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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Charley Hanagan (ranked 144 p4p, 24 weight class) and Three Dog (ranked 85 p4p, 15 weight class). Chooooooooon! I think Hanagan might be my favorite fighter, now he's come out to Guilty Until Proven Innocent. Dog is bobbing his head along to his entrance song: Fallout. I don't know about you partner, but I'm pumped for this one!
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210 lbs
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BJJ Red Belt
World class boxer
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World class MT
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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
21 - 17 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Charley Hanagan!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
31 - 18 - 0, fighting out of New York, Three Dog!
The judges for this bout are Timothy Bukovac, Jack Bonds and Frank Antenori.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Hanagan connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
Hanagan missing with a left hand there. Dog was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Hanagan lands a nice hook to Dog's body. Dog takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Hanagan throws a sloppy body shot
enabling Dog to counter with a crisp jab.
Hanagan lands a head shot.
Hanagan jabs at Dog's body.
Dog misses with a low kick as Hanagan jumps back.
We've been hearing reports that Hanagan has been drilling takedowns in recent sessions so let's see if that has an impact on the result of this fight.
Dog takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
Hanagan closes the distance and lands a one-two.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Dog darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
Hanagan tries to clinch up but Dog circles away and keeps his distance.
Hanagan misses with a takedown attempt - Dog sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
Hanagan just misses with a punch to the body.
Dog misses with a low kick.
Hanagan throws a jab but it's blocked by Dog.
Dog throws a head kick that misses.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Hanagan closes the distance and gets a double leg, slamming Dog to the mat! Dog manages to get full guard.
Dog kicks Hanagan off and gets to his feet.
Dog takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
Dog throws a low kick but Hanagan moves out of range easily.
An inside leg kick from Dog misses.
Hanagan closes the distance and gets a double leg, slamming Dog to the mat! Dog manages to get full guard.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Dog looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Hanagan wants to pass the guard but Dog is keeping the position.
Hanagan working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Hanagan lands a couple of elbows.
Dog controls Hanagan momentarily but Hanagan frees himself.
Hanagan postures up in Dog's guard and throws a big left but Dog blocks it.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hanagan slips effortlessly into side control - very nice.
Dog is trying to control Hanagan's posture but Hanagan avoids it.
Hanagan creates a bit of distance and throws down some hard shots.
Hanagan tries for an arm triangle. That looks pretty tight to me. Is this one over!?! Possibly, maybe, no Hanagan has let go of the choke. Obviously it wasn't as tight as we thought!
Hanagan is working Dog over with some ground and pound from side control.
A control attempt from Dog but he's now mounted!
Dog is looking to improve his position but Hanagan isn't that keen on the idea.
Hanagan working the ground and pound effectively.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Dog is looking to improve his position but Hanagan isn't that keen on the idea.
Dog is still trying to improve position.
Hanagan connects with a couple of good shots from mount.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Dog is looking to get to half guard.
Hanagan looking to ground and pound his opponent to a finish here.
Dog sneaks a leg under to get to half guard.
Hanagan lands a big shot. The thud that echoes around the arena is like music to the fans' ears.
Dog trying to control from the bottom.
Hanagan sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Dog defending well though.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Dog wants to get back to full guard.
Dog has no desire to be mounted, so is trying to control. Hanagan is working away from the top position though.
Hanagan looking for a kimura but he'll have to free his other leg if he wants to finish that. Perhaps he's just using it as a distraction technique.
Hanagan works his way into full mount!
You get the feeling that Dog really doesn't like being in this position too much.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Charley Hanagan dominated that round.
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.
Hanagan moves away from the strike by Dog.
Hanagan lands with a nice body punch.
Hanagan changes levels and drives through with a really nice takedown into side control. Dog looks really pissed at himself for not defending that better.
Hanagan connects with a decent looking elbow from side control that caused Dog some visible discomfort.
Dog manages to work his way to half guard, despite Hanagan's best efforts.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Dog is trying to control but can't.
Nice strikes from Hanagan there.
Dog wants to get back to full guard but Hanagan has passed into side control.
Dog gets back to half guard.
Hanagan is trying a forearm choke… I don't think that's going to do much at this level of the game.
Charley Hanagan overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Dog taking some punishment here, with Hanagan in his half guard.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Hanagan is trying for a guillotine from the top but the pressure isn't in the right place so Dog is just riding it out for now. Hanagan eventually gives up the hold.
Dog trying to control but Hanagan postures up.
Hanagan is working for submissions here but there's nothing on.
Dog is trying to control but can't.
Hanagan working Dog over with strikes.
That's two 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.
Hanagan thows a huge punch but Dog dodges it nicely.
Dog gets back to full guard.
Hanagan might be looking to lock onto one of his opponent's long limbs for a submission, whilst we're on the ground.
Hanagan postures up.
Hanagan landing some decent shots from guard.
Hanagan working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of Dog's head.
Dog is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
Hanagan preventing the sweep.
Hanagan passes easily into side control. Nice work.
Dog prevents Hanagan from moving into mount.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Dog is not in a great position here, taking some shots.
Dog is trying to get back to half guard.
Hanagan working the head with strikes.
Dog is looking for a sweep.
Hanagan thinks about going for a far side armbar but bails out and retains the dominant position instead.
Hanagan swings around for an armbar but Dog sees it coming a mile off and turns beautifully into Hanagan's guard.
Hanagan working for submissions but it's allowed Dog to get to half guard.
Hanagan moves his hips nicely and gets into full guard.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Hanagan is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.
Hanagan takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.
Dog is looking for a sweep. Hanagan is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
Hanagan scores with a couple of good hammerfists.
Hanagan passes the half guard and he's now in mount! Big trouble for Dog!
This has been an exciting period of action!
Dog reaches up to try and control the position but Hanagan seems to have an arm triangle now! Uh oh! Dog rolls and tries to escape and now Hanagan has his back!
Hanagan is hanging on to Dog's back as he tries to escape.
Dog tries to escape the position - he's now mounted. Is that better or worse? Hard to tell!
Hanagan landing shots from mount.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Charley Hanagan dominated that second round.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business. This is the final round!
Hanagan ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Dog pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Hanagan throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Dog sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Hanagan thows a left - swing and a miss!
Dog looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Hanagan throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Dog! But no joy.
Hanagan throws a body shot but no joy.
Hanagan slips a jab from Dog.
Hanagan scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Dog doesn't seem bothered though.
Hanagan is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Dog can do to turn this around?
Dog throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Dog throws a low kick but Hanagan moves out of range easily.
Hanagan attempts a counter takedown but Dog avoids it well and moves away.
Dog takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Hanagan lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
Nice straight punches there by Hanagan. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Hanagan.
Hanagan throws out a powerful jab.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Hanagan misses the jab.
Hanagan scores with a jab to the jaw.
Dog is looking to score with low kicks.
Dog throws a jab when Hanagan was well out of range.
Dog tries to work over Hanagan's front leg with a kick but Hanagan checks it.
Dog keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
Dog throws a head kick but Hanagan moves out of range.
Hanagan tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Dog manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Dog throws out a counter right but Hanagan avoids it with no problem.
Charley Hanagan seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Dog gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Hanagan fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
Hanagan slips a jab from Dog.
Hanagan misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Dog flicks out a counter leg kick but Hanagan steps away.
Hanagan connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
Three Dog has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hanagan connects with a good right hand that stumbles Dog. Dog circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Hanagan moves out of range as Dog throws a body kick.
Hanagan checks a leg kick.
Hanagan changes levels looking for a counter takedown but doesn't commit.
Hanagan slips under a jab.
Charley Hanagan is winning the standup battle so far.
Dog walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
Dog takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
Dog throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Hanagan counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Hanagan fails with a takedown attempt.
Dog throws out a counter right but Hanagan avoids it with no problem.
The fighters circling - Hanagan throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
It seemed like Dog was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Dog lands a big uppercut and Hanagan crumbles to the floor! The ref thinks about stopping the fight but Hanagan looks OK. Dog waves Hanagan back to his feet!
Nice sprawl there from Dog as Hanagan shoots in.
A bone on bone clash there as Hanagan blocks the leg kick.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hanagan looks to land a left hand but Dog moved out of range nicely.
Hanagan rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Dog moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Hanagan shoots in and drives through. Dog sprawls well.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Charley Hanagan. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Dog cracks Hanagan with a big right hand that sends him to the floor! Hanagan looks wobbly but he's sprung back up to his feet straight away… can Dog finish him?
Hanagan is rocked!
An inside leg kick lands from Dog.
Oh Hanagan is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Hanagan ducks under a wild hook from Dog.
Hanagan scores with a takedown into Dog's guard.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Dog has a loose triangle. He'll be looking to tighten that up but Hanagan can see exactly what he's planning and manages to posture up and free himself.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Dog utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Dog is avoiding any damage by keeping wrist control.
Hanagan connects with a couple of short punches.
Hanagan seems to have got his legs back now.
Hanagan cracks Dog with a solid left hand.
Hanagan is sitting in guard, working some ground and pound.
Hanagan stands and throws Dog's legs to the side, diving into side control.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Dog is moving his hips around well on the bottom and has managed to get back to half guard.
Dog takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Dog is defending against the submission attempts here by Hanagan.
Hanagan tries to pass the half guard into mount. Dog knows what he's doing though and prevents the attempt.
Charley Hanagan is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Hanagan with a momentary lay and pray from half guard.
And that's the end of the fight!
That was a close round. You could make an argument for either fighter but I would give it to Charley Hanagan.
Well Hanagan has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... 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 Timothy Bukovac scores the fight 30:28
Judge Jack Bonds scores the fight 30:28
Judge Frank Antenori scores the fight 30:27
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Charley Hanagan!
A victorious Charley Hanagan thanked his army of followers in his post fight interview, telling people to make sure they follow him on Twitter.
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