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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Tom Hagen (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Ha Young (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). I'm sure you'll be fascinated to know that I was talking to some pointless Z list celebrity before the fight and he thought that Ha Young was going to win. Let's see if he was right.
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201 lbs
20 - 4 - 0 |
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178 cm
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195 lbs
9 - 3 - 0 |
Abu Dhabi Champ
Counter fighter
Cardio machine |
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Olympic wrestler
Excellent boxer
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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
20 - 4 - 0, fighting out of London, Tom Hagen!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
9 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Ha Young!
The judges for this bout are Tatsuya Matsuyama, Shirou Masuda and Yasuomi Hirokawa.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Young misses with a jab, cross combination.
Young connects with a body shot that sends Hagen's belly button to the back.
Nice cross by Young.
Young throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Hagen sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Young misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Hagen.
Young ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Young tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and Hagen is able to avoid easily.
Hagen takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Young's jab looks to have found its range, popping Hagen under the eye.
Young changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Young feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Hagens jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!
That's one minute gone in the round.
Hagen walks into a left hand.
Young throws a jab when Hagen was well out of range.
Young has been spending a lot of time sparring his boxing in the run up to the fight, trying to sharpen up those hands and look for a knockout.
Young misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Hagen.
Young swings for the body but Hagen moves out of range.
Young fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Hagen manages to avoid it.
Young changes levels and drives through with a really nice takedown into side control. Hagen looks really pissed at himself for not defending that better.
Hagen is trying to get back to half guard.
Young just content to control the position.
Hagen regains half guard.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hagen wants to control but Young is keeping busy and won't allow it.
Hagen gets back to full guard.
Hagen pulls Young in close to prevent any damage.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Hagen not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
Hagen throwing his legs up looking for a triangle.
Young landing some decent shots from guard.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Young sitting in guard, not really doing much.
Young throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Hagen keeping moving, preventing Young from controlling successfully.
Young loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Hagen has his hands on Young's head, controlling the position.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Hagen is trying to keep Young in close.
Well, the referee has seen enough. Neither fighter is active enough on the ground so he's stood them back up.
Young dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Hagen. That did some damage!
Young throws a shot to the body.
Young feints and then dives in with a takedown. That was a long way out but the feint bought him enough time to close the distance and complete the takedown. Now we'll play guard for a bit and see who can get the better of that position.
Hagen avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Hagen keeping moving, preventing Young from controlling successfully.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Young throwing strikes but missing.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Ha Young dominated that round.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!
Young scores with a takedown into Hagen's guard.
Young trying to control the position from guard on top but Hagen is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Hagen trying to control the position.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Young wants to control from the top but Hagen keeps moving.
Young sitting in guard here, content to control.
Hagen seems to have improved his submission grappling technique since last time we saw him. Let's see if he can pull off a submission.
If this pace continues, the referee will definitely step in and force a standup.
OK we're going to have a standup here. Ha Young hasn't been effective enough on the ground and the referee wants a restart.
Hagen avoids a punch combination nicely.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Young keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
Young lands a right hook to the body.
Young throws a quick inside leg kick.
Young misses with the combination.
Young works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
Young throws a nice looking combination but Hagen bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Good work by Hagen as he checks the leg kick.
A big right from Young misses.
Hagen shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Young throws a series of punches but Hagen avoids them all with ease.
Young shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Let's see what he's got on the mat.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Hagen trying to control the position here.
Hagen keeping moving, preventing Young from controlling successfully.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hagen preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Young engaging in some classic timewasting tactics.
The ref stands the fighters back up, due to lack of action by Ha Young.
Young looking to shoot here. He's gone for it and he's landed a takedown into side control! Oh, that's bad for Hagen!
Young in side control, throwing shots but Hagen defends.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Hagen can't do much from the bottom here.
Hagen tries to bench press Young off him but Young keeps the position.
Young working away.
Young throwing strikes but missing, from side control.
Hagen is trying to improve his position.
Young working the ground and pound but he's contacting the mat, not the fighter.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Young working away.
Hagen is not content to let Young control the position.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Ha Young showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
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. Ladies and gentlemen, this is the final round!
Hagen takes one to the side of the head.
Young dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Young has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Young has a takedown stuffed.
A decent looking cross lands there for Young.
Young shuffles to his left behind two crisp jabs. Hagen eats them both and turns towards Young to reposition himself and eats a stinging right hand-left hook combo.
Young rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Hagen moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Nice body punch from Young.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Young throws a hook but Hagen avoids it easily.
Young scores with a jab to the body.
Young throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
A swing and a miss from Young.
Young uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
Hagen avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Tom Hagen is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Young lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
Young takes a swing at Hagen's ribcage but misses.
Hagen gets caught napping as Young dives in and scores a takedown. Hagen manages to retain guard.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hagen wants to sweep but no luck.
Young trying to control but Hagen is working from the bottom.
Hagen is trying to control the position from the bottom.
Well,Hagen is on his way to losing a decision here. Can he use his experience to pull something off in the closing minutes?
Young is fighting to break Hagen's control of his arms but Hagen is doing a good job of controlling the position at the moment.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Young trying to control the position from guard on top but Hagen is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
We may be looking at a referee standup if the pace doesn't pick up soon.
OK we're going to have a standup here. Ha Young hasn't been effective enough on the ground and the referee wants a restart.
Hagen walks into a straight right hand from Young.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hagen's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Young connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Hagen scrambles back to his feet.
Young misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Hagen.
Young swings and misses with a shot to the body
and he gets countered with a snapping leg kick.
Hagen displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Young throws out the jab.
Young throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Young moves into range and throws a combination. A nice jab followed by a hook to the body.
Hagen avoids the body shot from Young.
Young takes a swing at Hagen's ribcage but misses.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Young throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Young lands three nice shots there - that looked like it hurt!
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Young lands a nice hook to Hagen's body. Hagen takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Hagen takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Young is throwing a lot of body shots here, looking to wear down Hagen rather than just go for the knockout.
Young fakes a strike and closes the distance, dragging Hagen to the ground. Young is now in Hagen's guard.
Tom Hagen has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Ha Young is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Young looking to sit in guard and control but Hagen gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Hagen throws a big elbow that misses.
And that's the end of the fight!
Ha Young comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Young 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 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Tatsuya Matsuyama scores the fight for Ha Young!
Judge Shirou Masuda scores the fight for Ha Young!
Judge Yasuomi Hirokawa scores the fight for Ha Young!
Ha Young wins by unanimous decision!
Ha Young was full of energy after the big win and talked about how he thinks he can do big things in this sport. The crowd were appreciative of his determination to succeed.
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energy
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hype
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pop
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mgr
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