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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Hank Blair (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Michel Pereira (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Michel Pereira has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?
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269 lbs
7 - 1 - 0 |
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195 cm
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253 lbs
5 - 3 - 0 |
Decent wrestler
Excellent boxer
KO power |
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Powerful takedowns
Excellent boxer
Granite chin |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
7 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Hank Blair!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
5 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Michel Pereira!
The judges for this bout are Donatello Bradman, Summer Carpenter and Steve Erwin.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Pereira misses with a hook.
Blair slips under a jab.
Pereira moves out of range of the body kick.
Pereira throws a solid leg kick but Blair takes the impact on his shin and smiles at Pereira.
Pereira throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Blair sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Pereira lands a nice shot to the body.
Nice defenses there by Pereira.
Pereira fails in his attempt to clinch.
Blair cracks Pereira with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
It looks like Michel Pereira has been cut.
Pereira throws a right and a left that both miss.
Sloppy strikes from Blair. Those never looked like landing.
Blair throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Pereira counters with a left and a right that stings Blair.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Pereira shoots in for a takedown but Blair shows good takedown defense there and keeps this one on the feet.
Blair lands with a good body shot.
Blair throws a nice looking combination but Pereira bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Pereira tries to clinch up but Blair circles away and keeps his distance.
Pereira lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Blair misses with a wild body shot.
Pereira shoots in looking for a takedown but Blair manages to keep the fight standing, pushing Pereira's face into the canvas for good measure before circling away.
Pereira takes a swing at Blair's ribcage but misses.
Blair slips a straight right by Pereira.
Pereira is looking to clinch but Blair is avoiding it.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
A left lands for Blair.
Blair scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!
Pereira throws a jab but it's blocked by Blair.
Blair misses with a looping left.
Pereira throws a leg kick but Blair checks it.
Blair scores with a decent looking hook.
Pereira fails with an attempt to clinch.
Blair misses with a double jab
and Pereira counters with a stiff right hand.
Blair throws a series of punches but Pereira avoids them all with ease.
Blair slips a jab and a cross from Pereira.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
A shot to the body from Blair misses
and Pereira counters with a single leg into guard. Blair didn't expect that.
Blair is looking to stand back up but Pereira counters by passing into half guard. Oops... bit sloppy there by Blair.
Blair on his back here. We all know that wrestlers don't like being on their back so let's see if Blair tries to get out of the position.
Pereira is pressing down on Blair's thigh, looking to free his foot. Blair is holding on for now.
Blair tries to kick Pereira off but Pereira keeps his base steady and stays in half guard.
Blair wants to improve his position but Pereira is controlling well.
Pereira trying to control the action but Blair is working from the bottom.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Pereira seems to be working for a kimura but Blair defends the submission attempt.
Pereira is sneakily working for an arm triangle but Blair sees it coming and defends easily.
Pereira trying to control the action but Blair is working from the bottom.
Blair wants to control but Pereira is keeping busy and won't allow it.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Blair is looking to escape.
Pereira tries to pass to full mount but Blair defends it.
Pereira is trying to control. Blair wants to improve his position but can't escape this time.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Michel Pereira dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Michel Pereira's cut.
That's time! Blair's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.
Blair throws a looping overhand right but Pereira ducks down to avoid it.
Pereira cracks a nice hook into Blair's ribs.
Pereira connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Blair cracks Pereira with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
Pereira misses with a low kick.
Pereira swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Blair counters with a nice uppercut.
Pereira throws a sloppy head kick
and Blair counters with a three punch combination, finished off with a leg kick. Nice work.
Blair misses with a wild combination.
Pereira fails with a takedown attempt.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Nice uppercut there from Blair.
Pereira looks to score with a jab to the body but Blair is just out of range.
Hank Blair is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Pereira shoots in for a takedown but Blair shows good takedown defense.
Blair throws a shot from downtown. Pereira moves away and avoids it.
Pereira takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
A slapping body kick lands there for Blair.
Blair jabs Pereira right on the nose. Pereira blinks but takes it well.
Blair misses with a kick to the body.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Blair pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Pereira takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
Pereira has a nice red mark on his side after a thudding body kick by Blair.
Pereira takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Pereira takes one on the button.
Blair keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Pereira.
Blair lands with a nice combination. Pereira backs away looking to recover.
Blair swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Blair misses with an attempted mid kick.
Pereira ducks right into an uppercut from Blair.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Pereira fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Blair keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Pereira.
Pereira wants to clinch up but Blair keeps it at a distance.
Nice shot lands for Blair.
Blair misses with a looping left.
Pereira shoots in but no luck this time.
Hank Blair has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Michel Pereira.
Pereira walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
Pereira dodges the punch combination from Blair.
Blair avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Pereira thows a body shot but no joy.
Pereira misses with a low kick.
Pereira tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Pereira steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Blair.
Blair scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Blair misses with a double jab.
Hank Blair is winning the standup battle so far.
Blair throws out a loose jab but Pereira uses good head movement to avoid it.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Blair throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Pereira sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Blair lands three nice shots there - that looked like it hurt!
Pereira tries for a takedown but Blair sees it coming a mile off and avoids it easily.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Hank Blair dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Michel Pereira's cut.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! This is the final round!
Pereira rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Blair moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Blair dips to his left and cracks Pereira with an uppercut!
A big left from Blair misses.
An inside leg kick from Pereira misses.
Pereira tries to clinch there but Blair circles away.
Pereira shoots in and gets a takedown into half guard. Pereira showed some decent athleticism there.
Pereira is trying to control. Blair wants to improve his position but can't escape this time.
Blair trying to hold on to Pereira's head to control him but Pereira postures up.
Blair regains full guard. Nicely done.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Pereira trying to control but Blair is working from the bottom.
Pereira is looking to work some ground and pound but Blair has wrist control.
Pereira trying to control the position from guard on top but Blair is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Pereira trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Pereira preventing the sweep.
Pereira trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Pereira trying to control but Blair is working from the bottom.
The referee wants the fighters to be more active or he's going to reset them on the feet.
Pereira is pushing down on Blair's leg trying to pass to half guard. Blair is fighting to maintain full guard but Pereira has managed to sneak the leg through.
That's two 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.
Pereira trying to control from half guard but Blair is working away.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Blair wants to control but Pereira is keeping busy.
Blair is trying to get back to full guard.
Pereira seems very keen to just sit and control from half guard but Blair does not like that idea so much and is remaining active off his back.
Blair pushes Pereira off and gets back to his feet.
Blair throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Blair misses with a kick to the body.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Blair throws a nice looking combination but Pereira bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Pereira has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Pereira there as he acknowledges the shot.
Pereira throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Pereira looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Pereira takes a nasty kick to the mid section... That should keep him thinking. Does he try and block and risk a head kick landing?
Blair takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
Blair throws a one two combo.
Pereira throws a left and a right that both miss
and Blair counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Blair looks to land a body kick but Pereira moved away.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Blair scores with a jab to the head.
Blair looks to throw the jab but Pereira is out of range.
Pereira showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Blair.
Blair throws out a loose jab but Pereira uses good head movement to avoid it.
A jab from Blair misses.
Left hook, right uppercut from Blair.
Blair throws a left and a right that both miss
and Pereira counters with a one-two to the body.
Blair missing with a left hand there. Pereira was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
And that's the end of the fight!
Hank Blair showed his dominance in that final round.
I think Blair has won this one but let's see what the judges have to say. 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 Donatello Bradman scores the fight 29:28
Judge Summer Carpenter scores the fight 29:28
Judge Steve Erwin scores the fight 29:28
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Hank Blair!
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energy
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hype
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pop
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mgr
A | B |
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FIGHT
RATING
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