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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Leon Hansen (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jamie Douglas (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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218 lbs
11 - 2 - 0 |
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205 lbs
7 - 2 - 0 |
Decent wrestler
Solid boxing
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Decent boxing
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the light heavyweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
11 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Leon Hansen!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
7 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Jamie Douglas!
The judges for this bout are , and .
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Douglas tries to clinch but Hansen moves out of range.
Douglas on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Douglas pushes Hansen up against the cage in a clinch.
Hansen lands a left hand.
Douglas blocks an uppercut.
Douglas lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Hansen.
Hansen pressing his opponent against the cage.
Hansen keeps control of Douglas as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Douglas prevents a body shot from Hansen.
Hansen stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.
Douglas lands a nice uppercut.
Douglas escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Douglas looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
Hansen gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Hansen tries a body shot but Douglas blocks it.
Douglas tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Douglas blocking some punches.
Douglas breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Douglas looks to land a combination. Hansen sees it coming but can only parry a couple of the shots.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Douglas throws a series of punches but Hansen moves out of range.
Douglas throws a one two combo.
Hansen scores with a shot to the body.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Douglas misses with a series of wild punches.
Douglas tries to clinch
and Hansen counters by moving into the clinch.
Douglas is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
Hansen lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Douglas.
Hansen lands with a short shot to the head.
Douglas doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Hansen prevents a body shot from Douglas.
Hansen presses Douglas against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Hansen.
Douglas looks gassed!
Nice body punch from Hansen.
A right hand to the body from Hansen.
Hansen throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Douglass head.
Hansen breaks the clinch.
Hansen clinches with his opponent.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Hansen stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Hansen softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Hansen pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Hansen getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
Nice shot by Hansen.
Hansen closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hansen has managed to pull guard. Let's see whether he can work an aggressive guard. It will also be interesting to see what tactics Douglas uses from the top position.
Hansen managing to control the position.
Hansen uses the cage to get back to his feet.
Hansen tries to close the distance and clinch but Douglas swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Hansen rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Douglas moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Nice uppercut lands for Hansen. That snapped Douglas's head back.
Douglas wants to clinch.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Nice uppercut lands for Douglas. That snapped Hansen's head back.
Hansen throws a body punch but Douglas moves out of range.
Hansen has taken the fight to the clinch.
Douglas tries a body shot but Hansen blocks it.
Douglas doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
A body shot lands from Hansen.
Hansen's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Hansen takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
Douglas circles away from the clinch attempt.
Hansen rushes Douglas and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Hansen lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Hansen throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Hansen misses with some punches.
Hansen works on Douglas's body with a couple of short punches.
Come on Hansen - let's have some action - none of this stalling nonsense.
Hansen throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Douglass head.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
A short right from Hansen.
Douglas wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Hansen has him pressed against the cage.
Hansen ties up his opponent against the cage and manages to drag the fight down to the ground. Hansen no doubt will be looking to work submissions from his guard.
Hansen working a defensive guard here.
Hansen keeping moving, preventing Douglas from controlling successfully.
Hansen managing to control the position.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Douglas working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Leon Hansen dominated that round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!
Hansen is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
Hansen misses with a wild combination.
Douglas fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Hansen is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Douglas takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Hansen lands with a nice combination. Douglas backs away looking to recover.
Douglas keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
The fight moves into the clinch position.
Douglas blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Hansen lands a right hand.
Come on Hansen - let's have some action - none of this stalling nonsense.
Hansen lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Hansen lands a shot to the body.
Hansen fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Hansen tries to pull guard but Douglas won't allow it.
That's one minute gone in the round.
A short uppercut from Hansen.
Douglas escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Hansen tries to close the distance and clinch but Douglas swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Hansen jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Douglas misses with a straight left.
Douglas tries to clinch up but Hansen circles away and keeps his distance.
Hansen moves into range and connects with a jab.
The fighters circle momentarily. Hansen darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.
No joy there for Douglas, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Douglas is breathing heavily.
Hansen misses with a few strikes there.
Hansen has his head slapped from side to side by a 3 punch combination. That must have hurt him.
Hansen will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Hansen rushes Douglas and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Nice body punch from Douglas - that landed with a thud.
A nice left hand lands by Hansen.
Hansen fails to pull guard.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hansen lands a shoulder strike.
Douglas breaks the clinch.
Leon Hansen is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Douglas throws a left and a right that both miss
and Hansen holds on and brings the fighters into a clinch.
A right hand to the body from Hansen.
Douglas has Hansen pushed against the cage.
Douglas's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Hansen goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Hansen lands with a short shot to the head.
A short body shot lands from Hansen as the two fighters clinch.
Hansen throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Douglass head.
Hansen fails to pull the fight into his guard.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Leon Hansen. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Douglas misses with a punch on the inside.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Hansen.
Hansen misses with a punch on the inside.
Hansen drags the fight down to the ground.
Douglas wants to control from the top but Hansen keeps moving.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Douglas in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Hansen manages to land a sweep and now he's in mount on top!
Douglas throwing punches from his back but nothing is landing.
Douglas tries to lock up and control but Hansen gives him a forearm to the face and pushes him away.
Douglas is trying to get back to his feet but can't.
Hansen lands with some vicious ground and pound - can Douglas hang on?
Hansen lands a shot to the body, followed up by a shot to the exposed head of his trapped opponent.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Hansen with good strikes from the mount here!
Hansen working away from the top, dropping strikes.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Hansen putting on the heat here with some good ground and pound!
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Hansen landing punches.
Hansen landing strikes, looking to finish!
Hansen looking to control but Douglas is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.
Hansen with shots to the head and body - Douglas looks very uncomfortable down there.
Hansen pausing momentarily but resumes with a couple of decent strikes that do a bit of damage.
Douglas 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.
Hansen seems very keen to just sit and control from half guard but Douglas does not like that idea so much and is remaining active off his back.
Hansen is figuring out what he wants to do next.
Douglas moves into full guard.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Douglas manages to land a sweep and now he's in mount on top!
Douglas thowing strikes but they're hitting the gloves, not doing any damage.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Leon Hansen dominated that second 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.
Hansen looks to land a combination but Douglas avoids it well.
Douglas closes the distance and clinches.
A nice right hand lands inside from Hansen.
Hansen pulls Douglas into guard.
Hansen wants to sweep but no luck.
Hansen 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.
Hansen is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.
Douglas punching from the bottom.
Hansen passes the guard and advances to mount!
Douglas is looking to get to half guard.
Hansen connects with a couple of good shots from mount.
Hansen is in the full mount, landing strikes.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Hansen with good strikes from the mount here!
Douglas throwing punches from his back but nothing is landing.
Hansen can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Douglas is looking to escape.
The referee warns Douglas that he has to improve his position here as he takes two more clean shots to the head.
Hansen scores with a couple of good head shots there.
The crowd growing excited in anticipation of a finish here! Right on cue, Hansen cracks his opponent with a massive right hand that draws loud cheers!
Douglas is really trying hard to get back to his feet.
Hansen with the ground and pound from mount.
Hansen landing punches.
Hansen raining down shots from the mount!
Hansen is still in mount, landing shots to his trapped opponent. Douglas can't stay in a position like this for much longer.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hansen punishing his opponent with strikes.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Hansen postures up and cracks his opponent a couple of times before moving back into close ground control. Douglas looks a forlorn figure.
Hansen lands a big shot there that rocks Douglas but he's holding on and managing to survive for now.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Hansen unloading with bombs!
Douglas is writhing around trying to get back to his feet.
Hansen trying to control but he's not successful this time.
Hansen is still in mount, landing shots to his trapped opponent. Douglas can't stay in a position like this for much longer.
Hansen lands a nice shot to the head.
Douglas tries to hold on but Hansen pushes him away.
Douglas regains half guard.
Hansen sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Douglas defending well though.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Douglas is looking to improve his position.
Douglas is pressing down on Hansen's left leg trying to get back to full guard. He's managed it.
Douglas doesn't do any damage with a couple of strikes from the bottom.
Hansen passes Douglas's right leg, so he's now in half guard.
Hansen is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.
Hansen is looking to take a break and control but Douglas is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Ground and pound from Hansen.
Douglas tries to get to full guard but Hansen has control of the leg.
Douglas pushes Hansen off looking to stand but Hansen dives back in and keeps control.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
My god... these two guys really need to pick up the pace or everyone will leave to go get a beer.
Hansen 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. Hansen connects with a nice short shot to Douglas's temple.
Hansen seems to be taking a bit of a break to think of his next move. He lands a short punch in the meantime.
Hansen scores with a couple of good hammerfists.
Douglas is looking to improve his position.
Douglas is trying to defend against the ground and pound but Hansen scores with a couple of nice shots.
The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. Hansen lands a nice short elbow.
Douglas is trying to maintain the position but Hansen is very close to passing his half guard.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Hansen drops an elbow to the side of Douglas's head.
Hansen is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.
Douglas is trying to stand.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Leon Hansen clearly takes that round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.
Douglas doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Douglas fails in his attempt to clinch.
Hansen tries to close the distance and clinch but Douglas swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Hansen misses with a combination
and Douglas counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Douglas moves into the clinch successfully.
Douglas leaning his opponent against the cage.
Hansen has Douglas pressed against the cage, preventing Douglas from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Douglas misses with a hook from the clinch.
Leon Hansen has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Hansen prevents Douglas from breaking the clinch.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Douglas stalling in the clinch but Hansen improves position.
Douglas is absolutely dripping with sweat - he looks exhausted.
Hansen stalls.
Douglas is looking to control Hansen's arms but Hansen gets an underhook and turns him. Now Douglas has his back to the cage.
Hansen lands a right hand.
That's one minute gone in the round.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Douglas.
Douglas's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Hansen jumps guard but Douglas stands there with Hansen around his waist. Hansen gives up and drops back to his feet. We remain in the clinch.
Hansen pulls Douglas into guard.
Hansen tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Douglas tries to free his leg and advance position but Hansen is retaining full guard.
Hansen is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.
Hansen wants to take a breather but Douglas is having none of it.
Hansen throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
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. Hansen connects with a nice short shot to Douglas's temple.
Douglas moves into full guard.
Hansen scoring with some ground and pound.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hansen is looking to work some ground and pound but Douglas has wrist control.
Douglas keeping moving, preventing Hansen from controlling successfully.
Hansen lands a couple of elbows.
Douglas tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Hansen trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Hansen stopping the sweep attempt from Douglas.
Well, the referee has seen enough. Neither fighter is active enough on the ground so he's stood them back up.
Douglas tries to clinch there but Hansen circles away.
Hansen is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Douglas can do to turn this around?
Douglas clinches but Hansen breaks the clinch
and Hansen counters with a series of strikes. Douglas will be more careful next time no doubt.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Douglas avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Hansen throws a right hand that Douglas ducks under and follows up with a left that Douglas also avoids with ease.
Douglas misses with a double jab
and Hansen counters with a one-two to the body.
Hansen has managed to clinch.
Nice body punch from Hansen - that landed with a thud.
Hansen's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Hansen fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Douglas lands the left hand.
No joy there for Hansen, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Hansen slips under a jab.
Hansen tries to clinch up.
A combination from Hansen does no damage.
Douglas throws a big shot that misses.
Hansen takes the fight into the clinch.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Douglas works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Hansen fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Hansen throws a punch but it's blocked by Douglas.
Douglas has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Douglas escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Douglas misses with the combination.
Douglas throws a right hand that Hansen ducks under and follows up with a left that Hansen also avoids with ease.
Hansen wants to clinch up but Douglas keeps it at a distance.
Hansen slips a jab from Douglas.
A right-left combo lands from Douglas.
Hansen will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Hansen moves in looking to clinch but Douglas pushes him off.
No joy there for Douglas, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Leon Hansen had his way with Jamie Douglas in that round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action! Ladies and gentlemen, this is the final round!
Hansen throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Douglas counters by moving into the clinch. Good anticipation by Douglas.
Hansen breaks from the clinch.
Douglas wants to clinch
and Hansen counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Douglas tries to bum rush Hansen with a series of wild strikes but Hansen uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Douglas takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Hansen will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Douglas darts in trying to clinch
and Hansen counters by clinching up.
Hansen is trying to drag Douglas to the mat but Douglas just about manages to keep his footing. He used the cage to his advantage there.
Douglas displaying some good clinch control by pressing Hansen up against the cage.
Douglas looking to stall.
Hansen gets control of Douglas's arms and successfully pulls guard. Hansen will no doubt be looking for submissions off his back.
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.
Douglas wants to control from the top but Hansen keeps moving.
Hansen wants to sweep here but Douglas controlling him for the moment.
Hansen utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Hansen trying to control the position.
Hansen looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Hansen working a defensive guard here.
Hansen on his back here. We all know that wrestlers don't like being on their back so let's see if Hansen tries to get out of the position.
Douglas won't allow Hansen to get back to his feet.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Douglas scores to the head and body with a nice combination!
Hansen lands three nice shots there - that looked like it hurt!
Nice straight punches there by Douglas. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Douglas.
Douglas stalks Hansen and leaps in with a furious combination of punches. Uppercuts and crosses smash into Hansen's face. Hansen staggers backwards, shaken.
Douglas is looking to clinch but Hansen is avoiding it.
Hansen throws a combination that misses
and Douglas moves into the clinch.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Douglas creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Hansen can't find room to land a body shot as Douglas controls the action.
Douglas gets through Hansen's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Douglas's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Douglas misses with the combination.
Douglas has managed to clinch.
Douglas is trying to stall.
Hansen stalling in the clinch.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hansen lands a left hand that snaps the head of Douglas backwards.
Hansen works on Douglas's body with a couple of short punches.
Hansen tries to take the fight to the ground by pulling guard but can't manage it.
Douglas can't find room to land a body shot as Hansen controls the action.
Douglas wants to get back to striking at distance but Hansen won't allow it.
Hansen tries to take the fight to the ground by pulling guard but can't manage it.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Leon Hansen. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Hansen lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Douglas is trying to break free.
Hansen tries to pull guard but Douglas holds him up against the cage and eventually Hansen drops back down to his feet.
Douglas tries to throw a body punch but Hansen avoids it by throwing Douglas back against the cage.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Hansen.
A short left from Hansen.
Douglas is trying to break the clinch but Hansen is controlling him.
Douglas swings wildly with an uppercut but Hansen uses good head movement to avoid it.
Some stalling of biblical proportions here from Douglas.
Hansen breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Douglas tries to clinch up
enabling Hansen to counter with a crisp jab.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The fight stays on the outside here - Douglas looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Hansen doesn't manage to clinch there - Douglas circles away.
Hansen moves into range and throws a combination. A nice jab followed by a hook to the body.
Hansen swinging wildly here.
Hansen misses with a double jab.
Douglas scores with a one two! Hansen had his feet all tangled up there and couldn't avoid the strikes.
Leon Hansen is winning the standup battle so far.
Douglas pushes Hansen up against the cage in a clinch.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
Douglas works on Hansen's body with a couple of short punches.
Hansen lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Douglas or not.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as Hansen takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.
Jamie Douglas has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Leon Hansen is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Hansen scores with a nice hook to the head.
And that's the end of the fight!
I would just about give that final round to Jamie Douglas.
Well Hansen has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... 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 Andi Peters scores the fight 50:46
Judge Gordon Ramsey scores the fight 50:45
Judge Frank Skinner scores the fight 49:46
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Leon Hansen!
Leon Hansen retains his light heavyweight title!
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