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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Alfred Alfredo Sauce (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Michael Thane (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Alfred Alfredo Sauce has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?
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180 lbs
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183 lbs
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BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent boxer
Good chin |
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Good wrestler
Excellent boxer
Determined |
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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
2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Alfred Alfredo Sauce!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
2 - 2 - 1, fighting out of Sydney, Michael Thane!
The judges for this bout are Winston Howard, Chris Dean and John Mangel.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Alfredo Sauce moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
Alfredo Sauce lands with a hook. Thane tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
Thane misses with a right hand
and Alfredo Sauce counters with a stiff right hand.
Alfredo Sauce has been working on his boxing with his coaches at Chop Shop in the buildup to the fight.
Thane throws a hook but Alfredo Sauce blocks it.
Alfredo Sauce looks to score with a jab to the body but Thane is just out of range.
And Thane tries to counter it with a takedown but Alfredo Sauce pushes his down on his head and steps out.
Alfredo Sauce swinging wildly here.
Thane looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights.
Thane scores with a punch to the head.
Alfredo Sauce circles away from the clinch attempt.
Thane moves into the clinch successfully.
Alfredo Sauce throws a head punch that misses.
Thane misses with a hook from the clinch.
Alfredo Sauce doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Thane blocking some punches.
Alfredo Sauce goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Alfredo Sauce misses with a punch on the inside.
Alfredo Sauce effectively controlling the action here.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Thane fails to pull guard.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Thane tries to pull guard but Alfredo Sauce holds him up against the cage and eventually Thane drops back down to his feet.
Alfredo Sauce doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Alfredo Sauce works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Alfredo Sauce tries a body shot but Thane blocks it.
Thane lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Thane changes levels and goes for a takedown here. Alfredo Sauce fights it off and pushes away nicely.
Alfred Alfredo Sauce has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Michael Thane.
Thane fakes high and shoots in for a takedown but Alfredo Sauce avoids it really well and circles away.
Thane throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around Alfredo Sauce's waist but Alfredo Sauce gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing Thane off to one side.
Alfredo Sauce lands a shoulder strike.
Alfredo Sauce digs a right hand underneath Thane's ribcage. Thane let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Thane tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Alfredo Sauce's elbow.
Alfredo Sauce working hard to break the clinch.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Alfredo Sauce wants to get back to striking at distance but Thane won't allow it.
Thane misses with some punches.
Alfredo Sauce lands a body punch in the clinch.
Thane prevents a body shot from Alfredo Sauce.
Alfredo Sauce is trying to break the clinch but Thane is controlling him.
Alfredo Sauce is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Thane prevents a body shot from Alfredo Sauce.
Thane lands a shoulder strike.
Nice body punch from Thane - that landed with a thud.
Alfredo Sauce manages to break the clinch.
Thane throws a right hand that misses
and Alfredo Sauce counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Thane scores a trip takedown into side control. Nice.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Alfredo Sauce wants to get back to his feet but Thane drags him back down.
Thane working away.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Thane wants to lay and pray for a moment but Alfredo Sauce keeps working.
Thane working away.
Alfredo Sauce wants to get back to his feet but Thane drags him back down.
Thane in side control, just content to control the action for now.
Thane cracks Alfredo Sauce with a big right hand but Alfredo Sauce just smiles back at him and invites him to have another go.
Alfredo Sauce is looking to reverse the position.
Alfredo Sauce is trying to control Thane's posture but Thane avoids it.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
There's not a lot going on here and the crowd are letting the fighters know they're not willing to tolerate a lack of action.
Thane landing with strikes to the head and body from side control.
Alfredo Sauce is looking to work his way out of this bad position but Thane is controlling him well.
Alfredo Sauce is not content to let Thane control the position.
Thane working the ground and pound but he's contacting the mat, not the fighter.
Alfredo Sauce tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Alfredo Sauce dodges the ground and pound from Thane.
Thane lands a knee to the body and a forearm to the face.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close round but Michael Thane will probably get the nod.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!
Thane doesn't succeed with the takedown
and Alfredo Sauce counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Thane throws out a loose jab but Alfredo Sauce uses good head movement to avoid it.
Alfredo Sauce feints and then cracks Thane's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Thane down.
Thane missing with a left hand there. Alfredo Sauce was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Thane misses with a takedown attempt
and Alfredo Sauce counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Alfredo Sauce takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Thane misses with a looping left.
It looked like Alfredo Sauce wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
Thane throws a right hand that misses
and Alfredo Sauce connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Thane scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
Thane is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
The fighters circling - Thane throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Alfredo Sauce was looking to counter that last move with a shot to the body but he didn't commit.
Thane goes for a double leg but Alfredo Sauce avoids the attempt and the two fighters end up clinched against the cage as Alfredo Sauce continues to drive forward.
Alfred Alfredo Sauce has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Michael Thane.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Alfredo Sauce.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Alfredo Sauce swings away with an uppercut that misses.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Thane works for the underhooks and manages to get a trip takedown into guard.
Thane trying to control but Alfredo Sauce is working from the bottom.
Alfredo Sauce wants to sweep but no luck.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Thane loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Thane lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.
Alfredo Sauce wants to sweep but no luck.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Alfredo Sauce keeping moving, preventing Thane from controlling successfully.
Alfredo Sauce is looking to get back to his feet but can't, whilst Thane is controlling him.
Thane postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Thane lands a couple of digs.
Thane with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.
Alfredo Sauce working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Thane.
Thane stands and throws Alfredo Sauce's legs to the side, diving into side control.
Thane working the head with strikes.
Alfredo Sauce tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Thane is putting a hurting on Alfredo Sauce here, landing some big shots from side control.
A bit of a lull in the action. I'm sure it will pick up again soon... even if the ref has to physically pick them up and put them back on their feet.
Alfredo Sauce is working to avoid the ground and pound but Thane connects with a decent elbow.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Alfredo Sauce struggling a bit here.
Alfredo Sauce pushes Thane away and creates a bit of space to escape. He's almost out here... but no, Thane gets a good hold of his legs and remains firmly in side control.
Alfredo Sauce looking for a sweep but Thane has passed into full mount! Oh no!
Thane in mount throwing good strikes here, bouncing his opponent's head off the canvas.
Thane can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Alfredo Sauce is looking to escape.
Thane with good strikes from the mount here!
Alfredo Sauce is rocked!
Thane unloads with some vicious shots from mount and Alfredo Sauce wants out - he looks towards the referee who steps in to save him! Thane celebrates on the cage and the crowd goes wild!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:57 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Michael Thane!
A very excited looking Michael Thane made sure he remembered to thank all the fans both in the arena and on the internet. He said all the coolest people spend all day on MMA websites, which got a big reaction.
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energy
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hype
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