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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Hollywood Hogan (ranked 2718 p4p, 280 weight class) and Eli Jones (ranked 4084 p4p, 423 weight class). Hogan comes to the cage accompanied by His personal NWO theme song. Hollywood Hogan has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?
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285 lbs
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260 lbs
5 - 1 - 0 |
Good takedowns
Brawler
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BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent boxer
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the heavyweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
4 - 0 - 0, fighting out of New York, Hollywood Hogan!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
5 - 1 - 0, fighting out of New York, Eli Jones!
The judges for this bout are Chad Campbell, Alyssa Summers and Jonathan Paton.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Jones catches Hogan with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
Hogan shoots in and bounces Jones off the cage to secure the takedown into guard.
Hogan lands a couple of digs.
Hogan engaging in some classic timewasting tactics.
Jones not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
Hogan looking to control the position here, rather than advance.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Hogan accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Jones is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
Hogan landing with the ground and pound.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Hogan stopping the sweep attempt from Jones.
Jones working a defensive guard but Hogan passes into half guard.
Jones trying to hold on to Hogan's head to control him but Hogan postures up.
Jones really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Hogan. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Hogan lands a big shot. The thud that echoes around the arena is like music to the fans' ears.
Hogan with a momentary lay and pray from half guard.
Ground and pound from Hogan.
Jones wants to control but Hogan is keeping busy and won't allow it.
Hogan perhaps working for something from half guard, or maybe not. It looks like he's just sitting there.
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. Hogan connects with a nice short shot to Jones's temple.
Hogan is trying a forearm choke… I don't think that's going to do much at this level of the game.
Hogan 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.
Hogan with a momentary lay and pray from half guard.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Jones wants to get back to full guard.
Jones is working for an escape here. He's hooked one of Hogan's legs and he's managed to sneak out and take Hogan's back!
Jones is trying to stick to Hogan's back but Hogan is turning into Jones. He's managed to reverse the position - now he's in Jones's guard. Polite applause from the crowd in appreciation of some nice Jiu Jitsu by Hogan.
Hogan postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.
Hogan slows down the pace of the fight for a moment. He'll need to remain active if he doesn't want to see the fight stood back up.
Hogan content to strike from guard, landing some decent shots.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Jones is trying to control the position but Hogan postures up.
Hogan passes Jones's right leg, so he's now in half guard.
Hogan is looking to advance position but Jones won't allow it.
Hogan working some ground and pound from close in. He's looking to maintain this position and strike for a while by the looks of things... although he'll probably advance to full mount in a minute now I've said that.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hogan looks over to his corner - he wants some instructions but his corner are not responding.
Hogan lands with a punch from half guard.
Hogan content to control rather than advance.
Jones trying to control from the bottom.
Neither fighter is being very active at the moment, with Hogan in particular looking to stall.
Hogan lands strikes from half guard.
Hogan is taking a breather. Jones says something to him but it's hard to make out. Perhaps he's telling him to get on with it and actually do something.
Jones trying to control but Hogan postures up.
Hogan slows the pace down in half guard.
Hogan is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Jones is pressing down on Hogan's left leg trying to get back to full guard. He's managed it.
Hogan working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of Jones's head.
Hogan looking to pass the guard.
Hogan controls from within his opponent's guard.
Hogan stands and throws Jones's legs to the side, diving into side control.
Jones tries to control the position but he's not in luck - Hogan easily slips into full mount!
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Hogan lands a shot to the body, followed up by a shot to the exposed head of his trapped opponent.
Hogan tucks in and makes sure he doesn't lose the dominant position.
Hogan with good strikes from the mount here!
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Hollywood Hogan dominated that round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!
Jones shuffles to his left behind two crisp jabs. Hogan eats them both and turns towards Jones to reposition himself and eats a stinging right hand-left hook combo.
It looks like Hollywood Hogan has been cut.
Jones scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Jones lands a jab to the nose.
Jones drops Hogan with a straight right hand, right on the button! Jones follows him down to the mat and pounds him out with hammerfists until the referee jumps in to end the fight!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:18 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Eli Jones!
Eli Jones is the new heavyweight champion!
Hollywood Hogan spoke after the fight, saying 'Hollywood will be back. (Walks away and kicks a few chairs and taunts the crowd on his way out)'.
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RATING
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