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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Nathan Speed (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Khalid Hayes (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Speed comes to the cage accompanied by The Ramones / Blitzkrieg Bop. Hayes has chosen Flight of Icarus as his entrance music. Both fighters look pumped up here. Let's hope this is a good fight!
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203 lbs
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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
15 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Nathan Speed!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
16 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Khalid Hayes!
The judges for this bout are Jonathan Paton, Franklyn Lucas and Joseph Jones.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Speed uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Hayes.
Speed bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Hayes throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
Speed lands a body shot.
Hayes bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Hayes avoids a punch combination nicely.
Hayes keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Hayes misses with a wild body shot.
Hayes turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Hayes throws the left hand but Speed avoids the punch easily.
Hayes digs a good hook to Speed's body.
Hayes throws a leg kick but Speed checks it.
Speed misses with a straight right.
Speed lands a glancing blow to the side of Hayes's head.
Hayes misses with a shot to the body
and Speed counters with a left to the body.
Hayes connects with a body shot that sends Speed's belly button to the back.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Speed throws a solid leg kick but Hayes takes the impact on his shin and smiles at Speed.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Speed throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Speed throws the left hand but Hayes avoids the punch easily.
Speed bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Hayes's head.
Hayes avoids the head kick by Speed.
Speed ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Hayes moves away.
Speed with a nice cross.
Hayes throws a leg kick but Speed sees it coming and checks it nicely.
Hayes just misses with a punch to the body.
Hayes fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
Hayes blocks a low kick nicely.
Hayes throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Speed stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Speed moves forwards but Hayes connects with a nice, crisp jab.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Hayes defending well as Speed loads up on a big left hand.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Hayes.
Speed slips under a jab from Hayes.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Speed motions for Hayes to come forward. Speed throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Speed comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Hayes misses with a kick to the body
and Speed counters with a solid body kick.
Speed moves out of range of the body kick.
The fighters circling - Speed throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Hayes attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
Speed lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Hayes connects with a right hand. Speed shakes it off.
Speed tried to score with a low kick but Hayes checks it.
Hayes throws a body kick that sends a sickening thudding noise reverberating around the arena.
Hayes throws a shot to the body.
Hayes throws a leg kick
enabling Speed to counter with a crisp jab.
Hayes throws a low kick but Speed moves out of range easily.
Hayes lands a jab to Speed's midsection.
Speed takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Speed fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Speed moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
Hayes throws the kick towards the body but Speed avoids it.
Speed misses with a leg kick.
Speed scoring well with a low kick there.
Hayes throws a leg kick but Speed sees it coming and moves out of range.
Hayes scores with a jab to the head.
Speed feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Hayes's calf.
Speed throws a lazy uppercut
and Hayes counters with a good, hard body kick but Speed shrugs it off.
Hayes checks a leg kick.
Speed throws a good cross that connects.
Hayes is looking to score with low kicks.
Hayes throws a body kick that misses
and Speed makes him pay by landing a thudding low kick.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Hayes throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Speed tries to clinch there but Hayes circles away.
Speed fails with an attempt to clinch.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Hayes ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Speed moves away.
Hayes shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.
A swing and a miss from Speed.
Speed misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Hayes.
Hayes throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Speed lands a jab.
Hayes fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Speed manages to avoid it.
Hayes throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Speed sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Speed.
Hayes avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Speed is using his reach advantage well here, landing the more effective single shots from range.
Speed scores with a sloppy right hand. Hayes should have avoided that one.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Hayes throws a hook but Speed blocks it.
Hayes throws a sloppy head kick and Speed moves out of range easily.
Hayes swings for the body but Speed moves out of range.
Hayes displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Speed throws out the jab.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close round but I would say that Nathan Speed will probably get the nod.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!
Hayes throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Speed sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Speed scores with a jab to the jaw.
Hayes bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Speed misses the jab.
Hayes connects with a solid leg kick.
Hayes takes a swing at Speed's ribcage but misses.
Speed scores with a push kick.
Speed misses with a shot to the body
and Hayes counters with a nice body shot.
Hayes throws a solid leg kick but Speed takes the impact on his shin and smiles at Hayes.
Speed throws a body punch but Hayes moves out of range.
Hayes avoids the head kick by Speed.
Hayes misses with an uppercut
and Speed makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
This has been an exciting period of action!
A solid leg kick lands there for Hayes.
Speed is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Hayes is throwing a lot of body shots here, looking to wear down Speed rather than just go for the knockout.
Speed tries to land a leg kick but Hayes saw it coming and moves away.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Hayes throws a leg kick
and Speed counters with a lovely shot to the body.
Speed swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
A slapping leg kick lands for Speed.
Speed takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Hayes is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Speed.
Speed bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Hayes's head.
Hayes throws a body punch but Speed moves out of range.
Hayes is looking to chop away at Speed's legs.
Speed looks to score with a jab to the body but Hayes is just out of range.
Hayes connects with an inside leg kick.
Hayes throws a series of punches but Speed moves out of range.
Speed connects with an inside leg kick.
Speed throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
Speed throws a chopping leg kick but Hayes manages to avoid taking any serious damage.
Speed swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Hayes counters with a lovely shot to the body.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Hayes needs to keep his hands up - Speed had a free shot at his head there.
Hayes chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Speed can pounce on him.
Speed jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Hayes throws a shot to the body.
Speed shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.
Speed throws a nice looking combination but Hayes bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Hayes lands a lovely overhand right.
Hayes scores with a jab. Speed acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
Hayes misses with a wild body shot.
Hayes misses with a kick to the body.
A bone on bone clash there as Speed blocks the leg kick.
Speed throws a front kick that sends Hayes stumbling back into the cage.
Hayes looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
Hayes scores with a jab to the head.
Hayes misses with a leg kick
and Speed counters with a stiff right hand.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hayes avoids the body shot from Speed.
A slapping leg kick lands for Hayes.
Some bone on bone action there as Speed checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
Nathan Speed is winning the standup battle so far.
Hayes lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Speed lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Hayes swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Speed throws a leg kick
and Hayes counters with a solid body kick.
A slow jab from Hayes misses its intended target.
Good work by Speed as he checks the leg kick.
Nice body punch from Hayes.
Speed checks a low kick from Hayes.
Hayes fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Speed manages to avoid it.
Hayes scores with a hook to the body. Speed takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Speed looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Hayes throws a low kick but it's checked well by Speed.
Hayes stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Speed.
Hayes moves into range and throws a lovely three punch combination.
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!
Speed throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Hayes is looking to land body kicks.
Hayes keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Speed throws a nice inside leg kick.
Hayes tried to score with a low kick but Speed checks it.
Speed misses with a straight left.
Sloppy strikes from Hayes. Those never looked like landing.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Speed looks to land a combination but Hayes avoids it well.
Hayes checks a low kick from Speed.
Speed throws a sloppy head kick
and Hayes cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Hayes thows a body shot but no joy.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close second round but I would say that Nathan Speed will probably get the nod.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action. This is the final round!
Speed misses with a low kick as Hayes jumps back.
Speed connects with a solid leg kick.
Speed throws a looping overhand right but Hayes ducks down to avoid it.
Speed connects with a leg kick. Hayes looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
Hayes throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Hayes rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Speed counters with an outside leg kick.
Speed tries to clinch but Hayes is having none of it.
Speed scores with a nice body kick.
Good work by Speed as he checks the leg kick.
Speed throws a hook but Hayes avoids it easily.
Speed takes one on the chin but seems OK.
Speed moves out of range as Hayes throws a body kick.
Speed digs a good hook to Hayes's body.
Hayes lands a nice shot that snaps Speed's head back.
Hayes throws out a leg kick but Speed moves out of range and Hayes only half commits.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Hayes keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
Hayes swings away with a body shot that misses
and Speed counters with a leg kick.
A shot to the liver by Speed. Beautiful body shot.
Hayes takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Speed avoids a kick to the body.
Speed throws a sloppy head kick and Hayes moves out of range easily.
Hayes thuds his shin into the meat of Speed's side.
Hayes keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Speed connects with a body shot.
Speed looks to score with a jab to the body but Hayes is just out of range.
Hayes throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Speed sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Speed cracks Hayes with a good jab.
Speed connects with an inside leg kick.
Speed throws a head kick that misses
and Hayes counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.
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!
Speed checks a leg kick nicely.
Speed scores with a punch to the head.
Khalid Hayes has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
That's two minutes gone in the round.
A looping hook to the body misses from Speed. Hayes does a little dance to reset his feet.
Hayes throws a leg kick
and Speed counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.
Hayes tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and Speed is able to avoid easily.
Speed misses with a body shot
and Hayes counters with a nice body shot.
A head kick by Speed misses
and Hayes counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Hayes will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Speed misses the shot to the body.
Hayes looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Speed throws a head kick that misses.
Hayes fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Speed manages to avoid it.
Hayes ducks under a wild hook from Speed.
Hayes jabs Speed to the body, keeping him at a distance.
A left and a right from Speed both land. Nice combination.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hayes takes a head kick and keeps coming.
Speed turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
A nice inside leg kick there by Speed. That's going to slow Hayes down.
Hayes works Speed's body with a nice hook.
Speed is looking to clinch.
A head kick misses from Hayes.
Hayes misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Speed.
Hayes blocks a head kick by Speed.
Hayes comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Hayes circles away from the clinch attempt.
Hayes attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
Hayes takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
The fight stays on the outside here - Speed looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Hayes looks to score with a jab to the body but Speed is just out of range.
Hayes throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Hayes throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Hayes throws a solid leg kick but Speed takes the impact on his shin and smiles at Hayes.
Hayes takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Hayes throws the kick towards the body but Speed avoids it.
Speed lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Speed misses with a wild body shot.
A lazy body kick from Hayes
and Speed counters with a straight right hand.
Nice body kick from Speed.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Speed tries to clinch up.
Speed chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Hayes's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Speed tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
And that's the end of the fight!
Nathan Speed showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Speed 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 Jonathan Paton scores the fight 30:28
Judge Franklyn Lucas scores the fight 29:28
Judge Joseph Jones scores the fight 30:28
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Nathan Speed!
Nathan Speed decided to thank the fans in attendance for making a great atmosphere. It seemed to go down pretty well.
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