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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Patrick Jane (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Craig Hanks (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Buckle up people - heeeeeeeeeere we go!
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183 lbs
24 - 6 - 0 |
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175 lbs
14 - 3 - 0 |
Good wrestling
World class boxer
Insanely flexible |
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World class 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
24 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Patrick Jane!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
14 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Craig Hanks!
The judges for this bout are Bruno Lombardi, Steve Montenegro and Anthony Taglia.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Hanks displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Jane throws out the jab.
Hanks blocks a head kick by Jane.
Jane misses with a lunging right hand
and Hanks counters with a low kick, right behind Jane 's knee.
Jane keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
Hanks misses with a wild body shot.
Hanks cracks Jane with a right hand to the side of the head.
Jane throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Hanks looks to land a body kick but Jane moved away.
Hanks misses with a few strikes there.
Jane fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Jane slips a straight right by Hanks.
Hanks pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Hanks fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Jane bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Jane gets cracked there but stands up to it.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Hanks.
Patrick Jane seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Hanks lands a kick to the ribs of his opponent. Nice work there - in and out in a flash.
Hanks thows a left - swing and a miss!
Hanks slips under a jab.
Hanks punishes Jane's body with a nice straight punch.
Hanks throws a leg kick but Jane sees it coming and moves out of range.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Jane throws a lazy right hand but Hanks sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Jane scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Jane, as that shot connected.
Hanks misses with a hook. Jane ducked under it nicely.
Jane lands a body shot.
Hanks waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Jane.
Hanks lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Hanks misses the jab.
Sloppy strikes from Hanks. Those never looked like landing.
Hanks smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
Jane checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time.
Jane throws a leg kick which misses Hanks's front leg but catches the back leg as Hanks tries to avoid it.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Jane ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Hanks moves away.
Hanks throws a low kick, looking for Jane's leg but Jane calmly moves out of range.
Jane wants to slow Hanks down by chopping away at his legs.
Hanks cracks Jane with a good jab.
Jane takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Jane, right into the meat.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hanks takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
Hanks misses with a kick to the body.
Jane misses the shot to the body.
Jane checks a low kick from Hanks.
The crowd cheers as Jane lands an impressive looking overhand right. Hanks doesn't seem phased though.
Hanks moves out of range as Jane strikes.
Hanks jabs at Jane's body.
Hanks cracks Jane with a right hand to the side of the head.
Jane keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
A good leg kick by Hanks.
Hanks keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Jane keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Hanks throws a leg kick but Jane sees it coming and moves out of range.
Hanks connects with a solid leg kick.
Jane tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and Hanks is able to avoid easily.
Jane blocks a head kick by Hanks.
Hanks closes the distance and pushes Jane back into the cage.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Jane throws a knee to the head but misses.
Hanks tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Hanks lands a shot to the body.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Jane.
Jane works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Hanks blocks a body shot from Jane.
Jane scores with a hook to the body.
Jane can't find room to land a body shot as Hanks controls the action.
Jane tries to land a knee to the head but Hanks blocks with his arms.
Jane swings wildly with an uppercut but Hanks uses good head movement to avoid it.
Jane takes a shot to the head.
Jane tries a body shot but Hanks blocks it.
Hanks tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Jane's elbow.
Hanks blocks an uppercut.
Jane throws a head punch that misses.
Hanks throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Hanks is struggling to control the position.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Jane lands a shoulder strike.
Jane misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Jane swings wildly with an uppercut but Hanks uses good head movement to avoid it.
Hanks is leaning against Jane and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Jane lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Jane swings wildly with an uppercut but Hanks uses good head movement to avoid it.
Jane misses with a hook to the ribs.
Jane lands a right hand.
Jane throws a punch but it's blocked by Hanks.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Hanks working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Jane goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Hanks blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Hanks misses with a shot to the kidneys.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close round but Craig Hanks will probably get the nod.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!
An inside leg kick lands from Hanks.
Hanks on the wrong end of a kick to the body.
A left lands for Jane.
Jane scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Hanks lands a right hook to the body.
Hanks throws a leg kick which misses Jane's front leg but catches the back leg as Jane tries to avoid it.
Jane throws a half hearted mid kick.
Craig Hanks seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Hanks.
Hanks goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Jane keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Jane ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Hanks moves away.
Hanks connects with an inside leg kick.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Jane scores with a jab to the body.
Hanks motions for Jane to come forward. Hanks throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Jane moves out of range of the strikes.
Hanks misses with a double jab.
Jane thows a body shot but no joy.
Jane throws a hook to the side of Hanks's head but Hanks sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Hanks throws a feint and then finishes with a kick to the body.
Hanks keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Hanks chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Hanks keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Hanks throws a shot to the body.
Hanks looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Hanks is looking to clinch but Jane is avoiding it.
Jane throws a looping overhand right but Hanks ducks down to avoid it.
Hanks misses with a two punch combination.
Hanks scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
A jab from Hanks misses.
Hanks lands a body shot.
Hanks fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Hanks misses with a body shot.
Hanks throws a leg kick which misses Jane's front leg but catches the back leg as Jane tries to avoid it.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Hanks throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
Jane throws an overhand right that lands on Hanks's shoulder, as Hanks tries to avoid the shot.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hanks thows a body shot but no joy.
Jane is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
Jane is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
A bone on bone clash there as Hanks blocks the leg kick.
Hanks lands three nice shots there - that looked like it hurt!
Hanks is throwing a lot of body shots here, looking to wear down Jane rather than just go for the knockout.
A solid leg kick lands there for Jane.
Jane lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
Hanks tried to score with a low kick but Jane checks it.
Jane tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and Hanks is able to avoid easily.
Jane catches Hanks with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
Jane blocks a leg kick.
Hanks wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Jane connects with a crisp jab.
Hanks scores with a jab. Jane acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
Jane checks a leg kick.
Hanks is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Jane looks to score with a jab to the body but Hanks is just out of range.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hanks uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Jane.
Hanks misses with a looping right.
Jane misses with a wild body shot.
Nice body punch from Jane.
Some bone on bone action there as Hanks checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
Hanks pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Jane checks the leg kick nicely there.
Jane takes a swing at Hanks's ribcage but misses.
Jane throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Hanks misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Jane.
Jane looks to score with a jab to the body but Hanks is just out of range.
Hanks fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Jane throws a jab but it's blocked by Hanks.
Danga de danga de dang - Jane scores with a four punch combination!
It looks like Craig Hanks has been cut.
Jane with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
No joy there for Jane, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Jane chopping away at his opponent's legs.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Jane walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
Hanks dodges the punch combination from Jane.
Hanks ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Hanks chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Hanks throws a shot from downtown. Jane moves away and avoids it.
Hanks steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Jane.
Jane throws a jab when Hanks was well out of range.
Hanks tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Hanks.
Jane throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Decent striking displayed by Hanks there.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Jane dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Jane throws a sloppy head kick and Hanks moves out of range easily.
Hanks moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
A looping hook to the body misses from Hanks. Jane does a little dance to reset his feet.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close second round but Craig Hanks will probably get the nod - 10:9.
The cut man is working on Craig Hanks's cut.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action! And we move into the final round!
Hanks is looking to land body kicks.
Hanks looks to score with a jab to the body but Jane is just out of range.
Hanks takes a swing at Jane's ribcage but misses.
Jane lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Jane lands a jab followed by a nice looking cross.
Hanks tests Jane's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Jane misses with a straight right.
Jane avoids the body shot from Hanks.
Jane swings for the body but Hanks moves out of range.
Jane turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Jane throws the left hand but Hanks avoids the punch easily.
Sloppy strikes from Hanks. Those never looked like landing.
Jane misses with a series of wild punches.
Hanks jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Jane takes a swing at Hanks's ribcage but misses.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Hanks blocks a low kick nicely.
Hanks blocks a low kick nicely.
Jane tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Hanks was well out of range. Poor timing from Jane.
Jane takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Jane lands a slapping body shot.
A looping hook to the body misses from Jane. Hanks does a little dance to reset his feet.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Hanks lands with a hook. Jane tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
Hanks scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Jab, jab by Hanks - just one landing.
Hanks takes a swing at Jane's ribcage but misses.
An inside leg kick lands from Hanks.
That kick from Hanks tenderised Jane's leg. Jane is trying to keep his angry face on.
Hanks takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
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!
Jane swings for the body but Hanks moves out of range.
Hanks connects with a nice looking jab.
Hanks attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
Jane takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
Patrick Jane has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hanks rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Jane moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Hanks uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Jane.
Jane thows a body shot but no joy.
Hanks gets cracked there but stands up to it.
Hanks tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Jane was well out of range. Poor timing from Hanks.
Hanks with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Hanks throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Jane sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Jane moves out of range as Hanks throws a body kick.
Nice uppercut lands for Hanks. That snapped Jane's head back.
Hanks takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Hanks lands a kick to the ribs of his opponent. Nice work there - in and out in a flash.
Jane checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time.
Jane on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Jane cracks the inside of Hanks's front leg.
Hanks keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Hanks misses with a jab, cross combination.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Jane looks to score with a jab to the body but Hanks is just out of range.
A bone on bone clash there as Jane blocks the leg kick.
A big left from Jane misses.
Hanks tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Jane scores with a nice strike.
Jane attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
Hanks tries a head kick but it misses.
Hanks turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Hanks avoids the body shot from Jane.
Hanks takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Hanks, right into the meat.
Jane scores with a leg kick.
Hanks keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Jane swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Jane throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Jane moves out of range of the body kick.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Jane avoids the body shot from Hanks.
Jane chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Hanks can pounce on him.
Jane misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Jane thows a body shot but no joy.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Jane lands with a nice body punch.
Jane scores with a nice strike.
Jane misses with a body kick.
Hanks throws a chopping leg kick but Jane manages to avoid taking any serious damage.
Jane throws a front kick aimed at Hanks's knee but Hanks avoids it well.
Jane has a nice red mark on his side after a thudding body kick by Hanks.
Jane catches Hanks with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
Jane throws a body punch but Hanks moves out of range.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Hanks buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Hanks scores with a jab.
Sloppy strikes from Hanks. Those never looked like landing.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Jane.
And that's the end of the fight!
I would just about give that final round to Craig Hanks.
I've got Hanks winning every round here. Surely the decision will go his way and he'll pick up a well deserved decision victory. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Bruno Lombardi scores the fight 28:29
Judge Steve Montenegro scores the fight 27:30
Judge Anthony Taglia scores the fight 27:30
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Craig Hanks!
A relieved looking Craig Hanks thanked the fans for their support and gave the usual line about them being amazing. They seemed to believe that he actually meant it.
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