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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Ian Strachan (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and John Hathaway (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Chooooooooon! I think Strachan might be my favorite fighter, now he's come out to Why Can't We Be Friends. John Hathaway is the more experienced fighter, so let's see if that makes a difference tonight.
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172 lbs
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170 lbs
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BJJ Blue Belt
Basic striking
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BJJ Blue Belt
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Ian Strachan!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, John Hathaway!
The judges for this bout are John Mangel, Summer Carpenter and Eliza Hachem.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Hathaway connects with a single shot there.
Hathaway keeps the fight on the outside.
Strachan has Hathaway up against the cage in a clinch.
Strachan is trying to stall.
Strachan throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Hathaway blocks it with crossed arms.
Strachan lands a damaging elbow.
Still in the clinch, Strachan scores with a nice short uppercut.
Strachan lands a knee to the body.
Hathaway is trying to break free.
Hathaway lands a left hand.
Hathaway avoiding damage as Strachan throws knees to the body.
Strachan misses with a knee to the head.
Stalling in the clinch from Strachan.
Strachan misses with some punches.
Hathaway breaks the clinch.
Hathaway throws a series of punches but Strachan avoids them all with ease.
Strachan moves in looking to clinch but Hathaway pushes him off.
Strachan has taken the fight to the clinch.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Hathaway managing to block the knees to the body from Strachan.
Strachan throws a punch but it's blocked by Hathaway.
Strachan throws a head punch that misses.
Hathaway avoiding damage.
Strachan missing with knees to the body.
Strachan is trying to stall.
Hathaway has Strachan pushed against the cage.
Hathaway wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
With the fighters up against the cage, Strachan throws an elbow but misses.
Hathaway is stalling here.
Strachan is trying to stall.
Strachan leaning against his opponent.
That's two 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.
Hathaway blocks a body shot from Strachan.
Hathaway has had enough of the clinch but Strachan keeps him there for the moment.
Strachan lands a body shot.
Hathaway breaks from the clinch.
The fight stays on the outside here - Strachan looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Strachan closes the distance and clinches.
Hathaway works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Strachan throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Hathaway breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Strachan tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Hathaway looks to land a combination but Strachan avoids it well.
Strachan tries to clinch up but Hathaway circles away and keeps his distance.
John Hathaway seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
A head kick misses from Hathaway.
Strachan connects with a body shot.
Hathaway lands a body shot.
Danga de danga de dang - Hathaway scores with a four punch combination!
Strachan is looking to clinch.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hathaway tries to clinch there but Strachan circles away.
Hathaway tries to close the distance and clinch but Strachan swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Strachan tries to clinch up but Hathaway circles away and keeps his distance.
Hathaway works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
Hathaway shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says Strachan as he avoids it easily.
Strachan avoids the head kick by Hathaway.
Hathaway moves into the clinch.
Hathaway tries to take the fight to the ground by pulling guard but can't manage it.
Strachan prevents a takedown attempt there.
Ian Strachan has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of John Hathaway.
Hathaway is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Strachan tries to land a knee to the head but Hathaway blocks with his arms.
Strachan letting Hathaway take a breather here.
Hathaway escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Hathaway looks gassed!
Strachan moves out of range of the body kick from Hathaway.
Ian Strachan is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Hathaway tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Strachan instigates a clinch.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Hathaway stalling.
Hathaway is looking to break free of the clinch but Strachan has double underhooks.
Strachan missing with knees to the body.
Hathaway is trying to break free.
Hathaway lands with a left to the head.
Strachan tries to land knees in the clinch but Hathaway avoids the damage to the body.
Hathaway is trying to break the clinch but Strachan has him pressed against the cage.
Strachan works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Hathaway breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Hathaway takes a swing at Strachan's ribcage but misses.
Strachan tries to keep at a distance but Hathaway has taken the fight into the clinch.
Hathaway wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Strachan looks to throw an elbow but misses.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Strachan.
Hathaway on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Strachan keeps control of Hathaway as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Strachan scores a nice knee to the body.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close round but John Hathaway will probably get the nod.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.
Strachan tries to clinch but Hathaway moves away
and Hathaway counters with a three punch combo that has Strachan backing up. Strachan nods at Hathaway to acknowledge the strikes.
Strachan darts in trying to clinch
and Hathaway moves into the clinch.
Strachan keeps control of Hathaway as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Strachan doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Strachan misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Hathaway.
Strachan just leaning against Hathaway, taking a breather.
Strachan misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Strachan lands a nice uppercut.
Hathaway lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Strachan backwards.
Strachan using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Hathaway managing to block the knees to the body from Strachan.
Strachan letting Hathaway take a breather here.
Strachan scores a nice knee to the body.
Strachan has Hathaway pushed against the cage.
Hathaway is trying to break free.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Strachan lands a knee to the head.
Strachan stalling against the cage.
Strachan misses with a punch to the body.
Hathaway scores with a nice hook to the head.
Hathaway looking to stall.
Strachan tries to land knees in the clinch but Hathaway avoids the damage to the body.
Strachan tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Hathaway is trying to maintain a safe position but Strachan gets an underhook and turns Hathaway into the cage.
Hathaway managing to block the knees to the body from Strachan.
Stalling in the clinch from Strachan.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Hathaway can't get the takedown.
Hathaway tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
A right hand to the body from Hathaway.
With the fighters up against the cage, Strachan throws an elbow but misses.
Strachan looks to throw an elbow but misses.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are showing their displeasure at the lack of action as loud boos ring out around the arena.
Hathaway wants a takedown but no success here.
Hathaway stalls.
Strachan misses with a punch to the body.
Strachan lands a damaging elbow.
Strachan tries to land a knee to the head but Hathaway blocks with his arms.
Strachan throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Hathaway tries to stall but Strachan uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Strachan throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Hathaway letting Strachan take a breather here.
Hathaway avoiding damage as Strachan throws knees to the body.
Strachan tries to work over Hathaway's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Strachan pushes off an throws an elbow but Hathaway leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Hathaway breaks from the clinch.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Strachan fails with an attempt to clinch.
Strachan tries to close the distance and clinch but Hathaway swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Hathaway swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Ian Strachan is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Hathaway misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Strachan is looking to clinch.
Hathaway misses the shot to the body.
Hathaway lands a nice looking body shot.
Strachan closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Hathaway missing with knees to the body.
Hathaway on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Hathaway avoiding damage as Strachan throws knees to the body.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Still in the clinch, Hathaway scores with a nice short uppercut.
Hathaway breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Hathaway fails miserably with a takedown attempt.
Ian Strachan has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of John Hathaway.
Hathaway throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Hathaway missing with a left hand there. Strachan was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Hathaway misses with a head kick.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
A head kick misses from Hathaway.
Strachan tries to clinch there but Hathaway circles away.
Hathaway misses with a head kick.
Hathaway tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Hathaway throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Hathaway throws a right hand that Strachan ducks under and follows up with a left that Strachan also avoids with ease.
Hathaway looks to land a combination but Strachan avoids it well.
Strachan moves forwards but Hathaway connects with a nice, crisp jab.
Hathaway lands with a big left! Strachan is wobbled badly! Hathaway comes in with a flurry of punches and drops Strachan to the floor. The ref jumps in to save him from unneccessary punishment.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:31 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Punches). John Hathaway!
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energy
A | B |
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hype
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pop
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mgr
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RATING
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