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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Sam Hall (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Craig Hanks (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Hall kept the crowd waiting but all that was forgotten when his ring entrance music started. The incomparable musical genius that is AC/DC - Hell's Bells. Sam Hall is staring across the cage at his opponent, tweaking his nipples... Tweaking his own nipples that is.
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182 lbs
39 - 9 - 2 |
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175 lbs
17 - 4 - 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 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
39 - 9 - 2, fighting out of New York, Sam Hall!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
17 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Craig Hanks!
The judges for this bout are Jack Bonds, Don Winkell and Timothy Bukovac.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Hall with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Hanks misses with a body shot.
Hanks smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
Hall takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Hall dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Hanks. That did some damage!
A decent looking body kick lands there for Hanks.
Hall moves away from the strike by Hanks.
Hanks checks a low kick from Hall.
Hanks buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Hanks keeps Hall at a distance using the push kick.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Hall instigates a clinch.
Hanks working aggressively here.
Hall misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Hanks.
Hanks avoids the elbow strike from Hall, against the cage.
Hanks misses with a hook to the ribs.
Hanks blocks a body shot from Hall.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Hanks misses with some punches.
Hanks lands a body shot.
Hanks leaning his opponent against the cage.
Hanks is working Hall over against the cage.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Hall just misses with a elbow thrown towards Hanks's brow.
Hall lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Hanks has a couple of punches blocked by Hall.
Hanks pushes Hall back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Hanks tries to work over Hall's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Hanks avoids a wild elbow strike from Hall.
Hanks tries to throw a body punch but Hall avoids it by throwing Hanks back against the cage.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
A frustrated look appears on Hanks's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Hall misses with a hook to the ribs.
Hanks wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Hanks breaks the clinch.
Hanks throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Hall tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Hanks was well out of range. Poor timing from Hall.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Hanks checks a leg kick.
Hanks checks the leg kick.
Hanks misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Hall.
Hanks lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Hall looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Hall missing with a left hand there. Hanks was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Hall uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Hanks.
Hanks checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time.
Hall walks into a left hand.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hanks connects with an inside leg kick.
Hall connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
It looks like Craig Hanks has been cut.
Hanks fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Hall checks it well.
Hanks is looking to slow Hall down with leg kicks.
Hanks rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Hall counters with a nice uppercut.
Hanks throws out a powerful jab.
Hanks thows a left - swing and a miss!
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Hanks takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Hanks throws a sloppy body shot
and Hall makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Hall uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Hanks.
A slow jab from Hanks misses its intended target.
Hall scores with a push kick.
Hall scores with a leg kick.
Some bone on bone action there as Hanks checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
Hall scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
Hanks throws a head kick but Hall moves out of range.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Hall misses with a head kick.
A leg kick checked by Hall.
Hanks connects with a leg kick. Hall looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
Hall with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Hanks to score with a decent uppercut.
Hall bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Hanks uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Hall.
Hanks swinging wildly here.
Hall misses with a body shot.
Hall ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Hanks swinging wildly here.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Hanks thuds a left hand into Hall's body.
Hanks connects with a single shot there.
Hanks ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
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.
The cut man is working on Craig Hanks's cut.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!
A punch combination from Hanks misses.
Hall throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Hanks lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
Hanks checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time.
A leg kick checked by Hanks.
An inside leg kick lands from Hall.
Hall uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Hanks.
Hall throws a nice inside leg kick.
Hanks scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Good work by Hanks as he checks the leg kick.
Hall looks to land a body kick but Hanks moved away.
Hanks looks to land a left hand but Hall moved out of range nicely.
Hanks misses with a low kick as Hall jumps back.
Hall keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Hanks.
Hall pushes Hanks away with a front kick.
Hall walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Hanks blocks a low kick nicely.
Hall throws a nice head kick!
Hall does a little shimmy and throws a leg kick. The leg kick missed by a considerable margin though, making him look a little bit silly for doing the shimmy.
Hall slips under a jab from Hanks.
Hanks misses with a jab to the body
and Hall counters by moving into the clinch.
Hall with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Hall gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Hanks lands with a short shot to the head.
A frustrated look appears on Hanks's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Hanks fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Hanks tries a body shot but Hall blocks it.
Hanks goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Hanks.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hanks managing to block the knees to the body from Hall.
Hall lands a nice shot to the body.
Hanks wants to break the clinch but can't.
Hall lands an elbow inside that Hanks shrugs off.
That has opened up Craig Hanks's cut even more.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Hanks tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Hanks has a couple of punches blocked by Hall.
Hall lands an elbow inside.
The fighters are pressed against the cage, as the pace of the fight slows.
Hall trying to land knees to the body.
Hanks breaks the clinch.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hall swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Hanks.
The cut above Craig Hanks's eye is starting to cause him problems now.
A chopping leg kick lands by Hall.
Hanks's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Hall checks a leg kick nicely.
Hall swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Hanks fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
Hall stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Hanks.
Hanks looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Hall keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
Hall attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
Hall throws a shot from downtown. Hanks moves away and avoids it.
Craig Hanks seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Hanks tries to land a front kick but Hall steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
Hanks lands a lovely overhand right.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Hall thumps Hanks with a low kick.
Hall lands a jab followed by a nice looking cross.
Hanks looks to land a body kick but Hall moved away.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Hanks lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Hanks.
Hanks throws a leg kick that is checked
and Hall counters with an inside leg kick.
Hanks throws a push kick but Hall slaps the foot to one side.
Hanks tries to score with a low kick but Hall moves his leg out of the way.
Hanks takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Hall misses with a head kick.
Hanks swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
letting Hall counter with a right hand.
Hall throws a low kick but Hanks avoids it.
Hall moves out of range of the body kick from Hanks.
Hanks jabs Hall to the body, keeping him at a distance.
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. Hall doesn't seem phased though.
Hall attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
A big left from Hanks misses.
Hall shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Sam Hall dominated that second 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!
Hall connects with a solid leg kick.
Hall tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and Hanks is able to avoid easily.
Hanks throws a lazy right hand but Hall sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Hall fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Hanks is out of range.
Hanks rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Hall connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Hanks uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Hall.
Hanks ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Hall is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Hanks throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Hall moves out of range as Hanks throws a body kick.
Hanks is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Hall.
Hall moves into the clinch.
Hanks throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Halls head.
Knees to the body from Hall.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Hall with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Hall misses with some punches.
Hall throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Hanks misses with a hook from the clinch.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Hall.
Hall is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Hanks is defending well for now.
Hanks blocks an elbow strike from Hall.
Hall misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Hanks.
Hanks's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Hanks avoids a wild elbow strike from Hall.
Hanks blocks a body shot from Hall.
Hanks goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hall tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Hall tries to land knees in the clinch but Hanks avoids the damage to the body.
Hall tries a body shot but Hanks blocks it.
Hanks struggles to land a body shot inside as Hall controls his hands.
Hall is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Hanks is defending well for now.
Hanks blocks an elbow strike from Hall.
Hall trying to land knees to the body.
Sam Hall has scored more points in the clinch so far.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
Hanks makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Hanks throws a head punch that misses.
Hall missing with knees to the body.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Hanks.
Hanks avoids the elbow strike from Hall, against the cage.
Hanks doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Hall unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Hanks avoids the elbow strike from Hall, against the cage.
Hall lands an elbow that stopped Hanks in his tracks for a moment.
Craig Hanks's cut is absolute horrible now. This looks like something out of a horror film with blood covering both fighters.
Hanks swings wildly with an uppercut but Hall uses good head movement to avoid it.
Hall working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
The referee calls the doctor in to look at Craig Hanks's cut. Oh no, the doctor has called an end to the bout!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:56 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Cut). Sam Hall!
Sam Hall retains his welterweight title!
Post fight, Sam Hall stared into the camera and said 'My name it is Sam Hall, and I hate you one and all, damn your eyes!'.
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hype
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