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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Mike Byson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Fred Hanks (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Hanks has chosen AC/DC - Dirty Deeds Done Dirt Cheap as his entrance music. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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210 lbs
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BJJ Purple Belt
World class boxer
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the light heavyweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
20 - 9 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Mike Byson!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
20 - 9 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Fred Hanks!
The judges for this bout are Don Winkell, Timothy Bukovac and Jack Bonds.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Hanks misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Hanks loads up on a big right hand but Byson slips the punch.
Hanks scores with a jab. Byson acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
Byson waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Hanks.
Hanks takes a swing at Byson's ribcage but misses.
Byson slips under a jab from Hanks.
Byson misses with the combination.
Hanks uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Byson.
Byson throws a right and a left that both miss.
Hanks works the jab nicely.
Hanks cracks Byson with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
Byson swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Hanks counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Byson slips a straight right by Hanks.
Hanks ducks under a wild hook from Byson.
Byson misses with a few strikes there.
Byson drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Hanks misses with a straight left.
Hanks throws a right and a left that Byson avoids nicely.
Byson misses with a wild combination.
Hanks lands a right hook to the body.
Byson steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Hanks.
Hanks swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Byson loads up on a big right hand but Hanks slips the punch.
Hanks fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Byson on the side of the head.
It looks like Mike Byson has been cut.
Fred Hanks seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
A lazy left from Hanks finds it's target.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Hanks throws a body punch but Byson moves out of range.
Byson slips a straight right by Hanks.
Hanks throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Hanks misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Byson.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Byson defending well as Hanks loads up on a big left hand.
Hanks thows a body shot but no joy.
Byson on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Nice straight punches there by Hanks. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Hanks.
Byson avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Byson throws a right hand that misses
and Hanks counters with a lovely shot to the body.
A big right from Byson misses.
Byson with a nice cross.
It looks like Fred Hanks has been cut.
Byson connects with a crisp jab.
Hanks paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
Byson looks to land a left hand but Hanks moved out of range nicely.
Byson lands with a cross.
Byson connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Hanks's hands.
The fighters circle momentarily. Byson darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hanks fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Byson looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Byson is really head hunting here, hardly looking to strike to the body at all.
Byson slips under a jab from Hanks.
Byson misses with a hook.
Hanks lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Byson circles away quickly and effectively.
Byson swings for the body but Hanks moves out of range.
Byson swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Hanks counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Byson is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
Hanks misses with a body shot.
Byson works over Hanks's head and body with a nice combination.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Byson misses with a wild body shot.
Byson will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Byson misses with a double jab
and Hanks counters with a left to the body.
Byson is breathing heavily.
Hanks scores with a punch to the head.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Hanks jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Hanks misses with a looping left.
Byson slips a straight right by Hanks.
Hanks dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Hanks 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.
A big left from Hanks misses.
Byson ducks under a wild hook from Hanks.
Byson misses with an uppercut
and Hanks counters with a right hand to the body.
Hanks tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Byson was well out of range. Poor timing from Hanks.
Hanks lands a right hook to the body.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Hanks takes a swing at Byson's ribcage but misses.
Byson tries to move into range but Hanks moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
Byson gets cracked there but stands up to it.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Fred Hanks dominated that round.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.
Hanks closes the distance and lands a vicious right hand that drops Byson! Hanks dives in looking to finish! Byson is still trying to defend himself but he's taking too many shots and the referee has no choice but to stop the fight!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:05 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Fred Hanks! Fred Hanks retains his light heavyweight title!
Fred Hanks decided to thank the fans in attendance for making a great atmosphere. It seemed to go down pretty well.
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hype
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