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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between the finisher (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and John Hayes (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). John Hayes has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the heavyweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of London, the finisher!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of London, John Hayes!
The judges for this bout are Colin Fotheringham, James Atkins and Sam Margolis.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Hayes gets a takedown into half guard.
Hayes slips a nice elbow through finisher's hands, connecting with finisher's forehead.
finisher missing with punches from the bottom.
finisher throws a strike from the bottom that misses.
Hayes is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.
Both fighters really going for it on the ground here!
finisher gets back to full guard.
finisher striking off his back but it's not causing Hayes any problems.
finisher with a couple of shots from the bottom there - nothing Hayes can't handle though.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
finisher throwing some rather feeble looking strikes off his back.
Hayes really doesn't want to stay on the ground with finisher. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
finisher throws a couple of shots from the bottom but they don't land.
finisher scores with a couple of body punches from the bottom.
finisher tries to strike from the bottom.
Hayes stopping the sweep attempt from finisher.
finisher throws a couple of shots from the bottom but they don't land.
That's one minute gone in the round.
finisher trying to punch from his back but it's not doing any damage.
The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
finisher tries for a takedown but Hayes circles away easily
and Hayes makes him pay by landing a thudding low kick.
finisher is breathing heavily.
Hayes shoots in for a takedown and gets it.
Hayes wants to pass to mount but finisher is defending the position.
Hayes is looking to pass the guard... He's managed it - he's now in full mount!
finisher really trying hard to get back to half guard here.
Hayes connects with a couple of good shots from mount.
finisher on his back here. We all know that wrestlers don't like being on their back so let's see if finisher tries to get out of the position.
finisher is desperately trying to get back to half guard.
Hayes landing shots from mount.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Hayes landing shots from mount.
Hayes tries to control but finisher wriggling away.
finisher swinging wildly from the bottom but he's not landing.
BOOM! Hayes connects with a massive shot to the dome!
Hayes trying to control but finisher is having none of it.
finisher throwing punches from his back but nothing is landing.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Hayes looking to finish finisher with some ground and pound. This is bad for finisher!
finisher in a bad spot here, taking shots to the head.
finisher 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.
finisher regains half guard.
Hayes looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks finisher with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
finisher throws a strike from the bottom that misses.
finisher tries to strike from the bottom but it doesn't land.
Hayes blocks the strikes from finisher.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hayes slips a nice elbow through finisher's hands, connecting with finisher's forehead.
finisher has hold of Hayes's hands but Hayes slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.
finisher lands with a few short shots to the body.
finisher is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
Hayes scores with a couple of good hammerfists.
Hayes is looking to take a break and control but finisher is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Hayes is controlling the pace.
finisher tries to strike from the bottom but it doesn't land.
Hayes blocks the strikes from finisher.
Hayes thows a huge punch but finisher dodges it nicely.
finisher throws a strike from the bottom that misses.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Hayes not landing any meaningful shots this time.
Hayes prevents finisher from improving his position.
Well, the referee has seen enough. Neither fighter is active enough on the ground so he's stood them back up.
Hayes gets his takedown attempt stuffed easily
and finisher counters with a driving takedown into guard. Nice work there by finisher.
Hayes trying to punch from his back but it's not doing any damage.
finisher scoring with some ground and pound.
Hayes wants to sweep here but finisher controlling him for the moment.
finisher lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.
finisher postures up and lands a big shot to Hayes's brow.
finisher lands a couple of elbows.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells finisher's corner. There ya go! There ya go!
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
finisher lands a couple of digs.
finisher throws a big right hand that misses.
Hayes throws a couple of weedy looking strikes off his back.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
John Hayes 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.
Horrible takedown by Hayes or perhaps it was just good defense by finisher which made him look bad.
finisher tries for a takedown but Hayes circles away easily
and Hayes counters with a takedown into full mount! That could mean trouble for finisher!
Hayes blocks finisher's feeble attempts to strike from the bottom.
The crowd growing excited in anticipation of a finish here! Right on cue, Hayes cracks his opponent with a massive right hand that draws loud cheers!
Feeble punches landing from finisher - he's mounted - they can't hurt.
Hayes breaks from finisher's wrist control and lands an elbow.
finisher bucks up and manages to get a nice reversal! He's in guard on the top - nicely done!
finisher keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Hayes's head.
finisher stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Hayes swivels though and keeps the full guard.
finisher throwing strikes from guard but Hayes blocks nicely.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
finisher throws a big right hand that misses.
That's one minute gone in the round.
finisher postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Hayes preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Hayes controls finisher momentarily but finisher frees himself.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as finisher accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Well, the referee has seen enough. Neither fighter is active enough on the ground so he's stood them back up.
Hayes closes the distance and clinches up, looking for a takedown. He shifts his weight and gets a nice trip into half guard.
Hayes looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks finisher with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
Hayes seems to be taking a bit of a break to think of his next move. He lands a short punch in the meantime.
John Hayes has got the better of the ground game so far.
finisher tries to strike from the bottom but it doesn't land.
Hayes passes to full mount!
Hayes blocks finisher's feeble attempts to strike from the bottom.
finisher in a bad spot here, taking shots to the head.
Hayes dominating with strikes here.
finisher regains half guard.
finisher punching from the bottom.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hayes passes the guard and advances to mount!
finisher throwing hammer fists to the chest of Hayes. What's that going to do exactly?
finisher flailing away with punches but nothing is landing.
finisher tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Hayes fakes a shot to the body and cracks his opponent in the head. Nice ground and pound there!
finisher is looking to get to half guard.
Hayes putting on the heat here with some good ground and pound!
finisher flailing away with punches but nothing is landing.
finisher flailing away with punches but nothing is landing.
finisher can't escape the position.
Hayes blocks finisher's feeble attempts to strike from the bottom.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hayes with the ground and pound from mount.
finisher is trying desperately to improve position.
Hayes with the ground and pound from mount.
finisher throwing hammer fists to the chest of Hayes. What's that going to do exactly?
finisher really trying hard to get back to half guard here.
finisher is working hard here to advance position.
Hayes lands a big shot there that rocks finisher but he's holding on and managing to survive for now.
finisher is desperately trying to get back to half guard.
Hayes is in the full mount, landing strikes.
Hayes looking to control but finisher is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.
finisher in a bad spot here, taking shots to the head.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
There's not a lot going on here and the crowd are letting the fighters know they're not willing to tolerate a lack of action.
Hayes controlling from the full mount.
finisher throwing hammer fists to the chest of Hayes. What's that going to do exactly?
finisher regains half guard.
finisher punching from the bottom.
Hayes thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
finisher landing rabbit punches to the side of Hayes's head. Not doing much damage but still scoring a few points.
finisher is looking to improve his position.
finisher punching from the bottom.
Hayes wants to lay and pray for a moment but finisher keeps working.
finisher punching from the bottom.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
John Hayes showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
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.
Hayes scores a takedown into full mount!
finisher throwing punches from his back but nothing is landing.
Hayes blocks finisher's feeble attempts to strike from the bottom.
finisher flailing away with punches but nothing is landing.
A nice elbow there by Hayes.
finisher swinging wildly from the bottom but he's not landing.
Hayes has control of finisher's right arm, working for a kimura. It's a bit of a token attempt though and finisher regains control of the situation pretty easily.
finisher can't escape the position.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Feeble punches landing from finisher - he's mounted - they can't hurt.
finisher flailing away with punches but nothing is landing.
Hayes dominating with strikes here.
finisher looks very frustrated and is flailing away with strikes from the bottom. His corner are telling him to stay calm.
That's one minute gone in the round.
finisher is looking to get to half guard.
Hayes is thinking about an arm triangle here, looking to tighten it up before moving to side control. finisher can see it coming though and defends well with a couple of strikes to the head and some good arm positioning.
finisher keeping his composure momentarily, calmly looking to get back to half guard.
Hayes dominating with strikes here.
Hayes prevents finisher from getting the reversal.
finisher swinging wildly from the bottom but he's not landing.
finisher throwing hammer fists to the chest of Hayes. What's that going to do exactly?
finisher swinging wildly from the bottom but he's not landing.
finisher flailing away with punches but nothing is landing.
finisher throwing hammer fists to the chest of Hayes. What's that going to do exactly?
finisher tries to reverse the position but Hayes maintains control.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Neither fighter has done anything of merit for a good minute or two here and the crowd are not happy about it.
finisher has decided that throwing punches whilst being mounted is the best he can manage just now.
finisher flailing away with punches but nothing is landing.
Hayes fakes a shot to the body and cracks his opponent in the head. Nice ground and pound there!
finisher throwing hammer fists to the chest of Hayes. What's that going to do exactly?
finisher is squirming around, avoiding Hayes's attempts to control the action.
finisher throwing hammer fists to the chest of Hayes. What's that going to do exactly?
Hayes trying to control but he's not successful this time.
finisher is desperately trying to get back to half guard.
Hayes tries to control but finisher wriggling away.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hayes misses with a head shot.
finisher throwing punches from his back but nothing is landing.
finisher working to try and regain half guard.
finisher gets back to half guard.
Hayes passes the half guard and he's now in mount! Big trouble for finisher!
Hayes blocks finisher's feeble attempts to strike from the bottom.
Hayes can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as finisher is looking to escape.
finisher swinging wildly from the bottom but he's not landing.
finisher is in all sorts of trouble here.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Well. There's a bit of a lull in the action here and the crowd are starting to get restless.
Hayes is still in mount, landing shots to his trapped opponent. finisher can't stay in a position like this for much longer.
finisher throwing punches from his back but nothing is landing.
finisher is trying to escape the mount.
finisher flailing away with punches but nothing is landing.
finisher throwing punches from his back but nothing is landing.
finisher throwing punches from his back but nothing is landing.
finisher really trying hard to get back to half guard here.
Hayes is landing with some decent strikes but finisher is trying to advance his position so the referee is letting the fight continue.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Hayes working for a guillotine from mount but finisher is in no mood to give up.
finisher is squirming around, avoiding Hayes's attempts to control the action.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
John Hayes really dominated that round.
That's time! finisher's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.
finisher misses with a takedown
and Hayes counters with an inside leg kick.
finisher shoots in looking for a takedown. Hayes tries to sprawl out of it but finisher keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. Hayes manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.
Hayes feints and as finisher raises his hands in defense, Hayes changes levels and drives through with a takedown into guard.
Hayes working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of finisher's head.
Hayes trying to control the position from guard on top but finisher is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
finisher lands a good elbow from the bottom.
Hayes controlling from the guard. I say controlling but really, he's stalling.
It's got to the stage where if one of these guys blows hard enough, the other might fall over.
finisher doesn't do any damage with a couple of strikes from the bottom.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Hayes accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
That's one minute gone in the round.
finisher throwing rabbit punches from the bottom - showing the judges that he's keeping busy.
finisher lands a beautiful switch and he's in full mount! That could spell trouble for Hayes!
finisher looking to ground and pound but Hayes is blocking nicely.
finisher looking to ground and pound but Hayes is blocking nicely.
Hayes blocking the ground and pound.
Hayes tries to hold on but finisher pushes him away.
finisher raining down shots from the mount!
Hayes wriggling around on the bottom manages to avoid the strikes thrown by finisher.
finisher thuds his fist into the canvas! Oooouch!
finisher throws some wild stikes that Hayes manages to avoid easily.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are hurling abuse towards the fighters... You can hardly blame them though because there isn't a lot going on in the fight.
finisher punching from mount but Hayes doing a good job of avoiding damage.
finisher throwing shots from mount but they're not landing.
finisher sends his fist crashing into the mat - the crowd let out a collective ooooooh. Let's hope he's not broken it!
Hayes is desperately trying to improve his position but finisher has a good base and remains in mount.
finisher dominating with strikes here.
Hayes wants to control but finisher is having none of it.
Hayes is trying desperately to improve position.
Hayes wants to hold on but finisher pushes him away.
Hayes is looking to get to half guard.
finisher looking to finish Hayes with some ground and pound. This is bad for Hayes!
finisher fakes a shot to the body and cracks his opponent in the head. Nice ground and pound there!
Hayes can't escape the position.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
finisher with a couple of short strikes.
BOOM! finisher connects with a massive shot to the dome!
finisher landing strikes from the mount and Hayes is in trouble!
finisher lands a big shot there that rocks Hayes but he's holding on and managing to survive for now.
Hayes tries to reverse the position but finisher maintains control.
finisher landing strikes, looking to finish!
finisher in mount throwing good strikes here, bouncing his opponent's head off the canvas.
finisher landing strikes, looking to finish!
finisher landing strikes, looking to finish!
finisher lands a big elbow.
A nice elbow there by finisher.
Hayes wants to control but finisher is having none of it.
finisher with the ground and pound from mount.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Hayes gets back to half guard.
The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. finisher lands a nice short elbow.
Hayes is trying to defend against the ground and pound but finisher scores with a couple of nice shots.
Hayes on the receiving end of some nice ground and pound.
finisher working some ground and pound from close in. He's looking to maintain this position and strike for a while by the looks of things... although he'll probably advance to full mount in a minute now I've said that.
The two fighters exchange a few words. I couldn't hear what they were saying but maybe it's more fun if you make it up yourself. finisher connects with a nice short shot to Hayes's temple.
finisher slips a nice elbow through Hayes's hands, connecting with Hayes's forehead.
finisher winds up and cracks Hayes with a swinging punch to the side of the head.
Hayes flails away from the bottom but he's not doing any damage.
finisher scoring with strikes to the body and head.
finisher lands strikes from half guard.
Neither fighter is doing enough for the referee's liking and he's decided to stand them back up.
Hayes shoots in and drives through. finisher sprawls well.
finisher closes the distance and clinches up, looking for a takedown. He shifts his weight and gets a nice trip into half guard.
finisher is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
the finisher had his way with John Hayes in that round.
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. This is the final round!
Hayes shoots in and gets a takedown into half guard. Hayes showed some decent athleticism there.
finisher lands one or two decent shots to the body here. Although from his own half guard, he's not going to be causing too much damage.
Hayes looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks finisher with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
finisher is trying to get back to full guard.
finisher punching from the bottom.
Hayes blocks the strikes from finisher.
Hayes is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.
finisher is looking for a sweep. Hayes is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
Hayes tries to stand but can't do so whilst finisher controls his leg.
The referee has ruled that neither fighter is active enough on the ground and has stood them back up.
finisher fails with the takedown
and Hayes counters with a nice shoot takedown that brings the fighters to the ground.
Both of our modern day gladiators look out of it here - an gruelling 5 rounds of action taking it's toll on them, no doubt.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Hayes working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Hayes must be cautious of submissions here, given that his opponent has the superior Jiu Jitsu.
Hayes trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Hayes in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Hayes takes a decent strike to the side of the head.
finisher throws some sloppy strikes off his back.
finisher lands a good elbow from the bottom.
finisher throwing short punches from the bottom.
finisher trying to punch from his back but it's not doing any damage.
It looks like we're going to have a standup here. Neither fighter is doing enough on the ground.
Hayes misses with a takedown attempt
and finisher counters with a takedown into full mount! That could mean trouble for Hayes!
A nice elbow there by finisher.
finisher looking to ground and pound his opponent to a finish here.
finisher has his opponent pinned against the cage, landing some nasty ground and pound that is really making a bit of a mess out of Hayes's face.
finisher scoring with strikes but Hayes is staying in there.
finisher landing shots from mount.
finisher in mount throwing good strikes here, bouncing his opponent's head off the canvas.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
finisher prevents Hayes from getting the reversal.
Hayes is trying to stand up.
finisher in mount throwing good strikes here, bouncing his opponent's head off the canvas.
finisher dominating with strikes here.
finisher is landing with some decent strikes but Hayes is trying to advance his position so the referee is letting the fight continue.
Hayes tries to hold on but finisher pushes him away.
finisher raining down shots from the mount!
finisher prevents Hayes from getting the reversal.
Hayes in a bad spot here, taking shots to the head.
finisher with shots to the head and body - Hayes looks very uncomfortable down there.
finisher lands with some strikes.
finisher scores with a couple of good head shots there.
Hayes is trying desperately to improve position.
finisher postures up and cracks his opponent a couple of times before moving back into close ground control. Hayes looks a forlorn figure.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
finisher in mount throwing good strikes here, bouncing his opponent's head off the canvas.
Hayes wants to control but finisher is having none of it.
finisher scores with a couple of good head shots there.
Hayes tries to buck finisher off but he can't manage it.
finisher dominating with strikes here.
finisher punishing his opponent with strikes.
Hayes is wriggling around trying to escape.
finisher working the ground and pound effectively.
finisher scoring with some good ground and pound from mount here. Will he manage to finish Hayes?
finisher putting on the heat here with some good ground and pound!
Hayes is trying desperately to improve position.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are getting on the fighters' backs, as the pace has dropped off in the last minute or so.
finisher is landing with some decent strikes but Hayes is trying to advance his position so the referee is letting the fight continue.
finisher with good strikes from the mount here!
Hayes sneaks a leg back under and regains half guard and is working straight away to try and get back to guard. He hasn't managed just yet though.
finisher working some ground and pound from close in. He's looking to maintain this position and strike for a while by the looks of things... although he'll probably advance to full mount in a minute now I've said that.
finisher seems to be taking a bit of a break to think of his next move. He lands a short punch in the meantime.
Hayes has hold of finisher's hands but finisher slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.
finisher is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.
finisher prevents Hayes from improving his position.
Hayes is trying to defend against the ground and pound but finisher scores with a couple of nice shots.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
finisher scores with a couple of good hammerfists.
Hayes makes his way to full guard. A much better position for Hayes.
the finisher has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
John Hayes is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Hayes utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
And that's the end of the fight!
That was a close round. You could make an argument for either fighter but I would give it to the finisher.
Well Hayes has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 5 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Colin Fotheringham scores the fight 47:48
Judge James Atkins scores the fight 47:48
Judge Sam Margolis scores the fight 47:48
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... John Hayes!
John Hayes is the new heavyweight champion!
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