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Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Scott Speed (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Hank Cole (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Speed comes to the cage accompanied by Tough as Steel by Wolfsbane. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.
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150 lbs
12 - 0 - 0 |
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157 lbs
13 - 2 - 1 |
Good wrestling
World class boxer
Granite chin |
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Good wrestler
Excellent boxer
Heavy handed |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
12 - 0 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Scott Speed!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
13 - 2 - 1, fighting out of Helsinki, Hank Cole!
The judges for this bout are Konstantin Menshow, Viktor Lagutenko and Aleksandr Martynov.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Cole misses with a lunging right hand
and Speed counters with a series of strikes. Cole will be more careful next time no doubt.
Cole keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Speed throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Cole looks to score with a jab to the body but Speed is just out of range.
Cole lands a nice shot that snaps Speed's head back.
Speed ducks under a wild hook from Cole.
Speed ducks under a wild hook from Cole.
Cole lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Speed tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and Cole is able to avoid easily.
Speed ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Cole moves away.
Speed swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Cole swings for the body but Speed moves out of range.
A jab from Speed misses.
Speed throws a right and a left that Cole avoids nicely.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Speed punishes Cole's body with a nice straight punch.
Speed takes a punch to the jaw and another one to the bread basket.
Hank Cole seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
A big right from Cole misses.
Cole staying out of range there.
Cole misses with a right hand
and Speed cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Cole connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
Cole pushes Speed up against the cage in a clinch.
Cole can't find room to land a body shot as Speed controls the action.
Speed pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Cole uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Speed.
Cole closes the distance and clinches.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Cole working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Cole tries to work over Speed's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Cole stalling.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Cole.
Cole misses with a punch on the inside.
Speed can't break the clinch.
Speed wants to break free but Cole has control.
Cole misses with some punches.
Cole scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Cole lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Cole stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.
A right handed body shot lands from Cole.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as Cole takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.
Cole misses with a hook from the clinch.
Cole throws a head punch that misses.
Speed is looking to break free of the clinch but Cole has double underhooks.
Cole lands with a light punch inside.
Cole slows down the pace here.
Cole keeps control of Speed as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Cole content to slow the pace in the clinch.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Cole tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Speed's elbow.
Speed is trying to break free.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Cole.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Cole.
A short right from Cole on the inside.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Cole.
A nice right hand lands inside from Cole.
Cole keeps control of Speed as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Speed blocks a punch to the side of the head.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
A nice left hand lands by Cole.
Cole throws a punch but it's blocked by Speed.
Cole has Speed pressed against the cage.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Hank Cole dominated that round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!
Speed jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Speed lands a head shot.
Speed scores with a hook.
Cole uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Speed.
Speed fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Cole tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Speed was well out of range. Poor timing from Cole.
Cole misses with an uppercut.
A swing and a miss from Speed.
Cole with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Scott Speed is winning the standup battle so far.
Speed throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Cole misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Speed.
Speed thows a left - swing and a miss!
That's one minute gone in the round.
A head kick misses from Speed.
Speed misses with a double jab.
Speed moves out of range of the strikes.
Cole darts in and clinches Speed up against the cage.
Cole breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Cole wants to clinch.
Speed throws a solid leg kick but Cole takes the impact on his shin and smiles at Speed.
A punch lands to the side of Cole 's head but he takes it in his stride.
Speed bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Cole's head.
It looks like Hank Cole has been cut.
Jab from Speed.
Speed scores with a nice strike.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Cole misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Speed.
Cole throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Speed stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Speed scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Good work by Cole as he checks the leg kick.
Speed throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Speed throws a body punch but Cole moves out of range.
Cole doesn't manage to clinch there - Speed circles away.
Speed misses with a straight right.
Cole avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Speed ducks under a wild hook from Cole.
Cole avoids the body shot from Speed.
Cole misses with a lunging right hand
enabling Speed to counter with a crisp jab.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Speed lands a nice hook to Cole's body. Cole takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Cole is breathing heavily.
Cole checks the leg kick nicely there.
Speed throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Cole.
Cole is looking to clinch but Speed is avoiding it.
Sloppy strikes from Speed. Those never looked like landing.
Cole uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Speed.
Speed throws a 1-2 combo that connects squarely on Cole's jaw, knocking him onto his back! Speed dives in looking to finish as Cole flails his arms in a desperate attempt to block Speed's strikes! Speed is raining down hammerfists and the ref stops it! Cole's desperate flailing just didn't constitute intelligent defence. Some people will probably question the ref's decision but Cole 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 3:39 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Scott Speed!
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energy
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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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