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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Rick Hannay (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Chuck Norris (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). The crowd seem to be enjoying Norris's choice of entrance music: Walker Texas Ranger Theme Song. Rick Hannay had a look across the ring there at his opponent. He definitely means business
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267 lbs
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197 cm
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265 lbs
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BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Cuts easily |
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BJJ White Belt
Excellent MT
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Rick Hannay!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Chuck Norris!
The judges for this bout are Anni Minnemäki, Roosa Järviläinen and Arvi Lind.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Norris leaves Hannay with his face pressed against the mat as he sprawls beautifully, defending against a solid takedown attempt.
Hannay instigates a clinch.
Hannay breaks from the clinch.
Hannay closes the distance and pushes Norris back into the ropes.
Hannay jumps into guard, dragging Norris to the mat.
Hannay is pulling down on Norris's head to control his posture.
The fighters are tangled up in the ropes here. We might need a restart if the fighters can't break free themselves.
Norris trying to control the position from guard on top but Hannay is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Hannay manages to land a sweep and now he's in mount on top!
Hannay prevents Norris from getting the reversal.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Hannay sitting in mount, just looking to control for the moment.
Norris working to try and regain half guard.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hannay postures up and cracks his opponent a couple of times before moving back into close ground control. Norris looks a forlorn figure.
Hannay is thinking about an arm triangle here, looking to tighten it up before moving to side control. Norris can see it coming though and defends well with a couple of strikes to the head and some good arm positioning.
Norris working to try and regain half guard.
Hannay stands up from the dominant position, so we're back on the feet.
Norris throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around Hannay's waist but Hannay gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing Norris off to one side.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Norris looks frustrated there after his takedown attempt is stuffed easily.
Norris fails with the takedown.
Rick Hannay has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Chuck Norris.
Norris tries to clinch up against the ropes, rushing in the close the distance. Hannay manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Hannay shoots in for a takedown. He's persisting with it as Norris sprawls well. Norris wins this battle and keeps the fight standing. Hannay gets slowly back to his feet.
Hannay takes a head kick and shrugs it off.
Hannay looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Norris fails in his attempt to clinch.
Norris checks the leg kick.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
A looping hook to the body misses from Norris. Hannay does a little dance to reset his feet.
Hannay misses with a body kick.
Hannay stuffs the takedown.
Hannay throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Norris wants to clinch
and Hannay counters into the clinch. Nicely done.
Hannay is pressed up against the ropes. Norris has hold of a leg and is looking to drag Hannay down to the mat. Hannay avoids the attempt though and has circled away. We're back to striking at a distance.
Norris gets caught on his heels momentarily as he allows Hannay to score an easy takedown into full guard.
Norris looks gassed!
Hannay thinks about going for a leg but decides against it, in order to maintain the position.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Norris not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Rick Hannay dominated that round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!
Hannay changes levels and drives through with a really nice takedown into side control. Norris looks really pissed at himself for not defending that better.
Norris really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Hannay. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
You can see the frustration on Norris's face, being in this tough position on the bottom.
Hannay is trying to land an Americana. He has the arm isolated but Norris is keeping cool and he's avoided the danger for now.
Hannay content to control the pace. The referee will try and keep them active though.
Norris on the wrong end of some ground and pound.
Hannay scores with a couple of nice shots to the head there. The referee takes a look at Norris to see if he's OK.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Hannay remains in side control and seems content to stay there. It's a versatile position from which he can work both strikes and submissions, whilst maintaining that control, so maybe he'll sit here for a while.
Hannay scores with a couple of nice shots to the head there. The referee takes a look at Norris to see if he's OK.
Norris tries to control the position but he's not in luck - Hannay easily slips into full mount!
Hannay lands a heavy elbow.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Hannay takes Norris's back.
Hannay has the rear naked choke here! This is very bad for Norris! Can he survive? No! He's out! Hannay gets to his feet and celebrates with his cornermen. He looks absolutely delighted. In the post fight interviews he takes time to thank his parents and everyone who has believed in him from the start. How sweet.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:58 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (RNC). Rick Hannay!
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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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