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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Ken Hamhock (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Axel Steele (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Axel Steele will no doubt be looking to use his reach advantage to good effect.
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175 cm
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200 lbs
1 - 1 - 0 |
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197 cm
25
221 lbs
0 - 0 - 0 |
Decent wrestler
Brawler
Good chin |
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Good wrestler
Great elbows
Solid chin |
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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
1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Ken Hamhock! And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner. With a record of
0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Axel Steele! The judges for this bout are Ron Honeybunn, John Mangel and Ben Watson.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway! Steele clinches with his opponent.
Steele effectively controlling the action here. Steele leaning against his opponent.
Hamhock blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Steele lands a nice elbow. Steele misses with a punch on the inside.
Steele struggles to land a body shot inside as Hamhock controls his hands.
Steele throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Hamhock has hold of a leg and is looking for a trip takedown. Steele avoids it nicely though and we remain in the clinch. Steele holding his opponent close, against the cage.
Hamhock goes for a takedown in the clinch but Steele prevents it.
Hamhock is working on a leg, looking for a takedown but Steele is defending well. That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Ken Hamhock. That's going to take a lot out of him. We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up. Steele is pushing Hamhock up against the cage, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word. Steele stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.
Steele looks to throw an elbow but misses.
That's one minute gone in the round. Steele is stalling here. The referee will be looking to step in if he doesn't pick up the pace. A head punch on the inside from Steele fails to land. Steele manages to get underhooks and slows down the pace for a moment.
Hamhock blocks an elbow strike from Steele.
Hamhock is looking to take this one to the mat. Hamhock tries to stall but Steele uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Steele tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage. Hamhock avoids the elbow strike from Steele, against the cage.
Steele gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head. Some stalling of biblical proportions here from Steele. Hamhock drops to a knee looking for a takedown but Steele gets the underhooks and prevents it.
Hamhock turns his back and goes for a hip toss. It's a bit messy but it gets the job done and Hamhock manages to end up in side control.
That's two minutes gone in the round. Steele is putting a lot of effort into getting back to his feet here. Hamhock is pausing for a moment. What's he doing? It looks like he's clearing his nose. Oh dude! He's shot a load of snot all down Steele's shoulder. That is not cool. Steele wants to get back to his feet. Hamhock grinds an elbow into Steele's temple. Steele can't do much from the bottom here. Steele takes an elbow right on the bridge of the nose and winces in pain.
Hamhock 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. Steele bucks up and tries to throw Hamhock off but instead Hamhock has got his back! Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd. Steele takes a big shot to the side of the head.
Hamhock has the hooks in and he's looking for a rear naked choke here. Steele is defending well but eventually Hamhock manages to get an arm under the chin and he's locked on the RNC! Steele has no choice but to tap now! He does! This one is all over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:56 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (RNC). Ken Hamhock!
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energy
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hype
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pop
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mgr
A | B |
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FIGHT
RATING
39% |
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