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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Henry Hall (ranked 822 p4p, 1796 weight class) and Uwe Eggert (ranked 111 p4p, 246 weight class). Henry Hall has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the light heavyweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 6 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Henry Hall!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 5 - 3 - 0, fighting out of London, Uwe Eggert!
The judges for this bout are Gwen Towbar, Stewart Dunkirk and Cecil Peabody.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
A looping hook to the body misses from Eggert. Hall does a little dance to reset his feet.
Eggert misses with a wild body shot.
Hall looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Eggert lands a jab to the head.
Eggert loads up on a big right hand but Hall slips the punch.
Hall misses with an uppercut.
Jab by Hall.
Hall throws the left hand but Eggert avoids the punch easily.
Uwe Eggert seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
A cross from Eggert lands.
Eggert misses with a lunging right hand
and Hall counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Hall uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Eggert.
Eggert throws a series of punches but Hall avoids them all with ease.
Hall scores with a decent looking hook.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Eggert lands a two punch combo.
Hall avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Hall walks into a straight right hand from Eggert.
Eggert lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Hall circles away quickly and effectively.
Eggert misses with a wild body shot.
Eggert misses with a shot to the body
and Hall counters with a nice uppercut.
Eggert misses with a looping left.
Eggert throws a hook to the side of Hall's head but Hall sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Hall feinted there with a counter leg kick.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Hall lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Eggert is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Hall.
Eggert misses with a jab, cross combination.
Eggert fails to land with a series of punches.
Hall lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Hall throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Eggert stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
A punch combination from Eggert misses.
Hall went nuts there looking for a big combo counter but none of the flurry connected.
Nice jab there from Hall.
Eggert swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Hall lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Eggert lands with a nice body punch.
Eggert throws out a loose jab but Hall uses good head movement to avoid it.
Eggert throws a jab when Hall was well out of range.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Eggert goes to the watering hole and comes back with a big thumbs up from the judges as he scores a three punch combo.
Eggert keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Eggert scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Eggert misses with a hook
and Hall cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Eggert misses with a few strikes there.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Eggert avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Eggert swings for the body but Hall moves out of range.
Eggert rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Hall moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Hall was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
Hall lands a slapping body shot.
Eggert is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
A slow jab from Hall misses its intended target.
Hall throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Hall, as that shot connected.
Hall connects with a looping right hand.
Eggert is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.
Hall moves into the clinch.
Hall tries to work over Eggert's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Hall swings wildly with an uppercut but Eggert uses good head movement to avoid it.
Eggert pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Hall forces Eggert back against the cage and clinches.
Hall lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Eggert backwards.
Eggert breaks the clinch.
Hall clinches.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
The referee is keeping an eye on Hall - much more stalling and he will separate the fighters.
Eggert tries to break free but Hall pushes him back against the cage.
Hall doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Eggert breaks the clinch.
Hall slips a jab and a cross from Eggert.
Eggert darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
Hall lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Eggert is rocked!
Eggert slips under a jab from Hall.
Eggert scores with a shot to the body.
Hall staying out of range there.
Hall ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
It looked like Hall was trying to counter with a body shot coming off that last attack from Eggert.
Hall misses with a wild body shot.
Hall is on the wrong end of a nice combination from Eggert.
Eggert takes a swing at Hall's ribcage but misses.
Eggert misses with a jab to the body
letting Hall counter with a right hand.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Hall ducks under a wild hook from Eggert.
Hall walks into a jab.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Eggert's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Hall connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Eggert scrambles back to his feet.
Eggert swats away the attempt to clinch by Hall.
Eggert fails to land with a series of punches.
Eggert throws a predictable looking body shot
and Hall counters with a big right hand! Oh Eggert is in trouble here! Hall follows up with more strikes and that's it! The ref has stopped it!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:22 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Henry Hall!
Henry Hall retains his light heavyweight title!
During a confident post fight interview, Henry Hall thanked all his fans. He seemed very genuine when describing how motivated his fans keep him.
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