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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Lane Hedley (ranked 2118 p4p, 2027 weight class) and Patrick Van Kerckhoven (ranked 116 p4p, 260 weight class). Van Kerckhoven has chosen Neo Cortex - Elements (Daniel Cain Remix) as his entrance music. There are an array of beautiful celebrities at ringside tonight! I wonder if any of them paid for their tickets.
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Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
Insanely flexible |
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World class MT
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 6 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Lane Hedley!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of New York, Patrick Van Kerckhoven!
The judges for this bout are Vladimir Khabensky, Viktor Lagutenko and Illya Tyunina.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Hedley throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
Van Kerckhoven was about to counter that last move with a leg kick but changes his mind.
Hedley moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Hedley has taken the fight to the clinch.
Hedley tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Hedley misses with the head strike.
Van Kerckhoven pressing his opponent against the cage.
Hedley misses with a hook from the clinch.
Hedley tries to throw a body punch but Van Kerckhoven avoids it by throwing Hedley back against the cage.
Van Kerckhoven leaning his opponent against the cage.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Van Kerckhoven effectively controlling the action here.
Hedley tries to work over Van Kerckhoven's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Hedley makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Hedley tries to work over Van Kerckhoven's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Hedley misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Hedley lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Van Kerckhoven pushes Hedley back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Van Kerckhoven dictating the pace here, as the fighters clinch against the cage.
Good body shot from Hedley.
Van Kerckhoven is stalling here.
Hedley blocks a punch to the side of the head.
A body shot lands from Van Kerckhoven.
Van Kerckhoven swings wildly with an uppercut but Hedley uses good head movement to avoid it.
Van Kerckhoven throws a head punch that misses.
Hedley scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Hedley doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Van Kerckhoven blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Van Kerckhoven tries a body shot but Hedley blocks it.
Hedley tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Hedley.
Hedley tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Van Kerckhoven's elbow.
Hedley scores with a shoulder strike.
Hedley has a couple of punches blocked by Van Kerckhoven.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
A short uppercut from Hedley.
Van Kerckhoven blocks an uppercut.
Van Kerckhoven blocks an uppercut.
Nice body punch from Van Kerckhoven - that landed with a thud.
Hedley fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Hedley stalling in the clinch but Van Kerckhoven improves position.
Hedley goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Van Kerckhoven blocks a body shot from Hedley.
Van Kerckhoven avoiding damage.
Van Kerckhoven tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Van Kerckhoven misses with a punch on the inside.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Hedley.
Hedley doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Van Kerckhoven lands with a left to the head.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hedley has a couple of punches blocked by Van Kerckhoven.
Hedley taking a breather.
Hedley tries to throw a body punch but Van Kerckhoven avoids it by throwing Hedley back against the cage.
The two fighters are working to gain dominance in the clinch.
Hedley throws a punch but it's blocked by Van Kerckhoven.
Hedley lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Van Kerckhoven stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.
Hedley misses with some punches.
Hedley blocks an uppercut.
Van Kerckhoven crunches a lovely knee into Hedley's ribcage.
Hedley lands with a right to the head.
Hedley swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Van Kerckhoven misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Van Kerckhoven throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Hedleys head.
Hedley working aggressively here.
Van Kerckhoven throws a punch but it's blocked by Hedley.
Van Kerckhoven has been looking to improve his clinch game in recent weeks. Hedley seems to have the measure of him in the clinch so far, so let's see if Van Kerckhoven can turn it around.
Van Kerckhoven blocking some punches.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Hedley misses with a shot to the kidneys.
A short right from Van Kerckhoven on the inside.
Hedley doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Van Kerckhoven misses with a knee strike.
Hedley tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Van Kerckhoven's elbow.
Hedley misses with a hook from the clinch.
Hedley can't find room to land a body shot as Van Kerckhoven controls the action.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Hedley misses with a hook from the clinch.
Hedley misses with a body punch.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Van Kerckhoven.
Hedley has a couple of punches blocked by Van Kerckhoven.
Van Kerckhoven lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Hedley or not.
Van Kerckhoven lands a left hand that snaps the head of Hedley backwards.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Hedley.
A nice right hand lands inside from Van Kerckhoven.
Still in the clinch, Hedley scores with a nice short uppercut.
Hedley lands a right hand that snaps the head of Van Kerckhoven backwards.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Van Kerckhoven.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Lane Hedley dominated that round.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.
Hedley misses with an uppercut.
Van Kerckhoven scores with a kick to the midsection.
Hedley tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Van Kerckhoven paws at him with a jab and circles away.
It seemed like Van Kerckhoven was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Hedley throws a nice inside leg kick.
Hedley with a hook.
A slow jab from Hedley misses its intended target.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Hedley scoring well with a low kick there.
Hedley misses with a looping left.
Hedley scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Hedley tries to clinch up.
Van Kerckhoven with the inside leg kick.
Hedley swings widly with a right hand
and Van Kerckhoven counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
We've been told by Hedley's head coaches at League of Shadows MMA that he's been working on his takedown defense in preparation for this fight.
Van Kerckhoven drops Hedley with a hook right on the temple. He thinks about going to the ground but Hedley looks back up at him and smiles so Van Kerckhoven waves him back to his feet - he obviously thinks he can knock him out after that shot landed.
Hedley is rocked!
Hedley throws a leg kick
and Van Kerckhoven counters with a beautiful right hand that knocks Hedley out cold! What a finish! Van Kerckhoven is going crazy, running around the mat, summersaulting off the corner posts and screaming into the cameras. Something tells me he's pretty happy!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:34 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Patrick Van Kerckhoven!
After winning the bout, Patrick Van Kerckhoven thanked all his fans and promised he'd do even better in his next fight. The crowd seemed to love his humility.
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energy
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hype
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pop
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mgr
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RATING
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