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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Dan Skog (ranked 2017 p4p, 217 weight class) and Paha Hemmo (ranked 2425 p4p, 246 weight class). Paha Hemmo acknowledges the crowd's support as he enters the cage.
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Good wrestling
World class boxer
Insanely flexible |
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World class MT
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
17 - 12 - 0, fighting out of New York, Dan Skog!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
23 - 16 - 1, fighting out of New York, Paha Hemmo!
The judges for this bout are Alan Glass, Tiny Johnson and Gwen Towbar.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Hemmo gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
A bone on bone clash there as Hemmo blocks the leg kick.
Skog darts in and lands a nice takedown into half guard.
Skog misses with a head shot. Hemmo uses the momentum to regain guard.
Skog passes easily into side control. Nice work.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Skog throwing strikes but Hemmo manages to buck up and roll into a nice reversal - now he's on top in side control!
Skog wants to control but Hemmo postures up.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Skog tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Skog manages to get one leg in to regain half guard.
Skog makes his way to full guard. A much better position for Skog.
Skog is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.
Skog takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.
Skog seems content to maintain position for now, rather than mounting any offense.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hemmo keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Skog missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
Skog wants to control but Hemmo is keeping him busy.
Skog looks to score some points with some ground and pound.
Skog is trying to control the action in half guard but Hemmo is working away on the bottom, looking perhaps to get back to full guard.
Skog moves into full mount! Hemmo won't be happy about that!
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Skog wants to control the pace but Hemmo is squirming around nicely.
Skog looking to ground and pound his opponent to a finish here.
Skog lands a nice shot to the head.
Skog with good strikes from the mount here!
It looks like Paha Hemmo has been cut.
Hemmo regains half guard.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Skog tries to pass the half guard into mount. Hemmo knows what he's doing though and prevents the attempt.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Skog thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Hemmo's head.
Skog scores with a couple of good hammerfists.
Hemmo is refusing to be controlled, as Skog sits in half guard.
Hemmo is pressing down on Skog's left leg trying to get back to full guard. He's managed it.
Skog works over Hemmo with some ground and pound from guard.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Skog postures up in Hemmo's guard and throws a big left but Hemmo blocks it.
Skog trying to control but Hemmo is working from the bottom.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Dan Skog dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Paha Hemmo's cut.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!
Skog misses with a body kick.
Hemmo is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
Hemmo takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
Hemmo looking for a takedown here - he's got it.
Skog is trying to control the position from the bottom.
Skog wants to control but Hemmo passes easily into half guard.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
The fighters are battling for position here. Skog manages to regain full guard. Nice work.
Hemmo postures up.
Skog looking for a sweep. Not yet Skog, not yet.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Skog is trying to control the position but Hemmo postures up.
Hemmo scores with a decent looking elbow strike.
Hemmo stopping the sweep attempt from Skog.
Hemmo throws a big elbow that misses.
Skog has control of Hemmo's left arm, preventing Hemmo from doing any damage.
Hemmo postures up.
Skog looking to sweep using the butterfly guard but Hemmo puts pay to that idea as he passes nicely into half guard.
Skog wants to get back to full guard but Hemmo has mounted him!
Skog tries to hold on but Hemmo postures up.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hemmo putting on the heat here with some good ground and pound!
Hemmo landing strikes from the mount and Skog is in trouble!
Skog manages to regain half guard. Good work.
Skog has no desire to be mounted, so is trying to control. Hemmo is working away from the top position though.
Skog is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
Skog manages to get to full guard.
Hemmo working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Skog manages to sweep nicely, so he's now on top. Hemmo manages to get himself to full guard.
Hemmo is striking but Skog is not phased and passes to half guard.
Skog is figuring out what he wants to do next.
The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. Skog lands a nice short elbow.
Skog is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Hemmo can do to turn this around?
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Skog is looking to stall here but Hemmo recovers full guard.
Skog is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
Hemmo keeping moving, preventing Skog from controlling successfully.
Hemmo can't keep his opponent in guard - Skog advances to half guard, no doubt looking to mount.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Skog takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close second round but Paha Hemmo will probably get the nod - 10:9.
The cut man is working on Paha Hemmo'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. This is the final round!
Skog missing with a left hand there. Hemmo was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Hemmo misses with a takedown
and Skog cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Hemmo's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Skog connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Hemmo scrambles back to his feet.
Skog connects with a body shot that sends Hemmo's belly button to the back.
Hemmo gets a clinch.
Hemmo gets double underhooks and manages to take the fight to the ground.
Skog wants to sweep here but Hemmo controlling him for the moment.
Skog will have to put a bit more behind his punches if he's going to do any damage from this position.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Skog is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.
Hemmo postures up.
Skog looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Skog is striking off his back. Hemmo thinks nothing of it though and passes easily into half guard.
Skog is looking to improve his position.
Hemmo looks to score some points with some ground and pound.
Skog makes his way to full guard. A much better position for Skog.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Skog is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.
Skog prevents Hemmo from improving his position.
Hemmo blocking the ground and pound attempt from Skog.
Skog with the ground and pound but Hemmo uses the opportunity to regain guard.
Skog postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.
Hemmo has a butterfly guard looking to sweep but Skog has passed into side control.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Skog throws a strike aimed at the side of Hemmo's head but Hemmo avoids it well.
Hemmo is looking to get back to his feet here but Skog is keeping cool and he's managed to take Hemmo's back.
Skog keeps control of the position as Hemmo tries to break free.
Skog has his opponent trapped and is landing shots. Not a good position for Hemmo.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Skog trying to control momentarily.
Skog is throwing strikes from the back here. Oh that last one was to the back of the head. Skog gets a warning from the referee. He throws another strike to the back of the head straight away though and the referee has seen enough. He breaks up the two fighters and stands them back up. Skog gets a real talking to here and is lucky not to get a point deducted. Skog apologises and we restart here on the feet.
Skog throws a quick inside leg kick.
Dan Skog seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Skog misses with a hook. Hemmo ducked under it nicely.
Hemmo avoids the body shot from Skog.
Hemmo with the counter takedown but Skog avoids it easily.
Hemmo throws a hook but Skog blocks it.
Skog scores with a body shot.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Hemmo misses with a straight left.
Skog throws a looping overhand right but Hemmo ducks down to avoid it.
Skog throws a head kick that misses.
And that's the end of the fight!
Dan Skog showed his dominance in that final round.
I think Skog has won this one but let's see what the judges have to say. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Alan Glass scores the fight 29:28
Judge Tiny Johnson scores the fight 29:28
Judge Gwen Towbar scores the fight 29:28
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Dan Skog!
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energy
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hype
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