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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Craig Hanks (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Richard Callaghan (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.
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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
17 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Craig Hanks!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
26 - 13 - 1, fighting out of New York, Richard Callaghan!
The judges for this bout are Don Winkell, Jack Bonds and Timothy Bukovac.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Callaghan scores with a crisp jab that stopped Hanks in his tracks.
Hanks takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Callaghan misses with a looping left.
Callaghan moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Callaghan takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
A head kick misses from Hanks.
Hanks throws a push kick but Callaghan slaps the foot to one side.
Hanks feints a jab promting Callaghan to slip. Hanks then demonstrates his capabilities by jabbing again. Callaghan slips again and ducks right into an uppercut.
Callaghan lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Hanks throws a leg kick
and Callaghan counters with a body kick that brings a smile to the face of both fighters.
Hanks misses with a shot to the body
and Callaghan counters with a nice leg kick.
Callaghan keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Callaghan ducks under a wild hook from Hanks.
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!
Callaghan tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Hanks throws a nice outside leg kick.
Hanks misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Callaghan.
Hanks scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Hanks fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Callaghan.
Callaghan keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Callaghan throws an overhand right that lands on Hanks's shoulder, as Hanks tries to avoid the shot.
The fighters circling - Callaghan throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Callaghan uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Hanks.
Callaghan lands a glancing blow to the side of Hanks's head.
Hanks 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.
Callaghan throws a lazy right hand but Hanks sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Callaghan works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
Hanks ducks under a wild hook from Callaghan.
Hanks needs to keep his hands up - Callaghan had a free shot at his head there.
Callaghan moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Callaghan lands a lovely overhand right.
Callaghan chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Hanks thumps Callaghan with a low kick.
Hanks throws the left hand but Callaghan avoids the punch easily.
Callaghan keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
Callaghan throws a hook to the side of Hanks's head but Hanks sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Callaghan throws a jab but it's blocked by Hanks.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Callaghan uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Hanks.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Hanks tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and Callaghan is able to avoid easily.
A combination from Callaghan does no damage.
Hanks misses with a kick to the body.
Callaghan lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Hanks slips a straight right by Callaghan.
Callaghan misses with an uppercut. Hanks saw that one coming.
Hanks swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Hanks misses the shot to the body.
Callaghan fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Hanks looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Hanks misses with a body kick.
Hanks takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Hanks is looking to score with low kicks.
Callaghan throws a sloppy head kick and Hanks moves out of range easily.
Hanks throws a low kick but Callaghan moves out of range easily.
Hanks takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Hanks goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hanks dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Hanks is looking to wear down Callaghan with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
Hanks throws a body punch but Callaghan moves out of range.
Hanks fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
A jab from Callaghan misses.
Hanks looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Hanks swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Callaghan throws a hook but Hanks blocks it.
That's a knee to de groin and it's over and out! Hanks crumples to the ground after an illegal strike from Callaghan - the referee stops the clock and Hanks gets 5 minutes to recover from that one. "I'm sorry" says Callaghan. Hanks manages to get back to his feet and the fight resumes.
Callaghan is landing a lot of head punches in this opening round! Hanks had better start moving his head a bit unless he wants his face to turn into pâté.
Hanks throws a chopping leg kick but Callaghan manages to avoid taking any serious damage.
Callaghan with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Hanks to score with a decent uppercut.
Callaghan doesn't manage to clinch there - Hanks circles away.
Callaghan is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Hanks.
Callaghan scores with a sloppy right hand. Hanks should have avoided that one.
Callaghan connects with a nice looking jab.
Hanks scoring well with a low kick there.
Hanks lands with a kick to the ribs.
Callaghan checks a leg kick nicely.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Hanks feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Callaghan's calf.
Callaghan tries to check the leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Hanks takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Hanks throws a wild body kick that Callaghan sees coming a mile off.
Callaghan stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
Hanks throws a nice looking combination but Callaghan bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Hanks tries to score with a low kick but Callaghan moves his leg out of the way.
Callaghan throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Hanks sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Sloppy strikes from Hanks. Those never looked like landing.
Hanks looks to land a body kick but Callaghan moved away.
Hanks just misses with a punch to the body.
Callaghan takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Callaghan blocks a jab.
Callaghan scores with a hook to the body. Hanks takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Hanks changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Callaghan slips a jab from Hanks.
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 Craig Hanks will probably get the nod.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!
Callaghan avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
Hanks throws a sloppy head kick and Callaghan moves out of range easily.
Callaghan staying out of range there.
Hanks closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
Hanks throws a leg kick but Callaghan sees it coming and checks it nicely.
Callaghan moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Callaghan has a nice red mark on his side after a thudding body kick by Hanks.
Callaghan tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Craig Hanks is winning the standup battle so far.
Hanks throws a hook but Callaghan blocks it.
Hanks moves away from the strike by Callaghan.
Hanks fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Hanks walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
A jab from Callaghan does it's job there.
Hanks just misses with a punch to the body.
A slow jab from Callaghan misses its intended target.
A bone on bone clash there as Callaghan blocks the leg kick.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Hanks pivots, looking for a leg kick but Callaghan is out of range and Hanks settles back down.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Hanks misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Callaghan.
Hanks misses with a wild body shot.
Hanks looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
Callaghan throws a jab when Hanks was well out of range.
Hanks throws a body punch but Callaghan moves out of range.
Callaghan tries to land a leg kick but Hanks saw it coming and moves away.
Hanks swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Callaghan ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Hanks slips under a jab.
Hanks scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Callaghan throws a hook to the side of Hanks's head but Hanks sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Hanks avoids the body shot from Callaghan.
Hanks connects with a body shot that sends Callaghan's belly button to the back.
Good standup being displayed there by Hanks as he connects with a hook.
Hanks tries to land a front kick but Callaghan steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
Hanks throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hanks lands a front kick.
Callaghan pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
A left lands for Hanks.
Hanks checks a leg kick.
Callaghan avoids the body shot from Hanks.
Callaghan throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Callaghan throws a looping overhand right but Hanks ducks down to avoid it.
Callaghan misses with an uppercut. Hanks saw that one coming.
Nice uppercut there from Callaghan.
Hanks scores with a leg kick.
Hanks throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Hanks digs a good body shot into Callaghan's ribs.
Callaghan takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Callaghan misses with a hook. Hanks ducked under it nicely.
Callaghan blocks a low kick nicely.
Hanks lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
A bone on bone clash there as Hanks blocks the leg kick.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
A nice inside leg kick there by Hanks. That's going to slow Callaghan down.
Callaghan darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
Callaghan lands with a hook. Hanks tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
Callaghan moves out of range as Hanks throws a body kick.
Hanks turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Callaghan moves out of range of the strikes.
Callaghan cracks Hanks with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
Hanks thows a body shot but no joy.
Callaghan rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Hanks counters with a slapping leg kick.
Callaghan misses the jab.
Callaghan is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Hanks lands a nice hook to Callaghan's body. Callaghan takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Hanks cracks Callaghan with an open hand slap.
Hanks avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
A solid body kick from Callaghan.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Thud! ouch! good body kick from Hanks - that will leave a mark!
Hanks slips a straight right by Callaghan.
Callaghan uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Hanks.
Hanks throws a low kick but Callaghan avoids it.
Hanks misses with a wild body shot.
Hanks looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
Hanks displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Callaghan throws out the jab.
Callaghan uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Hanks.
Hanks on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Callaghan waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Hanks.
Hanks swings for the body but Callaghan moves out of range.
Hanks throws out a loose jab but Callaghan uses good head movement to avoid it.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
A slapping body kick lands there for Hanks.
Callaghan scores with a nice strike.
Callaghan's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Hanks ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Callaghan moves away.
Hanks throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Craig Hanks dominated that second round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action. This is the final round!
Callaghan throws a shot from downtown. Hanks moves away and avoids it.
Callaghan moves out of range of the body kick from Hanks.
Hanks steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Callaghan.
Callaghan tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Hanks was well out of range. Poor timing from Callaghan.
Hanks avoids the body shot from Callaghan.
Callaghan misses with a straight left.
Callaghan scores with a jab.
Callaghan throws a leg kick but Hanks sees it coming and moves out of range.
Callaghan bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Hanks's head.
Callaghan lands a jab. Then a cross. Then finally a nice hook to the body. Good work there by Callaghan.
Hanks feints and then cracks Callaghan's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Callaghan down.
A head kick misses from Callaghan.
Hanks turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Callaghan takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Callaghan tried to score with a low kick but Hanks checks it.
Callaghan throws a half hearted mid kick.
Callaghan takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Hanks thuds a mid kick into his opponent's body. That will wear on Callaghan if he has to take too many more of those.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Callaghan has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Hanks finds it's way round the side to connect with Callaghan's head.
Hanks throws a leg kick that misses.
A big right from Callaghan misses.
Callaghan throws a looping overhand right but Hanks ducks down to avoid it.
Callaghan on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
Hanks tries to score with a low kick but Callaghan moves his leg out of the way.
Callaghan stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Hanks.
A looping hook to the body misses from Hanks. Callaghan does a little dance to reset his feet.
Hanks looks to throw the jab but Callaghan is out of range.
Hanks misses with a hook. Callaghan ducked under it nicely.
Callaghan misses with an attempted mid kick.
Callaghan looks to land a body kick but Hanks moved away.
Hanks misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Callaghan.
Callaghan fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Hanks throws a hook to the side of Callaghan's head but Callaghan sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Hanks slips under a jab from Callaghan.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Callaghan throws a shot from downtown. Hanks moves away and avoids it.
Callaghan fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Hanks.
Jab by Callaghan.
Callaghan tries to clinch up.
Hanks misses with a low kick as Callaghan jumps back.
Callaghan checks the leg kick nicely there.
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 looping overhand right but Callaghan ducks down to avoid it.
Callaghan takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Callaghan bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Hanks swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Hanks fails to land with a series of punches.
Callaghan tries a head kick but it misses.
Callaghan tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Callaghan moves out of range as Hanks throws a body kick.
Callaghan throws a lazy right hand but Hanks sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hanks misses with a low kick.
A decent looking cross lands there for Callaghan.
Callaghan thows a left - swing and a miss!
Hanks dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Callaghan keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Hanks takes a swing at Callaghan's ribcage but misses.
Callaghan throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Hanks sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Callaghan keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Callaghan changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Hanks keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Callaghan.
Callaghan lands with a cross.
Callaghan avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Callaghan throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Hanks walks into a left hand.
Hanks takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Callaghan lands an overhand right.
Callaghan takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Hanks 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 Callaghan there.
Hanks thows a left - swing and a miss!
Callaghan swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Hanks misses with a looping right.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Callaghan tries to close the distance and clinch but Hanks swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Hanks blocks a low kick nicely.
Callaghan avoids the body shot from Hanks.
Callaghan jabs Hanks to the body, keeping him at a distance.
A head kick misses from Hanks.
Richard Callaghan has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Hanks.
Callaghan scores with a jab to the jaw.
It looks like Craig Hanks has been cut.
Hanks uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Callaghan.
Callaghan misses with a right hand
and Hanks counters with a lovely straight right hand!
And that's the end of the fight!
I would just about give that final round to Richard Callaghan.
Well Hanks has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... 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 Don Winkell scores the fight 30:28
Judge Jack Bonds scores the fight 30:28
Judge Timothy Bukovac scores the fight 29:28
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Craig Hanks!
Our winner, Craig Hanks, made sure he spent some time buttering up the crowd during his post fight interview, which will no doubt bring him a few more fans.
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