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Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Kieran Busk (ranked 565 p4p, 71 weight class) and Isaish Rashad (ranked 1552 p4p, 184 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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154 lbs
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163 lbs
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BJJ White Belt
Excellent MT
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BJJ White Belt
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, for the lightweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
7 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Kieran Busk!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
9 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Isaish Rashad !
The judges for this bout are Aafke Stam, Radbod Blank and Wagner Zegers.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Rashad moves away from the strike by Busk.
Busk throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Busk takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
Rashad fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Rashad misses with a two punch combination.
Busk clinches up with Rashad and pushes him back against the cage.
Rashad stalling.
Busk misses with a hook from the clinch.
Rashad has a couple of punches blocked by Busk.
A hook to the body from Busk.
Busk takes a shot to the head.
Rashad misses with a punch to the body.
Busk can't find room to land a body shot as Rashad controls the action.
Rashad manages to get underhooks and slows down the pace for a moment.
Rashad goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Busk tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Rashad content to slow the pace in the clinch.
That's one minute gone in the round.
A short left from Busk.
Rashad misses with a short punch on the inside.
Rashad misses with a short punch on the inside.
Busk tries to work over Rashad 's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Busk misses with a body punch.
The two fighters are working to gain dominance in the clinch.
Rashad blocking some punches.
Busk blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Rashad scores with a shoulder strike.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Busk.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Busk.
Rashad lands with a right to the head.
Rashad is trying to stall.
Rashad fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Busk pushes Rashad back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
A head punch on the inside from Busk fails to land.
Rashad has been looking to improve his clinch game in recent weeks. Busk seems to have the measure of him in the clinch so far, so let's see if Rashad can turn it around.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Busk.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Busk working aggressively here.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Busk lands a hook to the side of the head.
Rashad lands a hook that snaps the head of Busk backwards.
Busk throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Rashad s head.
Busk tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Rashad 's elbow.
Busk misses with a hook from the clinch.
Busk misses with a short punch on the inside.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Rashad .
Rashad throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Busks head.
Busk struggles to land a body shot inside as Rashad controls his hands.
A nice left hand lands by Rashad .
Rashad working aggressively here.
A left hand lands to the body for Busk.
Busk can't find room to land a body shot as Rashad controls the action.
Rashad lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Busk backwards.
Busk throws a head punch that misses.
Busk definitely looks more muscular than last time we saw him fight.
Busk misses with a hook to the ribs.
A right hand to the body from Busk.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Rashad lands a shot to the body.
Busk misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Busk tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Busk tries a body shot but Rashad blocks it.
Busk lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Rashad is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
Rashad lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Busk or not.
Rashad is trying to maintain a safe position but Busk gets an underhook and turns Rashad into the cage.
Busk tries a body shot but Rashad blocks it.
Nice body punch from Rashad .
A quick uppercut on the inside from Busk.
Busk misses with a punch to the body.
A short uppercut from Busk.
Busk can't find room to land a body shot as Rashad controls the action.
Rashad blocks an uppercut.
Rashad misses with a hook from the clinch.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Rashad lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Busk doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Rashad tries to stall but Busk uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Rashad .
Rashad is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Rashad .
Busk tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Rashad 's elbow.
A short right from Busk on the inside.
A head punch on the inside from Busk fails to land.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Busk misses with a hook from the clinch.
Rashad 's corner are urging him to control the action in the clinch for a moment, rather than mount any serious offense. I'm sure the crowd appreciate those instructions... not.
Busk tries to throw a body punch but Rashad avoids it by throwing Busk back against the cage.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Busk.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Rashad wants to stall.
Rashad tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
That's five minutes gone in the round.
A head punch on the inside from Rashad fails to land.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Busk as Rashad tries to tie him up.
Busk scores with a shoulder strike.
Rashad blocks a body shot from Busk.
Rashad misses with the head strike.
Rashad blocks a punch to the side of the head.
A nice right hand lands inside from Busk.
Busk lands a right hand.
A shot in the inside from Rashad .
A head punch blocked on the inside by Rashad .
Busk has a couple of punches blocked by Rashad .
Rashad misses with a hook from the clinch.
Rashad prevents a body shot from Busk.
Busk misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Rashad throws a punch but it's blocked by Busk.
That's six minutes gone in the round.
Busk misses with some punches.
Busk lands a left hand that snaps the head of Rashad backwards.
Busk blocks a body shot from Rashad .
Rashad scores with an uppercut up the middle.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Busk misses with a body punch.
Rashad throws a punch but it's blocked by Busk.
Rashad struggles to land a body shot inside as Busk controls his hands.
Busk misses with a short punch on the inside.
Rashad blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Busk misses with a hook from the clinch.
Rashad can't find room to land a body shot as Busk controls the action.
A short uppercut from Busk.
A head punch on the inside from Rashad fails to land.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Busk.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Busk as Rashad tries to tie him up.
Rashad tries to work over Busk's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Busk lands with a short punch from the clinch.
That's seven minutes gone in the round.
Busk working aggressively here.
Busk misses with a hook to the ribs.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Busk.
Busk is leaning against Rashad and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Busk makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Rashad tries to stall but Busk uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Busk lands a shot to the body.
Busk goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Busk lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Busk doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Busk struggles to land a body shot inside as Rashad controls his hands.
Busk can't find room to land a body shot as Rashad controls the action.
Busk misses with some punches.
Busk swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Rashad misses with a hook to the ribs.
Busk scores with a shot to the side of Rashad 's head.
A head punch on the inside from Busk fails to land.
That's eight minutes gone in the round.
A nice right hand lands inside from Busk.
Rashad swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Busk blocking some punches.
Busk misses with a short punch on the inside.
Busk tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Rashad 's elbow.
Rashad lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Busk backwards.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Rashad doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Busk throws a head punch that misses.
Busk lands a hook that snaps the head of Rashad backwards.
Rashad looking to stall.
Busk doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Busk lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Rashad backwards.
Busk fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Rashad working aggressively here.
Rashad lands a left hand.
A right hand to the body from Rashad .
That's nine minutes gone in the round.
Rashad is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
Rashad tries to work over Busk's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Rashad lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Busk backwards.
Busk tries a body shot but Rashad blocks it.
Busk lands with a right to the head.
Busk gets through Rashad 's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Rashad blocks an uppercut.
Busk working aggressively here.
Rashad swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Rashad trying to control the position but instead, Busk has worked for underhooks and has pushed Rashad into the cage.
Busk takes a shot to the head.
Busk tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Rashad scores with a shot to the side of Busk's head.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Rashad .
Busk struggles to land a body shot inside as Rashad controls his hands.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Kieran Busk dominated that round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!
Busk darts in and clinches Rashad up against the cage.
Rashad throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Busks head.
Rashad is looking to control Busk's arms but Busk gets an underhook and turns him. Now Rashad has his back to the cage.
Busk misses with a hook from the clinch.
The pace really dropping off here, momentarily.
Rashad lands a shot to the body.
Busk is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Rashad can do to turn this around?
Busk throws a head punch that misses.
Busk lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Rashad backwards.
Busk misses with a short punch on the inside.
Busk lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Rashad .
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Rashad 's corner are urging him to control the action in the clinch for a moment, rather than mount any serious offense. I'm sure the crowd appreciate those instructions... not.
Stalling in the clinch from Rashad .
Busk lands a body punch in the clinch.
Busk working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Busk misses with the head strike.
Busk lands with a short shot to the head.
Busk misses with some punches.
Busk lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Busk lands a body shot.
Busk blocks an uppercut.
Busk swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Busk is working Rashad over against the cage.
Busk digs a right hand into Rashad 's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Rashad 's gas tank.
Rashad is breathing heavily.
Busk misses with a hook from the clinch.
Rashad misses with a hook to the ribs.
A head punch on the inside from Busk fails to land.
Busk cracks Rashad with a nice body shot.
Busk softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Busk scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Busk misses with a punch to the body.
A short body shot lands from Rashad as the two fighters clinch.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Busk lands a right hand that snaps the head of Rashad backwards.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Busk softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Busk misses with a body punch.
Busk scores with a shoulder strike.
A nice right hand lands inside from Busk.
Busk scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Rashad is rocked!
Busk lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Rashad is still on wobbly legs! Can Busk finish him?
Busk misses with a short punch on the inside.
Busk misses with some punches.
A nice right hand lands inside from Busk.
A head punch on the inside from Rashad fails to land.
Busk lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Rashad stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Busk.
Busk can't find room to land a body shot as Rashad controls the action.
Rashad scores with a hook to the body.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Busk swings wildly with an uppercut but Rashad uses good head movement to avoid it.
Rashad fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
A head punch on the inside from Busk fails to land.
Rashad seems to have recovered his senses.
Busk can't find room to land a body shot as Rashad controls the action.
Rashad lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Rashad misses with the head strike.
A short right from Busk.
Busk scores with a nice hook to the head.
A head punch on the inside from Busk fails to land.
Busk works on Rashad 's body with a couple of short punches.
Busk misses with a short punch on the inside.
Busk lands a nice uppercut.
Busk misses with a body punch.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Busk.
Rashad tries a body shot but Busk blocks it.
Busk misses with the head strike.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Come on Rashad - let's have some action - none of this stalling nonsense.
Busk can't find room to land a body shot as Rashad controls the action.
Busk tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Rashad 's elbow.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Busk.
Busk lands with a right to the head.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Rashad tries to work over Busk's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Busk has a couple of punches blocked by Rashad .
Busk lands a nice uppercut.
A left hand lands to the body for Busk.
A nice right hand lands inside from Busk.
Busk misses with a body punch.
Rashad lands with a right to the head.
Busk throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Rashad s head.
Rashad stalling in the clinch but Busk improves position.
Busk doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
That's five minutes gone in the round.
Busk working aggressively here.
Busk scores with a shoulder strike.
Busk tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Busk pushes Rashad back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Busk has a couple of punches blocked by Rashad .
Busk struggles to land a body shot inside as Rashad controls his hands.
Busk tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Rashad blocks a body shot from Busk.
Rashad 's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
A head punch on the inside from Busk fails to land.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Busk.
Busk misses with a body punch.
Rashad 's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Busk throws a head punch that misses.
Busk misses with a hook from the clinch.
Busk misses with a punch on the inside.
Rashad looking to slow down the pace here.
That's six minutes gone in the round.
Rashad stalling in the clinch.
Rashad swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Rashad blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Rashad lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Busk lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Rashad or not.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Busk.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Rashad misses with some punches.
Rashad lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Busk or not.
Rashad tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Busk working aggressively here.
Rashad misses with a hook from the clinch.
Rashad tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Busk's elbow.
Busk lands a left hand.
Nice body punch from Busk.
Rashad blocks a punch to the side of the head.
That's seven minutes gone in the round.
Busk doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Busk misses with some punches.
Busk fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Rashad can't find room to land a body shot as Busk controls the action.
A head punch on the inside from Busk fails to land.
Rashad blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Busk working aggressively here.
Busk lands a nice shot to the body.
Rashad tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Busk lands a body punch.
Busk throws a head punch that misses.
Rashad lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Rashad misses with some punches.
A hook to the body from Busk.
Kieran Busk has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Rashad is trying to stall.
Busk throws a punch but it's blocked by Rashad .
That's eight minutes gone in the round.
Busk lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Busk can't find room to land a body shot as Rashad controls the action.
Busk blocks an uppercut.
Busk lands a body punch in the clinch.
Rashad misses with a hook to the ribs.
Rashad working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Busk swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Busk lands a nice uppercut.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
A shot in the inside from Busk.
Busk prevents a body shot from Rashad .
Busk works on Rashad 's body with a couple of short punches.
Busk misses with a short punch on the inside.
Rashad can't find room to land a body shot as Busk controls the action.
Busk goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Busk lands a shoulder strike.
That's nine minutes gone in the round.
Busk blocks an uppercut.
Busk scores with a shoulder strike.
Rashad misses with the head strike.
Rashad lands a hook to the side of the head.
Busk tries a body shot but Rashad blocks it.
Rashad misses with a punch on the inside.
Busk tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Busk goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Busk misses with a punch on the inside.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Busk.
Busk swings wildly with an uppercut but Rashad uses good head movement to avoid it.
Rashad struggles to land a body shot inside as Busk controls his hands.
Busk lands a right hand.
Busk tries to throw a body punch but Rashad avoids it by throwing Busk back against the cage.
Busk lands with a short punch from the clinch.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Kieran Busk dominated that second round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin! And we move into the final round!
Rashad avoids the body shot from Busk.
Busk drives through and clinches with Rashad against the cage.
Still in the clinch, Rashad scores with a nice short uppercut.
Busk scores with a shoulder strike.
Busk goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Busk blocking some punches.
Rashad throws a punch but it's blocked by Busk.
Rashad blocks an uppercut.
A head punch on the inside from Busk fails to land.
Rashad doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Busk working aggressively here.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Still in the clinch, Busk scores with a nice short uppercut.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Busk.
Nice body punch from Rashad - that landed with a thud.
Busk misses with a punch to the body.
Busk can't find room to land a body shot as Rashad controls the action.
Busk misses with a shot to the kidneys.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Busk swings wildly with an uppercut but Rashad uses good head movement to avoid it.
Rashad misses with some punches.
Busk tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Rashad 's elbow.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Busk.
Busk swings wildly with an uppercut but Rashad uses good head movement to avoid it.
Busk misses with some punches.
Busk lands a hook that snaps the head of Rashad backwards.
Busk fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Rashad tries to work over Busk's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Busk lands a right hand that snaps the head of Rashad backwards.
Rashad lands on the inside with an uppercut.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
Rashad blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
A short uppercut from Rashad .
Rashad is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Busk pushes Rashad back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Busk misses with some punches.
Busk blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
A hook to the body from Busk.
Busk has a couple of punches blocked by Rashad .
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Rashad blocking some punches.
Rashad trying to control the position but instead, Busk has worked for underhooks and has pushed Rashad into the cage.
Rashad throws a head punch that misses.
Busk cracks Rashad with a nice body shot.
Rashad takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Busk blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Busk lands a hook that snaps the head of Rashad backwards.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Busk lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Rashad .
A short right from Busk on the inside.
Busk lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Rashad or not.
Busk lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Busk lands a body punch.
Busk lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Busk lands with a short shot to the head.
Busk swings wildly with an uppercut but Rashad uses good head movement to avoid it.
Rashad is trying to stall.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Busk.
Busk lands a left hand.
Busk misses with a punch to the body.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Rashad .
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Rashad fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Busk tries to work over Rashad 's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Busk lands a body punch.
Rashad throws a head punch that misses.
Busk lands with a short head shot on the inside.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Rashad blocks a body shot from Busk.
Busk misses with a short punch on the inside.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Busk.
A left hand lands to the body for Busk.
Busk misses with some punches.
Busk misses with a body punch.
Rashad tries to stall but Busk uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Busk lands a right hand.
Busk misses with a body punch.
Rashad working aggressively here.
Busk dips a shoulder and cracks Rashad with a mighty uppercut! Rashad falls back against the cage and Busk unloads with a barrage of strikes! Rashad 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 - Busk screams abuse at the incompetent official before going over to celebrate with his corner. Brutal stuff!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 5:57 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Kieran Busk!
Kieran Busk retains his lightweight title!
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