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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Christian Violante (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Lance Hawthorne (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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217 lbs
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211 lbs
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BJJ Purple Belt
Counter striker
Good chin |
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BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of New York, Christian Violante!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of New York, Lance Hawthorne!
The judges for this bout are Steve Montenegro, Franklyn Lucas and Jonathan Paton.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Violante swats away the attempt to clinch by Hawthorne.
Hawthorne is looking to clinch.
Violante throws a nice looking combination but Hawthorne bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Hawthorne pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Hawthorne pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Violante misses with a jab, cross combination.
Lance Hawthorne seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Hawthorne is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Violante throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Hawthorne moves in looking to clinch but Violante pushes him off.
Violante circles away from the clinch attempt.
Hawthorne tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. Violante manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Hawthorne fails in his attempt to clinch.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Hawthorne ducks under a wild hook from Violante.
Hawthorne tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Hawthorne is looking to clinch.
Hawthorne wants to clinch up but Violante keeps it at a distance.
No joy there for Violante, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Hawthorne wants to clinch.
Hawthorne is looking to clinch but Violante is avoiding it.
Hawthorne tries to close the distance and clinch but Violante swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Hawthorne tries to close the distance and clinch up but Violante swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Hawthorne moves in looking to clinch but Violante pushes him off.
Violante throws a series of punches but Hawthorne moves out of range.
Violante swats away the attempt to clinch by Hawthorne.
Hawthorne is looking to clinch but Violante is avoiding it.
Violante avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Hawthorne tries a head kick but it misses.
Violante fails to land with a series of punches.
Hawthorne misses with a head kick.
Violante scores a trip takedown into side control. Nice.
Hawthorne is looking to reverse the position.
Violante working the head with strikes.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Violante lands a few punches from side control.
Hawthorne trying to remain calm as Violante controls from the top position.
Violante creates a bit of distance and throws down some hard shots.
Violante in side control lands a decent elbow.
Violante scoring with punches and elbows.
Violante cracks Hawthorne with a big right hand but Hawthorne just smiles back at him and invites him to have another go.
Violante lands a decent elbow from side control.
Violante 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.
Violante lands a nice forearm strike.
Violante working the ground and pound.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Violante is putting a hurting on Hawthorne here, landing some big shots from side control.
Violante tries for a kimura but Hawthorne is defending well.
Violante is trying to get an arm triangle but Hawthorne is defending well.
Hawthorne tries to work a leg under to get back to half guard but Violante wriggles his own leg back out and remains in side control.
Violante lands a knee to the body and follows it up with some ground and pound to the head. That will wear Hawthorne down.
Hawthorne is sneaking out the side here. He's bucked Violante off and has taken his back!
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hawthorne looking for the choke but no joy.
Hawthorne is trying to stick to Violante's back but Violante is turning into Hawthorne. He's managed to reverse the position - now he's in Hawthorne's guard. Polite applause from the crowd in appreciation of some nice Jiu Jitsu by Violante.
Violante passes into half guard.
Violante lands with a punch from half guard.
Violante scores with a couple of good hammerfists.
Violante looks to score some points with some ground and pound.
Violante is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.
Violante wants to take a breather but Hawthorne is having none of it.
Violante working over Hawthorne with some ground and pound. Hawthorne looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable.
Hawthorne looking to force a kimura from the bottom here. He's concentrating on that move too much though and Violante pushes past his half guard into mount!
Hawthorne looks gassed!
Hawthorne tries to reverse the position but Violante maintains control.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Violante has his opponent pinned against the cage, landing some nasty ground and pound that is really making a bit of a mess out of Hawthorne's face.
Violante fakes a shot to the body and cracks his opponent in the head. Nice ground and pound there!
Violante landing shots from mount.
Violante punishing his opponent with strikes.
Hawthorne is working to get back to half guard.
The referee warns Hawthorne that he has to improve his position here as he takes two more clean shots to the head.
Violante tucks in and makes sure he doesn't lose the dominant position.
Hawthorne is in all sorts of trouble here.
Violante lands a big elbow.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Violante scores with a couple of good head shots there.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Violante is landing with some decent strikes but Hawthorne is trying to advance his position so the referee is letting the fight continue.
Hawthorne is looking to improve his position but Violante isn't that keen on the idea.
Violante landing strikes from the mount.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Christian Violante dominated that 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.
Violante takes a swing at Hawthorne's ribcage but misses.
Hawthorne avoids a punch combination nicely.
Violante throws a series of punches but Hawthorne avoids them all with ease.
Violante throws a right and a left that both miss.
Violante will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Hawthorne tries to close the distance and clinch but Violante swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
A head kick from Hawthorne lands but Violante takes it in his stride.
Hawthorne tries to clinch there but Violante circles away.
Hawthorne misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Violante.
Hawthorne is looking to clinch.
Violante shoots in and scores a nice double leg takedown into half guard.
Hawthorne is looking to sinch up a guillotine here but Violante pulls his head out easily.
Hawthorne is breathing heavily.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Violante is working for a submission here. He's got hold of the far side arm and he's looking for a kimura. He's cranking on the arm and he's got it! Hawthorne is tapping out! Ouch, that looked like it hurt!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:23 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Kimura). Christian Violante!
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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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FIGHT
RATING
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