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Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Hayden Mills (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Hanzo Araujo (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Hanzo Araujo has the power to score a knockout today if he connects clean with Hayden Mills's chin.
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164 cm
24
151 lbs
1 - 2 - 0 |
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177 cm
22
140 lbs
0 - 1 - 1 |
BJJ Blue Belt
Counter fighter
Cuts easily |
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BJJ Blue Belt
Decent boxing
Tends to cut |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division. Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner. With a record of
1 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Hayden Mills! And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner. With a record of
0 - 1 - 1, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Hanzo Araujo! The judges for this bout are Thiago Cunha, Matheus Silva and Mauricio Rocha.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway! Mills slips a jab and a cross from Araujo.
Araujo looks really tired already! That doesn't bode well for a good, competitive fight! Araujo misses with a right hand and Mills holds on and brings the fighters into a clinch. Araujo is trying to pull guard but Mills turns him against the cage and we stay in the clinch. Araujo tries to pull guard but can't drag his opponent to the mat. Mills just stands there and leans against the cage. Araujo tries to pull guard but Mills forces him back to his feet, against the cage. Hayden Mills has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Hanzo Araujo. An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Mills. Come on Mills - let's have some action - none of this stalling nonsense.
Mills works for the underhooks and manages to get a trip takedown into guard. Mills postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head. Mills cracks Araujo with a solid left hand. Mills chips away with some ground and pound. Mills working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of Araujo's head. Hammerfist, elbow! yells Mills's corner. There ya go! There ya go! Mills is working Araujo over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes. Mills controls from within his opponent's guard. Mills scoring with some ground and pound. Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd. Mills is working Araujo over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes.
That's one minute gone in the round. Mills drops back looking for a leg! Araujo is in trouble here! The fighters roll with the hold and Araujo manages to kick Mills off! Mills jumps back into Araujo's guard. Mills is in close to Araujo's body, working some short punches and elbows. Mills has decided he wants to stand but the closed guard of Araujo is proving hard to escape from. Mills working some strikes from top position. Mills scoring with some ground and pound. Araujo wants to stand but Mills is controlling the position. Mills connects with a couple of short punches. Mills landing some decent shots from guard. Mills with a nice head shot there. Mills gets to his feet and steps away from his opponent. Mills looks for a takedown. He's got it. We're now in half guard.
That's two minutes gone in the round. The two fighters exchange a few words. I couldn't hear what they were saying but maybe it's more fun if you make it up yourself. Mills connects with a nice short shot to Araujo's temple. Mills is thinking about going for an arm triangle but he can't free his leg.
Mills lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt. Mills winds up and cracks Araujo with a swinging punch to the side of the head. The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing. Araujo is looking to improve his position.
Mills is trying a forearm choke… I don't think that's going to do much at this level of the game.
This has been an exciting period of action! Araujo actively working from the bottom here. Nice strikes from Mills there. Araujo is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.
That's three minutes gone in the round. Mills scoring with strikes to the body and head. Mills seems to be taking a bit of a break to think of his next move. He lands a short punch in the meantime. The two fighters exchange a few words. I couldn't hear what they were saying but maybe it's more fun if you make it up yourself. Mills connects with a nice short shot to Araujo's temple. Nice strikes from Mills there. Ground and pound from Mills. Mills 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. Mills is working for a submission of some sort.
Mills working the head and body with strikes. Ground and pound from Mills. Mills in half guard on the top. He's looking for a kimura... He's got it locked and he's managed to free his trapped foot. Araujo tries to escape but it's on too tight and he has to tap! Great BJJ skills there from Mills!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:57 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Kimura). Hayden Mills!
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energy
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hype
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pop
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mgr
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FIGHT
RATING
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