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Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Arax Lightspeed (ranked 2457 p4p, 2871 weight class) and Riley Hatfield (ranked 226 p4p, 264 weight class). Lightspeed's entrance music is Silver Scrapes - Danny McCarthy. A fine choice. Hatfield has chosen Cruel World- Willie Nelson as his entrance music. Both fighters look pumped up here. Let's hope this is a good fight!
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Good wrestling
World class boxer
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Olympic wrestler
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 14 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Arax Lightspeed!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 26 - 21 - 1, fighting out of Sydney, Riley Hatfield!
The judges for this bout are Yukihiro Shimada, Ren Mimura and Taro Takaoka.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Hatfield misses with a hook. Lightspeed ducked under it nicely.
Lightspeed seemed to be looking to counter by closing the distance.
Lightspeed ducks under a wild hook from Hatfield.
Lightspeed moves into range and clinches up with Hatfield.
Hatfield pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Lightspeed is looking to clinch but Hatfield is avoiding it.
Hatfield throws a poor cross that misses
and Lightspeed counters with a stiff right hand.
A shot to the liver by Hatfield. Beautiful body shot.
Hatfield has been spending a lot of time sparring his boxing in the run up to the fight, trying to sharpen up those hands and look for a knockout.
Hatfield misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Lightspeed.
Hatfield fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Lightspeed manages to avoid it.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Hatfield throws the left hand but Lightspeed avoids the punch easily.
Hatfield tests Lightspeed's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Lightspeed slips under a jab from Hatfield.
Hatfield lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Lightspeed lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Hatfield at a distance.
A looping hook to the body misses from Hatfield. Lightspeed does a little dance to reset his feet.
Lightspeed wants to take advantage of his opponent's missed offense by moving into the clinch.
Lightspeed blocks a jab.
Hatfield throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Lightspeed sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Lightspeed lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
Hatfield throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Hatfield misses with an uppercut
and Lightspeed counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Hatfield throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Lightspeed closes the distance and clinches.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Lightspeed.
A short left from Lightspeed.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hatfield manages to break the clinch.
Lightspeed tries to clinch there but Hatfield circles away.
Lightspeed scores with a sloppy right hand. Hatfield should have avoided that one.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
A looping hook to the body misses from Hatfield. Lightspeed does a little dance to reset his feet.
Lightspeed throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Hatfield stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Hatfield takes a swing at Lightspeed's ribcage but misses.
A thudding body kick lands there by Lightspeed!
Hatfield throws a shot from downtown. Lightspeed moves away and avoids it.
Hatfield is really struggling to land any decent head shots against his taller opponent.
Lightspeed bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Lightspeed clinches.
Hatfield tries to break the clinch but Lightspeed is controlling the position.
Hatfield trying to stall but Lightspeed improves his position.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Hatfield creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hatfield throws a knee to the head but misses.
Hatfield lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Lightspeed backwards.
Lightspeed is working Hatfield over against the cage.
Lightspeed goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Hatfield breaks the clinch.
Hatfield misses with a shot to the body
and Lightspeed counters by moving into the clinch.
Lightspeed lands a right hand.
A short right from Lightspeed on the inside.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Lightspeed creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Nice body punch from Lightspeed - that landed with a thud.
Lightspeed scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Hatfield taking a breather.
Hatfield has a couple of punches blocked by Lightspeed.
Lightspeed doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Lightspeed lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Hatfield looks winded!
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Lightspeed lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Hatfield.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Lightspeed.
Lightspeed lands a shoulder strike.
Lightspeed presses Hatfield against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Lightspeed lands a body punch.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Lightspeed throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Lightspeed stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Lightspeed misses with a punch to the body.
Lightspeed lands a right hand that snaps the head of Hatfield backwards.
Lightspeed is working Hatfield over against the cage.
A body shot lands from Lightspeed.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Lightspeed creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Lightspeed throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Hatfields head.
Lightspeed presses Hatfield against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Lightspeed pushes Hatfield back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Lightspeed scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Lightspeed lands a right hand.
Lightspeed lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Hatfield or not.
Lightspeed lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Lightspeed tries a body shot but Hatfield blocks it.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Lightspeed.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Hatfield misses with some punches.
Lightspeed lands a body punch in the clinch.
Lightspeed gets through Hatfield's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
A right handed body shot lands from Lightspeed.
A shot in the inside from Lightspeed.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Arax Lightspeed dominated that round.
That's time! Back to the action!
Hatfield takes a head kick and shrugs it off.
Riley Hatfield seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Hatfield misses with an uppercut
and Lightspeed counters with a lovely shot to the body.
Lightspeed fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Hatfield, pushing him back against the cage.
Lightspeed lands a left hand that snaps the head of Hatfield backwards.
Lightspeed lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Hatfield backwards.
Lightspeed presses Hatfield against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Hatfield tries to break free but Lightspeed pushes him back against the cage.
Lightspeed is leaning against Hatfield and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Hatfield trying to control the position but instead, Lightspeed has worked for underhooks and has pushed Hatfield into the cage.
Lightspeed misses with a body punch.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
A right hand to the body from Lightspeed.
Hatfield is breathing heavily.
Good body shot from Lightspeed.
A right hand to the body from Lightspeed.
We are yet to see a takedown attempt from Hatfield in the fight. On paper you would think he is the more dominant ground fighter so let's see if these unusual tactics pay off.
A left hand lands to the body for Lightspeed.
Lightspeed softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Lightspeed tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Hatfield's elbow.
A right hook to the body lands for Lightspeed.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Lightspeed softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Lightspeed lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Lightspeed working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Lightspeed lands an uppercut.
Good body shot from Lightspeed.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Lightspeed creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Lightspeed lands a left hand.
A right hand to the body from Lightspeed.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Lightspeed creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Lightspeed lands with a light punch inside.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Nice body punch from Lightspeed - that landed with a thud.
Lightspeed gets through Hatfield's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Lightspeed lands a nice uppercut.
Lightspeed lands a hook to the side of the head.
Hatfield is rocked!
Lightspeed presses Hatfield against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Hatfield is still on wobbly legs! Can Lightspeed finish him?
Lightspeed scores with a nice hook to the head.
Lightspeed makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Lightspeed throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Lightspeed unloads with a big right hand that wobbles Hatfield! He's leaning against the cage trying to keep his feet but Lightspeed is unloading with more strikes now! Hatfield drops to his knees and the referee stops the fight for a TKO!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:55 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Arax Lightspeed!
During a confident post fight interview, Arax Lightspeed thanked all his fans. He seemed very genuine when describing how motivated his fans keep him.
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