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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Mic Hael (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Luke Warm (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Hael comes to the cage accompanied by WISE MAN AND HIS WORDS by Wiley. Warm has chosen Walk like an Egyptian as his entrance music. Luke Warm is staring across the cage at his opponent, tweaking his nipples.
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182 lbs
17 - 10 - 1 |
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195 cm
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185 lbs
14 - 14 - 0 |
Great wrestler
World class boxer
Insanely flexible |
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Excellent grappler
Excellent 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
17 - 10 - 1, fighting out of Los Angeles, Mic Hael!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
14 - 14 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Luke Warm!
The judges for this bout are Frank Antenori, Don Winkell and Jack Bonds.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Warm takes a kick to the side of the head.
We can't be sure of the tactics at this early stage but we have heard that Warm has been working on his takedowns a lot in the buildup to the fight and we can only assume he's going to look to take this to the mat.
Hael cracks a nice hook into Warm's ribs.
Hael throws a head kick that misses.
Warm defends well against a solid takedown attempt from Hael.
A combination from Warm does no damage.
Hael scores with a head kick.
Warm misses with a wild combination.
Hael shoots in for a takedown. He's persisting with it as Warm sprawls well. Warm wins this battle and keeps the fight standing. Hael gets slowly back to his feet.
Hael shoots in for a takedown and gets it.
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!
Hael is looking for a kimura. It's going to be difficult to finish that from half guard though and Warm defends it well.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Warm is defending against the submission attempts here by Hael.
Hael is stalling here. Warm is in no mood to hang around though. He's locked up a kimura from the bottom! Hael seems to be keeping calm but he's forced to roll out of the hold and Warm has ended up in side control on the top. Nice work.
Hael is trying to get back to half guard.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
There's not a lot going on here and the crowd are letting the fighters know they're not willing to tolerate a lack of action.
Warm wants to control but Hael is keeping him busy.
Hael tries to buck Warm off but Warm is having none of it.
Hael is moving his hips around well on the bottom and has managed to get back to half guard.
Warm perhaps working for something from half guard, or maybe not. It looks like he's just sitting there.
It looks like Warm might be adopting somewhat of a lay and pray gameplan here, which I'm sure won't go down too well with the paying fans in attendance... Or the ring announcers come to think of it.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Hael gets back to full guard.
Warm throwing strikes from guard but Hael blocks nicely.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hael keeping moving, preventing Warm from controlling successfully.
Warm distracts Hael with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.
Warm trying to control the position from guard on top but Hael is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Hael managing to control the position.
Warm landing some decent shots from guard.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Hael keeping moving, preventing Warm from controlling successfully.
Warm throwing strikes from guard but Hael blocks nicely.
Hael looks to be working for a triangle here. Oh, it looks like he might have it! Warm has picked Hael up and slammed him! Hael can't keep hold of the triangle and Warm manages to pass to side control!
Hael avoids any damage from the ground and pound of Warm.
Warm is pausing for a moment. What's he doing? It looks like he's clearing his nose. Oh dude! He's shot a load of snot all down Hael's shoulder. That is not cool.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Hael tries to work a leg under to get back to half guard but Warm wriggles his own leg back out and remains in side control.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Mic Hael dominated that round.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!
Warm lands a nice looking body shot.
Warm fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Hael manages to avoid it.
Warm closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
Warm takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Warm moves out of range as Hael throws a body kick.
Hael lands a jab followed by a nice looking cross.
It looks like Luke Warm has been cut.
Hael lands a glancing blow to the side of Warm's head.
Warm is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Hael throws a sloppy head kick and Warm moves out of range easily.
Mic Hael is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Warm sees a low kick coming and goes to check it, but it's actually a body kick and it thuds into his unprotected ribs.
Warm throws a series of punches but Hael moves out of range.
Hael rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Warm moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Hael lands with a straight right. Warm didn't see that one coming.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Warm swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Warm sizes up Hael with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
Warm swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Warm stuffs a takedown. It's all about dictating where the fight takes place and Warm wants it to stay on the feet.
A combination from Hael does no damage.
Hael dips to his left and cracks Warm with an uppercut!
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Hael.
Hael throws a right hand that Warm ducks under and follows up with a left that Warm also avoids with ease.
Warm uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Hael.
Warm throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Hael.
Hael connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hael scores with a nice takedown into half guard. Let's see what he's got on the ground.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Warm trying to control here.
Hael is working for a submission of some sort.
Warm won't allow Hael to pass to mount.
Warm is not content to let Hael control the position.
Warm makes his way to full guard. A much better position for Warm.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hael advances position into side control!
Hael swings around for an armbar but Warm sees it coming a mile off and turns beautifully into Hael's guard.
Warm stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Hael swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Warm postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
Warm postures up in Hael's guard and throws a big left but Hael blocks it.
Warm stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Hael swivels though and keeps the full guard.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Warm in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Warm trying to control the position from guard on top but Hael is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Warm throws a big elbow that misses.
Warm is sitting in guard, working some ground and pound.
Warm throws an elbow that misses. Hael uses the momentum to reverse the position. He's now in Warm's guard. Nice move by Hael!
Hael trying to control but Warm is working from the bottom.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Mic Hael dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Luke Warm'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. The crowd applaud as we get ready to start the final round!
Warm ducks under a wild hook from Hael.
Warm stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Hael.
Hael throws a front kick that sends Warm stumbling back into the cage.
Warm fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Warm fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Hael manages to avoid it.
Hael lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
Hael looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Hael, right into the meat.
Warm is throwing a lot of body shots here, looking to wear down Hael rather than just go for the knockout.
Hael tries to score a power double leg takedown but Warm sees that one coming and sprawls well. That will dishearten Hael somewhat.
Hael throws a head kick that misses.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Warm misses with a body shot.
Mic Hael seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Hael gets the takedown into side control.
Hael is trying to ground and pound but Warm uses the momentary lack of control by Hael to regain half guard.
Warm has no desire to be mounted, so is trying to control. Hael is working away from the top position though.
Warm is looking for a sweep. Hael is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
Hael is trying a forearm choke… I don't think that's going to do much at this level of the game.
Hael is looking for a kimura. It's going to be difficult to finish that from half guard though and Warm defends it well.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hael moves into full mount! Warm won't be happy about that!
Hael can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Warm is looking to escape.
Hael working away from the top, dropping strikes.
Mic Hael is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hael content just to control the position here.
Mic Hael overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Luke Warm has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Warm is working to get back to half guard.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Hael controlling from the full mount.
It looks like the ref is thinking about a standup.
The ref stands the fighters back up because Mic Hael just wasn't active enough.
Warm on the wrong end of a kick to the body.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Hael thumps Warm with a low kick.
A good leg kick by Hael.
Hael shoots in looking for a double leg takedown. Warm defends it nicely.
And that's the end of the fight!
Mic Hael showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Hael 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 Frank Antenori scores the fight 30:27
Judge Don Winkell scores the fight 30:27
Judge Jack Bonds scores the fight 30:27
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Mic Hael!
A pretty intense looking Mic Hael took the opportunity post-fight to ask for a shot at the title.
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energy
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hype
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pop
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mgr
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