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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Patrick Thomas (ranked 1136 p4p, 1165 weight class) and Daniel Himes (ranked 164 p4p, 170 weight class). Thomas kept the crowd waiting but all that was forgotten when his ring entrance music started. The incomparable musical genius that is LUNIZ -- I GOT 5 ON IT. Himes is bobbing his head along to his entrance song: Oasis - Supersonic. Both these guys have solid standup skills and neither is particularly fantastic on the ground, so let's hope for a nice standup war!
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 7 - 2 - 0, fighting out of New York, Patrick Thomas!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 11 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Daniel Himes!
The judges for this bout are Percy O'Donnell, Timothy Bukovac and Frank Antenori.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Thomas takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Thomas misses with a hook. Himes ducked under it nicely.
Thomas missing with a left hand there. Himes was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Thomas throws out a powerful jab.
A combination from Thomas does no damage.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Himes! But no joy.
Thomas misses with a straight left.
Himes throws out a counter right but Thomas avoids it with no problem.
Thomas is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Himes.
Thomas tries to clinch but Himes moves away
and Himes counters with a two punch combo.
Thomas tries to clinch but Himes moves out of range.
Thomas looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Himes does a little shimmy and throws a leg kick. The leg kick missed by a considerable margin though, making him look a little bit silly for doing the shimmy.
Thomas tries to close the distance and clinch up but Himes swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Thomas darts in and clinches Himes up against the cage.
Thomas letting Himes take a breather here.
Thomas tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Himes's elbow.
Thomas lands a nice uppercut.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Thomas swings away with an uppercut that misses.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Thomas.
Himes pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Thomas swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Thomas has Himes up against the cage in a clinch.
Thomas working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Thomas goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Himes unloads a knee to the mid-section. Thomas lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Himes doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Himes avoiding damage.
Himes misses with a punch on the inside.
Thomas gets through Himes's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Thomas avoiding damage as Himes throws knees to the body.
Himes fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Thomas scores with a shoulder strike.
Thomas working aggressively here.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Thomas lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Himes lands a nice uppercut.
Himes trying to control the position but instead, Thomas has worked for underhooks and has pushed Himes into the cage.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Thomas cracks Himes with a nice body shot.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Himes wants to break free but Thomas has control.
Himes manages to break the clinch.
Himes drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
Patrick Thomas seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Thomas misses with a series of wild punches.
Thomas moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Himes defending well as Thomas loads up on a big left hand.
Himes looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Himes is looking to chop away at Thomas's legs.
Thomas throws a looping overhand right but Himes ducks down to avoid it.
Thomas misses with a looping left.
Thomas clinches.
Himes tries to break the clinch but Thomas is controlling the position.
Himes lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
That's three minutes gone in the round.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
Thomas works on Himes's body with a couple of short punches.
A short uppercut from Thomas.
Himes using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Thomas has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
The pace really dropping off here, momentarily.
Thomas misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Himes tries to land a knee to the head but Thomas blocks with his arms.
Thomas is pushing Himes up against the cage, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.
Thomas misses with a short punch on the inside.
Thomas trying to stall but Himes improves his position.
Himes lands a left hand.
Thomas scores with a nice hook to the head.
Himes breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Thomas avoids the head kick by Himes.
An attempted straight right counter from Thomas misses the target.
Himes moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Himes lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Himes has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Himes there as he acknowledges the shot.
Thomas instigates a clinch.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
The referee is keeping an eye on Thomas - much more stalling and he will separate the fighters.
Thomas lands with a left to the head.
Thomas fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Himes.
Himes breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Himes looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
A swing and a miss from Himes.
Thomas jabs. That one connects to the head of his opponent.
Thomas is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Himes.
Thomas misses with a hook
and he gets countered with a snapping leg kick.
Good work by Himes as he checks the leg kick.
Thomas lands a jab.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Patrick Thomas dominated that round.
That's time! Thomas's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.
Thomas avoids the body shot from Himes.
Himes ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Himes is looking to score with low kicks.
Thomas misses with a series of wild punches.
A swing and a miss from Thomas.
Himes throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Thomas on the side of the head.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Himes 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 Thomas has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Thomas and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
Thomas pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Thomas dodges the punch combination from Himes.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Thomas lands a vicious shot with the stealth of a sniper and the strength of a viper. Are vipers that strong? I can think of lots of things that are stronger than a viper - not many rhyme with sniper though.
Good exchange - Thomas coming out on top.
Thomas clinches with his opponent.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Thomas can't find room to land a body shot as Himes controls the action.
Himes working aggressively here.
Thomas throws a head punch that misses.
Thomas is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Himes can do to turn this around?
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Thomas.
Himes lands with a short shot to the head.
Thomas is trying to stall.
Himes throws a knee to the head but misses.
A shot in the inside from Thomas.
Himes blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Himes trying to control the position but instead, Thomas has worked for underhooks and has pushed Himes into the cage.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Thomas swings wildly with an uppercut but Himes uses good head movement to avoid it.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Thomas.
Himes gets through Thomas's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Thomas lands a nice uppercut.
Himes wants to stall.
Patrick Thomas has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Himes misses with a knee to the head.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Himes wants to stall.
Himes is trying to break the clinch but Thomas is controlling him.
Thomas tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Thomas struggles to land a body shot inside as Himes controls his hands.
Thomas throws a head punch that misses.
Himes stalling in the clinch but Thomas improves position.
A short uppercut from Thomas.
Thomas swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Thomas misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Himes looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Thomas lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Himes with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Thomas tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Thomas misses with a punch to the body.
Himes wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Thomas has him pressed against the cage.
Thomas letting Himes take a breather here.
Himes doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Thomas just leaning against Himes, taking a breather.
Himes pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Himes pushes forward with a 1-2 combination that forces Thomas back to the cage. Himes follows up with a solid lead hook to the liver.
Thomas lands a jab to the nose.
Himes looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
Thomas lands a body shot.
Thomas jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Himes lets it all go there with a big combo counter but none of the punches connected.
Thomas pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Himes circles away from the clinch attempt
and Himes counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Thomas misses with a head kick.
Nice body kick from Himes.
A head kick misses from Himes.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Thomas throws a poor cross that misses
and Himes counters with a thumping low kick.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
A telegraphed right hand from Thomas misses the target.
Thomas has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Himes.
Himes throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Thomas tries to counter by clinching up but Himes breaks away and moves out of range.
Himes throws the left hand but Thomas avoids the punch easily.
Patrick Thomas is winning the standup battle so far.
Himes displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Thomas throws out the jab.
Thomas tries to clinch but Himes is having none of it.
Thomas misses with a straight right.
Thomas is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Himes drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
Himes uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Thomas.
Thomas is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Himes.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Patrick Thomas dominated that second round.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action! This is the final round!
Himes misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Thomas.
Thomas is looking to clinch.
Thomas tries to clinch up.
Thomas tries a head kick but it misses.
Thomas tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Himes paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Thomas throws a lazy uppercut
and Himes counters with a nice uppercut.
Thomas throws a good cross that connects.
Himes circles away from the clinch attempt.
Thomas clinches up against the cage.
Thomas makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Thomas scores with a shot to the side of Himes's head.
Himes breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Thomas bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Thomas loads up on a big right hand but Himes slips the punch.
Himes avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Thomas fails with an attempt to clinch.
Himes feints a counter leg kick.
Thomas walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Himes checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
Thomas is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Thomas throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Himes counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Thomas fails in his attempt to clinch.
A big left from Thomas misses.
Himes throws out a counter right but Thomas avoids it with no problem.
Nice uppercut there from Thomas.
Thomas throws a poor cross that misses
and Himes counters with an inside leg kick.
Nice straight punches there by Thomas. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Thomas.
Thomas gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Thomas fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Thomas fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Himes misses with a knee strike.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Thomas fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Himes wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Thomas looking to slow down the pace here.
Thomas swings wildly with an uppercut but Himes uses good head movement to avoid it.
Thomas swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Thomas lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
It looks like Daniel Himes has been cut.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Thomas avoiding damage as Himes throws knees to the body.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Himes trying to land knees to the body.
Thomas misses with the head strike.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Thomas as Himes tries to tie him up.
Thomas lands with a short shot to the head.
Thomas lands a right hand.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Thomas.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
Thomas on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Thomas tries to work over Himes's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
A shot in the inside from Thomas.
Thomas scores with a nice hook to the head.
Thomas has Himes pressed against the cage.
Himes taking a breather.
Thomas is clearly stalling here... Pick up the pace son.
Thomas tries to work over Himes's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Himes working aggressively here.
Thomas misses with the head strike.
A short right from Thomas on the inside.
Himes is trying to stall.
Thomas pushes Himes back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Himes wants to get back to striking at distance but Thomas won't allow it.
Patrick Thomas is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Himes tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Thomas avoids it.
Thomas goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Himes doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Thomas misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Himes taking a breather.
Thomas pushes Himes back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Himes throws a knee to the head but misses.
Himes wants to break free but Thomas has control.
Thomas swings wildly with an uppercut but Himes uses good head movement to avoid it.
Himes is trying to force a seperation but Thomas has the dominant position.
Daniel Himes has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Thomas struggles to land a body shot inside as Himes controls his hands.
And that's the end of the fight!
Patrick Thomas showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Thomas 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 Percy O'Donnell scores the fight 30:27
Judge Timothy Bukovac scores the fight 30:27
Judge Frank Antenori scores the fight 30:27
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Patrick Thomas!
During a confident post fight interview, Patrick Thomas thanked all his fans. He seemed very genuine when describing how motivated his fans keep him.
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hype
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