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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Herbie Hawkins (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Mickey Finn (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Chooooooooon! I think Hawkins might be my favorite fighter, now he's come out to My Sacrifice. Finn has chosen Von Bondies - C'mon c'mon as his entrance music. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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213 lbs
6 - 4 - 0 |
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205 lbs
5 - 1 - 0 |
BJJ Purple Belt
Solid boxing
KO power |
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Good wrestler
Decent boxing
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 1 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
6 - 4 - 0, fighting out of London, Herbie Hawkins!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
5 - 1 - 0, fighting out of London, Mickey Finn!
The judges for this bout are James Ackerman, Richard Clark and Sam Margolis.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Finn scores with a decent looking hook.
Hawkins thows a left - swing and a miss!
Hawkins misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Finn.
Finn misses the shot to the body.
Finn with a hook.
Finn takes one to the chin there.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Hawkins checks a leg kick.
Finn lunges at Hawkins with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Hawkins's hand.
Finn scores with a jab.
Hawkins gets caught on his heels momentarily as he allows Finn to score an easy takedown into full guard.
Hawkins seems keen to control rather than go for a submission, at least for now.
Finn missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Hawkins has a loose triangle. He'll be looking to tighten that up but Finn can see exactly what he's planning and manages to posture up and free himself.
Hawkins keeping moving, preventing Finn from controlling successfully.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Finn trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Finn trying to control but Hawkins is working from the bottom.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Finn tries to free his leg and advance position but Hawkins is retaining full guard.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Finn's corner. There ya go! There ya go!
Finn throws and elbow that misses. Hawkins uses the momentum to reverse the position. He's now in Finn's guard. Nice move by Hawkins!
Hawkins has gone for a leg lock! Finn slips out almost immediately though and dives into Hawkins's guard.
Hawkins managing to control the position.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Finn trying to control but Hawkins is working from the bottom.
Hawkins working a defensive guard here.
Finn passes Hawkins's left leg - he's now in half guard.
Hawkins wants to get back to his feet.
Hawkins trying to hold on to Finn's head to control him but Finn postures up.
Finn is looking for an arm triangle, whilst trying to pass to side control. Hawkins doesn't seem that keen to cooperate though. No luck this time Finn.
Finn wants to advance to full mount but Hawkins doesn't think that's going to happen and regains full guard instead.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hawkins has momentary wrist control but Finn slips an elbow through the middle.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Finn looking to pass the guard.
Finn trying to control but Hawkins is working from the bottom.
Finn controlling from the guard. I say controlling but really, he's stalling.
Finn wants to control from the top but Hawkins keeps moving.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
Hawkins keeping full guard, as Finn tries to pass.
Finn controlling from the guard. I say controlling but really, he's stalling.
Hawkins controls Finn momentarily but Finn frees himself.
Hawkins is looking to stand up but Finn isn't so interested in that idea.
It looks like we're going to have a standup here. Neither fighter is doing enough on the ground.
Finn lands with a nice body punch.
Finn slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
That's five minutes gone in the round.
Hawkins throws out a powerful jab.
Finn throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Hawkins uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Finn.
Hawkins slips under a jab from Finn.
Finn gets cracked there but stands up to it.
Hawkins defends well against a solid takedown attempt from Finn.
Finn lands a nice hook to Hawkins's body. Hawkins takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
A slow jab from Finn misses its intended target.
Hawkins decides to change it up a bit and drives through with a nice takedown into half guard.
Finn is defending against the submission attempts here by Hawkins.
Finn is trying is best to control the position here.
That's six minutes gone in the round.
Hawkins is working for submissions here but there's nothing on.
Hawkins seems to be working for a kimura but Finn defends the submission attempt.
Hawkins is breathing heavily.
Hawkins is looking for a kimura but he's never going to get it from there.
Finn works his way to full guard. Good work.
Finn is pulling down on Hawkins's head. It's preventing any offense from Hawkins, at least for the moment.
That's seven minutes gone in the round.
Hawkins trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Hawkins preventing the sweep.
Hawkins drops back looking for a heel hook - he quickly realises he's not going to get it but Finn manages to dive on top of him before he can escape and now Hawkins has Finn in his guard.
Finn stopping the sweep attempt from Hawkins.
Finn slows down the pace of the fight, as he sits in guard.
That's eight minutes gone in the round.
Neither fighter has done anything of merit for a good minute or two here and the crowd are not happy about it.
Finn trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Hawkins looking for submissions off his back, moving his hips, looking for an opening.
Finn pushing down on Hawkins's thigh, trying to pass to half guard. He's managed it... Nice work.
Well, if Finn is going to just lie there, perhaps we should talk about what we're having for dinner tonight… I'm having a ham and pineapple pizza… Yum. Can't wait.
Finn wants to pass to mount but Hawkins is defending the position.
Finn sitting and controlling from the half guard.
That's nine minutes gone in the round.
Hawkins actively working from the bottom here.
Finn is looking to advance position but Hawkins won't allow it.
Hawkins preventing any damage for now, controlling his opponent's head.
Finn is keen to just control but Hawkins is a slippery customer.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Finn is just sitting in half guard, waiting for something to happen.
And that's the end of the fight!
Mickey Finn comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Finn 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 1 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge James Ackerman scores the fight for Mickey Finn!
Judge Richard Clark scores the fight for Mickey Finn!
Judge Sam Margolis scores the fight for Mickey Finn!
Mickey Finn wins by unanimous decision!
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energy
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hype
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pop
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RATING
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