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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Walter Hahn (ranked 4901 p4p, 1509 weight class) and Brad Tulips (ranked 450 p4p, 177 weight class). Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.
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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 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Walter Hahn!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 4 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Brad Tulips!
The judges for this bout are Cecil Peabody, Frank Dennis and Daniel Franklin.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Hahn is looking to clinch but Tulips is avoiding it.
The fight stays on the outside here - Hahn looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
A telegraphed right hand from Tulips misses the target.
Hahn gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
A body shot lands from Tulips.
Tulips tries a body shot but Hahn blocks it.
Tulips blocks an elbow strike.
A right hook to the body lands for Tulips.
Tulips lands with a left to the head.
A right handed body shot lands from Tulips.
Tulips's coach down at Temple of Fitness was telling us pre-fight that they have been working on Tulips's balance. Obviously they view that as a key factor in the outcome of this fight.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Tulips lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
A head punch on the inside from Tulips fails to land.
Hahn misses with an elbow over the top.
Hahn with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Tulips scores with a shoulder strike.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Hahn lands a knee to the head.
Hahn blocks an uppercut.
Tulips misses with a body punch.
Tulips misses with the head strike.
Tulips misses with a punch to the body.
The pace really dropping off here, momentarily.
Tulips avoids the elbow strike from Hahn, against the cage.
Tulips on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Hahn with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Hahn landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Tulips lands with a right to the head.
Hahn putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Tulips in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Tulips misses with a short punch on the inside.
Hahn unloads a knee to the mid-section. Tulips lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Tulips looks winded!
Knees to the body from Hahn.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Hahn obliges.
Tulips managing to block the knees to the body from Hahn.
Hahn is stalling here.
Tulips goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Hahn pushes off an throws an elbow but Tulips leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Tulips pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Hahn fails with an attempt to clinch.
Hahn keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Hahn on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Hahn takes the fight into the clinch.
Hahn manages to get underhooks and slows down the pace for a moment.
Hahn connects with a knee to the head.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hahn lands a good knee to the midsection. Tulips won't want to take too many of those.
Tulips misses with a punch to the body.
Tulips being controlled against the cage.
Hahn misses with a knee strike.
Hahn has Tulips pressed against the cage.
Hahn looking to throw knees to the head but Tulips is blocking nicely.
Hahn blocks an uppercut.
A knee to the head by Hahn.
It looks like Brad Tulips has been cut.
Tulips avoids a wild elbow strike from Hahn.
Tulips lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Hahn tries to land a knee to the head but Tulips blocks with his arms.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Tulips misses with some punches.
Hahn unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Hahn misses with a knee strike.
Tulips is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Hahn is keeping busy.
Hahn using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Hahn avoiding damage.
Tulips wants to get back to striking at distance but Hahn won't allow it.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as Hahn takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.
Tulips swings away with an uppercut that misses.
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!
Tulips misses with a body punch.
Tulips blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Tulips fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Tulips can't find room to land a body shot as Hahn controls the action.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Walter Hahn dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Brad Tulips's cut.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!
Hahn tries to clinch up but Tulips circles away and keeps his distance.
Hahn tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Tulips paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Tulips waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Hahn.
Hahn has managed to clinch.
A body shot lands from Tulips.
Hahn stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Tulips creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Tulips lands a right hand.
Hahn blocks a body shot from Tulips.
Hahn is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Tulips is defending well for now.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
A frustrated look appears on Tulips's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Hahn pushes off an throws an elbow but Tulips leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Tulips avoiding damage as Hahn throws knees to the body.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Walter Hahn has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Tulips working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Hahn throws an elbow that misses.
Tulips lands a body punch in the clinch.
Tulips avoids a wild elbow strike from Hahn.
Tulips tries to break free but Hahn pushes him back against the cage.
A body shot lands from Tulips.
Tulips misses with a punch to the body.
Tulips wants to break the clinch but can't.
Tulips lands a shoulder strike.
Tulips makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Hahn throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Tulips blocks it with crossed arms.
Tulips swings wildly with an uppercut but Hahn uses good head movement to avoid it.
Tulips managing to block the knees to the body from Hahn.
Tulips escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Hahn takes one to the side of the head.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hahn clinches.
Tulips has a couple of punches blocked by Hahn.
Tulips working aggressively here.
Tulips managing to block the knees to the body from Hahn.
Hahn has Tulips pressed against the cage.
Tulips blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Hahn tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Tulips.
Hahn stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.
Tulips lands a left hand.
Hahn is stalling here.
Tulips breaks the clinch.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hahn fails with an attempt to clinch.
Hahn moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
Tulips avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Hahn gets a clinch.
A nice left hand lands by Tulips.
Hahn pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Hahn tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Tulips misses with a body punch.
Hahn leaning against his opponent.
Knees to the body from Hahn.
Hahn taking a breather.
A nice right hand lands inside from Tulips.
Tulips gets through Hahn's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Tulips blocks the elbow strike.
Come on Hahn - let's have some action - none of this stalling nonsense.
Tulips working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Tulips avoiding damage as Hahn throws knees to the body.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Hahn blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Tulips blocks an elbow strike.
Hahn tries a knee to the head but Tulips blocks it.
Hahn with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Tulips can't find room to land a body shot as Hahn controls the action.
Hahn effectively controlling the action here.
Tulips breaks from the clinch.
Hahn doesn't manage to clinch there - Tulips circles away.
Hahn walks into a left hand.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Brad Tulips showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Brad Tulips's cut.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action! This is the final round!
Hahn needs to keep his hands up - Tulips had a free shot at his head there.
Hahn fails in his attempt to clinch.
Hahn tries to clinch but Tulips moves out of range.
Hahn displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Tulips throws out the jab.
Hahn tries to clinch up but Tulips circles away and keeps his distance.
Hahn has Tulips up against the cage in a clinch.
Hahn is trying to stall.
Tulips managing to block the knees to the body from Hahn.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Hahn tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Tulips avoids it.
Tulips lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Tulips lands a left hand.
Tulips is trying to break the clinch but Hahn has him pressed against the cage.
Tulips softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Hahn missing with knees to the body.
Tulips gets through Hahn's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Hahn is rocked!
Hahn misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Tulips.
Oh Hahn is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Tulips lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Tulips throws a big uppercut that drops Hahn! More strikes from Tulips and the referee jumps in to stop the fight! Hahn lies dazed against the cage as Tulips celebrates with his cornermen!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:24 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Brad Tulips!
Brad Tulips thanked the fans post fight for their support.
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energy
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hype
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pop
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mgr
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RATING
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