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Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Stevie Hanselman (ranked 4877 p4p, 2811 weight class) and Glass Joe Jr (ranked 265 p4p, 197 weight class). The crowd seem to be enjoying Joe Jr's choice of entrance music: Punch Out Theme. Glass Joe Jr is the more experienced fighter, so let's see if that makes a difference tonight.
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Good wrestling
Brawler
Cardio machine |
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BJJ White Belt
Excellent MT
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the bantamweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Stevie Hanselman!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 2 - 0, fighting out of New York, Glass Joe Jr!
The judges for this bout are Aleksandr Martynov, Valeri Chadov and Aleksei Zolotukhin.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Hanselman ducks right into an uppercut from Joe Jr.
Hanselman moves away from the strike by Joe Jr.
Hanselman with a lazy takedown attempt
and Joe Jr counters with a left to the body.
Joe Jr stuffs the takedown.
Hanselman takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Joe Jr ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Hanselman closes the distance and looks for a trip takedown... aaaand he's got it - Hanselman lands in his opponent's guard.
Hanselman postures up in Joe Jr's guard and throws a big left but Joe Jr blocks it.
Joe Jr working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Hanselman.
Joe Jr is avoiding any damage by keeping wrist control.
Hanselman trying to control but Joe Jr is working from the bottom.
Hanselman trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Joe Jr is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Hanselman throwing strikes but missing.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Hanselman's corner. There ya go! There ya go!
Hanselman 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 one minute gone in the round.
Hanselman is fighting to break Joe Jr's control of his arms but Joe Jr is doing a good job of controlling the position at the moment.
Joe Jr is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
Hanselman postures up in Joe Jr's guard and throws a big left but Joe Jr blocks it.
Hanselman loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Joe Jr not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
Hanselman postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Hanselman is working Joe Jr over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes.
We've been hearing that Hanselman has been drilling a lot of ground and pound in training, so let's see if he get the finish.
Joe Jr controls Hanselman momentarily but Hanselman frees himself.
Joe Jr is controlling Hanselman's posture.
Joe Jr looking to control.
Hanselman trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Hanselman throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Joe Jr works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hanselman's corner is telling him to maintain position.
Joe Jr is trying to keep Hanselman in close.
Hanselman loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Joe Jr wants to stand but Hanselman is controlling the position.
Joe Jr really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Hanselman. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Hanselman postures up and lands a big shot to Joe Jr's brow.
We get told so often about how wrestlers don't like to be on their backs. Let's see if Joe Jr can do anything to dispel that myth.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Hanselman's corner. There ya go! There ya go!
Joe Jr not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
Joe Jr seems keen to control Hanselman's posture.
Hanselman throws a big elbow that misses.
Hanselman is looking to work some ground and pound but Joe Jr has wrist control.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Joe Jr pulls Hanselman in close to his closed guard and prevents Hanselman from doing any damage or advancing position.
Hanselman connects with a couple of short punches.
Hanselman keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Joe Jr's head.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Hanselman accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Hanselman accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Hanselman throwing strikes but missing.
Joe Jr is trying to keep Hanselman in close.
Hanselman working some strikes from top position.
Hanselman trying to control the position from guard on top but Joe Jr is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Joe Jr can't keep his opponent in guard - Hanselman advances to half guard, no doubt looking to mount.
Joe Jr tries to get to full guard but Hanselman has control of the leg.
Joe Jr has hold of Hanselman's hands but Hanselman slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.
Joe Jr wants to improve his position but Hanselman is controlling well.
Hanselman is nestled in close to Joe Jr, controlling him well. He's worked in a nice elbow to the side of the head as well, for good measure.
Hanselman seems to be taking a bit of a break to think of his next move. He lands a short punch in the meantime.
Hanselman slips a nice elbow through Joe Jr's hands, connecting with Joe Jr's forehead.
Hanselman throwing shots but Joe Jr is blocking nicely.
Joe Jr moves into full guard.
Joe Jr looking to control.
Hanselman keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Joe Jr's head.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Stevie Hanselman dominated that round.
That's time! Hanselman's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.
Hanselman dodges the punch combination from Joe Jr.
Joe Jr scores with a crisp jab that stopped Hanselman in his tracks.
Hanselman dives in and scores a takedown into Joe Jr's guard.
Joe Jr trying to keep a closed guard but Hanselman is proving a slippery customer.
Hanselman postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Hanselman advances position into side control!
Hanselman is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Joe Jr can do to turn this around?
Joe Jr on the wrong end of some ground and pound.
Joe Jr tries to work a leg under to get back to half guard but Hanselman wriggles his own leg back out and remains in side control.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Joe Jr has one of Hanselman's arms on lockdown, trying to prevent him from doing any damage.
Hanselman lands a few punches from side control.
Hanselman in side control, throwing shots but Joe Jr defends.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Sloppy strikes there by Hanselman.
Joe Jr struggling a bit here.
Hanselman working the ground and pound.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Joe Jr manages to land a sweep and he's now on top! Lovely Jiu Jitsu!
Hanselman moves his hips nicely and gets into full guard.
Stevie Hanselman overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Hanselman is looking to stand up but Joe Jr isn't so interested in that idea.
Hanselman is pulling down on Joe Jr's head. It's preventing any offense from Joe Jr, at least for the moment.
Joe Jr preventing the sweep.
Hanselman might be looking to lock onto one of his opponent's long limbs for a submission, whilst we're on the ground.
Hanselman manages to sweep nicely, so he's now on top. Joe Jr manages to get himself to full guard.
Hanselman with a flurry of punches that miss.
Joe Jr trying to control the position.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hanselman cracks Joe Jr with a solid left hand.
Hanselman keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Joe Jr's head.
Joe Jr has a closed guard, preventing anything of note from happening. Perhaps he's looking to stall.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Hanselman accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Hanselman prevents Joe Jr from getting back to his feet.
Hanselman working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of Joe Jr's head.
Joe Jr is adopting a defensive guard.
Hanselman is looking to work some ground and pound but Joe Jr has wrist control.
Hanselman lands a couple of elbows.
Joe Jr is rocked!
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Hanselman working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.
Joe Jr is still in real trouble! Can Hanselman finish him?
Hanselman connects with a couple of short punches.
Hanselman scoring with punches to the head and body.
Hanselman gets to his feet and stands over Joe Jr, holding his ankles. He dives in with a big left hand that connects! Joe Jr felt that one! Hanselman unloads more punches and elbows and this one is over! The ref has dived in to save Joe Jr from any more punishment!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:18 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Stevie Hanselman!
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hype
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