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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Mike Hancho (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Will David (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of New York, Mike Hancho!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of New York, Will David!
The judges for this bout are Reed Andrews, Jonathan Paton and Franklyn Lucas.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
David misses with a low kick as Hancho jumps back.
Hancho misses with a takedown attempt - David sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
David lands a two punch combo.
It looks like Mike Hancho has been cut.
Hancho misses with a takedown attempt - David sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
Hancho looks for a takedown but David sprawls well.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Mike Hancho. That's going to take a lot out of him.
David wants to clinch.
David throws a series of strikes that have Hancho backpedaling.
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!
Hancho shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has David pinned against the cage. David gets the underhooks and manages to circle away.
A nice inside leg kick there by David. That's going to slow Hancho down.
A punch combination from David misses.
Nice sprawl there from David as Hancho shoots in.
Hancho drops down and drives through with a powerful takedown into guard.
David wants to stand and escape but Hancho is having none of it.
David avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
That's one minute gone in the round.
David manages to sweep nicely, so he's now on top. Hancho manages to get himself to full guard.
Hancho is breathing heavily.
David stands up from Hancho's guard - David perhaps looking for a knockout.
David has taken the fight to the clinch.
Hancho tries for a takedown. No joy.
David wants to break free but Hancho has control.
David has had enough of the clinch but Hancho keeps him there for the moment.
Hancho wants a takedown.
David working hard to break the clinch.
David successfully pulls guard.
David is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.
David wants to stand but Hancho has hold of a leg and an arm, so he's trapped for now.
David throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
It looks like David is going to stand back up.
Hancho makes his way to full guard. A much better position for Hancho.
Hancho wants to sweep here but David controlling him for the moment.
Hancho manages to land a sweep and now he's in mount on top!
Hancho unloading with bombs!
David takes a big shot to the head but keeps on trying to improve his position.
Hancho cracks David with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.
David keeping his composure momentarily, calmly looking to get back to half guard.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hancho pausing momentarily but resumes with a couple of decent strikes that do a bit of damage.
The referee warns David that he has to improve his position here as he takes two more clean shots to the head.
David's corner are shouting for him to stand up but that's bad cornering - how is he meant to stand up when he's mounted? He should be looking to improve his position on the ground before trying to stand back up.
Hancho in mount throwing good strikes here, bouncing his opponent's head off the canvas.
Hancho punishing his opponent with strikes.
BOOM! Hancho connects with a massive shot to the dome!
We get told so often about how wrestlers don't like to be on their backs. Let's see if David can do anything to dispel that myth.
David is wriggling around trying to escape.
Hancho lands with some vicious ground and pound - can David hang on?
Hancho has his opponent pinned against the cage, landing some nasty ground and pound that is really making a bit of a mess out of David's face.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
David is squirming around, avoiding Hancho's attempts to control the action.
Hancho lands a shot to the body, followed up by a shot to the exposed head of his trapped opponent.
Hancho connects with a couple of good shots from mount.
Hancho lands with some vicious ground and pound - can David hang on?
Hancho with good strikes from the mount here!
Hancho with good strikes from the mount here!
David is desperately trying to improve his position but Hancho has a good base and remains in mount.
Hancho lands a nice shot to the head.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Hancho with shots to the head and body - David looks very uncomfortable down there.
Hancho lands a nice shot to the head.
BOOM! Hancho connects with a massive shot to the dome!
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close round but Will David will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Mike Hancho's cut.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.
Hancho fails with a takedown attempt.
Hancho fails with a takedown attempt from distance.
David shoots in for a takedown from distance. He catches Hancho napping and manages to drive through into side control!
David in side control, trying to ground and pound but not landing this time.
David decides to take the fight back to the feet.
David uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
Hancho closes the distance and scores a nice trip takedown into half guard. David did well to prevent Hancho getting side control.
David regains full guard, whilst avoiding punches from Hancho.
David is looking to stand up but Hancho isn't so interested in that idea.
Hancho throws and elbow that misses. David uses the momentum to reverse the position. He's now in Hancho's guard. Nice move by David!
Hancho manages to land a sweep and now he's in mount on top!
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
That's one minute gone in the round.
David tries to hold on but Hancho postures up.
Hancho landing shots from mount.
Hancho scoring with some good ground and pound from mount here. Will he manage to finish David?
David wants to use the cage to get back to his feet here.
Hancho lands a heavy elbow.
Hancho working away from the top, dropping strikes.
Hancho with the ground and pound from mount.
Hancho knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for David on the ground.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
David in a bad spot here, taking shots to the head.
David working to try and regain half guard.
David takes a big shot to the head but keeps on trying to improve his position.
David is in a horrible position here. Hancho smacks him with another shot as he tries to escape the position.
Hancho with shots to the head and body - David looks very uncomfortable down there.
Hancho scoring with strikes but David is staying in there.
David wants to hold on but Hancho pushes him away.
Hancho landing punches.
David taking shots to the head.
Hancho swings around for an armbar but it's a sloppy attempt and David is now in Hancho's guard. A big mistake from Hancho there, giving up the dominant position!
That's three minutes gone in the round.
David stands and steps away. Hancho gets to his feet too and we're back to the striking game.
Hancho misses with a takedown
and David counters with a nice kick to the body.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Mike Hancho. That's going to take a lot out of him.
David shoots in for a takedown and gets it.
Hancho is trying to control but can't.
David wants to get back to his feet.
Hancho gets back to full guard.
Hancho manages to sweep nicely, so he's now on top. David manages to get himself to full guard.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Hancho with a flurry of punches that miss.
Hancho looking to pass the guard.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
David thows some rabbit punches from the bottom but they don't do any damage.
David tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Hancho sneaks a leg through and gets to half guard. That was like a knife through butter how easily he passed David's guard.
Hancho looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks David with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
Hancho is looking for the mount but instead finds himself back in full guard.
Hancho has to be careful here, sitting in the guard of a superior BJJ player.
Hancho is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close second round but I would say that Mike Hancho will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Mike Hancho's cut.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business. Ladies and gentlemen, this is the final round!
David throws a right hand that Hancho ducks under and follows up with a left that Hancho also avoids with ease.
Hancho shoots and misses
and David counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Hancho doesn't succeed with the takedown
enabling David to counter with a crisp jab.
David goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Hancho shoots and misses
so David counters with a double leg into guard. Good agility.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Mike Hancho. That's going to take a lot out of him.
David is stalling in the full guard.
David wants to get up but he can't break Hancho's closed guard. He needs to be careful trying to break the legs open, as he's open to submissions here.
Hancho wants to control here, rather than go for any submissions from the bottom. At least for now.
Mike Hancho overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Hancho looking for a sweep. Not yet Hancho, not yet.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Hancho has a closed guard, preventing David from standing up.
Hancho pulls David in close to prevent any damage.
That's one minute gone in the round.
David trying to control but Hancho is working from the bottom.
David looking to pass the guard.
Hancho is looking to sweep but instead, David has passed into half guard.
Hancho slips a foot under and gets full guard. Nice work.
Hancho tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Hancho pulls David in close to his closed guard and prevents David from doing any damage or advancing position.
David won't allow Hancho to sweep him here.
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.
David looking to pass the guard.
David would like to get this fight back to the feet but can't get free from the closed guard.
David is fighting to break Hancho's control of his arms but Hancho is doing a good job of controlling the position at the moment.
David won't allow Hancho to sweep him here.
David passes easily into side control. Nice work.
Hancho holds on to David's head and controls the position momentarily.
Hancho is positioning himself to get back to half guard.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
David stands up and we're back to a striking position.
David misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Hancho tries for a takedown but David circles away easily
and David counters with a one-two to the body.
Hancho has his takedown stuffed
and David counters with a straight right hand.
David throws a right and a left that both miss.
Hancho shoots in but doesn't get the takedown
and David counters with a takedown into full mount! That could mean trouble for Hancho!
That's four minutes gone in the round.
David wants to control the pace but Hancho is squirming around nicely.
David misses with a series of strikes from mount. He'll no doubt be working on his ground and pound when he gets back to the gym.
Hancho is writhing around trying to get back to his feet.
David trying to control but he's not successful this time.
David looking to finish with strikes here!
Hancho just holding on.
Hancho is squirming around, avoiding David's attempts to control the action.
Hancho tries to hold on but David pushes him away.
And that's the end of the fight!
Will David comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think David has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. 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 Reed Andrews scores the fight 28:30
Judge Jonathan Paton scores the fight 28:30
Judge Franklyn Lucas scores the fight 27:30
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Will David!
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energy
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hype
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RATING
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