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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between KaRaiden Thibodeaux (ranked 6147 p4p, 4748 weight class) and Diego Hernandez (ranked 598 p4p, 540 weight class). Both these guys have really solid chins. Will we see a standup war or will they both decide that a knockout is unlikely and try to win the fight elsewhere?
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Decent wrestler
Good knees
Big right hand |
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BJJ White Belt
Excellent MT
Granite chin |
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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 0 - 2 - 0, fighting out of The Island, KaRaiden Thibodeaux!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Diego Hernandez!
The judges for this bout are Sandra Marshall, Santiago Holmes and David Hoff.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Thibodeaux fails with an attempt to clinch.
Hernandez looks like he wanted to counter with a high kick but didn't throw it.
Thibodeaux tries to clinch there but Hernandez circles away.
Thibodeaux jabs Hernandez to the body, keeping him at a distance.
Thibodeaux is looking to clinch but Hernandez is avoiding it.
Hernandez swats away the attempt to clinch by Thibodeaux.
Hernandez shapes to counter with a head kick.
Hernandez circles away from the clinch attempt.
Thibodeaux tries to clinch up.
Thibodeaux tries to clinch up.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Thibodeaux gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Thibodeaux is stalling here. The referee will be looking to step in if he doesn't pick up the pace.
Thibodeaux can't find room to land a body shot as Hernandez controls the action.
Thibodeaux lands with a right to the head.
Thibodeaux definitely looks more muscular than last time we saw him fight.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Hernandez pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Hernandez looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights.
Hernandez keeps the fight on the outside.
Hernandez throws a fast counter high kick but Thibodeaux manages to duck under it in time.
Thibodeaux is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Thibodeaux scores with a nice head shot.
Thibodeaux moves in looking to clinch but Hernandez pushes him off.
Hernandez throws a big counter head kick but Thibodeaux avoids it with no problem.
Thibodeaux closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Thibodeaux throws a head punch that misses.
Thibodeaux fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Hernandez lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
It looks like KaRaiden Thibodeaux has been cut.
Hernandez tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Hernandez tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Thibodeaux misses with a short punch on the inside.
Hernandez with an attempt at a knee that misses.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Thibodeaux stalling against the cage.
Hernandez trying to land knees to the body.
Thibodeaux throws a punch but it's blocked by Hernandez.
Thibodeaux fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
A short right from Thibodeaux.
Hernandez missing with knees to the body.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Thibodeaux misses with a hook from the clinch.
Hernandez tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Hernandez pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Hernandez takes a jab right on the kisser.
Thibodeaux tries to clinch but Hernandez moves out of range.
Hernandez raises up his leg as if looking to counter with a high kick.
Thibodeaux tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Hernandez manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Hernandez walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
Thibodeaux closes the distance looking to clinch
and Hernandez counters with a head kick.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Thibodeaux tries to clinch there but Hernandez circles away.
Thibodeaux is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Thibodeaux fails with an attempt to clinch.
Hernandez follows through with a counter body kick but it doesn't land.
The fight stays on the outside here - Thibodeaux looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Hernandez throws a big counter head kick but Thibodeaux avoids it with no problem.
Hernandez keeps the fight on the outside.
Thibodeaux tries to close the distance and clinch up but Hernandez swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Hernandez looks like he wants to counter punch here.
The fight stays on the outside here - Thibodeaux looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Hernandez flicks out a counter leg kick but Thibodeaux steps away.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
My god... these two guys really need to pick up the pace or everyone will leave to go get a beer.
Thibodeaux tries to clinch there but Hernandez circles away.
Hernandez raises up his leg as if looking to counter with a high kick.
Thibodeaux instigates a clinch.
Hernandez blocking some punches.
Hernandez tries a knee to the head but Thibodeaux blocks it.
Thibodeaux tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Hernandez's elbow.
Thibodeaux is clearly stalling here... Pick up the pace son.
Thibodeaux misses with a hook from the clinch.
Thibodeaux effectively controlling the action here.
Thibodeaux takes a knee to the side of the body.
Hernandez putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Thibodeaux in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Hernandez using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Thibodeaux is breathing heavily.
A knee to the head by Hernandez.
Hernandez with a knee to the head.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Diego Hernandez dominated that round.
The cut man is working on KaRaiden Thibodeaux's cut.
That's time! Back to the action!
Thibodeaux tries to close the distance and clinch but Hernandez swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Hernandez counters with a body kick.
Thibodeaux throws a body punch but Hernandez moves out of range.
Hernandez is clearly looking to counter with head kicks.
Thibodeaux closes the distance looking to clinch
and Hernandez counters with a slapping leg kick.
Thibodeaux swings widly with a right hand
and Hernandez counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.
Thibodeaux wants to clinch.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Hernandez avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Hernandez looks like he wanted to counter with a high kick but didn't throw it.
Thibodeaux fails with an attempt to clinch.
Hernandez shapes to counter with a head kick.
Thibodeaux fails with an attempt to clinch.
Hernandez raises up his leg as if looking to counter with a high kick.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Thibodeaux tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Hernandez throws a fast counter high kick but Thibodeaux manages to duck under it in time.
Thibodeaux lands with a right hand.
KaRaiden Thibodeaux seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Thibodeaux is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Hernandez shapes to counter with a head kick.
The fight stays on the outside here - Thibodeaux looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Thibodeaux tries to clinch but Hernandez is having none of it.
Thibodeaux instigates a clinch.
Thibodeaux tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Hernandez avoids it.
Hernandez tries to land a knee to the head but Thibodeaux blocks with his arms.
Hernandez missing with knees to the body.
Diego Hernandez seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Hernandez trying to land knees to the body.
Hernandez breaks the clinch.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Thibodeaux drives through and clinches with Hernandez against the cage.
Hernandez is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Thibodeaux is defending well for now.
Hernandez misses with a knee to the head.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Thibodeaux.
Thibodeaux connects with a nasty looking knee right to Hernandez's face.
It looks like Diego Hernandez has been cut.
Hernandez blocks a body shot from Thibodeaux.
Hernandez tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Hernandez breaks the clinch.
Thibodeaux closes the distance looking to clinch
and Hernandez counters with a head kick that drops Thibodeaux to the mat! Thibodeaux scrambles across the canvas and gets back to his feet, still wobbly!
Thibodeaux is rocked!
This has been an exciting period of action!
Thibodeaux moves to clinch but Hernandez breaks away
and as Thibodeaux loses concentration momentarily, Hernandez counters with a picture perfect head kick! Thibodeaux goes down, out cold! The referee rushed in to check on his condition - I'm sure he'll be ok but that was a massive knockout!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:55 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Head Kick). Diego Hernandez!
After winning the bout, Diego Hernandez thanked all his fans and promised he'd do even better in his next fight. The crowd seemed to love his humility.
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energy
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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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