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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Joseph Goss (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Mark Hatmake (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Goss comes to the cage accompanied by Absolute Zero: Define Neutral. Both these guys have really solid chins. Will we see a standup war or will they both decide that a knockout is unlikely and try to win the fight elsewhere?
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180 lbs
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170 lbs
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BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Granite chin |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
5 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Joseph Goss!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
2 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Mark Hatmake!
The judges for this bout are Summer Carpenter, Eliza Hachem and Steve Erwin.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
No luck for Goss with that takedown attempt.
Goss is looking to clinch.
Hatmake swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
No luck with that takedown attempt from Hatmake.
Hatmake decides to change it up a bit and drives through with a nice takedown into half guard.
Goss is trying to stand up here but Hatmake is controlling him well.
Hatmake slips a nice elbow through Goss's hands, connecting with Goss's forehead.
Hatmake prevents Goss from standing back up.
Goss wants to improve his position but Hatmake is controlling well.
Hatmake scores with a couple of good hammerfists.
Goss tries to roll over but Hatmake keeps him under control.
Hatmake throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Goss punching from the bottom.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Nice strikes from Hatmake there.
Goss has one foot on Hatmake's thigh - he pushes off and manages to get back to his feet.
Hatmake fakes an overhand right and shoots for a takedown. Goss sprawls well initially but Hatmake persists and gets the takedown into half guard.
Goss is looking for a sweep. Hatmake is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
Hatmake wants to take a breather but Goss is having none of it.
The referee calls for the fighters to work.
Goss is staying active underneath Hatmake, who seems content to just control the action from this position.
Goss manages to get to full guard.
Goss utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Hatmake trying to control but Goss is working from the bottom.
Goss looking to sweep using the butterfly guard but Hatmake puts pay to that idea as he passes nicely into half guard.
Goss lands one or two decent shots to the body here. Although from his own half guard, he's not going to be causing too much damage.
Goss wants to get back to full guard.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hatmake stalling.
Goss is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Goss is trying to maintain the position but Hatmake is very close to passing his half guard.
Goss is looking for a sweep. Hatmake is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
Goss is working hard here to advance position.
Ground and pound from Hatmake.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
It looks like we're going to have a standup here. Neither fighter is doing enough on the ground.
Hatmake throws a half hearted mid kick.
Goss scores a trip takedown into side control. Nice.
Goss stands up and beckons Hatmake to his feet.
Hatmake looks gassed!
Goss tries to close the distance and clinch up but Hatmake swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Goss misses with a takedown
and Hatmake counters by moving into the clinch. Good anticipation by Hatmake.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Goss landing knees to the head.
Hatmake has a body lock and is looking for a takedown. Goss is bouncing around trying to prevent the takedown and somehow he has indeed managed to stay on his feet.
Hatmake wants a takedown but no success here.
Joseph Goss has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Mark Hatmake.
Goss throws a knee to the head but misses.
Goss with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Goss prevents a takedown attempt there.
Goss lands with a left to the head.
Goss has Hatmake pressed against the cage, preventing Hatmake from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Hatmake on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Goss is struggling to control the position.
Goss throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Hatmake blocks it with crossed arms.
Hatmake avoiding damage as Goss throws knees to the body.
Goss trying to control the position but instead, Hatmake has worked for underhooks and has pushed Goss into the cage.
Stalling in the clinch from Goss.
Goss prevents the takedown attempt.
Hatmake is looking for a takedown up against the cage. Goss gets underhooks though and prevents the takedown attempt.
Goss tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Hatmake drops to a knee looking for a takedown but Goss gets the underhooks and prevents it.
Goss drops down for a takedown but doesn't get it.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Goss stops a takedown attempt from Hatmake.
Nice elbow from Goss.
Goss is pressed up against the cage. Hatmake has hold of a leg and is looking to drag Goss down to the mat. Goss avoids the attempt though and has circled away. We're back to striking at a distance.
Goss tries to clinch but Hatmake moves away
and Hatmake counters with a shoot takedown. Goss fights it but they end up in guard.
Goss is trying to keep Hatmake in close.
Goss tries to strike from the bottom.
Goss is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
Goss is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Goss is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.
Goss wants to stand up but Hatmake is controlling the position.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Mark Hatmake dominated that round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.
Hatmake fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Goss, pushing him back against the cage.
Goss stops a takedown attempt from Hatmake.
Goss gets double underhooks to prevent a takedown attempt from Hatmake.
Hatmake gets a nice trip takedown into half guard.
Goss moves into full guard.
Hatmake throwing strikes but missing.
Goss throws a nice elbow from the bottom.
Goss throwing some rather feeble looking strikes off his back.
Goss manages to sweep nicely, so he's now on top. Hatmake manages to get himself to full guard.
Hatmake is looking for a guillotine. You can't force these things though and Goss defends well.
Goss scores with a decent looking elbow strike.
Hatmake is breathing heavily.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Goss chips away with some ground and pound.
Goss decides to stand up and beckons his opponent to follow.
Goss tries to clinch
and Hatmake counters with a shoot takedown into half guard.
Hatmake is looking to stall here but Goss recovers full guard.
Goss lands with a heel strike from the guard.
Goss throws a couple of weedy looking strikes off his back.
Goss controls Hatmake momentarily but Hatmake frees himself.
Goss looking for a sweep. Not yet Goss, not yet.
Hatmake stops Goss from standing up.
Goss keeping moving, preventing Hatmake from controlling successfully.
Mark Hatmake has got the better of the ground game so far.
Goss manages to land a sweep and now he's in mount on top!
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Goss with the ground and pound from mount.
Goss lands a shot to the body, followed up by a shot to the exposed head of his trapped opponent.
Goss lands a heavy elbow.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Goss postures up and cracks his opponent a couple of times before moving back into close ground control. Hatmake looks a forlorn figure.
Goss in mount throwing good strikes here, bouncing his opponent's head off the canvas.
Hatmake is working to get back to half guard.
Goss is still in mount, landing shots to his trapped opponent. Hatmake can't stay in a position like this for much longer.
Goss lands with some vicious ground and pound - can Hatmake hang on?
Goss 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.
Hatmake is looking to improve his position but Goss isn't that keen on the idea.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
BOOM! Goss connects with a massive shot to the dome!
That's three minutes gone in the round.
The referee warns Hatmake that he has to improve his position here as he takes two more clean shots to the head.
Hatmake taking shots to the head.
Hatmake tries to hold on but Goss postures up.
Hatmake is squirming around, avoiding Goss's attempts to control the action.
Goss pausing momentarily but resumes with a couple of decent strikes that do a bit of damage.
Goss connects with a couple of good shots from mount.
Hatmake wants to hold on but Goss pushes him away.
Hatmake taking shots to the head.
Goss connects with a couple of good shots from mount.
Goss lands a big shot there that rocks Hatmake but he's holding on and managing to survive for now.
Goss scores with a couple of good head shots there.
Goss is in the full mount, landing strikes.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Goss postures up and cracks his opponent a couple of times before moving back into close ground control. Hatmake looks a forlorn figure.
Goss fakes a shot to the body and cracks his opponent in the head. Nice ground and pound there!
Goss lands an elbow that was bordering on illegal but the referee lets it go with a warning.
Goss in mount throwing good strikes here, bouncing his opponent's head off the canvas.
The crowd growing excited in anticipation of a finish here! Right on cue, Goss cracks his opponent with a massive right hand that draws loud cheers!
Goss with shots to the head and body - Hatmake looks very uncomfortable down there.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Goss is landing with some decent strikes but Hatmake is trying to advance his position so the referee is letting the fight continue.
Goss unloading with bombs!
Goss lands a shot to the body, followed up by a shot to the exposed head of his trapped opponent.
A nice elbow there by Goss.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Hatmake is writhing around trying to get back to his feet.
Goss scoring with strikes but Hatmake is staying in there.
Goss with good strikes from the mount here!
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Joseph Goss dominated that second round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action. This is the final round!
Goss wants to clinch but Hatmake slips to the side
and Hatmake counters by clinching up.
Hatmake has Goss pressed up against the cage and is working for takedown. Goss manages to improve position though and keeps the fight standing.
Goss lands a knee to the head.
It looks like Mark Hatmake has been cut.
Goss connects with a knee to the head.
Hatmake tries to score a body lock takedown but Goss shows good agility there to stay on his feet.
Goss comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Hatmake takes a knee right on the jaw!
Goss missing with knees to the body.
Goss looking to throw knees to the head but Hatmake is blocking nicely.
Goss tries to score a body lock takedown but Hatmake shows good agility there to stay on his feet.
The pace really dropping off here, momentarily.
A shot in the inside from Goss.
Goss with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Goss stops a takedown attempt from Hatmake.
Joseph Goss has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Mark Hatmake.
Goss throws a knee to the head but misses.
Hatmake has a body lock and is looking for a takedown. Goss is bouncing around trying to prevent the takedown and somehow he has indeed managed to stay on his feet.
Goss tries to land a knee to the head but Hatmake blocks with his arms.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
Goss misses with a knee to the head.
Goss misses with a knee strike.
Goss is trying to maintain a safe position but Hatmake gets an underhook and turns Goss into the cage.
Hatmake wants a takedown but no success here.
Hatmake looking to slow down the pace here.
That's one minute gone in the round.
A knee to the head by Goss.
Hatmake breaks the clinch.
Goss closes the distance but Hatmake moves to the side
and Hatmake counters with a driving takedown into guard. Nice work there by Hatmake.
Goss keeping moving, preventing Hatmake from controlling successfully.
Hatmake pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Goss is keeping the position for now.
Hatmake won't allow Goss to sweep him here.
Goss pushes Hatmake off and gets back to his feet.
Goss shoots in looking for a takedown. Hatmake tries to sprawl out of it but Goss keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. Hatmake manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.
Hatmake goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Goss shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with Hatmake but Hatmake pushes him off and we're back to square one.
Goss closes the distance but Hatmake moves to the side
and Hatmake counters with a takedown into full mount! That could mean trouble for Goss!
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Goss really trying hard to get back to half guard here.
Hatmake unloading with bombs!
Goss tries to reverse the position but Hatmake maintains control.
Goss taking shots to the head.
Hatmake can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Goss is looking to escape.
Hatmake blocks Goss's feeble attempts to strike from the bottom.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Goss avoids a series of strikes thrown by Hatmake.
Hatmake fakes a shot to the body and cracks his opponent in the head. Nice ground and pound there!
Goss sneaks a leg back under and regains half guard and is working straight away to try and get back to guard. He hasn't managed just yet though.
Goss moves his hips nicely and gets into full guard.
Goss looking for a sweep. Not yet Goss, not yet.
Goss trying to punch from his back but it's not doing any damage.
Goss throws a couple of weedy looking strikes off his back.
Goss wants to stand but Hatmake is controlling the position.
Goss wants to sweep here but Hatmake controlling him for the moment.
Hatmake wants to control from the top but Goss keeps moving.
Hatmake throwing strikes but missing.
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.
Neither fighter is doing enough for the referee's liking and he's decided to stand them back up.
Goss looks to clinch
and Hatmake counters with a nice single leg takedown and he's in Goss's guard now.
Goss is looking to get back to his feet but can't, whilst Hatmake is controlling him.
Goss escapes his hips to the side and looks to be working for an armbar. Hatmake gives him a little smile and shakes his head. No chance.
Hatmake stopping the sweep attempt from Goss.
Goss wants to stand but Hatmake is controlling the position.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Hatmake postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.
Goss working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Hatmake.
And that's the end of the fight!
Mark Hatmake comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think Hatmake has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. 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 Summer Carpenter scores the fight 28:29
Judge Eliza Hachem scores the fight 28:29
Judge Steve Erwin scores the fight 28:29
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Mark Hatmake!
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hype
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pop
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FIGHT
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