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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Mohamad Salem (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and HL Mencken (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Mencken comes into a darkened arena with his song building. Circle Jerks - Question Authority kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! Mohamad Salem had a look across the cage there at his opponent. He definitely means business
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Excellent boxer
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
4 - 0 - 0, fighting out of New York, Mohamad Salem!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
3 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, HL Mencken!
The judges for this bout are Stewart Dunkirk, Frank Dennis and Robert Twigg.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
The fight moves into the clinch position.
Mencken tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Salem lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
It looks like HL Mencken has been cut.
With the fighters up against the cage, Salem throws an elbow but misses.
Salem blocks an uppercut.
Salem scores with a nice hook to the head.
Mencken misses with a punch to the body.
Mencken working aggressively here.
Salem doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Mencken avoids the elbow strike from Salem, against the cage.
A nice right hand lands inside from Salem.
Salem scores with a hook to the body.
Salem blocks an uppercut.
Mencken tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Salem blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Mencken lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Salem or not.
Mencken lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Salem misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Salem looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Mencken blocking some punches.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Salem lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Mencken backwards.
Mencken misses with the head strike.
Mencken doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Salem prevents a body shot from Mencken.
Salem lands a nice uppercut.
Mencken working aggressively here.
Salem misses with a punch to the body.
Salem creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Salem lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Mencken backwards.
Salem pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Salem has closed the distance and engaged Mencken in a clinch.
Mencken lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Salem lands a right hand.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Salem just misses with a elbow thrown towards Mencken's brow.
Mencken working aggressively here.
Salem breaks from the clinch.
Mencken misses with a body shot.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Salem scores with a body shot.
Salem bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Mencken's head.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Salem connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
Mencken walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
Salem has closed the distance and engaged Mencken in a clinch.
A head punch on the inside from Mencken fails to land.
Salem misses with an elbow strike.
Salem softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Salem.
Salem creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Salem swings wildly with an uppercut but Mencken uses good head movement to avoid it.
Mencken working aggressively here.
Mencken misses with a punch on the inside.
Mencken takes a shot to the head.
Mencken misses with a short punch on the inside.
Salem softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Mencken misses with a body punch.
Salem lands an elbow that stopped Mencken in his tracks for a moment.
Salem is trying to push Mencken away but Mencken has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Salem breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Mencken tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Salem paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Mencken on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
A big right from Salem misses.
Salem misses with a wild body shot.
Mencken tries to counter with a clinch but Salem shakes him off and moves away.
Salem lands with a good body shot.
Mencken misses with a wild combination.
Salem moves into the clinch.
Mencken has been looking to improve his clinch game in recent weeks. Salem seems to have the measure of him in the clinch so far, so let's see if Mencken can turn it around.
Mencken swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Salem blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Mencken blocks an uppercut.
Salem creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Mencken's defenses.
That has opened up HL Mencken's cut even more.
Mencken blocks an elbow strike from Salem.
Salem wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
A head punch on the inside from Mencken fails to land.
Salem lands an elbow inside that Mencken shrugs off.
Mencken lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
A head punch on the inside from Salem fails to land.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Salem blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Salem scores with a hook to the body.
Mencken blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Salem throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Mencken looks winded!
Salem misses with some punches.
Salem comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Salem lands an uppercut.
The cut above HL Mencken's eye is starting to cause him problems now.
Salem tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Mencken's elbow.
Mencken's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Mencken throws a head punch that misses.
Mencken swings wildly with an uppercut but Salem uses good head movement to avoid it.
Mencken working aggressively here.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Mencken dodges an elbow strike from Salem.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Nice body punch from Salem - that landed with a thud.
Salem is working Mencken over against the cage.
Salem misses with an elbow strike.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Mohamad Salem dominated that round.
The cut man is working on HL Mencken's cut.
That's time! Salem's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.
Salem lands a body shot.
Salem works over Mencken's head and body with a nice combination.
Salem cracks Mencken with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
Salem throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Mencken on the side of the head.
Mencken checks the leg kick nicely there.
Mencken is loading up here, looking for a big counter of his own.
Mohamad Salem is winning the standup battle so far.
Salem with a hook.
Mencken gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Salem throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Salem attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
Mencken tries to counter with a clinch but Salem shakes him off and moves away.
Salem slips a straight right by Mencken.
The fighters circling - Mencken throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Salem looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Mencken misses with a body shot.
Salem takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Mencken takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Salem looks to land a left hand but Mencken moved out of range nicely.
Mencken misses with a wild body shot.
Mencken on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Salem. Salem obviously looking to wear him down.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Salem wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Mencken takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Mencken rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Salem moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Mencken moves forwards but Salem connects with a nice, crisp jab.
Salem connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Mencken momentarily.
Mencken takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
Mencken lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Salem circles away quickly and effectively.
Salem scores with a jab to the jaw.
Mencken misses with a hook.
Salem misses with a looping right.
Salem looks to land a left hand but Mencken moved out of range nicely.
A punch combination from Mencken misses.
Salem scores with a jab to the body.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Salem misses with a left hand
and Mencken counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Salem tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Mencken was well out of range. Poor timing from Salem.
Salem fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Mencken has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Salem throws a jab when Mencken was well out of range.
HL Mencken is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Salem has managed to clinch.
Mencken tries to work over Salem's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
A short body shot lands from Salem as the two fighters clinch.
Mencken swings wildly with an uppercut but Salem uses good head movement to avoid it.
Salem's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Nice straight punches there by Salem. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Salem.
Salem rushes Mencken and presses him up against the cage.
Salem fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Our sources have told us that Salem has been working on his elbows in the gym.
Mencken has a couple of punches blocked by Salem.
Mencken doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
A body shot lands from Mencken.
Mencken avoids the elbow strike from Salem, against the cage.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Mencken.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Salem.
Salem pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
A head punch on the inside from Mencken fails to land.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Salem blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Mencken lands a body shot in the clinch.
Mencken lands a body punch.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Salem.
Mencken misses with a hook to the ribs.
Salem looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Mencken blocks a body shot from Salem.
Mencken avoids the elbow strike from Salem, against the cage.
Mencken avoids a wild elbow strike from Salem.
Salem pushes off an throws an elbow but Mencken leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Salem lands a hook to the side of the head.
Mencken has a couple of punches blocked by Salem.
Salem prevents a body shot from Mencken.
Salem misses with an elbow over the top.
Salem wants to break free but Mencken has control.
Salem is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Mencken can do to turn this around?
Mencken has a couple of punches blocked by Salem.
Salem's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Salem throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Mencken counters with a stiff right hand.
Salem throws a poor cross that misses
and Mencken connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Mencken pushes Salem up against the cage in a clinch.
Salem misses with a short punch on the inside.
Mencken has a couple of punches blocked by Salem.
Salem wants to break the clinch but can't.
Salem misses with some punches.
Mohamad Salem has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Mencken throws a head punch that misses.
Mencken swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Mencken avoids a wild elbow strike from Salem.
Mencken lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Mencken has Salem pressed against the cage, preventing Salem from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Mencken tries to throw a body punch but Salem avoids it by throwing Mencken back against the cage.
Salem softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Mencken lands an uppercut.
Mencken misses with a punch on the inside.
Mencken throws a punch but it's blocked by Salem.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Mohamad Salem dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on HL Mencken's cut.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action. This is the final round!
Salem closes the distance and clinches.
Mencken presses Salem against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Mencken blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Salem pushes Mencken back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Salem misses with a body punch.
Salem lands a left hand that snaps the head of Mencken backwards.
Mencken tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Salem's elbow.
Salem struggles to land a body shot inside as Mencken controls his hands.
Salem throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Mencken blocks an elbow strike.
Mencken working aggressively here.
Salem throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Salem throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Mencken dips a shoulder and cracks Salem with a mighty uppercut! Salem falls back against the cage and Mencken unloads with a barrage of strikes! Salem is completely out with his eyes open, only supported by the cage! Save him ref! Eventually the ref decides to do his job and jumps in - Mencken screams abuse at the incompetent official before going over to celebrate with his corner. Brutal stuff!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:54 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). HL Mencken!
HL Mencken bigged himself up after the win. The crowd seemed to love it.
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