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Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Hawk Seibold (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Gabriel Flores (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Seibold kept the crowd waiting but all that was forgotten when his ring entrance music started. The incomparable musical genius that is SCOTTISH PIPE. Hawk Seibold has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?
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276 lbs
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263 lbs
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Powerful takedowns
Solid boxing
Granite chin |
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BJJ Purple Belt
Good kicks
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the super heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
10 - 5 - 1, fighting out of Tokyo, Hawk Seibold!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
14 - 11 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Gabriel Flores!
The judges for this bout are Taro Takaoka, Yukihiro Yamamoto and Kenichi Hosakawa.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Flores gets his takedown attempt stuffed easily
and Seibold counters with a driving takedown into guard. Nice work there by Seibold.
Seibold landing some decent shots from guard.
Flores working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Seibold.
Seibold throws and elbow that misses. Flores uses the momentum to reverse the position. He's now in Seibold's guard. Nice move by Flores!
Flores passes Seibold's right leg, so he's now in half guard.
Flores wants to advance to full mount but Seibold doesn't think that's going to happen and regains full guard instead.
Flores advances to half guard.
Seibold is looking to improve his position.
Seibold manages to get to full guard.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Flores trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Flores throwing strikes but missing.
Flores is fighting to break Seibold's control of his arms but Seibold is doing a good job of controlling the position at the moment.
Flores looking to pass the guard.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
My god... these two guys really need to pick up the pace or everyone will leave to go get a beer.
Flores is persisting with the attempt to improve his position.
Seibold utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Flores pushing down on Seibold's thigh, trying to pass to half guard. He's managed it... Nice work.
Flores is trying to work for a kimura but Seibold is defending well.
Flores is looking to pass Seibold's guard but actually Seibold recovers to full guard.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Flores slips effortlessly into side control - very nice.
Flores trying to control the position but Seibold is working away.
Check out the look on Flores's face as he threw that strike - that's one determined fighter!
Flores tries to move to full mount but Seibold actually manages to regain half guard.
Flores is sneakily working for an arm triangle but Seibold sees it coming and defends easily.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Seibold keeping control of the leg, stopping his opponent passing to mount.
Seibold wants to improve his position but Flores is controlling well.
Flores works his way into full mount!
Flores jumps to the side looking to secure the arm triangle…. Ooooh, that looks tight… Seibold is gargling but he's managed to escape! Nice work there by Seibold and Flores has given up the dominant position trying to land that submission.
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 Hawk Seibold will probably get the nod.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the ring so we can get back down to business.
Seibold ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Flores with a poor takedown
and Seibold counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Hawk Seibold seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Flores gets his takedown attempt stuffed easily
and Seibold counters with a driving takedown into guard. Nice work there by Seibold.
Flores looking for submissions from the bottom here. Moving his hips around, possibly looking for an armbar.
Seibold throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Flores works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Seibold lands a couple of decent looking shots.
Seibold prevents Flores from getting back to his feet.
Seibold is working Flores over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes.
Seibold trying to control the position from guard on top but Flores is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Seibold working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Seibold works over Flores with some ground and pound from guard.
Seibold looking to sit in guard and control but Flores gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.
Flores trying to pass the guard. He's being very persistent here but Seibold manages to land a sweep and now he's on top!
Seibold with a nice head shot there.
Flores keeping moving, preventing Seibold from controlling successfully.
Seibold has to be careful here, sitting in the guard of a superior BJJ player.
Seibold preventing the sweep.
Seibold stands up over Flores, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Seibold works over Flores with some ground and pound from guard.
Seibold trying to control the position from guard on top but Flores is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
The fighters are tangled up in the ropes here. We might need a restart if the fighters can't break free themselves.
Seibold keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Flores's head.
Seibold stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Flores swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Flores looking for a sweep. Not yet Flores, not yet.
Seibold works over Flores with some ground and pound from guard.
Seibold stays in close to Flores's body and controls the position.
Seibold postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.
Seibold trying to control but Flores is working from the bottom.
Seibold distracts Flores with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Seibold loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Flores is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.
Flores is looking to stand up but he'll have to free his leg first. Instead, Seibold manages to get to full guard.
Flores pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Seibold is keeping the position for now.
Seibold looking to control the pace of the fight rather than finish it.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are getting on the fighters' backs, as the pace has dropped off in the last minute or so.
Seibold bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Flores's guard.
Seibold won't allow Flores to sweep him here.
Seibold lands a couple of digs.
Flores escapes his hips to the side and looks to be working for an armbar. Seibold gives him a little smile and shakes his head. No chance.
Flores throwing his legs up looking for a triangle.
Flores is breathing heavily.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Seibold lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Hawk Seibold dominated that second round.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action. Let's get this one finished - here comes the final round!
Flores bobs and weaves into range and then changes levels and scores with a nice takedown into side control.
Flores tries to get to his feet but he's trapped momentarily.
Flores is looking to take a break and control but Seibold is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Flores has knee on belly and moves into mount.
Seibold tries to hold on but Flores pushes him away.
Flores fails to take his opponent's back.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Flores can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Seibold is looking to escape.
Seibold is trying to escape the mount but Flores keeps good control and instead manages to take Seibold's back.
Seibold trying to control but not successfully.
Flores gets back to his feet - a bit of a stange decision given the position he was in.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Seibold scores with a jab.
Seibold moves into range and throws a combination. A nice jab followed by a hook to the body.
Flores shoots in and scores a nice double leg takedown into half guard.
The fighters are battling for position here. Seibold manages to regain full guard. Nice work.
Seibold is pulling down on Flores's head. It's preventing any offense from Flores, at least for the moment.
Flores stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Seibold swivels though and keeps the full guard.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Seibold is controlling Flores's posture.
Flores wants to pass the guard but Seibold is keeping the position.
Seibold looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Flores trying to control but Seibold is working from the bottom.
Neither fighter is doing enough for the referee's liking and he's decided to stand them back up.
Seibold misses with a hook to the body
and Flores counters with a nice double leg into half guard.
Hawk Seibold overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Flores wants to lay and pray for a moment but Seibold keeps working.
Flores working to pass to mount. He's got his hand pressing down on Seibold's thigh. Seibold counters though and makes it back to full guard.
Seibold trying to control the position.
Flores trying to move into half guard but instead Seibold has managed to sweep!
Seibold with a flurry of punches that miss.
Seibold chips away with some ground and pound.
And that's the end of the fight!
Gabriel Flores comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Seibold has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... 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 Taro Takaoka scores the fight for Hawk Seibold!
Judge Yukihiro Yamamoto scores the fight for Hawk Seibold!
Judge Kenichi Hosakawa scores the fight for Hawk Seibold!
Hawk Seibold wins by unanimous decision!
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energy
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hype
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pop
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FIGHT
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