More than 35 minutes into the telecast, the first fight of the main card is now underway. Saudi Arabia's Mohammed Alakel, 5-0 (1 KO), makes his U.S. debut as he faces Travis Kent Crawford (no relation to Terence "Bud" Crawford) in a bout strangely scheduled for ten rounds.
The 21-year-old Alakel has fought exclusively in Saudi Arabia since his pro debut last October but now lives and trains in Big Bear, California. He enters the fight just four weeks removed from a 1st round knockout win on the August 16 Riyadh Season show topped by Moses Itauma's early destruction of Dillian Whyte.