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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Derrick Fazier (ranked 4278 p4p, 4752 weight class) and Vargas Thompson (ranked 455 p4p, 478 weight class). Thompson is bouncing up and down as he enters the arena, backed by Freddie King - Side Tracked. These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.
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BJJ Blue Belt
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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 3 - 1 - 0, fighting out of London, Derrick Fazier!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Vargas Thompson!
The judges for this bout are Chad Campbell, Jonathan Paton and David Schapiro.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Fazier misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Thompson.
Thompson throws a feint and then finishes with a kick to the body.
Fazier misses with a two punch combination.
Thompson cracks Fazier with an open hand slap.
It looks like Derrick Fazier has been cut.
Thompson rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Fazier moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Fazier lands a head shot.
Fazier throws a body kick that misses.
Thompson looks to land a combination but Fazier avoids it well.
A head kick misses from Fazier.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Thompson.
Fazier misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Thompson.
Thompson fails to land with a series of punches.
Thompson leaves Fazier with his face pressed against the mat as he sprawls beautifully, defending against a solid takedown attempt.
Fazier is breathing heavily.
Thompson has closed the distance and engaged Fazier in a clinch.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Fazier being controlled against the cage.
Thompson lands with a right to the head.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Fazier has had enough of the clinch but Thompson keeps him there for the moment.
Thompson gets underhooks to prevent Fazier's takedown attempt.
Come on Thompson - let's have some action - none of this stalling nonsense.
Thompson is trying to work for a single leg takedown but Fazier pulls him back up using the underhooks.
Thompson missing with knees to the body.
Thompson lands a knee to the body.
Thompson's corner are urging him to control the action in the clinch for a moment, rather than mount any serious offense. I'm sure the crowd appreciate those instructions... not.
Thompson prevents the takedown attempt.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Derrick Fazier. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Thompson lands a nice knee to the body.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Thompson taking a breather.
Thompson crunches a lovely knee into Fazier's ribcage.
Thompson creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Fazier's defenses.
Thompson unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Thompson is pushing Fazier up against the cage, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.
Fazier avoiding damage as Thompson throws knees to the body.
Thompson manages to break the clinch.
Fazier lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Thompson circles away quickly and effectively.
Thompson digs a good body shot into Fazier's ribs.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Fazier on the wrong end of a nice jab.
Thompson swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
A counter left hand to the body from Fazier misses its target.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Thompson gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Thompson just leaning against Fazier, taking a breather.
Fazier wants to break free but Thompson has control.
Thompson scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Thompson content to slow the pace in the clinch.
Thompson breaks the clinch.
Thompson rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Fazier moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Thompson on the wrong end of a nice jab.
Thompson fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Fazier, pushing him back against the cage.
Thompson landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Thompson working Fazier over with knees to the body.
Thompson unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Thompson landing knees to the body.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Thompson lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Fazier backwards.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
A short right from Thompson on the inside.
A knee to the head by Thompson.
Thompson breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Fazier throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around Thompson's waist but Thompson gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing Fazier off to one side.
A kick lands to the mid section there for Thompson.
Thompson throws a nice outside leg kick.
Fazier stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Thompson.
Thompson scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Thompson avoids the head kick by Fazier.
Thompson connects with a solid leg kick.
Thompson gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Thompson manages to break the clinch.
Thompson misses with a hook. Fazier ducked under it nicely.
Fazier throws a big counter combination but Thompson scrambles out of danger and avoids any damage.
Fazier misses with a hook.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Thompson.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Vargas Thompson dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Derrick Fazier's cut.
That's time! Back to the action!
Thompson moves into range and throws a combination. A nice jab followed by a hook to the body.
Thompson avoids the head kick by Fazier.
Fazier connects with a good right hand that stumbles Thompson. Thompson circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
Thompson pushes Fazier up against the cage in a clinch.
Good body shot from Thompson.
Fazier is trying to break free.
Fazier avoiding damage as Thompson throws knees to the body.
A left hand lands to the body for Thompson.
Thompson pressing his opponent against the cage.
Thompson breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Fazier gets tackled into the cage by Thompson. Thompson maintains the clinch.
Thompson's corner are urging him to control the action in the clinch for a moment, rather than mount any serious offense. I'm sure the crowd appreciate those instructions... not.
Fazier wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Fazier takes an elbow to the temple.
Derrick Fazier's cut is getting worse.
Fazier working hard to break the clinch.
Thompson is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Fazier is defending well for now.
A hook to the body from Thompson.
Thompson slows down the pace here.
Thompson pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Thompson takes a swing at Fazier's ribcage but misses.
Fazier thinks about countering with a body kick.
Thompson moves into the clinch.
Thompson lands a nice knee to the body.
Thompson utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Thompson is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Thompson throws a knee to the head but misses.
Fazier is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Thompson lands a damaging elbow.
The referee is keeping an eye on Thompson - much more stalling and he will separate the fighters.
Thompson stalls.
Thompson controlling the action here for a moment.
The fighters are starting to get sweaty, which will make takedowns a bit more tricky.
Thompson leaning his opponent against the cage.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Thompson lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Thompson wants a takedown but no success here.
Thompson is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Fazier is defending well for now.
Thompson prevents Fazier from breaking the clinch.
Knees to the body from Thompson.
Knees to the body from Thompson.
Thompson lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
With the fighters up against the cage, Thompson throws an elbow but misses.
Thompson working Fazier over with knees to the body.
Thompson with a knee to the head.
Derrick Fazier's cut is bleeding quite badly. He's got to try and protect it.
Thompson connects with a knee to the head.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Thompson lands an elbow inside that Fazier shrugs off.
Thompson's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Vargas Thompson seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Thompson is looking to slow Fazier down with leg kicks.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Thompson lands a front kick.
Thompson scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Thompson misses with a body shot.
Fazier throws a quick counter head kick but Thompson was just out of range.
Thompson shoots in and bounces Fazier off the cage to secure the takedown into guard.
Thompson scoring with punches to the head and body.
Thompson connects with a couple of short punches.
Thompson trying to control but Fazier is working from the bottom.
Thompson postures up and lands a big shot to Fazier's brow.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Vargas Thompson showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Derrick Fazier'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. This is the final round!
Thompson swings for the body but Fazier moves out of range.
Fazier dodges the punch combination from Thompson.
Fazier quickly followed up with a counter body kick but doesn't connect.
Thompson swings for the body but Fazier moves out of range.
The fighters circling - Fazier throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Thompson misses with the combination.
Thompson throws a sloppy body shot
and Fazier counters with a head kick. That will keep Thompson thinking before he tries any more sloppy attacks!
Fazier scores with a hook to the body. Thompson takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Thompson tries to drive through with a takedown attempt but Fazier defends well and Thompson ends up having to push Fazier into the cage where they will battle it out in the clinch.
A shot to the liver by Thompson. Beautiful body shot.
Thompson has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Thompson fails with a takedown attempt.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Fazier misses with a head kick.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Thompson feints and as Fazier raises his hands in defense, Thompson changes levels and drives through with a takedown into guard.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Thompson throws a strike but Fazier rolls with it and manages to sweep. Now he's in guard on top.
Thompson kicks Fazier off and gets to his feet.
Derrick Fazier is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Thompson misses the jab.
Fazier takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Fazier throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Fazier moves out of range of the strikes.
Thompson dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Fazier. That did some damage!
Nice defenses there by Thompson.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Thompson tries to close the distance and clinch but Fazier swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Fazier bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
Thompson drives through and clinches with Fazier against the cage.
Thompson throws an elbow that misses.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Thompson prevents Fazier from breaking the clinch.
Thompson breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Fazier stuffs the takedown.
Derrick Fazier has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Vargas Thompson.
Nice cross by Fazier.
Fazier takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Fazier shuffles to his left behind two crisp jabs. Thompson eats them both and turns towards Fazier to reposition himself and eats a stinging right hand-left hook combo.
Fazier needs to keep his hands up - Thompson had a free shot at his head there.
Thompson clinches.
Thompson landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Thompson wants to take the fight to the mat but Fazier manages to get underhooks and keep the fight in the clinch.
Thompson lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Fazier wants to break the clinch but can't.
Thompson unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Vargas Thompson is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Knees in the clinch landing for Thompson.
Thompson landing knees to the body.
Thompson avoiding damage.
A short right from Thompson.
Fazier takes an elbow to the forehead.
Nice elbow from Thompson.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Thompson missing with knees to the body.
A knee to the head by Thompson.
Fazier can't break the clinch.
Thompson landing knees to the head.
Fazier wants to break free but Thompson has control.
Thompson breaks the clinch.
Derrick Fazier has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Good shot there by Fazier.
Fazier takes a jab right on the kisser.
And that's the end of the fight!
Vargas Thompson comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Thompson 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 Chad Campbell scores the fight 26:30
Judge Jonathan Paton scores the fight 26:30
Judge David Schapiro scores the fight 26:30
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Vargas Thompson!
A victorious Vargas Thompson thanked his army of followers in his post fight interview, telling people to make sure they follow him on Twitter.
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