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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Muhammed Khalidov (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Markus Sletten (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). We have two fighters making their debuts here, so let's see who comes out of this one with their first professional victory.
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BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Muhammed Khalidov!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Markus Sletten!
The judges for this bout are Yukihiro Yamamoto, Taro Takaoka and Tatsuya Matsuyama.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Sletten tries to grapple but his opponent circles
and Khalidov counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Khalidov lands with a good body shot.
Sletten jabs at Khalidov's body.
Khalidov clinches.
Sletten is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
Khalidov lands with a short shot to the head.
Khalidov is looking to break free of the clinch but Sletten has double underhooks.
Khalidov wants to break free but Sletten has control.
Sletten has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Khalidov is working for a takedown up against the cage. He can't get it on this occasion though.
Khalidov drops down for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Sletten struggles to land a body shot inside as Khalidov controls his hands.
Khalidov lands with a light punch inside.
Khalidov tries for a takedown but Sletten manages to get underhooks.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Muhammed Khalidov. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Sletten gets double underhooks to prevent a takedown attempt from Khalidov.
Sletten wants to get back to striking at distance but Khalidov won't allow it.
Sletten is trying to break the clinch but Khalidov has him pressed against the cage.
Khalidov goes for a takedown in the clinch but Sletten prevents it.
Khalidov blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Khalidov drops down for a takedown but doesn't get it.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Khalidov drops down for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Khalidov tries to score a body lock takedown but Sletten shows good agility there to stay on his feet.
Sletten looking to stall.
Khalidov goes for a takedown in the clinch but Sletten prevents it.
Khalidov has Sletten pressed against the cage, preventing Sletten from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Khalidov has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Khalidov is trying to push Sletten away but Sletten has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Sletten lands an uppercut.
Sletten misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Sletten gets double underhooks to prevent a takedown attempt from Khalidov.
Khalidov is breathing heavily.
Khalidov drops down for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Khalidov blocks an uppercut.
Sletten wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Sletten looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Sletten swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Sletten works on Khalidov's body with a couple of short punches.
Khalidov wants to break the clinch but can't.
Sletten is pressed up against the cage. Khalidov has hold of a leg and is looking to drag Sletten down to the mat. Sletten avoids the attempt though and has circled away. We're back to striking at a distance.
Sletten connects with a looping right hand.
Sletten is looking to chop away at Khalidov's legs.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Khalidov takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Sletten rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Khalidov moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Jab by Sletten.
Sletten lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
Sletten connects with a body shot that sends Khalidov's belly button to the back.
Sletten dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Khalidov walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
Khalidov circles away from the clinch attempt.
Sletten tries to clinch up
and Khalidov cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Markus Sletten is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Sletten lands a jab to Khalidov's midsection.
Sletten sizes up Khalidov with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
Khalidov drops his hands momentarily and Sletten takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
Sletten wants to clinch.
Sletten jabs Khalidov right on the nose. Khalidov blinks but takes it well.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
The fight stays on the outside here - Sletten looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Sletten, as that shot connected.
Khalidov bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Khalidov connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Khalidov rushes Sletten and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Khalidov has Sletten pressed up against the cage and is working for takedown. Sletten manages to improve position though and keeps the fight standing.
Sletten gets double underhooks to prevent a takedown attempt from Khalidov.
Sletten looking to slow down the pace here.
Khalidov blocks an uppercut.
Sletten has a couple of punches blocked by Khalidov.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Sletten.
Sletten doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Sletten swings wildly with an uppercut but Khalidov uses good head movement to avoid it.
Sletten swings wildly with an uppercut but Khalidov uses good head movement to avoid it.
Khalidov keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Sletten's efforts to push away.
Sletten has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Khalidov is working for takedown but Sletten is calmly controlling the position for now.
Khalidov keeps control of Sletten as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Khalidov can't get the takedown.
Sletten has a couple of punches blocked by Khalidov.
Sletten wants to break free but Khalidov has control.
Khalidov swings wildly with an uppercut but Sletten uses good head movement to avoid it.
Sletten tries to circle away but Khalidov has him pinned against the cage.
Sletten is looking to break free of the clinch but Khalidov has double underhooks.
Sletten wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Khalidov has him pressed against the cage.
Khalidov has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Sletten.
Sletten fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Sletten swings wildly with an uppercut but Khalidov uses good head movement to avoid it.
Khalidov tries for a takedown. No joy.
Khalidov blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Sletten goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Khalidov wants a takedown but no success here.
Sletten working aggressively here.
Sletten lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Sletten working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Sletten misses with a punch on the inside.
Sletten tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Sletten swings wildly with an uppercut but Khalidov uses good head movement to avoid it.
Sletten struggles to land a body shot inside as Khalidov controls his hands.
Khalidov wants a takedown but no success here.
And that�s the end of the round � the fighters go back to their corners.
Markus Sletten dominated that round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!
Khalidov on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
Sletten tries to clinch but Khalidov moves away
and Khalidov counters with a left to the body.
Sletten throws a shot to the body.
Khalidov shoots in for a double leg but Sletten sprawls well. That's going to sap some energy.
Khalidov looks for a takedown but Sletten sprawls well.
Khalidov fails in his attempt to clinch.
Sletten swinging wildly here.
Sletten wants to clinch
and Khalidov counters with a stiff right hand.
Sletten throws a looping overhand right but Khalidov ducks down to avoid it.
Khalidov pushes Sletten up against the cage in a clinch.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Sletten wants to get back to striking at distance but Khalidov won't allow it.
Sletten is looking to control Khalidov's arms but Khalidov gets an underhook and turns him. Now Sletten has his back to the cage.
Khalidov is looking for a takedown up against the cage. Sletten gets underhooks though and prevents the takedown attempt.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Muhammed Khalidov. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Sletten swings wildly with an uppercut but Khalidov uses good head movement to avoid it.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Sletten is trying to push Khalidov away but Khalidov has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Khalidov blocks an uppercut.
Sletten wants to break free but Khalidov has control.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Sletten struggles to land a body shot inside as Khalidov controls his hands.
Khalidov is working for takedown but Sletten is calmly controlling the position for now.
Sletten throws a head punch that misses.
Khalidov goes for a takedown attempt but Sletten pushes him away and we're back to fighting at a distance.
Sletten throws a body punch but Khalidov moves out of range.
Sletten fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Khalidov tries to shoot in for a takedown. He's got hold of a leg but Sletten swivels and escapes.
Khalidov takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Sletten tries to close the distance and clinch but Khalidov swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Sletten tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Khalidov doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Sletten tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Sletten tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
A right-left combo lands from Sletten.
Nice body punch from Sletten.
Sletten bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Khalidov's head backwards.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Sletten swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Khalidov.
Sletten scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!
Sletten scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
Sletten throws a jab when Khalidov was well out of range.
Khalidov swats away the attempt to clinch by Sletten.
Sletten throws a hook to the side of Khalidov's head but Khalidov sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Khalidov misses with a double jab.
Khalidov closes the distance and clinches up with Sletten, looking for a takedown. Khalidov pushes Sletten against the cage but Sletten circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.
Sletten tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Sletten throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Sletten scores with a nice right hand.
Khalidov fails with a takedown attempt.
Sletten fails in his attempt to clinch.
Sletten paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sletten throws a good cross that connects.
Khalidov keeps the fight on the outside.
Sletten misses with a two punch combination.
Khalidov misses with an uppercut
and Khalidov takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Khalidov circles away from the clinch attempt.
Khalidov tries to score a power double leg takedown but Sletten sees that one coming and sprawls well. That will dishearten Khalidov somewhat.
Sletten dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Sletten tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and Khalidov is able to avoid easily.
Sletten lands the left hand.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Sletten lands where it shouldn't have, right in the... well, you know what he did? He kicked him in the penis. He's injured, injured bad. The referee sends both fighters to their corners and Khalidov has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Khalidov and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
No luck for Khalidov with that takedown attempt.
Sletten connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
Sletten closes the distance but Khalidov moves to the side
and Khalidov counters with a nice uppercut.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Khalidov gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Sletten.
Khalidov fails to land the takedown.
Sletten throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Khalidov stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Sletten wants to clinch
and Khalidov counters with a one-two to the body.
Sletten scores with a nice head shot.
Khalidov fails with a takedown attempt.
Sletten wants to clinch.
Khalidov fails miserably with a takedown attempt.
Sletten misses with a two punch combination.
And that�s the end of the round � the fighters go back to their corners.
Markus Sletten showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
That's time! Khalidov's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight. This is the final round!
Sletten moves in looking to clinch but Khalidov pushes him off.
Sletten closes the distance but Khalidov moves to the side
letting Khalidov counter with a right hand.
Sletten cracks Khalidov with a good jab.
Sletten thows a left - swing and a miss!
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from Khalidov.
Markus Sletten seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Sletten tries to clinch
and Khalidov counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Khalidov dives in and grabs Sletten's left leg, looking for a takedown. Sletten pushes down on Khalidov's head and hops out.
Sletten scores with a sloppy right hand. Khalidov should have avoided that one.
Khalidov drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
Sletten misses with a leg kick.
Sletten scores with a jab to the body.
Sletten lands with a cross.
A big left from Sletten misses.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Sletten is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Sletten with a nice cross.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Khalidov looks frustrated there after his takedown attempt is stuffed easily.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Muhammed Khalidov. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Sletten lands an overhand right.
Khalidov has taken the fight to the clinch.
Sletten prevents the takedown attempt.
Sletten is trying to maintain a safe position but Khalidov gets an underhook and turns Sletten into the cage.
Sletten is trying to force a seperation but Khalidov has the dominant position.
Khalidov drops to a knee looking for a takedown but Sletten gets the underhooks and prevents it.
Sletten gets underhooks to prevent Khalidov's takedown attempt.
Sletten looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
A right handed body shot lands from Sletten.
Sletten misses with a punch on the inside.
Sletten wants to stall.
Sletten wants to break free but Khalidov has control.
Khalidov tries for a takedown but Sletten manages to get underhooks.
This is turning into a torrid day at the office for Khalidov. He's trying desperately to land a takedown but he's failing miserably and getting slapped silly on the feet to compound his misery.
A body shot lands from Sletten.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Khalidov as Sletten tries to tie him up.
A frustrated look appears on Sletten's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Sletten trying to stall but Khalidov improves his position.
Sletten misses with the head strike.
Sletten wants to stall.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Sletten is persisting with his attempts to control the action in the clinch, rather than do any real damage.
Sletten wants to break free but Khalidov has control.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Sletten.
Sletten stops a takedown attempt from Khalidov.
Khalidov has Sletten pressed against the cage, preventing Sletten from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Sletten is trying to break the clinch but Khalidov is controlling him.
Sletten lands with a light punch inside.
Sletten scores with a shoulder strike.
Sletten wants to break free but Khalidov has control.
Khalidov blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Sletten lands an uppercut.
Khalidov blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Sletten wants to break the clinch but can't.
Khalidov drops to a knee looking for a takedown but Sletten gets the underhooks and prevents it.
Sletten has had enough of the clinch but Khalidov keeps him there for the moment.
Sletten tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
A frustrated look appears on Sletten's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Sletten gets through Khalidov's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Sletten has had enough of the clinch but Khalidov keeps him there for the moment.
Khalidov is working for a takedown up against the cage. He can't get it on this occasion though.
Sletten is trying to break free.
Sletten lands a hook that snaps the head of Khalidov backwards.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Khalidov prevents Sletten from breaking the clinch.
A nice left hand lands by Sletten.
Sletten wants to break the clinch but can't.
Sletten swings wildly with an uppercut but Khalidov uses good head movement to avoid it.
Still in the clinch, Sletten scores with a nice short uppercut.
Khalidov is trying to work for a single leg takedown but Sletten pulls him back up using the underhooks.
Sletten misses with a short punch on the inside.
Sletten working hard to break the clinch.
Khalidov has Sletten pressed against the cage, preventing Sletten from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Khalidov blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Sletten can't break the clinch.
Khalidov blocks an uppercut.
Sletten tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Khalidov's elbow.
Markus Sletten seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Sletten wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Khalidov has him pressed against the cage.
Sletten is working Khalidov over against the cage.
Sletten stops a takedown attempt from Khalidov.
Sletten swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Sletten makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Sletten lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
A head punch on the inside from Sletten fails to land.
Sletten has a couple of punches blocked by Khalidov.
Sletten misses with a punch to the body.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
Khalidov is looking for a takedown up against the cage. Sletten gets underhooks though and prevents the takedown attempt.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Sletten makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
A short left from Sletten.
A shot in the inside from Sletten.
Sletten throws a punch but it's blocked by Khalidov.
Sletten tries to break free but Khalidov pushes him back against the cage.
Sletten misses with a punch on the inside.
Khalidov looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
Sletten can't break the clinch.
Sletten wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Sletten is trying to break the clinch but Khalidov is controlling him.
Sletten tries to circle away but Khalidov has him pinned against the cage.
Khalidov looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Khalidov keeps control of Sletten as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Sletten working hard to break the clinch.
Sletten throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Sletten misses with some punches.
Sletten wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Sletten lands a right hand that snaps the head of Khalidov backwards.
Khalidov can't get the takedown.
Sletten wants to get back to striking at distance but Khalidov won't allow it.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Sletten working hard to break the clinch.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Khalidov.
Sletten prevents the takedown attempt.
Sletten is trying to break the clinch but Khalidov has him pressed against the cage.
Muhammed Khalidov has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Khalidov is trying to drag Sletten to the mat but Sletten just about manages to keep his footing. He used the cage to his advantage there.
Sletten throws a head punch that misses.
And that's the end of the fight!
Markus Sletten comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Sletten has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. 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 Yukihiro Yamamoto scores the fight 27:30
Judge Taro Takaoka scores the fight 27:30
Judge Tatsuya Matsuyama scores the fight 27:30
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Markus Sletten!
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