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Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Tommy Hogg (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Ricardo Finito (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). There are an array of beautiful celebrities at ringside tonight! I wonder if any of them paid for their tickets.
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154 lbs
2 - 2 - 0 |
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148 lbs
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BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent boxer
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BJJ Blue Belt
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
2 - 2 - 0, fighting out of New York, Tommy Hogg!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
3 - 6 - 0, fighting out of New York, Ricardo Finito!
The judges for this bout are Lou da Vinci, Russell Pearce and Jonathan Paton.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Finito throws out a powerful jab.
Finito with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Hogg to score with a decent uppercut.
Finito swings away with a body shot that misses
and Hogg counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Finito throws a combination that misses
and Hogg holds on and brings the fighters into a clinch.
Hogg manages to break the clinch.
Finito scores to the head and body with a nice combination!
Finito throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
Finito misses with a body shot
enabling Hogg to counter with a crisp jab.
Finito slips under a jab from Hogg.
Ricardo Finito seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Hogg staying out of range there.
Finito throws a combination that misses
and Hogg counters with a straight right hand.
Hogg is using his reach advantage well here, landing the more effective single shots from range.
Finito misses with a two punch combination.
Finito falls off balance throwing a combination
and Hogg counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Hogg explodes with a nice body kick and back out of range. Nice work.
Finito throws an off balance right hand
and Hogg counters by moving into the clinch.
Finito is trying to break the clinch but Hogg has him pressed against the cage.
Finito wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Hogg has him pressed against the cage.
Finito is trying to break the clinch but Hogg has him pressed against the cage.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Finito working hard to break the clinch.
Hogg is stalling here. The referee will be looking to step in if he doesn't pick up the pace.
Hogg manages to break the clinch.
No luck for Hogg with that takedown attempt.
Hogg sizes up Finito with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
Ricardo Finito is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Finito takes a kick to the side of the head.
Hogg slips a jab and a cross from Finito.
Finito misses with a left hand
enabling Hogg to counter with a crisp jab.
Hogg throws a lazy right hand but Finito sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Finito misses with the body kick
and Hogg counters with a nice uppercut.
A decent looking cross lands there for Hogg.
Finito throws a series of punches but Hogg moves out of range.
Some wild striking there from Hogg.
Finito misses with a left hand
letting Hogg counter with a right hand.
Finito throws a right hand that misses
and Hogg counters with a nice uppercut.
Hogg is using his height advantage well here, landing a good percentage of his punches.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Finito tried to score with a low kick but Hogg checks it.
Finito bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Hogg's head.
Good leg kick by Hogg there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Finito throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Hogg counters with a low kick, right behind Finito 's knee.
Hogg lands a vicious shot with the stealth of a sniper and the strength of a viper. Are vipers that strong? I can think of lots of things that are stronger than a viper - not many rhyme with sniper though.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
A looping hook to the body misses from Finito. Hogg does a little dance to reset his feet.
Hogg lands a head shot.
Finito slaps away a takedown attempt from Hogg, before circling back to the center of the mat.
Hogg scores with a jab to the body.
A swing and a miss from Finito.
Finito throws a poor cross that misses
and Hogg counters with a low kick, right behind Finito 's knee.
Finito scores with a three punch combo!
Finito throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Hogg counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Finito misses with a lunging right hand
and Hogg counters with a thumping low kick.
Finito looks gassed!
Finito on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
Finito misses with a two punch combination.
Finito misses with a jab to the body
and Hogg counters with a straight right hand.
Finito takes a swing at Hogg's ribcage but misses.
Finito throws a series of punches but Hogg moves out of range.
A jab from Hogg does it's job there.
Finito misses with a combination
and Hogg decides to take the opportunity to score a takedown. He's landed in Finito's guard.
Finito wants to sweep but no luck.
Hogg stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Finito swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Hogg stands up from guard. Let's bang!
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Hogg will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Finito closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
Finito moves into range and throws a lovely three punch combination.
Finito misses with a lunging right hand
and Hogg counters with a nice double leg into guard.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Finito is trying to control the position but Hogg postures up.
Hogg is taking a break and basically stalling. The referee will not allow him to do that for long.
Hogg stopping the sweep attempt from Finito.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Hogg stands up and waves to Finito to follow him.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Tommy Hogg dominated that round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!
Finito misses with a double jab.
Finito misses with a double jab.
Hogg showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Finito.
Hogg drives through with a really nice takedown into side control.
Hogg working away.
Hogg decides to stand up, so the ref orders Finito to his feet.
Finito misses with a double jab
and Hogg connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Finito uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Hogg.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Finito is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Hogg.
Finito throws a sloppy head kick
letting Hogg counter with a right hand.
Hogg with a jab.
Finito has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
Finito looks to land a combination but Hogg avoids it well.
Hogg closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Hogg's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Hogg throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Hogg fails to land with a series of punches.
Hogg lunges at Finito with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Finito's hand.
Finito falls off balance throwing a combination
enabling Hogg to counter with a crisp jab.
Hogg with a hook.
Jab by Hogg.
Finito throws a low kick but Hogg moves out of range easily.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Finito swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Finito takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Hogg lands with an uppercut that bounces Finito off the cage and back into rage.
Hogg's corner calls for a 1-2. Hogg obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
Finito throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Hogg counters with a series of strikes. Finito will be more careful next time no doubt.
Finito scores with a shot to the body.
Finito throws a right and a left that both miss.
Hogg clinches up with Finito and pushes him back against the cage.
Hogg breaks the clinch.
Sloppy strikes from Finito. Those never looked like landing.
Hogg displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Finito throws out the jab.
Ricardo Finito is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Hogg scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Finito fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Tommy Hogg is winning the standup battle so far.
Finito has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Hogg.
Finito falls off balance throwing a combination
enabling Hogg to counter with a crisp jab.
Finito is breathing heavily.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Finito swings away with a body shot that misses
and Hogg counters with a straight right hand.
Hogg feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Finito's calf.
Finito looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Hogg throws the left hand but Finito avoids the punch easily.
Hogg lands a glancing blow to the side of Finito's head.
Finito throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Hogg counters with a nice double leg into side control. Finito won't be happy with that.
Finito is trying to control Hogg's posture but Hogg avoids it.
Hogg decides to stand back up. Hogg steps back and let's Finito get back to his feet.
Finito throws a predictable looking body shot
and Hogg counters by moving into the clinch. Good anticipation by Hogg.
Finito tries to break free but Hogg pushes him back against the cage.
Hogg manages to break the clinch.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Nice shot by Hogg.
Finito swings for the body but Hogg moves out of range.
Hogg cracks Finito with a good jab.
Finito lands with a nice combination. Hogg backs away looking to recover.
Finito is really struggling to land any decent head shots against his taller opponent.
Finito fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Finito swings for the body but Hogg moves out of range.
Hogg dodges the punch combination from Finito.
Finito throws a left and a right that both miss
and Hogg counters with a big head kick but Finito shrugs it off.
Hogg is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Finito can do to turn this around?
Hogg staying out of range there.
Hogg jabs away that one connects to the head of his opponent.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
The fighters circle momentarily. Hogg darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.
Finito looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Hogg has Finito up against the cage in a clinch.
Hogg pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Tommy Hogg dominated that second round.
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. Let's hear some noise people - this is the final round!
Hogg slips a jab and a cross from Finito.
Finito misses the body punch
and Hogg connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Finito throws a right hand that Hogg ducks under and follows up with a left that Hogg also avoids with ease.
Finito scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
Finito throws a right hand that misses
and Hogg counters with a nice uppercut.
Finito lands a nice shot to the body.
Nice jab there from Hogg.
Finito falls off balance throwing a combination
and Hogg moves into the clinch.
Hogg pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Finito falls off balance throwing a combination
and Hogg counters with a nice uppercut.
Finito misses with a few strikes there.
Finito takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Finito misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Hogg.
Finito throws a predictable looking body shot
and Hogg counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Finito throws a body kick despite being completely out of range
and Hogg counters with a single leg into guard. Finito didn't expect that.
Hogg decides he's had enough of playing guard and decides to stand. Come on Finito, up you get!
Hogg dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Finito. That did some damage!
Finito misses with a combination
and Hogg counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Finito thinking.
Finito misses with a telegraphed body shot
and Hogg counters with a straight right hand.
A right-left combo lands from Hogg.
Finito throws a left and a right that both miss
and Hogg counters with a nice single leg takedown and he's in Finito's guard now.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Finito is trying to stand up but he's not managed so far.
Finito is trying to control the position but Hogg postures up.
Tommy Hogg overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hogg decides to stand up and beckons his opponent to follow.
Finito misses with a shot to the body
and Hogg counters with a stiff right hand.
Finito throws a lazy uppercut
and Hogg counters with a driving takedown into guard. Nice work there by Hogg.
Finito can't do much from the bottom at the moment, as Hogg controls the pace.
Finito trying to control the position.
Hogg engaging in some classic timewasting tactics.
Hogg advances position into side control!
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hogg just content to control the position.
Both fighters take a look at the clock.
Tommy Hogg is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are hurling abuse towards the fighters... You can hardly blame them though because there isn't a lot going on in the fight.
Hogg is pausing for a moment. What's he doing? It looks like he's clearing his nose. Oh dude! He's shot a load of snot all down Finito's shoulder. That is not cool.
The referee is asking the fighters to pick up the pace.
Ricardo Finito has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
The ref stands the fighters back up. Tommy Hogg wasn't doing enough on the ground.
Finito walks into a jab.
And that's the end of the fight!
Tommy Hogg showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Hogg has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... 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 Lou da Vinci scores the fight 30:27
Judge Russell Pearce scores the fight 30:27
Judge Jonathan Paton scores the fight 30:27
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Tommy Hogg!
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