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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Johnny Hogg (ranked 523 p4p, 1579 weight class) and Colton Wilder (ranked 68 p4p, 203 weight class). Hogg comes to the cage accompanied by Styx - Renegade. The crowd seem to be enjoying Wilder's choice of entrance music: Tombstone - Avatar Darko. Colton Wilder told me before the fight that he's been watching a lot of DVDs so let's see if that helps him in this one! I can't wait to find out!
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190 cm 27 250 11 - 5 - 1 |
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199 cm 30 275 18 - 10 - 0 |
Great wrestler Excellent boxer Insanely flexible |
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Good wrestler World class MT Good gas tank |
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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 11 - 5 - 1, fighting out of Amsterdam, Johnny Hogg! And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner. With a record of 18 - 10 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Colton Wilder! The judges for this bout are George Francis, Chris Downing and Alan Glass.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway! Hogg waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Wilder. We can't be sure of the tactics at this early stage but we have heard that Wilder has been working on his takedowns a lot in the buildup to the fight and we can only assume he's going to look to take this to the mat. Nice shot by Wilder. Hogg ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent. Hogg wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection. Wilder throws a poor cross that misses
so Hogg counters with a double leg into guard. Good agility. Wilder wants to sweep but no luck. Hogg being controlled here momentarily. Wilder looking to sweep here. No luck so far. Wilder keeps trying to improve his position. Wilder can't keep his opponent in guard - Hogg advances to half guard, no doubt looking to mount. Hogg thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Wilder's head.
That's one minute gone in the round. Hogg is keen to just control but Wilder is a slippery customer. Nice strikes from Hogg there. Hogg looks to score some points with some ground and pound. Hogg slows the pace down in half guard. Hogg seems to be working for a kimura but Wilder defends the submission attempt. Hogg 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. Wilder trying to control here.
Wilder trying to get back to full guard but Hogg takes advantage of the position and moves to full mount!
That's two minutes gone in the round. Hogg lands an elbow that was bordering on illegal but the referee lets it go with a warning. Wilder is in a horrible position here. Hogg smacks him with another shot as he tries to escape the position.
Wilder in a bad spot here, taking shots to the head. Hogg lands a nice shot to the head. Hogg connects with a couple of good shots from mount.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd. Hogg sends his fist crashing into the mat - the crowd let out a collective ooooooh. Let's hope he's not broken it! Wilder tries to lock up and control but Hogg gives him a forearm to the face and pushes him away. Hogg pausing momentarily but resumes with a couple of decent strikes that do a bit of damage. Wilder is writhing around trying to get back to his feet. The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing. Hogg wants to finish this one by submission but Wilder is holding onto his waist, trying to prevent any attacks from Hogg. Wilder is looking to get to half guard.
That's three minutes gone in the round. Wilder wants to control but Hogg is having none of it. Wilder is in all sorts of trouble here.
Wilder is squirming around, avoiding Hogg's attempts to control the action. Wilder is in a horrible position here. Hogg smacks him with another shot as he tries to escape the position.
Wilder wants to control but Hogg is having none of it. Hogg with some aggressive grappling here. He's looking for submissions here, rather than waiting for the opportunity to counter.
Hogg with shots to the head and body - Wilder looks very uncomfortable down there.
That's four minutes gone in the round. Hogg with shots to the head and body - Wilder looks very uncomfortable down there. Wilder tries to get back to half guard but can't. Wilder is writhing around trying to get back to his feet. Hogg lands a couple of nice shots there from mount.
Hogg has his opponent pinned against the cage, landing some nasty ground and pound that is really making a bit of a mess out of Wilder's face.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff! Wilder is trying to escape the mount.
Hogg looking to finish Wilder with some ground and pound. This is bad for Wilder!
Wilder is rocked! Hogg lands a big elbow - Wilder is in trouble! More strikes from the mount and Wilder is forced to tap out!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:58 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Strikes). Johnny Hogg! Johnny Hogg thanked the fans post fight for their support.
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energy
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hype
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pop
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mgr
A | B |
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46% |
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