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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Sofoklis Aristotelis (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Gary Hayes (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both these guys have solid standup skills and neither is particularly fantastic on the ground, so let's hope for a nice standup war!
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212 lbs
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215 lbs
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BJJ Blue Belt
Great elbows
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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
2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Sofoklis Aristotelis!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
4 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Gary Hayes!
The judges for this bout are George Francis, Daniel Franklin and Chris Downing.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Aristotelis moves into the clinch.
Aristotelis lands an elbow inside.
It looks like Gary Hayes has been cut.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
Aristotelis tries a body shot but Hayes blocks it.
Hayes tries to stall but Aristotelis uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Aristotelis.
Hayes gets through Aristotelis's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Aristotelis lands a left hand that snaps the head of Hayes backwards.
Hayes blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Aristotelis really does look like a pencil wearing a pair of gloves. Let's hope he has a gameplan to suit that ridiculous body shape.
Hayes breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Aristotelis forces Hayes back against the cage and clinches.
Hayes scores with a hook to the body.
Aristotelis tries to work over Hayes's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Hayes wants to break the clinch but can't.
Hayes breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Hayes pushes Aristotelis up against the cage in a clinch.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Hayes pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Hayes lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Hayes lands a vicious shot with the stealth of a sniper and the strength of a viper. Are vipers that strong? I can think of lots of things that are stronger than a viper - not many rhyme with sniper though.
Hayes has done a lot of speed work in the buildup to this fight.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Hayes tries to keep at a distance but Aristotelis has taken the fight into the clinch.
Hayes has a couple of punches blocked by Aristotelis.
Aristotelis controlling the action here for a moment.
Aristotelis cracks Hayes with a nice body shot.
Aristotelis taking a breather.
Aristotelis tries a body shot but Hayes blocks it.
Aristotelis creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Hayes's defenses.
Aristotelis definitely looks more muscular than last time we saw him fight.
Aristotelis creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Hayes's defenses.
Aristotelis trying to stall but Hayes improves his position.
Aristotelis tries to work over Hayes's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Hayes misses with a short punch on the inside.
A head punch on the inside from Hayes fails to land.
Hayes lands a body punch.
With the fighters up against the cage, Aristotelis throws an elbow but misses.
A head punch on the inside from Hayes fails to land.
Aristotelis misses with a body punch.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Aristotelis lands an elbow inside.
Some stalling of biblical proportions here from Aristotelis.
Hayes misses with some punches.
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!
Hayes scores with a nice hook to the head.
Hayes misses with a hook to the ribs.
Hayes tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Aristotelis's elbow.
Hayes working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Aristotelis tries to work over Hayes's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Hayes lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Aristotelis is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Hayes takes an elbow to the forehead.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
Aristotelis is clearly stalling here... Pick up the pace son.
Hayes is trying to break free.
Hayes has a couple of punches blocked by Aristotelis.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Aristotelis.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Nice elbow from Aristotelis.
Hayes taking a breather.
Aristotelis blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Hayes is looking to control Aristotelis's arms but Aristotelis gets an underhook and turns him. Now Hayes has his back to the cage.
Aristotelis leaning his opponent against the cage.
Hayes fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Hayes just leaning against Aristotelis, taking a breather.
Hayes swings wildly with an uppercut but Aristotelis uses good head movement to avoid it.
Hayes misses with a hook from the clinch.
Hayes is looking to break free of the clinch but Aristotelis has double underhooks.
Aristotelis blocking some punches.
Aristotelis misses with an elbow over the top.
Hayes swings wildly with an uppercut but Aristotelis uses good head movement to avoid it.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Aristotelis.
Aristotelis is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Aristotelis blocks an uppercut.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Hayes tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Aristotelis taking a break, stalling in the clinch.
Aristotelis lands a nice uppercut.
Aristotelis keeps control of Hayes as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Aristotelis blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Hayes has a couple of punches blocked by Aristotelis.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Aristotelis.
The referee is keeping an eye on Aristotelis - much more stalling and he will separate the fighters.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Hayes swings wildly with an uppercut but Aristotelis uses good head movement to avoid it.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Hayes creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Aristotelis dictating the pace here, as the fighters clinch against the cage.
Aristotelis blocks a punch to the side of the head.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Hayes breaks from the clinch.
Aristotelis takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Aristotelis uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Hayes.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Gary Hayes dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Gary Hayes's cut.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.
Hayes closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Aristotelis creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Hayes's defenses.
Hayes misses with a punch on the inside.
Aristotelis keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Hayes's efforts to push away.
Hayes trying to stall but Aristotelis improves his position.
Hayes's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Aristotelis moves into the clinch successfully.
Aristotelis tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Hayes swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Hayes throws a head punch that misses.
Hayes working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Hayes breaks from the clinch.
Hayes blocks a head kick by Aristotelis.
Aristotelis moves into range and clinches up with Hayes.
Hayes lands with a light punch inside.
A nice right hand lands inside from Hayes.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Hayes tries to break the clinch but Aristotelis is controlling the position.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Aristotelis pushes off an throws an elbow but Hayes leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Hayes blocks an elbow strike.
Gary Hayes seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Aristotelis stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Come on Aristotelis - let's have some action - none of this stalling nonsense.
Hayes misses with a hook from the clinch.
Aristotelis can't find room to land a body shot as Hayes controls the action.
Hayes throws a head punch that misses.
Hayes misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Hayes dodges an elbow strike from Aristotelis.
Hayes softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Aristotelis pushes off an throws an elbow but Hayes leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Hayes lands a right hand that snaps the head of Aristotelis backwards.
Hayes misses with the head strike.
Hayes misses with a punch on the inside.
Aristotelis pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Aristotelis lands a body punch in the clinch.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Hayes misses with some punches.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The referee calls for Hayes to work.
Hayes scores with an uppercut up the middle.
A frustrated look appears on Hayes's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Hayes is trying to break free.
Aristotelis blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Hayes is trying to stall.
Aristotelis blocks an uppercut.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as Aristotelis takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.
Aristotelis is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
Aristotelis creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Hayes's defenses.
That has opened up Gary Hayes's cut even more.
Aristotelis taking a breather.
Nice body punch from Aristotelis.
Hayes lands an uppercut.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Hayes creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Hayes.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Hayes as Aristotelis tries to tie him up.
Hayes working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Hayes is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
Aristotelis is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
Aristotelis is pushing Hayes up against the cage, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.
Aristotelis stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Aristotelis trying to stall but Hayes improves his position.
Hayes swings wildly with an uppercut but Aristotelis uses good head movement to avoid it.
Hayes breaks the clinch.
Hayes tries to keep at a distance but Aristotelis has taken the fight into the clinch.
Hayes throws a head punch that misses.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Hayes stalling in the clinch but Aristotelis improves position.
Hayes misses with some punches.
Aristotelis pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Hayes lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Aristotelis backwards.
Aristotelis throws an elbow but it's blocked.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Aristotelis.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Aristotelis.
Aristotelis tries to work over Hayes's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Hayes gets through Aristotelis's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Aristotelis can't find room to land a body shot as Hayes controls the action.
Hayes tries to stall but Aristotelis uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Aristotelis is trying to stall.
Hayes misses with some punches.
Hayes breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Aristotelis gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Aristotelis looking to stall.
Hayes leaning against his opponent.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Gary Hayes showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Gary Hayes's cut.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! This is the final round!
Aristotelis rushes Hayes and presses him up against the cage.
Hayes struggles to land a body shot inside as Aristotelis controls his hands.
Hayes misses with a hook from the clinch.
Hayes misses with a body punch.
Aristotelis misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Aristotelis throws an elbow but it misses.
Hayes misses with a punch on the inside.
Aristotelis creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Hayes's defenses.
Hayes scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Hayes misses with a punch on the inside.
Hayes scores with a shot to the side of Aristotelis's head.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Aristotelis.
Hayes misses with a hook to the ribs.
Aristotelis misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Aristotelis throws an elbow but it misses.
Aristotelis keeps control of Hayes as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Hayes tries to throw a body punch but Aristotelis avoids it by throwing Hayes back against the cage.
Hayes throws a head punch that misses.
Aristotelis throws an elbow but it's blocked.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Aristotelis softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Hayes avoids a wild elbow strike from Aristotelis.
The pace really dropping off here, momentarily.
Hayes breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Nice uppercut there from Hayes.
Aristotelis lands a big head kick that sends Hayes tumbling to the mat! Aristotelis takes a step backwards and waves Hayes back to his feet - he wants the finish!
Sofoklis Aristotelis is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Aristotelis instigates a clinch.
Aristotelis is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Aristotelis struggles to land a body shot inside as Hayes controls his hands.
Hayes manages to break the clinch.
Hayes throws a hook but Aristotelis blocks it.
Hayes looks to land a left hand but Aristotelis moved out of range nicely.
Hayes avoids the head kick by Aristotelis.
Sofoklis Aristotelis has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Aristotelis darts in and clinches Hayes up against the cage.
Aristotelis tries to work over Hayes's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Hayes misses with the head strike.
Aristotelis pushes off an throws an elbow but Hayes leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Aristotelis lands a nice elbow.
The cut above Gary Hayes's eye is starting to cause him problems now.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Aristotelis just misses with a elbow thrown towards Hayes's brow.
Hayes tries to stall but Aristotelis uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Aristotelis lands an elbow just above Hayes 's eye.
Gary Hayes's cut is absolute horrible now. This looks like something out of a horror film with blood covering both fighters.
The referee calls the doctor in to look at Gary Hayes's cut. Oh no, the doctor has called an end to the bout!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:40 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Cut). Sofoklis Aristotelis!
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energy
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hype
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