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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Thomas Hearns (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Arnold Vegh (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Hearns comes into the arena with Black Eyed Bruiser blaring out of the sound system. Vegh is bobbing his head along to his entrance song: Linkin Park- The catalyst. Thomas Hearns has a significant reach advantage - let's see if he can make it count.
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the heavyweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
14 - 14 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Thomas Hearns!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
16 - 9 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Arnold Vegh!
The judges for this bout are Paul Aken, Daniel Blasius and Patrick Alders.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Hearns tries to clinch but Vegh is having none of it.
The fight stays on the outside here - Hearns looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Hearns scores with a hook.
Hearns works the jab nicely.
Hearns stuffs a takedown. It's all about dictating where the fight takes place and Hearns wants it to stay on the feet.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
A big left from Hearns misses.
Hearns connects with a solid leg kick.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Hearns tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Vegh paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Vegh keeps the fight on the outside.
Vegh misses with a low kick.
Thud! ouch! good body kick from Hearns - that will leave a mark!
Vegh closes the distance and looks for a trip takedown... aaaand he's got it - Vegh lands in his opponent's guard.
Hearns wants to stand and escape but Vegh is having none of it.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Vegh won't allow Hearns to sweep him here.
Hearns is looking to stand up but Vegh isn't so interested in that idea.
Vegh postures up in Hearns's guard and throws a big left but Hearns blocks it.
Vegh throws a big right hand that misses.
Hearns thows some rabbit punches from the bottom but they don't do any damage.
Hearns working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Vegh.
Vegh scores with a decent looking elbow strike.
Hearns is looking to stand up but Vegh isn't so interested in that idea.
Hearns will need to keep those long limbs tucked in whilst he's on the ground, to prevent any submissions.
Hearns utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Vegh throws an elbow that misses. Hearns uses the momentum to reverse the position. He's now in Vegh's guard. Nice move by Hearns!
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Vegh wants to stand up but Hearns is controlling him.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hearns trying to control but Vegh is working from the bottom.
Hearns wanted to stand there but Vegh had control of the position.
Both fighters really going for it on the ground here!
Vegh not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Hearns controlling from the guard. I say controlling but really, he's stalling.
Hearns wants to stand but Vegh has a closed guard, so he can't escape.
Hearns is in a tricky position. We've heard reports from his gym mates at C Bukowskis fighting that he's been drilling escapes, so let's see if he can get back to his feet.
The ref stands the fighters back up because Thomas Hearns just wasn't active enough.
Vegh circles away from the clinch attempt.
Hearns lands with a kick to the temple. Vegh shrugs as if to say "is that all you've got?"
Hearns wants to clinch up but Vegh keeps it at a distance.
Hearns tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Vegh paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Hearns tried to score with a low kick but Vegh checks it.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
A head kick misses from Hearns.
Thomas Hearns is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Vegh swings for the body but Hearns moves out of range.
Vegh tries to bum rush Hearns with a series of wild strikes but Hearns uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
A combination from Vegh does no damage.
Vegh shoots in looking for a takedown but Hearns manages to keep the fight standing, pushing Vegh's face into the canvas for good measure before circling away.
Hearns closes the distance and pushes Vegh back into the cage.
Vegh can't get the takedown.
Thomas Hearns has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Arnold Vegh.
Hearns lands an elbow inside.
Hearns lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
It looks like Arnold Vegh has been cut.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Hearns.
Hearns scores with a knee to the head.
Hearns lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Hearns prevents a takedown attempt there.
Vegh looks winded!
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Hearns connects with a massive knee from the clinch and Vegh goes down! Hearns jumps into full mount looking to finish!
Hearns takes a little breather and maintains the position. The referee will be looking for him to stay active from such a dominant position though.
Hearns is going oldschool here, as he tries to force Vegh to tap using a forearm choke. This isn't 1993 though, so Vegh shrugs it off.
Vegh has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Hearns tucks in and makes sure he doesn't lose the dominant position.
Vegh is desperately trying to improve his position but Hearns has a good base and remains in mount.
Hearns looking to control and managing it successfully.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Vegh wants to control but Hearns is having none of it.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Thomas Hearns dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Arnold Vegh's cut.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action.
Hearns connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
A lazy body kick from Vegh
and Hearns counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Vegh throws a series of punches but Hearns avoids them all with ease.
Vegh throws a series of punches but Hearns avoids them all with ease.
Hearns is using his reach advantage well here, landing the more effective single shots from range.
Hearns will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Hearns lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
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!
Hearns digs a good hook to Vegh's body.
Hearns tries to clinch but Vegh moves out of range.
Hearns is looking to clinch.
Hearns keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Vegh stalks Hearns and leaps in with a furious combination of punches. Uppercuts and crosses smash into Hearns's face. Hearns staggers backwards, shaken.
Vegh misses with a body shot.
Arnold Vegh is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Hearns uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Vegh.
Vegh thows a body shot but no joy.
Arnold Vegh seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Hearns clinches with his opponent.
Vegh has hold of a leg and is looking for a trip takedown. Hearns avoids it nicely though and we remain in the clinch.
Vegh is looking to take this one to the mat.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Hearns lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Hearns is using his height advantage well here, landing a good percentage of his punches.
Hearns lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Hearns lands a nice elbow.
Hearns has managed to pull guard. Let's see whether he can work an aggressive guard. It will also be interesting to see what tactics Vegh uses from the top position.
Vegh stops Hearns from standing up.
Hearns utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Hearns working a defensive guard here.
Hearns has momentary wrist control but Vegh slips an elbow through the middle.
Hearns is trying to stand up but he's not managed so far.
Vegh with a flurry of punches that miss.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Vegh throwing strikes but missing.
Vegh trying to control the position from guard on top but Hearns is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hearns wants to stand and escape but Vegh is having none of it.
Arnold Vegh has got the better of the ground game so far.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Vegh is looking to work some ground and pound but Hearns has wrist control.
Vegh loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Hearns wants to stand and escape but Vegh is having none of it.
Vegh scoring with punches to the head and body.
Vegh landing with the ground and pound.
Vegh is looking to work some ground and pound but Hearns has wrist control.
Vegh scores with a decent looking elbow strike.
Vegh chips away with some ground and pound.
Hearns keeping moving, preventing Vegh from controlling successfully.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hearns controls Vegh momentarily but Vegh frees himself.
Vegh is looking to work some ground and pound but Hearns has wrist control.
Vegh preventing the sweep.
Vegh throws a big elbow that misses.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Vegh accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Vegh accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Hearns utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Vegh throwing strikes from guard but Hearns blocks nicely.
Vegh postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Vegh postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Vegh postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Hearns has Vegh pulled in close to control his posture.
Vegh throws a strike but Hearns rolls with it and manages to sweep. Now he's in guard on top.
Vegh is trying to control the position but Hearns postures up.
Vegh wants to control the position but Hearns says "no thanks buddy" and passes to half guard.
Vegh is looking to improve his position.
Hearns content to sit in half guard and control for a moment.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Hearns wants to pass to mount but Vegh is defending the position.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close second round but I would say that Thomas Hearns will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Arnold Vegh's cut.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.
Vegh swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Vegh lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Hearns circles away quickly and effectively.
Hearns just misses with a punch to the body.
Vegh throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Hearns tries to clinch up.
Hearns tries to bum rush Vegh with a series of wild strikes but Vegh uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Vegh on the wrong end of a nice jab.
Hearns misses with a low kick as Vegh jumps back.
Vegh dives in and grabs Hearns's left leg, looking for a takedown. Hearns pushes down on Vegh's head and hops out.
Hearns throws a right and a left that Vegh avoids nicely.
Vegh misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Hearns.
Vegh tries to shoot in for a takedown. He's got hold of a leg but Hearns swivels and escapes.
Hearns misses with a head kick.
Hearns clinches up with Vegh and pushes him back against the cage.
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!
Vegh takes an elbow to the temple.
Hearns landing knees to the head.
Hearns gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Vegh takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Nice body punch from Hearns.
Hearns lands an elbow inside.
Hearns connects with a knee to the head.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Hearns.
Hearns lands an elbow that stopped Vegh in his tracks for a moment.
Hearns lands a good knee to the midsection. Vegh won't want to take too many of those.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Hearns connects with a nasty looking knee right to Vegh's face.
Hearns lands a nice elbow.
Hearns breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Hearns swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Vegh uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Hearns.
Hearns darts in and clinches Vegh up against the cage.
Vegh takes an elbow to the forehead.
Hearns creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Vegh's defenses.
Hearns manages to pull guard.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Vegh accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Hearns is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Vegh is looking to work some ground and pound but Hearns has wrist control.
Hearns is trying to stand up but he's not managed so far.
Vegh keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Hearns's head.
Vegh trying to control the position from guard on top but Hearns is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Hearns wants to stand but Vegh is controlling the position.
Vegh throws a big elbow that misses.
Vegh is fighting to break Hearns's control of his arms but Hearns is doing a good job of controlling the position at the moment.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
The referee looks like he's ready to step in and stand the fighters back up.
Hearns preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Vegh throws an elbow that misses. Hearns uses the momentum to reverse the position. He's now in Vegh's guard. Nice move by Hearns!
Vegh is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.
Vegh has a closed guard, preventing anything of note from happening. Perhaps he's looking to stall.
Vegh has a closed guard, preventing Hearns from standing up.
Vegh seems keen to control rather than go for a submission, at least for now.
Neither fighter is doing enough for the referee's liking and he's decided to stand them back up.
Hearns tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Vegh manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Vegh throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Hearns.
Vegh on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Vegh shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Hearns as he jumps to the side.
Thomas Hearns has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Arnold Vegh.
A shot to the liver by Hearns. Beautiful body shot.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Vegh takes a jab right on the kisser.
Hearns throws out a loose jab but Vegh uses good head movement to avoid it.
Vegh fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Hearns manages to avoid it.
Hearns misses with a two punch combination.
Hearns ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Vegh moves away.
Hearns is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Vegh can do to turn this around?
Hearns throws a right and a left that Vegh avoids nicely.
Vegh lands a slapping body shot.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Hearns misses with a body shot.
Vegh slips under a jab.
Thomas Hearns is winning the standup battle so far.
Vegh feints a jab promting Hearns to slip. Vegh then demonstrates his capabilities by jabbing again. Hearns slips again and ducks right into an uppercut.
Hearns feints and then cracks Vegh's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Vegh down.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Thomas Hearns clearly takes that round.
The cut man is working on Arnold Vegh's cut.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.
Hearns misses with the combination.
Hearns misses with a telegraphed body shot
and Vegh counters with a shoot takedown into half guard.
Hearns is trying to stand up here but Vegh is controlling him well.
Vegh lands strikes from half guard.
Vegh slips a nice elbow through Hearns's hands, connecting with Hearns's forehead.
Hearns pushes Vegh off looking to stand but Vegh dives back in and keeps control.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Vegh missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
Vegh thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
Vegh working Hearns over with strikes.
Vegh tries to pass the half guard into mount. Hearns knows what he's doing though and prevents the attempt.
Hearns keeping control of the leg, stopping his opponent passing to mount.
Vegh trying to control from half guard but Hearns is working away.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Hearns is looking to improve his position.
Vegh throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
Vegh is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.
Vegh lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.
Vegh missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Vegh trying to control from half guard but Hearns is working away.
Vegh not landing any meaningful shots this time.
Vegh thows a huge punch but Hearns dodges it nicely.
Vegh missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
Vegh not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
Vegh is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.
Vegh not landing any meaningful shots this time.
Hearns is trying to defend against the ground and pound but Vegh scores with a couple of nice shots.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Hearns is looking to escape.
It's got to the stage where if one of these guys blows hard enough, the other might fall over.
Hearns avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Vegh.
Hearns looks like he's trying to stand up.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hearns wants to control but Vegh is keeping busy.
Vegh missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
Vegh thows a huge punch but Hearns dodges it nicely.
Vegh is working for a kimura but Hearns is defending it quite comfortably.
Vegh thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
Vegh sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Hearns defending well though.
Vegh wants to control but Hearns is keeping him busy.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Hearns taking some punishment here, with Vegh in his half guard.
The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. Vegh lands a nice short elbow.
Vegh throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
Vegh working some ground and pound from close in. He's looking to maintain this position and strike for a while by the looks of things... although he'll probably advance to full mount in a minute now I've said that.
Vegh throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Hearns trying to control here.
Vegh throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
Vegh throws a strike but Hearns avoids it easily and moves to full guard.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Hearns has managed to wall walk up one of the corner posts to get back to his feet. Vegh is pushing him up against the cage, looking to control the position.
Vegh takes an elbow to the temple.
Hearns throws a knee to the head but misses.
Hearns lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Arnold Vegh dominated that fourth round.
The cut man is working on Arnold Vegh's cut.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin! Let's get this one finished - here comes the final round!
Vegh misses with a body shot.
Nice jab there from Hearns.
Vegh moves away from the strike by Hearns.
Hearns misses with a low kick as Vegh jumps back.
Vegh dives in for a single leg takedown but Hearns sprawls and the fighters end up clinched against the cage.
Hearns lands an elbow just above Vegh 's eye.
Hearns stalling against the cage.
Hearns lands an elbow just above Vegh 's eye.
Hearns lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Hearns lands a nice knee to the body.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Hearns lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Hearns landing knees to the head.
Hearns with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Both of our modern day gladiators look out of it here - a gruelling 5 rounds of action taking it's toll on them, no doubt.
Hearns escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Vegh walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
Vegh is rocked!
Vegh with a poor takedown
and Hearns counters with a massive hook, right on the button! He's out cold! Damn, that was naaaaaasty! Hopefully he'll be OK.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:55 of round 5, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Thomas Hearns!
Thomas Hearns retains his heavyweight title!
An out of breath and clearly excited Thomas Hearns thanked Cripplers Corner for their help and support (and free stuff they sent him).
Arnold Vegh spoke after the fight, saying 'Hey, that's my belt!'.
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