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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Malik Al-Khaldi (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Omar Little (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Al-Khaldi's ring entrance music is that housewives' favourite, Razihel - Legends (feat. TeamMate) Zatox Remix. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
15 - 2 - 0, fighting out of New York, Malik Al-Khaldi!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
14 - 5 - 2, fighting out of London, Omar Little!
The judges for this bout are , Timothy Bukovac and Frank Antenori.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Al-Khaldi misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Little.
Little lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Little has been spending a lot of time sparring his boxing in the run up to the fight, trying to sharpen up those hands and look for a knockout.
Al-Khaldi fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Little manages to avoid it.
Little scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Little checks the leg kick.
Little is looking to clinch.
Little throws a leg kick which misses Al-Khaldi's front leg but catches the back leg as Al-Khaldi tries to avoid it.
Al-Khaldi throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Al-Khaldi has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Little finds it's way round the side to connect with Al-Khaldi's head.
Al-Khaldi 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.
Al-Khaldi is looking to clinch but Little is avoiding it.
Al-Khaldi sets himself, and Little steps forward looking for the clinch! Al-Khaldi avoids it this time.
Al-Khaldi is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Little.
Al-Khaldi checks a leg kick nicely.
A nice inside leg kick there by Little. That's going to slow Al-Khaldi down.
Little turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Al-Khaldi misses with a hook.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Al-Khaldi wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Little moves out of range of the strikes.
Al-Khaldi swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Little counters with a nice low kick that buckles Al-Khaldi's knee momentarily.
Al-Khaldi connects with an inside leg kick.
Al-Khaldi throws a leg kick
and Little counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Little fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Al-Khaldi, pushing him back against the cage.
Al-Khaldi breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Little connects with a crisp jab.
Jab, jab by Little - just one landing.
It looks like Malik Al-Khaldi has been cut.
Al-Khaldi tries a low kick but Little avoids it.
Little fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Little looking to land some kicks to the body here.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
A clash of legs there as Al-Khaldi blocks the low kick.
Al-Khaldi fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Little.
Al-Khaldi tries to work over Little's front leg with a kick but Little checks it.
Little is looking to slow Al-Khaldi down with leg kicks.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Little takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Al-Khaldi bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Little's head.
Al-Khaldi swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Little dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Little instigates a clinch.
Al-Khaldi escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Al-Khaldi tries to keep at a distance but Little has taken the fight into the clinch.
Al-Khaldi misses with a hook to the ribs.
Al-Khaldi misses with a short punch on the inside.
Little misses with a hook to the ribs.
Little blocking some punches.
Al-Khaldi swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Little with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Al-Khaldi has a couple of punches blocked by Little.
Little has a couple of punches blocked by Al-Khaldi.
Al-Khaldi throws a head punch that misses.
Little tries to land knees in the clinch but Al-Khaldi avoids the damage to the body.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Al-Khaldi breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Al-Khaldi has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Little.
Al-Khaldi moves out of range as Little strikes.
Al-Khaldi throwing a counter right hand but Little manages to avoid it.
Little scoring well with a low kick there.
Little fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Al-Khaldi has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Al-Khaldi scores with a punch to the head.
Al-Khaldi scores with a nice head shot.
Al-Khaldi is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
Al-Khaldi tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Al-Khaldi fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Some bone on bone action there as Little checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
Little misses with a hook.
Al-Khaldi ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Little displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Al-Khaldi throws out the jab.
Al-Khaldi throws a lazy uppercut
and Little holds on and brings the fighters into a clinch.
Al-Khaldi tries to break free but Little pushes him back against the cage.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Al-Khaldi misses with the head strike.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Al-Khaldi makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Little lands a hook that snaps the head of Al-Khaldi backwards.
Al-Khaldi lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Al-Khaldi throws a punch but it's blocked by Little.
Al-Khaldi tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Little's elbow.
Little tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Al-Khaldi blocking some punches.
Little prevents a body shot from Al-Khaldi.
Al-Khaldi tries a body shot but Little blocks it.
Little working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Little prevents a body shot from Al-Khaldi.
Little throws a head punch that misses.
Al-Khaldi breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Little fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Al-Khaldi has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Al-Khaldi lands a glancing blow to the side of Little's head.
Al-Khaldi slips under a jab from Little.
Little takes one to the side of the head.
Little misses with a straight left.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close round but Omar Little will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Malik Al-Khaldi'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.
Little bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Little misses with a lunging right hand
and Al-Khaldi connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Al-Khaldi connects with the punch.
Al-Khaldi scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Al-Khaldi wants to land a leg kick but Little is out of range.
Al-Khaldi backing away here, and Little unleashes a leg kick that just misses.
Little misses with a left hand
and Al-Khaldi counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
A low kick from Little is predictable there
letting Al-Khaldi counter with a right hand.
Little is looking to land body kicks.
Little lands with an uppercut that bounces Al-Khaldi off the cage and back into range.
Little throws a lazy body kick
letting Al-Khaldi counter with a right hand.
An inside leg kick from Little misses.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Little staying out of range there.
Little throws the kick towards the body but Al-Khaldi avoids it.
Al-Khaldi uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Little.
Al-Khaldi looks to score with a jab to the body but Little is just out of range.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Little moves out of range of the strikes.
Al-Khaldi moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Little throws a leg kick but Al-Khaldi sees it coming and checks it nicely.
A shot to the body from Al-Khaldi misses
and Little counters with a good low kick that Al-Khaldi was not able to check.
Al-Khaldi takes one to the chin there.
Al-Khaldi on the wrong end of a nice hook.
A telegraphed right hand from Little misses the target.
A quick step to the side and Al-Khaldi tries to counter with a shot to the body but it doesn't connect.
Little throws a nice inside leg kick.
Little feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Al-Khaldi's calf.
The crowd cheers as Little lands an impressive looking overhand right. Al-Khaldi doesn't seem phased though.
Little misses with an attempted mid kick.
A leg kick checked by Little.
Little swings and misses with a shot to the body
and Al-Khaldi counters with a nice uppercut.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Al-Khaldi lands with a hook. Little tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
Little tries to clinch up.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Al-Khaldi takes one on the chin but seems OK.
Al-Khaldi throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Al-Khaldi pushes Little away with a front kick.
Al-Khaldi lands a leg kick that knocks Little off balance momentarily.
Al-Khaldi slips under a jab.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Little checks a leg kick.
Malik Al-Khaldi is winning the standup battle so far.
That's a knee to de groin and it's over and out! Little crumples to the ground after an illegal strike from Al-Khaldi - the referee stops the clock and Little gets 5 minutes to recover from that one. "I'm sorry" says Al-Khaldi. Little manages to get back to his feet and the fight resumes.
Al-Khaldi throws a body punch but Little moves out of range.
Little steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Al-Khaldi.
Al-Khaldi lands a kick to the ribs of his opponent. Nice work there - in and out in a flash.
Little digs a good body shot into Al-Khaldi's ribs.
Al-Khaldi misses with an attempted mid kick.
Little swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Little thows a leg kick but Al-Khaldi checks it
and Al-Khaldi counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.
Al-Khaldi scoring well with a low kick there.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Al-Khaldi throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Al-Khaldi takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Al-Khaldi connects with a solid leg kick.
Al-Khaldi misses with a left hand
and Little counters with a stiff right hand.
Little takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Little throws a lazy uppercut
and Al-Khaldi counters with an inside leg kick.
Al-Khaldi misses with an attempted mid kick.
Little uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Al-Khaldi.
Al-Khaldi throws a poor cross that misses
and Little counters by clinching up.
Al-Khaldi blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Still in the clinch, Al-Khaldi scores with a nice short uppercut.
Al-Khaldi softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Little throws a head punch that misses.
Al-Khaldi lands a body shot.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Al-Khaldi blocks a punch to the side of the head.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Little misses with a hook to the ribs.
Al-Khaldi lands a nice uppercut.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
Al-Khaldi throws a punch but it's blocked by Little.
A head punch on the inside from Little fails to land.
Al-Khaldi blocking some punches.
Little doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Omar Little seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Little misses with a short punch on the inside.
Al-Khaldi goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Little tries to work over Al-Khaldi's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Little misses with a punch to the body.
A nice left hand lands by Al-Khaldi.
Little digs a right hand underneath Al-Khaldi's ribcage. Al-Khaldi let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Al-Khaldi blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Little lands a hook that snaps the head of Al-Khaldi backwards.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Al-Khaldi.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Al-Khaldi tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Little's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Malik Al-Khaldi dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Malik Al-Khaldi's cut.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action. The crowd applaud as we get ready to start the final round!
Al-Khaldi throws out a loose jab but Little uses good head movement to avoid it.
Little throws a hook but Al-Khaldi blocks it.
Al-Khaldi catches Little with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
Little thuds his shin into the meat of Al-Khaldi's side.
Little looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Sloppy strikes from Little. Those never looked like landing.
Little ducks under a wild hook from Al-Khaldi.
Little's corner calls for a 1-2. Little obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
Al-Khaldi connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Little momentarily.
Al-Khaldi tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Little was well out of range. Poor timing from Al-Khaldi.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Al-Khaldi shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.
Al-Khaldi misses with a body kick.
Little moves forwards but Al-Khaldi connects with a nice, crisp jab.
Little feints and then cracks Al-Khaldi's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Al-Khaldi down.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Little tries a head kick but it misses.
Al-Khaldi looked to counter with a high kick but didn't commit.
Al-Khaldi throws a poor cross that misses
and Little counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
Little with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Al-Khaldi misses with a few strikes there.
Little looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Al-Khaldi chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Little darts in and clinches Al-Khaldi up against the cage.
Al-Khaldi lands a body punch.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
Little takes a shot to the head.
Little lands an uppercut.
Little blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Little swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Little misses with a punch to the body.
Al-Khaldi is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Al-Khaldi throws a punch but it's blocked by Little.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Al-Khaldi fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Little doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Little stalling the fight.
Al-Khaldi blocks a punch to the side of the head.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Al-Khaldi gets through Little's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Little tries to circle away but Al-Khaldi has him pinned against the cage.
Al-Khaldi softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Al-Khaldi avoiding damage as Little throws knees to the body.
Little stalling in the clinch but Al-Khaldi improves position.
Al-Khaldi is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Little is keeping busy.
Little lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Little unloads a knee to the mid-section. Al-Khaldi lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Little tries to land a knee to the head but Al-Khaldi blocks with his arms.
Little trying to land knees to the body.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Little.
Al-Khaldi misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Little tries to work over Al-Khaldi's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Little struggles to land a body shot inside as Al-Khaldi controls his hands.
Al-Khaldi misses with a hook from the clinch.
Al-Khaldi throws a head punch that misses.
Al-Khaldi tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Al-Khaldi is leaning against Little and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Little misses with a short punch on the inside.
Al-Khaldi tries to stall but Little uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Little can't find room to land a body shot as Al-Khaldi controls the action.
Al-Khaldi breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Al-Khaldi scores with a jab to the jaw.
Little avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Al-Khaldi blocks a head kick by Little.
Donk. Little catches Al-Khaldi right on the button with a cross.
Little throws a jab when Al-Khaldi was well out of range.
Decent striking displayed by Little there.
Al-Khaldi throws a nice outside leg kick.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
A big left from Little misses.
Al-Khaldi uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Little.
Al-Khaldi scores with a hook.
Al-Khaldi misses with a head kick.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Al-Khaldi cracks Little with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
Al-Khaldi throws a leg kick that is checked
and Little cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Al-Khaldi scores with a nice body kick.
Al-Khaldi throws a leg kick that misses.
Al-Khaldi misses with an uppercut.
Al-Khaldi throws a head kick but Little moves out of range.
Little tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Al-Khaldi was well out of range. Poor timing from Little.
Al-Khaldi feints and then cracks Little's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Little down.
Al-Khaldi thuds his shin into the meat of Little's side.
And that's the end of the fight!
That was a close round. You could make an argument for either fighter but I would give it to Malik Al-Khaldi.
I think Al-Khaldi 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 Percy O'Donnell scores the fight 28:29
Judge Timothy Bukovac scores the fight 28:29
Judge Frank Antenori scores the fight 29:28
In favor of your winner, by split decision... Omar Little!
Omar Little thanked the fans post fight for their support.
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