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yakob kashuba undefeated so far in his

mixed martial arts career came in as a

relative unknown to the pfl Europe

season in

2023 but his physicality his size his

incredible cardio really just carried

him through some tough tough matchups

survived Radu

Maxim battled it out with Dylan tuque

had to reverse the momentum in that

fight and then at the pfl European

Championship knees and punches a second

round TKO over John Mitchell three five

minute rounds between yakob kashuba and

Kane Musa who did not shy away from this

as a veteran of the game he knows

exactly what he's up against he knows

he's the smaller fighter here Kane mus

knows that yakob kashuba is undefeated

and is the guy to beat because he won

the belt last year you said that's

exactly what I want I mean k Musa was

sitting at the side of the smart cage in

Dublin as soon as as soon as kassu had

the belt around his waist I looked over

at K Musa and he was doing that Sinister

rubbing together of the hands that he

does we're going to see it tonight as

well K muser is a veteran he's a

dangerous fighter and he's fresh even

though he's a little bit older in his

career he's been training for a long

time but he's a smart individual the one

danger with K Musa danger being his

nickname is that he can get drawn in

sometimes if he sniff the victory he FS

that blood in the water and he chases

for it and we know from yakob cba's last

fight you just can't do that he can come

through an a weather an early storm and

stick it on you in the second round and

steal that belt from underneath you as

we welcome in our YouTube audience again

look this is pfl Europe regular season

action last year's Champion yakob

kassuba Kane Musa an absolute veteran

explosive power incredible

athleticism all trying to build toward a

$100,000 championship at the end of this

year as we create the model the

Champions League model of mixed martial

arts you take the regions Crown

champions in those regions Europe proof

of concept last year obviously Middle

East North Africa is launching this year

the Champions there will eventually

build toward our Global roster where

they can make themselves into

Millionaires and potentially Legends

like Stephan stru Dan Hardy I'm Shan

oconnell look at this in the building

now here at a soldout acore Arena Baki

sham sud bison Gore The 22-year-old

Undefeated Prospect chni and descent

proud representative of France now and a

guy who is looking to spoil the Cedric

Doom Bay party in the main

event

introducing first in the blue Corner K

Musa

really it's appropriate that we see Kan

Musa here in pfl Europe he's fought all

over Europe he's fought for 15 years

which means he he came up in some of the

promotions in Europe that really laid

the foundation but are now extinct he's

been everywhere he's fought really high

level guys but he's never really broken

through in a way that pfl Europe

Championship would allow him to Kan Musa

calls himself the danger his coaches

call him the danger because he's

dangerous as hell and he's goal is to

make his opponent call him the danger

here he is at the side of the smart cage

right now and you you can tell how much

he enjoys this moment look at

this this is his moment in K Moose's

mind this is his year he has to make a

big impact in his MMA career this year

and I think he feels like a 14 and five

this is the moment that he's going to

really show people what he's capable of

we're going to show you how old he is in

the tail of the tape but I told you

already he's a 15-year veteran on the

due the math on that he's been fighting

since he was 16 years old and I'm sure

he had a few more sit before then as

well and in the Red Corner

y

one thing you're going to see when these

two square off inside the smart cage is

a significant size disparity yakob

kassuba is a massive lightweight I spoke

with him at the hotel he said end of

January I hopped on the scale and I was

195 lbs oh you let yourself get a little

soft in the offseason he said no I still

had a six-pack but I was 195 lb he

weighed in

at the limit of 155 lbs and that means

tonight as he climbs in with rehydration

he could be walking right now anywhere

from 170 to 190 lb and he's lean he's

shredded he's confident and the thing

that's scary about him even in the face

off the other night of the Eiffel Tower

they stared in each other's eyes K moose

has got an intensity and yakob Kuma's

got this kind of awkward smile on his

face like this is kind of unique he's a

very interesting and unusual character

the auditor as his nickname but when he

steps in here this the other side of

this same coin he's a lethal dangerous

man he can take you back and squeeze the

life out of you he can put punches

together with ferocity and power but

does he want to do that tonight with K

Musa wrestling and grappling and using

that physical imposing brows might be

the right thing to do

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tonight

here's a look at our tail of the tape

for this regular season bout yakob

kashuba 28 years old K Musa is 31

kashuba 5' 11 in tall Kan Musa is 59 the

reach advantage of 4 in belongs to yakob

kashuba on the arms both men with 40-in

measurement on the

leg all right so keys to victory for

these two phenomenal fighters of course

yakob cba's got to expect that early

pressure and if he can strike St in the

clinch and even get in top position

that's where that physical size is going

to be problematic for Kane on musa's

side he's got to attack that lead leg

take away the movement uppercuts her

knees anticipating the level change and

then smart footwork and smart composure

as well not getting drawn into a brawl

when he doesn't need

to Andy Shepard the voice of the smart

cage the following a fight is a pfl

Europe regular season contest in the

lightweight division introducing first

fighting out of the blue corner he is a

striking specialist and stands 5'9 in

tall he weighed officially at

155.5 lb and in his 19th fight career as

a a record of 14 victories and five

defeats fighting out of Manchester

England K the danger

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MOA and his opponent fighting out of the

Red Corner he is a kickboxing specialist

and PS 5' 11 in tall he waited

officially at

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154.181

2023 pfl Europe lightweight

champion the

udor yakob

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casba your referee judge L

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POR kashuba in the black trunks Musa in

the blue you know what's even scary

about

katuba that size doesn't affect him his

car CIO is insanely good yeah he he

carries it incredibly well as he moves

in behind a jab and high kick to follow

same

side both of those were lefts for Musa

though being the smaller fighter doesn't

have to be a disadvantage again against

someone as physically strong as kasuba

you don't want to make it a physical

battle you want to move around him being

smaller being lighter especially with

the footwork Musa has it could be an

advantage and this is the Smart footwork

we've been seeing from kza here early

getting out of range when he needs to

beautiful you'll see him try to play the

speed and footwork game for this entire

fight and of course yakob kashuba will

try to press him potentially take him

down freeze those feet where he can use

beauti this is strength nice timing good

balance so far by Musa though this is

where the size comes in Advantage for

katuba and this is the first time k mo

has got to feel the strength of of yakob

kassuba as well he's looking for a high

crotch seems good defense

by by Musa there but I was going to say

kba had him down a beautiful way to get

back up by

Musa anytime Kane can be winning these

grapping exchanges scrambling back to

his feet he's going to be discouraging

yakob kassuba potentially even training

the gas tank if he had a big weight cut

this K moose is going to now try and

break and start to strike but that's

lovely work from cassu on the inside

there and you see now he's triggered K

Musa to fight that's dangerous because

this is where K Musa can rush into those

takedowns of

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kassuba a right and left from kba that

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2-1 another level change and an uppercut

on the exit kashuba looking for his

openings as Kane moves around

really good job from Musa so far being

patient moving out of the way every

single time katuba tries to close the

distance and this for me is the is the

fight that kassuba needs in his MMA

career not his pfl career last year he

beat a lot of really tough prospects go

to the back he WN the European title if

he if he beats a veteran here that's a

big statement and this is a strong tight

Wati that he's got on K Musa shots there

puts a lot of away Musa here makes some

work tires him out Musa is going to have

to be careful as he tries to work

himself back uppr right with kassuba on

his

back good hand fighting here from K Musa

fighting his time but he's got to be

very cautious that kassuba doesn't

switch his attack here front headlock

potentially level change onto the legs

kba so incredibly

strong Cuba there with that cheese

grater drag acoss the

fence now trying to work all the way

around to the back goes chest to chest

instead nice job by Musa to get back to

do 5050 position

here driving KNE on the inside from

yakob kashuba look we got the

physicality of K kassuba and the

experience of K Musa trying to be

efficient he's going to break the clinch

here I think and he's going to try and

strike but kassuba is not going to let

him get away for free heavy tight

overhook on that right arm of Kane Musa

yakob kashuba though head in the wrong

position right

now and again as we said earlier on

being a smaller fighter in this position

against the fence pays off usually

because it's easier to get your head

into right

position oh strikes nice flurry and a

finish with two uppercuts yakob kashuba

showing the versatility in his game

here

and ni good level change again wow he

just he drops straight down and then

Begins the drive great timing on those

shots tuck that leg between his own

knees and pulls Kan Musa to the mat and

now climbing into a mount position yakob

katuba 42 seconds left in this first

round katuba looking for the wrist ride

now you can put Musa on the on the on

the mat but good defense Again by Musa

he's going to get back up

and we go back to yakob cba's First

regular season win last year with that

beautiful submission over Ru

Maxim he's constantly trying to expose

the back of K Musa musa's wise to it but

he's losing this round on the grappling

in my eyes right

now final 10 seconds of round number one

in exchange of knees really good job by

Musa in his first round defending

against katuba but katuba really had him

spend a lot of energy to the stools they

go k Musa hangs his arms on the cage

yakob kba heads back to the stool as we

look at these replays at the timing on

this level change and this is where K

muser comes in with these big Power

shots and before he knows it yakob

kassuba just disappeared from in front

of him and now he's defending takedowns

which he was doing for the vast majority

of that first round that's got a

cardivascular attacked to

it

the VIPs have started to trickle in here

at the acor French raer black

m a slow down on the

instruction so you know when he's going

shots okay look for more

shots Shan Connell Stephen stru Dan

Hardy bfl Europe Paris driving towards

the main

event Cedric Dumay climbs back into the

smart cage against Baki sham

sudanov right now yakob kashuba last

year's European champion in the

lightweight division in the black trunks

against Kane mua Kane Musa in the

blue bit of a lower stance here from

Kane Musa

Al Cedric Doom Jordan Zebo Crouch down

to try and meet that level

change kassuba very fresh in the corner

between rounds Eyes Wide Open breathing

calm listening to his Corner team and he

moves forward

here inside leg kick and kashuba tries

to use that this time Kane does not

allow him to get all the way in on the

hips Musa trying to break again but

there he lands nice right

hand now he's got kasuba moving

backwards that might have hurt a little

bit more than the initial

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thought I certainly think the grappling

that K mus had to deal with in that

first round as filled his arms with

lactate you can tell he's a little bit

more labored in his movement now with

his

arms better work here with his taked

down defense back to an orthodox stance

after a brief change to Southpaw for

Kane

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Musa barely missed with her right hand

upper cut by katuba there looks like we

have a cut above the eye of Jakob

kassuba as well deep breath for K Musa

and some swelling around his eye as well

K

Musa good second round for Musa so far I

want to see him throw more of these leg

kicks B and then throw the

kick upper cut landed there for

Musa doing a much better job of meating

that Forward Motion in those level

changes now kassuba offers a kick

blocked by the

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shoulder good coaching from the corner

of Musa don't overdo it they shouted

they know that Rush forward is dangerous

kassuba will level

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change

subba really struggling this second

round to get a hold of of of Musa circle

circle nowes K Musa back right in front

of our broadcast position halfway

through round number two but Musa

reverses position puts him self toward

the cage center of the cage he he really

uses you know being smaller in that

position he puts his head under the chin

of katuba turns him around and takes

center of the stage again and now he's

back to the Striking Distance shots

beautiful body shot by kassuba they were

solid body shots by kassuba I think that

he felt the effect of the body shots

from Kan Musa and it might have reminded

him hey I've got some of those too

offered some back remember he won the

season last year he won the finale with

a body shot and now Musa with the level

change drives

it great balance from kassuba though

hops over to the fence he's got his

overhook and he's landed a few short

shots on the inside which allowed him to

dig an

underhook and now

returns see M trying to Pummel

in get his arm up above that shoulder

but it's tall tall yakob

kassuba he goes again nice knee on the

inside good uppercut and more body shots

from

Musa both Fighters digging to the body

in the second round great shots by Musa

there

tell you what those exchanges on the

brakes have been Furious both guys have

landed here in the round number two

there

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byba another

one final minute of round

two CBA slowing down a little bit in

this round is he a little bit

discouraged did that did that shot to

the body hurt him maybe they were nice

shots on the inside they'll hurt for

sure they'll take the the wind out of

your sale especially when you're already

tired beautiful level change turns it

around that right there is evidence of

how and why yakob kashuba was able to

take home the European championship last

year the timing and the execution of

that shot nearly perfect putting Musa

once again on the defensive stying any

offensive output late in this round

potentially stealing a very close

round great job again the by mus to get

back up his defense after the take Downs

is excellent so

far interesting round to score this one

I'd like to check in with Big John

McCarthy I know is's watching with great

interest perhaps we can get him between

rounds heavy breaths from both fighters

heading back to the stool as we head to

the third frame

hey jab High underneath right upper

carut he's leaning into you every time

every time you Punch's putting his head

down come underneath and stay tight and

then walk out with the three boom walk

away with the

three it worked all right first half of

that round how's your legs your legs all

right his leg one time

for the lazy King is in the building

building Abdul

abdulov one half of our co-main event

tonight come on come on come on come

on round three set to begin here in

Paris

France Shan oconnell Stephan stru Dan

Hardy on the call Big John karthy

potentially set to join us here yakob

kashuba Kane Musa kashuba in the black

Musa in the

blue very close round number two big

John how do we score this fight through

two frames you know it is very close if

K Musa did a lot of good bodyw work in

that second round he might have stolen

that round with those body shots that

the judges were seeing but the big thing

with Musa that he needs to stop doing he

needs to not go after the big shot he's

got power and all he's got to do is

touch touch touch and that'll lead him

into the shot that'll do damage but

right now this could be anyone's fight

in this third round thank you big John

couple of nice left hands from the

Southpaw stance but Kane Musa now he

switches back to Orthodox goes overand

right back to Southpaw giving different

looks to yakob kashuba potentially

trying to confuse a level change

attempt nasty inside work here from

kashuba who presses Musa into the cage

every single time katuba has got a hold

of of Musa though he does a really good

job controlling the arms so that katuba

can lock his hands so that he cannot

finish the

takedowns he could finish here I think

he's got his hands locked

now single

leg great defense again from K

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Musa this is

what winning Musa these exchanges in the

clinch he turns katuba around takes

center of the of the cage again he lands

and he's back to where he wants to

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be flash ah heads there on the inside

work and this time it's Kane Musa who

rushes forward plants yakob kba's back

on the smart cage barrier more body work

from Musa and a reversal of position

here from kassuba the 2023 lightweight

champ champion of vfl

Europe chasing the take down yet again

but again good defense from

Musa trying to go to the back now he can

lock his hands good

def Musa reached in between the legs of

kashuba there thought about the switch

kashuba just pressed in to negate it now

onto the back goes

kashuba now he's got him off the fence

see if he can do more with this now

especially in this third round these

posss take so much energy and your body

is screaming for

oxygen good knee there by

kba it was going to take someone like K

Musa to really push yakob kassuba with

his experience those body shots still

thundering in two minutes left

here very grinding tough

fight arm strikes in favor of Musa leg

strikes in favor of yakob kassuba of

course takedowns in favor of kassuba

which leaves him with the ground strikes

Advantage as well good uppercut and left

hook back atuba there on the break now

double under Cooks in a body lock

kashuba expending some energy here

trying to get Kan Musa back down to the

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mat kba will try to pull MO back over

his own planted right

leg good job by Musa pressing down on

the

hands of

katuba that way he's not able to lift

him makes it very difficult for him to

finish a Tak down he's got him down but

not completely not on his

back takes the back though kouba just

grinding out this third round spiral

ride temporarily

there

Kane Musa not capitulating not giving up

any of these positions

easily he's got one of the legs of

katuba M's got to be careful not to get

his own arm pulled

back they're calling for the scramble

from the Musa corner but that just

allows kassuba to Circle and stay on his

back heavy wrestling game from yakob

kassuba nullifying a lot of K's offense

final 30 seconds here in the third round

I'm happy I'm on com commentary and not

a judge in this fight cuz it's so so

close that's why we have some of the

best judges in the world here because we

know these fights are going to be

toughly contested between these two

veterans like

this good Hustle by both of these

Fighters really impressive

Pace just a grinder of a fight in the

lightweight division of efl Europe last

year's champion yakob kashuba and Kane

Musa really high level stuff the

fans offering their opinion but perhaps

not appreciating just how grueling that

performance was for both of these

Fighters but both of these guys are

exhausted and they're both supremely

conditioned as well yakob kassuba really

taking some deep breaths as well as

walking around with his arms in the air

but what a battle that that

was we'll head to the judge's

scorecards will yakob kashuba remain

undefeated or will Kane Musa pull off

the

upset how about Cedric Doom Bay one half

for the main event walking in the

soldout acore

arena Cedric the

best undefeated in mix martial arts

multiple time world champion as a pro

kick

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boxer here's a look at the kinomic postf

fight stats yakob kashuba and Kane Musa

high output fight the takedown Advantage

you can see very significant for yakob

kashuba six of his seven attempts he was

able to get Kan Musa down will that be

the difference on the judge's

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scorecard I would not like to like to

have to score this one I mean it was a

real battle I'm edging with cassu of

course because he was dominant with his

grappling but you know these are such

tightly contested matches and Kane

landed some thunderous body shots and

opened up a cut on the face of the of

the former champion last year's Champion

uh I I think I think it was anybody's

fight heading into that third round and

I think the strategy might have just

done it for yakob kashuba the

auditor he does things in a very

cerebral manner even this early in his

career and I see Andy Shepard has made

his appearance with the official

scorecards ladies and gentlemen after

three rounds of action we go to the

judges scorecards all three judges scor

this bout

2928 for your winner by unanimous

decision yob

kba impressive performance by the

returning Champion looking to win a

second title in 2024 he looks elated and

a little relieved I have to admit and I

think he's standing with sha oconnell

let's see what the champ has to say

yakob kashuba Victorious here tonight in

Paris you won a pfl European

championship in 20123 you decided you

wanted to try going back to back here in

2024 but a tough test in the first

outing did that fight go the way you