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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Ronnie Hepple (ranked 328 p4p, 49 weight class) and Hank Roy (ranked 1862 p4p, 266 weight class). Roy has chosen Heat of the Moment as his entrance music, which hasn't gone down very well with the crowd. These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.
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187 lbs
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177 lbs
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Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
Insanely flexible |
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BJJ White Belt
Excellent MT
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the welterweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
5 - 0 - 0, fighting out of London, Ronnie Hepple!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
7 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Hank Roy!
The judges for this bout are Taro Takaoka, Ren Mimura and Tatsuya Matsuyama.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Roy on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
Roy fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Some wild striking there from Roy.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Roy slips a jab and a cross from Hepple.
Roy throws out a counter right but Hepple avoids it with no problem.
Roy on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
Roy doesn't manage to clinch there - Hepple circles away.
Ronnie Hepple seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Hepple connects with a looping right hand.
A jab lands there for Hepple.
Hepple cracks Roy with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
Hepple lands a slapping body shot.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Hepple jabs at Roy's body.
Hepple lands with a right hand.
Roy bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Hepple takes a swing at Roy's ribcage but misses.
The fighters circling - Roy throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Hepple misses with a combination
and Roy cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Hepple fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Roy manages to avoid it.
Hepple lands with a nice body punch.
Hepple lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Roy at a distance.
Roy avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
That's one minute gone in the round.
A looping hook to the body misses from Roy. Hepple does a little dance to reset his feet.
Hepple has been working on his boxing with his coaches at Arm Breakers/BJJ in the buildup to the fight.
Hepple scores with a decent looking hook.
Roy moves out of range of the strikes.
Roy bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Roy is loading up here, looking for a big counter of his own.
Hepple lands with a straight right. Roy didn't see that one coming.
Hepple misses with a straight right.
Roy is clearly trying to counter these attacks from Hepple with a body shot.
Hepple lands a nice shot that snaps Roy's head back.
Roy takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
Hepple connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Hepple is really peppering his opponent's head with punches.
Hepple moves into range and connects with a jab.
Hepple throws a jab but it's blocked by Roy.
Roy has done a lot of speed work in the buildup to this fight.
Roy swings for the body but Hepple moves out of range.
Roy throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Hepple sees it coming and avoids it easily.
An attempted straight right counter from Hepple misses the target.
Roy throws out a powerful jab.
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!
Roy ducks right into an uppercut from Hepple.
Roy's jab looks to have found its range, popping Hepple under the eye.
Hepple's corner calls for a 1, 2 combination and Hepple duly obliges.
Roy looks to throw the jab but Hepple is out of range.
Roy misses with a jab, cross combination.
Roy gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Roy dodges the punch combination from Hepple.
Hepple jabs Roy to the body, keeping him at a distance.
Roy just misses with a punch to the body.
A jab from Hepple misses.
Hepple misses the jab.
Hepple misses with a straight right.
Roy waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Hepple.
Roy slips a jab and a cross from Hepple.
Hepple cracks Roy with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
Hepple misses with a wild combination.
Roy has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Hepple finds it's way round the side to connect with Roy's head.
A slow jab from Roy misses its intended target.
Hepple swings for the body but Roy moves out of range.
Hepple slips under a jab from Roy.
Roy throws a hook to the side of Hepple's head but Hepple sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Hepple uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hepple moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Hepple looks to throw the jab but Roy is out of range.
Hepple lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
A looping hook to the body misses from Roy. Hepple does a little dance to reset his feet.
Roy tries to move into range but Hepple moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
Hepple fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Roy on the side of the head.
Hepple fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Roy manages to avoid it.
Roy looks to throw the jab but Hepple is out of range.
Hepple avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
A telegraphed right hand from Roy misses the target.
Hepple takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
Hepple scores with a punch to the head.
Hepple throws out a loose jab but Roy uses good head movement to avoid it.
Hepple fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Roy looks like he wants to counter punch here.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Good standup being displayed there by Hepple as he connects with a hook.
Roy ducks under a wild hook from Hepple.
Hepple is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Roy.
Roy ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Roy throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Hepple loads up on a big right hand but Roy slips the punch.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Hepple takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
A combination from Roy does no damage.
Hepple thows a left - swing and a miss!
Roy lands with a nice body punch.
Hepple throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Roy counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Hepple staying out of range there.
A jab from Hepple finds it's way through Roy's defenses.
Hepple connects with the punch.
Hepple defending well as Roy loads up on a big left hand.
Hepple swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Hepple is really head hunting here, hardly looking to strike to the body at all.
A swing and a miss from Roy.
Hepple blocks a jab.
Roy misses with a straight right.
Roy takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Hepple moves out of range of the strikes.
Hepple connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
Hepple lands the left hand.
Hepple throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Hepple feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Roys jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Ronnie Hepple dominated that round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!
Hepple uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Roy.
Hepple lands with a shot to the body.
Hepple gets cracked there but stands up to it.
Roy scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
Roy throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Hepple stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Roy avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
A cross from Hepple lands.
Hepple lands with a right hand.
Hepple connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Roy's hands.
Roy moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
Hepple lands a jab, followed by a cross and another cross, as Roy backs up against the cage.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Roy throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Hepple sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Hepple lands a jab to Roy's midsection.
A looping hook to the body misses from Roy. Hepple does a little dance to reset his feet.
Hepple looks to land a left hand but Roy moved out of range nicely.
Roy staying out of range there.
Hepple takes a swing at Roy's ribcage but misses.
Hepple lands a body shot.
Hepple uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Roy.
A counter left hand to the body from Hepple misses its target.
Roy takes one on the chin but seems OK.
Ronnie Hepple is winning the standup battle so far.
That's one minute gone in the round.
A decent looking cross lands there for Hepple.
Roy missing with a left hand there. Hepple was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Roy throws a hook to the side of Hepple's head but Hepple sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Roy misses with a wild body shot.
Roy cracks Hepple with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
Roy bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Roy takes a body punch but keeps moving.
A big right from Hepple misses.
Roy swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Roy lands with a hook. Hepple tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
Roy throws a jab when Hepple was well out of range.
Roy looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
Hepple is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Roy can do to turn this around?
Roy takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Hepple swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Roy is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Hepple.
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Hepple, as that shot connected.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Hepple misses with an uppercut. Roy saw that one coming.
Roy lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Hepple paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hepple avoids the body shot from Roy.
Hepple tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Roy was well out of range. Poor timing from Hepple.
Hepple lands a jab to the nose.
Hepple ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Roy moves away.
Roy misses with a hook. Hepple ducked under it nicely.
Hepple lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
Roy moves out of range of the strikes.
A jab from Roy misses.
Roy ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Hepple throws a body punch but Roy moves out of range.
Roy has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
Hepple throws a shot from downtown. Roy moves away and avoids it.
Roy shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Hepple waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Roy.
Roy is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Hepple.
Hepple misses with the combination.
A looping hook to the body misses from Roy. Hepple does a little dance to reset his feet.
Roy takes one to the chin there.
Roy misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hepple throws a left and a right that both miss
and Roy counters with a stiff right hand.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Roy.
A jab from Roy misses.
Roy misses with a straight left.
Hepple misses with the combination.
Hepple uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Roy.
Hepple slips a jab from Roy.
Hepple throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Roy sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Roy throws a body punch but Hepple moves out of range.
Hepple was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
Hepple throws a jab when Roy was well out of range.
Roy digs a good body shot into Hepple's ribs.
Nice defenses there by Hepple.
Hepple ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
A telegraphed right hand from Hepple misses the target.
Hepple misses with a wild body shot.
Hepple cracks Roy with a good jab.
A big right from Hepple misses.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Hepple throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Roy uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Hepple.
Hepple cracks Roy with a good jab.
Nice uppercut there from Hepple.
Hepple misses with a right hand
and Roy counters with a left to the body.
Roy takes one on the chin but seems OK.
Jab, jab by Hepple - just one landing.
Roy looks to land a right hand but Hepple moved out of range.
Roy misses with an uppercut. Hepple saw that one coming.
Hepple misses with the combination.
Roy is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Hepple.
Hepple was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
Roy connects with a body shot.
Roy throws the left hand but Hepple avoids the punch easily.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Roy jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Roy throws a body shot but no joy.
Hepple lands a head shot.
Roy throws a combination. Hepple tries to block but a couple of punches get through.
Hepple lands a jab to the nose.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Ronnie Hepple dominated that second round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.
Hepple throws a good cross that connects.
Roy avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
A little jabbing left from Roy on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Hepple's corner calls for a 1-2. Hepple obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
A slow jab from Hepple misses its intended target.
Roy scores with a jab to the body.
Hepple misses the jab.
A countering left hand to the body from Roy misses.
Roy throws a lazy right hand but Hepple sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Roy dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Roy throws a hook but Hepple avoids it easily.
Hepple with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Roy to score with a decent uppercut.
Roy looks to score with a jab to the body but Hepple is just out of range.
Roy looks to land a left hand but Hepple moved out of range nicely.
Roy scores with a jab to the jaw.
Roy keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Roy looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Hepple lands a glancing blow to the side of Roy's head.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Roy throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Hepple throws a right and a left that Roy avoids nicely.
Hepple uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Roy.
Decent striking displayed by Hepple there.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Hepple takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
Roy moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
Hepple throws the left hand but Roy avoids the punch easily.
Hepple moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Hepple lands with a hook. Roy tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
Roy throws a jab but it's blocked by Hepple.
A jab from Roy does it's job there.
Hepple lands a right hook to the body.
Hepple throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Roy sees it coming and avoids it easily.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Roy! But no joy.
Roy lands with a good body shot.
Roy blocks a jab.
Hepple misses with a wild body shot.
It seemed like Roy was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Roy takes a swing at Hepple's ribcage but misses.
Hepple takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Hepple throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Roy sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Roy ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Hepple uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Roy.
Hepple uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Roy.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hepple connects with a single shot there.
Hepple jabs at Roy's body.
Roy throws a hook to the side of Hepple's head but Hepple sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Roy blocks a jab.
Roy moves out of range as Hepple strikes.
Nice shot by Hepple.
Hepple lands a jab, followed by a cross and another cross, as Roy backs up against the cage.
Hepple misses with a lunging right hand
letting Roy counter with a right hand.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Hepple swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Nice shot by Roy.
Roy uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Hepple.
Roy throws a lazy right hand but Hepple sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Hepple avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Hepple was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
Hepple throws a looping overhand right but Roy ducks down to avoid it.
Jab by Hepple.
Hepple keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Roy.
A jab lands there for Hepple.
A jab from Hepple finds it's way through Roy's defenses.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Roy thows a left - swing and a miss!
Roy misses with a hook. Hepple ducked under it nicely.
Hepple takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
Roy misses with a two punch combination.
Hepple ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Roy moves away.
Roy misses with a hook. Hepple ducked under it nicely.
A jab from Roy misses.
Hepple misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Roy.
A jab lands there for Hepple.
Roy swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Roy fails with an attempt to clinch.
Nice shot lands for Hepple.
Hepple drops his hands momentarily and Roy takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
Hepple slips a jab and a cross from Roy.
Hepple tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Roy was well out of range. Poor timing from Hepple.
Roy looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Hepple dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Hepple uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Roy.
A quick step to the side and Hepple tries to counter with a shot to the body but it doesn't connect.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Hepple misses with a looping right.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Roy lands a nice shot to the body.
Hepple stalks Roy and leaps in with a furious combination of punches. Uppercuts and crosses smash into Roy's face. Roy staggers backwards, shaken.
Roy on the wrong end of a nice jab.
Hepple tries to move into range but Roy moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
Hepple misses with a body shot.
Hepple cracks Roy with an open hand slap.
A lazy left from Roy finds it's target.
Hepple lands with a hook. Roy tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
Roy ducks under a wild hook from Hepple.
Hepple jabs. That one connects to the head of his opponent.
Roy lands a head shot.
Hepple is rocked!
Hepple throws a poor cross that misses
and Roy counters with a crisp right that sends Hepple to the canvas! Roy follows up with punches from the mount and this one is all over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:45 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Hank Roy!
Hank Roy is the new welterweight champion!
Hank Roy decided to thank the fans in attendance for making a great atmosphere. It seemed to go down pretty well.
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