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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Max Hatred (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Chris Christofi (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Hatred comes to the cage accompanied by Soulfly - Pain. I don't know about you partner, but I'm pumped for this one!
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215 lbs
7 - 5 - 1 |
Good wrestling
World class MT
Insanely flexible |
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Lethal high kicks
Good gas tank |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the light heavyweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
12 - 2 - 0, fighting out of New York, Max Hatred!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
7 - 5 - 1, fighting out of Las Vegas, Chris Christofi!
The judges for this bout are Gwen Towbar, Alan Glass and Tiny Johnson.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Hatred listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Hatred throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Christofi stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Hatred throws a hook but Christofi blocks it.
Hatred staying out of range there.
Christofi clinches up with Hatred and pushes him back against the cage.
Hatred tries a body shot but Christofi blocks it.
Hatred goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Hatred misses with the head strike.
Hatred breaks from the clinch.
Christofi misses with a hook. Hatred ducked under it nicely.
Hatred lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Hatred lands a slapping body shot.
Decent striking displayed by Hatred there.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Hatred swings for the body but Christofi moves out of range.
Christofi fakes high and shoots in for a takedown but Hatred avoids it really well and circles away.
A jab from Hatred does it's job there.
Hatred has been working on his boxing with his coaches at Hunter's hideout in the buildup to the fight.
Christofi darts in looking for a takedown but Hatred gets double underhooks and turns Christofi into the cage.
That's one minute gone in the round.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Christofi.
Hatred is pushing Christofi up against the cage, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.
Hatred fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Hatred throws a head punch that misses.
A short right from Hatred on the inside.
Hatred lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Hatred scores with a nice hook to the head.
Hatred escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Hatred lands with a nice body punch.
A bone on bone clash there as Christofi blocks the leg kick.
Max Hatred is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Christofi avoids the head kick by Hatred.
Hatred throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Christofi stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Hatred throws a head kick but Christofi moves out of range.
Hatred is looking to clinch but Christofi is avoiding it.
Christofi lands a lovely overhand right.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Hatred walks into a straight right hand from Christofi.
Some wild striking there from Hatred.
Christofi throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Hatred counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.
Christofi lands a nice looking body shot.
Christofi connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
Hatred goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Christofi misses with a two punch combination.
Hatred takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Hatred tries to score with a low kick but Christofi moves his leg out of the way.
Hatred throws out a loose jab but Christofi uses good head movement to avoid it.
Hatred chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Christofi has a takedown stuffed.
Max Hatred has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Chris Christofi.
Hatred throws a lazy head kick
and Christofi counters with a head kick.
Christofi avoids a kick to the body.
Hatred keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.
Christofi tries for a takedown but Hatred circles away easily
and Hatred counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Christofi looks winded!
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Christofi throws a head kick but Hatred moves out of range.
Christofi misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
That's a knee to de groin and it's over and out! Christofi crumples to the ground after an illegal strike from Hatred - the referee stops the clock and Christofi gets 5 minutes to recover from that one. "I'm sorry" says Hatred. Christofi manages to get back to his feet and the fight resumes.
Hatred connects with a solid leg kick.
Hatred tries to clinch up but Christofi circles away and keeps his distance.
Chris Christofi seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Hatred dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Hatred feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Christofi's calf.
Hatred lands with a straight right. Christofi didn't see that one coming.
Christofi misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Hatred keeps Christofi at a distance using the push kick.
Hatred throws a leg kick which misses Christofi's front leg but catches the back leg as Christofi tries to avoid it.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Christofi looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Hatred is fending him off so far but Christofi persists. Nope, Hatred circles away and we're back to standing.
Hatred thumps Christofi with a low kick.
A nice leg kick lands there from Hatred.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Christofi blocks the body kick.
Christofi on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
Hatred throws a head kick that connects with a bit of head and a bit of hand.
Christofi clinches with his opponent.
Hatred softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Hatred lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Hatred leaning his opponent against the cage.
Christofi blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Christofi has been looking to improve his clinch game in recent weeks. Hatred seems to have the measure of him in the clinch so far, so let's see if Christofi can turn it around.
Hatred throws a head punch that misses.
Hatred misses with a body punch.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Stalling in the clinch from Christofi.
Hatred lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Hatred breaks the clinch.
Christofi throws a head kick but Hatred moves out of range.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Max Hatred dominated that round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!
Christofi fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Christofi misses with a takedown attempt - Hatred sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
Hatred fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Christofi looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Christofi's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Hatred throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Christofi gets the takedown into side control.
Hatred struggling a bit here.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Hatred is looking for a sweep.
Hatred regains half guard.
The fighters are battling for position here. Hatred manages to regain full guard. Nice work.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Christofi throws an elbow that misses. Hatred uses the momentum to reverse the position. He's now in Christofi's guard. Nice move by Hatred!
That's one minute gone in the round.
Hatred trying to control but Christofi is working from the bottom.
Hatred tries to free his leg and advance position but Christofi is retaining full guard.
Hatred trying to control the position from guard on top but Christofi is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Hatred sitting in guard, not really doing much.
Hatred has controlled the position for a good 20 seconds, which will no doubt be starting to frustrate his opponent.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Christofi closes the distance and scores a nice trip takedown into half guard. Hatred did well to prevent Christofi getting side control.
Hatred is doing well to control the position and prevent Christofi from advancing to side control.
Hatred regains full guard. Nicely done.
Hatred working a defensive guard here.
Christofi lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Christofi wants to stand and escape but instead Hatred has hit a sweep and he's now on top in guard.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hatred trying to control but Christofi is working from the bottom.
Hatred trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Hatred stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Christofi swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Hatred trying to control but Christofi is working from the bottom.
Hatred tries to free his leg and advance position but Christofi is retaining full guard.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Christofi working a defensive guard here.
The referee is pacing around the two fighters - he looks like he's thinking about a standup.
Well, the referee has seen enough. Neither fighter is active enough on the ground so he's stood them back up.
Hatred fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Christofi tried to score with a low kick but Hatred checks it.
Christofi fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Hatred is out of range.
Hatred cracks a nice hook into Christofi's ribs.
Hatred throws a nice inside leg kick.
Christofi shoots in looking for a double leg takedown. Hatred defends it nicely.
Nice sprawl there from Hatred as Christofi shoots in.
Max Hatred has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Chris Christofi.
Christofi is breathing heavily.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
A combination from Christofi does no damage.
Hatred tries to clinch but Christofi is having none of it.
Christofi tries to move into range but Hatred moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
A shot to the body from Christofi misses
and Hatred makes the exchange count by landing a cracking kick to the body. Christofi really felt that one!
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Max Hatred dominated that second round.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!
Hatred lands with a head kick! That's gotta hurt.
Hatred avoids the head kick by Christofi.
Christofi tries to check the leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
A kick lands to the mid section there for Hatred.
Christofi tries to clinch up but Hatred circles away and keeps his distance.
Christofi shoots in for a takedown but Hatred shows good takedown defense.
Hatred scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Hatred turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Hatred is looking to wear down Christofi with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
Nice takedown defense from Hatred. No joy for Christofi on that attempt.
Hatred has Christofi up against the cage in a clinch.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Hatred throws a head punch that misses.
Hatred misses with a hook from the clinch.
Hatred is working Christofi over against the cage.
Hatred throws a punch but it's blocked by Christofi.
Christofi takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Hatred pushes Christofi back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Hatred swings away with an uppercut that misses.
A left hand lands to the body for Hatred.
Hatred manages to break the clinch.
Christofi dives in and scores a takedown into Hatred's guard.
Christofi stopping the sweep attempt from Hatred.
Christofi throws an elbow that misses. Hatred uses the momentum to reverse the position. He's now in Christofi's guard. Nice move by Hatred!
Christofi keeping moving, preventing Hatred from controlling successfully.
Christofi is trying to keep Hatred in close.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hatred scores with a decent looking elbow strike.
Christofi looking for a sweep. Not yet Christofi, not yet.
Hatred looking to control the position here, rather than advance.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Christofi keeping full guard, as Hatred tries to pass.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
The referee is asking the fighters to pick up the pace.
Hatred looking to sit in guard and control but Christofi gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.
Christofi chips away with some ground and pound.
Hatred is avoiding any damage by keeping wrist control.
Christofi throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Hatred works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Hatred manages to sweep nicely, so he's now on top. Christofi manages to get himself to full guard.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Hatred working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.
Christofi has Hatred pulled in close to control his posture.
Christofi is trying to stand up but he's not managed so far.
Hatred stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Christofi swivels though and keeps the full guard.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Hatred forces his way into half guard.
Hatred missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Max Hatred clearly takes that round.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.
A shot to the liver by Christofi. Beautiful body shot.
Hatred tries to score with a low kick but Christofi moves his leg out of the way.
Christofi checks a low kick from Hatred.
Christofi closes the distance and scores a nice trip takedown into half guard. Hatred did well to prevent Christofi getting side control.
Hatred wants to control but Christofi is keeping busy.
Hatred is positioning himself well to prevent Christofi advancing to mount.
Hatred works his way to full guard. Good work.
Hatred is trying to control the position but Christofi postures up.
Christofi is fighting to break Hatred's control of his arms but Hatred is doing a good job of controlling the position at the moment.
That's one minute gone in the round.
The referee claps his hands together and tells the fighters to work.
The referee decides to stand the fighters back up, due to lack of activity on the part of Max Hatred.
Hatred dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Hatred chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Christofi connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Hatred momentarily.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Hatred 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 Christofi has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Christofi and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
Hatred fails to land with a series of punches.
Christofi lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Max Hatred is winning the standup battle so far.
Hatred throws a nice outside leg kick.
Christofi throws a head kick but Hatred moves out of range.
Christofi throws a head kick but Hatred moves out of range.
Hatred with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Chris Christofi is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Christofi lands a two punch combo.
Christofi is absolutely dripping with sweat - he looks exhausted.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Hatred throws a body kick that misses.
Christofi swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hatred lands with a kick to the temple. Christofi shrugs as if to say "is that all you've got?"
Hatred uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Christofi.
Hatred connects with a leg kick. Christofi looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
Christofi tries to score a power double leg takedown but Hatred sees that one coming and sprawls well. That will dishearten Christofi somewhat.
Both fighters circling a little - Hatred finishes the exchange with a kick to the body.
Hatred scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Hatred scores with the left hand. Christofi knows he should have avoided that one.
Christofi steps to his left, right into the path of a big body kick from Hatred. That one must have hurt.
No luck for Christofi with that takedown attempt.
Christofi throws a series of punches but Hatred avoids them all with ease.
Christofi takes a head kick and shrugs it off.
Christofi lands a head kick. Hatred smiles back at him and beckons him forward.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hatred with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Christofi takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Nice body kick there by Hatred.
Hatred lands a nice leg kick that just misses Christofi's sensitive parts.
Christofi misses with a hook. Hatred ducked under it nicely.
Hatred avoids the head kick by Christofi.
Christofi throws a shot from downtown. Hatred moves away and avoids it.
Christofi tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Hatred paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Christofi misses with a few strikes there.
Christofi is looking to chop away at Hatred's legs.
A nice inside leg kick there by Hatred. That's going to slow Christofi down.
Hatred lands a front kick.
Hatred fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Christofi misses with a hook.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Hatred sizes up Christofi with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Hatred dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Christofi. That did some damage!
A head kick misses from Hatred.
Christofi throws a series of punches but Hatred avoids them all with ease.
Christofi steps to his left, right into the path of a big body kick from Hatred. That one must have hurt.
Christofi has developed a nice purple lump on his ribcage, as a result of some heavy body kicks from Hatred.
Hatred lets loose with a powerful body kick. Christofi will feel that in the morning.
Hatred leaves Christofi with his face pressed against the mat as he sprawls beautifully, defending against a solid takedown attempt.
Max Hatred has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Chris Christofi.
Christofi stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Hatred.
Hatred looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Hatred swings for the body but Christofi moves out of range.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Hatred pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Hatred lands a body shot.
Christofi fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Hatred manages to avoid it.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Max Hatred had his way with Chris Christofi in that round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! And we move into the final round!
Hatred connects with a solid leg kick.
Christofi shoots in with a lovely double leg takedown. Hatred manages to land in full guard to minimise the damage.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Christofi accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Christofi missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Christofi throws a big elbow that misses.
Hatred is trying to control the position but Christofi postures up.
Christofi looking to sit in guard and control but Hatred gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.
Hatred's corner is telling him to maintain position.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Hatred trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Christofi keeping moving, preventing Hatred from controlling successfully.
The referee decides to stand the fighters back up, due to lack of activity on the part of Max Hatred.
Hatred takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
Christofi checks the leg kick nicely there.
Thud! ouch! good body kick from Hatred - that will leave a mark!
Hatred tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Hatred takes a kick to the side of the head.
Hatred scores with a push kick.
Christofi uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Hatred.
Hatred throws a nice outside leg kick.
Chris Christofi has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
That's two minutes gone in the round.
A nice inside leg kick there by Hatred. That's going to slow Christofi down.
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!
Hatred lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Christofi at a distance.
Christofi looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Hatred is fending him off so far but Christofi persists. Nope, Hatred circles away and we're back to standing.
Christofi is wobbling all over the place through exhaustion. Will he make it to the final bell?
Hatred moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
Christofi misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Christofi throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Christofi takes a kick to the side of the head.
Hatred fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Christofi.
Hatred swinging wildly here.
Christofi pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Hatred looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Christofi throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Hatred throws a low kick but Christofi moves out of range easily.
Max Hatred is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Christofi thows a body shot but no joy.
Both fighters circling a little - Hatred finishes the exchange with a kick to the body.
Hatred throws a wild body kick that Christofi sees coming a mile off.
Christofi moves forwards but Hatred connects with a nice, crisp jab.
Hatred lands a body shot.
Hatred fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Christofi.
Hatred throws a nice outside leg kick.
A telegraphed takedown attempt from Christofi is defended easily by Hatred.
Christofi keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Hatred cracks a nice hook into Christofi's ribs.
Christofi shoots in but Hatred avoids the takedown attempt easily.
Max Hatred has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Chris Christofi.
Hatred bobs and weaves and then throws a good body kick.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Hatred misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Hatred stuffs a takedown. It's all about dictating where the fight takes place and Hatred wants it to stay on the feet.
A solid leg kick lands there for Hatred.
Christofi throws a head kick but Hatred moves out of range.
Hatred digs a good hook to Christofi's body.
A slapping leg kick lands for Hatred.
Hatred plants his feet and lands a nice head kick!
This has been an exciting period of action!
Hatred misses with a body shot.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Hatred.
A head kick misses from Hatred.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Hatred comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Hatred scores with a jab to the body.
A chopping leg kick lands by Hatred.
And that's the end of the fight!
Max Hatred showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Hatred 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 5 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Gwen Towbar scores the fight 50:45
Judge Alan Glass scores the fight 50:45
Judge Tiny Johnson scores the fight 50:45
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Max Hatred!
Max Hatred retains his light heavyweight title!
Max Hatred was full of energy after the big win and talked about how he thinks he can do big things in this sport. The crowd were appreciative of his determination to succeed.
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