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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Victor Horta (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Brad Hayfore (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Horta comes to the cage accompanied by Indestructible. Brad Hayfore is the more experienced fighter, so let's see if that makes a difference tonight.
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185 lbs
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188 cm
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185 lbs
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BJJ Blue Belt
Basic striking
Good chin |
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BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent MT
Very confident |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
0 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Victor Horta!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
0 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Brad Hayfore!
The judges for this bout are , Jack Bonds and Frank Antenori.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Horta moves out of range of the body kick.
Some wild striking there from Hayfore.
A punch combination from Hayfore misses.
Horta tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Hayfore paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Horta blocks a head kick by Hayfore.
Hayfore throws a head kick but Horta moves out of range.
Hayfore ducks under a wild hook from Horta.
Horta closes the distance and clinches up, looking for a takedown. He shifts his weight and gets a nice trip into half guard.
Horta is looking for an arm triangle, whilst trying to pass to side control. Hayfore doesn't seem that keen to cooperate though. No luck this time Horta.
Hayfore tries to roll over but Horta keeps him under control.
Hayfore avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Horta.
Horta trying to mount his opponent but Hayfore defends it.
Horta throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Horta trying to control from half guard but Hayfore is working away.
Horta tries to pass the half guard into mount. Hayfore knows what he's doing though and prevents the attempt.
Horta wants to take a breather but Hayfore is having none of it.
Horta is breathing heavily.
Well, the referee has seen enough. Neither fighter is active enough on the ground so he's stood them back up.
Hayfore throws a nice inside leg kick.
A combination from Hayfore does no damage.
Hayfore misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Horta takes a punch to the jaw and another one to the bread basket.
Horta clinches up against the cage.
Hayfore lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Horta avoids a wild elbow strike from Hayfore.
Horta breaks the clinch.
Hayfore lets loose with a powerful body kick. Horta will feel that in the morning.
Horta's corner calls for a 1-2. Horta obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hayfore feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Horta's calf.
Horta takes a head kick and keeps coming.
Hayfore swinging wildly here.
Horta closes the distance and pushes Hayfore back into the cage.
Horta tries for a takedown but Hayfore manages to get underhooks.
Horta blocks an elbow strike.
Horta is looking to break free of the clinch but Hayfore has double underhooks.
Hayfore throws an elbow that misses.
Hayfore lands a knee to the head.
Horta manages to pull guard.
Horta looking to hit a scissor sweep but Hayfore is one step ahead there.
Hayfore sneaks a leg through and gets to half guard. That was like a knife through butter how easily he passed Horta's guard.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Horta manages to escape and get back to his feet!
Hayfore lands a head kick. Horta smiles back at him and beckons him forward.
Hayfore throws a right and a left that Horta avoids nicely.
Brad Hayfore is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
A solid leg kick lands there for Hayfore.
Horta clinches up with Hayfore and pushes him back against the cage.
Hayfore with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Horta avoids a wild elbow strike from Hayfore.
Hayfore lands an elbow inside.
Hayfore with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Horta pushes off an throws an elbow but Hayfore leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Horta dodges an elbow strike from Hayfore.
Hayfore pushes off an throws an elbow but Horta leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Hayfore throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Hayfore with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Hayfore lands a nice elbow.
Hayfore using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Horta has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Hayfore just misses with a elbow thrown towards Horta's brow.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Hayfore with a knee to the head.
Hayfore connects with a knee to the head.
Hayfore misses with a knee strike.
With the fighters up against the cage, Hayfore throws an elbow but misses.
Horta dodges an elbow strike from Hayfore.
Hayfore with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Horta blocks the elbow strike.
Horta avoids a wild elbow strike from Hayfore.
Horta wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Hayfore tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Hayfore misses with a knee strike.
Hayfore lands an elbow inside that Horta shrugs off.
Hayfore misses with a knee to the head.
Hayfore tries to land a knee to the head but Horta blocks with his arms.
Hayfore creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Horta's defenses.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Hayfore just misses with a elbow thrown towards Horta's brow.
Hayfore tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Hayfore scores with a knee to the head.
Hayfore with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Hayfore looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Hayfore throws an elbow but it's blocked.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close round but Brad Hayfore will probably get the nod.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!
Hayfore stalks Horta and leaps in with a furious combination of punches. Uppercuts and crosses smash into Horta's face. Horta staggers backwards, shaken.
Hayfore throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Some wild striking there from Hayfore.
Horta lands with a two punch combination before moving back out of range.
Horta shoots in for a takedown! He's got it and he's managed to land in full mount! That's better than Horta was expecting from the takedown attempt, I'm sure!
Horta cracks Hayfore with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.
A nice elbow there by Horta.
Hayfore tries to hold on but Horta pushes him away.
Horta scoring with strikes but Hayfore is staying in there.
Horta trying to control but he's not successful this time.
Horta looking to secure an arm triangle but Hayfore defends it well.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Hayfore is trying to get to the cage to help him get back to his feet.
Horta controlling his opponent.
Horta dominating with strikes here.
Horta is landing with some decent strikes but Hayfore is trying to advance his position so the referee is letting the fight continue.
Horta scores with a couple of good head shots there.
Hayfore wants to control but Horta is having none of it.
Horta looks like he's working for a submission but he's not found anything just yet.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
There's not a lot going on here and the crowd are letting the fighters know they're not willing to tolerate a lack of action.
Horta is landing with some decent strikes but Hayfore is trying to advance his position so the referee is letting the fight continue.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Hayfore is trying to stand up.
Horta controlling his opponent.
Hayfore really trying hard to get back to half guard here.
Horta looks like he's working for a submission but he's not found anything just yet.
Hayfore manages to work a leg through to get back to half guard here. Good work there by Hayfore, under a barage of strikes from Horta.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Horta not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
Hayfore gets full guard.
Hayfore not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
Horta with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.
Hayfore is looking to stand up but Horta isn't so interested in that idea.
Horta drops back for a leg! It's a sloppy attempt though and Horta jumps back into guard quickly, to retain the dominant position.
Horta slips effortlessly into side control - very nice.
Horta scores with a couple of nice shots to the head there. The referee takes a look at Hayfore to see if he's OK.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
Horta is putting a hurting on Hayfore here, landing some big shots from side control.
Hayfore takes a nasty elbow to the side of the head.
Horta 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.
Horta lands a knee to the body and follows it up with some ground and pound to the head. That will wear Hayfore down.
Hayfore on the wrong end of some ground and pound.
Hayfore wants to control but Horta postures up.
Hayfore is not content to let Horta control the position.
Horta is chipping away with strikes.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Horta is looking to take a break and control but Hayfore is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Horta is looking for a kimura. He might have it! No, Hayfore has escaped the position, nice work there.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Victor Horta dominated that second round.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business. This is the final round!
Hayfore misses with a double jab
and Horta counters with a takedown into side control.
Hayfore is trying to control Horta's posture but Horta avoids it.
Horta works a knee to the body and follows up with a nice elbow to the head.
Horta working the ground and pound.
Hayfore struggling a bit here.
Horta is trying to land an Americana. He has the arm isolated but Hayfore is keeping cool and he's avoided the danger for now.
Hayfore wants to control but Horta postures up.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Hayfore taking punishment in the form of punches.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Horta stands up and beckons Hayfore to his feet.
Victor Horta is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Hayfore fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Hayfore misses with a head kick.
Hayfore gets taken down but at least he's managed to land in guard.
Horta 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.
Horta gets to his feet. Hayfore looking to butt scoot but the ref puts an end to that. On your feet son!
Hayfore scores with a nice body kick.
Horta fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Hayfore throws a left and a right that both miss
and Horta counters with a shoot takedown. Hayfore fights it but they end up in guard.
Horta throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hayfore trying to control the position.
Horta chips away with some ground and pound.
Horta stands up and waves to Hayfore to follow him.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Horta slips a jab and a cross from Hayfore.
Hayfore tries to bum rush Horta with a series of wild strikes but Horta uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Hayfore tries to score with a low kick but Horta moves his leg out of the way.
Horta shoots in for a takedown and gets it.
Hayfore trying to control but Horta postures up.
Horta trying to advance position but Hayfore counters by regaining guard.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Horta controls the pace of the fight for a moment.
Horta loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Horta stands up from guard. Let's bang!
Hayfore looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Horta shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Oh and he's advanced to full mount straight away.
Horta working away from the top, dropping strikes.
Horta scoring with strikes but Hayfore is staying in there.
A nice elbow there by Horta.
Horta looking for an armbar but decides to keep the dominant position instead.
Hayfore is trying desperately to improve position.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Horta controlling from the full mount.
Horta lands with some vicious ground and pound - can Hayfore hang on?
Hayfore is desperately trying to get back to half guard.
Hayfore taking shots to the head.
Horta landing strikes from the mount.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Horta is still in mount, landing shots to his trapped opponent. Hayfore can't stay in a position like this for much longer.
Horta lands a couple of nice shots there from mount.
Hayfore can't escape the position.
And that's the end of the fight!
Victor Horta showed his dominance in that final round.
I think Horta 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 Percy O'Donnell scores the fight 29:27
Judge Jack Bonds scores the fight 30:27
Judge Frank Antenori scores the fight 29:27
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Victor Horta!
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energy
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hype
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pop
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mgr
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FIGHT
RATING
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