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Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Christian Aaron (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Hank Le Tank (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Aaron comes to the ring accompanied by Gucci Mane - It's Over. Le Tank comes into a darkened arena with his song building. The Trooper kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! Christian Aaron has a significant reach advantage - let's see if he can make it count.
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146 lbs
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141 lbs
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BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent boxer
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Decent boxing
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the bantamweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
7 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Christian Aaron!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
11 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Hank Le Tank!
The judges for this bout are , and .
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Aaron lands a nice shot to the body.
Le Tank looks to land a right hand but Aaron moved out of range.
Le Tank looks to land a right hand but Aaron moved out of range.
Aaron lands with an overhand left.
Aaron ducks under a wild hook from Le Tank.
Le Tank misses with a body shot
and Le Tank takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Le Tank throws a hook to the side of Aaron's head but Aaron sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Le Tank thows a leg kick but Aaron checks it
and Aaron counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Le Tank takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Le Tank looks for a takedown. He's got it. We're now in half guard.
Le Tank thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Aaron's head.
Le Tank is trying to control. Aaron wants to improve his position but can't escape this time.
Aaron is looking to improve his position.
Aaron really does look like a pencil wearing a pair of gloves. Let's hope he has a gameplan to suit that ridiculous body shape.
The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. Le Tank lands a nice short elbow.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Le Tank not landing any meaningful shots this time.
Le Tank wants to control but Aaron is keeping him busy.
Le Tank missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
Aaron is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
Aaron trying to control here.
Aaron is looking to improve his position.
Aaron avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Le Tank.
Le Tank working over Aaron with some ground and pound. Aaron looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable.
Le Tank not landing any meaningful shots this time.
Le Tank thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
That's two 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.
Le Tank thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
Aaron is looking to improve his position.
Le Tank is looking to take a break and control but Aaron is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
The fighters are tangled up in the ropes here. We might need a restart if the fighters can't break free themselves.
Aaron is working for an escape here. He's hooked one of Le Tank's legs and he's managed to sneak out and take Le Tank's back!
Aaron wants to control but Le Tank is keeping busy.
Le Tank wants to control his opponent's hands but Aaron gets his hands free.
Aaron will need to keep those long limbs tucked in whilst he's on the ground, to prevent any submissions.
Le Tank turns into Aaron and is now in his guard.
Le Tank tries to free his leg and advance position but Aaron is retaining full guard.
Le Tank throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Aaron works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Le Tank throws and elbow that misses. Aaron uses the momentum to reverse the position. He's now in Le Tank's guard. Nice move by Aaron!
Le Tank is looking to sweep but instead, Aaron has passed into half guard.
Le Tank is looking for a sweep. Aaron is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
Aaron trying to control the action but Le Tank is working from the bottom.
Le Tank is doing well to control the position and prevent Aaron from advancing to side 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.
Le Tank is trying to maintain the position but Aaron is very close to passing his half guard.
Hank Le Tank has forced the referee to step in and restart the fight on the feet.
Le Tank tries to score with a low kick but Aaron moves his leg out of the way.
Le Tank throws a predictable looking body shot
letting Aaron counter with a right hand.
Aaron checks a leg kick.
Le Tank looks for a takedown but Aaron sprawls well.
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from Le Tank.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close round but I would say that Christian Aaron will probably get the nod.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!
Aaron gets tackled into the ropes by Le Tank. Le Tank maintains the clinch.
Le Tank breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Le Tank falls off balance throwing a combination
and Aaron counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
A looping hook to the body misses from Le Tank. Aaron does a little dance to reset his feet.
Le Tank darts in trying to clinch
and Aaron counters with a three punch combination, finished off with a leg kick. Nice work.
Le Tank misses with a double jab
and Aaron counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Le Tank shoots for a takedown but Aaron saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.
Le Tank shoots in but no luck this time.
Aaron has Le Tank up against the ropes in a clinch.
Aaron misses with a knee strike.
That's one minute gone in the round.
The two fighters are working to gain dominance in the clinch.
Le Tank jumps guard but his hands slip and he falls flat on his back. Well, he's made himself look a right mug there, as Aaron walks away with a smile on his face. Le Tank gets slowly back to his feet and shakes his head.
Christian Aaron has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Hank Le Tank.
Le Tank tries to bum rush Aaron with a series of wild strikes but Aaron uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Le Tank fakes high and shoots in for a takedown but Aaron avoids it really well and circles away.
Aaron digs a good body shot into Le Tank's ribs.
Christian Aaron is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Le Tank misses with a hook to the body
and Aaron counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Le Tank fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
Aaron has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Le Tank.
Aaron rushes Le Tank and presses him up against the ropes.
Aaron tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Le Tank's elbow.
Aaron using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Le Tank has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Aaron lands a nice knee to the body.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Aaron tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Aaron cracks Le Tank with a nice body shot.
Le Tank takes a knee right on the jaw!
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Aaron tries a knee to the head but Le Tank blocks it.
Le Tank wants the takedown. Aaron is fighting it off but Le Tank persists and manages to bring the fight to the ground, ending up in Aaron's guard against the ropes.
Le Tank with a flurry of punches that miss.
Le Tank connects with a couple of short punches.
Le Tank content to stall in guard here.
Le Tank sneaks a leg through and gets to half guard. That was like a knife through butter how easily he passed Aaron's guard.
Le Tank throwing shots but Aaron is blocking nicely.
Aaron wants to control but Le Tank is keeping busy and won't allow it.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Le Tank wants to lay and pray for a moment but Aaron keeps working.
Le Tank lands with a punch from half guard.
Le Tank throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Le Tank not landing any meaningful shots this time.
Le Tank working over Aaron with some ground and pound. Aaron looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable.
Nice strikes from Le Tank there.
Aaron blocking the ground and pound attempt from Le Tank.
Le Tank looks to land a strike but Aaron avoids it nicely and regains full guard.
Aaron keeping moving, preventing Le Tank from controlling successfully.
Le Tank trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Le Tank drops back looking for a leg! Aaron is in trouble here! The fighters roll with the hold and Aaron manages to kick Le Tank off! Le Tank jumps back into Aaron's guard.
Le Tank trying to control the position from guard on top but Aaron is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Le Tank throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Le Tank postures up in Aaron's guard and throws a big left but Aaron blocks it.
Le Tank stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Aaron swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Le Tank controlling from the guard. I say controlling but really, he's stalling.
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 Christian Aaron will probably get the nod.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the ring so we can get back down to business.
Aaron stuffs the takedown.
Le Tank looks frustrated there after his takedown attempt is stuffed easily.
Le Tank misses the body punch
and Aaron counters into the clinch. Nicely done.
Le Tank wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Aaron has him pressed against the ropes.
Aaron doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Aaron tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Aaron with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Aaron throws a knee to the head but misses.
Aaron tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Le Tank avoids it.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Aaron throws a knee to the head but misses.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Le Tank has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Le Tank pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Aaron avoids the body shot from Le Tank.
Aaron takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Aaron displays good takedown defense there as he swats away a double leg from Le Tank.
Christian Aaron has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Hank Le Tank.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Le Tank will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Aaron is using his reach advantage well here, landing the more effective single shots from range.
Le Tank looks for a takedown but Aaron sprawls well.
Aaron throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Le Tank sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Le Tank closes the distance and clinches up with Aaron, looking for a takedown. Le Tank pushes Aaron against the ropes but Aaron circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.
Le Tank is throwing a lot of body shots here, looking to wear down Aaron rather than just go for the knockout.
Aaron has managed to clinch.
Aaron lands a knee to the head.
Le Tank is working on a single leg takedown against the ropes. Aaron can't fight it off and eventually Le Tank manages to take the fight to the floor. Aaron looks annoyed but at least he's managed to land in guard.
Aaron looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Le Tank wants to control from the top but Aaron keeps moving.
Le Tank lands a couple of decent looking shots.
Le Tank loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Aaron keeping moving, preventing Le Tank from controlling successfully.
Le Tank slips effortlessly into side control - very nice.
Aaron manages to get back to half guard.
Le Tank lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.
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. Le Tank connects with a nice short shot to Aaron's temple.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Le Tank sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Aaron defending well though.
Le Tank has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
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. Le Tank connects with a nice short shot to Aaron's temple.
Le Tank content to control rather than advance.
Le Tank wants to take a breather but Aaron is having none of it.
Le Tank winds up and cracks Aaron with a swinging punch to the side of the head.
Le Tank not landing any meaningful shots this time.
Le Tank sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Aaron defending well though.
Le Tank is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.
The fighters are trapped in the ropes so we're going to have a reposition here. The ref calls for a break and repositions the fighters in the center of the ring.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Le Tank slows the pace down in half guard.
Ground and pound from Le Tank.
Le Tank is looking for an arm triangle, whilst trying to pass to side control. Aaron doesn't seem that keen to cooperate though. No luck this time Le Tank.
Le Tank thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Aaron's head.
Le Tank missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Hank Le Tank really dominated that round.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!
Le Tank thows a body shot but no joy.
A shot to the body from Le Tank misses
and Aaron counters with a nice uppercut.
Le Tank misses with a few strikes there.
Le Tank looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Aaron is fending him off so far but Le Tank persists. Nope, Aaron circles away and we're back to standing.
Le Tank throws a left and a right that both miss
and Aaron moves into the clinch.
Aaron tries a knee to the head but Le Tank blocks it.
Aaron crunches a lovely knee into Le Tank's ribcage.
Aaron trying to land knees to the body.
Aaron swings wildly with an uppercut but Le Tank uses good head movement to avoid it.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Aaron.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
A short uppercut from Aaron.
Aaron tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Le Tank avoids it.
Aaron working aggressively here.
It's got to the stage where if one of these guys blows hard enough, the other might fall over.
Come on Le Tank - let's have some action - none of this stalling nonsense.
Aaron lands a nice knee to the body.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
A frustrated look appears on Le Tank's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Le Tank lands a nice trip takedown into half guard.
Le Tank wants to take a breather but Aaron is having none of it.
Le Tank wants to pass the guard but Aaron is defending well.
Aaron is trying to get back to full guard.
Le Tank is keen to just control but Aaron is a slippery customer.
Le Tank throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Nice strikes from Le Tank there.
Aaron on the receiving end of some nice ground and pound.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Le Tank trying to control from half guard but Aaron is working away.
Le Tank looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Aaron with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
Le Tank lands with a punch from half guard.
Ground and pound from Le Tank.
Le Tank missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
Aaron taking some punishment here, with Le Tank in his half guard.
Le Tank looking to pass the half guard. Not this time.
Le Tank landing with strikes to the body and head, softening up his opponent.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Le Tank trying to control from half guard but Aaron is working away.
Le Tank performing his best blanket impression for a moment.
Le Tank is trying to control the action in half guard but Aaron is working away on the bottom, looking perhaps to get back to full guard.
Le Tank not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
Le Tank seems very keen to just sit and control from half guard but Aaron does not like that idea so much and is remaining active off his back.
Le Tank scores with a couple of good hammerfists.
Hank Le Tank has got the better of the ground game so far.
Aaron on the receiving end of some nice ground and pound.
Le Tank is looking to pass the guard... He's managed it - he's now in full mount!
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Aaron really trying hard to get back to half guard here.
Le Tank trying to control but Aaron is having none of it.
Le Tank is landing with some decent strikes but Aaron is trying to advance his position so the referee is letting the fight continue.
Aaron is writhing around trying to get back to his feet.
Le Tank with the ground and pound from mount.
Le Tank with a couple of short strikes.
Le Tank postures up and cracks his opponent a couple of times before moving back into close ground control. Aaron looks a forlorn figure.
Aaron is rocked!
Le Tank working for a submission but Aaron is keeping him at bay.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Hank Le Tank dominated that fourth round.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the ring so we can get back down to business. This is the final round!
Le Tank misses with a combination
and Aaron counters by clinching up.
Le Tank on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Aaron using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Le Tank has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Le Tank is looking to break free of the clinch but Aaron has double underhooks.
Le Tank takes a knee right on the jaw!
Le Tank looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Le Tank breaks from the clinch.
Le Tank jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Le Tank circles away from the clinch attempt.
Aaron is using his height advantage well here, landing a good percentage of his punches.
Le Tank closes this distance looking for a takedown but Aaron circles away.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Le Tank throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Aaron moves out of range of the body kick from Le Tank.
Aaron checks a leg kick.
Le Tank does a little shimmy and throws a leg kick. The leg kick missed by a considerable margin though, making him look a little bit silly for doing the shimmy.
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.
Le Tank has a takedown stuffed.
A combination from Le Tank does no damage.
Le Tank takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Le Tank swinging wildly here.
Le Tank takes a swing at Aaron's ribcage but misses.
Aaron fails with an attempt to clinch.
Le Tank shoots in and scores a nice double leg takedown into half guard.
Le Tank wants to control but Aaron is keeping him busy.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Aaron tries to roll over but Le Tank keeps him under control.
Le Tank is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.
Le Tank missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
Le Tank throwing shots but Aaron is blocking nicely.
Aaron wants to control but Le Tank is keeping busy.
Le Tank thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
Aaron avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Le Tank.
Aaron is in trouble now - Le Tank has advanced to mount!
Le Tank breaks from Aaron's wrist control and lands an elbow.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Le Tank scoring with some good ground and pound from mount here. Will he manage to finish Aaron?
Le Tank landing strikes, looking to finish!
Le Tank unloading with bombs!
Oh Aaron is still in real trouble! Will he be able to recover?!!
Le Tank dominating with strikes here.
Le Tank with a couple of short strikes.
Le Tank lands an elbow that was bordering on illegal but the referee lets it go with a warning.
Le Tank cracks Aaron with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.
Aaron working to try and regain half guard.
Le Tank takes a little breather and maintains the position. The referee will be looking for him to stay active from such a dominant position though.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Le Tank with the ground and pound from mount.
Le Tank can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Aaron is looking to escape.
Le Tank lands with some vicious ground and pound - can Aaron hang on?
Le Tank working the ground and pound effectively.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Le Tank pausing momentarily but resumes with a couple of decent strikes that do a bit of damage.
A nice elbow there by Le Tank.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Le Tank is in the full mount, landing strikes.
And that's the end of the fight!
Hank Le Tank comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think Le Tank 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 5 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Andi Peters scores the fight 47:48
Judge Gordon Ramsey scores the fight 47:48
Judge Frank Skinner scores the fight 47:50
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Hank Le Tank! Hank Le Tank retains his bantamweight title!
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