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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Augustus Belmont (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Craig Hanks (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Belmont comes to the cage accompanied by Scar Tissue - Red Hot Chili Peppers. Craig Hanks has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?
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185 lbs
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175 lbs
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BJJ Brown Belt
Dangerous knees
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Good wrestler
World class boxer
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the welterweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
13 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Augustus Belmont!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
8 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Craig Hanks!
The judges for this bout are Yuuki Gou, Yasuomi Hirokawa and Sosuke Kotani.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Belmont stuns Hanks with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Hanks misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Belmont throws a head kick that misses.
Hanks throws a shot to the body.
Belmont on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
Belmont throws a quick inside leg kick.
Belmont fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Hanks manages to avoid it.
Belmont tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and Hanks is able to avoid easily.
Belmont keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
Belmont misses the jab.
Hanks jabs Belmont right on the nose. Belmont blinks but takes it well.
Hanks is looking to clinch.
Hanks thows a left - swing and a miss!
Hanks takes a swing at Belmont's ribcage but misses.
Belmont throws a push kick but Hanks slaps the foot to one side.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Belmont attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
Hanks scoring well with a low kick there.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Belmont uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Hanks.
Belmont throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Hanks ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Belmont moves away.
Belmont just misses with a punch to the body.
Belmont is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Hanks.
An inside leg kick from Belmont misses.
Belmont swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Hanks misses with an uppercut. Belmont saw that one coming.
Hanks misses with an uppercut.
Belmont explodes with a nice body kick and back out of range. Nice work.
Belmont pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
A solid leg kick lands there for Belmont.
Hanks throws a hook to the side of Belmont's head but Belmont sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
The crowd cheers as Hanks lands an impressive looking overhand right. Belmont doesn't seem phased though.
Hanks throws a series of punches but Belmont avoids them all with ease.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Belmont scores with a leg kick.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Hanks on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
It looks like Craig Hanks has been cut.
A decent looking body kick lands there for Belmont.
Good leg kick by Belmont there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Hanks tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Belmont misses with a body shot.
Belmont is looking to wear down Hanks with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
Belmont throws a hook but Hanks avoids it easily.
Hanks throws a body kick that misses.
Hanks fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Hanks tries to land a leg kick but Belmont saw it coming and moves away.
A slapping leg kick lands for Belmont.
Belmont swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Belmont takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Belmont defending well as Hanks loads up on a big left hand.
Belmont tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Hanks was well out of range. Poor timing from Belmont.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Belmont thows a left - swing and a miss!
Hanks misses with a series of wild punches.
Belmont avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Belmont takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
Hanks misses with an uppercut. Belmont saw that one coming.
Hanks lands with a shot to the body.
That's a knee to de groin and it's over and out! Hanks crumples to the ground after an illegal strike from Belmont - the referee stops the clock and Hanks gets 5 minutes to recover from that one. "I'm sorry" says Belmont. Hanks manages to get back to his feet and the fight resumes.
Hanks throws a hook but Belmont avoids it easily.
Belmont tries to land a leg kick but Hanks saw it coming and moves away.
Hanks is looking to clinch but Belmont is avoiding it.
Hanks fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Belmont is out of range.
Hanks staying out of range there.
Hanks fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Hanks moves away from the strike by Belmont.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Hanks is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Belmont.
Belmont tries to score with a low kick but Hanks moves his leg out of the way.
Hanks tries to score with a low kick but Belmont moves his leg out of the way.
Belmont throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
Hanks connects with a crisp jab.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Belmont scoring well with a low kick there.
Belmont lands a front kick.
Hanks moves out of range of the strikes.
Hanks fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
A slapping leg kick lands for Belmont.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
The crowd cheers as Hanks lands an impressive looking overhand right. Belmont doesn't seem phased though.
Hanks throws a big shot that misses.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Hanks.
Belmont swinging wildly here.
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 Augustus Belmont will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Craig Hanks's cut.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!
Nice uppercut lands for Belmont. That snapped Hanks's head back.
Hanks keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Belmont.
Augustus Belmont is winning the standup battle so far.
Hanks looks to land a left hand but Belmont moved out of range nicely.
A looping hook to the body misses from Belmont. Hanks does a little dance to reset his feet.
Hanks takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Hanks's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Belmont throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Belmont blocks a leg kick.
Hanks doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
A jab from Belmont finds it's way through Hanks's defenses.
Belmont uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Hanks.
Belmont fakes the leg kick and cracks Hanks in the body.
Belmont misses with a body kick.
A big left from Hanks misses.
Belmont bobs and weaves and then throws a good body kick.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Hanks lands a right hook to the body.
Belmont throws the left hand but Hanks avoids the punch easily.
Hanks throws a hook but Belmont avoids it easily.
Hanks misses with a double jab.
Hanks blocks a low kick nicely.
Belmont loads up on a big right hand but Hanks slips the punch.
Hanks throws the kick towards the body but Belmont avoids it.
A big left from Hanks misses.
Belmont takes a swing at Hanks's ribcage but misses.
Nice body punch from Belmont.
Hanks has developed a nice purple lump on his ribcage, as a result of some heavy body kicks from Belmont.
A looping hook to the body misses from Hanks. Belmont does a little dance to reset his feet.
Belmont misses the shot to the body.
Belmont goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Hanks misses with a body shot.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Belmont takes a swing at Hanks's ribcage but misses.
Hanks avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Hanks misses with a right hand
and Belmont cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
A looping hook to the body misses from Belmont. Hanks does a little dance to reset his feet.
Belmont throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Belmont ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Hanks moves away.
Hanks throws a lazy right hand but Belmont sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
An inside leg kick from Belmont misses.
Hanks just misses with a punch to the body.
Hanks listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Hanks lands with a right hand.
Hanks throws a right hand that misses
and Belmont counters with an inside leg kick.
Belmont looks to score with a jab to the body but Hanks is just out of range.
Belmont goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hanks ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Hanks fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Belmont takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Hanks digs a good hook to Belmont's body.
Hanks ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Hanks misses with a low kick.
Hanks misses the shot to the body.
Hanks wants to slow Belmont down by chopping away at his legs.
A solid leg kick lands there for Belmont.
Belmont uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Hanks.
Belmont lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Belmont throws a leg kick that misses.
Hanks swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Belmont displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Hanks throws out the jab.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Hanks checks a leg kick nicely.
Belmont throws a leg kick that misses.
Belmont moves out of range as Hanks strikes.
Belmont uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Hanks.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
A head kick misses from Belmont.
Belmont pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Hanks misses with a straight left.
Good leg kick by Hanks there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Hanks is looking to slow Belmont down with leg kicks.
Belmont bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Hanks avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Hanks checks the leg kick nicely there.
Hanks jabs at Belmont's body.
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 Augustus Belmont will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Craig Hanks's cut.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.
Belmont changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Belmont uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
Hanks misses with an attempted mid kick.
Belmont throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Belmont.
Belmont dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Hanks. That did some damage!
Hanks tries to clinch up but Belmont circles away and keeps his distance.
Hanks misses with a body punch
and Belmont counters with an inside leg kick.
Belmont misses with an uppercut. Hanks saw that one coming.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Belmont lands where it shouldn't have, right in the... well, you know what he did? He kicked him in the penis. He's injured, injured bad. The referee sends both fighters to their corners and Hanks has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Hanks and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
Belmont lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Hanks checks the leg kick nicely there.
Hanks misses with a looping right.
Hanks darts in and clinches Belmont up against the cage.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Belmont blocking some punches.
Hanks fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Belmont blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Belmont as Hanks tries to tie him up.
Belmont trying to stall but Hanks improves his position.
Hanks misses with a short punch on the inside.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Hanks.
Belmont breaks the clinch.
Belmont feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Hanks's calf.
Belmont throws a leg kick which misses Hanks's front leg but catches the back leg as Hanks tries to avoid it.
Belmont connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
Hanks throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
Belmont avoids a kick to the body.
Belmont scores with a body shot.
Hanks jabs Belmont to the body, keeping him at a distance.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Belmont staying out of range there.
Belmont turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Belmont keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
Hanks turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Hanks tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. Belmont manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Hanks takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Hanks lands a nice looking body shot.
Belmont moves forwards but Hanks connects with a nice, crisp jab.
Belmont fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Hanks takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Hanks takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Belmont scores with a jab to the jaw.
Hanks checks a leg kick nicely.
Belmont throws a solid leg kick but Hanks takes the impact on his shin and smiles at Belmont.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
No joy there for Hanks, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Belmont lands with a straight right. Hanks didn't see that one coming.
Hanks throws an off balance right hand
and Belmont counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
Belmont connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Belmont defending well as Hanks loads up on a big left hand.
Belmont swings for the body but Hanks moves out of range.
Hanks throws a big shot that misses.
Hanks misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Belmont loads up on a big right hand but Hanks slips the punch.
Belmont slips a jab and a cross from Hanks.
Hanks will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.
Belmont throws a body kick that misses.
Hanks slips a straight right by Belmont.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
A cross from Belmont lands.
Belmont thuds his shin into the meat of Hanks's side.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Hanks throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
Hanks avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Hanks moves out of range of the body kick from Belmont.
Belmont moves out of range of the strikes.
Belmont misses with a body shot.
Hanks defending well as Belmont loads up on a big left hand.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Hanks.
Belmont thows a body shot but no joy.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Belmont stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Hanks.
Belmont cracks a nice hook into Hanks's ribs.
Hanks keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Augustus Belmont clearly takes that round.
The cut man is working on Craig Hanks's cut.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!
Hanks takes a swing at Belmont's ribcage but misses.
Hanks throws a leg kick
and Belmont counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
Belmont bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Belmont fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Hanks is out of range.
Hanks misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Belmont.
Hanks checks a leg kick nicely.
Hanks blocks a low kick nicely.
Hanks misses with a straight right.
Belmont pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Hanks tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Hanks jabs at Belmont's body.
Hanks's jab looks to have found its range, popping Belmont under the eye.
Hanks connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
Hanks on the wrong end of a nice jab.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Hanks scores with a shot to the body.
Belmont ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Hanks moves away.
Hanks uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Belmont.
A bone on bone clash there as Belmont blocks the leg kick.
Belmont misses the shot to the body.
Belmont misses with a low kick.
Jab by Hanks.
Belmont tries to land a body kick
and Hanks connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Belmont misses with a straight right.
Hanks fails with an attempt to clinch.
Hanks scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Hanks feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Belmont's calf.
Hanks catches Belmont with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Belmont throws the left hand but Hanks avoids the punch easily.
Hanks misses with a low kick.
Belmont misses with a hook. Hanks ducked under it nicely.
Belmont scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
Belmont connects with the punch.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Hanks drives through and clinches with Belmont against the cage.
Hanks tries to break the clinch but Belmont is controlling the position.
Belmont trying to stall but Hanks improves his position.
Hanks lands a hook to the side of the head.
Belmont being controlled against the cage.
Hanks misses with the head strike.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hanks blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Hanks has a couple of punches blocked by Belmont.
Belmont tries to land a knee to the head but Hanks blocks with his arms.
Still in the clinch, Hanks scores with a nice short uppercut.
Belmont with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Hanks pushes Belmont against the cage. Hanks is working some dirty boxing. Hanks pushes off with a quick right hook! Belmont goes down! Belmont tries to stand but stumbles back to his kness! Hanks moves in to finish and the ref steps in to prevent any more damage!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:32 of round 4, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Craig Hanks!
Craig Hanks is the new welterweight champion!
An out of breath and clearly excited Craig Hanks thanked 1337 ANZAC for their help and support (and free stuff they sent him).
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energy
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hype
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