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Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Sadiq Hossein (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Testing Inprogress (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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148 lbs
44 - 33 - 6 |
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155 lbs
14 - 9 - 2 |
Good wrestling
World class boxer
Very quick |
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World class boxer
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
44 - 33 - 6, fighting out of New York, Sadiq Hossein!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
14 - 9 - 2, fighting out of New York, Testing Inprogress!
The judges for this bout are Frank Antenori, Don Winkell and .
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Hossein ducks under a wild hook from Inprogress.
Inprogress on the wrong end of a nice hook.
A jab from Inprogress misses.
Hossein on the wrong end of a nice jab.
Jab by Inprogress.
Inprogress throws a hook to the side of Hossein's head but Hossein sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Inprogress checks the leg kick.
Inprogress misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Inprogress connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
Hossein misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Inprogress.
Inprogress scoring well with a low kick there.
Hossein listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Inprogress is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Inprogress avoids the body shot from Hossein.
Inprogress keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Inprogress looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Hossein checks the leg kick nicely there.
Inprogress scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Sadiq Hossein seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Hossein swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Hossein looks to land a combination but Inprogress avoids it well.
Hossein gets caught napping as Inprogress dives in and scores a takedown. Hossein manages to retain guard.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Inprogress content to stall in guard here.
Inprogress trying to control but Hossein is working from the bottom.
Inprogress won't allow Hossein to sweep him here.
Inprogress trying to control the position from guard on top but Hossein is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
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.
Hossein pulls Inprogress in close to prevent any damage.
The referee is pacing around the two fighters - he looks like he's thinking about a standup.
Hossein is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
The referee has motioned to the fighters to stand back up. He just wasn't happy with the level of activity.
Hossein throws a body shot but no joy.
Hossein moves out of range of the leg kick from Inprogress.
Inprogress takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Hossein throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Inprogress feints a counter leg kick.
Inprogress attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
A counter left hand to the body from Hossein misses its target.
Hossein looks to score with a jab to the body but Inprogress is just out of range.
Inprogress throws a leg kick that misses.
Hossein works Inprogress's body with a nice hook.
Inprogress works Hossein's body with a nice hook.
Inprogress is looking to score with low kicks.
Inprogress throws a hook to the side of Hossein's head but Hossein sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Hossein with a body punch. A glancing blow.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hossein rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Inprogress moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Hossein misses the jab.
Hossein ducks under a wild hook from Inprogress.
Hossein lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Inprogress at a distance.
Hossein blocks a jab.
Inprogress throws a right and a left that Hossein avoids nicely.
Inprogress throws a body shot but no joy.
Hossein fails to land with a series of punches.
Hossein throws a left and a right that both miss
and Inprogress counters with a nice uppercut.
Hossein keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Inprogress.
Hossein misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Inprogress.
Hossein blocks a low kick nicely.
Hossein scores with a leg kick.
Hossein throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Nice body punch from Hossein.
Inprogress bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Hossein tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Inprogress was well out of range. Poor timing from Hossein.
Hossein misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Inprogress.
As Hossein backs off Inprogress throws a huge counter combo but Hossein manages to avoid it all.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Inprogress throws a leg kick but Hossein moved away.
Inprogress on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Hossein tried to score with a low kick but Inprogress checks it.
Inprogress is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.
Hossein throws a lazy uppercut
and Inprogress cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Hossein uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Inprogress.
Hossein throws a big counter combination but Inprogress scrambles out of danger and avoids any damage.
A nice inside leg kick there by Inprogress. That's going to slow Hossein down.
Inprogress scores with a push kick.
Inprogress connects with a body shot.
Inprogress lands a kick to the ribs of his opponent. Nice work there - in and out in a flash.
Inprogress connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Inprogress lands with a shot to the body.
Inprogress throws a hook to the side of Hossein's head but Hossein sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Inprogress moves out of range of the strikes.
Hossein is looking to wear down Inprogress with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
Inprogress misses the jab.
Nice body punch from Hossein.
Inprogress lands the left hand.
Hossein dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Inprogress. That did some damage!
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close round but Testing Inprogress will probably get the nod.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!
Inprogress fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Hossein checks it well.
Hossein tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Inprogress was well out of range. Poor timing from Hossein.
Inprogress lands with a thumping leg kick.
Inprogress throws a low kick but Hossein moves out of range easily.
Inprogress throws a leg kick which misses Hossein's front leg but catches the back leg as Hossein tries to avoid it.
Hossein throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Inprogress.
Hossein takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Hossein ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Inprogress moves away.
Donk. Inprogress catches Hossein right on the button with a cross.
Hossein ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Hossein looks to land a left hand but Inprogress moved out of range nicely.
Inprogress swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Inprogress is using his reach advantage to land shots from outside his opponent's range.
Nice body punch from Hossein.
Hossein throws a one two combo.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Hossein throws a jab but it's blocked by Inprogress.
Inprogress throws a hook to the side of Hossein's head but Hossein sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
A looping hook to the body misses from Hossein. Inprogress does a little dance to reset his feet.
Inprogress misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
A swing and a miss from Inprogress.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Inprogress tests Hossein's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Inprogress misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Inprogress buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Inprogress swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Hossein ducks under a wild hook from Inprogress.
Hossein scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Sadiq Hossein is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
A shot to the body from Inprogress misses
and Hossein cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Hossein throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Hossein throws a body kick that sends a sickening thudding noise reverberating around the arena.
Hossein lands a nice looking body shot.
Hossein lands a nice hook to Inprogress's body. Inprogress takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Hossein is looking to slow Inprogress down with leg kicks.
Inprogress lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Hossein circles away quickly and effectively.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Hossein throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Hossein takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Inprogress scoring well with a low kick there.
Hossein misses with a two punch combination.
Inprogress lands with a right hand.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hossein tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Inprogress was well out of range. Poor timing from Hossein.
Hossein throws a body shot but no joy.
Hossein scores with the left hand. Inprogress knows he should have avoided that one.
Inprogress dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Hossein misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Inprogress.
Inprogress 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.
Hossein scores with a jab to the head.
A shot to the liver by Hossein. Beautiful body shot.
Hossein shuffles to his left behind two crisp jabs. Inprogress eats them both and turns towards Hossein to reposition himself and eats a stinging right hand-left hook combo.
Inprogress lands a high kick!
Hossein swings for the body but Inprogress moves out of range.
Hossein gets cracked there but stands up to it.
Hossein keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
Inprogress scores with a jab. Hossein acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
Hossein throws a body punch but Inprogress moves out of range.
Hossein ducks under a wild hook from Inprogress.
Hossein just misses with a punch to the body.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Inprogress throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Hossein swung with a counter punch to the body but it didn't connect.
Inprogress throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Hossein swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Hossein throws a series of punches but Inprogress avoids them all with ease.
Hossein swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Hossein looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Inprogress is loading up here, looking for a big counter of his own.
Hossein tries to land a front kick but Inprogress steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Inprogress.
Hossein misses with a telegraphed body shot
letting Inprogress counter with a right hand.
Sadiq Hossein is winning the standup battle so far.
Hossein misses the shot to the body.
Inprogress keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Hossein throws a wild body kick that Inprogress sees coming a mile off.
Hossein thuds his right hand into Inprogress's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.
Hossein with a hook.
Hossein moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Inprogress throws a quick inside leg kick.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Hossein throws a predictable looking body shot
and Inprogress counters with a stiff right hand.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Inprogress throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.
Hossein throws a body punch but Inprogress moves out of range.
Inprogress throws out a counter right but Hossein avoids it with no problem.
Inprogress throws a front kick aimed at Hossein's knee but Hossein avoids it well.
Hossein swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Hossein rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Inprogress moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Hossein misses with a wild body shot.
Hossein swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Inprogress shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says Hossein as he avoids it easily.
Hossein misses the shot to the body.
Inprogress lands with a thumping leg kick.
Hossein keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.
Hossein ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Hossein is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Inprogress moves out of range of the leg kick from Hossein.
As Hossein backs off Inprogress throws a huge counter combo but Hossein manages to avoid it all.
Hossein displaying good standup as he scores with a three punch combination.
Inprogress scoring well with a low kick there.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Sadiq Hossein dominated that second round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action! This is the final round!
Hossein with a hook.
Hossein looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Inprogress throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Hossein throws a body punch but Inprogress moves out of range.
Inprogress takes one to the chin there.
Inprogress lands a head shot.
Hossein throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Hossein comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Inprogress slips a jab and a cross from Hossein.
Hossein throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Hossein throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Some bone on bone action there as Hossein checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Hossein misses with a body shot.
Hossein avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
A swing and a miss from Inprogress.
Inprogress cracks Hossein with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
Inprogress throws a leg kick but Hossein sees it coming and checks it nicely.
Hossein misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Inprogress.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Inprogress throws a quick head kick that skims the top of Hossein's head.
Hossein ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Inprogress moves away.
Inprogress keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Inprogress takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Inprogress uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Hossein has time to react.
Inprogress takes a shot to the body in his stride.
The fighters circle momentarily. Inprogress darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.
Hossein scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
Hossein tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Inprogress was well out of range. Poor timing from Hossein.
Hossein throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Hossein just misses with a punch to the body.
Inprogress keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Hossein avoids the head kick by Inprogress.
A looping hook to the body misses from Hossein. Inprogress does a little dance to reset his feet.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Inprogress, right into the meat.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Hossein keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Inprogress.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hossein throws a body punch but Inprogress moves out of range.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Inprogress, right into the meat.
Inprogress lands the left hand.
Hossein is looking to score with low kicks.
Hossein pulls out of a head kick attempt.
A jab from Inprogress misses.
Inprogress throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
Hossein swings for the body but Inprogress moves out of range.
Inprogress lands with a nice body punch.
Hossein throws a lazy uppercut
and Inprogress counters with a stiff right hand.
Hossein throws a right and a left that both miss.
Inprogress moves forwards but Hossein connects with a nice, crisp jab.
Hossein ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Inprogress moves away.
Hossein just misses with a punch to the body.
Inprogress throws a head kick that connects with a bit of head and a bit of hand.
Hossein swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Inprogress swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Hossein tries to bum rush Inprogress with a series of wild strikes but Inprogress uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Inprogress thows a left - swing and a miss!
Hossein lands with a thumping leg kick.
Inprogress throws a looping overhand right but Hossein ducks down to avoid it.
Inprogress uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Hossein.
Hossein throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Hossein misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Inprogress.
Hossein throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Inprogress lets loose with a powerful body kick. Hossein will feel that in the morning.
Hossein tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Inprogress was well out of range. Poor timing from Hossein.
Hossein dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Hossein misses with a body shot.
Hossein scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Inprogress doesn't seem bothered though.
Hossein misses with a jab, cross combination.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Hossein tries to check a leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Hossein blocks a leg kick.
Hossein blocks a jab.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Inprogress fails to land with a series of punches.
Hossein misses with a shot to the body
and Inprogress counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Inprogress misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Hossein fails to land with a series of punches.
Hossein throws a jab but it's blocked by Inprogress.
Hossein lands a right hook to the body.
Hossein moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
Hossein blocks a jab.
A quick step to the side and Hossein tries to counter with a shot to the body but it doesn't connect.
No luck for Inprogress with that takedown attempt.
Hossein swung with a counter punch to the body but it didn't connect.
A jab from Hossein does it's job there.
Inprogress throws a head kick but Hossein moves out of range.
Hossein blocks the body kick.
Donk. Inprogress catches Hossein right on the button with a cross.
Hossein looks to score with a jab to the body but Inprogress is just out of range.
Inprogress looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Hossein steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Inprogress.
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 Sadiq Hossein.
I think Hossein 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 Frank Antenori scores the fight 29:28
Judge Don Winkell scores the fight 29:28
Judge Percy O'Donnell scores the fight 28:29
In favor of your winner, by split decision... Sadiq Hossein!
Sadiq Hossein decided to thank the fans in attendance for making a great atmosphere. It seemed to go down pretty well.
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