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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Bruce Wayne (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Abdullah Maleh (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.
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180 lbs
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BJJ Brown Belt
Solid boxing
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the welterweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
7 - 0 - 1, fighting out of Montreal, Bruce Wayne!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
10 - 2 - 1, fighting out of Montreal, Abdullah Maleh!
The judges for this bout are Dillan Fox, Gregory Folan and Elvis Blanc.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Maleh misses with a body shot.
Maleh throws a series of punches but Wayne avoids them all with ease.
Wayne misses with a wild body shot.
Maleh gets caught flat footed, as Wayne shoots in with a quick takedown into guard.
Wayne won't allow Maleh to get back to his feet.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Wayne postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Wayne trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Wayne trying to control the position from guard on top but Maleh is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Wayne 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.
Maleh kicks Wayne off and gets to his feet.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Wayne tests Maleh's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Wayne takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Maleh fails with an attempt to clinch.
Maleh throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Maleh lands a head shot.
Maleh throws a big shot that misses.
Maleh throws a front kick aimed at Wayne's knee but Wayne avoids it well.
Maleh tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Maleh is looking to clinch but Wayne is avoiding it.
Jab, cross, leg kick. Nice combination by Wayne!
Maleh lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Wayne circles away quickly and effectively.
Maleh tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Wayne was well out of range. Poor timing from Maleh.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Maleh fails to land with a series of punches.
Wayne connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
Maleh throws a hook but Wayne blocks it.
Wayne misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Maleh.
Maleh scores with a nice strike.
Wayne scores with a jab.
Wayne checks the leg kick nicely there.
Abdullah Maleh seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Maleh slips a jab and a cross from Wayne.
Wayne lands a jab, followed by a cross and another cross, as Maleh backs up against the cage.
Maleh throws a low kick but it's checked well by Wayne.
Maleh rushes Wayne and presses him up against the cage.
Wayne trying to control the position but instead, Maleh has worked for underhooks and has pushed Wayne into the cage.
Wayne manages to get underhooks and slows down the pace for a moment.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Maleh throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Maleh lands a shoulder strike.
Wayne fails to pull the fight into his guard.
Maleh has Wayne pushed against the cage.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Maleh.
Wayne dodges an elbow strike from Maleh.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Maleh.
Maleh has a couple of punches blocked by Wayne.
Wayne letting Maleh take a breather here.
Nice body punch from Maleh - that landed with a thud.
A knee to the head by Maleh.
It looks like Bruce Wayne has been cut.
Wayne being controlled against the cage.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Maleh working some nice short punches in the clinch.
A bit of stalling here from Wayne.
Maleh trying to stall but Wayne improves his position.
Maleh working aggressively here.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Maleh just misses with a elbow thrown towards Wayne's brow.
Maleh with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Maleh misses with a body punch.
Maleh misses with a punch on the inside.
Maleh pressing his opponent against the cage.
Maleh misses with a short punch on the inside.
Maleh tries to land a knee to the head but Wayne blocks with his arms.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close round but Abdullah Maleh will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Bruce Wayne's cut.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!
Maleh throws a nice looking combination but Wayne bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Wayne lands a with a good body shot.
Wayne fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Wayne just misses with a punch to the body.
Maleh throws a body kick that misses.
Maleh tries to clinch but Wayne moves out of range.
Abdullah Maleh is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Maleh connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Maleh misses with a jab, cross combination.
Wayne misses the shot to the body.
Wayne ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Maleh tries to land a front kick but Wayne steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
Maleh misses the jab.
Wayne uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
Maleh is looking to clinch but Wayne is avoiding it.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Maleh takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Maleh tries to close the distance and clinch but Wayne swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Nice body punch from Wayne.
Wayne chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Maleh can pounce on him.
Maleh tries to clinch but Wayne moves out of range.
Maleh slips a straight right by Wayne.
Wayne thows a body shot but no joy.
Maleh throws the left hand but Wayne avoids the punch easily.
Maleh takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Wayne misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Maleh.
Maleh lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Wayne on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Maleh. Maleh obviously looking to wear him down.
Wayne scores with a jab. Maleh acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Maleh fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Wayne.
Wayne goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Wayne is looking to wear down Maleh with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
Wayne lands a nice looking body shot.
Maleh with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Wayne scores with a shot to the body.
Wayne misses with a wild body shot.
Maleh tries to clinch there but Wayne circles away.
A left and a right from Wayne both land. Nice combination.
Maleh is looking to clinch.
Maleh throws a leg kick but Wayne checks it.
Maleh throws a nice head kick!
Maleh keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
Wayne misses with a jab to the body
and Maleh counters with a lovely straight right hand!
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Maleh looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
Good leg kick by Maleh there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Maleh uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Wayne.
A shot to de liver by Wayne. Beautiful body shot.
The fight stays on the outside here - Maleh looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Wayne is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
Wayne throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Wayne ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Maleh moves away.
Maleh tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Maleh doesn't manage to clinch there - Wayne circles away.
Wayne closes the distance and looks for a trip takedown... aaaand he's got it - Wayne lands in his opponent's guard.
Wayne trying to control but Maleh is working from the bottom.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Wayne slips nicely into half guard.
Wayne is working for a submission of some sort.
Maleh avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Wayne.
Wayne sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Maleh defending well though.
Maleh is trying to stand.
Maleh is using up a lot of energy trying to get back to his feet. Perhaps he should improve his position first.
Maleh is defending against the submission attempts here by Wayne.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Bruce Wayne dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Bruce Wayne's cut.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.
Maleh ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Wayne moves away.
An inside leg kick from Maleh misses.
Maleh pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Maleh tries to clinch but Wayne is having none of it.
Maleh fails in his attempt to clinch.
Maleh throws a leg kick but Wayne sees it coming and checks it nicely.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Wayne bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Danga de danga de dang - Wayne scores with a four punch combination!
Maleh checks a leg kick.
Wayne checks the leg kick.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Maleh tries to clinch up.
A head kick misses from Maleh.
Maleh moves in looking to clinch but Wayne pushes him off.
Maleh fails with an attempt to clinch.
Wayne blocks a jab.
Maleh goes for a high kick. It partially lands.
Wayne fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Maleh takes one to the chin there.
Wayne slips under a jab.
Wayne misses with a straight right.
Wayne swats away the attempt to clinch by Maleh.
Maleh is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Wayne.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
My god... these two guys really need to pick up the pace or everyone will leave to go get a beer.
Maleh tries to clinch there but Wayne circles away.
Maleh throws a nice outside leg kick.
Maleh scores with a jab to the jaw.
Wayne uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Maleh.
A looping hook to the body misses from Wayne. Maleh does a little dance to reset his feet.
Maleh tries to work over Wayne's front leg with a kick but Wayne checks it.
Maleh misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Wayne has his takedown stuffed
and Maleh counters with a nice body kick.
Maleh turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Maleh misses with a body shot.
The fight stays on the outside here - Maleh looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Maleh moves in looking to clinch but Wayne pushes him off.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Maleh avoids the body shot from Wayne.
Wayne shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says Maleh as he avoids it easily.
Wayne tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Maleh was well out of range. Poor timing from Wayne.
Maleh throws a head kick that connects with a bit of head and a bit of hand.
Maleh tries to close the distance and clinch up but Wayne swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Nice defenses there by Wayne.
Maleh lands a head kick!
Abdullah Maleh seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Wayne throws a series of strikes that have Maleh backpedaling.
Wayne shoots in with a lovely double leg takedown. Maleh manages to land in full guard to minimise the damage.
Wayne is looking to advance position but Maleh has hit a scissor sweep - now he's on top in mount!
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Maleh avoids the attempt from Wayne to control.
Maleh wants to get back to his feet but Wayne is holding on tight.
Wayne is desperately trying to get back to half guard.
Maleh looking to control and managing it successfully.
Wayne is writhing around trying to get back to his feet.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Abdullah Maleh really dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Bruce Wayne's cut.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.
Maleh tries to close the distance and clinch up but Wayne swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Wayne swinging wildly here.
Maleh tries to close the distance and clinch but Wayne swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Maleh pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
A combination from Maleh does no damage.
Maleh tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and Wayne is able to avoid easily.
Maleh misses with a body shot
and Wayne counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Maleh thows a leg kick but Wayne checks it
and Wayne counters with a nice shoot takedown that brings the fighters to the ground.
Wayne is holding a leg here, probably looking for an ankle lock - he drops back and goes for it! Maleh is in trouble! Is it all over??? No! Maleh has escaped and now he's on top!
Maleh stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Wayne swivels though and keeps the full guard.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Maleh tries to stand but Wayne is controlling from the bottom.
Maleh preventing the sweep.
Wayne trying to keep a closed guard but Maleh is proving a slippery customer.
Maleh controls from within his opponent's guard.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Well. There's a bit of a lull in the action here and the crowd are starting to get restless.
Wayne is trying to control the position from the bottom.
Maleh trying to control the position from guard on top but Wayne is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Maleh closes the distance looking to clinch
and Wayne counters with a left and a right that stings Maleh.
Wayne avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Maleh misses with an uppercut.
Maleh throws a combination that misses
and Wayne counters with a left to the body.
Wayne takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Maleh thumps Wayne with a low kick.
Maleh throws a jab when Wayne was well out of range.
Maleh shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.
Wayne misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Maleh.
Maleh tries to close the distance and clinch up but Wayne swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Wayne moves out of range of the strikes.
Maleh closes the distance but Wayne moves to the side
and Wayne counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Maleh tries to clinch but fails miserably
and Wayne counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Maleh tries to grapple but his opponent circles
and Wayne counters with a left to the body.
Maleh scores with a leg kick.
Wayne scores with the left hand. Maleh knows he should have avoided that one.
A solid leg kick lands there for Maleh.
Wayne slips a straight right by Maleh.
Abdullah Maleh is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Maleh with a hook.
Maleh closes the distance and clinches.
Wayne jumps guard and drags Maleh to the mat. He's obviously going to be looking for submissions off his back.
Wayne not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Bruce Wayne had his way with Abdullah Maleh in that round.
The cut man is working on Bruce Wayne's cut.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin! The crowd applaud as we get ready to start the final round!
Maleh takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Maleh throws a right and a left that both miss.
The fighters circling - Maleh throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Maleh throws a wild body kick that Wayne sees coming a mile off.
Maleh cracks Wayne with a good jab.
Maleh takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
Maleh takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Maleh swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Wayne thows a body shot but no joy.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Maleh wants to clinch but Wayne slips to the side
and Wayne counters with a stiff right hand.
Wayne circles away from the clinch attempt
and Wayne counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Wayne throws a combination. Maleh tries to block but a couple of punches get through.
Wayne misses with a looping right.
Wayne throws a sloppy body shot
and he gets countered with a snapping leg kick.
Maleh misses with a hook. Wayne ducked under it nicely.
Wayne avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
Maleh misses with a head kick.
No joy there for Wayne, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Maleh pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Wayne avoids the head kick by Maleh.
Wayne moves into range and connects with a jab.
Maleh throws a hook to the side of Wayne's head but Wayne sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Wayne avoids a punch combination nicely.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
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.
Maleh tries to close the distance and clinch up but Wayne swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Maleh misses the shot to the body.
Wayne throws a body punch but Maleh moves out of range.
Maleh is looking to score with low kicks.
Wayne jabs away that one connects to the head of his opponent.
Wayne checks a low kick from Maleh.
Maleh lands with a slapping head kick.
Wayne bobs and weaves into range and then changes levels and scores with a nice takedown into side control.
Wayne tries for an arm triangle. That looks pretty tight to me. Is this one over!?! Possibly, maybe, no Wayne has let go of the choke. Obviously it wasn't as tight as we thought!
Maleh pushes Wayne away and creates a bit of space to escape. He's almost out here... but no, Wayne gets a good hold of his legs and remains firmly in side control.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Wayne is looking for a kimura. He might have it! No, Maleh has escaped the position, nice work there.
Wayne is looking to finish here, going for an Americana. Maleh knows the correct defense though, so he's OK.
Both of our modern day gladiators look out of it here - an gruelling 5 rounds of action taking it's toll on them, no doubt.
Wayne looking for an arm triangle but it's way too loose to do anything.
Maleh is looking to work his way out of this bad position but Wayne is controlling him well.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
A few boos can be heard. I'm sure they will multiply if the fighters don't pick up the pace.
Wayne looking for an arm triangle but it's way too loose to do anything.
Wayne prevents Maleh from escaping the position.
Wayne throwing ground and pound but whilst doing so, he forgets to control position and Maleh works his way back to half guard. Good composure under pressure.
Wayne is trying a forearm choke… I don't think that's going to do much at this level of the game.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Maleh is defending against the submission attempts here by Wayne.
And that's the end of the fight!
Bruce Wayne showed his dominance in that final round.
I think Wayne 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 5 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Dillan Fox scores the fight 48:47
Judge Gregory Folan scores the fight 48:47
Judge Elvis Blanc scores the fight 48:47
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Bruce Wayne!
Bruce Wayne retains his welterweight title!
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