The fight moves into the clinch position.
Adofo misses with a knee to the head.
Khanna stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Khanna throws a head punch that misses.
Adofo softening up his opponent with strikes, against the ropes.
Khanna misses with a hook from the clinch.
A head punch on the inside from Adofo fails to land.
Khanna lands a left hand.
Khanna struggles to land a body shot inside as Adofo controls his hands.
Khanna lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Adofo gets through Khanna's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Khanna throws a punch but it's blocked by Adofo. #T4#
This has been an exciting period of action!
Adofo lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Khanna backwards.
Khanna has a couple of punches blocked by Adofo.
Khanna fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Khanna blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Khanna has a couple of punches blocked by Adofo.
Khanna scores with a shot to the side of Adofo's head.
Adofo tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Adofo misses with a knee strike.
Khanna lands a shoulder strike.
Adofo misses with a body punch.
Adofo crunches a lovely knee into Khanna's ribcage.
Khanna takes a knee right on the jaw!
Khanna lands a hook to the side of the head.
Adofo misses with a hook from the clinch.
Adofo misses with a shot to the kidneys.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Khanna fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Khanna lands a body punch.
Adofo misses with a knee strike.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Khanna.
A head punch on the inside from Khanna fails to land.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close round but I would say that Olo Adofo will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Raja Khanna's cut.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.#R2#
A low kick lands for Khanna.
Adofo fails with an attempt to clinch.
A countering left hand to the body from Khanna misses.
Adofo tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Adofo chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Khanna can pounce on him.
Khanna scores with a spinning back kick!#CL#
Adofo moves into range and clinches up with Khanna.
Adofo fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Adofo tries a body shot but Khanna blocks it.
Adofo throws a head punch that misses.
Khanna lands an uppercut.
Adofo throws a head punch that misses.
Adofo misses with a short punch on the inside.
Adofo cracks Khanna with a nice body shot.
Adofo tries a knee to the head but Khanna blocks it.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
A short uppercut from Khanna.
Adofo takes a shot to 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!
Khanna lands a shot to the body.
Khanna tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage. #BC2#
Khanna manages to break the clinch.
Adofo has a nice red mark on his side after a thudding body kick by Khanna.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.#T1#
Adofo throws a nice head kick!
Raja Khanna seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Khanna misses with a looping left.
Khanna scores with a kick to the body.
Adofo throws a head kick that misses.
Khanna scores with a kick to the body.
The crowd cheers as Khanna lands an impressive looking overhand right. Adofo doesn't seem phased though.
Khanna connects with an inside leg kick.
A solid leg kick lands there for Khanna.
Adofo gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Adofo takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Khanna uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Adofo.
Khanna lands with an overhand left.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Adofo takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Khanna throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Adofo stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Khanna throws a shot to the body.
Adofo pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Khanna slips a straight right by Adofo.
Khanna let fly with a counter punch to the body but it didn't land.#T2#
Adofo closes the distance but Khanna moves to the side
and Khanna counters with a thumping low kick.
Adofo walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
Nice uppercut lands for Khanna. That snapped Adofo's head back.
Khanna tries a head kick but it misses.
Khanna throws a quick inside leg kick.
Adofo swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Adofo on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
Adofo has a nice red mark on his side after a thudding body kick by Khanna.
Olo Adofo is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Khanna lands a head kick. Adofo smiles back at him and beckons him forward. #ROC2#Adofo is rocked!
Khanna lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Oh Adofo is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Adofo takes a jab right on the kisser.
Khanna avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Khanna now looks to counter with a shot at the body.
Adofo is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
Khanna throws a monster overhand right that drops Adofo! Khanna follows up with more strikes from mount and the fight is all over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:46 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Raja Khanna!
Raja Khanna is the new light heavyweight champion! |
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Event:
SUF 9: Whelan vs Muller
Date: Nov 03, 2023 |
#R1#
Khanna lands with a good body shot.
Gunter fakes high and shoots in for a takedown but Khanna avoids it really well and circles away.
Khanna pushes Gunter away with a front kick.
Khanna turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Gunter tries for a takedown but Khanna circles away easily
and Khanna cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Gunter throws a poor cross that misses
enabling Khanna to counter with a crisp jab.
Khanna jabbing away but nothing is landing. #TD2#
Gunter shoots in and scores a nice double leg takedown into half guard.
Khanna is looking to get back to is feet but Gunter passes into side control.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Gunter controlling from side mount.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Gunter tries to move into full mount but can't pass Khanna's legs. #T1#
Khanna is looking for a sweep.
My spies in New York Training Academy inform me that Gunter has been getting involved in the gym's BJJ sparring sessions. Let's see whether that pays dividends!
Gunter staying calm.
Khanna can't do much from the bottom here.
Khanna stops Gunter from passing to mount.
Khanna tries to work a leg under to get back to half guard but Gunter wriggles his own leg back out and remains in side control.
Khanna prevents Gunter from improving position. #T2#
My god... these two guys really need to pick up the pace or everyone will leave to go get a beer.
Gunter controls the position.
Khanna can't do much from the bottom here.
Gunter is staying tight to Khanna's torso, preventing him from escaping.
You can see the frustration on Khanna's face, being in this tough position on the bottom.
Gunter is staying tight to Khanna's torso, preventing him from escaping. #T3##REF3#
The referee has decided to stand the fighters back up, so we'll restart on the feet.
Gunter takes one to the side of the head.
Khanna connects with an inside leg kick.
Raja Khanna is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Nice takedown defense from Khanna. No joy for Gunter on that attempt.
Raja Khanna has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Trevina Gunter.
Khanna throws a nice outside leg kick.
Gunter shoots for a takedown but Khanna saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.
Gunter takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
No luck with that takedown attempt from Gunter.
A slow jab from Khanna misses its intended target.
Khanna fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Gunter.
Khanna throws a body kick that digs right into the meat. #T4#
Gunter is trying hard to land a takedown here. Khanna sprawls well and keeps this one on the feet.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Khanna throws a body kick that digs right into the meat.
Khanna lunges at Gunter with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Gunter's hand.
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!#TD2#
Gunter looks for a takedown. He's got it. We're now in half guard.
Khanna is trying to get back to full guard.
Khanna works his way to full guard. Good work.
Khanna looking for a sweep. Not yet Khanna, not yet.
Khanna is working hard here to advance position.
Khanna looking to control the pace of the fight rather than finish it.
Gunter sitting in guard here, content to control.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Raja Khanna dominated that round.
That's time! Back to the action!#R2##TD2#
Gunter closes the distance and looks for a trip takedown... aaaand he's got it - Gunter lands in his opponent's guard.
Gunter not doing a lot at the moment. He'll have to show some more aggression or the fight will get stood up.
Gunter works a leg free and moves into half guard.
Gunter controlling the pace.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.#T1#
Gunter trying to pass the guard but Khanna defending well.
Khanna is in a tricky position but he's been working on his transitions down at Stormcrow Centre, so we'll see if he gets out of it.
Khanna trying to control here.
Gunter wants to pass to mount but Khanna is defending the position.
Gunter prevents Khanna from improving his position.
Neither fighter is being very active at the moment, with Gunter in particular looking to stall.
Khanna is looking to control Gunter's leg but it's slowly edging free. Can Khanna avoid being mounted?
We must be close to a standup if these guys don't pick up the pace.#T2#
Neither fighter has done anything of merit for a good minute or two here and the crowd are not happy about it.
Khanna is trying to get back to full guard.
Gunter is controlling the pace.
#REF3#
The referee has decided to stand the fighters back up, so we'll restart on the feet.
Khanna lands a kick to the ribs of his opponent. Nice work there - in and out in a flash.
Gunter waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Khanna.
Khanna feinted there with a counter leg kick.
Gunter will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
Khanna lands a kick to the ribs of his opponent. Nice work there - in and out in a flash.
Gunter swinging wildly here.
Gunter swings widly with a right hand
and Khanna connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Gunter fails with a takedown attempt.#T3#
Khanna throws a mid kick that lands with a slap.
Khanna lets loose with a powerful body kick. Gunter will feel that in the morning.
Gunter walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
Thud! ouch! good body kick from Khanna - that will leave a mark!
Gunter fails with a takedown attempt from distance.
Raja Khanna has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Trevina Gunter.
Gunter is breathing heavily.#TD2#
Gunter drives through with a really nice takedown into side control.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Khanna holds on to Gunter's head and controls the position momentarily.
Gunter trying to control the position but Khanna is working away.
Khanna is looking to regain half guard here but Gunter keeps moving and retains side control.
Khanna wants to control but Gunter postures up.#T4#
Khanna is trying to escape the position but Gunter is controlling the position.
Gunter is continuing to stall.
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Khanna is trying to get back to half guard. He's pushing on Gunter's leg. He's managed it. Nice work.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Khanna is trying to get back to full guard.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Gunter is pressing down on Khanna's thigh, looking to free his foot. Khanna is holding on for now.
Khanna is trying to control but can't.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Raja Khanna dominated that second round.
That's time! Back to the action! And we move into the final round!#R3#
Gunter closes the distance and clinches up with Khanna, looking for a takedown. Gunter pushes Khanna against the cage but Khanna circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.
Gunter doesn't succeed with the takedown
and Khanna counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Gunter thinking.
Raja Khanna is winning the standup battle so far.
Gunter misses with a takedown attempt - Khanna sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
Raja Khanna has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Trevina Gunter.
Khanna stuffs the takedown.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Khanna.
Khanna slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
A shot to the body from Gunter misses
and Khanna counters with a body kick.
Khanna lets loose with a powerful body kick. Gunter will feel that in the morning.
Nice straight punches there by Khanna. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Khanna.
Gunter throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around Khanna's waist but Khanna gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing Gunter off to one side.
Both fighters circling a little - Khanna finishes the exchange with a kick to the body.
Khanna tests Gunter's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Khanna lands a nice looking kick to the body. Gunter takes a step back to recover.
Gunter takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Gunter takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Khanna lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Gunter at a distance.
#T1#
Khanna connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
Gunter stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Khanna.
Khanna tests Gunter's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Gunter fails with a takedown attempt.
Nice shot by Khanna.
Khanna fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Gunter looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
Khanna jabs Gunter right on the nose. Gunter blinks but takes it well.
Gunter shoots in looking for a takedown but Khanna manages to keep the fight standing, pushing Gunter's face into the canvas for good measure before circling away.
Khanna lands a nice shot to the body.
Khanna scores with a spinning back kick!
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!
A nice inside leg kick there by Khanna. That's going to slow Gunter down.
Khanna plants his feet and lands a nice head kick!#T2#
Khanna lands with a nice body kick.
Nice body kick from Khanna.
Khanna digs a good hook to Gunter's body.
Gunter takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
#KD#
Khanna lands a big head kick that sends Gunter tumbling to the mat! Khanna takes a step backwards and waves Gunter back to his feet - he wants the finish!#ROC#Gunter is rocked!
Khanna scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Gunter doesn't seem bothered though.
Gunter is still on wobbly legs! Can Khanna finish him?#CL#
Khanna instigates a clinch.
Gunter is looking for a takedown.
A short right from Khanna.
A shot in the inside from Khanna.
Khanna lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Gunter or not.
Khanna lands a hook that snaps the head of Gunter backwards.
Khanna scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Khanna pushes Gunter against the cage. Khanna is working some dirty boxing. Khanna pushes off with a quick right hook! Gunter goes down! Gunter tries to stand but stumbles back to his kness! Khanna moves in to finish and the ref steps in to prevent any more damage!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:45 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Raja Khanna! |
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Event:
5: SUF 397k Semi-Finals
Date: Sep 30, 2023 |
#R1#
Walcott lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Khanna at a distance.
Walcott avoids a punch combination nicely.
Walcott throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
#CL#
and Khanna counters by moving into the clinch. Good anticipation by Khanna.
Walcott blocking some punches.
With the fighters clinched against the ropes, Walcott creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Walcott working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Khanna lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Walcott swings wildly with an uppercut but Khanna uses good head movement to avoid it.
Khanna pushes Walcott back against the ropes and unloads with a body punch.
Walcott misses with a shot to the kidneys.
A nice right hand lands inside from Walcott.
Walcott cracks Khanna with a nice body shot.
Khanna blocks an uppercut.
Walcott misses with the head strike.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Walcott lands a right hand that snaps the head of Khanna backwards.
Khanna prevents a body shot from Walcott.
Khanna misses with a body punch.
Walcott's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Walcott misses with some punches.
Walcott misses with a hook from the clinch. #T1#
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Khanna.
Walcott digs a right hand underneath Khanna's ribcage. Khanna let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Walcott misses with a short punch on the inside.
Khanna misses with the head strike.
Khanna lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Walcott lands with a short punch from the clinch.
#TD#
Khanna gets control of Walcott's arms and successfully pulls guard. Khanna will no doubt be looking for submissions off his back.#SUB#
Khanna working for a triangle but Walcott defends it easily.
Khanna is trying to control the position but Walcott postures up.
Walcott sitting in guard here, content to control. #SUB#
Khanna working for a triangle but Walcott defends it easily.
#T2#
Walcott sitting in guard, not really doing much.
Walcott wants to control from the top but Khanna keeps moving. #SUB#
Walcott got a little sloppy there for a moment and Khanna has worked his way into a loose triangle - can he finish it?! No, Walcott has managed to get both his arms back between Khanna's legs - danger averted.#T3##SUB#
Khanna has an active guard here but Walcott has managed to pass into half guard.
Walcott thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
Khanna wants to get back to full guard.#SUB#
Khanna actively working from the bottom here.#SUB#
Khanna looking for submissions from an awkward position here.#T4#
A few boos can be heard. I'm sure they will multiply if the fighters don't pick up the pace.#SUB#
Khanna looking to work for a kimura from the bottom.
Khanna is looking for a sweep. Walcott is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.#SUB#
Khanna looking for submissions from an awkward position here.#REF3#
The referee has decided to stand the fighters back up, so we'll restart on the feet.
Walcott doesn't manage to clinch there - Khanna circles away.
Walcott fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Walcott scores with a shot to the body.
A jab from Walcott does it's job there.
A shot to the body from Walcott misses
and Khanna counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
A close round but Tommy Walcott will probably get the nod.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the ring so we can get back down to business.#R2#
Walcott throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Khanna thows a left - swing and a miss!
Walcott's coach down at was telling us pre-fight that they have been working on Walcott's balance. Obviously they view that as a key factor in the outcome of this fight.
Walcott attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
Khanna seem to be loading up, looking for a big counter.
Walcott misses with a series of wild punches.
Walcott throws a predictable looking body shot
and Khanna counters with a nice uppercut.
A telegraphed right hand from Walcott misses the target.
Crunch! Khanna slams his shin into Walcott's torso.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Khanna throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Walcott sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Walcott with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Walcott lands with an overhand left.#T1#
Khanna throws a shot from downtown. Walcott moves away and avoids it.
Khanna misses the shot to the body.
Walcott is clearly trying to counter these attacks from Khanna with a body shot.
Khanna throws a hook to the side of Walcott's head but Walcott sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Walcott throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Khanna sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Khanna waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Walcott.
Walcott ducks under a wild hook from Khanna.
It seemed like Walcott was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Tommy Walcott seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Khanna swings away with a leg kick that misses.
Khanna takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.#CL2#
Walcott has taken the fight to the clinch.
Khanna misses with a punch on the inside.
Khanna tries to throw a body punch but Walcott avoids it by throwing Khanna back against the ropes. #T2#
Walcott lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Khanna or not.
Walcott scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Walcott tries a body shot but Khanna blocks it.
Khanna blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Walcott throws a head punch that misses.
Khanna jumps guard but Walcott stands there with Khanna around his waist. Khanna gives up and drops back to his feet. We remain in the clinch.
Walcott misses with a punch on the inside.
Walcott blocks a body shot from Khanna.
Walcott tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Khanna misses with some punches.
Walcott blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Walcott lands with a right to the head.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Khanna blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Walcott makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Khanna blocks a body shot from Walcott.
Khanna goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
A head punch on the inside from Khanna fails to land.
Walcott tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Good body shot from Walcott.
Walcott tries a body shot but Khanna blocks it.
Walcott tries to work over Khanna's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target. #T3#
Walcott tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
A head punch on the inside from Walcott fails to land.
A nice right hand lands inside from Khanna.
Khanna misses with some punches.
Walcott can't find room to land a body shot as Khanna controls the action.
Walcott misses with a punch to the body.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Khanna.
Khanna fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Walcott goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Walcott misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Khanna blocks an uppercut.
Walcott lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Khanna or not.
Khanna misses with a hook to the ribs.
Khanna misses with a hook from the clinch.
Walcott blocking some punches.
Khanna takes a shot to the head.
A shot in the inside from Khanna.
Walcott throws a head punch that misses.
Walcott blocks an uppercut.
Khanna struggles to land a body shot inside as Walcott controls his hands.
Khanna tries to work over Walcott's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target. #T4#
Khanna works on Walcott's body with a couple of short punches.
Khanna blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Khanna tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Walcott's elbow.
Walcott presses Khanna against the ropes and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Khanna tries to work over Walcott's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Khanna lands a body shot.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Khanna.
Walcott can't find room to land a body shot as Khanna controls the action.
Walcott lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Walcott has a couple of punches blocked by Khanna.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Khanna.
Khanna has a couple of punches blocked by Walcott.
Khanna can't find room to land a body shot as Walcott controls the action.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Walcott.
Khanna lands a body punch.
Khanna lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Tommy Walcott seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Walcott working aggressively here.
Khanna lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Khanna doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Khanna goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Khanna is trying to pull guard but Walcott has him pressed against the ropes.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
A close second round but Tommy Walcott will probably get the nod - 10:9.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action.#R3#
Walcott staying out of range there.
Walcott with a jab.
Walcott is throwing a lot of body shots here, looking to wear down Khanna rather than just go for the knockout.
Khanna ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Walcott moves away.
Walcott scores with a body shot.
Walcott lands with a nice body punch.
Walcott misses with an uppercut. Khanna saw that one coming.
Khanna goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Walcott lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Walcott throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Walcott comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.#T1#
Khanna doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Walcott misses the shot to the body.
A slow jab from Walcott misses its intended target.
Walcott takes one on the chin but seems OK.
Khanna misses with a straight right.
Khanna looks for the body kick but Walcott saw that one coming.
Walcott throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Walcott jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Sloppy strikes from Khanna. Those never looked like landing.
Khanna with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Walcott to score with a decent uppercut.#T2#
Khanna tries to close the distance and clinch up but Walcott swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Walcott appears to be waiting to throw a counter punch to the body.#CL2#
Walcott closes the distance and pushes Khanna back into the ropes.
Walcott tries to throw a body punch but Khanna avoids it by throwing Walcott back against the ropes.
Khanna lands with a left to the head.
Good body shot from Khanna.
Walcott lands a left hand.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Khanna lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Khanna digs a right hand into Walcott's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Walcott's gas tank.
Walcott takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Walcott makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Khanna swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Khanna pushes Walcott back against the ropes and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Walcott misses with a body punch.
#TD#
Khanna has managed to pull guard. Let's see whether he can work an aggressive guard. It will also be interesting to see what tactics Walcott uses from the top position. #SUB#
Khanna is active off his back here, looking for submissions.
#SUB#
Khanna is working actively off his back, looking to secure an arm or perhaps work for a triangle. #T3#
Walcott pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Khanna is keeping the position for now.
Walcott wants to control from the top but Khanna keeps moving. #SUB#
Khanna looking for submissions off his back, moving his hips, looking for an opening.
#T4#
Neither fighter has done anything of merit for a good minute or two here and the crowd are not happy about it.
Walcott trying to control the position from guard on top but Khanna is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can. #SUB#
Khanna looking for a guillotine here but Walcott defends easily.
Khanna trying to keep a closed guard but Walcott is proving a slippery customer.
#REF3#
The referee has stepped in and called for a break in the action. We'll restart on the feet.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
A close third round but Tommy Walcott just about did enough to take it.
That's time! Khanna's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.#R4#
Khanna lands a slapping body shot.
Khanna lands a high kick!
#ROC#Walcott is rocked!
Khanna needs to keep his hands up - Walcott had a free shot at his head there.
A telegraphed right hand from Walcott misses the target.
Walcott misses with a hook
and Khanna counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Walcott is still on wobbly legs! Can Khanna finish him?
Khanna throws a shot from downtown. Walcott moves away and avoids it.
Walcott seems to have recovered his senses.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Walcott fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Khanna looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Khanna is looking to clinch but Walcott is avoiding it.
Walcott throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
#T1#
Walcott tries to clinch up.
Khanna staying out of range there.
Khanna throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Khanna getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
Walcott scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.
Khanna throws a low kick but Walcott moves out of range easily.
Walcott ducks under a wild hook from Khanna.
Walcott takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
Khanna takes a jab right on the kisser.
#T2#
Khanna throws an overhand right that lands on Walcott's shoulder, as Walcott tries to avoid the shot.
Walcott lands with a right hand.
Walcott lunges at Khanna with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Khanna's hand.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Khanna takes a swing at Walcott's ribcage but misses.
Khanna swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
It seemed like Walcott was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Khanna looks to land a right hand but Walcott moved out of range.
Nice shot by Walcott.
A lazy body kick from Khanna
and Walcott counters with a leg kick.
Tommy Walcott seems to be getting the better of the standup.
A nice leg kick from Walcott, right into the meat of the thigh.
Walcott slips under a jab.
Walcott lets it all go there with a big combo counter but none of the punches connected.#T3#
Khanna throws a right hand that misses
and Walcott connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
A chopping leg kick lands by Walcott.
Walcott finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
Khanna jinks towards his opponent looking like he wants to counter with a mid kick but doesn't commit.
Walcott throws out a powerful jab.
Walcott throws a series of punches but Khanna avoids them all with ease.
Khanna throws a body kick despite being completely out of range
and Walcott counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Khanna scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.#KD#
A jab-cross combination lands for Khanna and sends Walcott crashing to the mat! Khanna follows him down to the mat - Walcott regains half guard but he's not out of trouble yet!
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Khanna is pressing down on Walcott's thigh, looking to free his foot. Walcott is holding on for now. #T4#
Khanna trying to control the action but Walcott is working from the bottom. #SUB#
Khanna is sneakily working for an arm triangle but Walcott sees it coming and defends easily.#SUB#
Khanna is sneakily working for an arm triangle but Walcott sees it coming and defends easily.
Walcott trying to control but Khanna postures up.
The referee is pacing around the two fighters, thinking about a standup.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close fourth round but I would say that Raja Khanna will probably get the nod.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action. Ladies and gentlemen, this is the final round!#R5#
Khanna goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
The fighters circle momentarily. Khanna darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.
Walcott throws a hook but Khanna avoids it easily.
Walcott needs to keep his hands up - Khanna had a free shot at his head there.
Khanna throws a hook to the side of Walcott's head but Walcott sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Walcott doesn't fully commit to the body shot counter.
Walcott swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Khanna.
Walcott uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Khanna.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Khanna on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
A bone on bone clash there as Khanna blocks the leg kick.
Khanna doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.#T1#
A left lands for Walcott.
Khanna ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Walcott moves away.
A big left from Walcott misses.
Walcott moves into range and connects with a jab.
Walcott tries to clinch there but Khanna circles away.
Walcott throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Walcott misses with a hook. Khanna ducked under it nicely.
Khanna seem to be loading up, looking for a big counter.
Decent striking displayed by Walcott there.
Khanna fails to land with a series of punches.
Raja Khanna has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Tommy Walcott is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.#T2#
Walcott avoids the head kick by Khanna.
Walcott looks to score with a jab to the body but Khanna is just out of range.
The fight stays on the outside here - Walcott looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Khanna is looking to counter with a body kick.
Khanna with the inside leg kick.
Khanna misses with a body punch
and Walcott counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Walcott lands with a nice body punch.
Walcott tries to clinch but Khanna is having none of it.
Khanna throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.#T3#
Walcott defending well as Khanna loads up on a big left hand.
Walcott looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Walcott throws a hook but Khanna avoids it easily.
Walcott lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
Walcott throws a leg kick but Khanna sees it coming and moves out of range.
A lazy body kick from Walcott
and Khanna counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Khanna is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Walcott.
Some wild striking there from Khanna.
Walcott throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Khanna stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.#T4#
A jab lands there for Khanna.
A big right from Walcott misses.
Walcott throws a good cross that connects.
Khanna throws a sloppy head kick
and Walcott counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Walcott cracks Khanna with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the ropes.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Khanna misses with a telegraphed body shot
and Khanna takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Walcott 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.
Khanna misses with a left hand
and Walcott counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
And that's the end of the fight!
Tommy Walcott comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think Walcott has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 5 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Gwen Towbar scores the fight 46:49
Judge Stewart Dunkirk scores the fight 46:49
Judge Frank Dennis scores the fight 47:49
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Tommy Walcott!
Tommy Walcott is the new light heavyweight champion!
An out of breath and clearly excited Tommy Walcott thanked Mythical Fighter for their help and support (and free stuff they sent him). |
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Event:
Nfld 39
Date: Sep 09, 2023 |
#R1#
Kiwi looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Khanna looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Khanna lands a glancing blow to the side of Kiwi's head.
Kiwi throws an off balance right hand
and Khanna connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Kiwi swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Kiwi connects with a solid leg kick.
Khanna misses with an uppercut.
Khanna throws a wild body kick that Kiwi sees coming a mile off.
It looked like Kiwi was looking amped, ready to throw a big counter but didn't commit.
Khanna misses with a lunging right hand
and Kiwi counters with a nice uppercut. #CUT#It looks like Raja Khanna has been cut.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.#CL2#
Khanna closes the distance and clinches.
Kiwi misses with a punch to the body.
Kiwi misses with a punch on the inside.
A short right from Khanna.
Khanna is trying to pull guard but Kiwi has him pressed against the cage.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Kiwi. #T1#
Khanna struggles to land a body shot inside as Kiwi controls his hands.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Kiwi creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
A shot in the inside from Kiwi.
Kiwi lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Khanna misses with a punch to the body.
Kiwi misses with some punches.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Kiwi.
Kiwi goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Khanna softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Khanna lands a left hand that snaps the head of Kiwi backwards.
Kiwi lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Khanna or not.
Khanna stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Khanna is working Kiwi over against the cage.
Kiwi throws a punch but it's blocked by Khanna.
A short right from Khanna on the inside.
Kiwi working aggressively here.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Khanna misses with some punches.
Kiwi lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
A nice right hand lands inside from Kiwi.
Khanna's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Khanna doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Khanna lands a body shot in the clinch.
#T2#
Kiwi tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Khanna struggles to land a body shot inside as Kiwi controls his hands.
Khanna tries a body shot but Kiwi blocks it.
Kiwi throws a punch but it's blocked by Khanna.
Kiwi fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Khanna working aggressively here.
Khanna lands a left hand.
Kiwi lands with a short shot to the head.
Khanna lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
A short body shot lands from Khanna as the two fighters clinch.
Kiwi working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Khanna doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Khanna tries to work over Kiwi's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Khanna lands a right hand.
Kiwi tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Kiwi blocks an uppercut.
Khanna fails to pull guard.
Khanna misses with some punches.
Khanna digs a right hand underneath Kiwi's ribcage. Kiwi let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Khanna lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Khanna managing to block the knees to the body from Kiwi.
#T3#
Kiwi blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Khanna tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Khanna misses with some punches.
Kiwi lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Khanna backwards.
Khanna jumps guard but Kiwi turns him against the cage and keeps the fight standing.
Bruce Kiwi has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Raja Khanna.
Khanna lands a left hand that snaps the head of Kiwi backwards.
Khanna fails to pull the fight into his guard.
Khanna misses with a short punch on the inside.
Khanna swings wildly with an uppercut but Kiwi uses good head movement to avoid it.
Kiwi softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Khanna softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
A right hand to the body from Kiwi.
Kiwi lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Kiwi lands a shoulder strike.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Kiwi.
Kiwi lands a left hand that snaps the head of Khanna backwards.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
A short right hand to the side of the head by Kiwi.
Kiwi has a couple of punches blocked by Khanna.
Khanna struggles to land a body shot inside as Kiwi controls his hands.
A short uppercut from Kiwi.
Kiwi gets through Khanna's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.#T4#
Kiwi misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Kiwi is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Khanna is defending well for now.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Kiwi.
Still in the clinch, Kiwi scores with a nice short uppercut.
Khanna tries a body shot but Kiwi blocks it.
A shot in the inside from Kiwi.
Kiwi blocking some punches.
Khanna lands a body shot in the clinch.
Kiwi lands a right hand that snaps the head of Khanna backwards.
Khanna jumps guard but his hands slip and he falls flat on his back. Well, he's made himself look a right mug there, as Kiwi walks away with a smile on his face. Khanna gets slowly back to his feet and shakes his head. #CL2#
Khanna gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Khanna has a couple of punches blocked by Kiwi.
Khanna blocks a body shot from Kiwi.
A nice left hand lands by Kiwi.
A short uppercut from Kiwi.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Khanna tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Kiwi blocks an uppercut.
Kiwi lands with a short shot to the head.
Khanna lands a shoulder strike.
Kiwi tries to throw a body punch but Khanna avoids it by throwing Kiwi back against the cage.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Bruce Kiwi dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Raja Khanna's cut.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action.#R2#
Kiwi lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Kiwi is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Khanna can do to turn this around?
Sloppy strikes from Kiwi. Those never looked like landing.
Kiwi throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Khanna sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Khanna drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
Kiwi chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Khanna looking to land some kicks to the body here.
As Khanna tries to get set, Kiwi tries to push him back and clinch up but Khanna manages to avoid the attempt.
Khanna swings away with a body shot that misses
and Kiwi cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Kiwi thows a left - swing and a miss!
Khanna lands with a straight right. Kiwi didn't see that one coming.#CL#
Kiwi closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Khanna. #T1#
Kiwi using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Khanna has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Khanna lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Kiwi backwards.
Kiwi misses with a knee strike.
Khanna throws a head punch that misses.
Kiwi swings wildly with an uppercut but Khanna uses good head movement to avoid it.
Khanna fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Kiwi tries a body shot but Khanna blocks it.
Kiwi has a couple of punches blocked by Khanna.
Bruce Kiwi has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Khanna swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Kiwi throws a head punch that misses.
Kiwi misses with a punch on the inside.
Khanna tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Kiwi's elbow.
Khanna tries to throw a body punch but Kiwi avoids it by throwing Khanna back against the cage.
Khanna is trying to pull guard but being pressed up against the cage enables Kiwi to keep the fight standing.
Kiwi blocks an uppercut.
Kiwi blocks a body shot from Khanna.
Kiwi tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Khanna blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Khanna swings wildly with an uppercut but Kiwi uses good head movement to avoid it.
Khanna tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Kiwi's elbow. #T2#
Kiwi works on Khanna's body with a couple of short punches.
Khanna working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Khanna digs a right hand underneath Kiwi's ribcage. Kiwi let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Kiwi doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Khanna tries a body shot but Kiwi blocks it.
Khanna blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Khanna blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Kiwi misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Khanna misses with some punches.
Kiwi softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Khanna lands a nice uppercut.
Khanna can't find room to land a body shot as Kiwi controls the action.
Khanna doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Kiwi tries a body shot but Khanna blocks it.
Kiwi working some nice short punches in the clinch.
A right hand to the body from Khanna.
Kiwi tries to land knees in the clinch but Khanna avoids the damage to the body.
Khanna scores with a shoulder strike.
Kiwi misses with a punch on the inside.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Kiwi.#T3#
Kiwi lands a right hand that snaps the head of Khanna backwards.
Kiwi lands a body shot in the clinch.
A body shot lands from Kiwi.
Kiwi blocking some punches.
Khanna lands a right hand.
Khanna blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Kiwi misses with a body punch.
Kiwi tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Kiwi throws a head punch that misses.
Khanna tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Kiwi's elbow.
Kiwi tries a body shot but Khanna blocks it.
Khanna misses with the head strike.
Kiwi swings wildly with an uppercut but Khanna uses good head movement to avoid it.
Khanna scores with a shot to the side of Kiwi's head.
Khanna misses with a punch to the body.
Kiwi goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Kiwi struggles to land a body shot inside as Khanna controls his hands.
Kiwi struggles to land a body shot inside as Khanna controls his hands.
Kiwi throws a punch but it's blocked by Khanna.
A short body shot lands from Kiwi as the two fighters clinch.
#T4#
A short left from Khanna.
Khanna doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Khanna blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Khanna misses with a body punch.
Khanna misses with a hook to the ribs.
Khanna on the defensive, avoiding the knees 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!
Khanna working aggressively here.
Khanna blocks a body shot from Kiwi.
Kiwi lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Khanna can't find room to land a body shot as Kiwi controls the action.
Kiwi lands with a right to the head.
Kiwi working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Khanna goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Kiwi digs a right hand into Khanna's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Khanna's gas tank.
Khanna is breathing heavily.
Kiwi misses with a body punch.
Kiwi fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Khanna doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Kiwi pushes Khanna back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Khanna swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Khanna misses with a hook from the clinch.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Bruce Kiwi dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Raja Khanna's cut.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! 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.#R3#
Khanna uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Kiwi.
Bruce Kiwi is winning the standup battle so far.
Kiwi lands with a hook. Khanna tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
Kiwi throws a body kick that misses.
Kiwi lands with a thumping leg kick.
Kiwi swats away the attempt to clinch by Khanna.
Khanna misses with a straight left.
Kiwi feinted there with a counter leg kick.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Donk. Kiwi catches Khanna right on the button with a cross.
Khanna tries to clinch but Kiwi is having none of it.
Kiwi throws a sloppy head kick and Khanna moves out of range easily.
Khanna throws out a counter right but Kiwi avoids it with no problem.#T1#
Khanna fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Kiwi tries to close the distance and clinch up but Khanna swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Kiwi takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Khanna takes a nasty kick to the mid section... That should keep him thinking. Does he try and block and risk a head kick landing?
The fight stays on the outside here - Kiwi looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Kiwi wants to clinch but Khanna slips to the side
and Khanna counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
The fighters circle momentarily. Kiwi darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.#CUT#That has opened up Raja Khanna's cut even more.
Kiwi wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Khanna throws an ugly left hook that misses
letting Kiwi counter with a right hand.
Raja Khanna has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Khanna takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.#T2#
Khanna throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Kiwi ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.#CL#
Kiwi clinches up against the cage.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Khanna lands a left hand.
Kiwi gets through Khanna's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
A short right from Kiwi on the inside.
Khanna fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Bruce Kiwi is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Khanna tries to work over Kiwi's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Kiwi blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Khanna misses with a body punch.
Khanna misses with a hook from the clinch.
Kiwi lands with a left to the head.
Khanna has a couple of punches blocked by Kiwi.
#T3#
A short right from Khanna.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Kiwi.
Khanna throws a punch but it's blocked by Kiwi.
Khanna tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Khanna tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Khanna tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Kiwi's elbow.
Khanna tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Kiwi misses with a punch to the body.
Khanna misses with a punch on the inside.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Kiwi.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Kiwi.
Kiwi scores with a shoulder strike. #T4#
Kiwi blocking some punches.
Khanna fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Khanna misses with a hook to the ribs.
Kiwi misses with a hook to the ribs.
A short left from Kiwi.
Kiwi fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Khanna tries a body shot but Kiwi blocks it.
Khanna misses with a hook to the ribs.
Khanna swings wildly with an uppercut but Kiwi uses good head movement to avoid it.
Khanna misses with a hook to the ribs.
Khanna doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
A head punch on the inside from Khanna fails to land.
And that's the end of the fight!
Bruce Kiwi showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Kiwi 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 Ron Honeybunn scores the fight 30:27
Judge Summer Carpenter scores the fight 30:27
Judge Darius Henderson scores the fight 30:27
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Bruce Kiwi!
Bruce Kiwi made sure to mention his sponsor, Ma Balls Is Hot Clothing in his post fight interview. |
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Event:
Nfld live 41
Date: Aug 12, 2023 |
#R1#
Nagibatel throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Khanna counters with a nice kick to the body.
Nagibatel tries to land a front kick but Khanna steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
Khanna lands a jab. Then a cross. Then finally a nice hook to the body. Good work there by Khanna.#CUT#It looks like Lyoha Nagibatel has been cut.
Khanna misses with a jab to the body
and Nagibatel counters with a nice uppercut. #CUT2#It looks like Raja Khanna has been cut.
Khanna just misses with a punch to the body.
It seemed like Nagibatel was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Khanna throws a good cross that connects.
Jab, jab by Nagibatel - just one landing.
Raja Khanna seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Khanna showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Nagibatel.
Khanna is looking to counter punch.#T1#
Khanna misses with a wild body shot.
Khanna misses with a body kick.
Nagibatel follows through with a counter body kick but it doesn't land.
Nagibatel swats away the attempt to clinch by Khanna.
Nagibatel thinks about the counter body kick.
Nagibatel thows a left - swing and a miss!
It looked like Khanna was trying to counter with a body shot coming off that last attack from Nagibatel.#CL#
Khanna moves into the clinch.
Khanna lands with a light punch inside.
Khanna lands with a short shot to the head.
Nagibatel blocks a punch to the side of the head.
#T2#
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Nagibatel.
Nagibatel is looking to break free of the clinch but Khanna has double underhooks.
Khanna tries to pull guard but Nagibatel holds him up against the cage and eventually Khanna drops back down to his feet.
#BC2#
Nagibatel breaks the clinch.
Nagibatel takes one on the button.
Khanna throws a looping overhand right but Nagibatel ducks down to avoid it.
A little jabbing left from Nagibatel on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Khanna throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Nagibatel sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Khanna thows a leg kick but Nagibatel checks it
and Nagibatel counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Nagibatel scores with a jab.
Nagibatel throws a push kick but Khanna slaps the foot to one side. #T3#
Khanna looks for the body kick but Nagibatel saw that one coming.
Nagibatel uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.#CUT2#Raja Khanna's cut is getting worse.
Khanna misses with a straight right.
Khanna throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Nagibatel counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Khanna throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Khanna looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
#CL#
Khanna closes the distance and clinches. #T4#
A right handed body shot lands from Nagibatel.
Khanna lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Nagibatel backwards.
Nagibatel lands a body shot.
Nagibatel lands a nice uppercut.
A nice left hand lands by Khanna.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Khanna can't find room to land a body shot as Nagibatel controls the action.
Khanna scores with a shot to the side of Nagibatel's head.
Khanna tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Khanna has a couple of punches blocked by Nagibatel.
Nagibatel digs a right hand into Khanna's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Khanna's gas tank. #BC2#
Nagibatel breaks the clinch.
Khanna uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Nagibatel has time to react.
A slow jab from Khanna misses its intended target.
Nagibatel looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Khanna looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Raja Khanna dominated that round.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action.#R2#
Nagibatel drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
Nagibatel connects with a crisp jab.
Khanna throws a lazy right hand but Nagibatel sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
It seemed like Nagibatel was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Khanna lands a lovely overhand right.
Nagibatel has been working his punching technique in the buildup to the fight and it appears to be paying off.
Khanna looks for the body kick but Nagibatel saw that one coming.
Nagibatel swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Nagibatel swats away the attempt to clinch by Khanna.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Khanna lands with a straight right. Nagibatel didn't see that one coming.#T1#
Nagibatel takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
Khanna on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
Khanna throws out a loose jab but Nagibatel uses good head movement to avoid it.
And Nagibatel responds with a good body kick, but Khanna manages to step out the way in time.
Nagibatel tries to move into range but Khanna moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
Nagibatel lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.#CUT2#Raja Khanna's cut is bleeding quite badly. He's got to try and protect it.
Khanna throws a front kick that sends Nagibatel stumbling back into the cage.
Khanna tries to close the distance and clinch but Nagibatel swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
A little jabbing left from Nagibatel on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.#T2#
Nagibatel moves out of range as Khanna strikes.#CL#
Khanna moves into the clinch successfully.
Nagibatel prevents a body shot from Khanna.
Khanna scores with a nice hook to the head.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Nagibatel misses with a hook from the clinch.
Khanna gets through Nagibatel's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Khanna misses with a hook from the clinch.
Khanna lands a left hand that snaps the head of Nagibatel backwards.
Khanna fails to pull the fight into his guard.
Khanna goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Khanna swings wildly with an uppercut but Nagibatel uses good head movement to avoid it.
Khanna lands an uppercut.
Khanna working aggressively here.
#T3#
Khanna misses with a hook to the ribs.
Khanna throws a head punch that misses.
Khanna misses with a body punch.
Nagibatel tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Nagibatel misses with a body punch.
Nagibatel lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Khanna or not.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Khanna.
Khanna keeps control of Nagibatel as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Khanna lands a right hand.
Khanna throws a head punch that misses.
Nagibatel digs a right hand into Khanna's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Khanna's gas tank.
Nagibatel throws a head punch that misses.
Khanna swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Khanna has a couple of punches blocked by Nagibatel.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Khanna.
Khanna fails to pull the fight into his guard.
Nagibatel tries to throw a body punch but Khanna avoids it by throwing Nagibatel back against the cage.
Raja Khanna has scored more points in the clinch so far.#T4#
Khanna misses with a punch on the inside.
Khanna lands with a short shot to the head.
Khanna tries to work over Nagibatel's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
A right hook to the body lands for Nagibatel.
Khanna tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Nagibatel's elbow.
Khanna is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Nagibatel can do to turn this around?
Khanna lands a body punch. #BC2#
Nagibatel breaks from the clinch.
Khanna goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Nagibatel looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Khanna throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Nagibatel sees it coming and avoids it easily.
A jab from Khanna does it's job there.
Khanna throws a jab but it's blocked by Nagibatel.
A little jabbing left from Nagibatel on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Khanna connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Raja Khanna dominated that second round.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action! This is the final round!#R3#
A big left from Khanna misses.
A little jabbing left from Nagibatel on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Nagibatel looks to land a right hand but Khanna moved out of range.
Khanna tries to clinch up.
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Khanna, as that shot connected.
Khanna tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
It seemed like Nagibatel was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Khanna throws out a loose jab but Nagibatel uses good head movement to avoid it.
Nagibatel looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Nagibatel takes one on the chin but seems OK.
Nagibatel goes for a spinning back kick but it misses. #T1#
Nagibatel throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Khanna bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Nagibatel's head.
Khanna looks to throw the jab but Nagibatel is out of range.
Khanna misses with a body kick.
It seemed like Nagibatel was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Khanna throws a lazy uppercut
and Nagibatel counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Khanna looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Nagibatel swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Khanna is looking to clinch but Nagibatel is avoiding it.
#T2#
Nagibatel misses with an uppercut
and Nagibatel takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles. #CL#
Khanna moves into the clinch successfully.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Khanna. #BC2#
Nagibatel escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Khanna throws a body kick that misses.
Khanna tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Khanna takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Khanna pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Nagibatel waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Khanna.#T3#
Khanna swings and misses with a shot to the body
and Nagibatel counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Nagibatel cracks Khanna with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.#ROC2#Khanna is rocked!#CUT2#Jeez, Raja Khanna's cut is really nasty now. The referee must be thinking about getting that checked.
Khanna jabs Nagibatel right on the nose. Nagibatel blinks but takes it well.
Nagibatel checks the leg kick.
Khanna throws a wild body kick that Nagibatel sees coming a mile off.
Khanna lands a really nice looking cross but Nagibatel seems unphased.
#KD2#
Nagibatel lands a big uppercut and Khanna crumbles to the floor! The ref thinks about stopping the fight but Khanna looks OK. Nagibatel waves Khanna back to his feet!
Oh Khanna is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
The referee calls the doctor in to look at Raja Khanna's cut. Oh no, the doctor has called an end to the bout!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:10 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Cut). Lyoha Nagibatel!
After winning the bout, Lyoha Nagibatel thanked all his fans and promised he'd do even better in his next fight. The crowd seemed to love his humility. |
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Event:
Nfld liive 38
Date: Jul 15, 2023 |
#R1#
Bolleke lands a nice shot that snaps Khanna's head back.
#CUT#It looks like Raja Khanna has been cut.
Khanna swings widly with a right hand
and Bolleke connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Bolleke throws a predictable looking body shot
and Bolleke takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Khanna looks to land a right hand but Bolleke moved out of range.
Oscar Bolleke seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Khanna swings for the body but Bolleke moves out of range.
Bolleke scores with a jab to the head.
Bolleke connects with a body shot.
Khanna takes a jab right on the kisser.
Bolleke looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Khanna takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Bolleke has a takedown stuffed.
Khanna doesn't fully commit to the body shot counter.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Bolleke misses with an uppercut
and Khanna counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Bolleke looks to throw the jab but Khanna is out of range.
Bolleke swings widly with a right hand
and Bolleke takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles. #T1#
Jab by Bolleke.
Raja Khanna is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Bolleke looks to throw the jab but Khanna is out of range.
Khanna keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.
Bolleke paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
Bolleke scores with a body shot.
Khanna displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Bolleke throws out the jab.
A decent looking body kick lands there for Khanna.
A swing and a miss from Khanna.
Bolleke is looking to counter with a shot to the body.
Bolleke avoids a kick to the body.
Khanna dips down and scores with a jab to the body.#T2#
Khanna throws a hook but Bolleke blocks it.
Bolleke has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Khanna.
Khanna misses with a straight right.
Bolleke connects with a nice looking jab.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Bolleke misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Khanna.
Bolleke looks to score with a jab to the body but Khanna is just out of range.#TD#
Bolleke shoots in looking for a single leg takedown. Khanna is trying to defend but Bolleke finishes it well and ends up in half guard. Let's see if he can advance position further.#SUB2#
Bolleke moves into side control, avoiding a weak kimura attempt from Khanna.
Bolleke trying to control the action but Khanna is working from the bottom. #T3#
Bolleke working the ground and pound from side control.
Bolleke working the ground and pound but he's contacting the mat, not the fighter.
Khanna is moving his hips around well on the bottom and has managed to get back to half guard.
Khanna trying to hold on to Bolleke's head to control him but Bolleke postures up.
Bolleke prevents Khanna from improving his position.
Khanna has found himself in a tricky position here. He's been working his transitions in training so let's see if he can work his way out of it.
Khanna gets back to full guard.
#T4#
Bolleke working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.
Bolleke postures up in Khanna's guard and throws a big left but Khanna blocks it. #SUB2#
Khanna is active off his back here, looking for submissions.
Bolleke postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.#SUB2#
Khanna looking for submissions off his back, moving his hips, looking for an opening.
Bolleke wants to control from the top but Khanna keeps moving.
Bolleke working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Oscar Bolleke dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Raja Khanna's cut.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!#R2#
A slow jab from Khanna misses its intended target.
Good standup being displayed there by Bolleke as he connects with a hook.
Decent striking displayed by Bolleke there.
Nice shot lands for Bolleke.
Bolleke moves out of range of the body kick from Khanna.
Bolleke lands a glancing blow to the side of Khanna's head.
Bolleke connects with a body shot that sends Khanna's belly button to the back.
Bolleke tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Khanna was well out of range. Poor timing from Bolleke.
Bolleke is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Khanna can do to turn this around?
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
A shot to the body from Bolleke misses
enabling Khanna to counter with a crisp jab.
Khanna stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
Khanna slips under a jab from Bolleke.
Khanna throws out a counter right but Bolleke avoids it with no problem.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Khanna tries to move into range but Bolleke moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.#T1#
Bolleke tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Khanna was well out of range. Poor timing from Bolleke.
Bolleke misses with a left hand
letting Khanna counter with a right hand.
Khanna pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Bolleke scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Khanna doesn't seem bothered though.
Bolleke misses with a body punch
and Khanna counters with a nice body kick.
Khanna keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
A jab lands there for Bolleke.
A jab from Bolleke finds it's way through Khanna's defenses.
Khanna ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Khanna steps in looking to counter with the mid kick but it doesn't connect.
Bolleke throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Khanna cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
A big right from Bolleke misses.
Bolleke connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe. #T2#
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Bolleke thows a left - swing and a miss!
Khanna appears to be waiting to throw a counter punch to the body.
Oscar Bolleke is winning the standup battle so far.
Bolleke misses with a wild body shot.
Bolleke smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
Bolleke throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Khanna is trying to counter with his kicks.
Khanna throws a series of punches but Bolleke moves out of range.
Khanna throws a body kick, spinning off balance#TD#
and Bolleke decides to take the opportunity to score a takedown. He's landed in Khanna's guard.
Bolleke trying to control but Khanna is working from the bottom. #SUB2#
Khanna is working actively off his back, looking to secure an arm or perhaps work for a triangle.
Khanna utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound. #T3#
Khanna keeping moving, preventing Bolleke from controlling successfully.
Bolleke with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.#SUB2#
Khanna is working actively off his back, looking to secure an arm or perhaps work for a triangle. #SUB2#
Khanna has his foot on Bolleke's thigh. He's trying to push off and get in position for a triangle, I think. Bolleke works his way back into a safe position though.#SUB2#
Khanna looking for a guillotine here but Bolleke defends easily.
Bolleke is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact. #T4#
Bolleke wants to pass the guard but Khanna is keeping the position.#SUB2#
Khanna is looking for a guillotine. You can't force these things though and Bolleke defends well.
Bolleke content to strike from guard, landing some decent shots. #SUB2#
Khanna has a loose triangle. He'll be looking to tighten that up but Bolleke can see exactly what he's planning and manages to posture up and free himself. #SUB2#
Khanna working for submissions but it's allowed Bolleke to get to half guard.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Oscar Bolleke dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Raja Khanna's cut.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!#R3#
Nice cross by Khanna.
Bolleke throws a looping overhand right but Khanna ducks down to avoid it.
Khanna counters with a body kick.
Khanna ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Khanna fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Bolleke manages to avoid it.
Bolleke lands a nice shot to the body.
Khanna tries to land a front kick but Bolleke steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Khanna drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
Khanna throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Khanna looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
Bolleke closes this distance looking for a takedown but Khanna circles away.#T1#
Bolleke misses with a looping left.
Khanna wants to counter with a clinch but Bolleke pushes him away.
Bolleke looks to score with a jab to the body but Khanna is just out of range.#TD#
Bolleke shoots in looking for a single leg takedown. Khanna is trying to defend but Bolleke finishes it well and ends up in half guard. Let's see if he can advance position further.
Bolleke slips a nice elbow through Khanna's hands, connecting with Khanna's forehead.#SUB2#
Khanna actively working from the bottom here.
Bolleke frees up his trapped foot and advances to mount.
Bolleke trying to control but he's not successful this time. #T2#
Khanna takes a big shot to the head but keeps on trying to improve his position.
Bolleke is in the full mount, landing strikes.
Bolleke cracks Khanna with a big head shot that has him covering up instantly! He's rolled onto his side and the referee has seen enough - this one is aaaaaaaaaaall over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:41 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Oscar Bolleke!
Oscar Bolleke retains his middleweight title!
A relieved looking Oscar Bolleke 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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Event:
Nfld live 37
Date: Jul 01, 2023 |
#R1#
We've got one fighter who appears to only be looking to counter and the other not looking particularly aggressive either, so we could be in for a dull fight.
Khanna throws a half hearted mid kick.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Khanna.
Roussel feints the counter takedown.
Good standup being displayed there by Khanna as he connects with a hook.#CUT#It looks like Dexter Roussel has been cut.
Khanna misses the shot to the body.
It seemed like Roussel was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Khanna smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Roussel loads up on a big right hand but Khanna slips the punch.
Khanna fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.#T1#
Khanna misses with a double jab.
Nice body kick there by Khanna.
Khanna misses with a kick to the body
and Roussel counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Khanna thinking.
Khanna misses with a kick to the body.
Roussel blocks a head kick by Khanna.
Khanna fakes the leg kick and cracks Roussel in the body. #T2#
Roussel ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Roussel tries a counter takedown but it's more of a dummy move, and he uses it to push himself away.
Khanna swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Khanna feints and then cracks Roussel's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Roussel down.
Khanna throws a body kick that sends a sickening thudding noise reverberating around the arena.
A big right from Khanna misses.
Khanna looks to throw the jab but Roussel is out of range.
A lazy body kick from Khanna #TD2#
and Roussel counters with a takedown into side control! That could mean trouble for Khanna! #T3#
Khanna gets one leg under and gets the fight to half guard.
Roussel working over Khanna with some ground and pound. Khanna looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable.
Khanna tries to get to full guard but Roussel has control of the leg.
Khanna avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Roussel.
Roussel drops an elbow to the side of Khanna's head.
Roussel throwing shots but Khanna is blocking nicely.
Roussel winds up and cracks Khanna with a swinging punch to the side of the head.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Khanna taking some punishment here, with Roussel in his half guard.
The two fighters exchange a few words. I couldn't hear what they were saying but maybe it's more fun if you make it up yourself. Roussel connects with a nice short shot to Khanna's temple.
The two fighters exchange a few words. I couldn't hear what they were saying but maybe it's more fun if you make it up yourself. Roussel connects with a nice short shot to Khanna's temple. #T4#
Roussel wants to pass the guard but Khanna is defending well.
Roussel missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
Roussel scores with a couple of good hammerfists.
Roussel working some ground and pound from close in. He's looking to maintain this position and strike for a while by the looks of things... although he'll probably advance to full mount in a minute now I've said that.
Roussel landing with strikes to the body and head, softening up his opponent.
Roussel thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Khanna's head.
Khanna is looking for a sweep. Roussel is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
Khanna taking some punishment here, with Roussel in his half guard.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Khanna has no desire to be mounted, so is trying to control. Roussel is working away from the top position though.#SUB#
Khanna looking to work for a kimura from the bottom.
Roussel working Khanna over with strikes.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
A close round but Dexter Roussel will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Dexter Roussel's cut.
That's time! Khanna's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.#R2#
Roussel sees a low kick coming and goes to check it, but it's actually a body kick and it thuds into his unprotected ribs.
Roussel throws a hook but Khanna avoids it easily.
Roussel avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Khanna throws a nice outside leg kick.
Khanna misses with a looping left.
And Roussel tries to counter it with a takedown but Khanna pushes his down on his head and steps out.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Khanna throws a body shot but no joy.
Khanna scores with a jab to the head.
Raja Khanna is winning the standup battle so far.#T1#
Khanna misses with a kick to the body.
Khanna fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Roussel on the side of the head.
Khanna with a jab.
Khanna loads up on a big right hand but Roussel slips the punch.
Roussel tries a counter takedown but it's more of a dummy move, and he uses it to push himself away.
Khanna misses with an uppercut.
Khanna swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
#T2#
Roussel avoids a kick to the body.
Roussel feints the counter takedown.
Raja Khanna seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
A big left from Roussel misses.
As Roussel tries to get set, Khanna tries to push him back and clinch up but Roussel manages to avoid the attempt.
Roussel swings for the body but Khanna moves out of range.
Khanna misses with a body kick.
Roussel with the counter takedown but Khanna avoids it easily.
Khanna misses with an attempted mid kick.
Both fighters are looking to counter, which isn't making for the most exciting fight in the world.
A telegraphed right hand from Khanna misses the target. #T3#
Khanna throws the left hand but Roussel avoids the punch easily.
And Roussel tries to counter it with a takedown but Khanna pushes his down on his head and steps out.
Khanna lands a jab.
Khanna looks to land a body kick but Roussel moved away.
A looping hook to the body misses from Roussel. Khanna does a little dance to reset his feet.
As Roussel backs away, Khanna returns fire with a leg kick that just misses.
Khanna tries to score with a low kick but Roussel moves his leg out of the way.
Khanna tries to bum rush Roussel with a series of wild strikes but Roussel uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Roussel doesn't fully commit to the body shot counter.#T4#
Roussel takes a jab right on the kisser.
#CL#
Khanna gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Still in the clinch, Khanna scores with a nice short uppercut.
Khanna misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Khanna can't find room to land a body shot as Roussel controls the action.
Khanna jumps guard but his hands slip and he falls flat on his back. Well, he's made himself look a right mug there, as Roussel walks away with a smile on his face. Khanna gets slowly back to his feet and shakes his head.
Khanna throws a body kick that misses #TD2#
and Roussel counters with a nice double leg into half guard.
This has been an exciting period of action!
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Khanna trying to hold on to Roussel's head to control him but Roussel postures up.
Khanna taking some punishment here, with Roussel in his half guard.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Raja Khanna dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Dexter Roussel's cut.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action. This is the final round!#R3#
Khanna misses with a straight right.
Khanna dips to his left and cracks Roussel with an uppercut!#CUT#That has opened up Dexter Roussel's cut even more.
Khanna goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Roussel tries a counter takedown but it's more of a dummy move, and he uses it to push himself away.
Khanna lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Khanna keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Khanna looks to land a body kick but Roussel moved away.
Roussel changes levels for a counter takedown but doesn't follow through with his attempt.
No joy there for Khanna, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Roussel now looks to counter with a shot at the body.#T1#
Roussel uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Khanna.
Roussel tries a counter takedown but it's more of a dummy move, and he uses it to push himself away.
Khanna throws an overhand right that lands on Roussel's shoulder, as Roussel tries to avoid the shot.
Roussel with the counter takedown but Khanna avoids it easily.
Khanna misses with a body kick.
Roussel digs a good body shot into Khanna's ribs.
Khanna takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Khanna misses with a hook. Roussel ducked under it nicely.
Roussel drops down looking to force a counter takedown but Khanna defends it well.
Raja Khanna is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.#T2#
Roussel fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Khanna misses with a body kick.
Khanna misses with a looping right.
Khanna throws a shot from downtown. Roussel moves away and avoids it.
Roussel drops down looking to force a counter takedown but Khanna defends it well.
Roussel lands with a shot to the body. #T3#
Roussel fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Khanna manages to avoid it.
A counter left hand to the body from Khanna misses its target.
Roussel throws an off balance right hand
and Khanna counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Khanna does a little shimmy and throws a leg kick. The leg kick missed by a considerable margin though, making him look a little bit silly for doing the shimmy.
Roussel throws out a counter right but Khanna avoids it with no problem.
Roussel uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Khanna.
Roussel is definitely looking for the counter takedowns here.
Roussel moves out of range of the strikes.
Khanna closes the distance but Roussel moves to the side
and Roussel counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.#T4#
Roussel blocks a jab.
Roussel with the counter takedown but Khanna avoids it easily.
Roussel staying out of range there.
Roussel keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Khanna.
Roussel swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Roussel throws a body punch but Khanna moves out of range.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Khanna throws a jab when Roussel was well out of range.
Roussel swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
And that's the end of the fight!
Raja Khanna showed his dominance in that final round.
I think Khanna has won this one but let's see what the judges have to say. 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 Alec Ball scores the fight 29:28
Judge Trevor Gratis scores the fight 29:28
Judge Dillan Fox scores the fight 29:28
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Raja Khanna! |
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Event:
Nfld 35
Date: Jun 10, 2023 |
#R1#
Nagibatel throws a jab when Khanna was well out of range.
Khanna looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Nagibatel flicks out a counter leg kick but Khanna steps away.
Nagibatel throws a leg kick that misses.
Nagibatel scores with a nice head shot.
A nice leg kick lands there from Nagibatel.
Lyoha Nagibatel seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Khanna thows a body kick. Nagibatel tries to catch it but that hurt him.
Good work by Khanna as he checks the leg kick.
Khanna seemed to be looking to counter by closing the distance.
Khanna checks a low kick from Nagibatel.
Khanna quickly followed up with a counter body kick but doesn't connect.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Khanna throws a body punch but Nagibatel moves out of range.
Nagibatel feints a counter leg kick.
Nagibatel throws a chopping leg kick but Khanna manages to avoid taking any serious damage.
Nagibatel moves out of range as Khanna strikes.
Khanna throws a hook but Nagibatel avoids it easily.#T1#
Nagibatel scoring well with a low kick there.
Good leg kick by Nagibatel.
A solid leg kick lands there for Nagibatel.
Nagibatel misses with a looping right.
Khanna lifts his leg as if looking to counter with a high kick.
Nagibatel looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Nagibatel tries a low kick but Khanna avoids it.
Khanna checks the leg kick nicely there.
Nagibatel does a little shimmy and throws a leg kick. The leg kick missed by a considerable margin though, making him look a little bit silly for doing the shimmy.
Khanna scores with a nice head shot.#CUT#It looks like Lyoha Nagibatel has been cut.
Nagibatel fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Khanna checks it well.
Nagibatel throws a leg kick
letting Khanna counter with a right hand. #T2#
Nagibatel misses with a low kick as Khanna jumps back.
Nagibatel throws a leg kick that misses.
Khanna throwing a counter right hand but Nagibatel manages to avoid it.
Nagibatel fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Khanna.
Nagibatel moves out of range of the body kick.
Khanna lands with a hook. Nagibatel tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Nice defenses there by Nagibatel.
Khanna throws out a loose jab but Nagibatel uses good head movement to avoid it.
Nagibatel wants to land a leg kick but Khanna is out of range.
A slapping leg kick lands for Nagibatel.
Khanna looks to land a combination but Nagibatel avoids it well.
That kick from Nagibatel tenderised Khanna's leg. Khanna is trying to keep his angry face on.
Khanna throws a push kick but Nagibatel slaps the foot to one side.
Nagibatel only half commits to the counter leg kick.#T3#
Nagibatel throws a low kick but it's checked well by Khanna.
Nagibatel blocks the body kick.
Nagibatel scoring well with a low kick there.
Khanna throws a front kick that sends Nagibatel stumbling back into the cage.
Nagibatel swings away with a leg kick that misses.
Nagibatel throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.
Khanna is looking to counter punch.
Nagibatel misses with a low kick.
Nagibatel throws a leg kick but Khanna sees it coming and moves out of range.
Nagibatel throws a leg kick that is checked
and Khanna counters with a body kick.
Khanna 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.
#T4#
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Nagibatel lands where it shouldn't have, right in the... well, you know what he did? He kicked him in the penis. He's injured, injured bad. The referee sends both fighters to their corners and Khanna has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Khanna and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
Khanna looked to counter with a high kick but didn't commit.
Khanna connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Nagibatel momentarily.
The crowd cheers as Nagibatel lands an impressive looking overhand right. Khanna doesn't seem phased though.
Nagibatel buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Khanna paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Nagibatel throws a solid leg kick but Khanna takes the impact on his shin and smiles at Nagibatel.
A slapping leg kick lands for Nagibatel.
Nagibatel tries a low kick but Khanna avoids it.
Khanna fails to land with a series of punches.
#CL#
Khanna moves into the clinch.
Khanna is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
Nagibatel blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Khanna misses with a punch to the body.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close round but I would say that Raja Khanna will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Lyoha Nagibatel's cut.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action.#R2#
A slapping leg kick lands for Nagibatel.
Khanna scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Nagibatel throws an off balance right hand
and Khanna counters with a lovely shot to the body.
Khanna checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time.
Khanna checks a leg kick.
Nagibatel throws a leg kick #CL#
and Khanna counters by moving into the clinch. Good anticipation by Khanna.
Nagibatel tries to circle away but Khanna has him pinned against the cage.
Khanna misses with a punch to the body.
#BC2#
Nagibatel breaks from the clinch.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Khanna comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
A bone on bone clash there as Khanna blocks the leg kick.
A counter left hand to the body from Khanna misses its target.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Khanna.
Nagibatel tries to land a leg kick but Khanna saw it coming and moves away.
Khanna swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.#T1#
Nagibatel misses with a low kick.
Khanna appeared to be looking to counter that last move with a leg kick.
Khanna is using his height advantage well here, landing a good percentage of his punches.
Khanna throws a shot from downtown. Nagibatel moves away and avoids it.
Nagibatel turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Nagibatel walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Khanna checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
Khanna stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Nagibatel.
Nagibatel scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
The fight stays on the outside here - Khanna looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
A nice inside leg kick there by Nagibatel. That's going to slow Khanna down. #T2#
Khanna dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Nagibatel shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.
Lyoha Nagibatel is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Nagibatel connects with a right hand. Khanna shakes it off.
Khanna tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Khanna stuns Nagibatel with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Khanna misses with an attempted mid kick.
Both fighters circling a little - Khanna finishes the exchange with a kick to the body.
Khanna misses with a body kick.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Khanna is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
Nagibatel connects with an inside leg kick.
Raja Khanna is winning the standup battle so far.
Nagibatel dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Khanna. That did some damage!#T3#
Khanna pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Khanna lands a nice looking body kick.
Nagibatel is breathing heavily.
Khanna fails in his attempt to clinch.
A solid body kick from Khanna.
Khanna keeps Nagibatel at a distance using the push kick.
Khanna's jab looks to have found its range, popping Nagibatel under the eye.
Khanna fails in his attempt to clinch.
Khanna looks to throw a body kick
and Nagibatel counters with a slapping leg kick.
Nagibatel walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Khanna checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
Khanna throws a hook but Nagibatel blocks it.
Nagibatel has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Khanna finds it's way round the side to connect with Nagibatel's head. #T4#
Nagibatel swings away with a leg kick that misses.
Khanna is looking to counter with a body kick.
Nagibatel slips a jab from Khanna.
Nagibatel displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Khanna throws out the jab.
Nagibatel flicks out a counter leg kick but Khanna steps away.
Khanna throws a body kick that misses.
Nagibatel is looking for the big counter here.
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!
A bone on bone clash there as Nagibatel blocks the leg kick.
Nagibatel fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Khanna is out of range.
It looked like Khanna wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
Donk. Nagibatel catches Khanna right on the button with a cross.
Khanna chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Nagibatel can pounce on him.
Nagibatel tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Nagibatel fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Khanna has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Raja Khanna dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Lyoha Nagibatel's cut.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, 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.#R3#
Nagibatel misses with a low kick.
A low kick from Nagibatel misses
and Khanna counters with a leg kick.
Nagibatel buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Nagibatel pivots, looking for a leg kick but Khanna is out of range and Nagibatel settles back down.
Khanna bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Nagibatel connects with an inside leg kick.
Some bone on bone action there as Khanna checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
Good leg kick by Nagibatel.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Khanna lands a kick to the ribs of his opponent. Nice work there - in and out in a flash.
Nagibatel attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
Nagibatel finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
#T1#
Nagibatel tried to score with a low kick but Khanna checks it.#CL#
Khanna moves into the clinch.
Nagibatel has developed a nice purple lump on his ribcage, as a result of some heavy body kicks from Khanna.
Nagibatel tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Khanna blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Nagibatel prevents a body shot from Khanna.
Khanna misses with a hook to the ribs.
Khanna lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Nagibatel backwards.
Nagibatel tries to break the clinch but Khanna is controlling the position.
Khanna stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Nagibatel takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Nagibatel blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Nagibatel's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
A head punch blocked on the inside by Nagibatel.
Khanna swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Khanna tries to throw a body punch but Nagibatel avoids it by throwing Khanna back against the cage.
Khanna working aggressively here.
Nagibatel wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Khanna has him pressed against the cage.#T2#
Khanna swings away with an uppercut that misses.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Khanna.
Khanna misses with a hook to the ribs.
Khanna tries to work over Nagibatel's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Khanna lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Nagibatel lands with a short punch from the clinch.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Nagibatel lands a left hand that snaps the head of Khanna backwards.
The fighters are starting to get sweaty, which will make takedowns a bit more tricky.
Khanna misses with some punches.
Khanna lands a body punch in the clinch.
Khanna lands an uppercut.
Khanna tries to throw a body punch but Nagibatel avoids it by throwing Khanna back against the cage.
A shot in the inside from Khanna.
Khanna tries to work over Nagibatel's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Khanna tries a body shot but Nagibatel blocks it.
Khanna has a couple of punches blocked by Nagibatel.
Khanna throws a punch but it's blocked by Nagibatel. #T3#
Khanna tries to work over Nagibatel's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Nagibatel lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Khanna backwards.
Nagibatel tries to work over Khanna's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Nagibatel has a couple of punches blocked by Khanna.
Khanna throws a punch but it's blocked by Nagibatel.
Khanna has a couple of punches blocked by Nagibatel.
Khanna working aggressively here.
A nice left hand lands by Khanna.
Nagibatel blocking some punches.
Nagibatel misses with a punch to the body.
Khanna tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Khanna lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Nagibatel.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Khanna creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Khanna misses with a punch on the inside.
Khanna swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Khanna tries to jump guard but he falls flat on his backside. Nagibatel smiles and moves away.
Khanna throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Nagibatel flicks out a counter leg kick but Khanna steps away.#T4##CL#
Khanna has closed the distance and engaged Nagibatel in a clinch.
Nagibatel misses with the head strike.
Khanna lands a hook to the side of the head.
Khanna lands a left hand.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Khanna swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Khanna working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Khanna fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Khanna working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Lyoha Nagibatel has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Khanna doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Khanna throws a punch but it's blocked by Nagibatel.
Khanna scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Khanna misses with a punch on the inside.
Khanna misses with a body punch.
#BC2#
Nagibatel manages to break the clinch.
Khanna misses with a body kick.
And that's the end of the fight!
Raja Khanna showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Khanna, winning every round. Will the judges agree? They are the ones who matter, even if they are often depressingly incompetent. 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 Trevor Gratis scores the fight 30:27
Judge Robert Douchet scores the fight 30:28
Judge Elvis Blanc scores the fight 30:27
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Raja Khanna! |
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Event:
Nfld live 31
Date: May 13, 2023 |
#R1#
Khanna avoids the body shot from McCrae.
Khanna doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
McCrae throws a hook but Khanna avoids it easily.
A little feinted left hand from Khanna on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
McCrae throws a hook but Khanna avoids it easily.
Khanna misses with a hook. McCrae ducked under it nicely.
Khanna clobbers McCrae with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
Good standup being displayed there by McCrae as he connects with a hook.#CUT2#It looks like Raja Khanna has been cut.
Khanna misses with a head kick.
McCrae swings and misses with a hook to the body.
McCrae just manages to avoid a counter high kick fromKhanna.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Nice defenses there by Khanna.
Khanna moves out of range of the strikes.
A lazy body kick from Khanna
and McCrae connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Gus McCrae seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.#T1#
McCrae rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
#CL#
and Khanna holds on and brings the fighters into a clinch.
A head punch blocked on the inside by McCrae.
Khanna working aggressively here.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Khanna.
Khanna lands a left hand that snaps the head of McCrae backwards.
Khanna lands a nice uppercut.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Khanna.
McCrae swings away with an uppercut that misses.
McCrae trying to land knees to the body.
Khanna tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Khanna struggles to land a body shot inside as McCrae controls his hands.
A head punch blocked on the inside by McCrae. #TD#
Khanna has managed to pull guard. Let's see whether he can work an aggressive guard. It will also be interesting to see what tactics McCrae uses from the top position.
McCrae wanted to stand there but Khanna had control of the position.
Khanna seems to have improved his submission grappling technique since last time we saw him. Let's see if he can pull off a submission.#SUB#
Khanna has an omoplata and is looking to use it perhaps as a submission or perhaps to transition. McCrae is in a bit of discomfort here, but he's managed to free himself and has dived into side control! That didn't work out too well for Khanna.#T2##SU2#
McCrae stands up and we're back to a striking position.
A shot to the liver by McCrae. Beautiful body shot.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Khanna gets cracked with a nice right hand there by McCrae.
A shot to the liver by McCrae. Beautiful body shot.
McCrae swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Khanna throws a jab but it's blocked by McCrae.
Khanna doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.#T3#
McCrae swings for the body but Khanna moves out of range.
McCrae lunges at Khanna with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Khanna's hand.
Nice uppercut lands for McCrae. That snapped Khanna's head back.
Khanna uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by McCrae.
A telegraphed right hand from McCrae misses the target.
Khanna takes a punch to the jaw and another one to the bread basket.
McCrae pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Khanna throws a low kick but it's checked well by McCrae.
Khanna shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.
McCrae misses with a body shot.
Khanna just misses with a punch to the body.
#T4#
Good shot there by Khanna.
Khanna misses with a right hand
and McCrae counters with a right hand to the body.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
McCrae throws a hook but Khanna blocks it.
McCrae throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Khanna sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Khanna is looking to counter punch.
Khanna staying out of range there.
Khanna is looking to counter with a body kick.
Nice body kick there by Khanna.
Khanna with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling McCrae to score with a decent uppercut.
A big right from McCrae misses.
It appears Khanna was looking to counter with a kick there.
Khanna lands with a straight right. McCrae didn't see that one coming.
Donk. McCrae catches Khanna right on the button with a cross.
McCrae rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Khanna connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Gus McCrae dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Raja Khanna's cut.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!#R2#
McCrae takes a swing at Khanna's ribcage but misses.
Khanna scores with a kick to the body.
Khanna scores with a jab to the head.
Khanna takes one on the button.
Nice defenses there by Khanna.
Khanna throwing a counter right hand but McCrae manages to avoid it.
McCrae scores to the head and body with a nice combination!
McCrae just misses with a punch to the body.
McCrae swings and misses with a hook to the body.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
McCrae fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Khanna manages to avoid it.
An attempted straight right counter from Khanna misses the target.
McCrae rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Khanna counters with a solid body kick.
A big left from Khanna misses.
A decent looking body kick lands there for Khanna.#T1#
McCrae's corner calls for a 1, 2 combination and McCrae duly obliges.
Khanna misses with the body kick
and McCrae counters with a lovely shot to the body.
McCrae throws a sloppy body shot
and Khanna counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
McCrae just misses with a punch to the body.
Khanna 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.
McCrae throws a good cross that connects.
McCrae swings and misses with a shot to the body
and Khanna connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Khanna misses with a straight right.
Khanna throws a half hearted mid kick.
McCrae loads up on a big right hand but Khanna slips the punch.
The crowd cheers as McCrae lands an impressive looking overhand right. Khanna doesn't seem phased though.
Khanna takes a jab right on the kisser.
#T2#
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
A swing and a miss from McCrae.
McCrae has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
McCrae throws a hook but Khanna blocks it.
Khanna throws a quick counter kick to the body but McCrae avoids it.
Khanna connects with a jab.
Khanna takes a shot right to the bread basket.
McCrae looks to land a right hand but Khanna moved out of range.
Khanna thinks about countering with a body kick.
Khanna on the wrong end of a nice hook.
McCrae swings for the body but Khanna moves out of range.
McCrae misses with a body shot.
McCrae throws a body shot but no joy.
McCrae staying out of range there.#T3#
Khanna misses with an uppercut. McCrae saw that one coming.
McCrae throws out a counter right but Khanna avoids it with no problem.
McCrae misses with a lunging right hand
and Khanna makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
McCrae changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Khanna takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
McCrae misses the body punch
and Khanna counters with a nice uppercut.
McCrae misses the shot to the body.
It looked like Khanna wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
McCrae misses with a right hand
and Khanna counters with a nice uppercut.
McCrae looks to score with a jab to the body but Khanna is just out of range.
Khanna throws a right hand that misses
and Khanna takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
McCrae takes a swing at Khanna's ribcage but misses.
It looked like Khanna wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
Khanna throws a half hearted mid kick.#T4#
Khanna misses with a straight right.
Khanna misses with an uppercut.
Khanna with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling McCrae to score with a decent uppercut.#CUT2#Raja Khanna's cut is getting worse.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Khanna takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
McCrae bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
McCrae throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
McCrae misses with a body shot
enabling Khanna to counter with a crisp jab.
Khanna avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Khanna throws a front kick that sends McCrae stumbling back into the cage.
McCrae is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Khanna.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Gus McCrae showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Raja Khanna's cut.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action. This is the final round!#R3#
McCrae tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Khanna was well out of range. Poor timing from McCrae.
McCrae lands with a good body shot.
McCrae throws a shot to the body.
Khanna misses with a wild body shot.
It seemed like McCrae was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
A swing and a miss from McCrae.
Khanna swung with a counter punch to the body but it didn't connect.
A jab from McCrae misses.
A jab from McCrae misses.
McCrae slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
McCrae sizes up Khanna with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
McCrae misses with a body shot.
Khanna pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.#T1#
McCrae misses with a double jab.
Khanna works over McCrae's head and body with a nice combination.
McCrae throws a body punch but Khanna moves out of range.
Khanna went nuts there looking for a big combo counter but none of the flurry connected.
McCrae looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
A little feinted left hand from Khanna on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
Khanna doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Khanna uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from McCrae.
Khanna looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
McCrae scores with a body shot.
McCrae works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
McCrae fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Khanna manages to avoid it.
Khanna misses with a few strikes there.
Raja Khanna has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!#T2#
Khanna keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from McCrae.
McCrae waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Khanna.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Good exchange - Khanna coming out on top.
McCrae throws a body shot but no joy.
Khanna on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
McCrae tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Khanna was well out of range. Poor timing from McCrae.
Khanna takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Khanna misses with a looping right.
A looping hook to the body misses from McCrae. Khanna does a little dance to reset his feet.
McCrae just misses with a punch to the body.
Khanna quickly followed up with a counter body kick but doesn't connect.
McCrae bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Khanna's head backwards.#T3#
McCrae misses with a lunging right hand
and Khanna counters with a lovely shot to the body.
McCrae swings for the body but Khanna moves out of range.
Khanna moves to clinch but McCrae breaks away
and McCrae counters with a nice uppercut.
Khanna blocks a jab.
Gus McCrae is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.
McCrae scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
McCrae throws a sloppy body shot
and Khanna cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
McCrae jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Khanna moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Gus McCrae seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Khanna tries to land a front kick but McCrae steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.#T4#
A lazy body kick from Khanna
and McCrae counters with a nice uppercut.
A combination from McCrae does no damage.
Khanna tries a head kick but it misses.
McCrae misses with a left hand
and Khanna counters with a lovely shot to the body.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
McCrae misses with an uppercut. Khanna saw that one coming.
McCrae lands a jab to the nose.
Khanna tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and McCrae is able to avoid easily.
Khanna blocks a jab.
McCrae misses with a few strikes there.
McCrae moves out of range of the body kick.
And that's the end of the fight!
Gus McCrae comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I've got McCrae winning every round here. Surely the decision will go his way and he'll pick up a well deserved decision victory. 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 Columbo Gatti scores the fight 27:30
Judge Dean Styles scores the fight 27:30
Judge Russell Pearce scores the fight 27:30
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Gus McCrae!
After the big win, Gus McCrae made sure to do all the important stuff like thanking his sponsors Brooklyn Apothecary and telling the interviewer how much he loves him. |
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Event:
Nfld live 30
Date: Apr 29, 2023 |
#R1#
Filth misses with a body shot.
#CL#
Filth clinches up against the cage.
Khanna lands a body punch in the clinch.
Khanna jumps guard but Filth stands there with Khanna around his waist. Khanna gives up and drops back to his feet. We remain in the clinch.
Filth is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Filth misses with a hook from the clinch.
Khanna tries to throw a body punch but Filth avoids it by throwing Khanna back against the cage.
Filth just leaning against Khanna, taking a breather.
Filth blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Khanna tries a body shot but Filth blocks it.
Khanna is working Filth over against the cage.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Khanna tries to pull guard but Filth forces him back to his feet, against the cage.
Filth blocks an uppercut.
Khanna lands an uppercut.
Khanna cracks Filth with a nice body shot.
Khanna lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
A nice left hand lands by Khanna.
#T1#
Khanna jumps guard but his hands slip and he falls flat on his back. Well, he's made himself look a right mug there, as Filth walks away with a smile on his face. Khanna gets slowly back to his feet and shakes his head.
Obama Filth has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Raja Khanna.#CL2#
Khanna clinches up against the cage.
Khanna scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Still in the clinch, Filth scores with a nice short uppercut.
Khanna tries to pull guard but can't drag his opponent to the mat. Filth just stands there and leans against the cage.
A nice right hand lands inside from Khanna.
Filth tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Khanna softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Filth lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Khanna backwards.
Khanna tries to pull guard but Filth won't allow it.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as Filth takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.
A short left from Khanna.
Khanna tries to work over Filth's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Khanna misses with a body punch.
Khanna is trying to pull guard but being pressed up against the cage enables Filth to keep the fight standing.
Khanna tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Filth blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Filth tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage. #T2#
This has been an exciting period of action!
Khanna swings wildly with an uppercut but Filth uses good head movement to avoid it.
A right handed body shot lands from Filth.
Filth has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Khanna jumps guard but Filth turns him against the cage and keeps the fight standing. #TD2#
Khanna gets control of Filth's arms and successfully pulls guard. Khanna will no doubt be looking for submissions off his back.#SUB2#
Khanna throws his legs up looking to secure a triangle. Oh, that looks pretty tight, I gotta say! Filth escapes and throws Khanna's legs to the side, diving into side control!
Filth trying to control the action but Khanna is working from the bottom.
Filth just content to control the position. #T3#
Khanna is trying to improve his position.#SU#
Filth stands up.
Khanna will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Filth stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.#CL#
Filth gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Filth misses with the head strike.
Khanna misses with a punch on the inside.
Filth blocks an uppercut.
Khanna blocks a punch to the side of the head.
#T4#
Filth swings wildly with an uppercut but Khanna uses good head movement to avoid it.
Khanna lands a left hand that snaps the head of Filth backwards.
Khanna working aggressively here.
A head punch on the inside from Filth fails to land.
Khanna jumps guard but Filth turns him against the cage and keeps the fight standing.
Khanna is trying to pull guard but being pressed up against the cage enables Filth to keep the fight standing.
Khanna fails to pull the fight into his guard.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Filth struggles to land a body shot inside as Khanna controls his hands.
Still in the clinch, Filth scores with a nice short uppercut.
Filth lands a hook to the side of the head.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Khanna lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Filth.
Filth taking a breather.
Khanna takes a shot to the head.
Khanna jumps guard but Filth turns him against the cage and keeps the fight standing.
Filth wants to break free but Khanna has control.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
A close round but Raja Khanna will probably get the nod.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action.#R2#
Khanna throws a body punch but Filth moves out of range.
Khanna goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Filth tries to clinch there but Khanna circles away.
#CL#
Filth gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Khanna lands a shoulder strike.
Filth doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
#BC#
Filth breaks the clinch.
Khanna thuds a mid kick into his opponent's body. That will wear on Filth if he has to take too many more of those.
Obama Filth is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Filth swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Khanna clobbers Filth with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Khanna thuds a mid kick into his opponent's body. That will wear on Filth if he has to take too many more of those.
Khanna thuds a left hand into Filth's body.#CL2#
Khanna has managed to clinch.
Khanna misses with a short punch on the inside. #BC#
Filth breaks the clinch.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Filth moves in looking to clinch but Khanna pushes him off.#T1#
Filth ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Khanna moves away.
Khanna lands a jab to the nose.
Khanna scores with a decent looking hook.
Filth slips a straight right by Khanna.
Filth misses with a head kick.
Khanna misses with a low kick.
Khanna throws a wild body kick that Filth sees coming a mile off.
Filth fails with an attempt to clinch.
Filth wants to clinch.
Khanna thinks about the counter body kick.
Filth needs to keep his hands up - Khanna had a free shot at his head there.#T2#
Filth throws a body punch but Khanna moves out of range.
Filth attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
Khanna throws a counter combo.
Khanna pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Khanna looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Filth lands with a two punch combination before moving back out of range.
#CUT#It looks like Raja Khanna has been cut.
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!
Filth lands with a cross.
Khanna thows a left - swing and a miss!
Khanna jabs Filth to the body, keeping him at a distance.
Khanna swings widly with a right hand
and Filth counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Khanna throws a hook but Filth blocks it.
Khanna walks into a jab.
Filth tries to clinch but Khanna is having none of it. #T3#
Khanna on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Filth. Filth obviously looking to wear him down.
Khanna misses with a head kick.
An attempted straight right counter from Filth misses the target.
Filth throws a looping overhand right but Khanna ducks down to avoid it.
Nice uppercut lands for Khanna. That snapped Filth's head back.
Khanna slips under a jab from Filth.
Filth takes a head kick and keeps coming.
#CL2#
Khanna has managed to clinch.
Khanna tries to pull guard but Filth holds him up against the cage and eventually Khanna drops back down to his feet.
Khanna tries to take the fight to the ground by pulling guard but can't manage it.
Khanna scores with a shoulder strike.
Filth lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Khanna goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
A short left from Filth.
Filth blocking some punches.
Khanna misses with a hook to the ribs.
#T4#
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Khanna lands a shoulder strike.
The pace really dropping off here, momentarily.
Khanna throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Khanna misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Khanna tries to take the fight to the ground by pulling guard but can't manage it.
Obama Filth has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Raja Khanna.
Filth stalling.
Khanna blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Khanna fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Khanna blocks an uppercut.
Filth has a couple of punches blocked by Khanna.
#BC#
Filth breaks the clinch.
Khanna fails with an attempt to clinch.
Filth misses with a looping right.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Khanna! But no joy.
Raja Khanna seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Filth with a nice calf kick.
Khanna avoids the head kick by Filth.
Khanna counters with a body kick.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
A close second round but Raja Khanna will probably get the nod - 10:9.
The cut man is working on Raja Khanna's cut.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin! This is the final round!#R3#
Nice uppercut lands for Filth. That snapped Khanna's head back.
Khanna lands a jab.
Khanna circles away from the clinch attempt.
Filth keeps the fight on the outside.
Khanna missing with a left hand there. Filth was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Filth is looking to clinch but Khanna is avoiding it.
Khanna fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Khanna ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Khanna scores with a three punch combo!
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Filth throws a right and a left that both miss.
Filth dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Filth has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Khanna.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Khanna lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
Khanna misses with a low kick as Filth jumps back.
Filth fires out a quick counter leg kick but Khanna just manages to avoid it.#T1#
Khanna with a jab.
Filth closes the distance but Khanna moves to the side
and Khanna counters with a one-two to the body.
Khanna fails with an attempt to clinch.
A decent looking body kick lands there for Filth.
Filth misses the body punch
and Khanna counters with a one-two to the body.
Filth moves to clinch but Khanna breaks away
and Khanna counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Khanna keeps the fight on the outside.
A punch lands to the side of Filth 's head but he takes it in his stride.
Khanna throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Khanna avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
#T2#
Filth moves out of range as Khanna throws a body kick.
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!
Khanna comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Khanna dips to his left and cracks Filth with an uppercut!
Filth keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
Filth fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Khanna manages to avoid it.
Khanna jabbing away but nothing is landing. #CL#
Khanna gets tackled into the cage by Filth. Filth maintains the clinch.
Khanna has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Filth lands a hook to the side of the head.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Filth.
Filth tries to stall but Khanna uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Khanna goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Khanna lands a nice shot to the body.
Khanna scores with a nice hook to the head.
Filth is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
Khanna misses with a shot to the kidneys.
#T3#
Khanna fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Khanna lands a left hand.
Khanna misses with a punch to the body.
Khanna lands a nice uppercut.
Filth tries to circle away but Khanna has him pinned against the cage.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Filth.
Khanna tries to work over Filth's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Khanna takes a shot to the head.
Filth lands a nice uppercut.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Khanna.
Filth lands with a left to the head.
Obama Filth has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Filth tries to throw a body punch but Khanna avoids it by throwing Filth back against the cage.
Filth just leaning against Khanna, taking a breather.
Filth prevents a body shot from Khanna.
Khanna is trying to pull guard but being pressed up against the cage enables Filth to keep the fight standing.
Filth misses with a hook to the ribs.
Khanna digs a right hand into Filth's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Filth's gas tank. #T4#
A head punch blocked on the inside by Filth.
Filth blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Khanna tries to pull guard but Filth holds him up against the cage and eventually Khanna drops back down to his feet.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Khanna as Filth tries to tie him up.
Khanna misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Filth slowing the pace effectively.
Filth controlling the action here for a moment.
Filth gets a warning from the ref for wasting time.
Filth swings wildly with an uppercut but Khanna uses good head movement to avoid it.
A short right from Filth.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Filth trying to control the position but instead, Khanna has worked for underhooks and has pushed Filth into the cage.#TD2#
Khanna manages to pull guard. Let's see whether he can land a sub off his back.
And that's the end of the fight!
Raja Khanna comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Khanna 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 Robert Twigg scores the fight 27:30
Judge Frank Dennis scores the fight 28:30
Judge Wesley Smith scores the fight 27:30
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Raja Khanna! |
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Event:
Bellicose XXXVIII
Date: Mar 26, 2023 |
#R1#
Khanna moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Nice straight punches there by Khanna. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Khanna.
Hurst drops his hands momentarily and Khanna takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
Khanna with the inside leg kick.
Khanna looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Hurst looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Khanna misses with a kick to the body #TD#
and Hurst decides to take the opportunity to score a takedown. He's landed in Khanna's guard.
Hurst is working Khanna over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes.
Khanna is trying to control the position but Hurst postures up. #SUB2#
Khanna working for a triangle but Hurst defends it easily.
#SUB#
Hurst drops back for a leg! It's a sloppy attempt though and Hurst jumps back into guard quickly, to retain the dominant position.
Hurst working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.
Our spies down at at Hammer House of Horror inform us that Khanna has really been working on his submissions in the buildup to this fight. Will it pay off?#T1#
Khanna utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Khanna working a defensive guard here.
Hurst trying to control but Khanna is working from the bottom. #SUB2#
Khanna is active off his back here, looking for submissions.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Khanna trying to keep a closed guard but Hurst is proving a slippery customer.
Hurst tries to free his leg and advance position but Khanna is retaining full guard.
Hurst postures up.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.#T2#
Well. There's a bit of a lull in the action here and the crowd are starting to get restless.#SUB2#
Hurst is posturing up here but Khanna has hold of an arm and he's gone for an armbar! Hurst tries to roll out but it's too tight and Hurst has to tap! Slick submission there by Khanna!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:20 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Raja Khanna! |
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Event:
Bellicose XXX
Date: Feb 26, 2023 |
#R1#
Mfer connects with a nice looking jab.
Mfer steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Khanna.
Mfer checks a low kick from Khanna.
Khanna ducks under a wild hook from Mfer.
Khanna seemed to be looking to counter by closing the distance.
Mfer throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
Khanna delivers a nice body kick.
Mfer looks to land a left hand but Khanna moved out of range nicely.
Khanna lands a nice shot to the body.
Mfer fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Khanna wants to clinch.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Khanna throws a leg kick that misses.
Mfer swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Khanna keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Mfer.
Mfer throws a low kick, looking for Khanna's leg but Khanna calmly moves out of range.
Khanna takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
#T1#
Mfer scores with a body shot.
Mfer keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Khanna throws a mid kick that lands with a slap.
Mfer attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
Khanna was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
Khanna looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Nice jab there from Khanna.
That kick from Khanna tenderised Mfer's leg. Mfer is trying to keep his angry face on.
Mfer misses with an uppercut.
Khanna pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Khanna.
Khanna uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Mfer.
Mfer on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
#CUT#It looks like Pate Mfer has been cut.
Khanna steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Mfer.
Khanna tries to counter by clinching up but Mfer breaks away and moves out of range.
Mfer stuns Khanna with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
A slow jab from Mfer misses its intended target. #T2#
Mfer with a jab.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Mfer lands a jab to the nose.#CUT2#It looks like Raja Khanna has been cut.
Mfer slips a jab from Khanna.
Khanna lands a head kick!
Khanna fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Mfer has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Khanna darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
The crowd cheers as Mfer lands an impressive looking overhand right. Khanna doesn't seem phased though.
Khanna looks to score with a jab to the body but Mfer is just out of range.
Khanna on the wrong end of a nice jab.
Mfer scores with a jab. Khanna acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
Mfer throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Mfer throws a hook but Khanna blocks it.
A decent looking cross lands there for Mfer.
Khanna fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Mfer.#T3#
Mfer loads up on a big right hand but Khanna slips the punch.
Mfer misses with a hook.
A good leg kick by Mfer.
Khanna throws a shot to the body.
A big left from Mfer misses.
Khanna is looking to counter with a body kick.
A punch lands to the side of Khanna 's head but he takes it in his stride.
Khanna scores with a kick to the body.
Khanna tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Mfer was well out of range. Poor timing from Khanna.
Mfer is landing a lot of head punches in this opening round! Khanna had better start moving his head a bit unless he wants his face to turn into mush.
Ooooh, nice body kick lands from Khanna. Mfer shrugs it off though.
Nice uppercut lands for Mfer. That snapped Khanna's head back.
Mfer throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Khanna throws a front kick that sends Mfer stumbling back into the cage.
Mfer checks a leg kick.
Khanna looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
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!
Mfer misses with a wild body shot. #T4#
Mfer waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Khanna.
Khanna fakes the leg kick and cracks Mfer in the body. #CL#
Khanna fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Mfer, pushing him back against the cage.
Khanna fails to pull the fight into his guard.
A short left from Khanna.
Mfer blocks a body shot from Khanna.
Mfer misses with a short punch on the inside.
Mfer blocks an uppercut.
Khanna jumps guard but his hands slip and he falls flat on his back. Well, he's made himself look a right mug there, as Mfer walks away with a smile on his face. Khanna gets slowly back to his feet and shakes his head.
Mfer bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Khanna's head.
Khanna tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Mfer paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Khanna takes a swing at Mfer's ribcage but misses.
Mfer throws an overhand right that lands on Khanna's shoulder, as Khanna tries to avoid the shot.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Khanna throws a push kick but Mfer slaps the foot to one side.
A little jabbing left from Mfer on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Mfer misses with a kick to the body.
Mfer throws a low kick but Khanna moves out of range easily.
Mfer connects with a body shot.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
A close round but Pate Mfer will probably get the nod.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!#R2#
A looping hook to the body misses from Mfer. Khanna does a little dance to reset his feet.
Khanna throwing a counter right hand but Mfer manages to avoid it.
Khanna is looking to land body kicks.
Mfer connects with a body shot.
Khanna misses with a wild body shot.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Mfer! But no joy.
Mfer shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.
Khanna looked to counter that last move with a leg kick but didn't pull the trigger.
The fight stays on the outside here - Khanna looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Mfer defending well as Khanna loads up on a big left hand.
Khanna uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Mfer.
Pate Mfer seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Khanna uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Mfer.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Khanna tries to close the distance and clinch but Mfer swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Mfer just misses with a punch to the body.
Mfer throws a jab but it's blocked by Khanna.
Mfer misses with an uppercut
and Khanna counters with a nice body shot.
Mfer throws a sloppy body shot
and Khanna counters with a nice uppercut. #T1#
Khanna looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Mfer thows a left - swing and a miss!
Khanna digs a good body shot into Mfer's ribs.
Khanna with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Mfer throws a head kick but Khanna moves out of range.
Mfer has developed a nice purple lump on his ribcage, as a result of some heavy body kicks from Khanna.
Khanna displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Mfer throws out the jab.
Mfer swings for the body but Khanna moves out of range.
A lazy left from Khanna finds it's target.
Khanna has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Mfer finds it's way round the side to connect with Khanna's head.
Mfer lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Khanna 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.
Khanna bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Khanna slips a jab from Mfer.
Khanna throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Mfer appears to be waiting to throw a counter punch to the body.
Pate Mfer seems to be getting the better of the standup.#CL#
Khanna instigates a clinch.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Khanna tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage. #T2#
Mfer looking to slow down the pace here.
Mfer misses with a punch to the body.
Khanna fails to pull guard.
Mfer wants to break free but Khanna has control.
Mfer tries to throw a body punch but Khanna avoids it by throwing Mfer back against the cage.
Khanna prevents Mfer from breaking the clinch.
Khanna tries to pull guard but Mfer won't allow it.
Khanna misses with some punches.
#TD#
Khanna pulls guard effortlessly. #SUB#
Khanna looking for submissions off his back, moving his hips, looking for an opening.
#SUB#
Mfer avoids a guillotine attempt easily.
#SUB#
Khanna is looking for a triangle here but Mfer uses the submission attempt to pass into side control.
#T3#
The strikes coming from Mfer are missing the target in this wave of attacks.
Khanna is trying to get back to half guard.
Mfer is maintaining the dominant position - no doubt Khanna will start to get frustrated soon if he's not already.#SU2#
Mfer stands up and we're back to a striking position. #T4#
The crowd are showing their displeasure at the lack of action as loud boos ring out around the arena.
Mfer loads up on a big right hand but Khanna slips the punch.
A good leg kick by Mfer.
Mfer just misses with a punch to the body.
Khanna ducks under a wild hook from Mfer.
Khanna tries to counter by moving into the clinch but Mfer manages to circle out of the way.
Khanna goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Khanna tried to score with a low kick but Mfer checks it.
Mfer lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Mfer missing with a left hand there. Khanna was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Khanna lands a head shot.
Raja Khanna has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Mfer takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
Khanna waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Mfer.
A little jabbing left from Mfer on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Khanna throws a shot to the body.
Nice body kick from Khanna.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close second round but I would say that Raja Khanna will probably get the nod.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action. This is the final round!#R3#
Khanna looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Mfer scores with a decent looking hook.
Mfer looks to throw the jab but Khanna is out of range.
Khanna is using his height advantage well here, landing a good percentage of his punches.
Khanna loads up on a big right hand but Mfer slips the punch.
Khanna throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Mfer throws the left hand but Khanna avoids the punch easily.
Mfer throws a body shot but no joy.
A jab from Khanna does it's job there.
Khanna feints and then cracks Mfer's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Mfer down.
Mfer with a nice cross.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Khanna with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Mfer to score with a decent uppercut.
Khanna uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Mfer.
A looping hook to the body misses from Khanna. Mfer does a little dance to reset his feet.
Mfer pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Khanna walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Mfer checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
Mfer throws out a counter right but Khanna avoids it with no problem.#T1#
Mfer lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Khanna circles away quickly and effectively.
Khanna takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
Khanna ducks under a wild hook from Mfer.
Khanna tries to clinch up.
Good shot there by Mfer.
Khanna uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Mfer.
Mfer throws a lazy uppercut
and Khanna counters with a slapping leg kick.
Khanna slips a jab from Mfer.
Mfer rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Khanna connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Mfer throws a body punch but Khanna moves out of range.
Khanna avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Khanna scores with a jab to the head.
Khanna ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Mfer moves away.
Khanna slips under a jab.#T2#
Mfer throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Mfer misses with a left hand
and Khanna counters with a three punch combination, finished off with a leg kick. Nice work.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Mfer throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Khanna just misses with a punch to the body.
Mfer throws a body shot but no joy.
Khanna fails with an attempt to clinch.
Mfer throws a lazy right hand but Khanna sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Khanna throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Khanna throws a body punch but Mfer moves out of range.
Khanna lands a nice looking body shot.
Mfer looks to throw the jab but Khanna is out of range.
As Mfer tries to get set, Khanna tries to push him back and clinch up but Mfer manages to avoid the attempt.
Khanna throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Mfer darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
A looping hook to the body misses from Mfer. Khanna does a little dance to reset his feet.#T3#
Khanna swings for the body but Mfer moves out of range.
Khanna throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
A slapping leg kick lands for Khanna.
Khanna uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Mfer.
Khanna uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Mfer.
Khanna throws a jab but it's blocked by Mfer.
Mfer let fly with a counter punch to the body but it didn't land.
Mfer throws a jab when Khanna was well out of range.
Khanna throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
A telegraphed right hand from Mfer misses the target.
Mfer's jab looks to have found its range, popping Khanna under the eye.
Khanna swings for the body but Mfer moves out of range.
A telegraphed right hand from Mfer misses the target.
Khanna is looking to counter with a body kick.
Khanna misses with a kick to the body
and Mfer connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.#T4#
Khanna changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Khanna thumps Mfer with a low kick.
Mfer throws a body punch but Khanna moves out of range.
Khanna moves out of range as Mfer strikes.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Khanna throws out a loose jab but Mfer uses good head movement to avoid it.
Khanna throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Khanna tries a head kick but it misses.
Khanna uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Mfer.
Khanna's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Mfer connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Khanna scrambles back to his feet.
Mfer connects with a crisp jab.
Khanna is looking to wear down Mfer with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
Khanna fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Mfer on the side of the head.
Mfer throws a jab but it's blocked by Khanna.
Mfer's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Mfer defending well as Khanna loads up on a big left hand.
Mfer throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
And that's the end of the fight!
I would just about give that final round to Pate Mfer.
I think Mfer has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. 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 Jorge Garcia scores the fight 29:29
Judge Columbo Gatti scores the fight 30:27
Judge John Roberts scores the fight 28:29
The fight is ruled a draw! |
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Event:
Bellicose XXI
Date: Jan 28, 2023 |
#R1##TD#
Sycek scores with a nice takedown into half guard. Let's see what he's got on the ground.
Khanna has no desire to be mounted, so is trying to control. Sycek is working away from the top position though.
Khanna is pressing down on Sycek's left leg trying to get back to full guard. He's managed it.
Sycek postures up.
Khanna managing to control the position.
Khanna is trying to keep Sycek in close.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Khanna is pulling down on Sycek's head to control his posture.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Sycek's corner. There ya go! There ya go!
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Khanna avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Khanna working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Sycek.
Sycek postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Sycek with a flurry of punches that miss.
Sycek working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of Khanna's head.
Sycek is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact. #T1#
Khanna is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
Khanna utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Khanna controls Sycek momentarily but Sycek frees himself. #SUB2#
Khanna escapes his hips to the side and looks to be working for an armbar. Sycek gives him a little smile and shakes his head. No chance.
Our spies down at at Hammer House of Horror inform us that Khanna has really been working on his submissions in the buildup to this fight. Will it pay off?
Sycek throws a big right hand that misses.
Sycek is in close to Khanna's body, working some short punches and elbows.
Khanna is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
We've been hearing that Sycek has been drilling a lot of ground and pound in training, so let's see if he get the finish.
Sycek scores with a decent looking elbow strike.
Khanna trying to control the position.
#T2#
Sycek with a flurry of punches that miss.
Sycek with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.
Khanna is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
Khanna throwing strikes off his back to little effect.
Sycek postures up.
Sycek has to be careful here, sitting in the guard of a superior BJJ player.
Sycek lands a couple of digs.
Sycek cracks Khanna with a solid left hand.
Sycek missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Khanna is trying to keep Sycek in close.
Sycek working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.
Sycek distracts Khanna with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.
Sycek is sitting in guard, working some ground and pound.
Sycek postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Khanna not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
#T3#
Khanna has momentary wrist control but Sycek slips an elbow through the middle.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Khanna is trying to control the position from the bottom.
Sycek postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
Khanna preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Sycek working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Khanna is trying to control the position but Sycek postures up.
Sycek postures up in Khanna's guard and throws a big left but Khanna blocks it.
Sycek postures up in Khanna's guard and throws a big left but Khanna blocks it.
Khanna looking to control.
Sycek trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Sycek distracts Khanna with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.
Sycek chips away with some ground and pound.#T4#
Khanna seems keen to control rather than go for a submission, at least for now.
Khanna working a defensive guard here.
Sycek is working Khanna over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes.
Khanna working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Sycek.
Khanna is trying to control the position but Sycek postures up.
Sycek is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Sycek's corner. There ya go! There ya go!
Sycek lands a couple of elbows.
Khanna looking to control.
Sycek is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
Sycek is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Sycek distracts Khanna with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.#SUB2#
Khanna has a loose triangle. He'll be looking to tighten that up but Sycek can see exactly what he's planning and manages to posture up and free himself.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Samuel Sycek dominated that round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!#R2#
Sycek tries to score a power double leg takedown but Khanna sees that one coming and sprawls well. That will dishearten Sycek somewhat.
Khanna misses with a body kick.
Khanna stuffs the takedown attempt from Sycek. Sycek gets slowly back to his feet.
Khanna looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Sycek slips a straight right by Khanna.
Sycek tries to counter with a takedown but Khanna is quick to defend against it.
Khanna is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Sycek.
Nice shot by Khanna.
Sycek goes for a double leg but Khanna avoids the attempt and the two fighters end up clinched against the cage as Khanna continues to drive forward.
Khanna swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Samuel Sycek. That's going to take a lot out of him.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Sycek.
Sycek tries a body shot but Khanna blocks it.
Khanna misses with the head strike.
Khanna working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Sycek tries to pull guard but can't drag his opponent to the mat. Khanna just stands there and leans against the cage.
Sycek is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Khanna can do to turn this around?
Khanna tries a body shot but Sycek blocks it.
A head punch on the inside from Khanna fails to land. #T1#
Khanna misses with a hook to the ribs.
Sycek changes levels and goes for a takedown here. Khanna fights it off and pushes away nicely.
Sycek ducks right into an uppercut from Khanna.
Sycek shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Khanna misses with a body kick.
Khanna digs a good hook to Sycek's body.
Khanna scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Khanna lands a really nice looking cross but Sycek seems unphased.
Khanna throws a body kick that sends a sickening thudding noise reverberating around the arena.
Sycek tries for a takedown but Khanna circles away easily
and Khanna counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Sycek changes levels and looks for a double leg takedown. Khanna tries to avoid it but Sycek manages to keep hold of a leg and drag Khanna to the ground. Khanna escapes though and pops straight back up to his feet.
Thud! ouch! good body kick from Khanna - that will leave a mark!
#T2#
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Khanna lands a head shot.#TD#
Sycek shoots in with a lovely double leg takedown. Khanna manages to land in full guard to minimise the damage.
Sycek throws a big right hand that misses.
Khanna is trying to control the position but Sycek postures up.
Khanna avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Khanna throws some sloppy strikes off his back.
Khanna preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Khanna is trying to control the position from the bottom.
Khanna is in a good position here but he's just trying to control... And he's not even managing to do that successfully.
Sycek content to strike from guard, landing some decent shots.
Khanna working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Sycek.
Khanna throws a couple of weedy looking strikes off his back.
Sycek working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of Khanna's head.#SUB2#
Khanna is looking for a guillotine. You can't force these things though and Sycek defends well.#T3#
Khanna is trying to keep Sycek in close.
#SUB2#
Sycek got a little sloppy there for a moment and Khanna has worked his way into a loose triangle - can he finish it?! No, Sycek has managed to get both his arms back between Khanna's legs - danger averted.
Khanna throws a couple of shots from the bottom but they don't land.
Khanna preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Khanna trying to keep a closed guard but Sycek is proving a slippery customer.
Sycek is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Sycek's corner. There ya go! There ya go!
Khanna utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Sycek scoring with some ground and pound.
Khanna utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound. #T4#
Sycek is looking to work some ground and pound but Khanna has wrist control.
Sycek lands a couple of digs.
Sycek scoring with some ground and pound.
Sycek stands up over Khanna, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head.
Khanna looking to control.
Sycek with a flurry of punches that miss. #SUB2#
Khanna looking for submissions from the bottom here. Moving his hips around, possibly looking for an armbar.
Khanna trying to control the position.
Khanna working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Sycek.
Sycek in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Sycek landing some decent shots from guard.
Sycek with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.
Khanna can't keep his opponent in guard - Sycek advances to half guard, no doubt looking to mount.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Raja Khanna showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
That's time! Sycek's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight. The crowd applaud as we get ready to start the final round!#R3#
Sycek is trying hard to land a takedown here. Khanna sprawls well and keeps this one on the feet.
Khanna looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Sycek shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has Khanna pinned against the cage. Khanna gets the underhooks and manages to circle away. #TD#
Sycek fakes a strike and closes the distance, dragging Khanna to the ground. Sycek is now in Khanna's guard.
Sycek postures up.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Sycek loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Khanna not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
Khanna is pulling down on Sycek's head to control his posture.
Sycek scoring with some ground and pound. #T1#
Khanna is trying to keep Sycek in close.
Sycek is sitting in guard, working some ground and pound.
Khanna has his hands on Sycek's head, controlling the position.
Sycek is in close to Khanna's body, working some short punches and elbows.
Khanna controls Sycek momentarily but Sycek frees himself.
Sycek working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Khanna is trying to keep Sycek in close.
#SUB2#
Khanna is looking for a triangle but Sycek pushes his legs off easily.
Sycek working some strikes from top position.#T2#
Khanna working a defensive guard here.
Khanna might have to switch it up a bit here because his efforts to control Sycek haven't been going to plan, at least at the current moment in time.
Sycek working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of Khanna's head.
Sycek working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.
Sycek lands a couple of digs.
Sycek with a flurry of punches that miss.
Sycek is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
Khanna controls Sycek momentarily but Sycek frees himself. #SUB2#
Khanna throwing his legs up looking for a triangle.
Khanna takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Khanna is controlling Sycek's posture.
Khanna controls Sycek momentarily but Sycek frees himself. #T3#
Sycek working some strikes from top position.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Sycek's corner. There ya go! There ya go!
Sycek working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of Khanna's head.
Sycek might be looking to lock onto one of his opponent's long limbs for a submission, whilst we're on the ground.
Sycek scoring with some ground and pound.
Khanna looking to control.
Khanna preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Sycek landing with the ground and pound.
Sycek makes a bit of distance and scores with some ground and pound, still in guard.
Khanna controls Sycek momentarily but Sycek frees himself.
Sycek missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Samuel Sycek overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Sycek's corner. There ya go! There ya go!
Sycek throws a big elbow that misses. #T4#
Sycek with a nice head shot there.
Khanna working a defensive guard here.
Sycek connects with a couple of short punches.#ROC#Khanna is rocked!
Khanna trying to keep a closed guard but Sycek is proving a slippery customer.
Sycek throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Sycek lands a couple of digs.
Khanna trying to keep a closed guard but Sycek is proving a slippery customer.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Khanna working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Sycek.
Sycek throwing strikes from guard but Khanna blocks nicely.
Sycek postures up.
And that's the end of the fight!
Samuel Sycek showed his dominance in that final round.
I think Sycek has won this one but let's see what the judges have to say. 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 Jonathan Paton scores the fight 29:27
Judge Alyssa Summers scores the fight 29:27
Judge Columbo Gatti scores the fight 29:27
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Samuel Sycek! |
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Event:
Bellicose XII
Date: Dec 24, 2022 |
#R1#
Swahn comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Swahn waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Khanna.
Khanna wants to counter the offense by Swahn and move into the clinch position.
The crowd cheers as Khanna lands an impressive looking overhand right. Swahn doesn't seem phased though.#CL2#
Khanna gets a clinch.
Khanna misses with a punch on the inside.
A head punch on the inside from Khanna fails to land.
Khanna is trying to pull guard but Swahn turns him against the cage and we stay in the clinch.
Khanna lands a body punch.
Khanna tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Swahn misses with the head strike.
Khanna tries to pull guard but can't drag his opponent to the mat. Swahn just stands there and leans against the cage.
Swahn is trying to stall.
I was talking to Swahn's coach per-fight and he was telling me that they'd been working on the clinch in the runup to this fight.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Khanna.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
A head punch on the inside from Khanna fails to land.
Khanna lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Khanna jumps guard but Swahn turns him against the cage and keeps the fight standing.
Oke Swahn has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Raja Khanna.
Khanna fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Swahn can't find room to land a body shot as Khanna controls the action.
Swahn lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Khanna backwards. #T1#
Khanna misses with a punch on the inside.
The two fighters are working to gain dominance in the clinch. #BC#
Swahn's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Khanna misses with a looping left.
A punch combination from Swahn misses.
Khanna scores with a decent looking hook.
Khanna tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Swahn lands an overhand right.
Swahn lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.#CUT#It looks like Raja Khanna has been cut.
Khanna dips to his left and cracks Swahn with an uppercut!
Swahn throws a lazy uppercut
and Khanna counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Swahn dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Khanna. That did some damage!
Oke Swahn seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
A nice leg kick lands there from Swahn.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Swahn scores with a jab to the jaw.#T2#
Swahn takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Khanna displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Swahn throws out the jab.
Swahn throws a low kick but it's checked well by Khanna.
Swahn misses with a straight right.
Khanna lands with a two punch combination before moving back out of range.
Swahn takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Khanna thows a left - swing and a miss!
Swahn misses with a lunging right hand
enabling Khanna to counter with a crisp jab.
A big left from Swahn misses.
Swahn blocks a jab.
Swahn is looking to counter punch.
Khanna throws the left hand but Swahn avoids the punch easily.
Swahn misses with a body shot
and Khanna counters with a body kick that stops Swahn in his tracks momentarily.
Swahn bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.#T3#
Swahn walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
Khanna ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Khanna throws a hook but Swahn avoids it easily.
Khanna works the jab nicely.
Khanna slips under a jab from Swahn.
Swahn misses with an uppercut
enabling Khanna to counter with a crisp jab.
Khanna throws a jab when Swahn was well out of range.
Swahn ducks under a wild hook from Khanna.
Khanna is landing a lot of head punches in this opening round! Swahn had better start moving his head a bit unless he wants his face to turn into mush.
Khanna goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Khanna slips a straight right by Swahn.
Khanna throws a counter combo.
Swahn avoids the body shot from Khanna.
An attempted straight right counter from Swahn misses the target.
Khanna tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Swahn was well out of range. Poor timing from Khanna.#T4#
A solid body kick from Swahn.
Khanna moves forwards but Swahn connects with a nice, crisp jab.
Swahn scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
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!
Swahn waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Khanna.
Swahn blocks a jab.
Khanna misses with a body shot.
Khanna lands a right hook to the body.
Swahn throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Khanna sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Khanna throws out a counter right but Swahn avoids it with no problem.
Khanna tries to clinch but Swahn is having none of it.
Khanna takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
Swahn misses with a left hand
enabling Khanna to counter with a crisp jab.
Khanna looks to land a body kick but Swahn moved away.
Khanna throws a chopping leg kick but Swahn manages to avoid taking any serious damage.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Raja Khanna dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Raja Khanna's cut.
That's time! Swahn's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.#R2#
Swahn avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Swahn misses with a looping left.
Khanna tries to check a leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Swahn misses with a wild combination.
Swahn throws an overhand right that lands on Khanna's shoulder, as Khanna tries to avoid the shot.
Swahn misses with a hook
and Khanna counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Swahn misses with a looping right.
Khanna misses with a lunging right hand
enabling Swahn to counter with a crisp jab.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Khanna throws a jab when Swahn was well out of range.
Swahn throws a lazy uppercut
and Khanna counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
A nice leg kick from Khanna, right into the meat of the thigh.
Khanna on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
#T1#
Khanna misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Swahn.
Khanna throws a wild body kick that Swahn sees coming a mile off.
Swahn misses with a straight right.
Khanna throws a wild body kick that Swahn sees coming a mile off.
Swahn swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
Swahn lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Swahn thuds a left hand into Khanna's body.
Khanna ducks under a wild hook from Swahn.
Swahn throws a leg kick that is checked
and Khanna counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Swahn swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Swahn takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Raja Khanna seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Swahn throws a right hand that misses
and Khanna counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Swahn throws a poor cross that misses
and Khanna counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head. #T2#
Nice shot by Swahn.
Nice defenses there by Khanna.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
A swing and a miss from Swahn.
Khanna ducks under a wild hook from Swahn.
A decent looking body kick lands there for Khanna.
Swahn misses with a hook.
Swahn scores with a jab.
Swahn throws an overhand right that lands on Khanna's shoulder, as Khanna tries to avoid the shot.
Khanna throws out a counter right but Swahn avoids it with no problem.
Swahn throws the kick towards the body but Khanna avoids it.
Khanna tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
A swing and a miss from Swahn.
Swahn throws a looping overhand right but Khanna ducks down to avoid it. #T3#
A bone on bone clash there as Swahn blocks the leg kick.
Swahn takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
Khanna lands the left hand.
Swahn looks to land a right hand but Khanna moved out of range.
Swahn swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Khanna misses with a straight left.
Swahn throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Khanna counters with a left to the body.
A big left from Khanna misses.
Swahn checks a low kick from Khanna.
Swahn thows a left - swing and a miss!
Khanna checks a leg kick.
Swahn throws a jab when Khanna was well out of range.
A low kick lands for Khanna.
#T4#
Swahn steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Khanna.
Khanna with a hook.
Swahn moves forwards but Khanna connects with a nice, crisp jab.
Swahn throws an off balance right hand
and Khanna counters with a leg kick.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Khanna walks into a jab.
Khanna swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Swahn waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Khanna.
Khanna scores with a leg kick.
Khanna will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Swahn appears to be looking for a counter punch to the body.
Swahn keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Khanna.
Khanna throws a hook but Swahn avoids it easily.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
A close second round but Raja Khanna will probably get the nod - 10:9.
The cut man is working on Raja Khanna's cut.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business. Let's hear some noise people - this is the final round!#R3#
Khanna throws a body shot but no joy.
Khanna misses with a low kick.
Swahn looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
Swahn moves out of range as Khanna throws a body kick.
Khanna cracks Swahn with a good jab.
Khanna scores with a jab. Swahn acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
Swahn punishes Khanna's body with a nice straight punch.
A bone on bone clash there as Swahn blocks the leg kick.
Swahn lands with an uppercut that bounces Khanna off the cage and back into range.
Swahn throws out a loose jab but Khanna uses good head movement to avoid it.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Swahn throws a leg kick but Khanna sees it coming and checks it nicely.
Swahn scores with a nice head shot.
Swahn throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Khanna sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Swahn takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
#T1#
Swahn looks to score with a jab to the body but Khanna is just out of range.
Khanna throws out a counter right but Swahn avoids it with no problem.
Khanna motions for Swahn to come forward. Khanna throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Swahn seem to be loading up, looking for a big counter.
Khanna on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
A slow jab from Swahn misses its intended target.
Khanna moves away from the strike by Swahn.
Khanna connects with the punch.
Khanna lands with a nice body kick.
Swahn on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Khanna. Khanna obviously looking to wear him down.
Khanna looks to land a left hand but Swahn moved out of range nicely.
Khanna blocks a jab.
Oke Swahn has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
A jab from Khanna does it's job there.
A nice leg kick lands there from Khanna. #T2#
Khanna moves out of range as Swahn strikes.
Swahn misses with an uppercut. Khanna saw that one coming.
Swahn is looking to score with low kicks.
Swahn throws a looping overhand right but Khanna ducks down to avoid it.
Nice defenses there by Swahn.
A thudding body kick lands there by Khanna!
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Swahn misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Swahn throws out a loose jab but Khanna uses good head movement to avoid it.
Swahn rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Khanna counters with a nice body kick.
Swahn shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
A looping hook to the body misses from Swahn. Khanna does a little dance to reset his feet.#T3#
Khanna blocks a jab.
Khanna throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Swahn throws a wild body kick that Khanna sees coming a mile off.
Khanna clobbers Swahn with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
Khanna scoring well with a low kick there.
A low kick from Swahn is predictable there
and Khanna counters with a stiff right hand.
Khanna fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Swahn.
Swahn throws a body kick that misses.
Good exchange - Khanna coming out on top.
Khanna scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Swahn is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
A big left from Swahn misses.
Khanna doesn't fully commit to the body shot counter.
Swahn scoring well with a low kick there.
#T4#
Khanna scoring well with a low kick there.
Swahn throws a right hand that misses
and Khanna counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Swahn thows a leg kick but Khanna checks it
and Khanna counters with a straight right hand.
Swahn misses with a hook. Khanna ducked under it nicely.
Khanna defending well as Swahn loads up on a big left hand.
Khanna looks to score with a jab to the body but Swahn is just out of range.
Swahn appeared to be looking to counter that last move with a leg kick.
A low kick from Swahn misses
and Khanna counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Swahn thinking.
Swahn has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Khanna.
Swahn walks into a stiff left hand from Khanna.
Khanna avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Khanna scores with a sloppy right hand. Swahn should have avoided that one.
Swahn throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
And that's the end of the fight!
Raja Khanna comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Khanna 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 Jorge Garcia scores the fight 27:30
Judge Chad Campbell scores the fight 27:30
Judge Reed Andrews scores the fight 27:30
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Raja Khanna! |
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Event:
Bellicose IV
Date: Nov 19, 2022 |
#R1#
Kuznetsov tries to clinch there but Khanna circles away.
Kuznetsov moves out of range as Khanna strikes.
Kuznetsov lands with a shot to the body.
Alexander Kuznetsov seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
A telegraphed right hand from Khanna misses the target.
Kuznetsov is trying to close the distance and clinch up, after that failed offence from Khanna.
Khanna thuds a mid kick into his opponent's body. That will wear on Kuznetsov if he has to take too many more of those.
Kuznetsov throws out a token jab with nothing on it.#CL2#
Khanna instigates a clinch.
Kuznetsov with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Khanna lands a hook to the side of the head.
Kuznetsov lands with a light punch inside.
Khanna tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Khanna is trying to break the clinch but Kuznetsov is controlling him.
Khanna scores with a shot to the side of Kuznetsov's head.
Kuznetsov lands a knee to the body.
Kuznetsov looking to throw knees to the head but Khanna is blocking nicely.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.#TD2#
Khanna ties up his opponent against the cage and manages to drag the fight down to the ground. Khanna no doubt will be looking to work submissions from his guard. #SUB2#
Khanna throwing his legs up looking for a triangle.
Kuznetsov is intent on slowing down the pace of the fight, simply looking to control.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.#T1#
Kuznetsov trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
A real slowdown in the pace of the fight for a moment, as Khanna holds on and takes a little breather.
Khanna controls Kuznetsov momentarily but Kuznetsov frees himself. #SU#
Kuznetsov stands and steps away. Khanna gets to his feet too and we're back to the striking game.
Kuznetsov throws a predictable looking body shot
enabling Khanna to counter with a crisp jab.
A combination from Kuznetsov does no damage.
Kuznetsov steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Khanna.
Kuznetsov shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it. #T2#
Kuznetsov pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Khanna throws a lazy right hand but Kuznetsov sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Kuznetsov throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
#CL2#
Khanna clinches up against the cage.
Kuznetsov dictating the pace here, as the fighters clinch against the cage.
Kuznetsov landing knees to the head.
#CUT#It looks like Raja Khanna has been cut.
Khanna can't find room to land a body shot as Kuznetsov controls the action.
Khanna swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Khanna blocks a body shot from Kuznetsov.
Nice elbow from Kuznetsov.
Kuznetsov misses with a knee strike.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Khanna tries to pull guard but can't drag his opponent to the mat. Kuznetsov just stands there and leans against the cage.
Kuznetsov misses with a knee to the head.
Kuznetsov lands a left hand.
Khanna is trying to pull guard but Kuznetsov turns him against the cage and we stay in the clinch.
Kuznetsov prevents a body shot from Khanna.
Khanna tries to throw a body punch but Kuznetsov avoids it by throwing Khanna back against the cage.
Khanna lands a nice uppercut.
Kuznetsov with an attempt at a knee that misses.
#T3#
Khanna on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Kuznetsov just misses with a elbow thrown towards Khanna's brow.
Kuznetsov tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Kuznetsov throws a knee to the head but misses.
A nice left hand lands by Khanna.
#TD2#
Khanna pulls guard.
Khanna is pulling down on Kuznetsov's head to control his posture.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Khanna is trying to keep Kuznetsov in close.
Kuznetsov throwing strikes from guard but Khanna blocks nicely.
Khanna trying to control the position here.
Kuznetsov wants to control from the top but Khanna keeps moving. #T4##SUB2#
Khanna working from the bottom, still in full guard. He's managed to get a loose triangle. Kuznetsov doesn't seem to be doing much to defend here, obviously he feels comfortable in the position. Kuznetsov manages to throw the legs off his shoulder and he's back into guard - no problem.
Kuznetsov throwing strikes but missing.
Kuznetsov wants to control from the top but Khanna keeps moving.
Khanna is trying to keep Kuznetsov in close.
Kuznetsov looking to control the position here, rather than advance. #REF3#
The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close round but I would say that Alexander Kuznetsov will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Raja Khanna's cut.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!#R2#
Khanna keeps the fight on the outside.
Khanna throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Kuznetsov rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Khanna cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Khanna throws a shot from downtown. Kuznetsov moves away and avoids it.
Khanna misses with a body shot.
A jab from Kuznetsov misses.
Kuznetsov checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time.
A quick step to the side and Kuznetsov tries to counter with a shot to the body but it doesn't connect.
Kuznetsov ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Khanna moves away.
Kuznetsov looks to score with a jab to the body but Khanna is just out of range.
Khanna showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Kuznetsov.
Khanna ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Kuznetsov moves away.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Kuznetsov connects with a crisp jab.
Kuznetsov jabs. That one connects to the head of his opponent.
Kuznetsov lands a jab.
Khanna throws a body kick that misses.
Khanna uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Kuznetsov.
Kuznetsov tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Khanna paws at him with a jab and circles away.#T1#
Khanna misses with a leg kick.
Kuznetsov throws an ugly left hook that misses
enabling Khanna to counter with a crisp jab.
Khanna avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Kuznetsov connects with a body shot.
A looping hook to the body misses from Kuznetsov. Khanna does a little dance to reset his feet.
Kuznetsov ducks under a wild hook from Khanna.
Khanna ducks under a wild hook from Kuznetsov.
Khanna throws a half hearted mid kick.
Khanna slips a jab from Kuznetsov.
Kuznetsov listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Kuznetsov uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Khanna.
Kuznetsov scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Khanna keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
A punch combination from Kuznetsov misses.
Kuznetsov throws a big shot that misses.
Kuznetsov tries to clinch there but Khanna circles away.
#CL2#
Khanna clinches up with Kuznetsov and pushes him back against the cage.#T2#
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Khanna.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Khanna working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Kuznetsov scores with a hook to the body.
Kuznetsov working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Kuznetsov misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Khanna.
Kuznetsov stalling in the clinch.
Khanna throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Khanna swings wildly with an uppercut but Kuznetsov uses good head movement to avoid it.
Khanna throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Khanna tries to pull guard but Kuznetsov won't allow it.
Khanna tries to take the fight to the ground by pulling guard but can't manage it.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Khanna.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Khanna lands a nice uppercut.
Khanna misses with a body punch.
Kuznetsov tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Khanna pushes Kuznetsov back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Kuznetsov blocks a body shot from Khanna.
Khanna tries to pull guard but Kuznetsov won't allow it.
Alexander Kuznetsov has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Raja Khanna.
Khanna gets through Kuznetsov's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.#T3#
Kuznetsov is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Khanna is keeping busy.
Kuznetsov throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Khanna blocks it with crossed arms.
Kuznetsov misses with an elbow over the top.
Nice elbow from Kuznetsov.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Khanna.
A nice right hand lands inside from Khanna.
Khanna misses with a short punch on the inside.
Khanna is trying to pull guard but being pressed up against the cage enables Kuznetsov to keep the fight standing.
I was talking to Kuznetsov's coach per-fight and he was telling me that they'd been working on the clinch in the runup to this fight.
Khanna is trying to push Kuznetsov away but Kuznetsov has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Khanna swings wildly with an uppercut but Kuznetsov uses good head movement to avoid it.
Khanna lands a nice uppercut.
Khanna tries to break the clinch but Kuznetsov is controlling the position.
Khanna lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Khanna misses with a punch on the inside.
Khanna tries to pull guard but Kuznetsov holds him up against the cage and eventually Khanna drops back down to his feet.
Kuznetsov blocks a body shot from Khanna. #T4#
Kuznetsov scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Khanna working aggressively here.
Kuznetsov looking to throw knees to the head but Khanna is blocking nicely.
Kuznetsov blocks an uppercut.
Kuznetsov stalling in the clinch but Khanna improves position.
Kuznetsov creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Khanna misses with a body punch.
Still in the clinch, Khanna scores with a nice short uppercut.
Khanna tries to work over Kuznetsov's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Kuznetsov misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Khanna.
Kuznetsov misses with a knee to the head.
Kuznetsov prevents Khanna from breaking the clinch.#BC2#
Khanna breaks from the clinch.
Kuznetsov jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Good standup being displayed there by Kuznetsov as he connects with a hook.
Khanna throws a right and a left that Kuznetsov avoids nicely.
Khanna throws a big shot that misses.
Khanna moves away from the strike by Kuznetsov.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
A close second round but Raja Khanna will probably get the nod - 10:9.
The cut man is working on Raja Khanna's cut.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.#R3#
Kuznetsov jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Khanna pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Kuznetsov chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Khanna can pounce on him.
Khanna defending well as Kuznetsov loads up on a big left hand.
Kuznetsov keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
Khanna with the inside leg kick.
Khanna throws a hook to the side of Kuznetsov's head but Kuznetsov sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Good exchange - Kuznetsov coming out on top.
Khanna throws a low kick but Kuznetsov moves out of range easily.
Kuznetsov looks to score with a jab to the body but Khanna is just out of range.
Khanna shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Kuznetsov moves into range and throws a combination. A nice jab followed by a hook to the body.#CL#
Kuznetsov moves into the clinch.
Kuznetsov with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Kuznetsov blocks a body shot from Khanna.
Kuznetsov blocks a body shot from Khanna.
Khanna lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Khanna is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.#T1#
Kuznetsov misses with a knee to the head.
Kuznetsov blocks a body shot from Khanna.
Kuznetsov landing knees to the head.
Khanna gets through Kuznetsov's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Khanna blocks a punch to the side of the head.
A nice left hand lands by Kuznetsov.
Khanna misses with a punch on the inside.
Kuznetsov takes a shot to the head.
Khanna avoids a wild elbow strike from Kuznetsov.
Khanna fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Kuznetsov misses with a knee to the head.
Kuznetsov looking to throw knees to the head but Khanna is blocking nicely.
#BC2#
Khanna pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Khanna throws a front kick that sends Kuznetsov stumbling back into the cage.
Kuznetsov throws a jab but it's blocked by Khanna.
Khanna tries to counter by closing the distance.
A big left from Khanna misses.
Khanna throws a body kick that misses.
Khanna looks to score with a jab to the body but Kuznetsov is just out of range.#T2#
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!
Khanna scores with the left hand. Kuznetsov knows he should have avoided that one. #CL2#
Khanna rushes Kuznetsov and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Kuznetsov tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Kuznetsov misses with a knee strike.
Khanna misses with a hook from the clinch. #BC2#
Khanna pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Kuznetsov falls off balance throwing a combination
#CL2#
and Khanna counters into the clinch. Nicely done.
Kuznetsov tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Khanna avoids it.
Khanna blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
A head punch on the inside from Khanna fails to land.
Kuznetsov lands a shoulder strike.
Kuznetsov tries to land a knee to the head but Khanna blocks with his arms.
Kuznetsov misses with a knee to the head.
Khanna has a couple of punches blocked by Kuznetsov.
Kuznetsov missing with knees to the body.
Raja Khanna seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Kuznetsov tries to work over Khanna's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Kuznetsov throws a knee to the head but misses.
#T3#
Kuznetsov tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Kuznetsov blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Khanna digs a right hand underneath Kuznetsov's ribcage. Kuznetsov let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Kuznetsov pushes off an throws an elbow but Khanna leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.#BC2#
Khanna breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Khanna lets loose with a powerful body kick. Kuznetsov will feel that in the morning.
Khanna defending well as Kuznetsov loads up on a big left hand.
Kuznetsov throws a looping overhand right but Khanna ducks down to avoid it.
Kuznetsov backing away here, and Khanna unleashes a leg kick that just misses.#CL2#
Khanna pushes Kuznetsov up against the cage in a clinch.
Kuznetsov throws a knee to the head but misses.
Khanna blocks an elbow strike.
Kuznetsov is trying to maintain a safe position but Khanna gets an underhook and turns Kuznetsov into the cage.
Khanna working aggressively here.
Kuznetsov tries a knee to the head but Khanna blocks it.
Khanna avoiding damage as Kuznetsov throws knees to the body.
Kuznetsov doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Khanna misses with a punch on the inside.
Khanna lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage. #T4#
Khanna lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Kuznetsov backwards.
Khanna gets through Kuznetsov's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Kuznetsov throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Khanna scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Khanna misses with a body punch.
Kuznetsov prevents Khanna from breaking the clinch.
Khanna misses with a short punch on the inside.
Kuznetsov is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Kuznetsov missing with knees to the body.
Khanna tries to pull guard but Kuznetsov won't allow it.
Khanna tries to take the fight to the ground by pulling guard but can't manage it.
Kuznetsov tries to land a knee to the head but Khanna blocks with his arms.
Kuznetsov throws a knee to the head but misses.
Kuznetsov prevents Khanna from breaking the clinch.#BC2#
Khanna breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Kuznetsov moves into range and connects with a jab.
The fighters circling - Khanna throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Kuznetsov is trying to close the distance and clinch up, after that failed offence from Khanna.
Kuznetsov scores with a hook to the body. Khanna takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close round but Alexander Kuznetsov did the better work so I'd imagine he'll take it.
The cut man is working on Raja Khanna's cut.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.#R4#
Khanna throws a low kick, looking for Kuznetsov's leg but Kuznetsov calmly moves out of range.
Kuznetsov throws a looping overhand right but Khanna ducks down to avoid it.
Khanna throws a jab but it's blocked by Kuznetsov.
A little feinted left hand from Kuznetsov on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
Kuznetsov throws a looping overhand right but Khanna ducks down to avoid it. #CL#
Kuznetsov closes the distance and clinches.
A short right from Kuznetsov.
A head punch on the inside from Kuznetsov fails to land.
Khanna throws a punch but it's blocked by Kuznetsov.
Khanna on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Kuznetsov with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Khanna misses with a short punch on the inside.
Khanna swings wildly with an uppercut but Kuznetsov uses good head movement to avoid it.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Khanna managing to block the knees to the body from Kuznetsov.
#TD2#
Khanna drags the fight down to the ground.
#SU#
Kuznetsov gets to his feet - Khanna follows without any prompting.
No joy there for Kuznetsov, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
#T1#
Khanna lands a jab to the nose.#CL2#
Khanna rushes Kuznetsov and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Khanna misses with a punch to the body.
Khanna misses with a punch on the inside.
Kuznetsov misses with a knee strike.
A short left from Kuznetsov.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Kuznetsov. #CUT#That has opened up Raja Khanna's cut even more.
Khanna is leaning against Kuznetsov and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Khanna lands a hook that snaps the head of Kuznetsov backwards.
Kuznetsov struggles to land a body shot inside as Khanna controls his hands.
Khanna blocks an elbow strike from Kuznetsov.
Kuznetsov misses with some punches.
A head punch on the inside from Khanna fails to land.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Kuznetsov.
Kuznetsov unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Khanna is absolutely dripping with sweat - he looks exhausted.
Kuznetsov lands a knee to the head.
#CUT#The cut above Raja Khanna's eye is starting to cause him problems now.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Kuznetsov with an attempt at a knee that misses.
#T2#
Kuznetsov lands a right hand that snaps the head of Khanna backwards.
Kuznetsov blocks a body shot from Khanna.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Khanna jumps guard but Kuznetsov stands there with Khanna around his waist. Khanna gives up and drops back to his feet. We remain in the clinch.
A short right from Kuznetsov.
Kuznetsov dictating the pace here, as the fighters clinch against the cage.
Khanna tries to pull guard but can't drag his opponent to the mat. Kuznetsov just stands there and leans against the cage.
Kuznetsov lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Kuznetsov looks to throw an elbow but misses.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Kuznetsov.
A nice left hand lands by Kuznetsov.
Khanna lands with a left to the head. #BC2#
Khanna manages to break the clinch.
Kuznetsov wants to clinch.#T3#
Khanna uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Kuznetsov.
Kuznetsov cracks a nice hook into Khanna's ribs.
Kuznetsov tries to clinch but Khanna moves out of range.
A right-left combo lands from Kuznetsov.
Kuznetsov misses with a wild combination.
Kuznetsov misses with a body shot.
Khanna misses with a straight left.
Kuznetsov tries to clinch up.#CL2#
Khanna gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Khanna misses with a shot to the kidneys.
A nice right hand lands inside from Khanna.
Kuznetsov blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Kuznetsov lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
A head punch blocked on the inside by Kuznetsov. #T4#
A body shot lands from Khanna.
#BC2#
Khanna pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Kuznetsov thows a left - swing and a miss!
Khanna scores with the left hand. Kuznetsov knows he should have avoided that one.
Jab from Kuznetsov.
Khanna misses with a hook
and Kuznetsov counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Kuznetsov ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Khanna moves away.
Kuznetsov lands a jab-cross combination.
Kuznetsov throws a poor cross that misses
letting Khanna counter with a right hand.
Kuznetsov misses with a wild body shot.
Kuznetsov ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Khanna moves away.
Khanna throws the left hand but Kuznetsov avoids the punch easily.
Khanna listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Khanna blocks a jab.
Khanna only half commits to the counter leg kick.
Kuznetsov misses with a two punch combination.
Khanna steps in looking to clinch after the strikes miss from Kuznetsov.
Khanna cracks Kuznetsov with a good jab.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Alexander Kuznetsov had his way with Raja Khanna in that round.
The cut man is working on Raja Khanna's cut.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action! This is the final round!#R5#
Kuznetsov scores with a shot to the body.
A left and a right from Kuznetsov both land. Nice combination.
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Kuznetsov, as that shot connected.
Kuznetsov misses with an uppercut. Khanna saw that one coming.
A nice combination there by Kuznetsov.
The fighters circling - Khanna throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Kuznetsov tries to clinch but Khanna is having none of it.
Khanna slips under a jab.
Khanna uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Kuznetsov.
Kuznetsov uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Khanna.
Khanna avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Khanna steps in looking to clinch after the strikes miss from Kuznetsov.
Kuznetsov cracks Khanna with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
Kuznetsov's corner calls for a 1, 2 combination and Kuznetsov duly obliges.
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!
Kuznetsov tries to clinch up.
Khanna replies with a solid counter kick to the body but Kuznetsov blocks it well.
A lazy left from Kuznetsov finds it's target.
Kuznetsov throws a combination that misses
and Khanna counters with a nice low kick that buckles Kuznetsov's knee momentarily.
Raja Khanna has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!#T1#
Kuznetsov ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Khanna moves away.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Khanna! But no joy.
Khanna throws an overhand right that lands on Kuznetsov's shoulder, as Kuznetsov tries to avoid the shot.
Kuznetsov tries to clinch there but Khanna circles away.
Khanna misses with a looping left.
Khanna keeps the fight on the outside.
Kuznetsov misses with a two punch combination.
Khanna steps in looking to clinch after the strikes miss from Kuznetsov.
Khanna's corner calls for a 1-2. Khanna obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
Khanna goes for a high kick. It partially lands.
Kuznetsov misses with a low kick.
Khanna ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Khanna tries to counter with a clinch but Kuznetsov shakes him off and moves away.
Kuznetsov swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Khanna is trying to avoid his opponent's strikes and get into the clinch.
A big left from Kuznetsov misses. #CL#
Kuznetsov clinches up with Khanna and pushes him back against the cage.
Khanna tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked. #TD2#
Khanna pulls Kuznetsov into guard.
Kuznetsov controlling from the top position. #T2#
Kuznetsov trying to stand up but can't free himself from Khanna's guard.
Khanna throwing strikes off his back to little effect.
Kuznetsov is taking a break and basically stalling. The referee will not allow him to do that for long. #SUB2#
Khanna working from the bottom, still in full guard. He's managed to get a loose triangle. Kuznetsov doesn't seem to be doing much to defend here, obviously he feels comfortable in the position. Oh but Khanna is tightening it up a little... Kuznetsov has to be careful here... He's got his foot tucked under now, this looks tight! Kuznetsov reacted too slowly and this one could be over in a matter of seconds! YES! Kuznetsov taps out! Nice BJJ there by Khanna!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:59 of round 5, we have a winner by way of Submission (Triangle Choke). Raja Khanna! |
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Event:
Bellicose 146
Date: Oct 02, 2022 |
#R1#
Kuznetsov bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Khanna thows a left - swing and a miss!
Kuznetsov throws out a counter right but Khanna avoids it with no problem.
Kuznetsov tries to clinch
enabling Khanna to counter with a crisp jab.
Kuznetsov misses with a jab, cross combination.
Khanna is looking to counter punch.
Khanna uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Kuznetsov.
Kuznetsov stalks Khanna and leaps in with a furious combination of punches. Uppercuts and crosses smash into Khanna's face. Khanna staggers backwards, shaken.#CUT2#It looks like Raja Khanna has been cut.
Kuznetsov takes one to the chin there.
Khanna throws a jab when Kuznetsov was well out of range.
Khanna misses with a looping left.
Khanna moves out of range as Kuznetsov strikes.
It looked like Khanna was trying to counter with a body shot coming off that last attack from Kuznetsov.
Kuznetsov throws a hook but Khanna avoids it easily.
Khanna misses with an uppercut
and Kuznetsov cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Kuznetsov uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Khanna.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Kuznetsov swings away with a body shot that misses
and Khanna cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Kuznetsov throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Khanna.
Khanna moves out of range of the strikes.#T1#
Khanna avoids the body shot from Kuznetsov.
Kuznetsov staying out of range there.
Khanna throws a right hand that Kuznetsov ducks under and follows up with a left that Kuznetsov also avoids with ease.
Kuznetsov fails to land with a series of punches.
Khanna gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Kuznetsov pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Khanna throws a hook to the side of Kuznetsov's head but Kuznetsov sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Kuznetsov lands with a hook. Khanna tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
Kuznetsov is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
Kuznetsov takes one to the side of the head.
Khanna lands the left hand.
Kuznetsov tries to score with a low kick but Khanna moves his leg out of the way.
Khanna lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Kuznetsov at a distance.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Kuznetsov takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
Khanna lands a jab to the head.
#T2#
Kuznetsov scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Nice jab there from Khanna.
Kuznetsov misses with a straight left.
Kuznetsov just misses with a punch to the body.
Kuznetsov comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Kuznetsov throws a body shot but no joy.
Kuznetsov wants to clinch.
Khanna throws a body kick, spinning off balance#CL2#
and Kuznetsov moves into the clinch.
Khanna working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Khanna blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Khanna presses Kuznetsov against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Kuznetsov misses with an elbow over the top.
Khanna goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
#T3#
Khanna misses with a hook from the clinch.
Khanna working aggressively here.
Still in the clinch, Khanna scores with a nice short uppercut.
Kuznetsov with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Kuznetsov unloads a knee to the mid-section. Khanna lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Khanna scores with a shot to the side of Kuznetsov's head.
Kuznetsov goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Kuznetsov.
Khanna misses with the head strike.
Khanna stalling the fight.
Khanna misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Kuznetsov with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Kuznetsov tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Kuznetsov tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Khanna is using his height advantage well here, landing a good percentage of his punches.
Kuznetsov with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Kuznetsov tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
#BC#
Khanna's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Kuznetsov scores to the head and body with a nice combination!
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Khanna lands a nice looking body shot.
#T4#
Kuznetsov blocks a jab.#CL2#
Kuznetsov takes the fight into the clinch.
Khanna is trying to break free.#BC#
Khanna breaks from the clinch.
Khanna throws a hook to the side of Kuznetsov's head but Kuznetsov sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Kuznetsov ducks under a wild hook from Khanna.
A swing and a miss from Khanna.
Kuznetsov takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
Kuznetsov is looking to clinch.
Kuznetsov swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Kuznetsov throws a right hand that Khanna ducks under and follows up with a left that Khanna also avoids with ease.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Kuznetsov is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
Khanna throws the kick towards the body but Kuznetsov avoids it.
Kuznetsov keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close round but I would say that Raja Khanna will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Raja Khanna's cut.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.#R2#
Kuznetsov lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Kuznetsov slips under a jab.
Khanna looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
Kuznetsov tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Khanna paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Sloppy strikes from Kuznetsov. Those never looked like landing.
Kuznetsov lands an overhand right.
Kuznetsov misses with a looping right.
Kuznetsov throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Khanna takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Khanna 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.
Kuznetsov throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Khanna misses with a right hand
and Khanna takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Khanna takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Kuznetsov fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Kuznetsov dips to his left and cracks Khanna with an uppercut!#T1#
Khanna rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Kuznetsov moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Khanna goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Khanna scores with a decent looking hook.
Khanna takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Khanna slips a straight right by Kuznetsov.
Kuznetsov throws out a loose jab but Khanna uses good head movement to avoid it.
Kuznetsov throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Kuznetsov tries to clinch up.
Kuznetsov thows a left - swing and a miss!
Kuznetsov scores with a nice head shot.
Khanna scores with a spinning back kick!
Khanna looks to land a left hand but Kuznetsov moved out of range nicely.
A decent looking cross lands there for Kuznetsov.
Kuznetsov tries to clinch but fails miserably
and Khanna counters with a stiff right hand. #T2#
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Kuznetsov throws a right and a left that Khanna avoids nicely.
Kuznetsov changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Kuznetsov uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Khanna.
Khanna feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Kuznetsovs jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!
Kuznetsov lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
Khanna throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Kuznetsov sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Khanna swings widly with a right hand
and Kuznetsov connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Kuznetsov throws a hook to the side of Khanna's head but Khanna sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Kuznetsov lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Kuznetsov tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Khanna manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Khanna drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
Kuznetsov throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Kuznetsov looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Kuznetsov loads up on a big right hand but Khanna slips the punch.
It appears Khanna was looking to counter with a kick there.#T3#
Kuznetsov tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Khanna paws at him with a jab and circles away.
A little feinted left hand from Khanna on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
Kuznetsov lands with a straight right. Khanna didn't see that one coming.
Kuznetsov falls off balance throwing a combination
and Khanna counters with a stiff right hand.
Kuznetsov swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Kuznetsov scores with a hook.
Khanna slips under a jab from Kuznetsov.
Nice uppercut there from Khanna.
Khanna slips under a jab from Kuznetsov.
Khanna throws a shot from downtown. Kuznetsov moves away and avoids it.
Khanna ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Khanna throws a hook but Kuznetsov avoids it easily.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Nice cross by Khanna.
Khanna connects with a nice looking jab.
#T4#
Khanna swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!#CL2#
Kuznetsov closes the distance and pushes Khanna back into the cage.
Khanna swings wildly with an uppercut but Kuznetsov uses good head movement to avoid it. #BC#
Khanna breaks the clinch.
Khanna falls off balance throwing a combination
and Kuznetsov counters with a left and a right that stings Khanna.
Kuznetsov lands with a good body shot.
Kuznetsov connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
Alexander Kuznetsov seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Khanna keeps the fight on the outside.
A combination from Kuznetsov does no damage.
Khanna 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.
Khanna takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Kuznetsov keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Khanna.
Kuznetsov swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
A counter left hand to the body from Khanna misses its target.
Khanna misses with a hook. Kuznetsov ducked under it nicely.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Alexander Kuznetsov showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Raja Khanna's cut.
That's time! Back to the action! The crowd applaud as we get ready to start the final round!#R3#
Kuznetsov throws a hook but Khanna blocks it.
Kuznetsov looks to land a left hand but Khanna moved out of range nicely.
It looked like Khanna wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
Kuznetsov throws a right and a left that Khanna avoids nicely.
Kuznetsov lands a body shot.
Kuznetsov tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Khanna looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
Khanna scores with a nice head shot.
A swing and a miss from Khanna.
Khanna connects with a jab.
A telegraphed right hand from Khanna misses the target.
Kuznetsov defending well as Khanna loads up on a big left hand.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Khanna lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Khanna moves into range and connects with a jab.
Kuznetsov misses with a looping right.
Khanna misses with a wild body shot.
Kuznetsov is looking for the big counter here.#T1#
Khanna's jab looks to have found its range, popping Kuznetsov under the eye.
Kuznetsov tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Khanna manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Kuznetsov slips under a jab.
Khanna misses with a hook.
Kuznetsov misses with a straight left.
Khanna misses with a lunging right hand
and Kuznetsov connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Khanna connects with a right hand. Kuznetsov shakes it off.
Kuznetsov throws a lazy right hand but Khanna sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Khanna was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
Kuznetsov throws the left hand but Khanna avoids the punch easily.
Khanna throws an overhand right that lands on Kuznetsov's shoulder, as Kuznetsov tries to avoid the shot.
Khanna misses with a wild body shot.
Kuznetsov swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Khanna was looking to counter that last move with a shot to the body but he didn't commit.
Khanna throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Khanna looking to land some kicks to the body here.
#T2#
Khanna displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Kuznetsov throws out the jab.
Kuznetsov uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Khanna.
Kuznetsov keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
Kuznetsov ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Kuznetsov avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Kuznetsov throws a two punch combo that lands nicely.
Kuznetsov scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Kuznetsov throws a jab when Khanna was well out of range.
Khanna scores with a body shot.
Khanna throws a big shot that misses.#CL2#
Kuznetsov moves into the clinch.
Khanna scores with a shoulder strike.
Khanna wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.#BC#
Khanna's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.#T3#
Khanna throws a jab when Kuznetsov was well out of range.
Kuznetsov misses with a right hand
and Khanna counters with a straight right hand.
Kuznetsov defending well as Khanna loads up on a big left hand.
Khanna scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Kuznetsov lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
Khanna throws a push kick but Kuznetsov slaps the foot to one side.
Kuznetsov tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Khanna paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Kuznetsov tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Khanna is looking to counter punch.
Khanna lands a really nice looking cross but Kuznetsov seems unphased.
Kuznetsov tries to clinch but Khanna moves out of range.
Khanna takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Kuznetsov lands a jab to Khanna's midsection.
Khanna jabbing away but nothing is landing. #T4#
Kuznetsov misses with a two punch combination.
Kuznetsov misses with a few strikes there.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Kuznetsov misses with a series of wild punches.
Kuznetsov throws a series of punches but Khanna moves out of range.
Kuznetsov displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Khanna throws out the jab.
Khanna fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
A swing and a miss from Khanna.
It seemed like Kuznetsov was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Kuznetsov fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
A little feinted left hand from Khanna on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
Kuznetsov blocks a jab.
Kuznetsov tries to clinch but fails miserably
and Khanna counters with a stiff right hand.
Kuznetsov tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Khanna was well out of range. Poor timing from Kuznetsov.
Khanna keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
And that's the end of the fight!
Raja Khanna showed his dominance in that final round.
I think Khanna has won this one but let's see what the judges have to say. 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 Jonathan Paton scores the fight 29:28
Judge John Roberts scores the fight 29:29
Judge Lou da Vinci scores the fight 29:29
The fight is ruled a majority draw! |
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Event:
Bellicose 132
Date: Aug 14, 2022 |
#R1#
Kuznetsov looks to land a right hand but Khanna moved out of range.
Kuznetsov closes the distance and lands a one-two.
A decent looking cross lands there for Kuznetsov.
Khanna waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Kuznetsov.
Khanna moves out of range as Kuznetsov strikes.
Kuznetsov misses with a wild combination.
Khanna is looking to counter punch.
Kuznetsov throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Khanna sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Khanna throwing a counter right hand but Kuznetsov manages to avoid it.
Khanna walks into a left hand.
Kuznetsov has a nice red mark on his side after a thudding body kick by Khanna.
Khanna avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Kuznetsov takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Khanna throws a hook but Kuznetsov avoids it easily.
Kuznetsov scores with a punch to the head.
Kuznetsov is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Khanna.
Khanna swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
Kuznetsov closes the distance but Khanna moves to the side
and Khanna counters with a lovely shot to the body.#T1#
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Khanna.
Both fighters circling a little - Khanna finishes the exchange with a kick to the body.
Khanna lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
Khanna throws a looping overhand right but Kuznetsov ducks down to avoid it.
Kuznetsov on the wrong end of a nice jab.
Kuznetsov defending well as Khanna loads up on a big left hand.
Khanna swats away the attempt to clinch by Kuznetsov.
Kuznetsov lands with a good body shot.
Khanna pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Khanna swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Kuznetsov swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Khanna is looking to counter punch.
Kuznetsov uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Khanna.#CL2#
Kuznetsov rushes Khanna and presses him up against the cage.#T2#
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Kuznetsov tries to land a knee to the head but Khanna blocks with his arms.
Kuznetsov throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Khanna blocks it with crossed arms.
Khanna working hard to break the clinch.
Kuznetsov throws a punch but it's blocked by Khanna.
Khanna throws a punch but it's blocked by Kuznetsov.
Khanna takes a knee right on the jaw!
Khanna scores with a shot to the side of Kuznetsov's head.
Khanna lands with a right to the head.
Kuznetsov tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Kuznetsov misses with an elbow strike.
Kuznetsov prevents a body shot from Khanna.
Khanna blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Khanna tries to jump guard but he falls flat on his backside. Kuznetsov smiles and moves away.
Kuznetsov fails to land with a series of punches.
Kuznetsov tries to clinch there but Khanna circles away.
Khanna misses with an uppercut
and Kuznetsov counters with a right hand to the body.
Kuznetsov just misses with a punch to the body.
Khanna thuds his right hand into Kuznetsov's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.#T3#
Khanna throws a jab but it's blocked by Kuznetsov.
Kuznetsov just misses with a punch to the body.
Khanna keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Kuznetsov ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Jab, jab by Khanna - just one landing.
Khanna avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Khanna tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Kuznetsov was well out of range. Poor timing from Khanna.
Khanna throws a shot from downtown. Kuznetsov moves away and avoids it.#CL2#
Kuznetsov gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Khanna misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Kuznetsov throws a knee to the head but misses.
Kuznetsov looking to throw knees to the head but Khanna is blocking nicely.
Khanna avoids a wild elbow strike from Kuznetsov.
Khanna swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Kuznetsov slowing the pace effectively.
Kuznetsov tries a knee to the head but Khanna blocks it.
#BC#
Khanna breaks the clinch.
#T4#
Khanna throws a big shot that misses.
Kuznetsov tries to close the distance and clinch but Khanna swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Kuznetsov steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Khanna.
Khanna moves away from the strike by Kuznetsov.
Khanna keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Kuznetsov.
Khanna swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Kuznetsov throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
A quick step to the side and Khanna tries to counter with a shot to the body but it doesn't connect.
Nice defenses there by Kuznetsov.
Kuznetsov scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Kuznetsov wants to clinch up but Khanna keeps it at a distance.
Kuznetsov misses with a lunging right hand
and Khanna counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Kuznetsov throws a combination that misses
letting Khanna counter with a right hand.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Kuznetsov throws a big shot that misses.
Khanna slips under a jab.
Khanna lands a jab to the head.
Kuznetsov swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Khanna counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close round but I would say that Raja Khanna will probably get the nod.
That's time! Back to the action!#R2#
Kuznetsov throws out a loose jab but Khanna uses good head movement to avoid it.
Kuznetsov misses with a body shot.
Kuznetsov staying out of range there.
Kuznetsov tries to counter by closing the distance.
The fighters circling - Khanna throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Khanna 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.
Kuznetsov throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Kuznetsov doesn't manage to clinch there - Khanna circles away.
Kuznetsov uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Khanna.
Kuznetsov lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
Khanna throws a shot from downtown. Kuznetsov moves away and avoids it.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Kuznetsov! But no joy.
Kuznetsov scores with a jab.
Alexander Kuznetsov seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Kuznetsov doesn't manage to clinch there - Khanna circles away.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Kuznetsov moves out of range of the strikes.
Kuznetsov takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Kuznetsov bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Kuznetsov darts in trying to clinch
and Khanna connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.#T1#
Khanna misses with a straight right.
Kuznetsov misses with the combination.
#CL2#
Kuznetsov closes the distance and clinches.
Khanna takes a shot to the head.
Kuznetsov tries to land a knee to the head but Khanna blocks with his arms.
Khanna's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Khanna tries to pull guard but Kuznetsov won't allow it.
#BC#
Khanna breaks the clinch.
Kuznetsov swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Khanna throwing a counter right hand but Kuznetsov manages to avoid it.
Kuznetsov throws a right hand that Khanna ducks under and follows up with a left that Khanna also avoids with ease.
Khanna connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
Khanna takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.#T2#
Kuznetsov connects with a looping right hand.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Khanna uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Kuznetsov.
Kuznetsov scores with a hook to the body. Khanna takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
A telegraphed right hand from Khanna misses the target.
Kuznetsov wants to clinch.#CL2#
Kuznetsov clinches.
Khanna throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Khanna tries to throw a body punch but Kuznetsov avoids it by throwing Khanna back against the cage.
Khanna tries a body shot but Kuznetsov blocks it.
Kuznetsov prevents a body shot from Khanna. #BC#
Khanna breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Khanna scores with a jab. Kuznetsov acknowledges it with a nod of the head. #T3#
Khanna goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Kuznetsov throws a leg kick but Khanna checks it.
Khanna is looking to land body kicks.
Kuznetsov waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Khanna.
Khanna swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
Kuznetsov bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Kuznetsov lands a jab to Khanna's midsection.
Kuznetsov displaying good standup as he scores with a three punch combination.
Khanna ducks under a wild hook from Kuznetsov.
Kuznetsov ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Khanna moves away.
Kuznetsov moves away from the strike by Khanna.
Khanna throws a jab when Kuznetsov was well out of range.
Kuznetsov waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Khanna.
Khanna lands the left hand.
Kuznetsov throws a lazy right hand but Khanna sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Khanna cracks Kuznetsov with a good jab.#T4#
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Khanna walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
Kuznetsov tries to clinch but Khanna moves out of range.
Kuznetsov throws an off balance right hand
and Khanna counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
A telegraphed right hand from Khanna misses the target.
Khanna throws a lazy right hand but Kuznetsov sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Khanna swinging wildly here.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Kuznetsov! But no joy.
Khanna ducks under a wild hook from Kuznetsov.
Khanna moves out of range of the strikes.
Kuznetsov swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
letting Khanna counter with a right hand.
Kuznetsov throws the left hand but Khanna avoids the punch easily.
Khanna avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Kuznetsov waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Khanna.
Khanna lands a nice shot that snaps Kuznetsov's head back.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
A close second round but Alexander Kuznetsov will probably get the nod - 10:9.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action.#R3#
A slow jab from Khanna misses its intended target.
Kuznetsov misses with a jab to the body
and Khanna counters with a nice body kick.
A jab from Khanna misses.
Khanna pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
A little jabbing left from Kuznetsov on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Khanna throws a hook to the side of Kuznetsov's head but Kuznetsov sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
A nice side step and Kuznetsov releases a counter shot to the body, but it doesn't find it's home.
Kuznetsov throws an off balance right hand
enabling Khanna to counter with a crisp jab.
Khanna ducks under a wild hook from Kuznetsov.
Kuznetsov misses with a looping right.
Kuznetsov scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Kuznetsov ducks under a wild hook from Khanna.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Kuznetsov scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.
Kuznetsov on the wrong end of a nice jab.#CL2#
Kuznetsov darts in and clinches Khanna up against the cage.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Kuznetsov throws a knee to the head but misses.
A short right from Khanna. #T1#
Kuznetsov lands with a left to the head.
Khanna stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Khanna scores with a nice hook to the head.
Kuznetsov lands a hook to the side of the head.
Khanna lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Kuznetsov letting Khanna take a breather here.
Khanna lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
A short uppercut from Khanna.
Kuznetsov blocks a body shot from Khanna.
Khanna is trying to maintain a safe position but Kuznetsov gets an underhook and turns Khanna into the cage.
Khanna lands a shoulder strike. #BC#
Khanna's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Kuznetsov cracks Khanna with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
Khanna keeps the fight on the outside.#CL2#
Kuznetsov moves into the clinch.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Khanna blocks an elbow strike.
Khanna tries a body shot but Kuznetsov blocks it.
#T2#
Khanna lands an uppercut.
Kuznetsov's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Kuznetsov missing with knees to the body.
Kuznetsov tries a knee to the head but Khanna blocks it.
Khanna softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Khanna blocking some punches.
Khanna lands a shoulder strike.
A short left from Khanna.
With the fighters up against the cage, Kuznetsov throws an elbow but misses.
Khanna scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Khanna misses with a hook to the ribs.
Kuznetsov tries a knee to the head but Khanna blocks it.
Khanna works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Kuznetsov takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Khanna managing to block the knees to the body from Kuznetsov.
Kuznetsov lands an uppercut.
Nice elbow from Kuznetsov.
Khanna lands a hook to the side of the head.
Alexander Kuznetsov seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Khanna is working Kuznetsov over against the cage.#T3##BC#
Khanna manages to break the clinch.
Kuznetsov avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Kuznetsov misses with a body punch
and Khanna counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Khanna fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Kuznetsov misses with an uppercut.
A cross from Khanna lands.
Kuznetsov tries to clinch but Khanna moves away
and Khanna makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Khanna lands with an overhand left.#ROC#Kuznetsov is rocked!
A big left from Khanna misses.
Khanna slips under a jab.
Khanna scores with a hook to the body. Kuznetsov takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Khanna goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Khanna ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Kuznetsov takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.#T4#
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Khanna throws a front kick that sends Kuznetsov stumbling back into the cage.
Kuznetsov uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Khanna.
Kuznetsov is clearly trying to counter these attacks from Khanna with a body shot.
Khanna connects with a jab.
Kuznetsov has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
Khanna tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Kuznetsov was well out of range. Poor timing from Khanna.
Kuznetsov ducks under a wild hook from Khanna.
Khanna swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Khanna connects with a jab.
Kuznetsov is still on wobbly legs! Can Khanna finish him?
Khanna throws out a loose jab but Kuznetsov uses good head movement to avoid it.
Kuznetsov swinging wildly here.
Khanna was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
Khanna's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Kuznetsov connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Khanna scrambles back to his feet.
Kuznetsov seems to have recovered his senses.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Kuznetsov displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Khanna throws out the jab.
Khanna throws a jab but it's blocked by Kuznetsov.
A big right from Kuznetsov misses.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Raja Khanna clearly takes that round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!#R4#
A thudding body kick lands there by Khanna!
Khanna is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Kuznetsov can do to turn this around?
Khanna throws a hook but Kuznetsov avoids it easily.
The fight stays on the outside here - Kuznetsov looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Kuznetsov throws a shot to the body.
Khanna looks to land a right hand but Kuznetsov moved out of range.
Kuznetsov staying out of range there.
Kuznetsov throws an overhand right that lands on Khanna's shoulder, as Khanna tries to avoid the shot.
Kuznetsov lands a jab to the head.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Khanna misses with a double jab.
Khanna is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Kuznetsov.
Kuznetsov is looking for the big counter here.
Kuznetsov with a jab.
Kuznetsov misses with a hook
and Kuznetsov takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles. #T1#
Khanna takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
Khanna throws a lazy uppercut
and Khanna takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Kuznetsov wants to clinch
and Khanna counters with a stiff right hand.
Khanna has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Kuznetsov finds it's way round the side to connect with Khanna's head.
Khanna looks to throw the jab but Kuznetsov is out of range.
Kuznetsov takes a swing at Khanna's ribcage but misses.
Kuznetsov scores with a shot to the body.
Kuznetsov bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Kuznetsov scores with a sloppy right hand. Khanna should have avoided that one.
Kuznetsov loads up on a big right hand but Khanna slips the punch.
It looked like Khanna wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
A combination from Kuznetsov does no damage.
Kuznetsov looks to score with a jab to the body but Khanna is just out of range.
A jab from Kuznetsov finds it's way through Khanna's defenses. #T2#
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Khanna steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Kuznetsov.
Kuznetsov steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Khanna.
Khanna throws a big shot that misses.
Khanna avoids the body shot from Kuznetsov.
Kuznetsov scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
Kuznetsov defending well as Khanna loads up on a big left hand. #CL2#
Kuznetsov fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Khanna, pushing him back against the cage.
Kuznetsov lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Khanna misses with a punch to the body.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Khanna.
Kuznetsov misses with a knee strike.
Kuznetsov misses with a knee strike.
Kuznetsov with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Khanna misses with a hook from the clinch.
Khanna doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
#T3#
Khanna blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Khanna lands a body shot in the clinch.
Kuznetsov blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Kuznetsov utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Khanna misses with the head strike.
Khanna tries to take the fight to the ground by pulling guard but can't manage it.
#TD#
Khanna jumps guard and drags Kuznetsov to the mat. He's obviously going to be looking for submissions off his back.
It's got to the stage where if one of these guys blows hard enough, the other might fall over.
Kuznetsov is frustrating his opponent with some stalling tactics from top position.
Kuznetsov preventing the sweep.
Kuznetsov throws an elbow that misses. Khanna uses the momentum to reverse the position. He's now in Kuznetsov's guard. Nice move by Khanna!#REVR#
Kuznetsov wants to stand up but Khanna is controlling him. #T4#
Khanna trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Kuznetsov is trying to control the position from the bottom.
Khanna looking to pass the guard.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
A close fourth round but Alexander Kuznetsov will probably get the nod - 10:9.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action! This is the final round!#R5#
Khanna throws a hook but Kuznetsov avoids it easily.
Kuznetsov lands a two punch combo.
Khanna throws a shot from downtown. Kuznetsov moves away and avoids it.
Kuznetsov throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Kuznetsov ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Khanna on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
Kuznetsov throws a hook to the side of Khanna's head but Khanna sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Nice jab there from Kuznetsov.
Kuznetsov's jab looks to have found its range, popping Khanna under the eye.
Khanna takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
Khanna staying out of range there.
Kuznetsov ducks under a wild hook from Khanna.
Kuznetsov jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Kuznetsov throws a series of punches but Khanna moves out of range.
It looked like Khanna wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.#T1#
Kuznetsov throws out a loose jab but Khanna uses good head movement to avoid it.
Khanna swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
Kuznetsov misses with a looping left.
Kuznetsov throws a good cross that connects.
Kuznetsov tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Khanna manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
It looked like Khanna wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
Khanna connects with a single shot there.
The fighters circle momentarily. Kuznetsov darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.
Khanna takes a punch to the jaw and another one to the bread basket.
Kuznetsov throws a hook but Khanna avoids it easily.
Khanna misses the jab.
A slow jab from Kuznetsov misses its intended target. #CL2#
Khanna gets tackled into the cage by Kuznetsov. Kuznetsov maintains the clinch. #BC#
Khanna breaks from the clinch.
Kuznetsov throws a series of punches but Khanna moves out of range.
An attempted straight right counter from Khanna misses the target.
Kuznetsov loads up on a big right hand but Khanna slips the punch.#T2#
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Khanna connects with a jab.#CUT#It looks like Alexander Kuznetsov has been cut.
Nice defenses there by Kuznetsov.
Khanna throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Khanna bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Kuznetsov avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Kuznetsov lands a nice shot to the body.
Nice straight punches there by Kuznetsov. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Kuznetsov.
Kuznetsov throws a nice looking combination but Khanna bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Kuznetsov wants to clinch up but Khanna keeps it at a distance.
A lazy left from Kuznetsov finds it's target.
Khanna doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Nice defenses there by Kuznetsov.
Kuznetsov tests Khanna's chin there with a solid looking shot.#T3#
Kuznetsov lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Khanna circles away quickly and effectively.
Khanna throws a big shot that misses.
Khanna scores with a crisp jab that stopped Kuznetsov in his tracks.
Khanna slips a straight right by Kuznetsov.
Kuznetsov slips a jab from Khanna.
Kuznetsov wants to counter the offense by Khanna and move into the clinch position.
Kuznetsov slips a straight right by Khanna.
Khanna pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Kuznetsov lands the left hand.
Khanna misses with the body kick
and Kuznetsov cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Kuznetsov loads up on a big right hand but Khanna slips the punch.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Kuznetsov.
Khanna moves away from the strike by Kuznetsov.
Khanna scores with a nice strike.#T4#
Kuznetsov throws a lazy right hand but Khanna sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Khanna dodges the punch combination from Kuznetsov.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Khanna with a hook.
Kuznetsov connects with a looping right hand.
Kuznetsov avoids a kick to the body.
Khanna bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Khanna moves away from the strike by Kuznetsov.
A swing and a miss from Kuznetsov.
Kuznetsov slips a jab from Khanna.
A big right from Kuznetsov misses.
Khanna ducks under a wild hook from Kuznetsov.
Kuznetsov avoids a kick to the body.
And that's the end of the fight!
Alexander Kuznetsov comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think Kuznetsov has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 5 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Russell Pearce scores the fight 47:48
Judge Bruno Lombardi scores the fight 47:48
Judge Alyssa Summers scores the fight 48:47
In favor of your winner, by split decision... Alexander Kuznetsov!
Alexander Kuznetsov is the new middleweight champion!
Alexander Kuznetsov thanked the fans post fight for their support. |
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Event:
Bellicose 122
Date: Jul 17, 2022 |
#R1#
Khanna uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Horton has time to react.
Horton throws a nice inside leg kick.
Khanna throws out a loose jab but Horton uses good head movement to avoid it.
Khanna looks to throw the jab but Horton is out of range.
Horton misses the body punch #KD2#
and Khanna counters with a nice right hand that sends Horton toppling to the canvas! Horton scrambles and gets back to his feet - can Khanna finish him?!
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Today's fight clock is brought to you by... OOOH that's a huge shot by Khanna! Horton is in big trouble here - the ref steps in to save him and this one is all over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:25 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Raja Khanna!
Raja Khanna is the new middleweight champion!
In defeat, Tim Horton stepped up to the mic, saying 'I walk out of this cage a new man, a hungrier one. I realize the mistakes I made and had very good moments in the fight. I’ll be back, and fighting for the belt again. FOR CANADA🇨🇦 #THEGREATWHITENORTH'. |
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Event:
Bellicose 111
Date: Jun 17, 2022 |
#R1#
Brown throws a predictable looking body shot
and Khanna counters with a lovely straight right hand!#CUT#It looks like John Brown has been cut.
Brown misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Brown misses with a body punch
#KD#
and Khanna counters with a crisp right hand that drops Brown! Khanna lets Brown back up to his feet, looking for a finish!#ROC#Brown is rocked!
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Brown misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Khanna.
Khanna swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
Brown is still on wobbly legs! Can Khanna finish him?
Khanna ducks down and throws a big overhand right - it lands flush on the jaw, knocking Brown out cold! The fight is over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:20 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Raja Khanna! |
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Event:
Bellicose 95
Date: May 13, 2022 |
#R1#
Sawamura just misses with a punch to the body.
Khanna scores with a decent looking hook.
Sawamura will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.
Sawamura jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Khanna throws an off balance right hand
and Sawamura counters with a nice leg kick.
Sawamura with a jab.
Sawamura throws a leg kick #CL2#
and Khanna counters by clinching up.
Sawamura tries to work over Khanna's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Khanna scores with a nice hook to the head.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Khanna lands a hook to the side of the head.#CUT2#It looks like Hao Sawamura has been cut.
Khanna has a couple of punches blocked by Sawamura.
Khanna blocking some punches.
A head punch on the inside from Sawamura fails to land.
Khanna misses with a punch to the body.
Khanna misses with the head strike.
#T1#
A head punch on the inside from Khanna fails to land.
Sawamura lands a left hand that snaps the head of Khanna backwards.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Khanna.
Khanna lands a right hand.
Khanna tries to throw a body punch but Sawamura avoids it by throwing Khanna back against the cage.
Khanna doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
A hook to the body from Khanna.
Sawamura can't find room to land a body shot as Khanna controls the action.
#BC2#
Khanna breaks from the clinch.
A looping hook to the body misses from Sawamura. Khanna does a little dance to reset his feet.
Sawamura uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Khanna.
Khanna doesn't manage to clinch there - Sawamura circles away.
Khanna thuds his right hand into Sawamura's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.
Khanna connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Khanna moves away from the strike by Sawamura.
Raja Khanna seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.#T2#
Sawamura takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Sawamura throws a quick head kick that skims the top of Khanna's head.#CUT#It looks like Raja Khanna has been cut.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Khanna keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Khanna wants to counter the offense by Sawamura and move into the clinch position.
Khanna connects with a jab.
Sawamura takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
Khanna scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Sawamura doesn't seem bothered though.
A big left from Sawamura misses.
Sawamura throws a body shot but no joy.
Khanna steps in looking to clinch after the strikes miss from Sawamura.
A telegraphed right hand from Khanna misses the target.
No joy there for Khanna, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Sawamura was looking to counter that last move with a shot to the body but he didn't commit.
Sawamura connects with a jab.#T3#
Khanna tried to score with a low kick but Sawamura checks it.
Sawamura throws a big shot that misses.
Sawamura really does look like a pencil wearing a pair of gloves. Let's hope he has a gameplan to suit that ridiculous body shape.
Khanna tries to clinch
and Sawamura counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Sawamura swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Khanna uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Sawamura has time to react.
Khanna misses with a looping left.
Khanna blocks a leg kick.
Khanna misses with a hook to the body
and Sawamura counters with a nice low kick that buckles Khanna's knee momentarily.
Sawamura scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Sawamura's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Khanna connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Sawamura scrambles back to his feet.
Khanna waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Sawamura.
Sawamura swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.#T4#
Khanna's jab looks to have found its range, popping Sawamura under the eye.
Khanna might want to mix his strikes up a bit more. He's just going for head shots at the moment and that can become a bit predictable.
Khanna waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Sawamura.
Sawamura tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Khanna was well out of range. Poor timing from Sawamura.
Khanna takes a nasty kick to the mid section... That should keep him thinking. Does he try and block and risk a head kick landing?
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Khanna lunges at Sawamura with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Sawamura's hand.
Khanna lands with a right hand.
Khanna connects with a crisp jab.
Khanna connects with a crisp jab.
Khanna scores with a punch to the head.
A head kick misses from Sawamura.
A low kick lands for Sawamura.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Raja Khanna dominated that round.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!#R2#
Sawamura fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Khanna manages to avoid it.
Sawamura throws a looping overhand right but Khanna ducks down to avoid it.
Sawamura stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Khanna.
Khanna ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Sawamura moves away.
Sawamura throws a big shot that misses.
Sawamura walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Khanna checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
Khanna tries to counter with a clinch but Sawamura shakes him off and moves away.
Khanna rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Sawamura counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Sawamura swings and misses with a hook to the body.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Khanna cracks Sawamura with a right hand to the side of the head.
Khanna misses with a straight left.
Khanna throws a nice inside leg kick. #T1#
Sawamura throws an overhand right that lands on Khanna's shoulder, as Khanna tries to avoid the shot.
Khanna lands with a nice combination. Sawamura backs away looking to recover.
Raja Khanna seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Khanna lands with a right hand.
Sawamura walks into a jab.
Sawamura looks to score with a jab to the body but Khanna is just out of range.
Sawamura misses with a body shot.
Khanna with a jab.
A jab from Khanna finds it's way through Sawamura's defenses.
Khanna throws a low kick but it's checked well by Sawamura.
Khanna misses with a left hand
and Sawamura counters with a nice uppercut.
Sawamura scores with a nice strike.#T2#
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!
A nice inside leg kick there by Khanna. That's going to slow Sawamura down.
Sawamura throws out a loose jab but Khanna uses good head movement to avoid it.
Khanna steps in looking to clinch after the strikes miss from Sawamura.
Nice body kick from Sawamura.
A good leg kick by Sawamura.
Khanna uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Sawamura.
Sawamura defending well as Khanna loads up on a big left hand.
Khanna slips under a jab.
Khanna throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
It looked like Sawamura was trying to counter with a body shot coming off that last attack from Khanna.
A jab from Khanna does it's job there.
Khanna lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Sawamura circles away quickly and effectively.
Khanna looks to land a left hand but Sawamura moved out of range nicely.#T3#
A big left from Sawamura misses.
Khanna lands a nice shot that snaps Sawamura's head back.
Khanna has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Sawamura ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Khanna moves away.
Sawamura misses with a wild body shot.
Sawamura uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Khanna.
Khanna throws a big shot that misses.
Khanna misses with an uppercut
and Sawamura counters with a thumping low kick.
A left and a right from Khanna both land. Nice combination.
Khanna throws a body shot but no joy.
Khanna misses the shot to the body.
As Khanna looks to move away, Sawamura throws a big counter combo but Khanna just gets out of the way.#T4#
Sawamura misses with an attempted mid kick.
Khanna wants to counter the offense by Sawamura and move into the clinch position.
Sawamura connects with a good right hand that stumbles Khanna. Khanna circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
Khanna moves out of range of the leg kick from Sawamura.
Khanna tries to counter by closing the distance.
Sawamura swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Khanna steps in looking to clinch after the strikes miss from Sawamura.
Sawamura moves forwards but Khanna connects with a nice, crisp jab.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Khanna misses with a lunging right hand
and Sawamura connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Sawamura moves away from the strike by Khanna.
Khanna takes one on the button.
Khanna digs a good body shot into Sawamura's ribs.
Khanna misses with a hook
and Sawamura makes him pay by landing a thudding low kick.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
A close second round but Raja Khanna will probably get the nod - 10:9.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare each other down, ready to get back to the action. This is the final round!#R3#
Khanna misses with an uppercut.
Sawamura feinted there with a counter leg kick.
Khanna swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Sawamura throws an overhand right that lands on Khanna's shoulder, as Khanna tries to avoid the shot.
Khanna tries to clinch up
and Sawamura counters with a stiff right hand.
Sawamura swings for the body but Khanna moves out of range.
Khanna tries to counter with a clinch but Sawamura shakes him off and moves away.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Sawamura waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Khanna.
Sawamura bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Khanna scores to the head and body with a nice combination!
Khanna scores with a jab to the jaw.#T1#
Khanna throws a two punch combo that lands nicely.
Sawamura scores with a nice strike.
Sawamura takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
Khanna throws the left hand but Sawamura avoids the punch easily.
Sawamura scores with a kick to the midsection.
A lazy left from Khanna finds it's target.
Good leg kick by Khanna.
A decent looking cross lands there for Khanna.
Khanna misses the shot to the body.
Sawamura appeared to be looking to counter that last move with a leg kick.
Khanna lands a jab to the head.
Hao Sawamura has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!#T2#
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Sawamura throws out a loose jab but Khanna uses good head movement to avoid it.
A nice inside leg kick there by Khanna. That's going to slow Sawamura down.
Khanna walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
Khanna throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Sawamura misses with a low kick.
Sawamura throws the left hand but Khanna avoids the punch easily.
Sawamura throws a body punch but Khanna moves out of range.
Sawamura moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Khanna scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
Khanna throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Sawamura counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Khanna thinking.
Khanna tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Sawamura was well out of range. Poor timing from Khanna.
Sawamura fires out a quick counter leg kick but Khanna just manages to avoid it.#T3#
Khanna cracks Sawamura with a right hand to the side of the head.
Khanna throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Sawamura stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Khanna thuds a left hand into Sawamura's body.
Khanna scores with a hook.
Khanna takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Khanna works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
Raja Khanna is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.
Sawamura looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
Khanna scores with a shot to the body.
Khanna scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
Sawamura fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Khanna manages to avoid it.
Khanna works Sawamura's body with a nice hook.#T4#
Khanna scores with a body shot.
Khanna's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Khanna checks a leg kick nicely.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Khanna scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
Khanna lands with a shot to the body.
Sawamura fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Sawamura is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
Khanna scores with a jab to the body.
Sawamura takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Khanna scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Khanna lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
And that's the end of the fight!
Raja Khanna comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Khanna 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 Anthony Taglia scores the fight 27:30
Judge Dean Styles scores the fight 27:30
Judge Jorge Garcia scores the fight 27:30
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Raja Khanna! |
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Event:
Bellicose 85
Date: Apr 09, 2022 |
#R1##CL2#
Khanna gets a clinch.
Khanna scores with a shot to the side of Cartwright's head.
Khanna misses with some punches.
Khanna working aggressively here.
Cartwright blocks a body shot from Khanna. #TD#
Cartwright is working on a single leg takedown against the cage. Khanna can't fight it off and eventually Cartwright manages to take the fight to the floor. Khanna looks annoyed but at least he's managed to land in guard.
Khanna keeping moving, preventing Cartwright from controlling successfully.
Khanna pulls Cartwright in close to his closed guard and prevents Cartwright from doing any damage or advancing position.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Cartwright trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Cartwright 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.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Cartwright preventing the sweep.
Cartwright postures up and lands some nice ground and pound. #T1#
Cartwright throwing strikes from guard but Khanna blocks nicely.
Khanna is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.
Khanna not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
Cartwright missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Cartwright postures up in Khanna's guard and throws a big left but Khanna blocks it.
We've been hearing good reports from Cartwright'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.
Cartwright throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Khanna works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Cartwright trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Cartwright working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Cartwright with a flurry of punches that miss.
Cartwright trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Khanna preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage. #T2#
Khanna keeping full guard, as Cartwright tries to pass.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Cartwright accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Cartwright lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.
Cartwright slips effortlessly into side control - very nice.#SUB#
Cartwright is looking for a kimura. He might have it! No, Khanna has escaped the position, nice work there.
Cartwright is looking to take a break and control but Khanna is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Khanna struggling a bit here.#T3#
Khanna parries the strikes from Cartwright easily there. Cartwright is wary of posturing up too much because it might enable Khanna to escape.
Khanna regains half guard, as Cartwright was trying to land strikes.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Khanna regains full guard, whilst avoiding punches from Cartwright.
Cartwright loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Cartwright accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Cartwright is just sitting in guard, looking to avoid any submissions.
Khanna pulls Cartwright in close to prevent any damage. #T4#
Well. There's a bit of a lull in the action here and the crowd are starting to get restless.
Cartwright is looking to work some ground and pound but Khanna has wrist control.
Cartwright throws a big right hand that misses.
Cartwright with a flurry of punches that miss.
Cartwright missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Cartwright in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Cartwright looking to sit in guard and control but Khanna gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top. #REVB#
Khanna passes Cartwright's right leg, so he's now in half guard.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Cartwright trying to control here.
Cartwright wants to get back to full guard.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Cam Cartwright dominated that round.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare each other down, ready to get back to the action.#R2#
Cartwright takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Cartwright moves out of range of the strikes.
A big right from Khanna misses.
Cartwright appears to be looking for a counter punch to the body.
Khanna cracks Cartwright with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.#CL2#
Khanna clinches.
Khanna misses with a body punch.
Khanna misses with a punch to the body.
Cartwright tries to take the fight to the ground by pulling guard but can't manage it.
Khanna misses with a hook to the ribs.
Khanna pushes Cartwright back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Khanna tries to work over Cartwright's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Cartwright blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Khanna throws a punch but it's blocked by Cartwright.
Good body shot from Khanna.
Khanna throws a head punch that misses.
Khanna scores with a hook to the body.#T1#
Khanna lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Khanna is pressed up against the cage. Cartwright has hold of a leg and is looking to drag Khanna down to the mat. Khanna avoids the attempt though and has circled away. We're back to striking at a distance.
Cartwright tries to clinch but Khanna moves away
enabling Khanna to counter with a crisp jab.
Cartwright fakes high and shoots in for a takedown but Khanna avoids it really well and circles away.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Cam Cartwright. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Cartwright is looking to clinch but Khanna is avoiding it.
Khanna now looks to counter with a shot at the body.
Khanna takes a swing at Cartwright's ribcage but misses.
Cartwright shoots in for a takedown but Khanna shows good takedown defense.
Khanna doesn't fully commit to the body shot counter.
Khanna lands a lovely overhand right.
Khanna cracks Cartwright with a good jab.
Raja Khanna is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
A big left from Cartwright misses.
Khanna has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Cartwright displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Khanna throws out the jab.
Cartwright throwing a counter right hand but Khanna manages to avoid it.
Khanna lands with a straight right. Cartwright didn't see that one coming.#T2#
Khanna connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Cartwright's hands.
Cartwright shoots in and drives through. Khanna sprawls well.
A slow jab from Khanna misses its intended target.
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!#CL2#
Khanna moves into the clinch.
Khanna digs a right hand underneath Cartwright's ribcage. Cartwright let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Cartwright jumps guard but Khanna stands there with Cartwright around his waist. Cartwright gives up and drops back to his feet. We remain in the clinch.
Khanna lands with a right to the head.
Khanna gets through Cartwright's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Khanna lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Khanna.
Khanna swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Khanna pushes Cartwright back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Cartwright changes levels and goes for a takedown here. Khanna fights it off and pushes away nicely.
Khanna is using his reach advantage to land shots from outside his opponent's range.
Khanna scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.#T3#
Cartwright misses with a takedown
and Khanna counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Cam Cartwright is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Khanna lands with a good body shot.
A slapping body kick lands there for Khanna.
Khanna stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
Khanna throws a body kick that digs right into the meat.
Cartwright moves away from the strike by Khanna.
Cartwright fails miserably with a takedown attempt.#CL2#
Khanna clinches up with Cartwright and pushes him back against the cage.
A short uppercut from Khanna. #T4#
Khanna tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Cartwright changes levels and goes for a takedown here. Khanna fights it off and pushes away nicely.
Khanna clobbers Cartwright with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Khanna connects with the punch.
Khanna listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Cartwright fails with a takedown attempt.
Raja Khanna seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Cartwright ducks under a wild hook from Khanna.
Khanna catches Cartwright with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
Khanna looks to land a left hand but Cartwright moved out of range nicely.
Khanna lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Cartwright is looking to clinch.
Khanna throws out a counter right but Cartwright avoids it with no problem.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Raja Khanna showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action. This is the final round!#R3#
Khanna throws a looping overhand right but Cartwright ducks down to avoid it.
Khanna lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
Cartwright with a poor takedown
and Khanna counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Khanna lands with a straight right. Cartwright didn't see that one coming.
Cartwright misses with a takedown
and Khanna counters with a nice uppercut.
A looping hook to the body misses from Khanna. Cartwright does a little dance to reset his feet.
Cartwright is looking to counter punch.
Khanna misses with a straight right.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Khanna.
Cartwright fails to land the takedown.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Cam Cartwright. That's going to take a lot out of him.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Khanna getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
Khanna misses with a body shot.
#T1##CL2#
Khanna drives through and clinches with Cartwright against the cage.
Khanna lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Khanna lands a shoulder strike.
Cartwright prevents a body shot from Khanna.
Cartwright goes for a takedown attempt but Khanna pushes him away and we're back to fighting at a distance.
Donk. Khanna catches Cartwright right on the button with a cross.#CL#
Cartwright has Khanna up against the cage in a clinch.
Khanna swings wildly with an uppercut but Cartwright uses good head movement to avoid it.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Khanna.
Khanna has used his reach advantage pretty well so far tonight.
Khanna tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Khanna misses with some punches.
#T2#
Khanna works on Cartwright's body with a couple of short punches.
Cartwright fails to pull the fight into his guard.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Cartwright blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Khanna lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Khanna tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Raja Khanna seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Cartwright.
Cartwright fails to pull the fight into his guard.
Cartwright prevents a body shot from Khanna.
Khanna struggles to land a body shot inside as Cartwright controls his hands.
A head punch on the inside from Khanna fails to land.
Khanna lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
A short left from Khanna.
Cartwright jumps guard but his hands slip and he falls flat on his back. Well, he's made himself look a right mug there, as Khanna walks away with a smile on his face. Cartwright gets slowly back to his feet and shakes his head.
Khanna lands a jab-cross combination.
A low kick lands for Khanna.
Raja Khanna seems to be getting the better of the standup.#T3#
Cartwright tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Khanna manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Cartwright needs to keep his hands up - Khanna had a free shot at his head there.
Cartwright shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Khanna as he jumps to the side.
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Khanna, as that shot connected.
#CL2#
Khanna clinches up against the cage.
Khanna misses with a punch to the body.
#BC2#
Khanna breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Khanna misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Cartwright.
Khanna throws a looping overhand right but Cartwright ducks down to avoid it.
It looked like Cartwright wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
Cartwright tries to clinch up
and Khanna counters with a straight right hand.#T4#
The fight stays on the outside here - Cartwright looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Khanna connects with a crisp jab.
Cartwright with a poor takedown
and Khanna counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Khanna has been working on his striking defense in training and it's paying off as Cartwright is landing a low percentage of strikes.
Cartwright with a lazy takedown attempt
and Khanna counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
Khanna bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Cartwright's head.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Cartwright closes the distance and clinches up with Khanna, looking for a takedown. Cartwright pushes Khanna against the cage but Khanna circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.
Khanna fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Cartwright looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
A low kick lands for Khanna.
Khanna tests Cartwright's chin there with a solid looking shot.#CL2#
Khanna moves into the clinch.
Khanna working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
And that's the end of the fight!
Raja Khanna comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think Khanna has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. 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 Reed Andrews scores the fight 26:29
Judge Lou da Vinci scores the fight 26:29
Judge Columbo Gatti scores the fight 26:29
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Raja Khanna! |
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Event:
Kanud vs Summers
Date: Feb 12, 2022 |
#R1#
Briggs throws a hook to the side of Khanna's head but Khanna sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Briggs misses with a body shot.
Briggs scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.#CUT#It looks like Raja Khanna has been cut.
Briggs lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Khanna circles away quickly and effectively.
A swing and a miss from Khanna.
Briggs throws a right and a left that Khanna avoids nicely.
Briggs lands the left hand.
Briggs comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Khanna loads up on a big right hand but Briggs slips the punch.
Macka Briggs seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Briggs comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Khanna misses with a straight right.
It looked like Briggs was looking amped, ready to throw a big counter but didn't commit.
Briggs takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Briggs avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Briggs throws a jab but it's blocked by Khanna.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Briggs swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Briggs misses with a shot to the body
letting Khanna counter with a right hand.
Khanna misses with a hook.
Briggs takes a swing at Khanna's ribcage but misses. #T1#
Khanna changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Khanna slips a jab from Briggs.
Briggs tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Khanna was well out of range. Poor timing from Briggs.#CL2#
Khanna gets a clinch.
Khanna misses with a hook from the clinch.
Briggs's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
A head punch blocked on the inside by Briggs.
Khanna tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Briggs's elbow.
A short uppercut from Khanna.
Khanna lands a nice uppercut.
Khanna fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Khanna misses with the head strike.
Briggs has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Briggs. #T2#
Briggs misses with the head strike.
Khanna misses with some punches.
Khanna throws a punch but it's blocked by Briggs.
Khanna tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Briggs's elbow.
Khanna tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Briggs. #BC#
Briggs breaks from the clinch.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Briggs throws a series of punches but Khanna avoids them all with ease.
Briggs fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Khanna throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Briggs misses with a lunging right hand
and Khanna counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Briggs takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Briggs throws a hook but Khanna avoids it easily.
Khanna tries to clinch but Briggs is having none of it.
A lazy left from Khanna finds it's target.#T3#
Briggs misses with an uppercut. Khanna saw that one coming.
Briggs keeps the fight on the outside.
Khanna ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Khanna comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Briggs throws a lazy uppercut
and Khanna counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Briggs thinking.
Briggs misses the shot to the body.
Khanna lands a right hook to the body.
Khanna connects with a body shot.
Briggs thows a left - swing and a miss!
Briggs misses with a jab to the body
and Khanna counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Briggs throws a looping overhand right but Khanna ducks down to avoid it.
Briggs throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Briggs looks to land a right hand but Khanna moved out of range.
Briggs throws an overhand right that lands on Khanna's shoulder, as Khanna tries to avoid the shot.
Khanna looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Briggs misses the body punch
and Khanna counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Briggs ducks under a wild hook from Khanna.#CL2#
The fight moves into the clinch position.#T4#
Khanna lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Briggs backwards.
Khanna swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Khanna swings wildly with an uppercut but Briggs uses good head movement to avoid it.
Khanna works on Briggs's body with a couple of short punches.
A nice left hand lands by Khanna.
Briggs pushes Khanna back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Khanna scores with a shot to the side of Briggs's head.
Khanna tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Khanna working aggressively here.
Khanna tries to throw a body punch but Briggs avoids it by throwing Khanna back against the cage.
Khanna tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Briggs's elbow.
Khanna goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Raja Khanna dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Raja Khanna's cut.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!#R2#
Khanna scoring well with a low kick there.
Macka Briggs has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Briggs misses with a right hand
letting Khanna counter with a right hand.
Briggs lunges at Khanna with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Khanna's hand.
Khanna dips to his left and cracks Briggs with an uppercut!
Briggs moves away from the strike by Khanna.
Briggs throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Donk. Khanna catches Briggs right on the button with a cross.
Raja Khanna seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Khanna takes a swing at Briggs's ribcage but misses.
Briggs lets the fists fly and connects with a left straight followed by a right hook.
Khanna on the wrong end of a nice hook.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Khanna slips a straight right by Briggs.
Briggs ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Khanna uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Briggs.
Briggs throws a left and a right that both miss
enabling Khanna to counter with a crisp jab.
Briggs takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Briggs defending well as Khanna loads up on a big left hand.
Briggs fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Khanna manages to avoid it.#T1#
Khanna connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Briggs momentarily.
Khanna misses the shot to the body.
Khanna keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Briggs.
Briggs misses with a double jab.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Khanna! But no joy.
Khanna connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
Sloppy strikes from Briggs. Those never looked like landing.
Khanna looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Khanna has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Khanna misses with an uppercut.
Khanna takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Khanna dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Briggs misses with a hook.
A countering left hand to the body from Khanna misses.
Khanna waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Briggs.
Khanna dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Nice uppercut there from Briggs.#CUT#That has opened up Raja Khanna's cut even more.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!#CL2#
Briggs gets tackled into the cage by Khanna. Khanna maintains the clinch.
Khanna misses with a short punch on the inside.
Briggs blocks an uppercut.
#T2#
Briggs blocking some punches.
Khanna misses with a hook from the clinch.
Khanna lands a body punch in the clinch.
Khanna tries to work over Briggs's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Khanna lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Khanna makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Khanna throws a punch but it's blocked by Briggs.
Khanna lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Briggs backwards.
Khanna misses with a short punch on the inside.
Khanna pushes Briggs back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Khanna stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Khanna swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Khanna goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
#T3#
Khanna tries to throw a body punch but Briggs avoids it by throwing Khanna back against the cage.
Briggs prevents a body shot from Khanna.
Khanna misses with a punch on the inside.
#BC#
Briggs breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Briggs misses with a body punch
and Khanna connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Macka Briggs is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Briggs throws a right and a left that both miss.
Briggs drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
Khanna lands a really nice looking cross but Briggs seems unphased.
Khanna jabs. That one connects to the head of his opponent.
Khanna steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Briggs.
Briggs misses with a jab to the body
and Khanna counters with a nice uppercut.
Briggs takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Briggs misses with a two punch combination.
Khanna misses with a wild body shot.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Briggs throws a combination that misses
and Khanna counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Briggs thinking. #T4#
Khanna catches Briggs with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
We are yet to see a takedown attempt from Khanna in the fight. On paper you would think he is the more dominant ground fighter so let's see if these unusual tactics pay off.
A left lands for Khanna.
Briggs drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
Briggs misses with a combination
and Khanna counters with a nice uppercut.
Khanna works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
Briggs jabs Khanna right on the nose. Khanna blinks but takes it well.
Khanna stuns Briggs with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.#CL2#
Khanna pushes Briggs up against the cage in a clinch.
Khanna works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Khanna swings wildly with an uppercut but Briggs uses good head movement to avoid it.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Still in the clinch, Khanna scores with a nice short uppercut.
Briggs is stalling here.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Raja Khanna showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Raja Khanna's cut.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action. This is the final round!#R3#
Khanna connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Briggs's hands.
Khanna has been working his punching technique in the buildup to the fight and it appears to be paying off.
No joy there for Briggs, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Briggs looks to score with a jab to the body but Khanna is just out of range.
Briggs tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Khanna was well out of range. Poor timing from Briggs.
Briggs looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
Khanna uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Briggs.
Khanna moves into range and connects with a jab.
Briggs tests Khanna's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Briggs misses with a body punch
and Khanna counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Khanna throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Briggs looks to score with a jab to the body but Khanna is just out of range.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Briggs on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
That kick from Khanna tenderised Briggs's leg. Briggs is trying to keep his angry face on.#CL2#
Khanna gets a clinch.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
A head punch on the inside from Khanna fails to land.
Briggs blocks a body shot from Khanna. #T1##BC2#
Khanna pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
No joy there for Briggs, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Khanna swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Nice body punch from Khanna. #CL2#
Khanna takes the fight into the clinch.
Khanna throws a head punch that misses.
Khanna lands a left hand that snaps the head of Briggs backwards.
Raja Khanna seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Khanna lands with a right to the head.
Briggs's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Khanna misses with a hook from the clinch.
Khanna gets through Briggs's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.#CUT2#It looks like Macka Briggs has been cut.
A nice left hand lands by Khanna.
Briggs is trying to break the clinch but Khanna has him pressed against the cage.
Khanna tries to throw a body punch but Briggs avoids it by throwing Khanna back against the cage. #T2#
A head punch blocked on the inside by Briggs.
Briggs stalling.
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!
Briggs tries to break free but Khanna pushes him back against the cage.
Khanna misses with a short punch on the inside.
Briggs blocking some punches.
Briggs is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Khanna misses with a short punch on the inside.
Khanna pushes Briggs back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Briggs blocks a punch to the side of the head.
I was talking to Briggs's coach per-fight and he was telling me that they'd been working on the clinch in the runup to this fight.
Briggs is trying to stall.
Briggs throws a head punch that misses.
Khanna throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.#T3#
Khanna fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Khanna swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Khanna misses with a punch on the inside.
Khanna lands a nice uppercut.
Khanna working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Briggs looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Khanna can't find room to land a body shot as Briggs controls the action.
Khanna scores with a nice hook to the head.
Raja Khanna is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Briggs is trying to break free.#T4#
Briggs swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Khanna misses with a punch to the body.
A shot in the inside from Khanna.
Briggs blocking some punches.
Briggs will no doubt start fighting again in a minute but for now he's just having a little rest, leaning Khanna up against the cage.
Briggs is trying to push Khanna away but Khanna has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
And that's the end of the fight!
Raja Khanna comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Khanna 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 Roberts scores the fight 27:30
Judge Steve Montenegro scores the fight 27:30
Judge Russell Pearce scores the fight 27:30
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Raja Khanna! |
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Event:
Bellicose - Kai vs Daniels
Date: Jan 08, 2022 |
#R1#
Korolev misses the shot to the body.
Khanna takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
A swing and a miss from Korolev.
Khanna throws a body punch but Korolev moves out of range.
Korolev looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Korolev swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Korolev throws a looping overhand right but Khanna ducks down to avoid it.
A left lands for Korolev.
Khanna waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Korolev.
Korolev lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
A looping hook to the body misses from Khanna. Korolev does a little dance to reset his feet.
Korolev throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Korolev scores with a body shot.
Khanna slips under a jab from Korolev.
A telegraphed right hand from Korolev misses the target.
Khanna slips under a jab from Korolev.
Nice defenses there by Khanna.
Khanna tries to counter with a clinch but Korolev shakes him off and moves away.
Khanna clobbers Korolev with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Khanna ducks under a wild hook from Korolev.
Korolev stuns Khanna with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.#T1#
Khanna throws a hook to the side of Korolev's head but Korolev sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
The fighters circling - Khanna throws out the jab but it was never going to land. #CL2#
Khanna gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Khanna swings wildly with an uppercut but Korolev uses good head movement to avoid it.
A short left from Khanna.
Khanna misses with a body punch.
Korolev blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Khanna misses with a punch on the inside.
Korolev blocks an uppercut.
Khanna fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Korolev is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Khanna misses with a short punch on the inside.
Khanna working aggressively here.
Khanna misses with a punch on the inside.
#T2#
Khanna tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Korolev's elbow.
Khanna misses with the head strike.
Korolev misses with the head strike.
Khanna lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Khanna lands a nice uppercut.
Khanna stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Khanna swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Korolev blocking some punches.
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!
Khanna pushes Korolev back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Korolev wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Khanna has him pressed against the cage.
Khanna tries a body shot but Korolev blocks it.
Korolev looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Korolev has had enough of the clinch but Khanna keeps him there for the moment.
Khanna misses with some punches.
#T3#
Korolev blocking some punches.
Khanna has a couple of punches blocked by Korolev.
Khanna working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Khanna lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Korolev backwards.
Korolev blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Khanna misses with a hook from the clinch. #BC#
Korolev breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Alexander Korolev seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Korolev looks to land a left hand but Khanna moved out of range nicely.
Left hook, right uppercut from Korolev.
Korolev throws a jab when Khanna was well out of range.#CL2#
Khanna has taken the fight to the clinch.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Khanna.#CUT2#It looks like Alexander Korolev has been cut.
Korolev is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Khanna tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
A head punch on the inside from Khanna fails to land. #T4#
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Khanna misses with the head strike.
Korolev blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Korolev wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
#BC2#
Khanna's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.#CL2#
Khanna rushes Korolev and presses him up against the cage.
Khanna misses with a punch to the body.
Korolev looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Korolev takes a shot to the head.
Khanna misses with a short punch on the inside.
A head punch on the inside from Khanna fails to land.
Khanna softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Korolev wants to get back to striking at distance but Khanna won't allow it.
Khanna lands with a short shot to the head.
Korolev is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Khanna swings wildly with an uppercut but Korolev uses good head movement to avoid it.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Raja Khanna dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Alexander Korolev's cut.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.#R2#
Khanna misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Korolev.
Khanna ducks under a wild hook from Korolev.
Korolev sets himself, and Khanna steps forward looking for the clinch! Korolev avoids it this time.
Korolev fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Khanna manages to avoid it.
Khanna steps in looking to clinch after the strikes miss from Korolev.
Korolev swings for the body but Khanna moves out of range.
Khanna jabs. That one connects to the head of his opponent.
Korolev looks to land a left hand but Khanna moved out of range nicely.
Khanna cracks Korolev with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
Korolev uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Khanna.
Korolev appears to be looking for a counter punch to the body.
Khanna ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Alexander Korolev is winning the standup battle so far.
Korolev circles away from the clinch attempt.
Korolev misses with a looping left.
Khanna steps in looking to clinch after the strikes miss from Korolev.
Khanna slips a straight right by Korolev.
Korolev throws a hook to the side of Khanna's head but Khanna sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
A slow jab from Korolev misses its intended target.
Korolev staying out of range there.
Korolev throws a lazy right hand but Khanna sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Korolev lands with an uppercut that bounces Khanna off the cage and back into range.
Khanna lands a nice shot that snaps Korolev's head back.
Korolev misses with a straight left.
We are yet to see a takedown attempt from Khanna in the fight. On paper you would think he is the more dominant ground fighter so let's see if these unusual tactics pay off.#T1#
Nice uppercut there from Khanna.
Khanna has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Korolev fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Korolev swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Korolev misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Khanna avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Khanna fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
A left lands for Korolev.
Khanna scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Korolev defending well as Khanna loads up on a big left hand.
Korolev throws the left hand but Khanna avoids the punch easily.
Khanna tries to counter by closing the distance.
Khanna walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
Khanna tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Korolev manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Khanna ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Korolev moves away.
Khanna connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Korolev momentarily.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Khanna throws a jab when Korolev was well out of range.
Korolev takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Khanna throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.#T2#
Korolev throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Khanna stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Khanna comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Khanna blocks a jab.
Korolev looks to throw the jab but Khanna is out of range.
Khanna cracks a nice hook into Korolev's ribs.
Korolev misses with an uppercut. Khanna saw that one coming.
Korolev swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Khanna.
Korolev slips under a jab.
Khanna tries to clinch but fails miserably
and Korolev counters with a nice uppercut.
Korolev throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Khanna.
Korolev needs to keep his hands up - Khanna had a free shot at his head there.
Korolev missing with a left hand there. Khanna was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Khanna walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
Khanna connects with a body shot.
Korolev swats away the attempt to clinch by Khanna.
Khanna slips under a jab.
Khanna takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.#T3#
A big left from Korolev misses.
Khanna wants to counter with a clinch but Korolev pushes him away.
Korolev throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Khanna on the side of the head.
Khanna swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Khanna throws a shot from downtown. Korolev moves away and avoids it.
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Korolev, as that shot connected.
Khanna staying out of range there.
Korolev sets himself, and Khanna steps forward looking for the clinch! Korolev avoids it this time.
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Korolev, as that shot connected.
#CL2#
Khanna takes the fight into the clinch.
Khanna lands an uppercut.
Korolev misses with a punch to the body.
Korolev misses with a hook to the ribs.
Khanna lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Korolev or not.
Khanna tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Korolev's elbow.
Korolev swings wildly with an uppercut but Khanna uses good head movement to avoid it. #T4#
A left hand lands to the body for Korolev.
A nice left hand lands by Khanna.
Khanna misses with a body punch.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Korolev can't find room to land a body shot as Khanna controls the action.
Khanna throws a punch but it's blocked by Korolev.
Khanna lands a body punch.
Khanna lands a right hand that snaps the head of Korolev backwards.
Khanna tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage. #BC#
Korolev's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Korolev fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Khanna manages to avoid it.
Khanna misses with a body shot.
Khanna takes a swing at Korolev's ribcage but misses.
Korolev scores with a jab to the jaw.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close second round but I would say that Alexander Korolev will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Alexander Korolev's cut.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare each other down, ready to get back to the action. This is the final round!#R3#
Korolev swinging wildly here.
Khanna tries to grapple but his opponent circles
and Korolev connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Khanna avoids the body shot from Korolev.
Khanna connects with a single shot there.
Korolev throws a body shot but no joy.
Khanna steps in looking to clinch after the strikes miss from Korolev.
Korolev looks to land a left hand but Khanna moved out of range nicely.
Korolev swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Khanna digs a good body shot into Korolev's ribs.
Khanna throws a body punch but Korolev moves out of range.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Khanna swings for the body but Korolev moves out of range.
Khanna lands a body shot.
Korolev throws a shot to the body.
Korolev throws a shot from downtown. Khanna moves away and avoids it.
Korolev goes to the watering hole and comes back with a big thumbs up from the judges as he scores a three punch combo.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Korolev throws an overhand right that lands on Khanna's shoulder, as Khanna tries to avoid the shot. #T1#
Korolev fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Khanna looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Khanna fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Korolev manages to avoid it.
Khanna avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Korolev takes a jab right on the kisser.
Khanna moves forwards but Korolev connects with a nice, crisp jab.#CL2#
Khanna clinches with his opponent.
Khanna lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Khanna tries to throw a body punch but Korolev avoids it by throwing Khanna back against the cage.
Korolev tries to break the clinch but Khanna is controlling the position.
Khanna working aggressively here.
Korolev has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Korolev blocks an uppercut.
Khanna throws a head punch that misses.
Khanna fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Korolev blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
#T2#
Korolev is trying to break free.
Khanna swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Khanna misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Khanna throws a head punch that misses.
Khanna misses with some punches.
Khanna working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Khanna lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage. #BC2#
Khanna escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
A jab from Korolev misses.
Khanna throws a hook but Korolev avoids it easily.
Korolev pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Khanna ducks under a wild hook from Korolev.
Korolev swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Korolev misses with a looping right.
Khanna is trying to avoid his opponent's strikes and get into the clinch.#T3#
Khanna misses with an uppercut.
Korolev closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
Jab by Korolev.
Korolev just misses with a punch to the body.
Khanna gets cracked there but stands up to it.
Khanna throws a shot to the body.
Korolev throws a shot from downtown. Khanna moves away and avoids it.
Khanna misses with an uppercut. Korolev saw that one coming.
Nice body punch from Khanna. #CL2#
Khanna has taken the fight to the clinch.
Khanna lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Korolev backwards.
Khanna scores with a hook to the body.
Khanna misses with a punch on the inside.
Khanna throws a head punch that misses. #BC#
Korolev's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Korolev stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.#T4#
Khanna scores with a jab. Korolev acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
Khanna displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Korolev throws out the jab.
Korolev takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Khanna darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
Korolev takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Khanna keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Khanna lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Khanna throws an overhand right that lands on Korolev's shoulder, as Korolev tries to avoid the shot.
Korolev was looking to counter that last move with a shot to the body but he didn't commit.
Khanna moves out of range as Korolev strikes.
Korolev moves away from the strike by Khanna.
Khanna slips under a jab.
Korolev swings away with a body shot that misses
#CL2#
and Khanna counters by moving into the clinch.
Khanna lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Khanna tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Khanna has a couple of punches blocked by Korolev.
Khanna throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Korolevs head.
And that's the end of the fight!
Raja Khanna comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think Khanna has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. 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 Russell Pearce scores the fight 28:29
Judge Franklyn Lucas scores the fight 28:30
Judge Jorge Garcia scores the fight 28:29
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Raja Khanna! |
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Event:
Bellicose - Gojo vs Borisov
Date: Dec 12, 2021 |
#R1#
A big right from Kuznetsov misses.
Khanna seemed to be looking to counter by closing the distance.
Khanna has been working on his boxing with his coaches at Alfred Top Team in the buildup to the fight.
Kuznetsov throws a jab when Khanna was well out of range.
Khanna defending well as Kuznetsov loads up on a big left hand.
Kuznetsov looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Khanna looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
Khanna tries to clinch up but Kuznetsov circles away and keeps his distance.
Khanna just misses with a punch to the body.
Nice uppercut lands for Khanna. That snapped Kuznetsov's head back.
A big right from Kuznetsov misses.
Khanna swings and misses with a hook to the body.
It seemed like Kuznetsov was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Kuznetsov misses with a double jab.
Kuznetsov lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Khanna circles away quickly and effectively.
Kuznetsov throws out a loose jab but Khanna uses good head movement to avoid it.
The crowd cheers as Khanna lands an impressive looking overhand right. Kuznetsov doesn't seem phased though.
Khanna dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Kuznetsov takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Kuznetsov looks to land a left hand but Khanna moved out of range nicely.
Khanna staying out of range there.
Khanna tries to counter by moving into the clinch but Kuznetsov manages to circle out of the way.
A punch combination from Kuznetsov misses. #T1#
Kuznetsov walks into a stiff left hand from Khanna.
Alexander Kuznetsov seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
A looping hook to the body misses from Khanna. Kuznetsov does a little dance to reset his feet.
Kuznetsov misses with a looping right.
Good shot there by Kuznetsov.
Khanna throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Kuznetsov sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Kuznetsov misses with a straight right.
Kuznetsov looks to land a left hand but Khanna moved out of range nicely.
Kuznetsov throws out a loose jab but Khanna uses good head movement to avoid it.
Kuznetsov loads up on a big right hand but Khanna slips the punch.
Kuznetsov thows a left - swing and a miss!
Khanna is looking to counter the offense by Kuznetsov and move into the clinch.
Khanna slips a straight right by Kuznetsov.
Khanna digs a good hook to Kuznetsov's body.
Nice shot by Khanna.
Kuznetsov throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Kuznetsov misses with an uppercut.
Kuznetsov looks to land a right hand but Khanna moved out of range.
Khanna ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Kuznetsov misses with a hook. Khanna ducked under it nicely. #T2#
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Khanna lands a really nice looking cross but Kuznetsov seems unphased.
Khanna looks to land a left hand but Kuznetsov moved out of range nicely.
Kuznetsov might want to mix his strikes up a bit more. He's just going for head shots at the moment and that can become a bit predictable.
Khanna keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Kuznetsov throws out a loose jab but Khanna uses good head movement to avoid it.
Khanna moves out of range as Kuznetsov strikes.
A looping hook to the body misses from Kuznetsov. Khanna does a little dance to reset his feet.
Kuznetsov walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
Khanna uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Kuznetsov.
Khanna steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Kuznetsov.
Khanna is trying to close the distance and clinch up, after that failed offence from Kuznetsov.
Kuznetsov scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Kuznetsov misses with a hook.
Khanna misses with a body shot.
The fighters circling - Kuznetsov throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Khanna tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Kuznetsov was well out of range. Poor timing from Khanna.
Kuznetsov throws a lazy right hand but Khanna sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Kuznetsov feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Khannas jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!
Khanna bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Khanna lands a head shot.#T3#
Khanna connects with a good right hand that stumbles Kuznetsov. Kuznetsov circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
Kuznetsov misses with an uppercut. Khanna saw that one coming.
Kuznetsov lands a nice shot that snaps Khanna's head back.
Kuznetsov throws a poor cross that misses
#CL#
and Khanna counters by moving into the clinch. Good anticipation by Khanna.
Khanna is leaning against Kuznetsov and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
A body shot lands from Khanna.
#BC2#
Kuznetsov manages to break the clinch.
Khanna bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Kuznetsov throws a hook but Khanna avoids it easily.
Khanna slips under a jab.
Khanna is using his height advantage well here, landing a good percentage of his punches.
Kuznetsov throws an overhand right that lands on Khanna's shoulder, as Khanna tries to avoid the shot.
Khanna misses with a hook
and Kuznetsov counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Khanna stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
Good exchange - Khanna coming out on top.
Khanna tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Kuznetsov was well out of range. Poor timing from Khanna.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Khanna looks to land a right hand but Kuznetsov moved out of range.
Khanna uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Kuznetsov.#T4#
Kuznetsov throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Khanna moves out of range of the strikes.
Kuznetsov lands with an uppercut that bounces Khanna off the cage and back into range.
Kuznetsov is really struggling to land any decent head shots against his taller opponent.
Jab by Kuznetsov.
Kuznetsov slips a straight right by Khanna.
Kuznetsov looks to throw the jab but Khanna is out of range.
Khanna looks to land a combination but Kuznetsov avoids it well.
Nice straight punches there by Khanna. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Khanna.
Kuznetsov thows a left - swing and a miss!
Kuznetsov connects with a jab.
Khanna scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
Khanna throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Kuznetsov takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Kuznetsov throws a shot from downtown. Khanna moves away and avoids it.
Khanna takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Khanna is really peppering his opponent's head with punches.
Khanna loads up on a big right hand but Kuznetsov slips the punch.
Nice defenses there by Kuznetsov.
A little jabbing left from Kuznetsov on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Nice defenses there by Khanna.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
A close round but Alexander Kuznetsov will probably get the nod.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.#R2#
Khanna pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Khanna lands a jab, followed by a cross and another cross, as Kuznetsov backs up against the cage.
Khanna looks to score with a jab to the body but Kuznetsov is just out of range.
Kuznetsov misses with an uppercut.
Alexander Kuznetsov seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Kuznetsov throws a good cross that connects.
Khanna misses with a body shot.
Kuznetsov avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Khanna uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Kuznetsov.
Khanna wants to take advantage of his opponent's missed offense by moving into the clinch.
Kuznetsov uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Khanna.
Kuznetsov tries to move into range but Khanna moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
Kuznetsov fails to land with a series of punches.
Kuznetsov misses with a hook.
Kuznetsov throws a hook but Khanna avoids it easily.
Kuznetsov looks to throw the jab but Khanna is out of range.
Khanna thows a left - swing and a miss!
Khanna throws a hook to the side of Kuznetsov's head but Kuznetsov sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Khanna cracks Kuznetsov with a right hand to the side of the head.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Kuznetsov misses with a straight right. #T1#
Kuznetsov pushes forward with a 1-2 combination that forces Khanna back to the cage. Kuznetsov follows up with a solid lead hook to the liver.
Khanna looks to throw the jab but Kuznetsov is out of range.
The fighters circle momentarily. Khanna darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.
Khanna jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Khanna ducks under a wild hook from Kuznetsov.
Khanna jabs at Kuznetsov's body.
Kuznetsov throws a lazy right hand but Khanna sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Khanna tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Kuznetsov was well out of range. Poor timing from Khanna.
Khanna 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.
Khanna lands a right hook to the body.
Khanna is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
Kuznetsov is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
Khanna misses with a straight right.
Kuznetsov lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Kuznetsov swinging wildly here.
Kuznetsov fails to land with a series of punches.
#T2#
A looping hook to the body misses from Khanna. Kuznetsov does a little dance to reset his feet.
Kuznetsov throws a looping overhand right but Khanna ducks down to avoid it.
Khanna tries to counter by moving into the clinch but Kuznetsov manages to circle out of the way.
Kuznetsov throws the left hand but Khanna avoids the punch easily.
Khanna throws out a loose jab but Kuznetsov uses good head movement to avoid it.
Kuznetsov misses with a looping right.
Khanna defending well as Kuznetsov loads up on a big left hand.
Kuznetsov misses with a two punch combination.
Khanna lands a jab to the head.
Kuznetsov throws a big shot that misses.
Kuznetsov looks to land a right hand but Khanna moved out of range.
Khanna throws a body punch but Kuznetsov moves out of range.
The fighters circling - Kuznetsov throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Khanna throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
A cross from Khanna lands.
Kuznetsov misses with a double jab.
Kuznetsov takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Kuznetsov misses with a hook. Khanna ducked under it nicely.
Khanna tries to counter by clinching up but Kuznetsov breaks away and moves out of range.#T3#
A slow jab from Khanna misses its intended target.
Kuznetsov throws out a counter right but Khanna avoids it with no problem.
The fighters are starting to get sweaty, which will make takedowns a bit more tricky.
A combination from Kuznetsov does no damage.
Kuznetsov throws out a loose jab but Khanna uses good head movement to avoid it.
Khanna lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Khanna ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Khanna misses the shot to the body.
Khanna lands a jab.
Khanna throws a hook but Kuznetsov avoids it easily.
Khanna changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Kuznetsov takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
Kuznetsov uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Khanna.
Khanna fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Kuznetsov manages to avoid it.
Kuznetsov misses the shot to the body.
Kuznetsov misses with a hook.
Kuznetsov throws a hook to the side of Khanna's head but Khanna sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Kuznetsov keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Khanna.
Khanna tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Kuznetsov was well out of range. Poor timing from Khanna.#T4#
Khanna throws out a loose jab but Kuznetsov uses good head movement to avoid it.
A jab from Khanna misses.
Khanna avoids a punch combination nicely.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Khanna throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Kuznetsov throws a jab but it's blocked by Khanna.
A telegraphed right hand from Khanna misses the target.
Kuznetsov uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Khanna.
Khanna swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Khanna staying out of range there.
Kuznetsov throws a looping overhand right but Khanna ducks down to avoid it.
Khanna wants to clinch but Kuznetsov slips to the side
and Kuznetsov counters with a straight right hand.
Khanna misses with a hook. Kuznetsov ducked under it nicely.
Khanna takes a swing at Kuznetsov's ribcage but misses.
Khanna throws the left hand but Kuznetsov avoids the punch easily.
Kuznetsov throws out a loose jab but Khanna uses good head movement to avoid it.
Khanna slips under a jab from Kuznetsov.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close second round but I would say that Raja Khanna will probably get the nod.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin! This is the final round!#R3#
Khanna misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Kuznetsov.
Kuznetsov looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Kuznetsov walks into a left hand.
Kuznetsov throws a big shot that misses.
Kuznetsov throws a lazy right hand but Khanna sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Khanna scores with a hook to the body. Kuznetsov takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Kuznetsov misses with a wild combination.
Khanna misses with an uppercut. Kuznetsov saw that one coming.
Khanna thows a left - swing and a miss!
A big right from Khanna misses.
Khanna bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Kuznetsov's head.
Kuznetsov looks to throw the jab but Khanna is out of range.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Nice uppercut there from Kuznetsov.
Khanna bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Khanna blocks a jab.
Khanna ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Kuznetsov moves away.
Khanna ducks under a wild hook from Kuznetsov.#T1#
Kuznetsov throws a lazy right hand but Khanna sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Kuznetsov lands a lovely overhand right.
Khanna steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Kuznetsov.
Khanna misses with a hook. Kuznetsov ducked under it nicely.
Khanna throws the left hand but Kuznetsov avoids the punch easily.
Khanna slips a jab from Kuznetsov.
Khanna takes a swing at Kuznetsov's ribcage but misses.
Khanna is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Kuznetsov.
Kuznetsov looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Kuznetsov keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Khanna scores with a decent looking hook.
Kuznetsov misses with a looping left.
The fighters circling - Khanna throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Kuznetsov connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
Khanna defending well as Kuznetsov loads up on a big left hand.
Khanna wants to take advantage of his opponent's missed offense by moving into the clinch.
Khanna ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Khanna is trying to close the distance and clinch up, after that failed offence from Kuznetsov.
Kuznetsov throws a hook but Khanna blocks it.
Kuznetsov keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Khanna.#T2#
Khanna throws a hook but Kuznetsov blocks it.
Kuznetsov misses with an uppercut. Khanna saw that one coming.
Khanna is looking to counter the offense by Kuznetsov and move into the clinch.
Kuznetsov uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Khanna.
Kuznetsov thuds a left hand into Khanna's body.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Kuznetsov looks to throw the jab but Khanna is out of range.
Khanna scores with a jab to the body.
Kuznetsov looks to land a right hand but Khanna moved out of range.
Kuznetsov keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Nice defenses there by Kuznetsov.
Kuznetsov connects with a jab.
Khanna misses with an uppercut. Kuznetsov saw that one coming.
Khanna smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
Kuznetsov looks to throw the jab but Khanna is out of range.
Kuznetsov circles away from the clinch attempt.
Kuznetsov looks to land a left hand but Khanna moved out of range nicely.
Khanna slips a straight right by Kuznetsov.#T3#
A telegraphed right hand from Khanna misses the target.
Kuznetsov keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Khanna walks into a left hand.
Khanna scores with a jab to the jaw.
Khanna gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
A big left from Kuznetsov misses.
Khanna wants to take advantage of his opponent's missed offense by moving into the clinch.
Khanna defending well as Kuznetsov loads up on a big left hand.
Kuznetsov takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Kuznetsov avoids the body shot from Khanna.
Kuznetsov is loading up here, looking for a big counter of his own.
Khanna scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
A combination from Kuznetsov does no damage.
Kuznetsov takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
Kuznetsov misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Kuznetsov misses with a hook.
Khanna waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Kuznetsov.
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!
Khanna ducks under a wild hook from Kuznetsov.#T4#
Khanna ducks under a wild hook from Kuznetsov.
Khanna cracks Kuznetsov with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
Kuznetsov misses with an uppercut. Khanna saw that one coming.
Khanna fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Kuznetsov looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Khanna ducks under a wild hook from Kuznetsov.
Kuznetsov misses with a few strikes there.
Kuznetsov pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Khanna seemed to be looking to counter by closing the distance.
Khanna just misses with a punch to the body.
Kuznetsov looks to score with a jab to the body but Khanna is just out of range.
Khanna misses with a straight left.
Kuznetsov throws a jab when Khanna was well out of range.
Kuznetsov lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Kuznetsov misses with an uppercut.
Kuznetsov lands a right hook to the body.
Kuznetsov looks to land a left hand but Khanna moved out of range nicely.
Khanna moves out of range as Kuznetsov strikes.
And that's the end of the fight!
I would just about give that final round to Alexander Kuznetsov.
I think Kuznetsov has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. 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 Joseph Jones scores the fight 28:29
Judge Eddie Farnsworth scores the fight 28:29
Judge Bruno Lombardi scores the fight 28:29
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Alexander Kuznetsov!
Alexander Kuznetsov thanked the fans post fight for their support. |
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Event:
ENIGMA 54
Date: Nov 07, 2021 |
#R1#
Perko steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Khanna.
A swing and a miss from Perko.
Khanna misses with a wild combination.
Khanna misses the jab.
Perko moves away from the strike by Khanna.
Khanna throws a hook but Perko blocks it.
Perko throws an overhand right that lands on Khanna's shoulder, as Khanna tries to avoid the shot.
Khanna seemed to be looking to counter by closing the distance.
Khanna seems to be moving with more speed, compared to his last bout. He must have been working on that in the gym.
Khanna tests Perko's chin there with a solid looking shot.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Perko displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Khanna throws out the jab.
Perko throws a shot from downtown. Khanna moves away and avoids it.
Khanna lands with a straight right. Perko didn't see that one coming.
Khanna thows a left - swing and a miss!
Perko throws out a counter right but Khanna avoids it with no problem.
Khanna swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Perko has done a lot of speed work in the buildup to this fight.#T1#
Nice straight punches there by Khanna. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Khanna.
Khanna looks to land a right hand but Perko moved out of range.
Perko with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Khanna to score with a decent uppercut.
Khanna fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Perko manages to avoid it.
Perko needs to keep his hands up - Khanna had a free shot at his head there.
A telegraphed right hand from Perko misses the target.
Khanna moves out of range as Perko strikes.
Khanna tries to counter by clinching up but Perko breaks away and moves out of range.
Perko jabbing away but nothing is landing. #CL#
Khanna closes the distance and clinches.
Khanna makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Good body shot from Perko.
Perko digs a right hand underneath Khanna's ribcage. Khanna let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Perko misses with a hook to the ribs.
#BC2#
Perko breaks the clinch.
Khanna thows a left - swing and a miss!
It seemed like Perko was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.#T2#
Khanna uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Perko.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Khanna slips under a jab.
Khanna lands with an uppercut that bounces Perko off the cage and back into range.
Perko throws out a loose jab but Khanna uses good head movement to avoid it.
Khanna swings and misses with a hook to the body.
A big right from Khanna misses.
Perko throws a lazy right hand but Khanna sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Khanna getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
Perko doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Perko avoids the body shot from Khanna.
Khanna jabbing away but nothing is landing.
It seemed like Perko was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Khanna fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Perko manages to avoid it.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Raja Khanna dominated that round.
That's time! Khanna's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.#R2#
Perko dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Khanna ducks under a wild hook from Perko.
Khanna fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Raja Khanna seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Khanna wants to clinch up but Perko keeps it at a distance.
Khanna misses with a wild body shot.
Khanna takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.#CUT2#It looks like Raja Khanna has been cut.
Perko ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Perko getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
Khanna misses with a left hand
and Perko counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Khanna uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Perko.
Perko might want to mix his strikes up a bit more. He's just going for head shots at the moment and that can become a bit predictable.
Khanna misses with a hook.
Perko showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Khanna.
Perko looks like he wants to counter punch here.#T1#
Khanna misses with a body shot
and Perko counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Khanna 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.
Khanna blocks a jab.
Khanna is looking to counter the offense by Perko and move into the clinch.
Khanna ducks under a wild hook from Perko.
Perko looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
Perko slips under a jab.
Khanna throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Perko swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Khanna tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Perko was well out of range. Poor timing from Khanna.
Perko doesn't fully commit to the body shot counter.
Perko walks into a left hand.
Khanna moves out of range as Perko strikes.
Khanna throws a right hand that misses
and Perko counters with a nice body shot.
Khanna misses with a wild body shot.
Khanna slips under a jab from Perko.
Perko moves out of range of the strikes.#T2#
Khanna looks to land a left hand but Perko moved out of range nicely.
Khanna avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Khanna looks to throw the jab but Perko is out of range.
Khanna throws a lazy right hand but Perko sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Perko looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Khanna throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Perko stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Perko missing with a left hand there. Khanna was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Khanna throws a body shot but no joy.
Khanna misses with a wild body shot.
Perko moves out of range as Khanna strikes.
Perko takes a jab right on the kisser.
Khanna misses with a hook. Perko ducked under it nicely.
Khanna is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Perko.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
A close second round but Riku Perko will probably get the nod - 10:9.
The cut man is working on Raja Khanna's cut.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action! This is the final round!#R3#
Khanna waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Perko.
Perko lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Perko misses the shot to the body.
Khanna scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
Khanna walks into a straight right hand from Perko.
Khanna connects with a body shot that sends Perko's belly button to the back.
Perko just misses with a punch to the body.
Perko slips a jab from Khanna.
Khanna works the jab nicely.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Perko takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Perko throws a jab when Khanna was well out of range.
Khanna throws a body punch but Perko moves out of range.
Khanna misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Perko.
#T1#
Perko takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
Khanna digs a good hook to Perko's body.
Khanna throws a shot to the body.
Khanna throws an off balance right hand
and Perko counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Khanna thinking.
Perko walks into a jab.
Nice shot by Perko.
Khanna misses with an uppercut.
Khanna cracks Perko with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
Khanna throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Perko throws a big shot that misses.
Perko fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Khanna manages to avoid it.
Khanna is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Perko can do to turn this around?
Khanna with a nice cross.#T2#
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Khanna ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Perko moves away.
Khanna listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Khanna throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Perko let fly with a counter punch to the body but it didn't land.#CL#
Khanna gets a clinch.
Khanna scores with a shot to the side of Perko's head.
Khanna cracks Perko with a nice body shot.
Perko misses with a short punch on the inside.
A hook to the body from Khanna.
Khanna blocks a body shot from Perko.
Khanna misses with a punch on the inside.
Perko tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Khanna's elbow.
Khanna lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Perko misses with the head strike.
Khanna lands a left hand that snaps the head of Perko backwards.
Perko tries to work over Khanna's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Khanna digs a right hand underneath Perko's ribcage. Perko let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Perko tries to work over Khanna's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
And that's the end of the fight!
Raja Khanna showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Khanna 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 Russell Pearce scores the fight 30:28
Judge Columbo Gatti scores the fight 29:28
Judge Joseph Jones scores the fight 29:28
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Raja Khanna! |
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Event:
BMF 11- Alfonzo vs Cadena
Date: Sep 13, 2021 |
#R1#
Khanna moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.#CUT2#It looks like Happy Chukwudu has been cut.
We've been informed that Khanna has been sparring a lot of Muay Thai in the buildup to this fight so let's see if that has an impact on the result.
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from Chukwudu.
Khanna works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
Chukwudu shoots for a double leg takedown but Khanna sprawls well. He's pushed Chukwudu's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.
Chukwudu with a poor takedown #KD2#
and Khanna counters with a nice right hand that sends Chukwudu toppling to the canvas! Chukwudu scrambles and gets back to his feet - can Khanna finish him?!
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Happy Chukwudu. That's going to take a lot out of him.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Chukwudu dives in and grabs Khanna's left leg, looking for a takedown. Khanna pushes down on Chukwudu's head and hops out.
Chukwudu gets his takedown attempt stuffed easily
and Khanna counters with a lovely straight right hand!#ROC2#Chukwudu is rocked!
Khanna stuffs the takedown attempt from Chukwudu. Chukwudu gets slowly back to his feet.
Khanna throws out a counter right but Chukwudu avoids it with no problem.
Chukwudu misses with a takedown attempt - Khanna sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.#TD#
Chukwudu fakes an overhand right and shoots for a takedown. Khanna sprawls well initially but Chukwudu persists and gets the takedown into half guard. #SUB#
Khanna is kicking away at Chukwudu from the bottom - trying to push off and stand up. Chukwudu grabs hold of a leg and drops back for a heel hook! The two fighters roll across the mat, with Khanna trying to push Chukwudu off... Khanna taps! He's tapped! This one is all over! A throwback to the old Pancrase there with an infrequently seen submission hold! Nice work.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:18 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Heel Hook). Happy Chukwudu!
Happy Chukwudu managed to slip a mention for his sponsors, Ma Balls Is Hot Clothing, into his post fight interview. |
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Event:
BMF 9- Gettin’ Paid
Date: Aug 30, 2021 |
#R1#
Shiba lands a nice leg kick that just misses Khanna's sensitive parts.
Shiba wants to land a leg kick but Khanna is out of range.
Khanna connects with a good right hand that stumbles Shiba. Shiba circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
Shiba throws a body kick that misses.
Shiba throws a leg kick but Khanna checks it.
Nice cross by Khanna.
Shiba ducks under a wild hook from Khanna.
Shiba swings away with a leg kick that misses.
Shiba looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.#CL2#
Khanna gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Shiba misses with an elbow over the top.
Khanna dodges an elbow strike from Shiba.
Shiba looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Khanna misses with a short punch on the inside.
Shiba throws an elbow but it misses.
Khanna's coach down at Alfred Top Team was telling us pre-fight that they have been working on Khanna's balance. Obviously they view that as a key factor in the outcome of this fight.
Shiba blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Shiba pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Shiba pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Shiba pushes off an throws an elbow but Khanna leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Shiba pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Khanna has a couple of punches blocked by Shiba.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Khanna blocks the elbow strike.
Khanna avoids a wild elbow strike from Shiba.
Shiba pushes off an throws an elbow but Khanna leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.#T1#
Khanna scores with a hook to the body.
Khanna misses with a short punch on the inside.
Khanna dodges an elbow strike from Shiba.
Khanna lands an uppercut.
Khanna lands with a short shot to the head.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Khanna.
Shiba pushes off an throws an elbow but Khanna leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Good body shot from Khanna.
Shiba is breathing heavily.
Khanna misses with a punch to the body.
Shiba misses with an elbow strike.
Khanna fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Khanna lands a shot to the body.
Khanna lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Shiba misses with an elbow over the top.
Khanna goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Khanna lands a shoulder strike.
Khanna lands a right hand.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Khanna presses Shiba against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Khanna lands a left hand.
Khanna misses with a short punch on the inside.
Khanna throws a head punch that misses.
Khanna makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Khanna lands a body punch in the clinch. #T2#
Shiba blocking some punches.
Khanna lands a body shot in the clinch.
Khanna works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Khanna throws a punch but it's blocked by Shiba.
Khanna swings wildly with an uppercut but Shiba uses good head movement to avoid it.
Khanna gets through Shiba's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Khanna lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Khanna lands with a short shot to the head.
Shiba throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Still in the clinch, Khanna scores with a nice short uppercut.
Shiba misses with an elbow strike.
Khanna makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Khanna lands a nice uppercut.#ROC2#Shiba is rocked!
Khanna misses with some punches.
Khanna has a couple of punches blocked by Shiba.
Khanna blocks an elbow strike.
Khanna is working Shiba over against the cage.
A short right from Khanna.
Oh Shiba is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!#CUT2#It looks like Chiharu Shiba has been cut.
Khanna lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Khanna lands a shoulder strike.
Khanna lands a nice uppercut.#T3#
Khanna lands a hook that snaps the head of Shiba backwards.
Khanna lands a right hand that snaps the head of Shiba backwards.
Khanna throws a big uppercut that drops Shiba! More strikes from Khanna and the referee jumps in to stop the fight! Shiba lies dazed against the cage as Khanna celebrates with his cornermen!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:15 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Raja Khanna! |
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Event:
BMF 6- Cashin' Checks
Date: Aug 08, 2021 |
#R1#
Khanna ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Schneider avoids the body shot from Khanna.
#CL2#
Khanna clinches with his opponent.
Schneider tries to break free but Khanna pushes him back against the cage.
Khanna pushes Schneider back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Khanna has Schneider pressed against the cage, preventing Schneider from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Khanna makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Schneider tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Khanna keeps control of Schneider as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Khanna lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
A hook to the body from Khanna.
Khanna scores with a shot to the side of Schneider's head.
Khanna keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Schneider's efforts to push away.
Khanna lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Khanna scores with an uppercut up the middle.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
A short left from Khanna.
Schneider is breathing heavily.
Khanna lands a body shot. #KD2#
Khanna drops Schneider onto one knee with a big uppercut from the clinch! Schneider is propped up by the cage and works his way back to his feet!#ROC2#Schneider is rocked!
Schneider blocking some punches.
Oh Schneider is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
A head punch blocked on the inside by Schneider.
Schneider swings wildly with an uppercut but Khanna uses good head movement to avoid it.
Schneider blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Schneider.
Khanna misses with some punches.
Khanna tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Schneider blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Khanna swings wildly with an uppercut but Schneider uses good head movement to avoid it. #T1#
Khanna has a couple of punches blocked by Schneider.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Khanna.
Khanna working aggressively here.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Khanna.
Schneider blocking some punches.
Khanna tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Schneider seems to have got his legs back now.
Khanna lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Schneider backwards.
A body shot lands from Khanna.
Khanna lands a big right hand that drops Schneider! The killer instinct kicks in and Khanna finishes his opponent with a series of strikes from mount. A dominating finish by Khanna!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:23 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Raja Khanna! |
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Event:
DFN 5
Date: Jul 03, 2021 |
#R1#
Sanchez blocks a jab.
Sanchez throws a head kick that misses.
A looping hook to the body misses from Khanna. Sanchez does a little dance to reset his feet.
Sanchez connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
A looping hook to the body misses from Khanna. Sanchez does a little dance to reset his feet.
Sanchez feinted there with a counter leg kick.
Sanchez takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
Sanchez uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Khanna.
Sanchez lands a high kick!
Sanchez throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
#CL2#
Khanna clinches with his opponent.
#TD#
Sanchez drags the fight down to the ground.
Sanchez wants to sweep but no luck.
Sanchez keeping moving, preventing Khanna from controlling successfully.
Khanna stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Sanchez swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Khanna looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights.
Sanchez is trying to control the position from the bottom.
#T1#
Khanna trying to control the position from guard on top but Sanchez is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Khanna stands and throws Sanchez's legs to the side, diving into side control.
Khanna trying to control the position but Sanchez is working away.
Sanchez looks to be in better condition than last time we saw him fight. Obviously he's been working hard on his cardio.#T2#
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
Khanna tries to cartwheel into mount but he doesn't manage it.
Sanchez is positioning himself to get back to half guard.
The referee claps his hands together and tells the fighters to work.
Khanna works to advance to full mount. Sanchez defends for a few seconds but eventually he succumbs. #T3#
Khanna wants to control the pace but Sanchez is squirming around nicely.
Khanna might have to switch it up a bit here because his efforts to control Sanchez haven't been going to plan, at least at the current moment in time.
Khanna controlling the pace for now.
Sanchez is writhing around trying to get back to his feet. #T4#
There's not a lot going on here and the crowd are letting the fighters know they're not willing to tolerate a lack of action.
Sanchez is squirming around, avoiding Khanna's attempts to control the action. #T5#
Sanchez looking to escape from mount but he's given up his back!
Sanchez is trying to break free.
A bit of a pause in the action here. Khanna controlling the positon.
Sanchez looking very determined here, making life difficult for Khanna.
#T6#
The crowd are getting on the fighters' backs, as the pace has dropped off in the last minute or so.
Sanchez wants to get back to his feet.
Sanchez staying busy and making it hard for Khanna to control.
Khanna is in a good position here but he's just trying to control... And he's not even managing to do that successfully.#T7#
Good control from Khanna.
Khanna is continuing to stall.
The adventures of Khanna the control monster continue. Boring.#T8#
A few boos can be heard. I'm sure they will multiply if the fighters don't pick up the pace.
Sanchez staying busy and making it hard for Khanna to control. #T9#
A bit of a pause in the action here. Khanna controlling the positon.
Khanna is looking to control Sanchez but Sanchez is wriggling around and keeping busy.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Raja Khanna dominated that round.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action. Let's hear some noise people - this is the final round!#R2#
Sanchez with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Khanna to score with a decent uppercut.
Khanna connects with a jab.
Sanchez misses with a head kick.
Khanna uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Sanchez.
Sanchez throws a series of punches but Khanna avoids them all with ease.
Sanchez throws a head kick but Khanna moves out of range.
Khanna looks to throw the jab but Sanchez is out of range.
Sanchez walks into a stiff left hand from Khanna.
Felix Sanchez is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Sanchez walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
Raja Khanna seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Khanna bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Sanchez's head backwards.
Khanna lands with a right hand.
Khanna scores with the left hand. Sanchez knows he should have avoided that one.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Sanchez swings away with a leg kick that misses.
Khanna connects with a nice looking jab.
Sanchez throws a sloppy head kick and Khanna moves out of range easily.
Khanna defending well as Sanchez loads up on a big left hand.
Khanna looks to score with a jab to the body but Sanchez is just out of range.
Khanna misses with a straight right.
Khanna displays good takedown defense there as he swats away a double leg from Sanchez.
Khanna throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
#T1#
Sanchez does a little shimmy and throws a leg kick. The leg kick missed by a considerable margin though, making him look a little bit silly for doing the shimmy.
Khanna looks to land a left hand but Sanchez moved out of range nicely.
We are yet to see a takedown attempt from Khanna in the fight. On paper you would think he is the more dominant ground fighter so let's see if these unusual tactics pay off.
Khanna looks to land a right hand but Sanchez moved out of range.
Khanna fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Sanchez manages to avoid it.
Sanchez slips a jab from Khanna.
Khanna cracks Sanchez with an open hand slap.
Felix Sanchez seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
A looping hook to the body misses from Sanchez. Khanna does a little dance to reset his feet.
Sanchez throws a sloppy head kick and Khanna moves out of range easily.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Sanchez fails with an attempt to clinch.
Khanna keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
Sanchez ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Khanna connects with a crisp jab. #ROC2#Sanchez is rocked!
Sanchez is aggressively charging in as Khanna backs up avoiding any damage. Khanna tosses out a jab and Sanchez runs right into it face first! Sanchez is out cold! Khanna dropped down on all fours and is barking in Sanchez's face like a pit bull in celebration until the ref was finally able to pull him away!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:43 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Raja Khanna!
In defeat, Felix Sanchez stepped up to the mic, saying 'I just want a drug test done on that kid asap...there's no way that kind of a wham donny is legit.'. |
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Event:
DFN 1: MW GP OPENING ROUND
Date: Jun 05, 2021 |
#R1#
Chukwudu misses with a takedown
and Khanna counters with a left to the body.
Chukwudu shoots in but no luck this time.
Khanna misses with a looping left.
Chukwudu moves away from the strike by Khanna. #TD#
Chukwudu bobs and weaves into range and then changes levels and scores with a nice takedown into side control.#SUB#
Chukwudu tries for a kimura but Khanna is defending well.
Khanna wants to control but Chukwudu postures up.
Khanna tries to get back to half guard but can't.#SUB#
Chukwudu has hold of Khanna's arm. He's looking for a kimura. Khanna seems comfortable defending it but Chukwudu has shifted his position slighty and is cranking on the arm! Khanna is real pain and he's forced to tap out! Khanna is disgusted with himself for not defending it better but Chukwudu couldn't care less - he's delighted!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:56 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Kimura). Happy Chukwudu!
Happy Chukwudu seemed lost for words in his post fight interview but he remembered to thank his fans and directed everyone to his website. |
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Event:
Grouch FC 5
Date: May 09, 2021 |
#R1#
Cee punishes Aay's body with a nice straight punch.
Aay lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Cee circles away quickly and effectively.
Cee throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Aay sees it coming and avoids it easily.#CL#
Aay moves into the clinch.
Aay prevents a body shot from Cee. #BC#
Aay breaks the clinch.
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from Cee.
Aay changes levels looking for a counter takedown but doesn't commit.#CL#
Aay fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Cee, pushing him back against the cage.
Aay works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Aay with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Cee is looking to take this one to the mat.
Aay goes for a takedown in the clinch but Cee prevents it.
#TD#
Aay decides to pull guard. #T1##SUB#
Aay is working actively off his back, looking to secure an arm or perhaps work for a triangle.
Cee won't allow Aay to sweep him here.
Aay is trying to keep Cee in close.
Cee missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Aay keeping moving, preventing Cee from controlling successfully.
Cee controlling from the top position.
Cee wanted to stand there but Aay had control of the position.
We may be looking at a referee standup if the pace doesn't pick up soon.#T2#
The crowd are hurling abuse towards the fighters... You can hardly blame them though because there isn't a lot going on in the fight.
Cee wants to control from the top but Aay keeps moving. #REF3#
The referee has decided to stand the fighters back up, so we'll restart on the feet.#CL#
Aay instigates a clinch.
Cee wants a takedown.
Test Aay has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Test Cee.
Cee is trying to pull guard but being pressed up against the cage enables Aay to keep the fight standing.
Aay misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Cee.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Cee is trying to drag Aay to the mat but Aay just about manages to keep his footing. He used the cage to his advantage there.#BC#
Aay manages to break the clinch.
And that's the end of the fight!
Test Aay showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Aay 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 1 round of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge James Ackerman scores the fight 10:9
Judge James Atkins scores the fight 10:9
Judge Phil Schofield scores the fight 10:9
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Test Aay! |
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