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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Michael Mauti (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Hal Jordan (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Jordan has chosen Dawn of the Dead by Does it Offend you, yeah? as his entrance music. The crowd giving both fighters a great reception on their way into the arena. That's good to see.
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202 lbs
15 - 8 - 0 |
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194 lbs
26 - 9 - 0 |
Good wrestling
World class MT
Insanely flexible |
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World class MT
Good gas tank |
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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
15 - 8 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Michael Mauti !
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
26 - 9 - 0, fighting out of New York, Hal Jordan!
The judges for this bout are Chris Downing, Cecil Peabody and Wesley Smith.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Mauti takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
Hal Jordan seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Mauti moves out of range of the leg kick from Jordan.
Both fighters circling a little - Mauti finishes the exchange with a kick to the body.
Jordan misses the shot to the body.
Mauti closes the distance and clinches.
Mauti tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Jordan avoids it.
Jordan blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Jordan lands an uppercut.
Knees to the body from Mauti .
Jordan misses with a body punch.
Nice body punch from Jordan - that landed with a thud.
I was talking to Mauti 's coach per-fight and he was telling me that they'd been working on the clinch in the runup to this fight.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Jordan working aggressively here.
Mauti lands an elbow inside that Jordan shrugs off.
Jordan tries to work over Mauti 's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Jordan lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Jordan lands with a short punch from the clinch.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Mauti .
Jordan managing to block the knees to the body from Mauti .
That's one minute gone in the round.
Mauti trying to land knees to the body.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Mauti just misses with a elbow thrown towards Jordan's brow.
Jordan avoiding damage as Mauti throws knees to the body.
Mauti takes a shot to the head.
Mauti missing with knees to the body.
Jordan lands a right hand.
Jordan tries to work over Mauti 's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Jordan lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Mauti .
Jordan goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Jordan misses with a punch to the body.
Jordan tries a body shot but Mauti blocks it.
Mauti looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Jordan throws a head punch that misses.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Jordan creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
A hook to the body from Jordan.
Jordan pushes Mauti back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Mauti throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Mauti prevents a body shot from Jordan.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Jordan lands a body shot in the clinch.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Mauti lands a knee to the head.
A right hand to the body from Jordan.
Mauti is breathing heavily.
Jordan's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Jordan gets a clinch.
Jordan swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Jordan misses with a punch to the body.
Jordan has Mauti pressed against the cage.
Mauti tries to land knees in the clinch but Jordan avoids the damage to the body.
Mauti creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Jordan misses with a punch on the inside.
Jordan has a couple of punches blocked by Mauti .
Mauti tries to land knees in the clinch but Jordan avoids the damage to the body.
Mauti throws an elbow but it misses.
Jordan pushes Mauti back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Jordan misses with a hook from the clinch.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Jordan lands a nice uppercut.
Mauti misses with an elbow strike.
Jordan blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Jordan wants to stall.
Jordan working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Mauti misses with an elbow strike.
Jordan lands with a short shot to the head.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Jordan.
Mauti landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Jordan working hard to break the clinch.
Mauti is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Jordan lands a body punch.
Mauti throws an elbow but it's blocked.
A short left from Jordan.
Nice body punch from Jordan - that landed with a thud.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Mauti throws an elbow but it misses.
Mauti lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Jordan throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Jordan lands a left hand.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as Jordan takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.
Mauti tries to land knees in the clinch but Jordan avoids the damage to the body.
Jordan lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Jordan lands with a right to the head.
Mauti tries to land knees in the clinch but Jordan avoids the damage to the body.
Mauti looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Jordan lands with a short shot to the head.
Jordan misses with a hook to the ribs.
Jordan lands with a light punch inside.
Mauti is rocked!
Mauti tries to land knees in the clinch but Jordan avoids the damage to the body.
Oh Mauti is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Jordan has a couple of punches blocked by Mauti .
Mauti tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Jordan avoids it.
Mauti seems to have got his legs back now.
Jordan lands with a short shot to the head.
Mauti unloads a knee to the mid-section. Jordan lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Hal Jordan dominated that round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!
Mauti looks for the body kick but Jordan saw that one coming.
Jordan swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Mauti looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
An inside leg kick lands from Jordan.
Mauti takes one to the side of the head.
Jordan has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Mauti .
Mauti slips under a jab from Jordan.
Mauti 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.
A shot to the liver by Jordan. Beautiful body shot.
Jordan blocks a low kick nicely.
A chopping leg kick lands by Mauti .
Jordan goes for a high kick. It partially lands.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Jordan looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Mauti uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Jordan.
Mauti wants to land a leg kick but Jordan is out of range.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Mauti uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Jordan.
Mauti uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Jordan.
Mauti takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Jordan connects with a body shot.
Jordan looks to land a right hand but Mauti moved out of range.
Mauti avoids the body shot from Jordan.
Jordan lands a lovely overhand right.
Mauti lands a leg kick that knocks Jordan off balance momentarily.
Mauti tries a head kick but it misses.
Jordan scoring well with a low kick there.
Jordan takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Jordan moves out of range of the body kick from Mauti .
Good work by Mauti as he checks the leg kick.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Jordan throws a big shot that misses.
Jordan lands a big right hand that sends Mauti crashing to the mat! Jordan stays standing though and waves Mauti back to his feet!
Mauti gets clipped by a big right hand and goes down spinning to the canvas! Jordan gets the back mount and begins to drop bombs on his rocked foe! Mauti is too out of it to defend against the strikes and the referee jumps in to save him from the beatdown!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:14 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Hal Jordan!
After winning the bout, Hal Jordan thanked all his fans and promised he'd do even better in his next fight. The crowd seemed to love his humility.
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energy
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hype
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pop
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RATING
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