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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Devil Anse Hatfield (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Joe Ruden (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both fighter's entrance songs getting the crowd jumping here.
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210 lbs
10 - 6 - 0 |
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215 lbs
21 - 13 - 0 |
Great wrestler
World class boxer
Cardio machine |
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World class MT
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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
10 - 6 - 0, fighting out of New York, Devil Anse Hatfield!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
21 - 13 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Joe Ruden!
The judges for this bout are Gwen Towbar, Alan Glass and Cecil Peabody.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Hatfield misses with a jab, cross combination.
Ruden gets the takedown into side control.
Hatfield is looking for a sweep.
An elbow from Ruden crashes against the mat.
Ruden throws a knee to the body but it doesn't do much damage.
Ruden controlling the position.
Ruden passes to full mount! That's big trouble for Hatfield!
Ruden misses with a head shot.
Hatfield is desperately trying to get back to half guard.
Hatfield wants to hold on but Ruden pushes him away.
Hatfield keeping his composure momentarily, calmly looking to get back to half guard.
Ruden lands with some strikes.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Hatfield really trying hard to get back to half guard here.
Hatfield wants to hold on but Ruden pushes him away.
Hatfield throwing hammer fists to the chest of Ruden. What's that going to do exactly?
Ruden can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Hatfield is looking to escape.
Hatfield sneaks a leg under to get to half guard.
Hatfield has hold of Ruden's hands but Ruden slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.
Hatfield works his way to full guard. Good work.
Hatfield is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
Ruden wants to control from the top but Hatfield keeps moving.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Ruden lands a couple of elbows.
Hatfield wants to sweep but no luck.
A real slowdown in the pace of the fight for a moment, as Hatfield holds on and takes a little breather.
Ruden in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Hatfield is adopting a defensive guard.
Ruden trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Hatfield keeping moving, preventing Ruden from controlling successfully.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ruden is fighting to break Hatfield's control of his arms but Hatfield is doing a good job of controlling the position at the moment.
It looks like the ref is thinking about a standup.
Hatfield is trying to control the position from the bottom.
The referee has stepped in and called for a break in the action. We'll restart on the feet.
Hatfield sizes up Ruden with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
It looks like Joe Ruden has been cut.
Ruden throws a body punch but Hatfield moves out of range.
Hatfield misses with a jab, cross combination.
Ruden misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Hatfield is looking to score with low kicks.
Ruden shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Ruden blocks a jab.
Hatfield lands a nice hook to Ruden's body. Ruden takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Hatfield swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Ruden takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
Hatfield works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Hatfield throws a leg kick but Ruden checks it.
Ruden throws a head kick but Hatfield moves out of range.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Hatfield throws a low kick, looking for Ruden's leg but Ruden calmly moves out of range.
Ruden misses with a body shot.
Hatfield comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Hatfield scores with a decent looking hook.
Hatfield misses with a hook.
Ruden steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Hatfield.
Sloppy strikes from Hatfield. Those never looked like landing.
Ruden takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Hatfield throws a right and a left that both miss.
Ruden checks a leg kick.
Ruden with the counter takedown but Hatfield avoids it easily.
Ruden avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Ruden looking for a takedown here - he's got it.
Hatfield tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Hatfield working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Ruden.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close round but I would say that Devil Anse Hatfield will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Joe Ruden'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.
Hatfield lands the left hand.
Hatfield shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Hatfield fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
A right-left combo lands from Hatfield.
Ruden scores with a takedown into Hatfield's guard.
Ruden avoids a guillotine attempt easily.
Hatfield trying to control the position.
Joe Ruden has got the better of the ground game so far.
Ruden landing with the ground and pound.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Hatfield is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
Hatfield is doing well to control the posture of his opponent and prevent any damage.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Hatfield is looking for a guillotine. You can't force these things though and Ruden defends well.
Ruden scoring with punches to the head and body.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Ruden preventing the sweep.
Hatfield keeping moving, preventing Ruden from controlling successfully.
Ruden is working Hatfield over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes.
Ruden lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.
Hatfield seems keen to control Ruden's posture.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Ruden wants to control from the top but Hatfield keeps moving.
Hatfield utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Ruden lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.
Hatfield doesn't do any damage with a couple of strikes from the bottom.
Hatfield preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Hatfield has momentary wrist control but Ruden slips an elbow through the middle.
Hatfield pulls Ruden in close to prevent any damage.
Hatfield avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Hatfield is adopting a defensive guard.
The referee has decided to stand the fighters back up, so we'll restart on the feet.
Hatfield tries to bum rush Ruden with a series of wild strikes but Ruden uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Ruden changes levels for a counter takedown but doesn't follow through with his attempt.
A big left from Hatfield misses.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hatfield stuffs a takedown. It's all about dictating where the fight takes place and Hatfield wants it to stay on the feet.
Hatfield misses with the combination.
Ruden stuffs the takedown.
Hatfield misses with a hook.
A low kick from Ruden is predictable there
and Hatfield counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Hatfield lands a slapping body shot.
Ruden looks to land a body kick but Hatfield moved away.
Hatfield shoots in but Ruden avoids the takedown attempt easily.
Ruden throws a sloppy head kick
enabling Hatfield to counter with a crisp jab.
Ruden is breathing heavily.
Ruden takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
That has opened up Joe Ruden's cut even more.
Ruden misses with a leg kick.
Ruden ducks right into an uppercut from Hatfield.
Ruden scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Hatfield throws a jab when Ruden was well out of range.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Ruden looks for the body kick but Hatfield saw that one coming.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Ruden showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Hatfield.
Ruden changes levels for a counter takedown but doesn't follow through with his attempt.
It looks like Hatfield has been trying to sharpen up his punching technique, as it looks crisper than last time we saw him.
Ruden just misses with a punch to the body.
A jab from Ruden does it's job there.
Ruden walks into a stiff left hand from Hatfield.
Hatfield chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Ruden can pounce on him.
Ruden fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Hatfield on the side of the head.
Hatfield uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Ruden.
Ruden cracks Hatfield with an open hand slap.
Ruden lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Ruden swings widly with a right hand
and Hatfield counters with a stiff right hand.
Hatfield fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Ruden on the side of the head.
Hatfield lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Ruden circles away quickly and effectively.
Ruden throws a looping overhand right but Hatfield ducks down to avoid it.
Hatfield scores a trip takedown into side control. Nice.
Hatfield working away diligently from side control. Landing strikes effectively there - that will score him some points on the judges scorecards.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Devil Anse Hatfield dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Joe Ruden's cut.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action. And we move into the final round!
Ruden decides to change it up a bit and drives through with a nice takedown into half guard.
Hatfield trying to control here.
Ruden is looking for a kimura here.
Hatfield is working for an escape here. He's hooked one of Ruden's legs and he's managed to sneak out and take Ruden's back!
Ruden staying busy and making it hard for Hatfield to control.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Ruden rolls, trying to escape but Hatfield keeps control of the position.
Ruden just trying to survive but Hatfield is wriggling into a better position, looking to finish.
Ruden takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Hatfield scores with some strikes to the side of the head there. Good, points scoring shots.
Hatfield punishes Ruden with strikes from the back mount.
Hatfield is working hard for the rear naked choke here.
Hatfield scores with punches and elbows.
Joe Ruden'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 Joe Ruden's cut. Oh no, the doctor has called an end to the bout!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:42 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Cut). Devil Anse Hatfield!
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energy
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hype
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pop
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mgr
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RATING
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