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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Ip Man (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Chris Hassel (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Man comes to the cage accompanied by . Both these guys have really solid chins. Will we see a standup war or will they both decide that a knockout is unlikely and try to win the fight elsewhere?
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166 lbs
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176 lbs
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Good wrestling
World class boxer
Cardio machine |
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Excellent boxer
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
13 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Ip Man!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
7 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Chris Hassel!
The judges for this bout are Albert Achterberg, Radbod Blank and Paul Aken.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Man misses with a low kick.
Man scores with a spinning back kick!
Man scores with a nice right hand.
Man throws a quick inside leg kick.
Man moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Man fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Hassel on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Man. Man obviously looking to wear him down.
Hassel takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
A nice leg kick lands there from Man.
Man connects with a right hand. Hassel shakes it off.
It looks like Chris Hassel has been cut.
Hassel has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Hassel there as he acknowledges the shot.
Man avoids a punch combination nicely.
Hassel looks gassed!
Man lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
That's one minute gone in the round.
A slapping leg kick lands for Man.
Hassel throws a hook to the side of Man's head but Man sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Hassel fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Man tries a head kick but it misses.
Man lands a body shot.
A chopping leg kick lands by Man.
Hassel takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Hassel takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Man, right into the meat.
Hassel takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Man lands the left hand.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Man, right into the meat.
Hassel's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Man shoots in and gets a takedown into Hassel's guard.
The referee is pacing around the two fighters - he looks like he's thinking about a standup.
Man postures up in Hassel's guard and throws a big left but Hassel blocks it.
Man in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Man scoring with punches to the head and body.
Man is just sitting in guard, looking to avoid any submissions.
Man trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Man controls the pace of the fight for a moment.
Man working some strikes from top position.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Man stands and steps away. Hassel gets to his feet too and we're back to the striking game.
Man connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Chris Hassel is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Hassel gets tackled into the cage by Man. Man maintains the clinch.
Man working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Man tries to work over Hassel's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Hassel has a couple of punches blocked by Man.
The two fighters are working to gain dominance in the clinch.
Hassel is trying to maintain a safe position but Man gets an underhook and turns Hassel into the cage.
Hassel misses with a punch on the inside.
Good body shot from Man.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Hassel prevents a body shot from Man.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as Hassel takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.
Hassel misses with some punches.
Man lands a body shot.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Man tries a body shot but Hassel blocks it.
Hassel misses with the head strike.
Hassel is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Man is keeping busy.
A head punch on the inside from Hassel fails to land.
Man tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Hassel's elbow.
Hassel blocks a body shot from Man.
Man being controlled against the cage.
Man lands a nice shot to the body.
Hassel is leaning against Man and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Man misses with a hook to the ribs.
Good body shot from Man.
Man tries to land knees in the clinch but Hassel avoids the damage to the body.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Man will no doubt start fighting again in a minute but for now he's just having a little rest, leaning Hassel up against the cage.
Hassel prevents a body shot from Man.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Ip Man dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Chris Hassel's cut.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.
Hassel sees a low kick coming and goes to check it, but it's actually a body kick and it thuds into his unprotected ribs.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Man.
Hassel avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Hassel looks to land a right hand but Man moved out of range.
Hassel takes one on the button.
Man with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Man is looking to slow Hassel down with leg kicks.
Man scores with a jab to the head.
A good leg kick by Man.
Man thuds his shin into the meat of Hassel's side.
Hassel is breathing heavily.
Man tries for a takedown but Hassel sees it coming a mile off and avoids it easily.
A nice inside leg kick there by Man. That's going to slow Hassel down.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Man rushes Hassel and presses him up against the cage.
A short body shot lands from Man as the two fighters clinch.
Man scores with a nice hook to the head.
Man tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Man lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Hassel misses with the head strike.
Man stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Man lands a body punch in the clinch.
Man scores with a hook to the body.
Ip Man has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Man tries to throw a body punch but Hassel avoids it by throwing Man back against the cage.
Man lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Hassel backwards.
Man scores with a nice hook to the head.
A right handed body shot lands from Man.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Man pushes Hassel back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Man.
Hassel fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Man is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Hassel can do to turn this around?
The fighters are starting to get sweaty, which will make takedowns a bit more tricky.
Man lands a nice shot to the body.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Man stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Man has moved round to his opponent's back and is looking for a suplex! Oh snap! He's tossed Hassel clear over his head and slammed him to the mat!
Man lands punches and elbows.
Man controlling from the back.
Man seems to have a rather negative gameplan on the ground. He seems keen to just score the takedown and hold down Hassel for as long as he can get away with.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Man lands shots from the back.
Man cracks Hassel with a big shot to body and one to the head - really punishing Hassel from the back mount here, looking to soften him up.
That has opened up Chris Hassel's cut even more.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Man lands strikes to the head.
Hassel is in a world of trouble here. He's outmatched on the ground here and he'd better get Man off his back sharpish unless he wants to be submitted.
Hassel takes a big shot to the side of the head.
The crowd hopeful of a finish here - Man's supporters are on their feet, screaming for him to go for the rear naked choke.
Man biding his time, looking for the opening.
Hassel is covering up but some of the strikes from Man are getting through and doing damage.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Man landing with strikes.
Man 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.
Man throwing wild punches that miss their target.
Hassel really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Man. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Man throwing damaging strikes from the back! Hassel could be in trouble here!
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Man lands with a nice looking elbow that stuns Hassel.
Man scores with punches and elbows.
The cut above Chris Hassel's eye is starting to cause him problems now.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Hassel has his hands over his head blocking the strikes from Man.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Ip Man dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Chris Hassel's cut.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin! This is the final round!
Man looks for a left high kick but can't connect. Man backs up to catch a breather... no he lunges forward with a huge flying knee that smacks Hassel's temple! It sends Hassel violently to the canvas! The crowd goes nuts as Man celebrates and the doctors try to help Hassel!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:05 of round 3, we have a winner by way of KO (Flying Knee). Ip Man!
During a confident post fight interview, Ip Man thanked all his fans. He seemed very genuine when describing how motivated his fans keep him.
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energy
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