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Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Riley Hatfield (ranked 161 p4p, 61 weight class) and Rod De Minaur (ranked 23 p4p, 10 weight class). Hatfield comes into the arena with Cruel World- Willie Nelson blaring out of the sound system. De Minaur has chosen Seek and Destroy as his entrance music. Riley Hatfield has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 21 - 11 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Riley Hatfield!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 31 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Rod De Minaur!
The judges for this bout are Jack Bonds, Percy O'Donnell and Frank Antenori.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
De Minaur plants his feet and lands a nice head kick!
A big left from Hatfield misses.
Hatfield is looking to score with low kicks.
Hatfield throws a series of punches but De Minaur avoids them all with ease.
De Minaur defending well as Hatfield loads up on a big left hand.
Hatfield throws out a loose jab but De Minaur uses good head movement to avoid it.
De Minaur swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
A big left from De Minaur misses.
A telegraphed right hand from De Minaur misses the target.
Hatfield scores with a jab to the body.
De Minaur keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
De Minaur changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Hatfield goes to the watering hole and comes back with a big thumbs up from the judges as he scores a three punch combo.
Hatfield throws a half hearted mid kick.
A clash of legs there as De Minaur blocks the low kick.
Hatfield uses good head movement to avoid the hook from De Minaur.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Hatfield throws a low kick, looking for De Minaur's leg but De Minaur calmly moves out of range.
A jab from De Minaur does it's job there.
De Minaur uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Hatfield.
De Minaur throws a lazy right hand but Hatfield sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
De Minaur comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
De Minaur pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
That's one minute gone in the round.
De Minaur looks to throw the jab but Hatfield is out of range.
An attempted straight right counter from Hatfield misses the target.
De Minaur dips to his left and cracks Hatfield with an uppercut!
Hatfield lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Hatfield has been working on his boxing with his coaches at Yellow Lotus Center of Healing and Meditative Arts in the buildup to the fight.
Hatfield misses with a straight right.
Hatfield misses with an uppercut. De Minaur saw that one coming.
Hatfield throws a leg kick that misses.
Hatfield misses with an uppercut
and De Minaur counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Hatfield lands a lovely overhand right.
Hatfield throws a looping overhand right but De Minaur ducks down to avoid it.
Hatfield throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and De Minaur counters with a low kick, right behind Hatfield 's knee.
A big right from Hatfield misses.
De Minaur looks like he wants to counter punch here.
De Minaur throws a hook but Hatfield blocks it.
Hatfield walks into a left hand.
Hatfield misses with a series of wild punches.
Hatfield ducks down and throws a hook to the body but De Minaur moves away.
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!
Jab from Hatfield.
Hatfield displaying good standup as he scores with a three punch combination.
An inside leg kick lands from Hatfield.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hatfield getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
De Minaur might want to mix his strikes up a bit more. He's just going for head shots at the moment and that can become a bit predictable.
Hatfield lands a jab to the head.
De Minaur blocks a low kick nicely.
De Minaur tries a quick counter leg kick but Hatfield is wise to it.
Riley Hatfield seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
De Minaur looks to throw the jab but Hatfield is out of range.
De Minaur cracks Hatfield with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
Hatfield misses with a hook. De Minaur ducked under it nicely.
Hatfield lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
De Minaur bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
De Minaur scores with a nice body kick.
Hatfield cracks De Minaur with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
De Minaur throws a jab when Hatfield was well out of range.
Hatfield slips a straight right by De Minaur.
Hatfield throws out a leg kick but De Minaur moves out of range and Hatfield only half commits.
Hatfield lands a jab to the head.
De Minaur tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Hatfield was well out of range. Poor timing from De Minaur.
Hatfield misses with a leg kick
and De Minaur makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by De Minaur.
De Minaur throws the left hand but Hatfield avoids the punch easily.
Nice shot lands for Hatfield.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hatfield uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from De Minaur.
Hatfield bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Hatfield pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
De Minaur wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Hatfield waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract De Minaur.
De Minaur swings for the body but Hatfield moves out of range.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as De Minaur checks a leg kick.
De Minaur throws out a loose jab but Hatfield uses good head movement to avoid it.
Sloppy strikes from Hatfield. Those never looked like landing.
Hatfield takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Hatfield scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
A punch combination from Hatfield misses.
De Minaur looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Hatfield missing with a left hand there. De Minaur was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Hatfield throws a big shot that misses.
De Minaur misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Hatfield.
Hatfield misses with a left hand
and De Minaur counters with a stiff right hand.
Hatfield throws a hook to the side of De Minaur's head but De Minaur sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
De Minaur on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
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!
Hatfield rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and De Minaur counters with an outside leg kick.
Hatfield avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Hatfield jabbing away but nothing is landing.
De Minaur lands a jab to the nose.
De Minaur ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
De Minaur swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Hatfield pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Hatfield with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Nice cross by De Minaur.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from De Minaur 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 Hatfield has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Hatfield and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
Hatfield tries a head kick but it misses.
Hatfield throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
De Minaur tries to work over Hatfield's front leg with a kick but Hatfield checks it.
Hatfield is really peppering his opponent's head with punches.
A low kick from Hatfield is predictable there
and De Minaur counters with a good, hard body kick but Hatfield shrugs it off.
Hatfield cracks De Minaur with a good jab.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Hatfield misses with a low kick.
De Minaur fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Hatfield looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
De Minaur throws the left hand but Hatfield avoids the punch easily.
A solid leg kick lands there for Hatfield.
A good leg kick by De Minaur.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close round but I would say that Riley Hatfield will probably get the nod.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!
Hatfield throws a body punch but De Minaur moves out of range.
De Minaur looks to score with a jab to the body but Hatfield is just out of range.
De Minaur lands with a good body shot.
Hatfield keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from De Minaur.
Hatfield just misses with a punch to the body.
Riley Hatfield is winning the standup battle so far.
Hatfield ducks under a wild hook from De Minaur.
Hatfield tests De Minaur's chin there with a solid looking shot.
De Minaur scores with a jab to the jaw.
Hatfield throws a big shot that misses.
Hatfield looks to score with a jab to the body but De Minaur is just out of range.
A jab lands there for Hatfield.
A jab lands there for Hatfield.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
De Minaur throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.
Hatfield appears to be looking for a counter punch to the body.
Hatfield throws a predictable looking body shot
and De Minaur counters with a straight right hand.
A good leg kick by Hatfield.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
De Minaur avoids the head kick by Hatfield.
A chopping leg kick lands by De Minaur.
Hatfield throws a lazy uppercut
and De Minaur counters with an outside leg kick.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Hatfield throws a hook but De Minaur avoids it easily.
Hatfield blocks a jab.
Hatfield swung with a counter punch to the body but it didn't connect.
Hatfield misses the body punch
and De Minaur counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
De Minaur slips a straight right by Hatfield.
Hatfield ducks under a wild hook from De Minaur.
Hatfield misses with a straight left.
A nice side step and De Minaur releases a counter shot to the body, but it doesn't find it's home.
A telegraphed right hand from De Minaur misses the target.
Hatfield misses with a low kick.
Hatfield throws a combination but it was largely blocked by De Minaur.
De Minaur tries a quick counter leg kick but Hatfield is wise to it.
De Minaur lands with a right hand.
Hatfield jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Hatfield with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
De Minaur lands with a shot to the body.
Hatfield misses with an uppercut. De Minaur saw that one coming.
Hatfield throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
De Minaur now looks to counter with a shot at the body.
Hatfield attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
Hatfield is looking to score with low kicks.
A shot to the liver by Hatfield. Beautiful body shot.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hatfield ducks down and throws a hook to the body but De Minaur moves away.
De Minaur appears to be waiting to throw a counter punch to the body.
This has been an exciting period of action!
De Minaur with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Hatfield throws a jab but it's blocked by De Minaur.
De Minaur jabs. That one connects to the head of his opponent.
Hatfield misses with a hook.
Hatfield tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Hatfield throws a body shot but no joy.
Hatfield looks to land a left hand but De Minaur moved out of range nicely.
A slow jab from Hatfield misses its intended target.
A countering left hand to the body from De Minaur misses.
The fighters are starting to get sweaty, which will make takedowns a bit more tricky.
De Minaur scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
A bone on bone clash there as De Minaur blocks the leg kick.
Hatfield stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from De Minaur.
De Minaur throws a hook but Hatfield avoids it easily.
De Minaur misses with a straight right.
De Minaur looks to land a left hand but Hatfield moved out of range nicely.
De Minaur slips under a jab from Hatfield.
Hatfield throws a shot from downtown. De Minaur moves away and avoids it.
De Minaur is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Hatfield.
Hatfield throws a series of punches but De Minaur moves out of range.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
A jab from Hatfield does it's job there.
Hatfield throws a leg kick that misses.
Hatfield swings for the body but De Minaur moves out of range.
Hatfield is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by De Minaur.
De Minaur throws a body shot but no joy.
De Minaur defending well as Hatfield loads up on a big left hand.
De Minaur moves out of range of the strikes.
De Minaur works Hatfield's body with a nice hook.
Hatfield rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Hatfield takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
A big right from Hatfield misses.
De Minaur buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Hatfield looks to throw the jab but De Minaur is out of range.
De Minaur motions for Hatfield to come forward. De Minaur throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.
De Minaur moves out of range as Hatfield strikes.
Hatfield lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
Hatfield is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
De Minaur lands the left hand.
Hatfield goes to the watering hole and comes back with a big thumbs up from the judges as he scores a three punch combo.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
De Minaur checks a leg kick.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Hatfield throws out a loose jab but De Minaur uses good head movement to avoid it.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from De Minaur! But no joy.
Hatfield lands with a nice body punch.
De Minaur loads up on a big right hand but Hatfield slips the punch.
De Minaur slips a jab from Hatfield.
De Minaur turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
A big right from Hatfield misses.
Good exchange - De Minaur coming out on top.
De Minaur scores with a nice head shot.
Hatfield throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
De Minaur scores with a hook to the body. Hatfield takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Hatfield throws a shot from downtown. De Minaur moves away and avoids it.
Hatfield throws a looping overhand right but De Minaur ducks down to avoid it.
De Minaur takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
De Minaur takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Hatfield throws a shot from downtown. De Minaur moves away and avoids it.
A jab from De Minaur finds it's way through Hatfield's defenses.
Hatfield takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
A close second round but Rod De Minaur will probably get the nod - 10:9.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action. Ladies and gentlemen, this is the final round!
Hatfield throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
Hatfield walks into a straight right hand from De Minaur.
Hatfield lands the left hand.
De Minaur displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Hatfield throws out the jab.
Hatfield looks to land a left hand but De Minaur moved out of range nicely.
Hatfield slips under a jab from De Minaur.
Hatfield lands a nice leg kick that just misses De Minaur's sensitive parts.
De Minaur throws a shot from downtown. Hatfield moves away and avoids it.
An attempted straight right counter from Hatfield misses the target.
De Minaur jabs at Hatfield's body.
De Minaur scores with a jab to the head.
Hatfield looks to land a body kick but De Minaur moved away.
De Minaur throws a big shot that misses.
A punch lands to the side of Hatfield 's head but he takes it in his stride.
Hatfield fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches De Minaur on the side of the head.
Hatfield scores with a hook.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
De Minaur with a nice calf kick.
Hatfield misses with an uppercut
and De Minaur counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Hatfield thinking.
Hatfield looks for the body kick but De Minaur saw that one coming.
De Minaur was about to counter that last move with a leg kick but changes his mind.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Hatfield cracks De Minaur with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
A low kick lands for De Minaur.
A jab from De Minaur misses.
De Minaur connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Hatfield momentarily.
De Minaur misses with a body shot.
De Minaur throws a leg kick but Hatfield moved away.
De Minaur tried to score with a low kick but Hatfield checks it.
De Minaur displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Hatfield throws out the jab.
Hatfield throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Hatfield misses with a hook. De Minaur ducked under it nicely.
Hatfield misses with a hook. De Minaur ducked under it nicely.
De Minaur throws an overhand right that lands on Hatfield's shoulder, as Hatfield tries to avoid the shot.
De Minaur looks to throw the jab but Hatfield is out of range.
De Minaur tries to move into range but Hatfield moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
De Minaur misses with a wild body shot.
De Minaur defending well as Hatfield loads up on a big left hand.
Hatfield thows a left - swing and a miss!
De Minaur ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Hatfield moves away.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hatfield pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Hatfield takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
De Minaur walks into a straight right hand from Hatfield.
Hatfield ducks under a wild hook from De Minaur.
A chopping leg kick lands by Hatfield.
Hatfield throws a combination but it was largely blocked by De Minaur.
De Minaur now looks to counter with a shot at the body.
A punch lands to the side of Hatfield 's head but he takes it in his stride.
Hatfield fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
De Minaur connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
Hatfield moves out of range of the strikes.
Hatfield was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
De Minaur scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
De Minaur connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
De Minaur just misses with a punch to the body.
Hatfield misses with a lunging right hand
and De Minaur connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Hatfield throws a leg kick but De Minaur checks it.
Hatfield throws a right hand that De Minaur ducks under and follows up with a left that De Minaur also avoids with ease.
Hatfield throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
De Minaur lands a body shot.
De Minaur throws a jab when Hatfield was well out of range.
Hatfield staying out of range there.
De Minaur thuds his right hand into Hatfield's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.
Hatfield avoids the body shot from De Minaur.
A nice inside leg kick there by Hatfield. That's going to slow De Minaur down.
Hatfield is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
Hatfield ducks under a wild hook from De Minaur.
A slow jab from Hatfield misses its intended target.
De Minaur appeared to try and counter that last move with a leg kick.
De Minaur checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time.
De Minaur loads up on a big right hand but Hatfield slips the punch.
Hatfield throws a looping overhand right but De Minaur ducks down to avoid it.
Hatfield throws a leg kick that misses.
De Minaur misses with a hook. Hatfield ducked under it nicely.
Hatfield throws an ugly left hook that misses
and De Minaur counters with a leg kick.
Hatfield throws a poor cross that misses
and De Minaur counters with a nice leg kick.
De Minaur blocks a low kick nicely.
De Minaur doesn't fully commit to the body shot counter.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Hatfield swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Hatfield misses with a straight left.
De Minaur let fly with a counter punch to the body but it didn't land.
Hatfield displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as De Minaur throws out the jab.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Hatfield takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Hatfield misses with an uppercut.
A slow jab from Hatfield misses its intended target.
De Minaur has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
De Minaur misses with a leg kick.
De Minaur throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Hatfield sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Hatfield looks to throw the jab but De Minaur is out of range.
De Minaur misses with an uppercut.
Hatfield throws a jab but it's blocked by De Minaur.
De Minaur throws a body shot but no joy.
Hatfield slips a straight right by De Minaur.
De Minaur fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Hatfield throws a leg kick
enabling De Minaur to counter with a crisp jab.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Hatfield throws the left hand but De Minaur avoids the punch easily.
Hatfield misses with a looping right.
And that's the end of the fight!
Rod De Minaur comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well De Minaur has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. 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 Jack Bonds scores the fight 29:28
Judge Percy O'Donnell scores the fight 29:28
Judge Frank Antenori scores the fight 28:30
In favor of your winner, by split decision... Riley Hatfield!
Riley Hatfield thanked the fans post fight for their support.
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