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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Frank Hodge (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Douglas MacArthur (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Douglas MacArthur has the power to score a knockout today if he connects clean with Frank Hodge's chin.
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204 lbs
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189 cm
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214 lbs
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BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent boxer
Very strong |
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BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent MT
Granite chin |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
3 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Frank Hodge!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Douglas MacArthur!
The judges for this bout are Frank Dennis, Robert Twigg and Stewart Dunkirk.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Hodge blocks a jab.
Hodge is looking to clinch.
Hodge blocks a head kick by MacArthur.
Hodge tries to move into range but MacArthur moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
MacArthur throws a combination that misses
and Hodge counters with a two punch combo.
MacArthur scores with a decent looking hook.
Hodge misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from MacArthur.
MacArthur throws a hook but Hodge avoids it easily.
Hodge throws a series of punches but MacArthur moves out of range.
Hodge moves into range and throws a lovely three punch combination.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
A combination from Hodge does no damage.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
MacArthur takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
Hodge bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Hodge takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
MacArthur fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Hodge.
Hodge misses with a double jab.
Hodge tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but MacArthur was well out of range. Poor timing from Hodge.
MacArthur scores with a sloppy right hand. Hodge should have avoided that one.
MacArthur dodges the punch combination from Hodge.
MacArthur lands with a right hand.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Hodge throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
MacArthur uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Hodge.
MacArthur is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Hodge.
Hodge lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but MacArthur circles away quickly and effectively.
Hodge throws a right hand that MacArthur ducks under and follows up with a left that MacArthur also avoids with ease.
MacArthur bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
MacArthur loads up on a big right hand but Hodge slips the punch.
MacArthur waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Hodge.
MacArthur fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
MacArthur's corner calls for a 1-2. MacArthur obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
It looks like Frank Hodge has been cut.
MacArthur is looking to slow Hodge down with leg kicks.
MacArthur connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Hodge swings for the body but MacArthur moves out of range.
Hodge slips under a jab from MacArthur.
MacArthur digs a good hook to Hodge's body.
Frank Hodge is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Hodge misses with a wild combination.
Hodge swinging wildly here.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hodge lands with a shot to the body.
MacArthur ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
MacArthur misses with a hook.
MacArthur needs to keep his hands up - Hodge had a free shot at his head there.
Hodge keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from MacArthur.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as MacArthur checks a leg kick.
MacArthur dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Nice jab there from MacArthur.
A slapping leg kick lands for MacArthur.
MacArthur uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Hodge.
MacArthur scores with a head kick. Hodge tried to block it but didn't get his arm up in time.
Hodge scores with a hook to the body. MacArthur takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Hodge looks to land a right hand but MacArthur moved out of range.
Hodge misses with a body shot.
A left and a right from Hodge both land. Nice combination.
MacArthur circles away from the clinch attempt
and MacArthur counters with a nice leg kick.
Hodge is looking to wear down MacArthur with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
Hodge is breathing heavily.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
MacArthur throws a body punch but Hodge moves out of range.
Hodge ducks down and throws a hook to the body but MacArthur moves away.
Jab, cross, leg kick. Nice combination by Hodge!
Hodge tries to clinch but MacArthur is having none of it.
MacArthur misses with a double jab.
Hodge rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but MacArthur moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Hodge lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but MacArthur circles away quickly and effectively.
Sloppy strikes from Hodge. Those never looked like landing.
MacArthur avoids the body shot from Hodge.
Hodge takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Hodge moves out of range as MacArthur strikes.
Hodge takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
MacArthur lands three nice shots there - that looked like it hurt!
Hodge jabs MacArthur to the body, keeping him at a distance.
Hodge throws a lazy uppercut
and MacArthur counters with a thumping low kick.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Hodge takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
MacArthur keeps the fight on the outside.
Hodge tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Hodge throws a combination that misses
and MacArthur counters with a lovely straight right hand!
MacArthur uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Hodge.
Hodge throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
letting MacArthur counter with a right hand.
MacArthur tests Hodge's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Hodge swings for the body but MacArthur moves out of range.
MacArthur misses with the combination.
Hodge fails to land with a series of punches.
MacArthur throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
MacArthur circles away from the clinch attempt
and Hodge takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Hodge tries to clinch but MacArthur moves out of range.
MacArthur connects with a looping right hand.
Hodge throws a left and a right that both miss
and MacArthur counters with an outside leg kick.
Hodge tries to bum rush MacArthur with a series of wild strikes but MacArthur uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
MacArthur with a body punch. A glancing blow.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close round but Douglas MacArthur will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Frank Hodge's cut.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.
Hodge takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Hodge is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
MacArthur swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Hodge tries to clinch up.
Hodge scores with a jab. MacArthur acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
Hodge throws a nice looking combination but MacArthur bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Nice body punch from MacArthur.
Hodge throws a series of punches but MacArthur moves out of range.
A looping hook to the body misses from MacArthur. Hodge does a little dance to reset his feet.
Good leg kick by MacArthur there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Hodge ducks under a wild hook from MacArthur.
MacArthur looks to score with a jab to the body but Hodge is just out of range.
Hodge wants to clinch up but MacArthur keeps it at a distance.
MacArthur throws a nice looking combination but Hodge bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Hodge throws a right and a left that MacArthur avoids nicely.
A punch combination from MacArthur misses.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
MacArthur connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Hodge swings for the body but MacArthur moves out of range.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Hodge bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
MacArthur uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Hodge.
MacArthur moves out of range of the strikes.
Hodge rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but MacArthur moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
MacArthur pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Nice uppercut there from MacArthur.
Hodge misses with a jab, cross combination.
Hodge tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but MacArthur paws at him with a jab and circles away.
MacArthur shoots in and scores a nice double leg takedown into half guard.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
MacArthur is pressing down on Hodge's thigh, looking to free his foot. Hodge is holding on for now.
MacArthur content to sit in half guard and control for a moment.
Hodge keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
MacArthur is trying to control. Hodge wants to improve his position but can't escape this time.
MacArthur uses his free foot to push down on Hodge's thigh. Eventually he works his other foot free and he's advanced to mount - this is trouble for Hodge.
Hodge avoids a series of strikes thrown by MacArthur.
Hodge blocking the ground and pound.
MacArthur has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
MacArthur cracks Hodge with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.
MacArthur in mount throwing good strikes here, bouncing his opponent's head off the canvas.
MacArthur controlling the pace for now.
MacArthur pausing momentarily but resumes with a couple of decent strikes that do a bit of damage.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hodge is bucking up trying to escape but MacArthur cracks him with another couple of good strikes.
Hodge is rocked!
MacArthur loads up on a couple of big shots to the head that have Hodge scrambling to escape. He can't get free though and several more unanswered shots from MacArthur land to the head. The referee has no choice but to stop the fight. MacArthur stands and salutes the crowd.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:33 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Douglas MacArthur!
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energy
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hype
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pop
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mgr
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RATING
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