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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Barry Allen (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Craig Hanks (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Craig Hanks told me before the fight that he's been watching a lot of DVDs so let's see if that helps him in this one! I can't wait to find out!
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180 lbs
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175 lbs
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Good wrestling
World class boxer
Insanely flexible |
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World class boxer
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the welterweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
18 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Barry Allen!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
19 - 6 - 1, fighting out of Los Angeles, Craig Hanks!
The judges for this bout are Stewart Dunkirk, Cecil Peabody and Wesley Smith.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Allen dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Hanks misses with a straight right.
Hanks connects with an inside leg kick.
Allen lands with a thumping leg kick.
Nice straight punches there by Hanks. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Hanks.
Hanks takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Allen doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Hanks listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Allen moves away from the strike by Hanks.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Allen is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
A swing and a miss from Allen.
Hanks misses with a head kick.
Hanks lands a nice looking body shot.
Allen will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.
Hanks lands a head shot.
Hanks staying out of range there.
Allen cracks a nice hook into Hanks's ribs.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Allen ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Hanks misses with a looping right.
Allen misses with a wild body shot.
Hanks scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
Allen ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Hanks fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Hanks will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.
Allen scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Hanks doesn't seem bothered though.
Allen throws a body punch but Hanks moves out of range.
Hanks keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Hanks takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Allen takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
Allen misses with a right hand
and Hanks counters with a thumping low kick.
Hanks scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Hanks fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Allen on the side of the head.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Allen is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
Allen's jab looks to have found its range, popping Hanks under the eye.
A swing and a miss from Allen.
Hanks lands a nice hook to Allen's body. Allen takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Allen scores with a spinning back kick!
Hanks slips a straight right by Allen.
Hanks dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Allen is looking to wear down Hanks with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
Hanks misses with a hook. Allen ducked under it nicely.
Hanks is landing a lot of head punches in this opening round! Allen had better start moving his head a bit unless he wants his face to turn into pâté.
Allen throws a mid kick that lands with a slap.
Hanks throws a leg kick which misses Allen's front leg but catches the back leg as Allen tries to avoid it.
Allen throws out a powerful jab.
It looks like Craig Hanks has been cut.
Allen swings for the body but Hanks moves out of range.
Allen throws a half hearted mid kick.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Hanks.
Allen misses with a kick to the body.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Allen on the wrong end of a nice jab.
Allen cracks a nice hook into Hanks's ribs.
Hanks throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Allen lands with a shot to the body.
Allen connects with a looping right hand.
Hanks slips under a jab from Allen.
Hanks looks for the body kick but Allen saw that one coming.
Hanks uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Allen.
Hanks slips under a jab from Allen.
Hanks ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Allen moves away.
A big left from Allen misses.
Allen fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Hanks manages to avoid it.
Hanks missing with a left hand there. Allen was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Hanks with a jab.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Hanks is looking to score with low kicks.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Hanks throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Hanks connects with a body shot.
Allen misses with a looping right.
Hanks dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Hanks on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Hanks slips a jab from Allen.
Hanks swings for the body but Allen moves out of range.
Hanks attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
Hanks looks to land a body kick but Allen moved away.
Hanks is looking to chop away at Allen's legs.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Hanks throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Hanks tries to land a leg kick but Allen saw it coming and moves away.
Hanks lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Allen takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Craig Hanks dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Craig Hanks's cut.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.
Allen feints and then cracks Hanks's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Hanks down.
The fighters circling - Allen throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Hanks throws a body punch but Allen moves out of range.
Allen rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Hanks counters with a thumping low kick.
Allen misses with an uppercut
and Hanks counters with a nice leg kick.
Allen with a hook.
Allen throws a body kick, spinning off balance
and Hanks cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Allen dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Allen swings for the body but Hanks moves out of range.
Allen misses with a shot to the body
and Hanks makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Hanks dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Allen. That did some damage!
Hanks uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Allen has time to react.
Hanks slips under a jab from Allen.
A solid leg kick lands there for Hanks.
Allen checks a leg kick.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Hanks thumps Allen with a low kick.
Allen moves forwards but Hanks connects with a nice, crisp jab.
A big left from Allen misses.
Hanks lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
Hanks misses the jab.
Hanks lands a kick to the ribs of his opponent. Nice work there - in and out in a flash.
Allen uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Hanks.
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.
Allen just misses with a punch to the body.
A big right from Hanks misses.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Allen throws a lazy right hand but Hanks sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Craig Hanks seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Hanks throws a head kick that misses.
Hanks throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.
Hanks misses with a wild body shot.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Allen moves out of range of the strikes.
Allen fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Allen checks a leg kick.
Hanks staying out of range there.
Allen looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Allen connects with a solid leg kick.
Allen blocks a jab.
Allen takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Hanks lands a slapping body shot.
Hanks tries to move into range but Allen moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
Hanks slips under a jab from Allen.
Allen connects with an inside leg kick.
Allen takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
Hanks throws the left hand but Allen avoids the punch easily.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hanks scores with the left hand. Allen knows he should have avoided that one.
Allen pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
A clash of legs there as Allen blocks the low kick.
Hanks misses with a head kick.
Allen fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Allen looks for the body kick but Hanks saw that one coming.
Allen lands a jab.
A big left from Allen misses.
Allen takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
Hanks uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Allen has time to react.
A decent looking cross lands there for Allen.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Hanks fails to land with a series of punches.
Hanks lands a big head kick that sends Allen tumbling to the mat! Hanks takes a step backwards and waves Allen back to his feet - he wants the finish!
Allen is rocked!
That's four minutes gone in the round.
BOOM! Hanks lands a beautiful left hook that drops Allen. Allen tries to recover but Hanks is having none of it, landing more punishing shots from mount. One final crushing shot and Allen lies motionless on the canvas. The fight is over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:08 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Craig Hanks!
Craig Hanks is the new welterweight champion!
Craig 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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