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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Daniel Judah (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Hank Noel (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Hank Noel is the more experienced fighter, so let's see if that makes a difference tonight.
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Daniel Judah!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
5 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Hank Noel!
The judges for this bout are Ryoma Takatsuka, Micheangelo Fripello and Roger Salmon.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Judah dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Noel. That did some damage!
Noel moves in looking to clinch but Judah pushes him off.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Judah, right into the meat.
Judah lands a nice looking body shot.
Noel fails in his attempt to clinch.
Noel wants to clinch.
Noel clinches.
Judah avoiding damage as Noel throws knees to the body.
Noel with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Judah with a knee to the head.
It looks like Hank Noel has been cut.
Judah is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Noel is defending well for now.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Noel with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Judah with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Noel lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
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!
Judah working Noel over with knees to the body.
Nice body punch from Judah - that landed with a thud.
Noel misses with a knee to the head.
Judah landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Noel tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Judah avoids it.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Noel blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Noel with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Noel tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Judah avoids it.
Noel takes a knee right on the jaw!
Judah landing knees to the body.
Noel looks winded!
Noel's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Judah connects with a nasty looking knee right to Noel's face.
Judah landing knees to the head.
Judah landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Noel tries to land knees in the clinch but Judah avoids the damage to the body.
Noel misses with a knee strike.
Judah on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Judah throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Noels head.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Judah crunches a lovely knee into Noel's ribcage.
Judah using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Noel has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Judah lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Judah connects with a nasty looking knee right to Noel's face.
Noel missing with knees to the body.
Noel takes a knee right on the jaw!
Noel has thrown a lot of knees so far in this fight and we're lead to believe that's something he's been working on the gym prior to this fight.
Judah working Noel over with knees to the body.
Judah landing knees to the body.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Judah unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Judah lands a knee to the head.
Judah landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Judah lands with a right to the head.
Judah connects with a nasty looking knee right to Noel's face.
Noel takes a knee right on the jaw!
Judah lands a body punch in the clinch.
Noel looking to throw knees to the head but Judah is blocking nicely.
Judah avoiding damage as Noel throws knees to the body.
Judah scores a nice knee to the body.
Noel tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Judah avoids it.
Noel tries to land knees in the clinch but Judah avoids the damage to the body.
Judah landing knees to the head.
Judah throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Noel blocks it with crossed arms.
Judah landing knees to the body.
Noel tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Judah avoids it.
Judah scores with a knee to the head.
Judah trying to land knees to the body.
Judah scores with a knee to the head.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Judah tries a knee to the head but Noel blocks it.
Noel landing knees to the body.
Judah using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Noel has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Judah managing to block the knees to the body from Noel.
Noel lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Noel misses with a knee strike.
Judah on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Judah misses with a knee strike.
Noel landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Noel tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Judah scores with a shoulder strike.
A knee to the head by Noel.
Judah lands with a left to the head.
Noel tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Judah avoids it.
Judah landing knees to the head.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Judah on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Judah lands a hook that snaps the head of Noel backwards.
Judah unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Knees to the body from Judah.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Judah looking to throw knees to the head but Noel is blocking nicely.
Judah connects with a knee to the head.
Noel tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Judah with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Judah scores a nice knee to the body.
Judah lands a knee to the head.
Noel lands a nice knee to the body.
Knees in the clinch landing for Judah.
Judah with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Noel looking to throw knees to the head but Judah is blocking nicely.
Judah looking to throw knees to the head but Noel is blocking nicely.
Judah tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Noel misses with a knee to the head.
Noel connects with a nasty looking knee right to Judah's face.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Judah looking to throw knees to the head but Noel is blocking nicely.
Judah managing to block the knees to the body from Noel.
Noel tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Judah's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Noel fails in his attempt to clinch.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Daniel Judah dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Hank Noel's cut.
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.
Noel tries to close the distance and clinch but Judah swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Noel wants to clinch up but Judah keeps it at a distance.
And Judah counters with a quick kick to the body but Noel blocks it.
Judah throws a head kick that half lands.
Noel tries to clinch there but Judah circles away.
Noel wants to clinch.
Noel tries to clinch but fails miserably
and Judah counters with a lovely shot to the body.
Judah is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Noel can do to turn this around?
A decent looking body kick lands there for Judah.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Judah.
Hank Noel seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Noel is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Noel doesn't manage to clinch there - Judah circles away.
Judah lands with a good body shot.
Noel takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Judah thumps Noel with a low kick.
Noel moves in looking to clinch but Judah pushes him off.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Judah lands a jab to the nose.
Noel takes a head kick and shrugs it off.
Judah circles away from the clinch attempt.
Judah with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Noel clinches.
Judah tries to work over Noel's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Knees to the body from Judah.
Noel trying to land knees to the body.
Noel missing with knees to the body.
Noel putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Judah in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Judah throws a knee to the head but misses.
Noel tries to land knees in the clinch but Judah avoids the damage to the body.
Noel using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Judah missing with knees to the body.
Noel lands a good knee to the midsection. Judah won't want to take too many of those.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Knees to the body from Noel.
Judah blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Knees to the body from Noel.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Noel throws a knee to the head but misses.
Judah with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Judah throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Noel blocks it with crossed arms.
Noel is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Judah is defending well for now.
Judah tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Noel's elbow.
Noel managing to block the knees to the body from Judah.
Noel tries to land knees in the clinch but Judah avoids the damage to the body.
Judah avoiding damage as Noel throws knees to the body.
Judah on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Judah misses with a body punch.
Noel misses with a knee strike.
Noel lands a good knee to the midsection. Judah won't want to take too many of those.
Judah lands with a right to the head.
Noel misses with a knee to the head.
Judah landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Judah can't find room to land a body shot as Noel controls the action.
Knees to the body from Judah.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Noel obliges.
Noel using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Judah has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Judah lands a knee to the head.
Judah unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Knees in the clinch landing for Judah.
Noel tries a knee to the head but Judah blocks it.
Judah lands a right hand that snaps the head of Noel backwards.
A knee to the head by Judah.
Noel is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Judah is defending well for now.
Noel landing knees to the head.
Knees to the body from Judah.
Judah throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Noels head.
Noel misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Judah.
Judah landing knees to the head.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Judah trying to land knees to the body.
Judah working hard to break the clinch.
Noel using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Judah has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Noel with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Judah lands a knee to the head.
Judah blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Daniel Judah has scored more points in the clinch so far.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Judah using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Judah unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Judah is leaning against Noel and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Judah blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Judah breaks from the clinch.
Noel fails in his attempt to clinch.
Noel tries to clinch up.
Judah goes for a high kick. It partially lands.
Noel closes the distance looking to clinch
and Judah counters with a good low kick that Noel was not able to check.
Judah fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Noel.
Judah throws a head kick that misses.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Noel tries to close the distance and clinch but Judah swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Judah avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Noel tries to clinch but Judah is having none of it.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Daniel Judah dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Hank Noel's cut.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! This is the final round!
Noel clinches.
Judah unloads a knee to the mid-section. Noel lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Judah takes a knee to the side of the body.
Judah working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Noel scores a nice knee to the body.
Noel lands a knee to the body.
Judah tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
We are yet to see a takedown attempt from Noel in the fight. On paper you would think he is the more dominant ground fighter so let's see if these unusual tactics pay off.
Noel landing knees to the head.
It looks like Daniel Judah has been cut.
Noel throws a knee to the head but misses.
Judah on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Noel with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Judah on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Judah has had enough of the clinch but Noel keeps him there for the moment.
Judah throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Noel blocks it with crossed arms.
A short right from Judah.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Noel connects with a knee to the head.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Judah.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Judah misses with a knee to the head.
Noel unloads a knee to the mid-section.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Noel misses with a knee to the head.
Judah blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Judah is trying to break free.
Knees to the body from Judah.
Judah looking to throw knees to the head but Noel is blocking nicely.
Noel using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Judah has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Judah lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Noel using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Noel landing knees to the head.
Judah lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Noel trying to land knees to the body.
Judah managing to block the knees to the body from Noel.
Nice body punch from Judah - that landed with a thud.
A hook to the body from Judah.
Noel's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Judah lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Noel or not.
Judah lands a right hand that snaps the head of Noel backwards.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Judah trying to land knees to the body.
Judah throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Noel blocks it with crossed arms.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Noel with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Judah with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Judah tries a knee to the head but Noel blocks it.
Judah blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
A knee to the head by Noel.
Noel using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Judah has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Judah connects with a nasty looking knee right to Noel's face.
Noel throws a knee to the head but misses.
Judah crunches a lovely knee into Noel's ribcage.
Judah is trying to force a seperation but Noel has the dominant position.
Judah blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Noel missing with knees to the body.
Noel takes a shot to the head.
Judah landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Judah scores with a knee to the head.
Judah tries to land a knee to the head but Noel blocks with his arms.
Judah avoiding damage as Noel throws knees to the body.
Judah tries to land knees in the clinch but Noel avoids the damage to the body.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Noel landing knees to the head.
Noel tries to land a knee to the head but Judah blocks with his arms.
Judah unloads a knee to the mid-section. Noel lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Noel tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Judah working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Judah lands a nice knee to the body.
Judah is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Judah takes a knee to the side of the body.
Noel lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Daniel Judah is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Noel trying to land knees to the body.
Judah escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Noel tries to close the distance and clinch up but Judah swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Judah is looking to counter with a body kick.
Noel closes the distance but Judah moves to the side
and Judah counters with a nice body kick.
Judah avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
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!
Judah throws a head kick that connects with a bit of head and a bit of hand.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Judah fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Noel.
Noel tries to close the distance and clinch but Judah swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Judah was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
Judah scores with a hook.
Noel's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Noel fails with an attempt to clinch.
Noel closes the distance and clinches.
Noel blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Judah takes a knee right on the jaw!
Judah on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Judah managing to block the knees to the body from Noel.
Judah lands a good knee to the midsection. Noel won't want to take too many of those.
Noel tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Judah is leaning against Noel and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Noel with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Judah on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Hank Noel has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Judah avoiding damage as Noel throws knees to the body.
Judah blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
And that's the end of the fight!
That was a close round. You could make an argument for either fighter but I would give it to Daniel Judah.
Well Judah 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 Ryoma Takatsuka scores the fight 30:27
Judge Micheangelo Fripello scores the fight 30:27
Judge Roger Salmon scores the fight 30:27
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Daniel Judah!
A victorious Daniel Judah thanked his army of followers in his post fight interview, telling people to make sure they follow him on Twitter.
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