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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Khalid Hayes (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Charles LaFontier (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Hayes comes into the arena with Flight of Icarus blaring out of the sound system. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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216 lbs
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Good wrestling
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
19 - 9 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Khalid Hayes!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
9 - 6 - 0, fighting out of New York, Charles LaFontier!
The judges for this bout are Columbo Gatti, Joseph Jones and David Schapiro.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
LaFontier pivots, looking for a leg kick but Hayes is out of range and LaFontier settles back down.
LaFontier throws a right hand that Hayes ducks under and follows up with a left that Hayes also avoids with ease.
LaFontier wants to clinch.
LaFontier looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Hayes throws a body punch but LaFontier moves out of range.
LaFontier lands a nice hook to Hayes's body. Hayes takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
LaFontier tries to clinch up
and Hayes counters with a nice body shot.
Hayes pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Hayes with a hook.
Hayes looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Hayes throws a shot from downtown. LaFontier moves away and avoids it.
Hayes fakes a strike and closes the distance, dragging LaFontier to the ground. Hayes is now in LaFontier's guard.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
The referee must be thinking about standing these guys back up.
Hayes is fighting to break LaFontier's control of his arms but LaFontier is doing a good job of controlling the position at the moment.
LaFontier is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
Hayes won't allow LaFontier to sweep him here.
That's one minute gone in the round.
LaFontier wants to get back to his feet but Hayes is in a dominant position and won't allow it.
Hayes trying to control the position from guard on top but LaFontier is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
LaFontier is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
Hayes might be looking to lock onto one of his opponent's long limbs for a submission, whilst we're on the ground.
The ref calls for a clean break and stands the fighters back up. Charles LaFontier wasn't active enough on the ground.
LaFontier throws a quick head kick that skims the top of Hayes's head.
LaFontier takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
A chopping leg kick lands by LaFontier.
Hayes keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Hayes misses with a low kick.
LaFontier misses with a wild combination.
Hayes misses with a body kick.
Hayes avoids the head kick by LaFontier.
Hayes fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Hayes blocks a low kick nicely.
LaFontier just misses with a punch to the body.
Charles LaFontier seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
LaFontier keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Hayes avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
We've been informed that LaFontier has been sparring a lot of Muay Thai in the buildup to this fight so let's see if that has an impact on the result.
Hayes takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Hayes connects with a right hand. LaFontier shakes it off.
LaFontier attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
Hayes misses with a wild body shot.
A chopping leg kick lands by Hayes.
LaFontier wants to clinch.
LaFontier swings and misses with a shot to the body
and Hayes counters with a flying knee. Nice.
LaFontier throws a good cross that connects.
LaFontier lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Hayes circles away quickly and effectively.
LaFontier swings for the body but Hayes moves out of range.
A punch combination from Hayes misses.
LaFontier throws a nice outside leg kick.
LaFontier tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Hayes was well out of range. Poor timing from LaFontier.
Charles LaFontier is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Hayes tries to score with a low kick but LaFontier moves his leg out of the way.
Hayes is looking to wear down LaFontier with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
LaFontier looks to land a right hand but Hayes moved out of range.
LaFontier throws a shot from downtown. Hayes moves away and avoids it.
A cross from Hayes lands.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Nice body kick from Hayes.
Hayes keeps the fight on the outside.
LaFontier swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
LaFontier misses with a body shot.
Hayes has his head slapped from side to side by a 3 punch combination. That must have hurt him.
Hayes ducks under a wild hook from LaFontier.
A good leg kick by Hayes.
LaFontier fails in his attempt to clinch.
LaFontier throws a right and a left that both miss.
Hayes misses the shot to the body.
LaFontier is looking to clinch.
LaFontier gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Hayes.
LaFontier avoids the body shot from Hayes.
Hayes shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.
Hayes fakes a right and follows up with a big left that drops LaFontier to one knee - oooooh, he's wobbly! LaFontier looks to clinch but Hayes throws him off and pummels him into the canvas! LaFontier taps out under the strikes! The fight is over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:51 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Strikes). Khalid Hayes!
Our winner, Khalid Hayes, 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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energy
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hype
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pop
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FIGHT
RATING
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