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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Bobby Flay (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Sir Topham Hatt (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Flay's entrance music is .. A fine choice. Hatt has chosen . as his entrance music. These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.
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287 lbs
18 - 10 - 0 |
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240 lbs
14 - 8 - 0 |
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Excellent boxer
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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
18 - 10 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Bobby Flay!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
14 - 8 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Sir Topham Hatt!
The judges for this bout are Robert Douchet, Gregory Folan and Steve Smith.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Flay tries to close the distance and clinch up but Hatt swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Flay rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Hatt connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Flay misses with an attempted mid kick.
Flay stuns Hatt with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Flay clinches up against the cage.
Flay lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
It looks like Sir Topham Hatt has been cut.
Hatt tries to throw a body punch but Flay avoids it by throwing Hatt back against the cage.
Flay looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Flay tries to throw a body punch but Hatt avoids it by throwing Flay back against the cage.
Flay throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Hatts head.
Flay misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Come on Flay - let's have some action - none of this stalling nonsense.
Flay softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Hatt misses with a punch to the body.
Flay presses Hatt against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Hatt fails to pull guard.
Flay working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Flay stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Hatt looks gassed!
Flay lands a right hand.
Flay lands a left hand.
Flay pushes Hatt back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Flay throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Flay is trying to trip Hatt. He has hold of a leg but Hatt is hopping around, keeping his balance for the moment. Flay persists though and gets the takedown into guard.
Flay thows a big elbow that misses.
Flay missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Flay thinks about going for a leg but decides against it, in order to maintain the position.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Flay throwing strikes from guard but Hatt blocks nicely.
Flay postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Flay thows a big elbow that misses.
Flay postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.
Flay pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Hatt is keeping the position for now.
Flay loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Flay accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Hatt avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Neither fighter has done anything of merit for a good minute or two here and the crowd are not happy about it.
Flay working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.
Hatt lands a beautiful switch and he's in full mount! That could spell trouble for Flay!
Flay is in a horrible position here, under a barrage of strikes, he's managing to avoid any damage.
Hatt landing strikes, looking to finish!
Flay tries to reverse the position but Hatt maintains control.
Hatt unloading with bombs!
Flay tries to hold on but Hatt postures up.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Hatt wants to control the pace but Flay is squirming around nicely.
Hatt looking to secure an arm triangle but Flay defends it well.
Hatt avoids the attempt from Flay to control.
Hatt has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hatt misses with a head shot.
Flay is bucking up trying to escape but Hatt cracks him with another couple of good strikes.
Hatt wants to control the pace but Flay is squirming around nicely.
Flay is trying to escape the mount.
Hatt wants to control the pace but Flay is squirming around nicely.
Hatt lands with some vicious ground and pound - can Flay hang on?
Hatt punishing his opponent with strikes.
Flay might be looking to lock onto one of his opponent's long limbs for a submission, whilst we're on the ground.
Flay is wriggling around trying to escape.
Flay tries to hold on but Hatt pushes him away.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Hatt wants to finish this one by submission but Flay is holding onto his waist, trying to prevent any attacks from Hatt.
Hatt looking to secure an arm triangle but Flay defends it well.
Hatt wants to finish this one by submission but Flay is holding onto his waist, trying to prevent any attacks from Hatt.
Flay regains half guard.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Flay is not content to let Hatt control the position.
Flay is trying to get back to full guard.
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 Bobby Flay will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Sir Topham Hatt's cut.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!
Flay swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Flay looking for a takedown here - he's got it.
Flay stands up over Hatt, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head.
Flay has to be careful here, sitting in the guard of a superior BJJ player.
Hatt is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.
Sir Topham Hatt has got the better of the ground game so far.
Hatt manages to sweep nicely, so he's now on top. Flay manages to get himself to full guard.
Hatt trying to control the position from guard on top but Flay is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Flay is trying to keep Hatt in close.
Hatt working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Hatt stands up over Flay, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head.
Flay trying to keep a closed guard but Hatt is proving a slippery customer.
Hatt lands a couple of digs.
Flay trying to keep a closed guard but Hatt is proving a slippery customer.
Hatt throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Flay works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Hatt is looking to work some ground and pound but Flay has wrist control.
Hatt lands a couple of digs.
Hatt keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Flay's head.
Hatt throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Hatt trying to control the position from guard on top but Flay is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Flay thows some rabbit punches from the bottom but they don't do any damage.
Flay preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Hatt advances position into side control!
Flay is looking for a sweep.
Flay is sneaking out the side here. He's bucked Hatt off and has taken his back!
Hatt manages to reverse the position and now he's in Flay's guard. Nice work there by Hatt.
Hatt throws a big right hand that misses.
Hatt drops back for a leg! It's a sloppy attempt though and Hatt jumps back into guard quickly, to retain the dominant position.
Hatt throws a big right hand that misses.
Flay is doing well to control the posture of his opponent and prevent any damage.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hatt trying to control but Flay is working from the bottom.
Flay manages to land a sweep and now he's in mount on top!
Flay throwing sloppy strikes, which aren't doing any damage.
Hatt manages to regain half guard. Good work.
Hatt trying to control but Flay postures up.
Flay tries to pass the half guard into mount. Hatt knows what he's doing though and prevents the attempt.
Hatt keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Hatt gets back to full guard.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Flay throws and elbow that misses. Hatt uses the momentum to reverse the position. He's now in Flay's guard. Nice move by Hatt!
A real slowdown in the pace of the fight for a moment, as Flay holds on and takes a little breather.
Flay is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.
Hatt working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Hatt trying to control but Flay is working from the bottom.
Flay throwing some rather feeble looking strikes off his back.
Hatt showing good wrestling skills to control the position.
Flay controlling Hatt's posture.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Sir Topham Hatt showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Sir Topham Hatt's cut.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action. So, we enter the final round. Let's see if either fighter can bring us a finish, or whether we're going to the judges scorecards.
Flay misses with a leg kick
and Hatt counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Flay shoots for a double leg takedown but Hatt sprawls well. He's pushed Flay's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.
Hatt connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Flay's hands.
Hatt scores with a jab to the body.
Flay swings for the body but Hatt moves out of range.
Flay misses with a lunging right hand
and Hatt counters with a three punch combo that has Flay backing up. Flay nods at Hatt to acknowledge the strikes.
Flay with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Hatt to score with a decent uppercut.
Hatt misses with the combination.
Hatt misses with a straight right.
Flay thows a left - swing and a miss!
Flay throws out a leg kick but Hatt moves out of range and Flay only half commits.
Hatt shoots in for a takedown and gets it.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Hatt throwing shots but Flay is blocking nicely.
Hatt moves nicely into side control.
Flay is looking for a sweep.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Flay gives up the full mount - oops, sloppy defensive grappling there!
Flay is looking to improve his position but Hatt isn't that keen on the idea.
Hatt unloading with bombs!
Flay is squirming around, avoiding Hatt's attempts to control the action.
Hatt has his opponent pinned against the cage, landing some nasty ground and pound that is really making a bit of a mess out of Flay's face.
Hatt postures up and cracks his opponent a couple of times before moving back into close ground control. Flay looks a forlorn figure.
Hatt dominating with strikes here.
Hatt trying to control but Flay is having none of it.
Hatt working away from the top, dropping strikes.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Hatt with some aggressive grappling here. He's looking for submissions here, rather than waiting for the opportunity to counter.
Flay is writhing around trying to get back to his feet.
Flay keeping his composure momentarily, calmly looking to get back to half guard.
Hatt moves into side control, trying to work for a kimura. That looks painful! Will he finish!!?? No, Flay has worked his arm free - good work by Flay!
Flay struggling a bit here.
Flay manages to work his way to half guard, despite Hatt's best efforts.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hatt lands with a punch from half guard.
Hatt works his way into side control.
Flay manages to land a sweep and he's now on top! Lovely Jiu Jitsu!
Hatt won't allow Flay to pass to mount.
Hatt gets back to full guard.
Flay trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Hatt looking for submissions from the bottom here. Moving his hips around, possibly looking for an armbar.
Hatt manages to sweep nicely, so he's now on top. Flay manages to get himself to full guard.
Flay not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Hatt stands and throws Flay's legs to the side, diving into side control.
Hatt landing strikes.
Hatt tries for a kimura but Flay is defending well.
Hatt wants to lay and pray for a moment but Flay keeps working.
Hatt working the ground and pound but he's contacting the mat, not the fighter.
Hatt working the head with strikes.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Sloppy strikes there by Hatt.
Flay tries to work a leg under to get back to half guard but Hatt wriggles his own leg back out and remains in side control.
Hatt scores with punches from side control.
And that's the end of the fight!
Sir Topham Hatt comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think Hatt 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 Robert Douchet scores the fight 28:29
Judge Gregory Folan scores the fight 28:29
Judge Steve Smith scores the fight 28:29
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Sir Topham Hatt!
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hype
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