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Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Murray Esson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Adam Hatton (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.
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156 lbs
14 - 8 - 0 |
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175 cm
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153 lbs
2 - 1 - 0 |
Abu Dhabi Champ
World class boxer
Insanely flexible |
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Good wrestler
Counter fighter
Experienced |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
14 - 8 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Murray Esson!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Adam Hatton!
The judges for this bout are Frank Antenori, Jack Bonds and .
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Esson fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Esson throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Esson throws a left that rocks Hatton and follows with a right that sends him tumbling to the canvas! Esson dives into side control, looking to finish! Can Hatton regain composure!
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Esson is looking to take a break and control but Hatton is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Esson working the ground and pound but Hatton is defending the strikes.
Esson trying to control the position but Hatton is working away.
Hatton parries the strikes from Esson easily there. Esson is wary of posturing up too much because it might enable Hatton to escape.
Hatton is working hard to escape and get back to his feet. After a battle for position, Esson asserts his dominance and retains side control.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Esson wants to lay and pray for a moment but Hatton keeps working.
Esson slows the pace down.
The referee claps his hands together and tells the fighters to work.
Sloppy strikes there by Esson.
The strikes coming from Esson are missing the target in this wave of attacks.
Esson is looking for a kimura. He might have it! No, Hatton has escaped the position, nice work there.
Esson misses with an attempted head punch from side control.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Neither fighter has done anything of merit for a good minute or two here and the crowd are not happy about it.
Esson lands a nice forearm strike.
Esson with the ground and pound but Hatton regains half guard under the barage of strikes.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Esson throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
Esson thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
Esson sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Hatton defending well though.
Esson missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
Esson has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hatton keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Esson passes to full mount!
Esson throws some wild stikes that Hatton manages to avoid easily.
Esson trying to control but he's not successful this time.
Hatton really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Esson. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Hatton avoids a series of strikes thrown by Esson.
Hatton is squirming around, avoiding Esson's attempts to control the action.
We get told so often about how wrestlers don't like to be on their backs. Let's see if Hatton can do anything to dispel that myth.
Hatton wants to try and get back to his feet.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Esson thowing strikes but they're hitting the gloves, not doing any damage.
Hatton is trying to get to the cage to help him get back to his feet.
Esson thuds his fist into the canvas! Oooouch!
Hatton is looking to get back to his feet - it's going to be hard from this position.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Esson punching from mount but Hatton doing a good job of avoiding damage.
Esson misses with a head shot.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Murray Esson dominated that round.
That's time! Esson's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.
Esson misses with a double jab.
And Hatton tries to counter it with a takedown but Esson pushes his down on his head and steps out.
Esson lets the fists fly and connects with a left straight followed by a right hook.
Esson shoots in looking for a double leg takedown. Hatton defends it nicely.
And Hatton tries to counter it with a takedown but Esson pushes his down on his head and steps out.
Hatton stuffs the takedown.
Hatton with the counter takedown but Esson avoids it easily.
Esson misses with a two punch combination.
Hatton drops down looking to force a counter takedown but Esson defends it well.
Murray Esson is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Esson throws a right hand that Hatton ducks under and follows up with a left that Hatton also avoids with ease.
Esson misses with a two punch combination.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Esson rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Hatton moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Hatton feints the counter takedown.
Murray Esson seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
A punch combination from Esson misses.
Hatton tries a counter takedown but it's more of a dummy move, and he uses it to push himself away.
Esson misses with a double jab
and Hatton counters with a shoot takedown. Esson fights it but they end up in guard.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Esson looking for a sweep. Not yet Esson, not yet.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Esson keeping full guard, as Hatton tries to pass.
Hatton postures up and lands a big shot to Esson's brow.
Hatton controls from within his opponent's guard.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Hatton tries to free his leg and advance position but Esson is retaining full guard.
Hatton sneaks a leg through and gets to half guard. That was like a knife through butter how easily he passed Esson's guard.
Esson makes his way to full guard. A much better position for Esson.
Hatton passes Esson's left leg - he's now in half guard.
Esson moves his hips nicely and gets into full guard.
Hatton must be cautious of submissions here, given that his opponent has the superior Jiu Jitsu.
Hatton is sitting in close to Esson's body. Esson has gone for a guillotine from the bottom. Oh damn, that looks pretty tight! Hatton is panicking - it looks like this one could be all over! Yes, Hatton is tapping! That was a very nice submission by Esson.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:56 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Guillotine). Murray Esson!
Jumping up and down and very excited, Murray Esson waved his t-shirt featuring Milwaukee's Best 160 (85% laundry)'s logo in front of the cameras.
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energy
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hype
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pop
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mgr
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FIGHT
RATING
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