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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Mike Haggar (ranked 187 p4p, 312 weight class) and Anthony Wayne (ranked 30 p4p, 45 weight class). Wayne has chosen Edge Of A Revolution- Nickelback as his entrance music. The fight MMA fans around the world have waited their entire lives for!

Haggar
vs
Wayne

202 cm
35
266
30 - 22 - 0

194 cm
31
238
22 - 10 - 0

Great wrestler
World class boxer
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Good wrestler
World class MT
Good gas tank

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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 30 - 22 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Mike Haggar!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 22 - 10 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Anthony Wayne!
The judges for this bout are Yuuki Gou, Tatsuya Matsuyama and Yukihiro Yamamoto.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Haggar takes one on the chin but seems OK.
Haggar misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
A slow jab from Wayne misses its intended target.
Haggar slips a jab from Wayne.
Haggar changes levels and looks for a double leg takedown. Wayne tries to avoid it but Haggar manages to keep hold of a leg and drag Wayne to the ground. Wayne escapes though and pops straight back up to his feet.
Wayne needs to keep his hands up - Haggar had a free shot at his head there.
The fighters circling - Wayne throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Haggar uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Wayne.
Haggar moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Wayne misses with an uppercut.
Wayne throws a hook to the side of Haggar's head but Haggar sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Haggar has been working on his boxing with his coaches at Crapollas Gym in the buildup to the fight.
Haggar scores with a hook.
Haggar takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Nice defenses there by Wayne.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Haggar fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
Wayne connects with a body shot that sends Haggar's belly button to the back.
Wayne smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
Wayne thuds his right hand into Haggar's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Wayne takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Wayne has been spending a lot of time sparring his boxing in the run up to the fight, trying to sharpen up those hands and look for a knockout.
Haggar swings for the body but Wayne moves out of range.
Haggar steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Wayne.
Wayne looks to land a body kick but Haggar moved away.
Wayne ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Haggar moves away.
Haggar fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
Haggar tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Wayne was well out of range. Poor timing from Haggar.
Haggar lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Wayne tries to land a front kick but Haggar steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
Mike Haggar seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
A jab from Wayne misses.
Haggar is using his height advantage well here, landing a good percentage of his punches.
Wayne jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Wayne throws a hook but Haggar avoids it easily.
Haggar lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Wayne circles away quickly and effectively.
Wayne shuffles to his left behind two crisp jabs. Haggar eats them both and turns towards Wayne to reposition himself and eats a stinging right hand-left hook combo.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.

Excellent takedown into side control there by Haggar.
Wayne bucks up and tries to throw Haggar off but instead Haggar has got his back!
Haggar is throwing shots to the body but Wayne manages to wriggle free. Haggar pounces on him again and ends up in Wayne's guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Haggar throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Wayne works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Wayne working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Haggar.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Haggar throwing strikes from guard but Wayne blocks nicely.
Haggar stands and throws Wayne's legs to the side, diving into side control.
Haggar works a knee to the body and follows up with a nice elbow to the head.
Wayne managing to avoid any damage from the strikes thrown by Haggar.
Sloppy strikes there by Haggar.
Haggar throwing shots but missing, from side control.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Haggar looking to punish the body of his opponent here but Wayne is avoiding damage well.
Haggar cracks Wayne with an elbow. That is naaassty.
Wayne managing to avoid any damage from the strikes thrown by Haggar.
Wayne on the wrong end of some ground and pound.
Haggar throwing strikes but missing, from side control.
Haggar sitting in side control, looking to soften his opponent up with elbows and hammerfists but Wayne is avoiding damage well and looking to escape the position.
Wayne is not content to let Haggar control the position.
Haggar misses with an attempted head punch from side control.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Haggar wants to lay and pray for a moment but Wayne keeps working.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Wayne is trying to stand back up. He's worked his way up against the cage but Haggar has just dragged him back down to the mat.
Haggar throws a knee to the body but it doesn't do much damage.
Haggar tries to advance to mount but can't.
Wayne defending against the ground and pound.
Wayne really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Haggar. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Haggar looking to punish the body of his opponent here but Wayne is avoiding damage well.
Haggar throws a strike aimed at the side of Wayne's head but Wayne avoids it well.
Haggar wants to control but Wayne is keeping him busy.

Haggar is trying to land an Americana. He has the arm isolated but Wayne is keeping cool and he's avoided the danger for now.
Haggar landing a few strikes.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close round but I would say that Mike Haggar will probably get the nod.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare each other down, ready to get back to the action.

Haggar lands a nice shot that snaps Wayne's head back.
Haggar swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Wayne walks into a straight right hand from Haggar.
A swing and a miss from Wayne.
Wayne checks the leg kick nicely there.
Wayne pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Haggar tries for a takedown but Wayne circles away easily
letting Wayne counter with a right hand.
Nice jab there from Haggar.
Wayne throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Haggar throws an overhand right that lands on Wayne's shoulder, as Wayne tries to avoid the shot.
Wayne jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Wayne jabbing away but nothing is landing.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Haggar throws a one two combo.
Haggar looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Wayne is fending him off so far but Haggar persists. Nope, Wayne circles away and we're back to standing.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.

Haggar gets the takedown into side control.
Haggar tries to score with some ground and pound. Wayne controls his posture well this time though and the shots don't do any damage.
Mike Haggar overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Wayne regains half guard, as Haggar was trying to land strikes.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Ground and pound from Haggar.

It looks like Anthony Wayne has been cut.
Haggar not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
Haggar trying to control from half guard but Wayne is working away.
Haggar working Wayne over with strikes.

Haggar seems to be looking for submissions.
Haggar frees up his trapped foot and advances to mount.
Wayne is bucking up trying to escape but Haggar cracks him with another couple of good strikes.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Haggar is still in mount, landing shots to his trapped opponent. Wayne can't stay in a position like this for much longer.
Wayne tries to buck Haggar off but he can't manage it.
Haggar trying to control but Wayne is having none of it.
Wayne has worked his way to half guard, taking advantage of Haggar's lack of action.
Haggar scoring with strikes to the body and head.
Haggar thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Wayne's head.
Haggar has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
Haggar seems very keen to just sit and control from half guard but Wayne does not like that idea so much and is remaining active off his back.
Haggar prevents Wayne from standing back up.
Wayne blocking the ground and pound attempt from Haggar.
Haggar thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Wayne's head.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Haggar is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.
Haggar sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Wayne defending well though.
Wayne blocking the ground and pound attempt from Haggar.
Wayne is in trouble now - Haggar has advanced to mount!
Wayne suckers Haggar into throwing a sloppy strike and uses the momentum to reverse the position beautifully! Wayne is now in Haggar's guard!
Haggar wants to sweep here but Wayne controlling him for the moment.
Haggar doesn't do any damage with a couple of strikes from the bottom.
Haggar looking to hit a scissor sweep but Wayne is one step ahead there.
Haggar is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Wayne can do to turn this around?
Haggar is working hard here to advance position.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Haggar is trying to control the position but Wayne postures up.
Haggar is looking to sweep but instead, Wayne has passed into half guard.
Haggar moves his hips nicely and gets into full guard.
Haggar looking to hit a scissor sweep but Wayne is one step ahead there.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Mike Haggar dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Anthony Wayne's cut.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action. This is the final round!

Haggar moves out of range as Wayne strikes.
A telegraphed right hand from Wayne misses the target.
Haggar tries to shoot in for a takedown. He's got hold of a leg but Wayne swivels and escapes.
Wayne misses the jab.
Haggar needs to keep his hands up - Wayne had a free shot at his head there.
Wayne defends well against a solid takedown attempt from Haggar.
Haggar slips a straight right by Wayne.
Haggar scores with a nice strike.
Haggar looks to land a left hand but Wayne moved out of range nicely.
Haggar is really head hunting here, hardly looking to strike to the body at all.
Haggar takes a jab right on the kisser.
Haggar shoots in and drives through. Wayne sprawls well.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Mike Haggar. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Haggar dives in and grabs Wayne's left leg, looking for a takedown. Wayne pushes down on Haggar's head and hops out.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Haggar takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
Haggar has a takedown stuffed.
Wayne throws the left hand but Haggar avoids the punch easily.
Wayne swings for the body but Haggar moves out of range.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Wayne misses the shot to the body.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Haggar takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
Good exchange - Haggar coming out on top.
Haggar stuns Wayne with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Wayne misses with a straight left.
Haggar drops down looking for a counter takedown but Wayne sprawls and moves away.
Wayne throws a lazy right hand but Haggar sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Wayne chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Wayne on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Wayne throws a looping overhand right but Haggar ducks down to avoid it.
A low kick from Wayne is predictable there

and Haggar decides to take the opportunity to score a takedown. He's landed in Wayne's guard.
Haggar postures up in Wayne's guard and throws a big left but Wayne blocks it.
Haggar throwing strikes from guard but Wayne blocks nicely.

Haggar drops back for a leg! It's a sloppy attempt though and Haggar jumps back into guard quickly, to retain the dominant position.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Haggar throws a big right hand that misses.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Wayne working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Haggar.
Haggar postures up in Wayne's guard and throws a big left but Wayne blocks it.
Wayne preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.

Wayne has butterfly guard. He's looking to stand up here. He pushes Haggar off him and springs to his feet nicely. The crowd applauds.
Haggar throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Wayne missing with a left hand there. Haggar was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Haggar slips a jab from Wayne.
Haggar changes levels looking for a counter takedown but doesn't commit.
Anthony Wayne has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Haggar moves out of range as Wayne strikes.
Wayne dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Haggar. That did some damage!
Haggar is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
Wayne misses the jab.
Haggar catches Wayne with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
Anthony Wayne seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Haggar misses the jab.
Haggar fails with a takedown attempt from distance.
Wayne swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Wayne pushing out the jab but it's not landing.

Haggar feints and then dives in with a takedown. That was a long way out but the feint bought him enough time to close the distance and complete the takedown. Now we'll play guard for a bit and see who can get the better of that position.
Wayne keeping moving, preventing Haggar from controlling successfully.
Haggar in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Wayne wants to stand but Haggar is controlling the position.
Haggar sitting in guard, not really doing much.
Haggar scores with a decent looking elbow strike.
Haggar is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.

That has opened up Anthony Wayne's cut even more.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Haggar is looking to work some ground and pound but Wayne has wrist control.
Haggar is sitting in guard, working some ground and pound.
Haggar throwing strikes from guard but Wayne blocks nicely.
Haggar with a flurry of punches that miss.
Haggar looking to pass the guard.
Haggar with a nice head shot there.
Wayne preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Haggar lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.

The cut above Anthony Wayne's eye is starting to cause him problems now.
Haggar postures up in Wayne's guard and throws a big left but Wayne blocks it.
Mike Haggar is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Haggar seems content to control from guard here. He's going to have to remain active though if he doesn't want to get stood back up.

And that's the end of the fight!
I would just about give that final round to Anthony Wayne.
I think Haggar has won this one but let's see what the judges have to say. 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 Yuuki Gou scores the fight 30:27
Judge Tatsuya Matsuyama scores the fight 30:28
Judge Yukihiro Yamamoto scores the fight 30:28

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Mike Haggar!
In defeat, Anthony Wayne stepped up to the mic, saying 'We will go back and watch some film and determine what we need to do to get better for the next time. Hail American Revolutionaries!'.