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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Connell Hayes (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Leon England (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Hayes comes to the cage accompanied by Calm Like a Bomb. England has chosen let the bodies hit the floor as his entrance music. Leon England has the power to score a knockout today if he connects clean with Connell Hayes's chin.
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205 lbs
2 - 2 - 0 |
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190 cm
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200 lbs
0 - 1 - 0 |
BJJ Blue Belt
Counter striker
Cuts easily |
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BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Solid chin |
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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
2 - 2 - 0, fighting out of London, Connell Hayes!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of London, Leon England!
The judges for this bout are William Gold, Steven Brown and Daniel Bishop.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Hayes keeps the fight on the outside.
England looks really tired already! That doesn't bode well for a good, competitive fight!
Hayes moves into range and connects with a jab.
England misses with a two punch combination.
Hayes scores with a one two! England had his feet all tangled up there and couldn't avoid the strikes.
A jab-cross combination lands for Hayes and sends England crashing to the mat! Hayes follows him down to the mat - England regains half guard but he's not out of trouble yet!
England is rocked!
This has been an exciting period of action!
Hayes scoring with strikes to the body and head.
England is still in real trouble! Can Hayes finish him?
Hayes 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.
The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. Hayes lands a nice short elbow.
England wants to improve his position but Hayes is controlling well.
Hayes working the head and body with strikes.
Hayes is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.
England seems to have recovered his senses.
Hayes looks to score some points with some ground and pound.
Hayes looks to score some points with some ground and pound.
Hayes scoring with strikes to the body and head.
Hayes passes to side control.
The referee asks Hayes politely if he wouldn't mind getting on with it and actually doing something. Hayes prefers to stall for the moment though.
Hayes creates a bit of distance and throws down some hard shots.
Hayes wants to lay and pray for a moment but England keeps working.
England takes a big shot right to the temple there but he's taken it well.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Hayes scores with a couple of short elbows.
England wants to get back to his feet but Hayes drags him back down.
Hayes cracks England with an elbow. That is naaassty.
Hayes lands some shots froms side control.
England bucks up and tries to throw Hayes off but instead Hayes has got his back!
Hayes gets his hooks in and is throwing strikes.
England is trying to stand back up.
Hayes throwing strikes from the back - he gets a warning from the referee for striking the back of the head but all these shots are hurting England!
England fending off the submission attempt from Hayes.
Hayes scores with a nice shot to the head of his opponent. England is looking for a way out.
England tries to escape the position.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hayes lands with a nice looking elbow that stuns England.
Hayes scores with strikes from the back.
Hayes scores with some strikes to the side of the head there. Good, points scoring shots.
Will Hayes go for the finish here or will he try and keep control of the position?
England tries to escape but Hayes has the hooks in and won't let him break free.
England grimaces as he takes a shot to the body.
Hayes has his hand under the chin of his opponent looking for the choke. He's nearly got it! This one could be all over! But no, England has freed his hand and lives to survive another… well, another couple of seconds at least!
Hayes just keeping the dominant position. He can't wait too long though, otherwise the referee will stand them back up.
Hayes scores with a nice shot to the head of his opponent. England is looking for a way out.
England grimaces as he takes a shot to the body.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
England wants to escape the position.
Hayes throwing damaging strikes from the back! England could be in trouble here!
Hayes wants to control but England is keeping busy.
Hayes has the hooks in. England is trying to push off one leg but he has to do so cautiously to avoid being submitted.
England takes a big shot to the side of the head.
Hayes gets his hooks in and is throwing strikes.
Hayes is trying to stick to England's back but England is turning into Hayes. He's managed to reverse the position - now he's in Hayes's guard. Polite applause from the crowd in appreciation of some nice Jiu Jitsu by England.
Hayes on his back here. We all know that wrestlers don't like being on their back so let's see if Hayes tries to get out of the position.
England has decided he wants to stand but the closed guard of Hayes is proving hard to escape from.
England decides to stand up and beckons his opponent to follow.
England misses with a combination
and Hayes counters with a takedown into full mount! That could mean trouble for England!
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Hayes scoring with some good ground and pound from mount here. Will he manage to finish England?
England keeping his composure momentarily, calmly looking to get back to half guard.
Hayes landing strikes from the mount and England is in trouble!
Hayes with a couple of short strikes.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Hayes landing strikes from the mount.
Hayes is in the full mount, landing strikes.
Hayes trying to control but he's not successful this time.
Hayes looking to finish England with some ground and pound. This is bad for England!
Hayes lands a big shot there that rocks England but he's holding on and managing to survive for now.
The referee warns England that he has to improve his position here as he takes two more clean shots to the head.
England taking shots to the head.
England is bucking up trying to escape but Hayes cracks him with another couple of good strikes.
Hayes lands a nice shot to the head.
Hayes landing strikes from the mount.
England tries to buck Hayes off but he can't manage it.
Hayes working England over with strikes here.
A nice elbow there by Hayes.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Hayes working the ground and pound effectively.
England is squirming around, avoiding Hayes's attempts to control the action.
England regains half guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Connell Hayes dominated that round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!
Nice body punch from Hayes.
Hayes drops down and drives through with a powerful takedown into guard.
England throws some sloppy strikes off his back.
Hayes trying to control the position from guard on top but England is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Hayes postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.
Hayes stands up over England, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head.
England is looking to get back to his feet but can't, whilst Hayes is controlling him.
England keeping moving, preventing Hayes from controlling successfully.
England is looking to stand back up... there's a bit of a scramble and Hayes dives into side control.
England is trying to stand back up. He's worked his way up against the cage but Hayes has just dragged him back down to the mat.
The referee has ruled that neither fighter is active enough on the ground and has stood them back up.
Hayes scores with a three punch combo!
England with a poor takedown
and Hayes counters with a nice double leg into half guard.
England is looking to escape.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Hayes looks to score some points with some ground and pound.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Hayes drops an elbow to the side of England's head.
Hayes drops an elbow to the side of England's head.
Hayes lands with a punch from half guard.
Hayes seems to be looking for submissions.
Hayes stops England from getting back to his feet.
Hayes lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.
Hayes is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.
Hayes looking for a kimura but he'll have to free his other leg if he wants to finish that. Perhaps he's just using it as a distraction technique.
Hayes looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks England with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
England pushes Hayes off looking to stand but Hayes dives back in and keeps control.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hayes trying to control the action but England is working from the bottom.
Hayes seems content to maintain position for now, rather than mounting any offense.
Hayes is working hard to pass the guard. He's done it - he's now in full mount! Trouble for England!
BOOM! Hayes connects with a massive shot to the dome!
England working to try and regain half guard.
Hayes landing strikes from the mount.
Hayes landing strikes from the mount and England is in trouble!
Hayes is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that England can do to turn this around?
Hayes raining down shots from the mount!
Hayes with shots to the head and body - England looks very uncomfortable down there.
Hayes lands with some strikes.
Hayes lands a shot to the body, followed up by a shot to the exposed head of his trapped opponent.
Hayes landing strikes from the mount.
Hayes working away from the top, dropping strikes.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
The crowd growing excited in anticipation of a finish here! Right on cue, Hayes cracks his opponent with a massive right hand that draws loud cheers!
England is trying to stand.
England is bucking up trying to escape but Hayes cracks him with another couple of good strikes.
Hayes trying to control but England is having none of it.
Hayes scoring with strikes but England is staying in there.
Hayes working England over with strikes here.
England is looking to get to half guard.
The crowd growing excited in anticipation of a finish here! Right on cue, Hayes cracks his opponent with a massive right hand that draws loud cheers!
England can't escape the position.
Hayes working England over with strikes here.
Hayes with the ground and pound from mount.
Hayes lands a big elbow.
Hayes punishing his opponent with strikes.
England tries to get back to half guard but can't.
England is persisting with the attempt to improve his position.
Hayes lands a big shot there that rocks England but he's holding on and managing to survive for now.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Hayes is landing with some decent strikes but England is trying to advance his position so the referee is letting the fight continue.
England is bucking up trying to escape but Hayes cracks him with another couple of good strikes.
Hayes lands a couple of nice shots there from mount.
Hayes scores with a couple of good head shots there.
The crowd growing excited in anticipation of a finish here! Right on cue, Hayes cracks his opponent with a massive right hand that draws loud cheers!
Hayes lands a big shot there that rocks England but he's holding on and managing to survive for now.
Hayes with a couple of short strikes.
England throwing punches from his back but nothing is landing.
Hayes controlling from the full mount.
Hayes lands a big elbow - England is in trouble! More strikes from the mount and England is forced to tap out!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:49 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Strikes). Connell Hayes!
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energy
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hype
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pop
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mgr
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RATING
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