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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Kenny Clack (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Crag Hack (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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191 cm
25
193 lbs
7 - 4 - 2 |
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189 cm
34
197 lbs
17 - 14 - 0 |
Great wrestler
Lethal high kicks
Cardio machine |
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Good wrestler
World class MT
Good gas tank |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, in the middleweight division. Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner. With a record of
7 - 4 - 2, fighting out of Las Vegas, Kenny Clack! And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner. With a record of
17 - 14 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Crag Hack! The judges for this bout are Don Winkell, Jack Bonds and Timothy Bukovac.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway! Clack will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Hack scores with a head kick.
Crag Hack seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout. Hack tries to clinch but Clack moves away and Clack counters with a stiff right hand.
It looks like Crag Hack has been cut. Hack fakes a head shot and lands one to the body. Hack tries to clinch but Clack moves out of range. Hack darts in trying to clinch and Clack counters with a straight right hand. We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up. Hack wants to clinch.
That's one minute gone in the round. Hack tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion. Clack avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Hack doesn't manage to clinch there - Clack circles away.
Hack darts in and clinches Clack up against the cage. Clack has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate. Clack can't find room to land a body shot as Hack controls the action.
Hack creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Clack's defenses. Clack is trying to push Hack away but Hack has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere. Hack pushes off an throws an elbow but Clack leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage. Hack misses with a short punch on the inside. Hack lands an elbow that stopped Clack in his tracks for a moment.
It looks like Kenny Clack has been cut.
That's two minutes gone in the round. Hack using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Clack has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Knees in the clinch landing for Hack.
We've been informed that Hack 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. Nice body punch from Clack - that landed with a thud.
Hack scores a nice knee to the body.
Clack wants to take the fight to the mat but Hack manages to get underhooks and keep the fight in the clinch. Hack pushes off an throws an elbow but Clack leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage. Clack tries for a takedown but Hack manages to get underhooks.
Hack landing knees to the body.
Clack avoiding damage as Hack throws knees to the body.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show! Clack blocks the elbow strike.
Hack stalls. Clack struggles to land a body shot inside as Hack controls his hands.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Clack as Hack tries to tie him up.
That's three minutes gone in the round. Clack cracks Hack with a nice body shot. Clack blocks the elbow strike.
Hack is stalling here.
Clack has hold of a leg and is looking for a trip takedown. Hack avoids it nicely though and we remain in the clinch. I was talking to Clack's coach per-fight and he was telling me that they'd been working on the clinch in the runup to this fight. That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Kenny Clack. That's going to take a lot out of him. Clack managing to block the knees to the body from Hack.
Clack has double underhooks and is working for a body lock takedown. He's got it. The fighters land in half guard but Hack regains guard immediately. Clack has gone for a leg lock! Hack slips out almost immediately though and dives into Clack's guard. Hack preventing the sweep.
That's four minutes gone in the round. Hack stays in close to Clack's body and controls the position. Clack is working actively off his back, looking to secure an arm or perhaps work for a triangle. Clack has a loose triangle. He'll be looking to tighten that up but Hack can see exactly what he's planning and manages to posture up and free himself. The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work. Hack stopping the sweep attempt from Clack. Clack is trying to control the position but Hack postures up. Hack trying to control the position from guard on top but Clack is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can. Hack seems content to control from guard here. He's going to have to remain active though if he doesn't want to get stood back up. And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Crag Hack dominated that round. Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval. The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!
Clack avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Hack has closed the distance and engaged Clack in a clinch.
Clack gets the body lock takedown. After a quick scramble, Hack regains guard.
A real slowdown in the pace of the fight for a moment, as Hack holds on and takes a little breather. The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing. Clack postures up in Hack's guard and throws a big left but Hack blocks it. Clack lands a couple of elbows. Hack preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage. We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up. Clack trying to control but Hack is working from the bottom. Hack wants to sweep here but Clack controlling him for the moment. Hack lands a beautiful sweep and he's now moved into his opponent's guard.
That's one minute gone in the round. Clack is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move. Hack trying to control but Clack postures up.
Hack is trying to get back to full guard. Clack is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position. Hack on the receiving end of some nice ground and pound. Hack is looking to control Clack's leg but it's slowly edging free. Can Hack avoid being mounted?
That's two minutes gone in the round. Clack missing with the ground and pound from half guard. Clack has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission. Hack regains full guard, whilst avoiding punches from Clack. Clack working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage. Hack is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent. Clack working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of Hack's head. Clack is just sitting in guard, looking to avoid any submissions. Hack is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
That's three minutes gone in the round. Clack content to strike from guard, landing some decent shots. Clack lands a couple of decent looking shots. Clack trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet. Hack is trying to control the position but Clack postures up. Clack wants to control from the top but Hack keeps moving. A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Clack accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
The referee decides to stand the fighters back up. Clack fails with the takedown and Hack counters by moving into the clinch. Clack can't find room to land a body shot as Hack controls the action.
Hack comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
That's four minutes gone in the round. Clack lands a hook that snaps the head of Hack backwards. Hack tries to land a knee to the head but Clack blocks with his arms.
Clack blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Crag Hack seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far. Clack wants a takedown but no success here.
Clack manages to break the clinch.
Clack fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done. Hack tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion. Clack changes levels looking for a counter takedown but doesn't commit. Hack falls off balance throwing a combination
and Clack counters with a lovely straight right hand! The crowd thankful this round is nearly over. Hack pushes Clack up against the cage in a clinch. 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! An uppercut to the body lands inside from Clack. And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Kenny Clack dominated that second round. Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval. The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!
Hack chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Clack can pounce on him.
Hack tries to clinch but Clack moves out of range. Clack swats away the attempt to clinch by Hack. Hack scores with a leg kick.
Hack throws a head kick but Clack moves out of range.
Clack was looking to counter that last move with a shot to the body but he didn't commit. We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up. Clack circles away from the clinch attempt.
Hack throws an ugly left hook that misses
enabling Clack to counter with a crisp jab. Hack doesn't manage to clinch there - Clack circles away.
A big left from Clack misses.
That's one minute gone in the round. Hack doesn't manage to clinch there - Clack circles away.
Hack misses with the combination.
It appears Clack was looking to counter with a kick there. Clack dives in for a single leg takedown but Hack sprawls and the fighters end up clinched against the cage. Clack avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
It looked like Clack was trying to counter with a body shot coming off that last attack from Hack. Clack swats away the attempt to clinch by Hack. Clack is looking to counter punch. The fight moves into the clinch position. Hack misses with a hook from the clinch.
That's two minutes gone in the round. Clack has Hack pressed up against the cage and is working for takedown. Hack manages to improve position though and keeps the fight standing. Clack tries to work over Hack's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target. Hack lands a nice knee to the body. Hack creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses. Hack tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Clack avoids it. Clack tries to work over Hack's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target. Come on Hack - let's have some action - none of this stalling nonsense.
Hack misses with a knee to the head. Clack struggles to land a body shot inside as Hack controls his hands.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as Hack takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life. A head punch blocked on the inside by Hack.
That's three minutes gone in the round. Hack misses with a knee strike.
Hack is pushing Clack up against the cage, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word. Clack misses with a hook to the ribs.
Clack misses with a punch to the body.
Clack swings wildly with an uppercut but Hack uses good head movement to avoid it. With the fighters up against the cage, Hack throws an elbow but misses. Hack throws a knee to the head but misses.
Hack is defending well against a takedown attempt. That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Kenny Clack. That's going to take a lot out of him. Hack lands a knee to the head.
That's four minutes gone in the round. Clack tries a body shot but Hack blocks it.
Hack is trying to maintain a safe position but Clack gets an underhook and turns Hack into the cage. Hack misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Clack.
Hack with an attempt at a knee that misses.
A knee to the head by Hack.
Clack tries to work over Hack's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target. Hack is trying to maintain a safe position but Clack gets an underhook and turns Hack into the cage. Hack comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush. Hack lands a nice elbow from the clinch. The crowd thankful this round is nearly over. Hack misses with a knee to the head. Hack content to slow the pace in the clinch.
Hack looking to throw knees to the head but Clack is blocking nicely.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Crag Hack really dominated that round. Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval. The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!
Hack gets a clinch. Hack is struggling to control the position. A short left from Hack. Clack takes a knee right on the jaw!
Clack is rocked! Clack managing to block the knees to the body from Hack.
Oh Clack is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!! Good body shot from Clack.
Clack seems to have got his legs back now. Hack misses with an elbow strike.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up. With the fighters up against the cage, Hack throws an elbow but misses. Hack controlling the action here for a moment.
Clack tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
That's one minute gone in the round. Hack blocks a body shot from Clack. Hack stalling against the cage.
Hack is stalling here. The referee will be looking to step in if he doesn't pick up the pace. Hack pushes off an throws an elbow but Clack leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage. Clack goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Clack breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat. Hack tries to clinch and Clack counters with a flying knee. Nice. Clack keeps the fight on the outside. Clack appears to be looking for a counter takedown. Hack tries to close the distance and clinch but Clack swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
That's two minutes gone in the round. Hack tries to clinch but fails miserably and Clack counters with a big head kick but Hack shrugs it off. Hack scores with a kick to the midsection. Hack tries a head kick but it misses.
Clack swung with a counter punch to the body but it didn't connect. Hack tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Clack paws at him with a jab and circles away. Clack swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect. Hack connects with a high kick. Hack instigates a clinch. Clack managing to block the knees to the body from Hack.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff! Hack lands a damaging elbow. Hack is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath. Hack lands a damaging elbow.
That's three minutes gone in the round. Hack throws an elbow but it misses.
Clack misses with a punch to the body.
Hack unloads a knee to the mid-section. Clack lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh. Clack drops to a knee looking for a takedown but Hack gets the underhooks and prevents it.
Clack managing to block the knees to the body from Hack.
Clack blocks an elbow strike. Clack tries a body shot but Hack blocks it.
Hack tries to land a knee to the head but Clack blocks with his arms.
Hack will no doubt start fighting again in a minute but for now he's just having a little rest, leaning Clack up against the cage. Clack tries to throw a body punch but Hack avoids it by throwing Clack back against the cage.
That's four minutes gone in the round. Hack looking to throw knees to the head but Clack is blocking nicely.
Clack wants a takedown but no success here.
Clack tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked. Hack misses with some punches.
Hack tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Clack looking for a takedown. That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Kenny Clack. That's going to take a lot out of him. A knee to the head by Hack.
Hack misses with a knee to the head. The crowd thankful this round is nearly over. Clack misses with a punch to the body.
Hack with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Hack looks to throw an elbow but misses. And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Crag Hack dominated that fourth round. Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval. Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin! This is the final round!
Hack tries to clinch but Clack moves away and Clack counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw. Hack closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage. Clack doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Clack has clasped his hands together around Hack's back... aaand, he's got a takedown into side control. Nicely done. Hack is looking for a sweep. Clack wants to control but Hack is keeping him busy. Sloppy strikes there by Clack. We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up. Clack throwing ground and pound but whilst doing so, he forgets to control position and Hack works his way back to half guard. Good composure under pressure. Clack throwing shots but Hack is blocking nicely.
That's one minute gone in the round. Hack tries to get to full guard but Clack has control of the leg. Clack is trying to control the action in half guard but Hack is working away on the bottom, looking perhaps to get back to full guard. Clack is just sitting in half guard, waiting for something to happen. Hack moves his hips nicely and gets into full guard. Clack controls the pace of the fight for a moment. Hack wants to hit a switch here but Clack passes into full mount! Oh no, disaster for Hack there!
That's two minutes gone in the round. Hack is desperately trying to get back to half guard.
Hack is still trying to improve position. Clack with good strikes from the mount here! Clack putting on the heat here with some good ground and pound! Clack in mount throwing good strikes here, bouncing his opponent's head off the canvas.
Clack postures up and throws a couple of big shots that have Hack in real trouble here! The ref calls for Hack to improve his position which he doesn't do, so the referee has no choice but to end the fight due to the strikes!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:18 of round 5, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Kenny Clack! A relieved looking Kenny Clack thanked the fans for their support and gave the usual line about them being amazing. They seemed to believe that he actually meant it.
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energy
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hype
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