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Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Phillip Thompson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Noah Ho (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). We have two fighters making their debuts here, so let's see who comes out of this one with their first professional victory.
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104 lbs
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140 lbs
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BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent boxer
Very quick |
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BJJ Brown Belt
Brawler
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the bantamweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Phillip Thompson!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Noah Ho!
The judges for this bout are Bruno Hogan, Summer Carpenter and Steve Erwin.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Ho needs to keep his hands up - Thompson had a free shot at his head there.
Ho swings widly with a right hand
and Thompson counters with a left to the body.
Ho has a takedown stuffed.
Thompson thows a left - swing and a miss!
Ho rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Thompson counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Ho misses with a lunging right hand
enabling Thompson to counter with a crisp jab.
Thompson scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Thompson looks to land a combination. Ho sees it coming but can only parry a couple of the shots.
Ho misses with a right hand
and Thompson counters with a straight right hand.
Ho slips under a jab.
Good standup being displayed there by Thompson as he connects with a hook.
Ho throws a poor cross that misses
letting Thompson counter with a right hand.
Ho throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Thompson cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Thompson uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
Ho misses with an uppercut
and Thompson counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Ho misses with an uppercut
and Thompson counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Ho shoots in looking for a takedown but Thompson manages to keep the fight standing, pushing Ho's face into the canvas for good measure before circling away.
Ho throws a right hand that misses
and Ho takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Thompson lands a two punch combo.
Ho takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
Thompson misses with a straight right.
Ho throws a poor cross that misses
and Thompson counters with a straight right hand.
Ho moves out of range of the strikes.
Ho throws a right hand that misses
and Thompson connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Ho misses with a lunging right hand
enabling Thompson to counter with a crisp jab.
Thompson defends well against a solid takedown attempt from Ho.
Phillip Thompson has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Noah Ho.
Ho misses with a left hand
and Thompson counters with a stiff right hand.
Thompson tests Ho's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Ho misses with a left hand
enabling Thompson to counter with a crisp jab.
Ho misses with a lunging right hand
enabling Thompson to counter with a crisp jab.
Ho fails with a takedown attempt.
Ho has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
Ho looks gassed!
A jab lands there for Thompson.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Thompson defends well against a solid takedown attempt from Ho.
A punch lands to the side of Ho 's head but he takes it in his stride.
Thompson 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.
Left hook, right uppercut from Thompson.
Thompson lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Ho throws an ugly left hook that misses
letting Thompson counter with a right hand.
Ho misses with a right hand
letting Thompson counter with a right hand.
Ho misses with an uppercut
and Thompson connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Thompson lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Thompson feints a jab promting Ho to slip. Thompson then demonstrates his capabilities by jabbing again. Ho slips again and ducks right into an uppercut.
Thompson tests Ho's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Ho takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Thompson connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
Ho misses with a hook
and Thompson counters with a stiff right hand.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Thompson connects with a looping right hand.
Ho throws a lazy uppercut
and Thompson counters with a three punch combo that has Ho backing up. Ho nods at Thompson to acknowledge the strikes.
Ho misses with a right hand
and Thompson counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Ho takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
Phillip Thompson is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Thompson cracks Ho with a right hand to the side of the head.
Ho throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Thompson counters with a straight right hand.
Ho misses with a right hand
and Thompson counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Thompson pushes forward with a 1-2 combination that forces Ho back to the cage. Thompson follows up with a solid lead hook to the liver.
Ho misses with a lunging right hand
and Thompson counters with a straight right hand.
A punch lands to the side of Ho 's head but he takes it in his stride.
Ho gets the takedown into side control.
Ho creates some space and throws a big elbow, but Thompson sees it coming and moves his head just enough to avoid the strike.
Thompson is not content to let Ho control the position.
The referee asks Ho politely if he wouldn't mind getting on with it and actually doing something. Ho prefers to stall for the moment though.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Check out the look on Ho's face as he threw that strike - that's one determined fighter!
Thompson might be looking to lock onto one of his opponent's long limbs for a submission, whilst we're on the ground.
Ho landing a few strikes.
Ho tries to land with some ground and pound but misses.
An elbow from Ho crashes against the mat.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Ho scores with a couple of short elbows.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Ho in side control lands a nice looking series of punches and elbows.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Phillip Thompson dominated that round.
That's time! Back to the action!
Thompson throws out a loose jab but Ho uses good head movement to avoid it.
Thompson cracks Ho with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
Ho throws a lazy uppercut
letting Thompson counter with a right hand.
It really doesn't seem like the step up in weight is hurting Thompson here at all. He's more than holding his own against the bigger man.
Thompson throws the left hand but Ho avoids the punch easily.
Ho throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Thompson counters with a lovely shot to the body.
Ho takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Ho throws a poor cross that misses
and Thompson counters with a stiff right hand.
Thompson is really head hunting here, hardly looking to strike to the body at all.
Ho throws a lazy uppercut
and Thompson counters with a lovely shot to the body.
Ho throws a poor cross that misses
letting Thompson counter with a right hand.
Thompson swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Ho.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Nice shot by Thompson.
Thompson cracks Ho with a good jab.
Nice takedown defense from Thompson. No joy for Ho on that attempt.
Ho fails to land the takedown.
Thompson leaves Ho with his face pressed against the mat as he sprawls beautifully, defending against a solid takedown attempt.
Phillip Thompson has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Noah Ho.
Ho is breathing heavily.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Thompson slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
Thompson scores with a hook to the body. Ho takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Thompson throws a shot to the body.
Thompson slaps away a takedown attempt from Ho, before circling back to the center of the mat.
Nice cross by Thompson.
Ho scores with a hook.
The crowd cheers as Thompson lands an impressive looking overhand right. Ho doesn't seem phased though.
Ho throws a lazy uppercut
and Thompson counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Ho thinking.
Ho throws an off balance right hand
and Thompson counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Ho swings widly with a right hand
letting Thompson counter with a right hand.
Ho rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Thompson counters with a straight right hand.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Thompson lands with an overhand left.
Ho takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
Ho misses with a lunging right hand
and Thompson counters with a nice uppercut.
Ho's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Thompson connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Ho scrambles back to his feet.
Thompson cracks Ho with an open hand slap.
Decent striking displayed by Thompson there.
Ho misses with a right hand
enabling Thompson to counter with a crisp jab.
Ho throws an ugly left hook that misses
enabling Thompson to counter with a crisp jab.
Thompson scores with the left hand. Ho knows he should have avoided that one.
Ho throws a right hand that misses
and Thompson counters with a stiff right hand.
Ho throws the overhand right but ducks down into a quick takedown attempt. Thompson was covering up waiting for the punch and Ho finishes the takedown easily into guard.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Thompson is looking to stand up but Ho isn't so interested in that idea.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ho throwing strikes but missing.
Ho missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Ho slips effortlessly into side control - very nice.
Thompson takes a couple of big shots there - the referee warns him that he has to defend himself better.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
Ho scoring with punches from side control.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Ho in side control lands a nice looking series of punches and elbows.
Ho content to control the pace. The referee will try and keep them active though.
Ho cracks Thompson with a big elbow.
Thompson taking punishment in the form of punches.
Ho is maintaining the dominant position - no doubt Thompson will start to get frustrated soon if he's not already.
Thompson on the wrong end of some ground and pound.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close second round but Noah Ho will probably get the nod - 10:9.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business. This is the final round!
No luck for Ho with that takedown attempt.
Ho closes the distance, clinches up and gets a nice trip takedown into side control. Very smooth.
Ho working the head with strikes.
Ho lands a nice forearm strike.
Ho connects with a decent looking elbow from side control that caused Thompson some visible discomfort.
Ho has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Thompson wants to get back to his feet but Ho drags him back down.
Ho lands a decent elbow from side control.
Ho working the head and body with strikes.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Ho looks up at the clock and then as Thompson takes his cue and looks up at the clock too, Ho smacks him right in the chops with a big elbow! How rude!
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Ho lands a decent elbow from side control.
Thompson is rocked!
That's one minute gone in the round.
Ho is trying to land an Americana. He has the arm isolated but Thompson is keeping cool and he's avoided the danger for now.
Oh Thompson is still in real trouble! Will he be able to recover?!!
Thompson taking punishment in the form of punches.
Ho in side control, working for a kimura. He's got hold of an arm and he's torquing it... Thompson is tapping! That's the end of the fight!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:47 of round 3, we have a winner by way of Submission (Kimura). Noah Ho!
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energy
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hype
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pop
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RATING
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