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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Broderick Hammerness (ranked 2396 p4p, 330 weight class) and Kelvin Handleman (ranked 4459 p4p, 530 weight class). Hammerness comes to the cage accompanied by Man in the Mirror - Michael Jackson. Handleman has chosen Pride FC Theme as his entrance music. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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211 lbs
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210 lbs
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Decent wrestler
Excellent boxer
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Excellent boxer
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
4 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Broderick Hammerness!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
5 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Kelvin Handleman!
The judges for this bout are George Francis, Stewart Dunkirk and Wesley Smith.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Handleman gets cracked there but stands up to it.
It looks like Kelvin Handleman has been cut.
Handleman scores with a three punch combo!
It looks like Broderick Hammerness has been cut.
Handleman drives through with a takedown into Hammerness's guard. Let's see what he can do from the top position.
Handleman trying to control but Hammerness is working from the bottom.
Handleman working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Handleman postures up in Hammerness's guard and throws a big left but Hammerness blocks it.
Handleman with a nice head shot there.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Hammerness controls Handleman momentarily but Handleman frees himself.
Hammerness is really struggling to control Handleman but he's trying to hold on to the position.
Handleman trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Handleman controlling from the guard. I say controlling but really, he's stalling.
That's one minute gone in the round.
The referee has motioned to the fighters to stand back up. He just wasn't happy with the level of activity.
Hammerness looks to score with a jab to the body but Handleman is just out of range.
Danga de danga de dang - Hammerness scores with a four punch combination!
Handleman fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Hammerness looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Handleman misses with a looping right.
Hammerness lands a jab to the nose.
Hammerness throws a hook but Handleman blocks it.
Handleman scores with a punch to the head.
Handleman uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Hammerness.
Handleman fakes an overhand right and shoots for a takedown. Hammerness sprawls well initially but Handleman persists and gets the takedown into half guard.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Handleman with a momentary lay and pray from half guard.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Handleman thows a huge punch but Hammerness dodges it nicely.
Handleman scoring with strikes to the body and head.
Handleman looks to score some points with some ground and pound.
Handleman thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Hammerness's head.
Handleman wants to pass to mount but Hammerness is defending the position.
Hammerness on the receiving end of some nice ground and pound.
Handleman throwing shots but Hammerness is blocking nicely.
Hammerness has improved his flexibility recently so we will have to see if he can use that to his advantage.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Handleman wants to pass to mount but Hammerness is defending the position.
Handleman landing with strikes to the body and head, softening up his opponent.
Handleman is looking to take a break and control but Hammerness is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Handleman working over Hammerness with some ground and pound. Hammerness looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable.
Hammerness keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Hammerness blocking the ground and pound attempt from Handleman.
Hammerness is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
Handleman not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Handleman is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.
Handleman thows a huge punch but Hammerness dodges it nicely.
Handleman throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
Handleman looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Hammerness with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
Hammerness knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Handleman on the ground.
Handleman seems to be taking a bit of a break to think of his next move. He lands a short punch in the meantime.
Handleman not landing any meaningful shots this time.
Hammerness wants to control but Handleman is keeping busy.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Kelvin Handleman dominated that round.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
That's time! Back to the action!
Horrible takedown attempt by Handleman or perhaps it was just good defense by Hammerness, which made it look bad.
Handleman misses with a wild body shot.
Handleman is looking for a takedown here. He's shot in and has managed to get it, finishing up in Hammerness's half guard.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Handleman thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
Handleman throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
Handleman scoring with strikes to the body and head.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Hammerness won't allow Handleman to pass to mount.
Handleman trying to control from half guard but Hammerness is working away.
Handleman winds up and cracks Hammerness with a swinging punch to the side of the head.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Handleman missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
Hammerness trying to hold on to Handleman's head to control him but Handleman postures up.
Handleman lands strikes from half guard.
Handleman throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Handleman wants to work for an arm triangle but Hammerness is really keeping half guard well and defending the submission attempt.
Handleman lands a big elbow from half guard. That looks like it's hurt Hammerness quite badly. Hammerness pulls Handleman in close trying to recover. Handleman postures up and lands two really hard shots that put Hammerness on queer street! The ref takes a look and decides to call an end to the fight! Possibly an early stoppage but Hammerness doesn't seem to be complaining too much.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:59 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Kelvin Handleman!
Kelvin Handleman made sure to mention his sponsor, Freebok (85% Laundry) in his post fight interview.
Broderick Hammerness was interviewed post fight and said 'He was the better man today, but i will be back better than ever!'.
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hype
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FIGHT
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