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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Ant Thrax (ranked 4552 p4p, 6369 weight class) and Roy Sands (ranked 543 p4p, 649 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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BJJ White Belt
Excellent MT
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of New York, Ant Thrax!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Roy Sands!
The judges for this bout are Taro Takaoka, Yukihiro Shimada and Shirou Masuda.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Thrax misses with a straight left.
Sands throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Thrax missing with a left hand there. Sands was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Thrax jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Thrax throws a big shot that misses.
Sands tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Sands connects with the punch.
Thrax defending well as Sands loads up on a big left hand.
Thrax uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Sands.
Roy Sands seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Thrax uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Sands.
Thrax takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Sands connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Thrax clinches with his opponent.
Thrax misses with a short punch on the inside.
Thrax scores with a shoulder strike.
Thrax misses with a punch on the inside.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Thrax misses with a hook from the clinch.
Thrax lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Sands blocks an uppercut.
A frustrated look appears on Sands's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Thrax misses with some punches.
Sands tries to break the clinch but Thrax is controlling the position.
Thrax tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Sands is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Thrax lands a right hand.
Sands can't break the clinch.
Sands blocks a punch to the side of the head.
I was talking to Thrax's coach per-fight and he was telling me that they'd been working on the clinch in the runup to this fight.
Thrax misses with the head strike.
Thrax lands with a left to the head.
Sands has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Sands takes a shot to the head.
Sands can't break the clinch.
Thrax keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Sands's efforts to push away.
Thrax keeps control of Sands as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Thrax lands with a left to the head.
Sands blocks an uppercut.
Thrax has a couple of punches blocked by Sands.
The pace really dropping off here, momentarily.
A head punch on the inside from Thrax fails to land.
Thrax throws a punch but it's blocked by Sands.
Sands manages to break the clinch.
Sands with a body punch. A glancing blow.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Sands steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Thrax.
Sands stuns Thrax with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Sands lands with a shot to the body.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Thrax is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Sands.
Ant Thrax is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Sands avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Sands scores with a crisp jab that stopped Thrax in his tracks.
Sands circles away from the clinch attempt.
Thrax with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Sands to score with a decent uppercut.
Sands throws a head kick but Thrax moves out of range.
Sands throws a hook but Thrax avoids it easily.
Thrax cracks Sands with a big right hand that sends him crashing to the floor. Thrax has the opportunity to follow him to the ground but instead he's beckoning Sands to stand back up!
Sands is rocked!
It looks like Roy Sands has been cut.
Thrax needs to keep his hands up - Sands had a free shot at his head there.
Sands is still on wobbly legs! Can Thrax finish him?
Sands misses with a lunging right hand
and Thrax counters with a crisp right that sends Sands to the canvas! Thrax follows up with punches from the mount and this one is all over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:42 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Ant Thrax!
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hype
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pop
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mgr
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FIGHT
RATING
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