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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Jannik Rottmayr (ranked 4972 p4p, 2896 weight class) and Quincy Hatfield (ranked 477 p4p, 334 weight class). Jannik Rottmayr could well score a knockout today. He has the power to get to Quincy Hatfield's chin.
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Good wrestling Excellent boxer Granite chin |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division. Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner. With a record of 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Jannik Rottmayr! And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner. With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Quincy Hatfield! The judges for this bout are Frank Antenori, Percy O'Donnell and Don Winkell.
 The bell rings for round one and we are underway! Rottmayr misses with a straight right. Rottmayr tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Hatfield was well out of range. Poor timing from Rottmayr. Rottmayr swinging wildly here.
Hatfield tries to clinch but fails miserably and Rottmayr cracks him with a counter punch right on the button. Hatfield's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Rottmayr connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Hatfield scrambles back to his feet. The fight stays on the outside here - Hatfield looks like he's thinking about clinching though. Rottmayr throws a body shot but no joy. Hatfield tries to counter with a clinch but Rottmayr shakes him off and moves away. Hatfield keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Rottmayr avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Hatfield moves in looking to clinch but Rottmayr pushes him off. Rottmayr scores with a jab to the jaw. We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up. The fight stays on the outside here - Hatfield looks like he's thinking about clinching though. Hatfield has done a lot of speed work in the buildup to this fight. Rottmayr throws a jab when Hatfield was well out of range. Hatfield tries to counter with a clinch but Rottmayr shakes him off and moves away. Hatfield tries to close the distance and clinch but Rottmayr swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away. Nice body punch from Rottmayr.
 That's one minute gone in the round. Hatfield slips a straight right by Rottmayr. Hatfield misses with a takedown attempt and Rottmayr counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt. Rottmayr paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button. Rottmayr fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
A slow jab from Rottmayr misses its intended target. Hatfield tries to clinch there but Rottmayr circles away.
Hatfield gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here. Rottmayr takes a shot to the head. Rottmayr tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage. Hatfield swings wildly with an uppercut but Rottmayr uses good head movement to avoid it. Rottmayr misses with the head strike.
Rottmayr misses with a short punch on the inside. Hatfield wants a takedown.
Rottmayr looks to be in better condition than last time we saw him fight. Obviously he's been working hard on his cardio. Hatfield misses with the head strike.
Hatfield tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage. Rottmayr avoiding damage.
 That's two minutes gone in the round. Rottmayr tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage. Hatfield misses with the head strike.
Rottmayr wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Hatfield has him pressed against the cage. Hatfield has a couple of punches blocked by Rottmayr.
Hatfield trying to land knees to the body.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd. Hatfield working aggressively here.
Rottmayr pressing his opponent against the cage. Still in the clinch, Hatfield scores with a nice short uppercut. Hatfield swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Hatfield misses with the head strike.
Hatfield misses with the head strike.
Rottmayr managing to block the knees to the body from Hatfield.
Hatfield blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Hatfield swings away with an uppercut that misses.
 That's three minutes gone in the round. A head punch blocked on the inside by Hatfield. Hatfield misses with a punch on the inside.
Rottmayr is defending well against a takedown attempt. Jannik Rottmayr has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Quincy Hatfield. Hatfield gets through Rottmayr's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head. Hatfield has a couple of punches blocked by Rottmayr.
Rottmayr has had enough of the clinch but Hatfield keeps him there for the moment. Hatfield lands an uppercut. A short right from Hatfield. An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Hatfield. Hatfield throws a punch but it's blocked by Rottmayr. Hatfield is working on a leg, looking for a takedown but Rottmayr is defending well. Rottmayr lands a right hand that snaps the head of Hatfield backwards. Hatfield swings wildly with an uppercut but Rottmayr uses good head movement to avoid it. Rottmayr lands with a good tight uppercut to the head. A quick uppercut on the inside from Hatfield.
 That's four minutes gone in the round. Hatfield softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage. This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff! A hook to the body from Rottmayr.
Hatfield misses with some punches.
Hatfield misses with a short punch on the inside. Hatfield has Rottmayr pressed against the cage, preventing Rottmayr from circling away and getting back to striking at range. Rottmayr lands a left hand.
Hatfield misses with a punch to the body.
Rottmayr is trying to stall.
Hatfield keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Rottmayr's efforts to push away. Some stalling of biblical proportions here from Rottmayr. Rottmayr blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Rottmayr. Hatfield doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Hatfield drops down for a takedown but doesn't get it.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close round but I would say that Jannik Rottmayr will probably get the nod. That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action.
Rottmayr misses with an uppercut. Hatfield gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Rottmayr. Rottmayr swinging wildly here.
Nice takedown defense from Rottmayr. No joy for Hatfield on that attempt. Hatfield shoots in for a takedown but Rottmayr shows good takedown defense there and keeps this one on the feet. Hatfield on the wrong end of a nice jab. Rottmayr scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Hatfield doesn't seem bothered though.
Hatfield tries to keep at a distance but Rottmayr has taken the fight into the clinch. Hatfield goes for a takedown attempt but Rottmayr pushes him away and we're back to fighting at a distance.
Jannik Rottmayr has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Quincy Hatfield. Hatfield tries to close the distance and clinch up but Rottmayr swats him away and circles back towards the center. We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up. Rottmayr lands a right hook to the body.
Nice sprawl there from Rottmayr as Hatfield shoots in. Rottmayr misses with a wild combination.
Hatfield bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
 That's one minute gone in the round. Rottmayr just misses with a punch to the body.
Hatfield moves out of range as Rottmayr strikes. Hatfield tries to close the distance and clinch but Rottmayr swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Hatfield closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage. Rottmayr displaying some good clinch control by pressing Hatfield up against the cage. Rottmayr prevents a body shot from Hatfield. Rottmayr is looking to break free of the clinch but Hatfield has double underhooks. An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Hatfield. The fighters are pressed against the cage, as the pace of the fight slows. Rottmayr throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Hatfields head. Hatfield lands a left hand that snaps the head of Rottmayr backwards. Rottmayr tries to stall but Hatfield uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
 That's two minutes gone in the round. Rottmayr tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked. Rottmayr misses with a hook from the clinch. Hatfield fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Rottmayr blocks an uppercut.
Rottmayr blocks an uppercut.
Rottmayr works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Rottmayr tries to work over Hatfield's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target. Hatfield tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage. Hatfield throws a head punch that misses. Hatfield is working for takedown but Rottmayr is calmly controlling the position for now. Rottmayr lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Rottmayr is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Hatfield can do to turn this around? Rottmayr pushes Hatfield back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head. This has been an exciting period of action! Hatfield blocks an uppercut.
Hatfield lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Rottmayr backwards. Hatfield lands a shoulder strike. A right hand to the body from Rottmayr.
 That's three minutes gone in the round. Hatfield scores with a shot to the side of Rottmayr's head. Hatfield goes for a takedown in the clinch but Rottmayr prevents it.
Rottmayr misses with a hook to the ribs.
Rottmayr throws a head punch that misses. Rottmayr goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Rottmayr looking to slow down the pace here. Rottmayr works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Hatfield swings away with an uppercut that misses.
A head punch on the inside from Hatfield fails to land. Hatfield swings wildly with an uppercut but Rottmayr uses good head movement to avoid it. Rottmayr has a couple of punches blocked by Hatfield.
Hatfield prevents a body shot from Rottmayr. Hatfield letting Rottmayr take a breather here. Quincy Hatfield seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
 That's four minutes gone in the round. Hatfield can't find room to land a body shot as Rottmayr controls the action.
Hatfield has a couple of punches blocked by Rottmayr.
Rottmayr can't break the clinch.
Rottmayr lands a left hand that snaps the head of Hatfield backwards. Hatfield throws a punch but it's blocked by Rottmayr. Rottmayr stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.
Rottmayr wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Hatfield swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Hatfield lands a left hand.
Hatfield goes for a takedown in the clinch but Rottmayr prevents it.
Rottmayr misses with a hook to the ribs.
Hatfield lands with a right to the head. Rottmayr blocks a punch to the side of the head.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Jannik Rottmayr dominated that second round. The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare each other down, ready to get back to the action. This is the final round!
Rottmayr misses with a straight left. Hatfield moves in looking to clinch but Rottmayr pushes him off. Rottmayr lands a nice shot that snaps Hatfield's head back.
Rottmayr throws a lazy uppercut
and Hatfield counters with a lovely straight right hand! Hatfield slips a jab and a cross from Rottmayr.
Rottmayr throws a body shot but no joy. Hatfield looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Hatfield has taken the fight to the clinch.
Hatfield pushes Rottmayr back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head. Hatfield can't get the takedown.
Rottmayr gets underhooks to prevent Hatfield's takedown attempt.
Rottmayr blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up. Rottmayr goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Rottmayr lands with a short head shot on the inside. Rottmayr misses with the head strike.
Hatfield blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Hatfield looking for a takedown. Jannik Rottmayr has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Quincy Hatfield.
 That's one minute gone in the round. Rottmayr doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Hatfield blocking some punches.
Hatfield is working for takedown but Rottmayr is calmly controlling the position for now. Hatfield tries to work over Rottmayr's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target. Rottmayr doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
A short uppercut from Rottmayr. Hatfield softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage. Rottmayr swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Rottmayr lands a left hand that snaps the head of Hatfield backwards. Rottmayr misses with a hook from the clinch. Hatfield throws a punch but it's blocked by Rottmayr. Hatfield tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage. Rottmayr throws a head punch that misses. Hatfield swings wildly with an uppercut but Rottmayr uses good head movement to avoid it. Hatfield's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
 That's two minutes gone in the round. Hatfield swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Hatfield blocks a body shot from Rottmayr. Hatfield swings wildly with an uppercut but Rottmayr uses good head movement to avoid it. Rottmayr tries to break the clinch but Hatfield is controlling the position. Hatfield tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage. Hatfield lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage. Hatfield working aggressively here.
Quincy Hatfield has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here! The crowd are loving this. Great action here. Hatfield swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Hatfield goes for a takedown in the clinch but Rottmayr prevents it.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
Rottmayr breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Hatfield avoids the body shot from Rottmayr.
Hatfield doesn't manage to clinch there - Rottmayr circles away.
Rottmayr throws a series of punches but Hatfield avoids them all with ease.
 That's three minutes gone in the round. Hatfield fails with a takedown attempt from distance. Jannik Rottmayr is winning the standup battle so far. Hatfield uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Rottmayr.
Rottmayr looks to score with a jab to the body but Hatfield is just out of range. Rottmayr is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Hatfield.
Rottmayr has Hatfield up against the cage in a clinch.
The pace really dropping off here, momentarily. Hatfield lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards. Rottmayr lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage. Rottmayr is pressed up against the cage. Hatfield has hold of a leg and is looking to drag Rottmayr down to the mat. Rottmayr avoids the attempt though and has circled away. We're back to striking at a distance. Hatfield shoots in looking for a takedown. Rottmayr tries to sprawl out of it but Hatfield keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. Rottmayr manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.
 That's four minutes gone in the round. Rottmayr misses with an uppercut. Hatfield looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Hatfield pushes Rottmayr up against the cage in a clinch. Good body shot from Rottmayr.
Rottmayr scores with a shoulder strike. Hatfield blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Hatfield has dropped down and is looking to force the takedown but it's defended by Rottmayr after a bit of a struggle. A left hand lands to the body for Hatfield.
Rottmayr misses with a punch on the inside.
Jannik Rottmayr is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach. Hatfield lands a hook that snaps the head of Rottmayr backwards. The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here. Rottmayr blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Rottmayr creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut. Rottmayr blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Rottmayr is trying to maintain a safe position but Hatfield gets an underhook and turns Rottmayr into the cage. Rottmayr swings wildly with an uppercut but Hatfield uses good head movement to avoid it. Hatfield softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
And that's the end of the fight! Jannik Rottmayr showed his dominance in that final round. Well I reckon that's a shut out for Rottmayr, winning every round. Will the judges agree? They are the ones who matter, even if they are often depressingly incompetent. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision. Judge Frank Antenori scores the fight 30:27 Judge Percy O'Donnell scores the fight 30:27 Judge Don Winkell scores the fight 29:28
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Jannik Rottmayr! A victorious Jannik Rottmayr thanked his army of followers in his post fight interview, telling people to make sure they follow him on Twitter.
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