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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Craig Hanks (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Ben Stone (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Stone is bouncing up and down as he enters the arena, backed by CUZ I GOT HIGH. These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.
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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
20 - 6 - 1, fighting out of Los Angeles, Craig Hanks!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
26 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Ben Stone!
The judges for this bout are Gwen Towbar, Tiny Johnson and Chris Downing.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Stone throws a wild body kick that Hanks sees coming a mile off.
Hanks's jab looks to have found its range, popping Stone under the eye.
Stone throws a sloppy head kick and Hanks moves out of range easily.
Stone scores with a kick to the body.
Hanks takes a kick to the side of the head.
Hanks connects with a looping right hand.
Hanks misses with a hook.
Stone looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Stone slips under a jab.
Stone takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Hanks throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Stone thuds a left hand into Hanks's body.
Stone scores with a spinning back kick!
Stone moves out of range of the body kick.
Stone's jab looks to have found its range, popping Hanks under the eye.
It looks like Craig Hanks has been cut.
Stone pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Donk. Hanks catches Stone right on the button with a cross.
Stone fails to land with a series of punches.
Hanks connects with a body shot that sends Stone's belly button to the back.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Hanks throws a nice looking combination but Stone bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Stone.
Hanks scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Nice uppercut lands for Stone. That snapped Hanks's head back.
Stone takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
Stone keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Stone tries to work over Hanks's front leg with a kick but Hanks checks it.
Stone swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Hanks looks to score with a jab to the body but Stone is just out of range.
Hanks misses with a straight right.
Stone scores with a push kick.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Hanks moves out of range of the body kick.
Hanks misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Stone.
Stone throws a head kick but Hanks moves out of range.
Hanks with a hook.
Ben Stone seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Stone connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Hanks's hands.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Stone.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Stone rushes Hanks and presses him up against the cage.
Stone doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Nice elbow from Stone.
Stone misses with a short punch on the inside.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Stone.
Stone is stalling here. The referee will be looking to step in if he doesn't pick up the pace.
A right hook to the body lands for Hanks.
Stone tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Stone misses with some punches.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Hanks creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Hanks blocking some punches.
Hanks tries to work over Stone's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Hanks prevents a body shot from Stone.
Stone has Hanks pressed against the cage, preventing Hanks from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hanks blocking some punches.
Hanks works on Stone's body with a couple of short punches.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as Hanks takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Stone.
Stone tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Hanks has Stone pressed against the cage.
Hanks blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Hanks gets underhooks to prevent Stone's takedown attempt.
Stone scores with a shoulder strike.
Hanks avoids a wild elbow strike from Stone.
Hanks is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Hanks stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Stone.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Stone lands a body shot.
Stone gets through Hanks's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Hanks is stalling here.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Stone can't find room to land a body shot as Hanks controls the action.
A hook to the body from Stone.
Stone misses with some punches.
Stone jumps guard and drags Hanks to the mat. He's obviously going to be looking for submissions off his back.
We could do with one of the fighters taking the initiative a bit more on the ground - they're both waiting to capitalize on a mistake.
Hanks is just sitting in guard, looking to avoid any submissions.
Stone keeping moving, preventing Hanks from controlling successfully.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Hanks preventing the sweep.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Ben Stone dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Craig Hanks's cut.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!
Stone misses with a series of wild punches.
Hanks throws a head kick but Stone moves out of range.
Hanks throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Hanks moves out of range as Stone throws a body kick.
Stone will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.
An inside leg kick lands from Stone.
Hanks lands with a nice body kick.
Hanks swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Hanks scoring well with a low kick there.
Hanks connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
Nice uppercut there from Stone.
Hanks lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Hanks looks to land a right hand but Stone moved out of range.
Stone fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Hanks.
Stone throws a body kick that misses.
A slow jab from Stone misses its intended target.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Hanks blocks a jab.
Stone gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Stone takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Stone misses with a wild combination.
Hanks is looking to land body kicks.
Hanks defends well against a solid takedown attempt from Stone.
Stone moves out of range as Hanks strikes.
Stone uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Hanks.
A decent looking cross lands there for Hanks.
Hanks misses with a straight left.
Stone misses with a hook. Hanks ducked under it nicely.
Stone getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
Hanks misses with a head kick.
Hanks keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Stone stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Hanks.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Hanks throws a low kick but Stone avoids it.
Hanks throws an overhand right that lands on Stone's shoulder, as Stone tries to avoid the shot.
Stone explodes with a nice body kick and back out of range. Nice work.
Stone throws a nice outside leg kick.
Ben Stone seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Stone misses with a body kick.
Stone looks to land a left hand but Hanks moved out of range nicely.
Stone misses with the body kick
and Hanks counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.
Hanks misses with a low kick.
Hanks uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Stone.
Hanks misses with a jab, cross combination.
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Hanks, as that shot connected.
Hanks takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Stone takes a swing at Hanks's ribcage but misses.
Stone is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Hanks throws a body punch but Stone moves out of range.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Stone avoids the body shot from Hanks.
Hanks keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Stone misses with a double jab.
Stone fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Hanks has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Stone throws a looping overhand right but Hanks ducks down to avoid it.
An inside leg kick lands from Hanks.
Stone scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Hanks scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Stone thows a body shot but no joy.
Hanks misses with a two punch combination.
Stone misses with a few strikes there.
Stone swings for the body but Hanks moves out of range.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Hanks, right into the meat.
Hanks throws a nice outside leg kick.
Hanks checks the leg kick nicely there.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Hanks tests Stone's chin there with a solid looking shot.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Hanks chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Stone can pounce on him.
Hanks digs a good body shot into Stone's ribs.
Stone checks a leg kick nicely.
Nice body punch from Stone.
Hanks staying out of range there.
Stone misses with a kick to the body.
Hanks scores with a hook to the body. Stone takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Hanks is looking to land body kicks.
Hanks fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Hanks bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Hanks misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Stone.
An inside leg kick lands from Stone.
Hanks scores with a nice right hand.
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 Craig Hanks will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Craig Hanks's cut.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action.
A chopping leg kick lands by Stone.
Stone with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Hanks to score with a decent uppercut.
Hanks moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
Stone throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Stone throws a body kick that sends a sickening thudding noise reverberating around the arena.
Hanks misses with a low kick.
Hanks works the jab nicely.
Hanks connects with an inside leg kick.
Stone moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Stone keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Stone avoids the body shot from Hanks.
Stone ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Stone feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Hanks's calf.
Stone throws a low kick but Hanks moves out of range easily.
Hanks throws a nice looking combination but Stone bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Stone scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Stone's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Stone scores with a jab to the body.
Stone feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Hanks's calf.
Stone blocks a jab.
Hanks takes a kick to the body and keeps moving.
Hanks misses with a low kick as Stone jumps back.
Stone getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
Stone feints and then cracks Hanks's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Hanks down.
A decent looking body kick lands there for Stone.
Stone pushes Hanks up against the cage in a clinch.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Stone comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Craig Hanks's cut is getting worse.
Hanks is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Ben Stone seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Stone scores with a shoulder strike.
Stone swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Stone misses with a short punch on the inside.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Stone goes for a takedown attempt but Hanks pushes him away and we're back to fighting at a distance.
Stone looks to land a body kick but Hanks moved away.
Stone scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!
Hanks ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Hanks avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
Stone walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Hanks checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
Hanks lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
Stone misses with a double jab.
A nice leg kick lands there from Stone.
Stone feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Hanks's calf.
Stone takes one to the side of the head.
Stone misses with the combination.
Stone lands with a cross.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Stone clinches up against the cage.
Stone goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Hanks lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Hanks misses with a hook to the ribs.
Hanks tries to stall but Stone uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Hanks swings away with an uppercut that misses.
A short uppercut from Stone.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Stone.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Stone.
Stone lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Hanks tries to work over Stone's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Hanks lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Stone backwards.
Hanks will be looking to protect his midsection after taking some solid kicks to the body.
Stone throws a punch but it's blocked by Hanks.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Stone prevents Hanks from breaking the clinch.
Stone lands an uppercut.
This has been an exciting period of action!
A quick uppercut on the inside from Stone.
Stone misses with a short punch on the inside.
Stone misses with an elbow strike.
Hanks is stalling here.
Hanks wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
A nice left hand lands by Stone.
Stone tries to work over Hanks's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Stone lands a left hand that snaps the head of Hanks backwards.
Stone is clearly stalling here... Pick up the pace son.
Stone trying to land knees to the body.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Ben Stone really dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Craig Hanks's cut.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!
Stone misses with a two punch combination.
Stone connects with a jab.
Hanks chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Stone can pounce on him.
Stone moves out of range of the body kick from Hanks.
Stone scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.
Stone slips under a jab from Hanks.
Hanks lands a jab to the head.
Hanks lands with a nice body kick.
Hanks tries to land a front kick but Stone steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
Stone throws a half hearted mid kick.
Hanks looks to land a right hand but Stone moved out of range.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
A head kick by Hanks misses
and Stone counters with a takedown into side control.
It's got to the stage where if one of these guys blows hard enough, the other might fall over.
Hanks regains half guard, as Stone was trying to land strikes.
Hanks tries to roll over but Stone keeps him under control.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Stone misses with a head shot. Hanks uses the momentum to regain guard.
Stone with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Hanks avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Stone throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Stone trying to control but Hanks is working from the bottom.
Stone is intent on slowing down the pace of the fight, simply looking to control.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Stone is sitting in guard, working some ground and pound.
Hanks managing to control the position.
Hanks is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.
Stone tries to free his leg and advance position but Hanks is retaining full guard.
Hanks is doing well to control the posture of his opponent and prevent any damage.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Stone tries to free his leg and advance position but Hanks is retaining full guard.
The referee has ruled that neither fighter is active enough on the ground and has stood them back up.
Stone lands with a straight right. Hanks didn't see that one coming.
Hanks connects with a solid leg kick.
Stone throws a jab but it's blocked by Hanks.
Hanks misses with a two punch combination.
A good leg kick by Stone.
Stone lands with a head kick! That's gotta hurt.
Stone feints and then cracks Hanks's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Hanks down.
Hanks throws a right and a left that Stone avoids nicely.
Stone with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Stone uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Hanks.
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!
A jab from Stone finds it's way through Hanks's defenses.
Stone is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
Craig Hanks's cut is bleeding quite badly. He's got to try and protect it.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Hanks gets caught napping as Stone dives in and scores a takedown. Hanks manages to retain guard.
Hanks has momentary wrist control but Stone slips an elbow through the middle.
Stone has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Stone postures up.
Hanks keeping full guard, as Stone tries to pass.
Hanks looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Stone wants to pass the guard but Hanks is keeping the position.
Stone wants to control from the top but Hanks keeps moving.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Stone throwing strikes but missing.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Ben Stone dominated that fourth round.
The cut man is working on Craig Hanks's cut.
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!
Stone moves out of range of the strikes.
Hanks cracks Stone with an open hand slap.
Stone misses with a low kick.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Stone checks a leg kick.
Stone scores with a decent looking hook.
Hanks pivots, looking for a leg kick but Stone is out of range and Hanks settles back down.
A slapping leg kick lands for Hanks.
Hanks blocks a head kick by Stone.
Hanks avoids a kick to the body.
Hanks needs to keep his hands up - Stone had a free shot at his head there.
Stone throws a shot from downtown. Hanks moves away and avoids it.
Stone ducks right into an uppercut from Hanks.
Hanks throws the kick towards the body but Stone avoids it.
No luck with that takedown attempt from Stone.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Hanks throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Stone is wobbling all over the place through exhaustion. Will he make it to the final bell?
That's one minute gone in the round.
Stone scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Stone tries to close the distance and clinch up but Hanks swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Hanks looks to land a left hand but Stone moved out of range nicely.
A leg kick checked by Hanks.
Stone tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Hanks has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Stone.
Hanks throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Stone missing with a left hand there. Hanks was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Stone lands a jab.
Stone connects with a nice looking jab.
Hanks throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Stone counters with a nice double leg into side control. Hanks won't be happy with that.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Hanks on the wrong end of some ground and pound.
Craig Hanks has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Ben Stone has got the better of the ground game so far.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hanks tries to improve position but can't.
Stone takes a little break here. Hanks wants to take advantage but he is being controlled well.
Hanks is trying to control Stone's posture but Stone avoids it.
Stone tries to score with some ground and pound. Hanks controls his posture well this time though and the shots don't do any damage.
Hanks is trying to get back to half guard.
Hanks regains half guard, as Stone was trying to land strikes.
Hanks slips a foot under and gets full guard. Nice work.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Stone trying to control the position from guard on top but Hanks is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Hanks is pulling down on Stone's head. It's preventing any offense from Stone, at least for the moment.
Stone tries to free his leg and advance position but Hanks is retaining full guard.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Stone slips effortlessly into side control - very nice.
Hanks is not content to let Stone control the position.
Stone lands an elbow.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Hanks takes a big shot right to the temple there but he's taken it well.
Hanks tries to buck Stone off but Stone is having none of it.
And that's the end of the fight!
Ben Stone comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Stone has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 5 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Gwen Towbar scores the fight 46:49
Judge Tiny Johnson scores the fight 46:49
Judge Chris Downing scores the fight 46:49
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Ben Stone!
Ben Stone is the new welterweight champion!
Ben Stone took some time post fight to say the following; 'I came out swingin away, cuz I got hiiigh. I was gonna counter and take you down, but I was hiiigh. I came swingin for the fences - and I know whyy - why man? why? - cuz I got high, cuz I got high, cuz I got hiiigh. Ladidadadada. Skippity bee bop dooooo wahhhhhhh.'.
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