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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Nathaniel Price (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Henry Hagan (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Price comes to the cage accompanied by Thunderstruck. Nathaniel Price has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?
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210 lbs
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217 lbs
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BJJ Blue Belt
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BJJ Blue Belt
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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
3 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Nathaniel Price!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
2 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Henry Hagan!
The judges for this bout are Eliza Hachem, Steve Erwin and Damien Edna.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Hagan tries to clinch up but Price circles away and keeps his distance.
Price closes the distance and looks for a trip takedown... aaaand he's got it - Price lands in his opponent's guard.
Hagan throwing his legs up looking for a triangle.
Price is stalling in the full guard.
Hagan thows some rabbit punches from the bottom but they don't do any damage.
Hagan doesn't do any damage with a couple of strikes from the bottom.
Price sitting in guard here, content to control.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Price gets to his feet. Hagan looking to butt scoot but the ref puts an end to that. On your feet son!
Price fakes a strike and closes the distance, dragging Hagan to the ground. Price is now in Hagan's guard.
Hagan being controlled here, momentarily.
Hagan is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
Price landing some decent shots from guard.
Price decides to stand up and beckons his opponent to follow.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hagan avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Price gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Price has double underhooks and is working for a body lock takedown. He's got it. The fighters land in half guard but Hagan regains guard immediately.
Hagan keeping full guard, as Price tries to pass.
Price controls the pace of the fight for a moment.
Price sneaks a leg through and gets to half guard. That was like a knife through butter how easily he passed Hagan's guard.
Price is trying to work for a kimura but Hagan is defending well.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Price drops an elbow to the side of Hagan's head.
Price stalling.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Hagan trying to control but Price postures up.
Price wants to take a breather but Hagan is having none of it.
Nathaniel Price has forced the referee to step in and bring the fight back to the feet.
Price 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.
Price avoids a guillotine attempt easily.
Hagan looks gassed!
Hagan keeping full guard, as Price tries to pass.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Price postures up.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Nathaniel Price dominated that 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.
Price throws a series of punches but Hagan moves out of range.
Price manages to get an easy takedown there - catching Hagan on his heels. He'll look to pass Hagan's guard now, I'm sure.
Hagan throwing some rather feeble looking strikes off his back.
Price looking to pass the guard.
Price controls the pace of the fight for a moment.
Price trying to control but Hagan is working from the bottom.
Hagan is working an open guard so Price takes the opportunity to get back to his feet.
Horrible takedown by Hagan or perhaps it was just good defense by Price which made him look bad.
Hagan tries to clinch but Price moves out of range.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Hagan has a takedown stuffed.
Hagan is breathing heavily.
Price avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Price drives through with a really nice takedown into side control.
Hagan is moving his hips around well on the bottom and has managed to get back to half guard.
Hagan wants to improve his position but Price is controlling well.
Price gets to his feet - back to striking we go!
Hagan gets taken down but at least he's managed to land in guard.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hagan keeping full guard, as Price tries to pass.
Price postures up and lands a big shot to Hagan's brow.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Price trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Hagan looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Price is stalling in the full guard.
Price slips nicely into half guard.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Price content to control rather than advance.
Price is looking for a kimura but Hagan is holding onto that half guard position, so it's hard for Price to get the leverage.
Price trying to control the pace.
Hagan wants to control but Price is keeping busy and won't allow it.
Nathaniel Price overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Hagan tries to push off, looking to stand up, but Price manages to move to mount!
Price controlling from the full mount.
Price's ground tactics aren't going to win him many fans. Let's hope he's got fireworks for us if he gets back to his feet because he's not doing much on the ground.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
The referee warns Hagan that he has to improve his position here as he takes two more clean shots to the head.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Nathaniel Price dominated that second round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action. And we move into the final round!
Price closes the distance and clinches up, looking for a takedown. He shifts his weight and gets a nice trip into half guard.
Price is thinking about going for an arm triangle but he can't free his leg.
Hagan won't allow Price to pass to mount.
Hagan throws a strike from the bottom that misses.
Price decides to stand up and try his luck on the feet.
Price avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Price scores a takedown into full mount!
Price landing shots from mount.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Price is working on an americana here. Ooh, that looks pretty nasty! Nope, Hagan has managed to escape the submission attempt.
Price controlling from the full mount.
Hagan is squirming around, avoiding Price's attempts to control the action.
Price is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Hagan can do to turn this around?
Hagan wants to hold on but Price pushes him away.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Price controlling from mount.
Hagan tries to hold on but Price pushes him away.
Hagan is trying to escape the mount.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Price is working on an americana here. Ooh, that looks pretty nasty! Nope, Hagan has managed to escape the submission attempt.
Price sitting in mount, just looking to control for the moment.
Hagan can't escape the position.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Price postures up and cracks his opponent a couple of times before moving back into close ground control. Hagan looks a forlorn figure.
Hagan in a bad spot here, taking shots to the head.
Price controlling the pace for now.
Hagan wants to hold on but Price pushes him away.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Price is in the full mount, landing strikes.
Henry Hagan has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Nathaniel Price is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Price content just to control the position here.
And that's the end of the fight!
Nathaniel Price showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Price 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 Eliza Hachem scores the fight 30:27
Judge Steve Erwin scores the fight 30:27
Judge Damien Edna scores the fight 30:27
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Nathaniel Price!
A loyal slave to those sponsorship dollars, Nathaniel Price made sure he mentioned Nature's Edge Nutrition, along with how happy he was to win his fight.
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FIGHT
RATING
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