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Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Stevie Hanselman (ranked 3540 p4p, 3767 weight class) and Kyung Ho Kang (ranked 241 p4p, 256 weight class). Kang has chosen Better Than Yesterday as his entrance music. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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Good wrestling
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BJJ Purple Belt
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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 2 - 3 - 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 3 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Kyung Ho Kang!
The judges for this bout are Aleksei Zolotukhin, Ivan Kurochkin and Konstantin Menshow.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
The fighters circling - Kang throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Hanselman shoots in and drives through. Kang sprawls well.
Hanselman throws a jab but it's blocked by Kang.
Hanselman ducks under a wild hook from Kang.
Hanselman tries to keep at a distance but Kang has taken the fight into the clinch.
Hanselman goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Kang tries for a takedown but Hanselman manages to get underhooks.
Hanselman lands with a left to the head.
Kang wants to take the fight to the mat but Hanselman manages to get underhooks and keep the fight in the clinch.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Hanselman lands a body shot.
Hanselman is leaning against Kang and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Kang looks winded!
Hanselman lands a takedown into guard.
Kang wants to get back to his feet but Hanselman passes into half guard.
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.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Hanselman not doing much here.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Hanselman is working hard to pass the guard. He's done it - he's now in full mount! Trouble for Kang!
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Hanselman content just to control the position here.
Hanselman working away from the top, dropping strikes.
Hanselman lands a shot to the body, followed up by a shot to the exposed head of his trapped opponent.
Hanselman sitting in mount, just looking to control for the moment.
Hanselman's ground tactics aren't going to win him many fans. Let's hope he's got fireworks for us if he gets back to his feet because he's not doing much on the ground.
Hanselman has his opponent pinned against the cage, landing some nasty ground and pound that is really making a bit of a mess out of Kang's face.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hanselman putting on the heat here with some good ground and pound!
Hanselman takes a little breather and maintains the position. The referee will be looking for him to stay active from such a dominant position though.
Hanselman looking to finish Kang with some ground and pound. This is bad for Kang!
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Kang is writhing around trying to get back to his feet.
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.
Hanselman connects with a couple of good shots from mount.
Hanselman looking to finish Kang with some ground and pound. This is bad for Kang!
Kang is rocked!
Hanselman controlling the pace for now.
Kang is still in real trouble! Can Hanselman finish him?
Kang seems to have recovered his senses.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hanselman scoring with strikes but Kang is staying in there.
The crowd growing excited in anticipation of a finish here! Right on cue, Hanselman cracks his opponent with a massive right hand that draws loud cheers!
Hanselman looking to finish here with some ground and pound. He lands one big shot that has Kang covering up... and two more big strikes land, forcing the referee to step in and put and end to proceedings! This fight is all over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:45 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Stevie Hanselman!
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energy
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hype
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pop
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mgr
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