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Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Dan Sten (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Long Wang (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Long Wang has the power to score a knockout today if he connects clean with Dan Sten's chin.
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140 lbs
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139 lbs
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Good wrestling
Dangerous knees
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Counter fighter
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the bantamweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
11 - 4 - 0, fighting out of London, Dan Sten!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
6 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Long Wang!
The judges for this bout are Richard Clark, Daniel Bishop and Andrew Berry.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Sten throws a hook to the side of Wang's head but Wang sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Sten tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Wang manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Wang ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Sten moves away.
Wang takes a swing at Sten's ribcage but misses.
Wang with a poor takedown
and Sten counters into the clinch. Nicely done.
Sten misses with a knee strike.
Sten throws a knee to the head but misses.
Sten works on Wang's body with a couple of short punches.
Sten lands a nice knee to the body.
A hook to the body from Sten.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Sten landing knees to the body.
Sten unloads a knee to the mid-section. Wang lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Wang looks winded!
Sten with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Sten looking to throw knees to the head but Wang is blocking nicely.
Wang tries to jump guard but he falls flat on his backside. Sten smiles and moves away.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Sten closes the distance and clinches.
Wang takes a knee to the side of the body.
Sten working Wang over with knees to the body.
Sten unloads a knee to the mid-section. Wang lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Sten lands a knee to the head.
Wang trying to control the position but instead, Sten has worked for underhooks and has pushed Wang into the cage.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Sten obliges.
Sten with a knee to the head.
Wang has been looking to improve his clinch game in recent weeks. Sten seems to have the measure of him in the clinch so far, so let's see if Wang can turn it around.
A nice left hand lands by Sten.
Sten lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
That's two minutes gone in the round.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Sten landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Sten connects with a knee to the head.
Sten lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Sten stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
A knee to the head by Sten.
Sten landing knees to the head.
Sten scores with a knee to the head.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Sten obliges.
Sten with a knee to the head.
Knees to the body from Sten.
Sten unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Sten scores with a knee to the head.
Sten scores a nice knee to the body.
Sten landing knees to the head.
Sten unloads a knee to the mid-section. Wang lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sten landing knees to the body.
Knees in the clinch landing for Sten.
Wang takes a knee right on the jaw!
Sten lands a nice knee to the body.
Sten lands a good knee to the midsection. Wang won't want to take too many of those.
Sten connects with a nasty looking knee right to Wang's face.
Sten with a knee to the head.
Sten using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Sten landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Sten utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Sten connects with a nasty looking knee right to Wang's face.
A knee to the head by Sten.
Knees to the body from Sten.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Sten landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Sten landing some nice looking knees to the body.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Sten.
Sten landing knees to the body.
Sten scores with a knee to the head.
Sten working Wang over with knees to the body.
Sten lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Sten landing knees to the head.
Sten's Muay Thai looks sharper than normal. He has obviously been working on it in the gym.
Sten connects with a knee to the head.
Sten lands a good knee to the midsection. Wang won't want to take too many of those.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Sten landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Sten connects with a nasty looking knee right to Wang's face.
Sten throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Wangs head.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Dan Sten dominated that round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.
Sten scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Wang doesn't seem bothered though.
Sten uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Wang.
Wang closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
Sten lands a lovely overhand right.
Sten wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Wang swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Sten tries to clinch but Wang moves out of range.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Sten forces Wang back against the cage and clinches.
Sten is leaning against Wang and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Sten scores with a knee to the head.
Sten lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Wang or not.
Wang wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Wang is breathing heavily.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Sten lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Wang tries to work over Sten's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Sten landing knees to the body.
Sten lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Sten working Wang over with knees to the body.
Sten throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
A right handed body shot lands from Sten.
Dan Sten has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Sten lands a body shot in the clinch.
Sten scores a nice knee to the body.
Sten lands with a short head shot on the inside.
A knee to the head by Sten.
A knee to the head by Sten.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Sten lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Sten crunches a lovely knee into Wang's ribcage.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Sten lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Wang takes a knee right on the jaw!
Sten throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Sten with a knee to the head.
Sten scores with a knee to the head.
Sten is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Wang can do to turn this around?
The fighters are starting to get sweaty, which will make takedowns a bit more tricky.
Knees to the body from Sten.
Sten scores with a knee to the head.
Wang takes a knee to the side of the body.
Sten with a knee to the head.
Sten connects with a knee to the head.
Wang takes a knee right on the jaw!
Sten with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Wang wants to get back to striking at distance but Sten won't allow it.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sten lands a good knee to the midsection. Wang won't want to take too many of those.
Sten using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Sten landing knees to the body.
Sten landing knees to the head.
Wang takes a knee right on the jaw!
Sten lands a nice knee to the body.
Sten scores with a knee to the head.
Sten looking to throw knees to the head but Wang is blocking nicely.
The referee is keeping an eye on Wang - much more stalling and he will separate the fighters.
Sten is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Sten unloads a knee to the mid-section. Wang lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Sten with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Sten landing knees to the head.
Sten missing with knees to the body.
Wang tries to pull guard but Sten won't allow it.
Sten working Wang over with knees to the body.
Sten tries a knee to the head but Wang blocks it.
Wang tries to break the clinch but Sten is controlling the position.
Sten landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Sten unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Sten using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Knees in the clinch landing for Sten.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Sten obliges.
Sten cracks Wang with a nice body shot.
Sten crunches a lovely knee into Wang's ribcage.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Dan Sten dominated that second round.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business. Ladies and gentlemen, this is the final round!
Sten tries to close the distance and clinch up but Wang swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Wang drops down looking to force a counter takedown but Sten defends it well.
A telegraphed right hand from Wang misses the target.
Sten tries to clinch but Wang moves out of range.
And Wang tries to counter it with a takedown but Sten pushes his down on his head and steps out.
Wang takes a swing at Sten's ribcage but misses.
Wang avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Wang changes levels for a counter takedown but doesn't follow through with his attempt.
Wang will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
Sten was looking to counter that last move with a shot to the body but he didn't commit.
Nice shot by Sten.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Wang fails with a takedown attempt.
As Wang tries to get set, Sten tries to push him back and clinch up but Wang manages to avoid the attempt.
A swing and a miss from Wang.
Wang takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Sten tries to close the distance and clinch but Wang swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
A punch combination from Wang misses.
Sten rushes Wang and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Sten scores a nice knee to the body.
Sten lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Sten working Wang over with knees to the body.
Sten with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Sten crunches a lovely knee into Wang's ribcage.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Sten.
Sten landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Sten with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Sten connects with a knee to the head.
Sten scores with a knee to the head.
Long Wang has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Wang working hard to break the clinch.
Knees to the body from Sten.
Sten putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Wang in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Sten crunches a lovely knee into Wang's ribcage.
Sten using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Sten lands a shot to the body.
Sten utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Sten utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Sten using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
A knee to the head by Sten.
A knee to the head by Sten.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sten scores a nice knee to the body.
Sten landing some nice looking knees to the body.
A knee to the head by Sten.
Sten crunches a lovely knee into Wang's ribcage.
Wang is trying to pull guard but Sten turns him against the cage and we stay in the clinch.
Dan Sten has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Long Wang.
Sten lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Sten lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Sten scores a nice knee to the body.
Sten lands a nice knee to the body.
Sten scores with a knee to the head.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Wang takes a knee to the side of the body.
Sten connects with a nasty looking knee right to Wang's face.
Wang is looking to break free of the clinch but Sten has double underhooks.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Wang escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Sten tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Wang manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Sten fails with an attempt to clinch.
Wang drops down looking to force a counter takedown but Sten defends it well.
Dan Sten is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Sten scores with a body shot.
Dan Sten is winning the standup battle so far.
Wang circles away from the clinch attempt.
Sten wants to clinch.
Wang is definitely looking for the counter takedowns here.
Wang doesn't succeed with the takedown
and Sten counters by moving into the clinch.
And that's the end of the fight!
Dan Sten showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Sten 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 Richard Clark scores the fight 30:25
Judge Daniel Bishop scores the fight 30:25
Judge Andrew Berry scores the fight 30:25
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Dan Sten!
A victorious Dan Sten thanked his army of followers in his post fight interview, telling people to make sure they follow him on Twitter.
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hype
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