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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Laph Roaig (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Marvin Hagler (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Roaig comes to the cage accompanied by The Doors - Alabama song. Laph Roaig could well score a knockout today. He has the power to get to Marvin Hagler's chin.
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198 lbs
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200 lbs
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Good wrestling
World class MT
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BJJ Purple Belt
Lethal high kicks
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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
9 - 6 - 0, fighting out of New York, Laph Roaig!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
12 - 5 - 0, fighting out of New York, Marvin Hagler!
The judges for this bout are Joseph Jones, Russell Pearce and Lou da Vinci.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Roaig turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
A chopping leg kick lands by Roaig.
The fighters circling - Roaig throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Hagler lands where it shouldn't have, right in the... well, you know what he did? He kicked him in the penis. He's injured, injured bad. The referee sends both fighters to their corners and Roaig has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Roaig and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
Hagler finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
Hagler motions for Roaig to come forward. Hagler throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Hagler is looking to score with low kicks.
Roaig misses with a straight right.
Roaig throws a hook but Hagler avoids it easily.
Roaig jabs Hagler right on the nose. Hagler blinks but takes it well.
It looks like Marvin Hagler has been cut.
Hagler avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Hagler scores with a one two! Roaig had his feet all tangled up there and couldn't avoid the strikes.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Hagler tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Hagler throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
Hagler throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
Hagler keeps Roaig at a distance using the push kick.
Roaig misses with an uppercut.
Roaig walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Hagler checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
Roaig swats away the attempt to clinch by Hagler.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Roaig cracks the inside of Hagler's front leg.
Roaig throws a hook to the side of Hagler's head but Hagler sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Hagler avoids the body shot from Roaig.
Roaig blocks a head kick by Hagler.
Roaig with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Hagler blocks a low kick nicely.
Roaig checks a low kick from Hagler.
Roaig with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Hagler walks into a stiff left hand from Roaig.
Hagler lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
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!
Hagler tries to clinch but Roaig moves out of range.
Roaig throws a head kick that misses.
Roaig throws a head kick that Hagler semi-blocks.
Roaig waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Hagler.
Roaig throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Roaig misses with the combination.
Hagler lands a nice leg kick that just misses Roaig's sensitive parts.
Hagler pivots, looking for a leg kick but Roaig is out of range and Hagler settles back down.
Hagler throws a push kick but Roaig slaps the foot to one side.
Roaig lands a slapping body shot.
Roaig waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Hagler.
Roaig lands a right hook to the body.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Roaig checks a leg kick.
Roaig throws a head kick that misses.
Roaig with a nice cross.
Roaig lands a lovely overhand right.
Roaig throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Roaig swats away the attempt to clinch by Hagler.
Roaig checks a leg kick nicely.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hagler closes the distance and clinches.
Roaig can't break the clinch.
Hagler breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Hagler clinches up with Roaig and pushes him back against the cage.
Roaig pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Roaig throws a nice looking combination but Hagler bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Roaig takes a head kick and shrugs it off.
Hagler moves out of range of the strikes.
Hagler misses with a low kick.
Hagler throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Hagler throws a head kick that misses.
Roaig scores with a kick to the midsection.
Good standup being displayed there by Roaig as he connects with a hook.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Hagler throws the kick towards the body but Roaig avoids it.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Roaig catches Hagler with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
Hagler misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Roaig misses with a two punch combination.
Marvin Hagler seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Roaig throws a lazy right hand but Hagler sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Roaig misses with a straight left.
Hagler scores with a spinning back kick!
Hagler tries a head kick but it misses.
Hagler tries to land a leg kick but Roaig saw it coming and moves away.
Hagler tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Roaig paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Hagler takes a punch to the jaw and another one to the bread basket.
Hagler clinches up against the cage.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Hagler wants to break the clinch but can't.
Roaig fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Roaig breaks from the clinch.
Hagler sees a low kick coming and goes to check it, but it's actually a body kick and it thuds into his unprotected ribs.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Laph Roaig dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Marvin Hagler's cut.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!
Hagler scores with a jab to the body.
Hagler misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Hagler takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
A head kick misses from Roaig.
Hagler swings for the body but Roaig moves out of range.
Roaig tests Hagler's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Laph Roaig is winning the standup battle so far.
Hagler tries to score with a low kick but Roaig moves his leg out of the way.
Roaig takes a push kick to the midsection and stumbles backwards.
Roaig throws a push kick but Hagler slaps the foot to one side.
Roaig tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Hagler was well out of range. Poor timing from Roaig.
Roaig looks to score with a jab to the body but Hagler is just out of range.
Hagler does a little shimmy and throws a leg kick. The leg kick missed by a considerable margin though, making him look a little bit silly for doing the shimmy.
Hagler looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Hagler checks a leg kick nicely.
Hagler displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Roaig throws out the jab.
That's one minute gone in the round.
A leg kick checked by Hagler.
Hagler motions for Roaig to come forward. Hagler throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Hagler turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Hagler tries a head kick but it misses.
Hagler looks to throw the jab but Roaig is out of range.
A low kick from Hagler is predictable there
enabling Roaig to counter with a crisp jab.
That has opened up Marvin Hagler's cut even more.
A head kick by Roaig misses
and Hagler counters with a stiff right hand.
Hagler ducks under a wild hook from Roaig.
Hagler connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Roaig fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
Hagler dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Roaig. That did some damage!
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Roaig moves out of range of the leg kick from Hagler.
Hagler tries a head kick but it misses.
Roaig misses with a combination
and Hagler makes the exchange count by landing a cracking kick to the body. Roaig really felt that one!
That's two minutes gone in the round.
A swing and a miss from Roaig.
Roaig lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
Hagler loads up on a big right hand but Roaig slips the punch.
Hagler looks to score with a jab to the body but Roaig is just out of range.
Roaig blocks a low kick nicely.
Roaig tries to check the leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Roaig thows a left - swing and a miss!
Roaig throws a push kick but Hagler slaps the foot to one side.
Roaig on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
Hagler lands a front kick.
Hagler keeps Roaig at a distance using the push kick.
Roaig throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Hagler makes the exchange count by landing a cracking kick to the body. Roaig really felt that one!
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Hagler wants to slow Roaig down by chopping away at his legs.
A decent looking body kick lands there for Hagler.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hagler misses with an attempted mid kick.
Roaig misses with a low kick.
Hagler bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Hagler thuds his right hand into Roaig's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.
Hagler wants to slow Roaig down by chopping away at his legs.
Roaig on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
Hagler is looking to score with low kicks.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
A slapping leg kick lands for Roaig.
Roaig cracks Hagler with an open hand slap.
Hagler needs to keep his hands up - Roaig had a free shot at his head there.
Roaig will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.
Roaig throws a shot from downtown. Hagler moves away and avoids it.
A nice leg kick lands there from Roaig.
Roaig looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Hagler wants to clinch.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Roaig misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Hagler buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Roaig will be looking to protect his midsection after taking some solid kicks to the body.
Roaig misses with a straight right.
A low kick from Hagler is predictable there
and Roaig counters with a nice uppercut.
The cut above Marvin Hagler's eye is starting to cause him problems now.
Roaig swings and misses with a hook to the body.
A good leg kick by Hagler.
Hagler buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Hagler throws a half hearted mid kick.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Hagler tries to clinch but Roaig moves out of range.
Roaig takes a swing at Hagler's ribcage but misses.
Roaig just misses with a punch to the body.
Roaig tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Hagler was well out of range. Poor timing from Roaig.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close second round but Marvin Hagler will probably get the nod - 10:9.
The cut man is working on Marvin Hagler'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. This is the final round!
Roaig lands a nice looking body shot.
Roaig looks to land a left hand but Hagler moved out of range nicely.
Hagler fakes the leg kick and cracks Roaig in the body.
Roaig is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
Roaig tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Roaig throws out a loose jab but Hagler uses good head movement to avoid it.
A head kick misses from Hagler.
Roaig throws a lazy head kick
and Hagler counters with a straight right hand.
Hagler moves out of range as Roaig throws a body kick.
A head kick misses from Hagler.
Hagler ducks under a wild hook from Roaig.
Roaig fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Hagler has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Roaig misses with a low kick.
Hagler throws a low kick but Roaig avoids it.
Hagler tries to clinch
and Roaig counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
Hagler wants to clinch.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Roaig fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Hagler manages to avoid it.
Roaig pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Roaig just misses with a punch to the body.
Hagler steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Roaig.
Roaig motions for Hagler to come forward. Roaig throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Hagler digs a good body shot into Roaig's ribs.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Hagler tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Roaig was well out of range. Poor timing from Hagler.
Hagler ducks right into an uppercut from Roaig.
Roaig misses with an uppercut.
Roaig takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Hagler throws a head kick that misses.
Roaig throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Roaig lands a jab.
Hagler is throwing a lot of body shots here, looking to wear down Roaig rather than just go for the knockout.
Hagler fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Roaig swats away the attempt to clinch by Hagler.
Hagler avoids a kick to the body.
Hagler misses with a leg kick.
Nice body kick from Hagler.
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!
Roaig pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Hagler.
Hagler connects with an inside leg kick.
Hagler lands a nice leg kick that just misses Roaig's sensitive parts.
Roaig stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Hagler.
Hagler has managed to clinch.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Roaig fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Hagler misses with a body punch.
A head punch on the inside from Hagler fails to land.
Roaig misses with a body punch.
Hagler looking to stall.
Roaig lands a nice uppercut.
Hagler tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Roaig's elbow.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Roaig.
Roaig misses with a shot to the kidneys.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
Hagler's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Hagler tries to clinch up.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Hagler wants to clinch up but Roaig keeps it at a distance.
Hagler checks the leg kick.
Hagler throws a push kick but Roaig slaps the foot to one side.
Roaig swings away with a leg kick that misses.
Hagler fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Roaig on the side of the head.
Roaig throws a left and a right that both miss
and Hagler cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Roaig throws a head kick that looked like it stung.
Hagler moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Hagler clinches.
Some stalling of biblical proportions here from Hagler.
Hagler blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Hagler goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
The pace really dropping off here, momentarily.
Hagler's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
And that's the end of the fight!
I would just about give that final round to Marvin Hagler.
I think Hagler has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. 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 Joseph Jones scores the fight 29:29
Judge Russell Pearce scores the fight 28:29
Judge Lou da Vinci scores the fight 29:28
The fight is ruled a draw!
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energy
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hype
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pop
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