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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Erick Darko (ranked 609 p4p, 90 weight class) and Khalid Mamedov (ranked 651 p4p, 94 weight class). Chooooooooon! I think Darko might be my favorite fighter, now he's come out to S.C.O.S.A - Flatbush Zombies. The crowd seem to be enjoying Mamedov's choice of entrance music: Shamhan Daldaev - Eto Kavkaz. I'm sure you'll be fascinated to know that I was talking to some pointless Z list celebrity before the fight and he thought that Khalid Mamedov was going to win. Let's see if he was right.
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
15 - 8 - 1, fighting out of London, Erick Darko!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
13 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Khalid Mamedov!
The judges for this bout are Franklyn Lucas, Jorge Garcia and Bruno Lombardi.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Mamedov ducks under a wild hook from Darko.
Darko keeps the fight on the outside.
A little feinted left hand from Darko on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
Mamedov changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Darko moves into range and connects with a jab.
Darko definitely looks more muscular than last time we saw him fight.
Darko uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Mamedov.
Mamedov moves out of range of the strikes.
Mamedov misses with a hook. Darko ducked under it nicely.
Darko tries to clinch there but Mamedov circles away.
Darko tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Mamedov paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Darko moves forwards but Mamedov connects with a nice, crisp jab.
Darko jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Darko throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Mamedov looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights.
Nice uppercut there from Mamedov.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Darko throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Darko misses with a series of wild punches.
Mamedov fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Darko missing with a left hand there. Mamedov was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Mamedov blocks a jab.
Mamedov steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Darko.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Mamedov lands with a straight right. Darko didn't see that one coming.
Mamedov misses with a looping left.
An attempted straight right counter from Darko misses the target.
Darko slips a straight right by Mamedov.
A big right from Mamedov misses.
Mamedov misses with a few strikes there.
Darko misses with a looping left.
Mamedov scores with a decent looking hook.
A telegraphed right hand from Mamedov misses the target.
Darko fails in his attempt to clinch.
Mamedov looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Nice uppercut there from Darko.
Darko lets the fists fly and connects with a left straight followed by a right hook.
Mamedov swings for the body but Darko moves out of range.
Mamedov displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Darko throws out the jab.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Mamedov throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Darko counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Mamedov throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Mamedov throws the left hand but Darko avoids the punch easily.
Darko avoids the body shot from Mamedov.
Mamedov showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Darko.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Mamedov scores with a jab to the jaw.
Darko throws a body shot but no joy.
Mamedov looks to land a left hand but Darko moved out of range nicely.
Darko thows a left - swing and a miss!
A little jabbing left from Mamedov on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Mamedov scores with a jab. Darko acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
Mamedov takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Mamedov throws an overhand right that lands on Darko's shoulder, as Darko tries to avoid the shot.
Mamedov misses with a hook.
A counter left hand to the body from Darko misses its target.
Mamedov staying out of range there.
Darko lands with a shot to the body.
Mamedov misses with a hook.
Darko fails in his attempt to clinch.
Mamedov looks to land a right hand but Darko moved out of range.
Darko looks to land a left hand but Mamedov moved out of range nicely.
Darko misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Mamedov.
Darko throws a shot from downtown. Mamedov moves away and avoids it.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Mamedov fails in his attempt to clinch.
Mamedov stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
Mamedov throws the left hand but Darko avoids the punch easily.
Mamedov blocks a jab.
Nice shot lands for Darko.
Darko fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Mamedov manages to avoid it.
Darko moves in looking to clinch but Mamedov pushes him off.
Darko avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Darko connects with a nice looking jab.
Darko staying out of range there.
Mamedov throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Mamedov throws a jab but it's blocked by Darko.
Darko misses with a right hand
and Mamedov counters with a straight right hand.
Nice shot by Mamedov.
Darko throws a shot from downtown. Mamedov moves away and avoids it.
Mamedov is landing a lot of head punches in this opening round! Darko had better start moving his head a bit unless he wants his face to turn into pâté.
Darko moves out of range of the strikes.
Darko misses with a straight right.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Mamedov thows a left - swing and a miss!
A swing and a miss from Darko.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Mamedov throws out a loose jab but Darko uses good head movement to avoid it.
Darko throws out a loose jab but Mamedov uses good head movement to avoid it.
Mamedov throws a hook to the side of Darko's head but Darko sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Mamedov will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Darko ducks under a wild hook from Mamedov.
Mamedov throws a hook to the side of Darko's head but Darko sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Mamedov uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Darko.
Darko avoids the body shot from Mamedov.
Darko looks to throw the jab but Mamedov is out of range.
Mamedov lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Darko circles away quickly and effectively.
Darko digs a good body shot into Mamedov's ribs.
Darko defending well as Mamedov loads up on a big left hand.
It looked like Darko wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
Darko misses with an uppercut.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
A telegraphed right hand from Mamedov misses the target.
Darko swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
The fighters circling - Mamedov throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Mamedov throws a hook but Darko avoids it easily.
Darko appears to be looking for a big counter.
Mamedov lands with a nice combination. Darko backs away looking to recover.
Mamedov throws a right and a left that Darko avoids nicely.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Khalid Mamedov dominated that round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.
Mamedov comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Darko drops his hands momentarily and Mamedov takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
Mamedov takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Darko is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Mamedov looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Mamedov has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Mamedov steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Darko.
Mamedov takes a swing at Darko's ribcage but misses.
Mamedov uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Darko.
Mamedov slips under a jab from Darko.
Mamedov throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Darko with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Mamedov to score with a decent uppercut.
Darko looks to land a left hand but Mamedov moved out of range nicely.
Mamedov 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.
Darko scores with a nice right hand.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Mamedov slips a straight right by Darko.
Mamedov moves into range and clinches up with Darko.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Darko.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
A body shot lands from Darko.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Darko.
A short uppercut from Mamedov.
Darko goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
That's one minute gone in the round.
A frustrated look appears on Mamedov's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Darko tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
A shot in the inside from Darko.
Mamedov prevents a body shot from Darko.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Mamedov.
Darko softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
A body shot lands from Mamedov.
Darko breaks the clinch.
Mamedov swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Darko.
Mamedov swats away the attempt to clinch by Darko.
A big right from Mamedov misses.
Darko connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Mamedov momentarily.
Darko throws a lazy right hand but Mamedov sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Darko throws a jab when Mamedov was well out of range.
Mamedov throws out a counter right but Darko avoids it with no problem.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Darko throws out a loose jab but Mamedov uses good head movement to avoid it.
Mamedov stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
Mamedov waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Darko.
Nice defenses there by Darko.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Mamedov lands a glancing blow to the side of Darko's 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!
Mamedov misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Darko.
Darko throwing a counter right hand but Mamedov manages to avoid it.
Mamedov throws a big shot that misses.
Darko throws a jab when Mamedov was well out of range.
Mamedov takes a swing at Darko's ribcage but misses.
Darko scores with the left hand. Mamedov knows he should have avoided that one.
Darko ducks under a wild hook from Mamedov.
Darko misses with a wild body shot.
Mamedov takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
Darko misses with a looping right.
Darko showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Mamedov.
Mamedov uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Darko.
Mamedov takes a swing at Darko's ribcage but misses.
A swing and a miss from Darko.
Mamedov misses with a body shot.
Mamedov takes one to the side of the head.
The fight stays on the outside here - Darko looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Darko tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Mamedov paws at him with a jab and circles away.
The fighters circling - Mamedov throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Mamedov misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Darko.
Mamedov scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Mamedov slips under a jab from Darko.
Darko misses the shot to the body.
Mamedov connects with a looping right hand.
Darko uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Mamedov.
Darko misses with a two punch combination.
Darko looks to score with a jab to the body but Mamedov is just out of range.
Mamedov stalks Darko and leaps in with a furious combination of punches. Uppercuts and crosses smash into Darko's face. Darko staggers backwards, shaken.
Darko moves away from the strike by Mamedov.
Mamedov wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Mamedov tests Darko's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Darko misses with a hook. Mamedov ducked under it nicely.
Khalid Mamedov seems to be getting the better of the standup.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Nice shot lands for Mamedov.
Mamedov tries to clinch
and Darko counters with a straight right hand.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Mamedov tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Darko paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Darko tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Mamedov throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Darko was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
Darko throws a left and a right that both miss
and Mamedov counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Darko throws out a loose jab but Mamedov uses good head movement to avoid it.
Darko misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
A left and a right from Darko both land. Nice combination.
Darko pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Darko misses with a hook
and Mamedov counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Mamedov scores with a decent looking hook.
Darko pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Darko looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
Darko paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
Darko looks to land a left hand but Mamedov moved out of range nicely.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Mamedov misses with a hook
and Darko cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Darko misses with a looping right.
A telegraphed right hand from Mamedov misses the target.
Darko was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
Darko lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
Mamedov throws an overhand right that lands on Darko's shoulder, as Darko tries to avoid the shot.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close second round but Khalid Mamedov 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!
Darko misses with a looping left.
Mamedov defending well as Darko loads up on a big left hand.
Darko throws a jab but it's blocked by Mamedov.
Mamedov lets it all go there with a big combo counter but none of the punches connected.
Darko throws a body punch but Mamedov moves out of range.
Darko bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Mamedov's head.
A big right from Darko misses.
Mamedov moves into range and connects with a jab.
Mamedov cracks Darko with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
Darko ducks under a wild hook from Mamedov.
Darko moves out of range as Mamedov strikes.
Darko darts in and clinches Mamedov up against the cage.
Darko blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Mamedov is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Mamedov tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Darko's elbow.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Darko.
Mamedov blocks a body shot from Darko.
Mamedov lands a left hand that snaps the head of Darko backwards.
Mamedov blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Mamedov swings wildly with an uppercut but Darko uses good head movement to avoid it.
Darko working some nice short punches in the clinch.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Darko swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Darko doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Mamedov misses with some punches.
Darko tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Darko tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Mamedov breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Darko with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Darko takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
Mamedov lands with an uppercut that bounces Darko off the cage and back into range.
Mamedov takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
Mamedov ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Mamedov looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Mamedov punishes Darko's body with a nice straight punch.
Darko displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Mamedov throws out the jab.
A left and a right from Mamedov both land. Nice combination.
Darko closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Darko scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Darko jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Erick Darko has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Mamedov scores with a jab to the body.
Mamedov is looking to clinch.
Darko lands with a cross.
Darko moves out of range of the strikes.
Mamedov looks to land a combination. Darko sees it coming but can only parry a couple of the shots.
Mamedov throws a jab but it's blocked by Darko.
Darko keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Mamedov misses with a body shot.
Mamedov slips a straight right by Darko.
Mamedov blocks a jab.
Darko thows a left - swing and a miss!
Darko throws a jab but it's blocked by Mamedov.
Mamedov misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Mamedov blocks a jab.
Darko tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Mamedov paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Darko misses with a hook.
Mamedov lands a jab to the nose.
Darko lunges at Mamedov with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Mamedov's hand.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Mamedov avoids the body shot from Darko.
Mamedov is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
Mamedov scores with a jab to the body.
The fighters circling - Darko throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Darko misses with a straight right.
Darko throws a right hand that misses
letting Mamedov counter with a right hand.
Mamedov misses with a hook. Darko ducked under it nicely.
Mamedov avoids a punch combination nicely.
Darko ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Mamedov moves away.
Mamedov bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Darko misses with a looping left.
Mamedov forces Darko back against the cage and clinches.
Khalid Mamedov is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.
Mamedov lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Darko backwards.
Darko misses with a hook to the ribs.
Mamedov lands a hook that snaps the head of Darko backwards.
A short body shot lands from Darko as the two fighters clinch.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Darko tries to break free but Mamedov pushes him back against the cage.
Darko misses with the head strike.
Darko pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
A nice combination there by Mamedov.
Darko is on the wrong end of a nice combination from Mamedov.
Darko wants to clinch up but Mamedov keeps it at a distance.
Darko with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Mamedov to score with a decent uppercut.
Mamedov takes one on the button.
The fighters circle momentarily. Mamedov darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.
Darko throws a hook but Mamedov blocks it.
Mamedov scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Darko doesn't seem bothered though.
Darko tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Mamedov was well out of range. Poor timing from Darko.
Mamedov displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Darko throws out the jab.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Darko loads up on a big right hand but Mamedov slips the punch.
Mamedov misses the shot to the body.
Mamedov moves out of range as Darko strikes.
Darko throws a jab but it's blocked by Mamedov.
And that's the end of the fight!
Khalid Mamedov comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I've got Mamedov 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 Franklyn Lucas scores the fight 28:29
Judge Jorge Garcia scores the fight 27:30
Judge Bruno Lombardi scores the fight 28:30
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Khalid Mamedov!
A less than humble Khalid Mamedov misjudged his post fight interview somewhat and came across a little too arrogant whilst trying to hype up his own abilities.
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