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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Josiah Dooly (ranked 4487 p4p, 4813 weight class) and Ishaq Al Hamidi (ranked 435 p4p, 451 weight class). Josiah Dooly has a significant reach advantage - let's see if he can make it count.
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183 cm 23 245 0 - 1 - 0 |
Good wrestling Counter fighter Good chin |
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Decent wrestler Basic striking Likes musicals |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division. Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner. With a record of 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Josiah Dooly! And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner. With a record of 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Ishaq Al Hamidi! The judges for this bout are Tarja Halkonen, Ben Zyskovitsi and Johanna Lukiainen.
 The bell rings for round one and we are underway! Al Hamidi fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt. Dooly looks exhausted already! Oh dear, he should have come in in better shape than this! Al Hamidi lands a jab to Dooly's midsection.
Al Hamidi dives in and scores a takedown into Dooly's guard. Al Hamidi showing good wrestling skills to control the position. Dooly definitely looks more muscular than last time we saw him fight. Al Hamidi lands a couple of digs. Al Hamidi pushes down on Dooly's leg and manages to get into half guard. We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up. Al Hamidi is keen to just control but Dooly is a slippery customer. The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. Al Hamidi lands a nice short elbow. Al Hamidi is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.
Al Hamidi is working for a submission of some sort.
 That's one minute gone in the round.
Al Hamidi decides to stand and escape the position. A left lands for Al Hamidi. Dooly takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Al Hamidi closes the distance, clinches up and gets a nice trip takedown into side control. Very smooth. Al Hamidi connects with a decent looking elbow from side control that caused Dooly some visible discomfort.
Dooly on the wrong end of some ground and pound. The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work. Al Hamidi lands a nice forearm strike. Al Hamidi working away diligently from side control. Landing strikes effectively there - that will score him some points on the judges scorecards.
 That's two minutes gone in the round. Al Hamidi working the body and head with strikes. The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Al Hamidi decides to stand back up. Ishaq Al Hamidi seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout. A punch lands to the side of Dooly 's head but he takes it in his stride. Al Hamidi scores with the left hand. Dooly knows he should have avoided that one.
 Dooly is rocked! Al Hamidi lands a nice shot to the body.
Oh Dooly is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Al Hamidi drives through with a really nice takedown into side control. Al Hamidi lands some shots froms side control. Dooly on his back here. We all know that wrestlers don't like being on their back so let's see if Dooly tries to get out of the position.
Al Hamidi decides to stand back up. Al Hamidi walks forward and throws a big overhand right! Dooly drops to the floor like a sack of potatoes! Al Hamidi swarms on him with more punches until the referee wrestles him away from Dooly's unconscious body! Wow, that was brutal!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:52 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Ishaq Al Hamidi!
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energy
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hype
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pop
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mgr
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RATING
51% |
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