Post by The Sandmen on Jul 16, 2014 9:52:10 GMT -5
ManMMA Lightweight Championship
Joachim Hansen looks very relaxed.
Yves Edwards is beating himself up in the corner before the fight begins, smacking himself in the face, body and legs to get ready for his scrap.
Now Joachim Hansen put his title in contention against Edwards.
This is the first time they meet inside the cage
It's hard to say who will be winning this fight. The specialized media doesn't have a favourite either.
The referee of the bout is Josh Rosenthal.
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Round 1
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The bell announces the first round!
Yves Edwards paws at Hansen.
Hansen answers with solid punches!
Edwards's Right eye is beginning to swell
A wicked punch by Joachim Hansen
rocks Edwards!
Edwards's Nose is beginning to swell
Brilliant combination from Joachim Hansen
that forces Edwards to try and defend better.
Hansen wants to take the fight to his advantage and tries to clinch.
Hansen moves forward and holds Edwards
Both fighters are tied in a clinch.
Yves Edwards's corner is turning out to be his worst enemy! Hansen is throwing a flurry of punches!
Edwards ducks under and circles out of the corner.
Joachim Hansen tries to take the fight to the ground with a one leg takedown...
Edwards is unable to remain on his feet and falls to the ground
Joachim Hansen is in open guard over Edwards
As the fight continues it seems that Joachim Hansen is taking the best of the fight.
Hansen tries to move to full mount
Hansen succeeds
Joachim Hansen is in full mount over Yves Edwards
Yves Edwards tries to roll to his side and trap Joachim Hansen in his guard...
Yves Edwards moves to half guard.
Joachim Hansen is in half guard over Edwards
Hansen leans back...
He clobbers Yves Edwards's face with a huge punch! Ouch!
The clock says 1:35 in the 1 round
Joachim Hansen is in half guard over Edwards
Joachim Hansen tries to free his leg...
Joachim Hansen uses some of his skill by jumping out of Edwards's guard. He moves quickly to full mount!
The clock says 1:45 in the 1 round
Joachim Hansen is in side mount over Yves Edwards
Joachim Hansen looks to pass to mount...
Edwards creates space and scrambles back to his feet.
Both fighters have climbed to their feet and they continue the fight standing. The people who are watching this in Arena Joondalup (Joondalup, Australia) are cheering for the fighters.
Solid kick to the leg from Yves Edwards
Hansen checks it.
Hansen tries to get some advantage after his opponent miss move...
Hansen dodges a strike and counters with a crushing hook
that almost lifts Edwards from the ground!
Hansen decides to launch some tentative punches
Nothing from this exchange. Hansen moves back and takes a deep breath.
Hansen tries to grapple
He puts Edwards in a double underhook!
The fighters are clinching.
Yves Edwards postures up and launches another series of punches!
A lot of them are hitting Hansen hard, who may be wondering how to scape from this!
The fighters are clinching.
Yves Edwards postures up and launches another series of punches!
A lot of them are hitting Hansen hard, who may be wondering how to scape from this!
Both fighters are tied in a clinch.
Yves Edwards slightly pushes Hansen into the fence and tries to calm down the action.
Josh Rosenthal sees a lack of activity in the clinch and separates the fighters.
The clock says 2:55 in the 1 round
Edwards tries to grapple
Hansen moves aside keeping the fight a strinking range
The clock says 3:05 in the 1 round
Hansen begins to launch a barrage of punches over Edwards
this is getting worse and worse for Edwards
Yves Edwards throws a looping right hand...
That lands on Hansen's chin! That stops Hansen in his tracks!
There is a small laceration on Joachim Hansen's Left eye
Hansen avoids a dangerous strike from Edwards
and counters with a solid straight!
Yves Edwards takes a few seconds to recover his breath...
The clock says 3:50 in the 1 round
Hansen goes for a low kick..
Faster than a blinking eye, he follows up with a high kick!
Edwards cornermen are yelling for his man to escape from the ground as Hansen can finish a fight on the ground with some good pounding if you give him the chance.
Joachim Hansen goes with a looping right hand while Yves Edwards jumps back and jabs
That one hits but Edwards seems unaffected, countering with a few punches of his own. Great exchange here.
The clock says 4:10 in the 1 round
Hansen is holding Yves Edwards's right leg... He's trying to take him down.
Yves Edwards loses balance and goes to the ground.
Joachim Hansen is in side mount over Yves Edwards
Hansen tries to move to full mount!
Nice move. He is in full mount now.
Joachim Hansen is in full mount over Yves Edwards
Terrible one sided match... Edwards was not ready to fight a fighter of Joachim Hansen caliber.
Hansen is looking to end this fight with strikes
He starts to pound away at Yves Edwards, who is barely covering up!
Edwards has a small cut in his Right cheek
Joachim Hansen is in full mount over Yves Edwards
Hansen launches a barrage of elbows over Edwards's face!
Those elbows may finish the fight soon if Edwards doesn't fight back!
Joachim Hansen is in full mount over Yves Edwards
Terrible one sided match... Edwards was not ready to fight a fighter of Joachim Hansen caliber.
Joachim Hansen takes a deep breath as he passes his arm over Yves Edwards shoulder and pushes his left arm againts the mat!
Crippling lock!
You can see the pain reflected in Edwards's eyes...
Crippling lock!
Yves Edwards breaks that americana attempt!
Joachim Hansen is in full mount over Yves Edwards
Joachim Hansen throws down elbows...
He's tearing up Edwards's face with those brutal elbows! Edwards needs to do something! The referee is threatening to stop it!
Edwards's Left eye is beginning to swell
Josh Rosenthal separates the fighters as the round concludes. The fighters shake hands as they head back to their corners.
You have to give that round to Joachim Hansen.
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Round 2
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0:12 Round 2 and Hansen is still in good shape. He sure has trained hard for this fight.
Hansen grabs his opponent by the waist and tries to take the fight to the ground
Edwards struggles... Joachim Hansen is unable to take him down
Edwards tries to get some advantage after his opponent miss move...
Yves Edwards fires an unorthodox punch to Hansen's torso
that hits its mark.
The clock says 0:20 in the 2 round
Joachim Hansen fakes a punch and launches himself over Yves Edwards
Great move by Hansen who pushes his opponent under a troublesome thai clinch
The clock says 0:30 in the 2 round
The fighters are clinching.
Joachim Hansen's corner is turning out to be his worst enemy! Edwards is throwing a flurry of punches!
Hansen ducks under and circles out of the corner.
Joachim Hansen tries to take the fight to the ground with a one leg takedown...
Edwards is unable to remain on his feet and falls to the ground
Joachim Hansen is in open guard over Edwards
Hansen tries to move to full mount
Hansen succeeds
The clock says 1:05 in the 2 round
Joachim Hansen is in full mount over Yves Edwards
Yves Edwards tries to roll to his side and get to half guard...
Joachim Hansen rolls Yves Edwards to his stomach and takes his back!
Hansen is in rear mount over Edwards
Hansen tries to get a hook in!
Things get worse for Edwards! Hansen has one hook in and keeps working!
The clock says 1:25 in the 2 round
Hansen is in rear mount over Edwards with one hook in
Hansen looks to be in very good shape.
Hansen has one hook in and is trying to get the second one! If he succeed things are goint to get very bad for Edwards.
Nicely done! Hansen now has two hooks in! The end may be near!
The clock says 1:35 in the 2 round
Hansen is in rear mount over Edwards with two hooks in
Stand up! This is what Hansen's cornermen are shouting. Yves Edwards is a submission master and he can finish the fight if you mess with him on the ground.
Edwards has to use some of his skills to escape safely from this position...
Edwards is unable to find a way to escape from this.
Hansen is in rear mount over Edwards with two hooks in
Hansen is in rear mount with two hooks in! He is working on a desperate Edwards, who tries to defend himself and escape from that position.
Hansen moves looking to sink a rear naked choke and finish this.
Hansen is in rear mount over Edwards with two hooks in
Hansen is in rear mount with two hooks in! He is working on a desperate Edwards, who tries to defend himself and escape from that position.
Hansen moves looking to sink a rear naked choke and finish this.
Hansen is in rear mount over Edwards with two hooks in
Hansen fires a barrage of punches at Edwards's head!
This is bad! Hansen is just pounding on Yves Edwards's head like he's a training dummy! The referee looks on anxiously!
Josh Rosenthal is asking Edwards to defend himself! Josh Rosenthal jumps in between the fighters and stops the punishment for Edwards.
Edwards's Mouth is bruised after the punishement he's received!
Edwards has a small cut in his Mouth
Winner is Joachim Hansen by TKO (GnP) at 2:17 Round 2
Statistics: Joachim Hansen
Punches 16/23 (70%)
Kicks 2/2 (100%)
Clinch strikes 0/5 (0%)
Takedowns 3/4 (75%)
GnP strikes 17/21 (81%)
Submissions 1/1 (100%)
Clinch Attempts 1/1 (100%)
Time on the ground 172 s
Statistics: Yves Edwards
Punches 7/9 (78%)
Kicks 0/1 (0%)
Clinch strikes 6/15 (40%)
Takedowns 0/0 (0%)
GnP strikes 0/0 (0%)
Submissions 0/0 (0%)
Clinch Attempts 0/0 (0%)
Time on the ground 172 s
Joachim Hansen defends the Lightweight title!
Edwards did better than I thought, and had glimpses of awesome here and there, which was nice. Almost all of me was secretly hoping for the upset in this one. Don't tell Hansen though.
I wanted the upset too cuz I like Edwards but Hansen's just too dominant.
Hansen's from Norway and Edwards is from the Bahamas... No Canadians here at all. 
Have 9 points in celebration of this monumental achievement!