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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Alexander Khalifman (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jan David (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Chooooooooon! I think Khalifman might be my favorite fighter, now he's come out to Ringo Mogire Beam! (ZSZS OVA2 Ver.). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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Excellent boxer
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the welterweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
13 - 0 - 1, fighting out of Las Vegas, Alexander Khalifman!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
9 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Jan David!
The judges for this bout are Tiny Johnson, Cecil Peabody and Daniel Franklin.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Khalifman.
David closes the distance and clinches up, looking for a takedown. He shifts his weight and gets a nice trip into half guard.
David wants to free his trapped foot but Khalifman is holding on for dear life with his legs.
David throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
David is working for submissions here but there's nothing on.
David prevents Khalifman from improving his position.
David has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Khalifman flails away from the bottom but he's not doing any damage.
David is trying to control. Khalifman wants to improve his position but can't escape this time.
David blocks the strikes from Khalifman.
David is looking for a kimura but he's never going to get it from there.
The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Khalifman ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Khalifman throws a quick inside leg kick.
David thows a body shot but no joy.
That's one minute gone in the round.
David just misses with a punch to the body.
Khalifman connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Khalifman closes the distance, clinches up and gets a nice trip takedown into side control. Very smooth.
David looks gassed!
Khalifman controls the position.
David tries to work a leg under to get back to half guard but Khalifman wriggles his own leg back out and remains in side control.
Khalifman is looking to take a break and control but David is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
David tries to improve position but can't.
Khalifman is looking to take a break and control but David is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
David can't do much from the bottom here.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Khalifman content to control the pace. The referee will try and keep them active though.
It looks like we're going to have a standup here. Neither fighter is doing enough on the ground.
David is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Khalifman.
David fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Khalifman manages to avoid it.
A looping hook to the body misses from David. Khalifman does a little dance to reset his feet.
David throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Khalifman sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Khalifman cracks David with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
Khalifman swinging wildly here.
David cracks a nice hook into Khalifman's ribs.
David throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Khalifman sees it coming and avoids it easily.
David throws a predictable looking body shot
and Khalifman counters with a straight right hand.
Khalifman pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
David takes one to the side of the head.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Khalifman misses with a kick to the body.
David lands an overhand right.
David swings away with a body shot that misses
and Khalifman counters with a nice uppercut.
David getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
David takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
A jab from Khalifman misses.
David avoids the body shot from Khalifman.
David lands a slapping body shot.
Nice cross by David.
David throws a shot to the body.
Khalifman throws a nice inside leg kick.
David shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Khalifman as he jumps to the side.
Khalifman feints and then cracks David's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow David down.
The fighters circling - David throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Jan David seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Khalifman takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Nice defenses there by David.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
David misses with a looping left.
Khalifman scores with a jab to the jaw.
David cracks Khalifman with a good jab.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Khalifman lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
Khalifman lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
David uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Khalifman.
Khalifman connects with a solid leg kick.
A big left from David misses.
Khalifman thows a body shot but no joy.
A shot to the body from David misses
and Khalifman counters with a slapping leg kick.
The fighters are starting to get sweaty, which will make takedowns a bit more tricky.
Khalifman throws a hook but David avoids it easily.
David shoots in for a takedown but Khalifman shows good takedown defense there and keeps this one on the feet.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
David lands with a nice combination. Khalifman backs away looking to recover.
Khalifman fakes high and swings low for a body shot but David manages to avoid it.
David misses with a hook. Khalifman ducked under it nicely.
Khalifman blocks a jab.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Alexander Khalifman dominated that round.
That's time! Khalifman's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.
Khalifman scores with a shot to the body.
Khalifman throws a body kick that misses.
Khalifman turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
David swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Khalifman counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps David thinking.
David throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
David ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
David takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
David takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
David swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
David throws out a loose jab but Khalifman uses good head movement to avoid it.
Khalifman just misses with a punch to the body.
Khalifman scores with a decent looking hook.
David scores with a three punch combo!
David is breathing heavily.
Khalifman lands with an overhand left.
This has been an exciting period of action!
David shoots for a double leg takedown but Khalifman sprawls well. He's pushed David's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.
Khalifman scores with a jab to the head.
Khalifman throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Khalifman wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Khalifman works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
Khalifman lands a nice looking kick to the body. David takes a step back to recover.
Khalifman lands a jab to the head.
Khalifman shoots for a double leg takedown but David sprawls well. He's pushed Khalifman's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.
A nice leg kick lands there from Khalifman.
David shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Khalifman as he jumps to the side.
Khalifman misses with a takedown attempt - David sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
David stuffs the takedown attempt from Khalifman. Khalifman gets slowly back to his feet.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Alexander Khalifman. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Khalifman scores with a shot to the body.
David with a lazy takedown attempt
and Khalifman counters with a left to the body.
Khalifman lands a jab to David's midsection.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
A looping hook to the body misses from Khalifman. David does a little dance to reset his feet.
Khalifman lands a nice leg kick that just misses David's sensitive parts.
David ducks right into an uppercut from Khalifman.
Khalifman lands a nice looking body kick.
Khalifman thuds his right hand into David's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.
Khalifman connects with a solid leg kick.
Khalifman lands with a nice body punch.
Khalifman lands with a good body shot.
Khalifman with a hook.
Khalifman keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
David fails to land with a series of punches.
A jab from Khalifman finds it's way through David's defenses.
Khalifman scores with a shot to the body.
Khalifman connects with a body shot.
Khalifman throws a nice inside leg kick.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Khalifman lets the fists fly and connects with a left straight followed by a right hook.
Khalifman chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Khalifman fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Khalifman scores with a jab.
Khalifman closes the distance, clinches up and gets a nice trip takedown into side control. Very smooth.
David can't do much from the bottom here.
David is looking to reverse the position.
Khalifman scores with a couple of short elbows.
Khalifman content to control the pace. The referee will try and keep them active though.
David is not content to let Khalifman control the position.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
David is trying to get back to half guard. He's pushing on Khalifman's leg. He's managed it. Nice work.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
David regains full guard. Nicely done.
David bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Khalifman's guard.
Khalifman pulls David in close to his closed guard and prevents David from doing any damage or advancing position.
Khalifman keeping moving, preventing David from controlling successfully.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
David is pushing down on Khalifman's leg trying to pass to half guard. Khalifman is fighting to maintain full guard but David has managed to sneak the leg through.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Alexander Khalifman dominated that second round.
That's time! Back to the action!
Khalifman connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Khalifman fakes an overhand right and shoots for a takedown. David sprawls well initially but Khalifman persists and gets the takedown into half guard.
David moves into full guard.
David keeping moving, preventing Khalifman from controlling successfully.
David manages to sweep nicely, so he's now on top. Khalifman manages to get himself to full guard.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Khalifman bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in David's guard.
Khalifman has to be careful here, sitting in the guard of a superior BJJ player.
David is trying to control the position from the bottom.
Khalifman is fighting to break David's control of his arms but David is doing a good job of controlling the position at the moment.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Khalifman keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of David's head.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
David trying to control the position.
Khalifman wants to pass the guard but David is keeping the position.
Khalifman wants to control from the top but David keeps moving.
David looking for subs off his back but Khalifman has passed one foot through into half guard.
David is refusing to be controlled, as Khalifman sits in half guard.
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.
Khalifman prevents David from improving his position.
Khalifman stalling.
Khalifman is thwarting David's attempts to control the position.
Khalifman is nestled in close to David, controlling him well. He's worked in a nice elbow to the side of the head as well, for good measure.
David wants to control but Khalifman is keeping busy.
Khalifman trying to control the action but David is working from the bottom.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
The fighters are battling for position here. David manages to regain full guard. Nice work.
David looking for subs off his back but Khalifman has passed one foot through into half guard.
Khalifman content to sit in half guard and control for a moment.
David wants to get back to full guard.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
Khalifman trying to pass the guard but David defending well.
Khalifman is thwarting David's attempts to control the position.
Khalifman works his way into side control.
David tries to get back to half guard but can't.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
David misses with a jab to the body
and Khalifman cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
David misses with a body punch
and Khalifman makes him pay by landing a thudding low kick.
David throws a big shot that misses.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Alexander Khalifman clearly takes that round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!
Khalifman lands with a straight right. David didn't see that one coming.
David misses with an uppercut.
Khalifman throws a quick inside leg kick.
David on the wrong end of a nice jab.
David shoots in looking for a takedown. Khalifman tries to sprawl out of it but David keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. Khalifman manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.
Some wild striking there from Khalifman.
Khalifman is looking to slow David down with leg kicks.
Khalifman throws a shot from downtown. David moves away and avoids it.
David throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
David misses with an uppercut.
Khalifman chopping away at his opponent's legs.
David is absolutely dripping with sweat - he looks exhausted.
Khalifman misses with a wild body shot.
Khalifman uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from David.
That's one minute gone in the round.
David fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Khalifman on the side of the head.
Khalifman moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
A telegraphed right hand from David misses the target.
A lazy left from Khalifman finds it's target.
A nice inside leg kick there by Khalifman. That's going to slow David down.
David throws a shot from downtown. Khalifman moves away and avoids it.
Khalifman fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
Khalifman avoids a punch combination nicely.
Khalifman is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that David can do to turn this around?
Khalifman ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
David misses the jab.
David displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Khalifman throws out the jab.
David has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
Khalifman looks frustrated there after his takedown attempt is stuffed easily.
David misses with a hook.
David displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Khalifman throws out the jab.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Khalifman connects with a jab.
David's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
David misses with a hook to the body
and Khalifman counters with a low kick, right behind David 's knee.
Khalifman fakes high and swings low for a body shot but David manages to avoid it.
Khalifman feints and then cracks David's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow David down.
David staying out of range there.
David misses with a combination
and Khalifman counters with a solid body kick.
David lands with an overhand left.
Khalifman shoots in for a takedown and gets it.
David gets back to full guard.
Khalifman trying to control the position from guard on top but David is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Khalifman slows down the pace of the fight for a moment. He'll need to remain active if he doesn't want to see the fight stood back up.
David had isolated an arm as going for a kimura. Khalifman defends it easily.
Alexander Khalifman overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Khalifman missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
David wants to sweep here but Khalifman controlling him for the moment.
David is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
Khalifman landing some decent shots from guard.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
My god... these two guys really need to pick up the pace or everyone will leave to go get a beer.
Khalifman content to stall in guard here.
David looking for submissions from the bottom here. Moving his hips around, possibly looking for an armbar.
Khalifman preventing the sweep.
Khalifman's corner is telling him to maintain position.
David had isolated an arm as going for a kimura. Khalifman defends it easily.
David is looking to sweep but instead, Khalifman has passed into half guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Alexander Khalifman had his way with Jan David in that round.
That's time! Back to the action! The crowd applaud as we get ready to start the final round!
Khalifman cracks David with a right hand to the side of the head.
Good leg kick by Khalifman there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
David takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
David misses with an uppercut.
David looks to land a left hand but Khalifman moved out of range nicely.
David bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
The fighters circling - David throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Khalifman lands a head shot.
David just misses with a punch to the body.
Khalifman avoids the body shot from David.
Khalifman connects with a solid leg kick.
Khalifman takes a swing at David's ribcage but misses.
David walks into a straight right hand from Khalifman.
David swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Khalifman throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
That's one minute gone in the round.
A looping hook to the body misses from Khalifman. David does a little dance to reset his feet.
Khalifman throws a nice inside leg kick.
David throws a looping overhand right but Khalifman ducks down to avoid it.
Khalifman throws a hook but David avoids it easily.
David fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
David is wobbling all over the place through exhaustion. Will he make it to the final bell?
Khalifman throws a nice outside leg kick.
Good leg kick by Khalifman there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Khalifman connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed David momentarily.
Khalifman goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
David throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
A slow jab from Khalifman misses its intended target.
Khalifman keeps David at a distance using the push kick.
Khalifman ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
A combination from Khalifman does no damage.
Khalifman scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Jan David has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Khalifman just misses with a punch to the body.
Khalifman misses with a series of wild punches.
Khalifman misses with a wild body shot.
Khalifman misses with a telegraphed body shot
and David counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
David gets caught on his heels momentarily as he allows Khalifman to score an easy takedown into full guard.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Khalifman stands up over David, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head.
Khalifman slows down the pace of the fight, as he sits in guard.
David has an omoplata and is looking to use it perhaps as a submission or perhaps to transition. Khalifman is in a bit of discomfort here, but he's managed to free himself and has dived into side control! That didn't work out too well for David.
Alexander Khalifman is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here.
David is trying to get back to half guard.
The referee tells the fighters to keep busy.
David manages to get back to half guard.
David is working for an escape here. He's hooked one of Khalifman's legs and he's managed to sneak out and take Khalifman's back!
David patiently working for the choke. Which fighter will keep their nerve here?
Khalifman looks to control his opponent's hands but he's not mananging it at the moment.
David thows a huge left but connects with the canvas and not his opponent.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are hurling abuse towards the fighters... You can hardly blame them though because there isn't a lot going on in the fight.
David is trying to stick to Khalifman's back but Khalifman is turning into David. He's managed to reverse the position - now he's in David's guard. Polite applause from the crowd in appreciation of some nice Jiu Jitsu by Khalifman.
Khalifman sitting in guard here, content to control.
Khalifman has controlled the position for a good 20 seconds, which will no doubt be starting to frustrate his opponent.
Khalifman is pushing down on David's leg trying to pass to half guard. David is fighting to maintain full guard but Khalifman has managed to sneak the leg through.
Khalifman trying to control the pace.
David throws a strike from the bottom that misses.
David slips a foot under and gets full guard. Nice work.
And that's the end of the fight!
Alexander Khalifman showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Khalifman has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 5 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Tiny Johnson scores the fight 50:45
Judge Cecil Peabody scores the fight 50:45
Judge Daniel Franklin scores the fight 50:45
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Alexander Khalifman!
Alexander Khalifman retains his welterweight title!
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