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Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Bardia Farrokhzad (ranked 356 p4p, 1167 weight class) and Bernie Sanders (ranked 24 p4p, 66 weight class). Farrokhzad comes to the cage accompanied by Iranian Baloch - This Is A Catch. Sanders has chosen Shooter Gang as his entrance music. Rumors backstage are that the fighters have been paid to keep it standing but we know that would never happen in MMA!
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Good wrestling
Dangerous knees
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the bantamweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 11 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Bardia Farrokhzad!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 12 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Bernie Sanders!
The judges for this bout are Donald Grub, Daniel Bishop and Sam Margolis.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Farrokhzad jabs Sanders to the body, keeping him at a distance.
Sanders avoids the body shot from Farrokhzad.
Farrokhzad sizes up Sanders with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
Farrokhzad swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Sanders ducks under a wild hook from Farrokhzad.
Sanders looks frustrated there after his takedown attempt is stuffed easily.
Sanders darts in trying to clinch
and Farrokhzad counters with a nice uppercut.
Farrokhzad uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Sanders.
Farrokhzad slips under a jab from Sanders.
Sanders rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Farrokhzad moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
The fighters circling - Farrokhzad throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Farrokhzad scores with a jab to the head.
Farrokhzad looks to score with a jab to the body but Sanders is just out of range.
Farrokhzad cracks Sanders with a big right hand that sends him crashing to the floor. Farrokhzad has the opportunity to follow him to the ground but instead he's beckoning Sanders to stand back up!
Sanders is rocked!
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Farrokhzad stuns Sanders with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Sanders is still on wobbly legs! Can Farrokhzad finish him?
Sanders throws a series of punches but Farrokhzad avoids them all with ease.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Sanders gets his takedown attempt stuffed easily
and Farrokhzad counters with a left to the body.
Sanders seems to have recovered his senses.
Sanders wants to clinch.
Sanders tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Farrokhzad manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Sanders with a poor takedown
letting Farrokhzad counter with a right hand.
Bardia Farrokhzad has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Bernie Sanders.
Farrokhzad missing with a left hand there. Sanders was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Farrokhzad lands a big uppercut and Sanders crumbles to the floor! The ref thinks about stopping the fight but Sanders looks OK. Farrokhzad waves Sanders back to his feet!
Farrokhzad scores with a jab to the body.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Sanders tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Sanders avoids the body shot from Farrokhzad.
Farrokhzad walks forward and throws a big overhand right! Sanders drops to the floor like a sack of potatoes! Farrokhzad swarms on him with more punches until the referee wrestles him away from Sanders's unconscious body! Wow, that was brutal!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:49 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Bardia Farrokhzad!
Bardia Farrokhzad retains his bantamweight title!
During a confident post fight interview, Bardia Farrokhzad thanked all his fans. He seemed very genuine when describing how motivated his fans keep him.
The defeated Bernie Sanders had this to say: 'COME ON! FU@#$ ALL JUDGES!!! I WON!'.
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