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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Lance Tiggs (ranked 3577 p4p, 364 weight class) and Hassan Hamad (ranked 7153 p4p, 527 weight class). Both these guys have solid standup skills and neither is particularly fantastic on the ground, so let's hope for a nice standup war!
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265 lbs
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220 lbs
0 - 1 - 0 |
BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Cuts easily |
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Excellent MT
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Lance Tiggs!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of New York, Hassan Hamad!
The judges for this bout are Shigeki Sano, Kenichi Hosakawa and Yukihiro Yamamoto.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Tiggs moves in looking to clinch but Hamad pushes him off.
Hamad lands with a straight right. Tiggs didn't see that one coming.
Hamad sizes up Tiggs with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
Hamad steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Tiggs.
Tiggs tries to land a leg kick but Hamad saw it coming and moves away.
Hamad thumps Tiggs with a low kick.
Hamad moves into range and connects with a jab.
That kick from Hamad tenderised Tiggs's leg. Tiggs is trying to keep his angry face on.
Hamad feints and then cracks Tiggs's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Tiggs down.
A telegraphed right hand from Hamad misses the target.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Hamad darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
Tiggs misses with a series of wild punches.
Hamad pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Hamad lands a lovely overhand right.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Hamad misses with a left hand
and Tiggs counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Hamad clobbers Tiggs with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
Hamad slips a jab and a cross from Tiggs.
Hamad looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
A jab from Hamad misses.
Tiggs seem to be loading up, looking for a big counter.
Tiggs wants to clinch
and Hamad counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.
Hamad misses with an uppercut.
Hamad lands the left hand.
Tiggs throws an off balance right hand
and Hamad counters with a slapping leg kick.
Tiggs throws a series of punches but Hamad avoids them all with ease.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Tiggs lands where it shouldn't have, right in the... well, you know what he did? He kicked him in the penis. He's injured, injured bad. The referee sends both fighters to their corners and Hamad has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Hamad and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Hamad! But no joy.
A good leg kick by Hamad.
Hamad looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights.
Hamad keeps the fight on the outside.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Hamad! But no joy.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Tiggs drops his hands momentarily and Hamad takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
Decent striking displayed by Hamad there.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Hamad pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Tiggs is looking to counter with a shot to the body.
Hamad throws a hook to the side of Tiggs's head but Tiggs sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Hamad jabs at Tiggs's body.
Hamad lands a jab.
Hassan Hamad seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Hamad paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
Hamad throws a jab but it's blocked by Tiggs.
Tiggs looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
Hamad misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Tiggs.
Hamad missing with a left hand there. Tiggs was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Hamad is landing a lot of head punches in this opening round! Tiggs had better start moving his head a bit unless he wants his face to turn into pâté.
Hamad thows a left - swing and a miss!
Tiggs seem to be loading up, looking for a big counter.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Tiggs takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
Hamad dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Tiggs. That did some damage!
Tiggs throws a shot from downtown. Hamad moves away and avoids it.
Tiggs is looking to clinch but Hamad is avoiding it.
Hamad throws a nice inside leg kick.
Hamad scores with a hook to the body. Tiggs takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Tiggs slips a jab from Hamad.
Hamad stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
Hamad connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
A punch combination from Tiggs misses.
Tiggs falls off balance throwing a combination
and Hamad counters with a slapping leg kick.
Hamad uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Tiggs wants to clinch but Hamad slips to the side
and Hamad counters with a nice leg kick.
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!
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Hamad.
Hamad lands with a thumping leg kick.
Tiggs scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Hamad lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Tiggs misses with the combination.
Tiggs throws a combination that misses
and Hamad counters with a low kick, right behind Tiggs 's knee.
Tiggs is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
Tiggs closes the distance and pushes Hamad back into the ropes.
Hamad can't find room to land a body shot as Tiggs controls the action.
Tiggs has had enough of the clinch but Hamad keeps him there for the moment.
Hamad scores with a hook to the body.
A short body shot lands from Hamad as the two fighters clinch.
Tiggs is breathing heavily.
Hamad lands a right hand.
Hamad lands a body punch in the clinch.
Hamad can't find room to land a body shot as Tiggs controls the action.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Hassan Hamad dominated that round.
That's time! Tiggs's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.
Hamad connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
Hamad lands with a hook. Tiggs tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
Tiggs misses with a double jab
enabling Hamad to counter with a crisp jab.
Tiggs feints a jab promting Hamad to slip. Tiggs then demonstrates his capabilities by jabbing again. Hamad slips again and ducks right into an uppercut.
Hamad closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the ropes.
Tiggs has had enough of the clinch but Hamad keeps him there for the moment.
Hamad blocking some punches.
Tiggs throws a punch but it's blocked by Hamad.
Tiggs scores with a shoulder strike.
Hamad misses with a hook to the ribs.
Tiggs lands a right hand that snaps the head of Hamad backwards.
Hamad breaks from the clinch.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Hamad bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Hamad throws a looping overhand right but Tiggs ducks down to avoid it.
Tiggs takes a swing at Hamad's ribcage but misses.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Hamad lands with a straight right. Tiggs didn't see that one coming.
Hassan Hamad seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Tiggs throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Tiggs misses with an uppercut
enabling Hamad to counter with a crisp jab.
Tiggs misses with a body punch
and Hamad counters with a nice low kick that buckles Tiggs's knee momentarily.
Hamad has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Hamad chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Hamad misses with a few strikes there.
A punch combination from Hamad misses.
Hamad misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Tiggs.
It looked like Tiggs was looking amped, ready to throw a big counter but didn't commit.
Hamad swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Tiggs.
Tiggs is looking to clinch but Hamad is avoiding it.
Tiggs tries to bum rush Hamad with a series of wild strikes but Hamad uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Hamad catches Tiggs with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hamad slips under a jab.
Tiggs misses with a left hand
and Hamad counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Lance Tiggs is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Hamad paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
Hamad moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
Tiggs uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Hamad.
Tiggs went nuts there looking for a big combo counter but none of the flurry connected.
Hamad bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
Hamad gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Tiggs misses with a short punch on the inside.
Hamad tries a body shot but Tiggs blocks it.
Tiggs is trying to break free.
Hamad can't find room to land a body shot as Tiggs controls the action.
A frustrated look appears on Tiggs's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Tiggs has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Hamad misses with a punch to the body.
Hamad is leaning against Tiggs and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Hamad scores with a hook to the body.
Tiggs being controlled against the ropes.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hamad misses with a punch to the body.
Hamad tries a body shot but Tiggs blocks it.
Hamad misses with a body punch.
Hamad tries to work over Tiggs's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Tiggs.
A nice right hand lands inside from Hamad.
A right hand to the body from Hamad.
Hamad lands a nice shot to the body.
Hamad lands a right hand that snaps the head of Tiggs backwards.
Some stalling of biblical proportions here from Hamad.
Tiggs looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
Hamad tries a body shot but Tiggs blocks it.
Tiggs misses with the head strike.
Tiggs fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Tiggs working aggressively here.
Hamad misses with a hook to the ribs.
A right hand to the body from Hamad.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Hamad scores with a nice hook to the head.
Hamad scores with a hook to the body.
Tiggs blocks a body shot from Hamad.
Hamad lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the ropes.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Hamad is working Tiggs over against the ropes.
Hamad is pushing Tiggs up against the ropes, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.
Hamad is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Hamad.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Hamad is leaning against Tiggs and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Hamad just leaning against Tiggs, taking a breather.
Tiggs tries to circle away but Hamad has him pinned against the ropes.
Hamad doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Hamad tries to throw a body punch but Tiggs avoids it by throwing Hamad back against the ropes.
Hamad pushes Tiggs back against the ropes and unloads with a body punch.
Still in the clinch, Hamad scores with a nice short uppercut.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Hamad.
Hamad doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
A short body shot lands from Hamad as the two fighters clinch.
Hamad lands a body shot.
A right hand to the body from Hamad.
Hamad is working Tiggs over against the ropes.
Hamad lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Hassan Hamad showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! This is the final round!
Tiggs gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Hamad.
A solid leg kick lands there for Hamad.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Tiggs.
Good exchange - Hamad coming out on top.
Hamad fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Tiggs, pushing him back against the ropes.
Good body shot from Hamad.
Hamad lands with a short shot to the head.
Hamad makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Hamad cracks Tiggs with a nice body shot.
Hamad is struggling to control the position.
Hamad goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Hassan Hamad seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Hamad struggles to land a body shot inside as Tiggs controls his hands.
Tiggs misses with a short punch on the inside.
Hamad lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the ropes.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Hamad cracks Tiggs with a nice body shot.
Hamad goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
A hook to the body from Hamad.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Hamad lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Tiggs backwards.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Hamad.
Nice body punch from Hamad.
A body shot lands from Hamad.
A shot in the inside from Hamad.
Hamad lands a left hand that snaps the head of Tiggs backwards.
Hamad misses with a hook to the ribs.
Hamad lands a shot to the body.
Hamad digs a right hand underneath Tiggs's ribcage. Tiggs let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Hamad lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Nice body punch from Hamad.
Hamad tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Tiggs's elbow.
Hamad is working Tiggs over against the ropes.
Hamad lands a body punch in the clinch.
Nice body punch from Hamad.
Hamad tries to throw a body punch but Tiggs avoids it by throwing Hamad back against the ropes.
Hamad lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Hamad throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Hamad scores with a nice hook to the head.
Hamad lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Hamad presses Tiggs against the ropes and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hamad goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Hamad lands a body punch in the clinch.
Hamad throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Tiggss head.
Tiggs is rocked!
Hamad works on Tiggs's body with a couple of short punches.
Oh Tiggs is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Hamad.
Hamad gets through Tiggs's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Hamad is pushing Tiggs up against the ropes, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.
Hamad lands a shot to the body.
Hamad lands a body shot.
Hamad lands with a left to the head.
Hamad lands a body shot in the clinch.
Hamad stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Hamad presses Tiggs against the ropes and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Hamad lands a body punch in the clinch.
Hamad breaks from the clinch.
Jab by Hamad.
Hamad cracks Tiggs on the jaw with a powerful right hand and Tiggs falls backwards against the ropes. Hamad follows up with more strikes that drop Tiggs to his knees. Hamad keeps the pressure on and the referee jumps in to save Tiggs! This one is all over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:36 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Hassan Hamad!
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energy
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hype
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RATING
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