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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Dan Hand (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Mickey Davis (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Hand comes to the cage accompanied by Ladies and Gentlemen. Davis has chosen Deftones - Beware as his entrance music. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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216 lbs
18 - 13 - 0 |
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221 lbs
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BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent boxer
Very quick |
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BJJ Purple Belt
World class boxer
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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
18 - 13 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Dan Hand!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
19 - 15 - 1, fighting out of Los Angeles, Mickey Davis!
The judges for this bout are Alan Glass, Robert Twigg and Gwen Towbar.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Hand misses with a double jab.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Hand.
Davis fails with an attempt to clinch.
Hand lands with a two punch combination before moving back out of range.
Hand moves away from the strike by Davis.
Hand scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!
Davis thows a body shot but no joy.
Davis looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Davis gets cracked there but stands up to it.
Davis fails with the takedown.
Hand throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Davis moves away from the strike by Hand.
Davis with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Hand to score with a decent uppercut.
This has been an exciting period of action!
A big left from Hand misses.
Davis showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Hand.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Hand fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Davis looks for the body kick but Hand saw that one coming.
Davis throws a head kick but Hand moves out of range.
Davis is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Hand looks to land a right hand but Davis moved out of range.
Davis tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Hand was well out of range. Poor timing from Davis.
Davis swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Davis takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Davis shoots in looking for a takedown. Hand tries to sprawl out of it but Davis keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. Hand manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.
Hand connects with a right hand. Davis shakes it off.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Davis takes one on the chin but seems OK.
Davis bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Hand misses with a straight right.
Davis bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
Hand scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
This has been an exciting period of action!
No joy there for Hand, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Hand scores with a jab to the jaw.
Hand throws out a loose jab but Davis uses good head movement to avoid it.
Davis keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Davis moves out of range as Hand strikes.
Hand keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Hand comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Davis tries to land a front kick but Hand steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
Davis lands a nice looking kick to the body. Hand takes a step back to recover.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hand ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Hand thows a body shot but no joy.
Hand lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Davis circles away quickly and effectively.
A cross from Davis lands.
Davis will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
Dan Hand has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Mickey Davis.
Hand lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
Hand is really peppering his opponent's head with punches.
Davis walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
Davis keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Davis catches Hand with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
Hand comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Hand misses with a hook. Davis ducked under it nicely.
Davis fails miserably with a takedown attempt.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Hand lands with a hook. Davis tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
Hand defending well as Davis loads up on a big left hand.
Davis looks to land a left hand but Hand moved out of range nicely.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Davis dodges the punch combination from Hand.
Davis slips under a jab from Hand.
Hand looks to land a right hand but Davis moved out of range.
Davis takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Hand looks to land a combination but Davis avoids it well.
Davis scores with a jab to the jaw.
Davis is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Hand scores with a jab to the head.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Dan Hand dominated that round.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.
Hand misses the jab.
Davis throws a shot from downtown. Hand moves away and avoids it.
Hand throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Hand digs a good body shot into Davis's ribs.
Hand's jab looks to have found its range, popping Davis under the eye.
Hand swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Davis counters with a nice single leg takedown and he's in Hand's guard now.
The referee wants the fighters to be more active or he's going to reset them on the feet.
Davis looking to sit in guard and control but Hand gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.
Davis looking to hit a scissor sweep but Hand is one step ahead there.
Hand trying to control but Davis is working from the bottom.
Davis throws his legs up looking to secure a triangle. Oh, that looks pretty tight, I gotta say! Hand escapes and throws Davis's legs to the side, diving into side control!
That's one minute gone in the round.
Davis managing to avoid any damage from the strikes thrown by Hand.
Hand creates some space and throws a big elbow, but Davis sees it coming and moves his head just enough to avoid the strike.
Davis regains half guard there - taking advantage of Hand's attempt to lay and pray for a moment.
Hand not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
Hand wants to stand but Davis has hold of a leg and an arm, so he's trapped for now.
Hand missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Davis is trying to get back to full guard.
Davis actively working from the bottom here.
Davis wants to improve his position but Hand is controlling well.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Hand tries to stand but can't do so whilst Davis controls his leg.
Davis wants to improve his position but Hand is controlling well.
Hand lands strikes from half guard.
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. Hand connects with a nice short shot to Davis's temple.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Davis trying to hold on to Hand's head to control him but Hand postures up.
Hand throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
Hand drops an elbow to the side of Davis's head.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Davis wants to improve his position but Hand is controlling well.
Hand stands up from half guard... He's had enough of that ground malarky for the time being.
Hand misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Davis takes one on the chin but seems OK.
Hand swings for the body but Davis moves out of range.
Davis lands with a two punch combination before moving back out of range.
Dan Hand seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Hand drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Hand ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Davis clinches up with Hand and pushes him back against the cage.
Hand tries a body shot but Davis blocks it.
Hand tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Davis swings wildly with an uppercut but Hand uses good head movement to avoid it.
Davis wants a takedown.
Hand gets underhooks to prevent Davis's takedown attempt.
Davis is breathing heavily.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Davis.
Davis breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Davis fails in his attempt to clinch.
Hand connects with a body shot.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Davis moves out of range as Hand strikes.
Davis looks frustrated there after his takedown attempt is stuffed easily.
Dan Hand has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Mickey Davis.
Hand misses with a body shot.
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 Dan Hand will probably get the nod.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action! This is the final round!
Hand swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Hand misses with an uppercut. Davis saw that one coming.
Hand with a nice cross.
Davis with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Hand to score with a decent uppercut.
Davis slips under a jab from Hand.
Davis ducks under a wild hook from Hand.
Davis ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Davis shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has Hand pinned against the cage. Hand gets the underhooks and manages to circle away.
Dan Hand is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Hand dips to his left and cracks Davis with an uppercut!
Hand jabs Davis right on the nose. Davis blinks but takes it well.
Nice defenses there by Hand.
Hand just misses with a punch to the body.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Hand lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
Davis is rocked!
Hand throws a 1-2 combo that connects squarely on Davis's jaw, knocking him onto his back! Hand dives in looking to finish as Davis flails his arms in a desperate attempt to block Hand's strikes! Hand is raining down hammerfists and the ref stops it! Davis's desperate flailing just didn't constitute intelligent defence. Some people will probably question the ref's decision but Davis was definitely hurt and the ref saved him from taking unnecessary punishment. A fighter's safety is paramount in this sport.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:14 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Dan Hand!
Dan Hand seemed lost for words in his post fight interview but he remembered to thank his fans and directed everyone to his website.
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hype
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