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Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Ross Swann (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Boe Hogan (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Swann comes to the cage accompanied by Corey Hart - I Wear My Sunglasses At Night. Boe Hogan has the eye of the tiger tonight.
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165 lbs
15 - 3 - 0 |
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157 lbs
30 - 13 - 0 |
Good wrestling
World class boxer
Insanely flexible |
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Excellent grappler
Lethal high kicks
Granite chin |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
15 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Ross Swann!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
30 - 13 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Boe Hogan!
The judges for this bout are Paulsen Ambrosius, Nard Betker and Radbod Blank.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Swann lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Swann moves out of range as Hogan strikes.
A swing and a miss from Hogan.
Swann gets taken down but at least he's managed to land in guard.
Hogan throwing strikes from guard but Swann blocks nicely.
Swann working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Hogan.
Hogan stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Swann swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Hogan throwing strikes from guard but Swann blocks nicely.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Hogan pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Swann is keeping the position for now.
Hogan in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Hogan throwing strikes but missing.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Swann wants to sweep but no luck.
Hogan is looking to work some ground and pound but Swann has wrist control.
Swann is trying to control the position from the bottom.
Hogan controlling from the guard. I say controlling but really, he's stalling.
Hogan wants to control from the top but Swann keeps moving.
Hogan forces his way into half guard.
Hogan seems to be taking a bit of a break to think of his next move. He lands a short punch in the meantime.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are getting on the fighters' backs, as the pace has dropped off in the last minute or so.
Swann makes his way to full guard. A much better position for Swann.
Swann wants to control the position but Hogan says "no thanks buddy" and passes to half guard.
Hogan trying to pass the guard but Swann defending well.
Hogan thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Swann's head.
Hogan thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
Hogan looking to pass the half guard. Not this time.
Swann is holding on to half guard well.
Hogan is trying a forearm choke… I don't think that's going to do much at this level of the game.
Hogan not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Swann trying to hold on to Hogan's head to control him but Hogan postures up.
Swann is defending against the submission attempts here by Hogan.
Well, if Hogan is going to just lie there, perhaps we should talk about what we're having for dinner tonight… I'm having a ham and pineapple pizza… Yum. Can't wait.
Hogan is just content to waste time from the top position. Swann takes advantage of the situation and regains full guard.
Swann 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.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
There's not a lot going on here and the crowd are letting the fighters know they're not willing to tolerate a lack of action.
Hogan avoids a guillotine attempt easily.
Hogan trying to control but Swann is working from the bottom.
Hogan in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Hogan stops Swann from standing up.
The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Swann lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Swann on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Swann.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Boe Hogan dominated that round.
That's time! Back to the action!
Hogan tries to check a leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Hogan thows a left - swing and a miss!
Swann avoids the head kick by Hogan.
Swann throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Hogan throws a sloppy head kick and Swann moves out of range easily.
Hogan fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Swann manages to avoid it.
Hogan fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Swann checks a leg kick.
Some wild striking there from Swann.
Swann has managed to clinch.
Swann scores with a hook to the body.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Hogan misses with a hook from the clinch.
I was talking to Swann's coach per-fight and he was telling me that they'd been working on the clinch in the runup to this fight.
Hogan has Swann pressed up against the cage. He's trying to work for a single leg takedown. Hogan pulls back from the cage and twists to the side, sending Swann tumbling to the mat - Hogan dives into Swann's guard.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Hogan wants to control from the top but Swann keeps moving.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Swann looking for a guillotine here but Hogan defends easily.
Hogan pushing down on Swann's thigh, trying to pass to half guard. He's managed it... Nice work.
Hogan tries to pass the half guard into mount. Swann knows what he's doing though and prevents the attempt.
Hogan landing with strikes to the body and head, softening up his opponent.
Swann on the receiving end of some nice ground and pound.
Hogan wants to pass to mount but Swann is defending the position.
Swann trying to control but Hogan postures up.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hogan throws a big elbow that misses, also allowing Swann to regain full guard.
Hogan wants to pass the guard but Swann is keeping the position.
Hogan distracts Swann with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.
Swann looking for a sweep. Not yet Swann, not yet.
Hogan throws a big elbow that misses.
Hogan throws a strike but Swann rolls with it and manages to sweep. Now he's in guard on top.
Hogan working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Swann.
Hogan has a butterfly guard looking to sweep but Swann has passed into side control.
Hogan is sneaking out the side here. He's bucked Swann off and has taken his back!
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hogan missing with strikes.
Our spies down at at GTi 888 inform us that Hogan has really been working on his submissions in the buildup to this fight. Will it pay off?
Hogan has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Hogan is staying calm and holding on to the back position, whilst working on a rear naked choke. Swann is defending well though. Hogan let's go of the attempt for now.
Hogan is throwing punches to the body, looking to soften Swann up.
Swann is trying to break free.
Hogan softening up his opponent with strikes here.
Hogan scores with punches to the body.
Swann is trying to escape under a series of strikes and manages to escape from Hogan 's hooks.
Hogan looking to finish with strikes here!
Hogan landing punches.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Swann is trying desperately to improve position.
Swann takes a big shot to the head but keeps on trying to improve his position.
The referee warns Swann that he has to improve his position here as he takes two more clean shots to the head.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Hogan throws some wild stikes that Swann manages to avoid easily.
Swann tries to get back to half guard but can't.
A nice elbow there by Hogan.
Hogan landing strikes, looking to finish!
Hogan throws some wild stikes that Swann manages to avoid easily.
Hogan working away from the top, dropping strikes.
Hogan is landing with some decent strikes but Swann is trying to advance his position so the referee is letting the fight continue.
Boe Hogan has got the better of the ground game so far.
Hogan lands a big elbow.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Boe Hogan 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. This is the final round!
Swann avoids the body shot from Hogan.
Hogan swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Swann was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
Hogan circles away from the clinch attempt.
Swann misses with a straight left.
Hogan takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
Hogan slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
Hogan slips a jab from Swann.
Hogan misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Swann misses with a hook
and Hogan counters with a nice double leg into half guard.
Hogan with the ground and pound but Swann uses the opportunity to regain guard.
Hogan is sitting in guard, working some ground and pound.
Hogan trying to control the position from guard on top but Swann is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Hogan loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Swann looking to control.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Hogan in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Hogan postures up in Swann's guard and throws a big left but Swann blocks it.
Hogan connects with a couple of short punches.
Hogan throws a big right hand that misses.
Hogan throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Swann works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Swann has momentary wrist control but Hogan slips an elbow through the middle.
Hogan trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Hogan throws a big elbow that misses.
Hogan loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Hogan landing with the ground and pound.
Swann looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hogan throwing strikes from guard but Swann blocks nicely.
Hogan is looking to advance position but Swann has hit a scissor sweep - now he's on top in mount!
Hogan sneaks a leg under to get to half guard.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Hogan is staying active underneath Swann, who seems content to just control the action from this position.
Swann misses with a head shot. Hogan uses the momentum to regain guard.
Swann looking to pass the guard.
Hogan pulls Swann in close to his closed guard and prevents Swann from doing any damage or advancing position.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hogan looking for a sweep. Not yet Hogan, not yet.
Hogan trying to keep a closed guard but Swann is proving a slippery customer.
Hogan lands a beautiful sweep and he's now moved into his opponent's guard.
Swann had isolated an arm as going for a kimura. Hogan defends it easily.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are hurling abuse towards the fighters... You can hardly blame them though because there isn't a lot going on in the fight.
Hogan drops back for a leg here. A bit of a high risk move... He's looking for a kneebar by the looks of things. Now both of them are looking for submissions. Hogan seems to have locked his on tight now - Swann screams in pain and taps out furiously! It certainly was a high risk move but it's paid off for Hogan, as he picks up the win!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:25 of round 3, we have a winner by way of Submission (Kneebar). Boe Hogan!
After winning the bout, Boe Hogan 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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mgr
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RATING
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