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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Long Hung Dong (ranked 2199 p4p, 285 weight class) and Didi Hamman (ranked 2964 p4p, 353 weight class). Didi Hamman has the eye of the tiger tonight.
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180 lbs
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187 lbs
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Good wrestling
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
6 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Long Hung Dong!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
9 - 10 - 0, fighting out of New York, Didi Hamman!
The judges for this bout are Robert Twigg, Frank Dennis and Chris Downing.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Hamman closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the ropes.
Hamman looking to throw knees to the head but Dong is blocking nicely.
Dong lands a left hand.
I was talking to Dong's coach per-fight and he was telling me that they'd been working on the clinch in the runup to this fight.
Dong cracks Hamman with a nice body shot.
Hamman throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Dong blocks it with crossed arms.
Hamman misses with a knee strike.
Dong lands a shot to the body.
Dong pushes Hamman back against the ropes and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Dong lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Hamman or not.
Dong on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Hamman scores with a shoulder strike.
Hamman tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Dong avoids it.
Dong working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Hamman lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the ropes.
Knees to the body from Hamman.
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!
Dong swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Dong lands a hook to the side of the head.
Dong is leaning against Hamman and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Dong works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Dong struggles to land a body shot inside as Hamman controls his hands.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Hamman is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Dong is defending well for now.
Dong lands a shoulder strike.
Hamman throws a knee to the head but misses.
Dong misses with a punch to the body.
Dong working aggressively here.
Dong lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Hamman throws a head punch that misses.
Hamman throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Dong blocks it with crossed arms.
Hamman using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Dong has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Dong jumps guard but his hands slip and he falls flat on his back. Well, he's made himself look a right mug there, as Hamman walks away with a smile on his face. Dong gets slowly back to his feet and shakes his head.
Hamman tries to clinch up.
Hamman gets a clinch.
Hamman swings wildly with an uppercut but Dong uses good head movement to avoid it.
A nice right hand lands inside from Dong.
Hamman using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Dong has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Dong doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Hamman misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Dong.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hamman looking to throw knees to the head but Dong is blocking nicely.
Hamman missing with knees to the body.
Dong misses with a punch to the body.
Dong can't find room to land a body shot as Hamman controls the action.
Dong tries a body shot but Hamman blocks it.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Hamman swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Hamman misses with a knee to the head.
Hamman blocks the elbow strike.
Hamman throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Dong blocks it with crossed arms.
Dong on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Hamman tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Dong avoids it.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Hamman as Dong tries to tie him up.
Dong has a couple of punches blocked by Hamman.
Hamman throws a knee to the head but misses.
Dong lands with a right to the head.
Dong stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
A knee to the head by Hamman.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hamman throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Dong blocks it with crossed arms.
Dong lands a left hand.
Dong taking a breather.
A left hand lands to the body for Dong.
Hamman looks winded!
Dong tries to work over Hamman's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Dong tries a body shot but Hamman blocks it.
Dong avoiding damage as Hamman throws knees to the body.
Dong stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Hamman misses with a knee strike.
Hamman misses with a knee to the head.
Hamman is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Dong is defending well for now.
Dong stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Dong tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Hamman goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Dong tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Dong on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Dong scores with a shot to the side of Hamman's head.
Dong jumps guard but Hamman stands there with Dong around his waist. Dong gives up and drops back to his feet. We remain in the clinch.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Dong misses with a punch to the body.
Dong lands with a short shot to the head.
Hamman trying to land knees to the body.
Dong stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
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!
Dong is clearly stalling here... Pick up the pace son.
Dong lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Hamman blocks a body shot from Dong.
A right hand to the body from Dong.
Hamman scores a nice knee to the body.
Hamman with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Hamman misses with a knee strike.
Hamman with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Dong on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Hamman tries to land knees in the clinch but Dong avoids the damage to the body.
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 Long Hung Dong will probably get the nod.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!
Hamman doesn't succeed with the takedown
and Dong counters with a slapping leg kick.
Hamman looks to clinch
and Dong counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.
Hamman throws a low kick but Dong moves out of range easily.
Dong throws a big counter combination but Hamman scrambles out of danger and avoids any damage.
Hamman needs to keep his hands up - Dong had a free shot at his head there.
Dong throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Hamman fails to land the takedown.
Hamman is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Hamman tries to clinch but Dong moves out of range.
Dong wants to land a leg kick but Hamman is out of range.
Dong lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
Didi Hamman seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Dong lands with a thumping leg kick.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Dong throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Hamman darts in trying to clinch
and Dong finishes the little exchange by landing a big kick to the body.
Hamman throws a solid leg kick but Dong takes the impact on his shin and smiles at Hamman.
Hamman takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Hamman moves into the clinch.
Good body shot from Dong.
Hamman is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Dong is defending well for now.
Dong is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Hamman can do to turn this around?
Dong pushes Hamman back against the ropes and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Dong lands a nice shot to the body.
Hamman is breathing heavily.
Dong managing to block the knees to the body from Hamman.
Hamman is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Dong is defending well for now.
Dong on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Hamman missing with knees to the body.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Dong doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Hamman misses with a knee strike.
Hamman tries to land knees in the clinch but Dong avoids the damage to the body.
A left hand lands to the body for Dong.
Hamman tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Dong avoids it.
Hamman missing with knees to the body.
Dong lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Hamman backwards.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Dong cracks Hamman with a nice body shot.
Dong is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Hamman is keeping busy.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Dong.
Dong has a couple of punches blocked by Hamman.
Dong lands a hook to the side of the head.
Dong misses with a body punch.
Dong blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Hamman throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Dong has not gone for a single takedown so far in this fight, which seems like a very strange tactic when you consider that he has the superior wrestling and BJJ.
Dong managing to block the knees to the body from Hamman.
Long Hung Dong has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Hamman is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Dong is defending well for now.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
A nice right hand lands inside from Dong.
Hamman prevents a body shot from Dong.
Dong on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Dong on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
A short right from Dong on the inside.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Dong.
Dong goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Dong misses with a hook to the ribs.
The referee calls for Dong to work.
Dong pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Hamman throws a sloppy body shot
and Dong finishes the little exchange by landing a big kick to the body.
A decent looking cross lands there for Dong.
Hamman is rocked!
Dong lands a nice looking body kick.
Hamman is still on wobbly legs! Can Dong finish him?
Dong sees an opening and throws a straight punch right through Hamman's defenses. It connects perfectly with Hamman's jaw and knocks him out cold! Wow - that's a contender for knockout of the year - absolutely brutal!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:55 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Long Hung Dong!
During a confident post fight interview, Long Hung Dong thanked all his fans. He seemed very genuine when describing how motivated his fans keep him.
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energy
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hype
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pop
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mgr
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FIGHT
RATING
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